How did I get here?
Posted on Thu Aug 23rd, 2018 @ 7:24am by
Edited on on Thu Sep 6th, 2018 @ 4:47pm
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Mission:
Episode 4 - The Sum of Our Parts
Location: Essu Residence
Timeline: MD001 0845 Hours
May 28 2394 0845 hrs (relative time)
A short time had passed since Tyler left Elloma alone in his quarters and suddenly there was a flash of light. One minute Elloma was reading a book on the sofa,, and the next she was in a bed. She had to take a second look. She could not believe it. She was home, or what appeared to be home. She sat up, and got out of bed and walked over to a window.
Distinctively she called out. "Computer end program." But nothing happened. This was strange she thought. She walked over to the window. She could see the royal city from her window. The view brought a smile to her face. How could she home. Then she remembered the anomaly.
Where was it now? She noticed she was not in her uniform either. She appeared to be in sleeping attire. She walked over to her closet, and noticed a new wardrobe. Had her parents bought her new clothes? She would have assumed, they would have disowned her. After she gave up a life of nobility to join Starfleet.
She was trying to figure out, how she went from the bridge of the USS Pioneer to her personal quarters on Krios Prime? Something was not adding up and it was frustrating her. She grabbed a dress, a silver long dress, that seemed to be fitted to her measurements. She walked over to a mirror to start to change when she noticed her hair was oily and a mess.
Clearly she needed a shower, but more than that. She noticed two things right off that bat. Her eyes were red, and her spots were too, and they were different than she remembered. She was starting to panic.
She started to panic a little, asking herself if she had been abducted? She grabbed the dress, and grabbed a towel and went to the shower. She hoped the red spots were not real, she tried to scrub them off but they would not change. She did not know that till she got out of a shower, but she speculated as much.
She started to wonder, why anyone would want to change her spots or force her eye pigmentation to become red? She had never heard of a Kriosian having red spots or eyes before. So why her? She quickly hopped out of the shower and dried off, racing back to he mirror to see if the spots vanished.
Sadly they did not. She could not believe the look. She hated it. With her wet hair, she looked almost evil and demented. Not a look she liked. She walked away from the mirror.
As she left the mirror she noticed a lady walking into her room. It was Nassie, her little sister. But this could not be right. She was at the Academy. Something strange was going on.
"Nassie?" Called out Elloma, with a tone of confusion on her face. What was she doing here, wondered Elloma. As she walked closer to her, expecting her to flea. They had not gotten along since, she decided to join Starfleet.
"Elle." She simply said in response to her older sister. She wondered what was bothering her older sister. Typically nothing bothered Elloma, so this was a little curious to her.
Elloma was confused and lost and a little scared. She looked to Nassie and decided the best thing she could do was ask questions, and try to get as much information as she can. "What are you doing here?" She asked vaguely. She really wanted to ask why she was not at the Academy, but incase this was a simulation. Be best to make the simulation give her information. Learn the rules so to speak.
"I always walk with you, are you okay?" Asked Nassie. She was a little concerned about her sister. She was acting a little odd.
"Yes, feeling a little out of it. May ask a few questions. Bare with me please." She said, as she walked over to Nassie. It was clear that Nassie was hear to take her somewhere. She had to hope it was somewhere safe.
"I imagine, you had a bit to drink last night." Teased Nassie with a big smile. Elloma could not her own liquor.
"That explains why I am feeling hazy." She said, trying to play off the ruse she will be asking questions, cause she is feeling hazy and out of it.
"You have several meetings to attend too today, here is a copy of your itinerary for the day." Said Nassie, as she handed Elloma a Kriosian data pad.
Elloma started to read it over, it was clear according to this simulation, she was a diplomat or a senator. She was someone of big importance. She recognized a lot of the names. They were big shots from her Home world.
"Lets skip the meetings, wanna go to the beach instead?" She asked in a playful manner, trying to see what type of relationship she had with this simulation of her sister.
"Elle, you feeling okay, you never go to the beach." Suggested Nassie. As they continued to walk down the hallway and head into the living room.
Moment of truth, the showdown with her folks. Did the simulation get this right? Elloma took a big breath and put a smile on her face as she walked in.
"Morning dear, remember Prime Minster Melora wants to meet with you today." Said Sigak, as he leaned in to give a hug and a kiss on her cheek. This action confused Elloma, her father and her did not get a long, especially after she joined Starfleet.
"Why does the minster want to meet with me?" She asked, looking to Nassie. She was very confused. Yes her family was from nobel blood, but from she could remember, they were not high enough of the nobility chain to be granted an audience with the prime minster.
"Maybe you should cut back a little on the drinking sweetie." Said Sigak with a slight laugh. He knew she went out last night drinking. She was expected too. But he was concerned that she blacked out most of last night.
"Perhaps Father." Elloma said, as she nodded to her father.
"The Prime Minster wants to meet the Metamorph for herself." Said Nassie, as they all went to sit down at the table. There was a hot drink waiting for her at the table.
Elloma thought to herself, the Metamorph. That was not her, but her father believed that she was. A lot of things were not making sense. This was the strangest simulation she had ever been in. And why could she not change the perimeters of the program. And who put her in the program?
The last thing she remembered clearly was being in the quarters of Captain Tyler Malbrooke. She had become a partner to him. A third wheel so to speak. She cared for him. For some reason, unknown to her, she drawn to him. And it was not because he was a married man. It was more genetic a pull of the soul.
Now with him out of the area, she felt a moment of sadness. She wondered and hoped Tyler was doing okay. Elloma had been silent for to long, she knew she needed to say something. "Yes father, of course. Doesn't everyone want to see the Metamorph?" She asked with a curious tone, as the scene starts to fade.
Ensign Elloma Essu
Assistant Chief Security/Tactical Officer, USS Pioneer
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