Star Trek: Starbase 777 - right-turbolift-entrance

Elwyn cautiously entered the turbolift, making sure to put her foot in the door in case they tried to close on everyone. “It seems fine!”

She entered the turbolift, visibly nervous. Her logic was failing her like it always did.

Elias entered, wary of any possible traps. "Cool, cool, still alive."

She followed behind, seemingly weary.

Jack made his way in and proceeded to let out the most kitten-like sneeze in existence. Bless you, you insane little fuck.

[D] Renakir, who had definitely been here this whole time, was clutching a phaser rifle in his hands and was practically on top of Jack with how close he was standing. This was an emergency situation, stabbing distance could wait. He jumped back when Jack sneeze, glaring at him as a way to say 'not now' as if Jack could control it.

Once again, the Orion followed along, and made her way to the right turbolift entrance with the others.

[Comms] “Everyone in? Head down.”

Once everyone was in Elwyn removed her foot from the doorway and tapped the ‘down’ button on the lift’s control panel.

The turbolift began to head down, and after moment it arrived at its destination. The doors opened. (edited)

(We’re going to be pausing the event here! Your characters are free to discuss their next moves and use the previously provided analysis maps and stuff while you wait until we continue! Just don’t exit the lift lol)

5

"What??" He sniffled and looked at Renakir, confused.

"Nothing," Renakir responded with the most judgemental glare. He turned around to see the others on the lift. "We're at the lower level now, do have a plan of attack here?"

“I don’t know.” She said. She looked up at Renakir. She remembered last night. She’d have to apologize to him later for her outburst.

"Eeeehhh, i don't know. I'll probably play chicken again if there's fewer guards down there." He shrugged, yawning and leaning against one of the walls of the lift.

"Tenakruvek and every other Reman god in Erebus, we need to plant another bomb. Actually, you know what, I can cover you guys. I know my Dinam will be angry if I let anything happen to you," Renakir pointed straight at Jack with an exasperated sigh. "And.. everything will work out," He looked at Lorin now, giving her a warm smile in reassurance.

She was a ball of anxiety at the moment, but she nodded to Renakir.

"Dinam? What does that mean? And psssshhhh, i avoided a sHIT TON of fire from a guard. I can handle more." He clicked his tongue and smiled proudly.

"Sorry-- brother. Saren. I didn't mean to keep you out the loop but we're two Romulan bros who'd literally kill for each other. I know he'd be mad if you came back looking like a Picasso," Renakir chuckled, attempting to lighten the mood, just just for himself but for the others in the lift. He looked at Lorin who had nodded at him, feeling bad he couldn't do more to comfort. He clutched the phaser rifle in his hands, ready to spring into action at any moment even if they were just chilling on the lift. "I wonder how the other team is doing...."

"Holy fucking shit. SAREN'S YOUR BROTHER?!" Jack's jaw dropped, his green eyes widening with surprise. Insert giddy dumbass noises.

4

I am fine. This is all perfectly normal. I will survive this and not be traumatized from it. She repeated this in her head, which was currently buried in her hands.

Elias gently placed a hand on Lorin's shoulder. "Hey... you okay?"

"Yes, well, brother from another mother," He said, the weird human term feeling awkward when we said it with his silly French accent. "When Romulans become friends, we go all in. Like, Vulcanoid emotions," Now Renakir was actually chuckling loud enough to echo through the turbolift. Jack's reaction was priceless!

“I- I just need to calm down. It’ll be fine.” She said.

"Would you like a mild sedative? Your breathing and heart rate are spiking. I'd like to keep everyone as calm as possible in this situation." They smiled at her.

“Yes, thank you.” She said. She had inherited the panic attacks that plagued her father’s family, thought it skipped her father. She was keeping one at bay now. This could help.

Elias nodded and took out one of the milder sedatives. "This should help you slow your breathing and heat rate. It will help eith most symptoms of a panic attack. You'll feel a bit drowsy for a moment, but that will wear off and you should feel calmer. I advise you to stop by sickbay and visit one of our counselors once we get back to 777. I promise it'll help." They smiled again and injected her with the sedative.

“I highly doubt it will, but I’ll humor you.” She said. She was a bit drowsy, but she did feel a bit better.

"Good. Because I'm making it into an order." They said sternly. Ooo, their first real order! They tucked away the empty hypo.

She had an indignant look on her face. “Alright. I will go. I still don’t think it’ll do anything unless the counselors here can erase memories or something.” She put her head in her hands again. Her cold hands felt nice against her temples, and she didn’t care what other people thought about it.

Renakir's floppy ears immediately picked up on the worss 'erase memories' and his head shot up, staring at Lorin. "I wouldn't advise that. I hear terrible things about sufferers from amenesia experiencing the resurfacing of memories. The brain is a complex organ, it's not a computer you can just rewrite," Oh if Renakir realised how funny that statement sounded when Alizati Dzharok was literally the CEO, but he had no idea about the man's story. He was just concerned for his fellow Vulcanoid.

