Lt. Cmdr Thelan Valeris - Put a Dime in the Juke Box
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((Bridge, Deck One, USS Khitomer))
The console trilled as the code took hold throughout the ship. Sickbay first, as Connor had instructed. Confirmation signals came from each system as the modifications took effect and the rest of the ship began to light up much in the same way that the bridge had.
Valeris: Still think we need some music to go with this laser light show. ::shrugging:: But more important things to deal with first.
C. Dewitt: ::quietly half to Valeris, half to himself:: Actually, Commander…
Turning slightly with a raised eyebrow, Thelan looked towards Connor. He had been mostly joking about the music…
C. Dewitt: ::beat:: Maybe you are not wrong… Mr Morda’s numbers say its reaction eased… The Whistling of Miss Sparks… ::still in thought, turning to Valeris:: The Captain said gently… So pick a song, Commander. Or have the computer pick one. Nothing too stressful. We are not trying to wake it up, we are just trying…
Okay, so he wasn’t far off with the music. Thelan personally found laser light shows with music relaxing and comforting. Though most of the ones he had been too had involved rock or metal music. Were there different versions of laser light shows?
C. Dewitt: We are just trying to convince it not to eat the ship… If there’s intelligence at all.
In theory, any kind of music could go with a laser light show. But what kind of music would be best for their current situation?
Morda: Overtones. ::Swivelling all the way to face the rest of the bridge:: Maybe something with resonant overtones. It reacted to resonant frequencies before. Stringed instruments, winds, vocals – many sentient find those instruments’ resonant harmonic overtones very pleasing. ::Looking around at some of the blank looks he was receiving:: I don’t suppose anyone here was in The Warp Chords a capella group at the Academy?
Valeris: ::Blinking a couple of times:: Can’t say I was… The Academy had an a capella group?
Even if he had known about it, Thelan wouldn’t have been a member. He might have made fun of anyone he knew in that group. But now wasn’t the time for speculation on that.
C. Dewitt: ::aside, to Morda:: Ensign, I want continuous read on your data. If anything spikes, cut the music. If it gets more… sad… or sleepy… I want to know it.
Morda: Aye, sir. I’ll make sure it gets shared on the same line with Commander Valeris and Lieutenant Zerva.
Sleepy… There was something. Could they put the thing to sleep? That gave Thelan an idea. A song that his parents used to play to help him fall asleep when the sounds and voices of Betazed got to be a bit too much.
Valeris: I think I have something, Commander. A theory, anyways.
Searching through the ship’s library of music, Thelan quickly found the song that he was thinking of. He didn’t quite remember the flute coming in the beginning, but soon the piano started and it all came flooding back.
Valeris: Something my parents used to play to get me to go to sleep. Terran, but still calming.
Morda: Response
The mass seemed to slow slightly as the piano continued to play with light strings in the background. Thelan felt his eyelids feel a little heavy. He shook his head to knock away the effect.
C. Dewitt: ::quietly:: Status, Ensign. Tell us what the numbers are doing.
Valeris: ::Quietly, mostly to himself, a small yawn:: I think the effects are speaking for themselves.
Morda: Response
Thelan felt himself swaying slightly with the music as the strings rose and fell with the piano. All the stress of the situation seemed to melt off of him as the tones made their way into his brain. oO Don’t fall asleep… Don’t…Fall…Asleep… Oo
C. Dewitt: So it falls asleep?
Valeris: Yeah I do. ::Shaking himself:: I mean, it would appear so, Commander.
Morda: Response
Tapping a few times at his console.
Valeris: There is really no knowing if the same resonance within the song will effect all of the filaments on the ship. But it might be worth a shot to make the corridors safer, isn’t it?
C. Dewitt/Morda: Response
Playing a song ship-wide would be as easy as just pushing a button, but with its integration into so many different systems, who knew if putting all of it to sleep was the best idea. But if they didn’t do anything, how many more people would get hurt? How much more of the ship would be damaged?
Valeris: Ensign Morda, would the same resonance be effective against the smaller filaments that are all over the rest of the ship? Or would their thickness dictate the responsive frequency?
Morda/C. Dewitt: Response
Valeris: If so, we may need to turn the ship into a jukebox. Playing different songs throughout different sections. Might get annoying to us, but could be effective.
Morda/C. Dewitt: Response
TAGS/TBC…
Lieutenant Commander Thelan Valeris
Engineering Officer
USS Khitomer
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