(( Leera’s Basement - AKA “The Nerve Center” - Medara, Betazed ))
Dakora: You guys go
with Nieran and get changed. I’m going to see if I can figure out
what’s next.
As
if Jaseb could hear the commander from
afar, he was fixated with his eyes on the girl
staying behind the crowd. She was so familiar to him, yet he couldn't
be sure of her. Was it really her? The one he had never known, and
yet he was the first to know about her. Wait. The commander was
saying something to them. What was that?
Chevalier: What? Yes,
sir. ::nods::
Savel: Response?
Dwayx: Come on, you
lot. Let’s go.
Jaseb
looked at Dwayx and nodded in his direction. Following him and Savel,
they moved to stairs and then up and up, around some type of array.
Jaseb gave the array a brief look and thought. It looked familiar, he
saw it somewhere, sometime, somewhere, sometime, but he couldn't
actually include it in that feeling of familiarity. Not that it
matters, they will obviously spend more
than enough time here to be able to ask about his purpose in the future.
Dwayx: Starfleet, huh?
::He cast a glance back in your direction.:: I don’t suppose your
arrival indicates a renewed liberation effort by the Fleet, does it?
Chevalier: I'm afraid
not, not right away. ::looks at Dwayx with resolve:: But don't lose
hope. You are important to the Federation war effort and they will
come to your rescue. You just have to hold on a little
longer.
Savel: Response
Jaseb watched Dwayx
frown. He didn't seem to be pleased or comforted by their answers.
But they were what they were, honestly, neither Jaseb nor Savel knew
how the war was going on a whole galactic scale, and how the
Federation was holding up and what possibilities it had.
Dwayx: ::He chuckled
sarcastically:: I didn’t think so. But it was a nice thought.
It seemed as if
they had reached the end of the staircase and had indeed reached its
top. Building they entered was a surprisingly cozy house, the sheer
size of it was both impressive and somewhat unexpected. Everything
inside was untouched, alive, like the owners just left for work and
as if the war out there didn't even exist. Jaseb slowed as they
walked through the hall, watching the pictures on the walls. He
recognized Leera, their guide through the underground, and Dakora's
mother. That made one of those children in the photos with her their
commander. Jaseb stopped with one picture and tried to guess who was
the commander, when he was just a small spawn. It took just a second,
but he was quite sure, he recognized Talos Dakora.
oO How sweet
and innocent the commander was as a kid... Oo
Satisfied
with himself, Jaseb quickly caught up with Savel and Dwayx, who were
already raiding the nearby closet under the stairs. With close look
inside, he could saw the crates with man clothes, marked with the
name “Vostro Dakora”...
oO Commander's brother or
father? Let's see...
Oo
Dwayx: Help yourself.
But don’t dawdle. This isn’t a fashion contest.
Savel: Response
Jaseb
leaned his rifle against the wall of the closet and rummaged through the
crates and clothes, which none caught his eye. Everything was too big,
settled, it was too boring and soft for longer wear. It was third,
maybe fourth crate, when he found another name on it - “Hanek
Dakora”. As he opened that crate, it was like he found a hidden
treasure. He
took a
black
shirt and cargo
pants, which were lying on top of folded clothes in a crate, and he
quickly measured both of them according to his proportions.
It wasn't
perfect, but it was pretty close to perfect, so he quickly took off
all his service clothes up to the underwear and revealed his soft
skinned ectomorph body. Without shame or thought, he changed clothes
on the spot, and threw his service uniform back into the crate where
he shuffled it to the bottom. Last touch was a white hoodie, which
found where he shuffle uniform, so he dressed it too and finally he was
satisfied with his new look.
Chevalier: Mr.
Savel, ready to go? Did you find your glance? ::smiles at
Savel::
Savel: Response
Jaseb nodded to Savel's
response and took back his rifle. Now, when they changed clothes and
more or less fit into the local reality - at least at first glance –
came another more pressing question.
Chevalier: What comes
next, Mister Dwayx? Have you some operations ongoing or planned, we
can jump into?
Dwayx/Savel:
Response
TAGS/TBC