Lt. Welby / Speaks to Gawain / tag: Gawain

[Steve Bruin]

(( Castle Grounds))

:Sir Gawain paced back and forth across his office. He did not trust Commander Clifton. Even if he’d been just a curious and arrogant soldier when he’d arrived, he was likely becoming a creature of Morgana’s even now. She did not cure wounds out of charity. Did she know that these people were from a distant future? Did she know that they had vast weapons that could destroy even this magical realm? How could the man trust Morgana? Did he not know a thing about the legends that Gawain knew existed in Clifton’s culture. He had seen the books when he’d been brought to 1940. Even the people of that time knew that she was a dark sorceress?

He considered the weapons that the strangers had brought with them. He had no doubt that they would be more dangerous than the Welby pistol he’d seen in his time in the future. He remembered the terror of their flying machines dropping what he’d learned were bombs and the hundreds of pieces of flying led that the guns on those flying machines could spit out on what were called straffing runs. Human kind had progressed in making ever more lethal weapons, weapons that did not take years and years of training to master as a sword did. He’d learned to shoot a gun accurately in less than an hour. How much more lethal would these things called phasers be? How could he trust a man so taken with Morganna with one of those? At the same time he would finally have a weapon that might rid them of Morganna.

He decided to pay a visit to the woman who had said she was a healer. His long strides took him to Welby’s room.:

:: Welby had returned to her room after speaking to Clifton, as always she found him more stubborn than any othe creature in the universe. ::

Sir Gawain: nodding to the guard and asking him to stand by the door which he would leave open. He knocked and waited until a voice bade him to enter.:

:: Welby was a bit surprised that Gawain had arrived and wished to speak to her, but she allowed him in, wondering what he wished to discuss. ::

Sir Gawain: Nurse Welby, my lady, I hope that ye have all ye need.

Welby: Why yes, everything is fine.

Sir Gawain: Could ye tell me what a nurse in your land...ah time can do exactly. Ye must ken much of healing, aye?

Welby: Yes, that's my duty aboard our ship.  I am Chief Nurse, I oversee other nurses who take care of patients and assist Doctors in treating the sick and injured. ::

Sir Gawain: Ah, so ye use machines to make a diagnosis?

Welby: Yes, we certainly do

Sir Gawain: Would such a tri-corder show if a man had a contaminant in his blood...or that his brain was working a bit differently than usual?

Welby: Yes, it could tell us much.  I can scan someone and tell if they have foreign drugs in their body, or in some cases if they have psychological defects. ::

Sir Gawain: again pacing; I am nae trying to trap ye, Nurse Welby. I will tell ye right out that my first impression of Commander Clifton was that he was a hard heided, willful but honest soldier. I’ve been a soldier nearly all my life, and such men can be verra useful officers. However, I have also dealt with Morganna all my life. She is a sorceress of the Dark Arts. She always has been and has only grown in evil over time. That Commander Clifton is so taken with her, showing a verra rapid loyalty to her is verra troubling.

Welby: Oh, hard headed doesn't begin to desribe that man, but I agree as to his honesty.  He is a capable Security Chief, and I agree that he seems a bit taken by this Morgana.  Then again, Clifton had quite a reputation as a "ladies man", Lord knows how he got it, but he has a weakness for easy women and this Morgana sounds like a witch.

Sir Gawain: She cast spells; they dinna always need any kind of potion. She can alter a man’s mind. She can plant some seed of thought that will grow deeper over time, and that is verra dangerous for us and for her victim. Would your machine tell that if it could be ...what is the term ye use…Powered?

Welby: Yes, if I can get my tricorder back and set it in the sunlight for a few hours, the power will buikd up and I can use it.

:: Gawain stood silently looking out of the small window with his hands clasped behind his back before turning and asking a question that had just occurred to him.::

Sir Gawain: Can this medical machine be used for harm in any way?

Welby: I suppose someone could use it to do so, but not in my hands I assure you.

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Welby: If i get my scanner back I can scan Clifton from head to toe, believe me I won't hurt him because that goes against my oath as a nurse.

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Chief R.N. Welby

USS Odyssey