[JP] Jerra Syn & Chythar Skyfire - Lazarus, Part II
David Adams
(( Skyfire’s Quarters, Starfleet Medical Academy, Earth ))
Chythar yawned as he heard the badge chirp again, for the third time. Devlin barked a few times, and woke up his master. He’d been asleep for the past six hours and didn’t really feel like doing anything. As he woke up, he finally grabbed his badge and tapped it.
Skyfire: =/\= Go for Skyfire. =/\=
Comms officer: =/\= Incoming subspace transmission for you, doctor. Someone named Commissioner Syn. =/\=
Chythar grimaced as he got up and moved toward the desk, grabbing a t-shirt and pulling it on. It was one of his black Raktajino tees, with a steaming coffee cup on the front and the symbol of the Klingon empire on the mug. As he had a seat, he ran a hand through his hair.
Skyfire: =/\= A’right. Route it through. =/\=
A Trill woman, middle-aged and wearing civilian robes, appeared on the screen.
Syn: =/\= Good evening, Doctor. I hope I’m not disturbing you at this hour. =/\=
Skyfire: =/\= Not at all. What can I do for you? =/\=
Jerra Syn smiled warmly, folding her dark hands in front of her, her face illuminated from the side by a lamp, showcasing her elaborate spot pattern.
Syn: =/\= My name is Jerra Syn of the Trill Symbiosis committee. My apologies for not contacting you sooner, Doctor, but we Trill are a somewhat secretive people, and we rarely share information about our joined nature. Yet, despite this, you’ve managed to learn more about us than we, in some ways, know about ourselves... I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. =/\=
His work hadn’t exactly been a secret. Then again, he’d worked a couple miracles on his friend Alleran, desperate to save the Tan symbiont and prevent the death of the host. It was a tricky business, but now with his psychological evaluation being officially cleared, he was once again free to practice medicine in a long term capacity for something more severe than burned by a coffee pot.
Skyfire: =/\= That’s true. I’ve worked a few miracles on Trill in my time, and Starfleet just reinstated me. =/\=
Syn nodded emphatically.
Syn: =/\= Believe me, we are well aware. We are reaching out to ask for one more. =/\=
CD nodded slightly. It was true. It had been a few years since he’d extracted Tan from Alleran Mapak’s body, and rather than preparing the fellow for burial he had decided upon keeping the body in stasis on Starbase 118 in hopes of reviving him one day. Of course, he had no way of knowing where exactly the symbiont was at present. Last he saw, Safine Tan was the host.
Skyfire: =/\= Due to doctor-patient confidentiality, I am not at liberty to discuss anything. I am assuming by the reference of stasis, you are referring to Alleran Mapak? =/\=
Syn: =/\= That is correct. There are ethical questions about how long we can keep him in stasis, of course, and if it’s even possible to revive him at this point, but given that we are almost out of time to try, we at the Committee are offering to have you oversee the process. Given your expertise in this matter, we thought it prudent you be here. =/\=
Skyfire: =/\= So, the last I knew of ensign Safine Tan, she was stationed aboard the Gorkon. I haven’t heard from her since. You wish me to make the journey out from the starbase, then? =/\=
At the question of Safine Tan, the caller on the other end hesitated.
Syn: =/\= She is no longer joined with the Tan symbiont. She remains alive, however... crippled, granted, but alive. Which has raised an interesting question -- is this de-separation a product of Alleran’s biology, or the symbiont’s? We need answers to these questions. And would value your input. =/\=
He sighed heavily as he considered the possibility. Naturally, since he’d never worked with the Trill government before he had no reason to doubt Syn’s intentions. It was a genuine request for help.
Skyfire: =/\= I would need to run a few tests on Safine Rael to confirm a few things before I make a determination. Does Tan currently have a host? =/\=
Syn considered, looking at someone off-screen momentarily before returning her gaze to the camera.
Syn: =/\= Yes, but that’s not relevant right now, as their joining seems to be stable. We don’t need to worry about Serren. As for Safine, I can arrange a video conference, submission of blood and DNA, whatever scans the Gorkon can provide. We do not have the power to compel her to return for this matter, and my understanding is that her injury has made her somewhat of a ... recluse. It is entirely up to you, of course. It is difficult to ask you to journey to Trill in order to oversee a man’s death, but there is the possibility that it might not come to that. There is, as we always say, hope. =/\=
Skyfire: =/\= I’ll see what I can do. =/\=
Syn: =/\= Of course. I will make the necessary arrangements. =/\=
Skyfire: =/\= Any other questions I can answer for you? =/\=
Syn: =/\= Oh no. You’ve been... ::she smiled:: Most helpful. =/\=
END Part II
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Jerra Syn
Trill Symbiosis Committee
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simmed by,
Security/Tactical
USS Gorkon
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&
Lieutenant Commander Chythar Skyfire, MD
Brew Continuum Barista
USS Veritas NCC-95035
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