Lieutenant JG Ragh- I Will

[Ryan Augustyn]

((Holodeck 4, Helix Station))

Ringo was missing! Ragh, awkwardly, but with some confiden stood on the stage and addressed the crowd.

Ragh: Beatle fans, fear not. Ringo will be found and returned to his rightful place behind the drums!

Ragh turned to the man, with a serious look upon his face:

Ragh: We are undercover officers, and we were here as we heard of a threat to the Beatles. My companions and myself need to get backstage.

Flustered, the man complied: 

Man: Yes, yes whatever you need. 

JoNz: Whats our next move? ::quietly to crew:: I say we explore backstage and see what we can find.

Peri: That makes sense.   

Ragh: Logical. Maybe one of the other Beatles might have an idea of who'd want to kidnap Ringo.

The trio followed the man backstage. It was dark and sparsely lit. They saw a few stage crew standing around looking confused, some visibly upset.

Katsim: Where did it happen?  

Man: Well.. they were backstage waiting to go on.. and there was a loud crash and the lights went out. Once we got ourselves sorted, Ringo was gone.

Man: They're still backstage and distraught. And rightly so!

The man at this point began to tear up, quietly saying to himself:

Man: Ringo, oh Ringo..

Ragh was focused on the man. He must have been quite close to Ringo. Truth be told, Ragh didn't know much about the group. He was familiar with their songs, but being a historical Earth band he didn't bother to learn about the members. He didn't actually know which one was Ringo.

Peri was looking off into the crowd, it seemed the crowd was starting to clear out.

Katsim: People probably shouldn’t leave.  

Ragh: :: frowning:: Probably not.

JoNz, eager to solve the case, quickly made to to the stage and proclaimed to the crowd:

JoNz: Folks and gentlebeings, please stay put as we will be coming around to ask questions. 

JoNz jumped into the crowd, seemingly to interrogate the crowd. Ragh watched her, unsure what he should be doing. It was still unclear if this was the program Althea had designed or soemthinf more nefarious was happening behind the scenes.

Ragh turned to Peri, offering up his best apologetic face. 

Ragh: This isn't... What I had anticipated. 

Katsim: Response 

Ragh: JoNz seems made for this. Though I don't think the culprit is a member of the crowd.

Katsim/JoNz: Response

There was hundreds of sad, crying, screaming young people making up the crowd. How they could possibly interview all of them.. 

Ragh walked up to JoNz talking to a young human woman and tapped her on the shoulder.

Ragh: We need to narrow this down. Should we.. talk to the Beatles?

Would the man let them back there? 

Katsim/JoNz: Response 

From backstage, the man walked towards the trio but he had someone next to him in a trench coat and a big hat. They walked cautiously and slowly towards them. If Ragh could differentiate Earth accents, he'd recognized the voice of the mysterious stranger speaking with a Liverpudian accent.

Mysterious figure: Mark here told us you're investigators.

He paused, his voice cracking.

Mysterious Stranger: You've got to get our Ringo back.

TBC!!!

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Lieutenant Junior Grade Ragh

Medical Officer 

USS Octavia E. Butler 

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