“It was a joke. I’m no stranger to amnesia.” She stated.

She had followed her group, having worked at making sure guards were contained efficiently as needed, but now was cognitively present for what would come next.

Renakir looked towards Lorin and sighed. "You gotta phrase that better," Renakir frowned but then his eyes shifted to Hanna who was definitely here the whole time. He remembered her, the nice human from the pool with the dog! He remembered her teaching him how to float on his back like some goofy in da pool meme. "Oh Commander, I forgot to mention I have a daughter now, her name is Kali-fal Madeleine, she's an epohh," So unrelated but they were waiting around in the turbo and it seemed like there were no guards around so they could freely chat.

Her eyes snapped to attention as she was called by her title, her gaze locking onto the familiar lieutenant before smiling, “We will have to arrange a play date for her and Lewis then.” Her gaze wandered to the elevator menus before softening her tone, “Perhaps would you be willing to do a pet day in the holodeck should other officers be willing.”

"That would be great, I am sure Kali-fal would love that," Renakir smiled and loosened his grip on his weapon. There was no danger nearby so he could relax a little, but at any minute should anything pop up he was ready and armed! "I'm teaching Kali-fal Madeleine some tricks too, she'll be combat ready in no time! I mean, I'm only half joking, she's a Romulan animal she has to know how to at least confuse a potential attacker," As if anyone on a Federation starbase would ever attack an epohh; one of the least dangerous creatures in the quadrant. "I think we're gonna make it back in one piece, who's taking care of Lewis on 777? I put Kali-fal in a day care."

She stood in the corner, watching them talk. The hypo had taken affect. Crisis averted. No more panic attack.

4

"Oh, we're talking about kiddos? I have one! He's a raptor, one like the Voth have. His name is Ensign Leo Sparkles Murrow. I expect that when I get back, all my belongings will be chewed up. I asked someone to check in on him, but they seemed to a bit... hesitant? Anyway, he's great, I only go through a couple pairs of shoes a month. Do you know how hard it is to find teething toys for raptors? Maybe I should just use one for dogs..."

4

She smiled softly before looking to the Lieutenant and to the other, “I sent him to visit Marcus for the time being.” Offering her own suggestion, “You could look into toys used for large breed or working type dogs?”

"Oh, I'm glad he has someone to watch over him. I'm really worried about Kali-fal Madeline, she's never been so long without me," Renakir said, a typical worried pet father. He really hoped Kali-fal didn't think he was abandoning her! He promised he would be back and he also made sure the day care staffs knew that she needed lots of attention and pets. "Feeling better?" The Romulan-Reman officer looked towards Lorin, still a bit of worry in his voice as he could tell she was having a hard time.

“I’m.. fine. Don’t worry about me.” She lied. Renakir might have been able to tell she was lying- she was NOT good at that.

Renakir easily picked up on that lie, he was Romulan after all. In response he merely sighed and repositioned his hand on the phaser rifle that was tucked under his arm. This was a stressful situation, he wasn't going to interrogate the poor ensign. He made a note to check in on Lorin after the mission was over, there was clearly something going on. In the silence of the turbolift only the sounds of Renakir's heavy breathing seemed to carry in the space. Did it sound like he was nervous? Did anyone care? He pushed his sunglasses up on his face and looked down at his feet. "If we all make it out of here with our heads still attached, I'll treat you all to some biscuits at Surak Snacks," He forced a chuckle out at those words in a very poor attempt to lighten the mood.

“Sounds good to me. I’ll hold you to that, though.” She said, trying to gain back her remaining shred of dignity.

3

Elias smiled tiredly. "Thank you. After I sleep for a week, I'll take you up on that. Man, I'm gonna be tense from all this sneaking around. Worth it, though." Was it? Was it really? They frowned, all the unconscious people flashing through their head. It went against everything they had been trained to do. And they had helped. It didn't matter that these people were bad--it just felt wrong. But at the same time they knew it was right, and they were glad to help.

Meanwhile Jack had fucking fallen asleep against the turbolift walls, standing there like as if he was awake but still... there.

2

Renakir had his phaser rifle at the ready now, nothing was gonna take them down. He glanced at the rest of the team who seemed nonchalant this entire time. "Jack," He whispered as he stomped his foot next to Jack to try and get the man to wake up. They had a mission to complete!

He jolted awake and yelped out in surprise, nearly slipping on his own foot as he suddenly pressed himself against the walls to not tip over. With a heavy sigh of annoyance, he looked over at Renakir and raised his eyebrows, "Are we there yet?"

Elias shook their head. "Not quite yet, sorry bud." They let out a huge yawn.

She had been listening as her team talked, her eyes observing them all before readying her own weapon again and compartmentalizing her thoughts so she could give her sole attention to this mission.

".....soooooo. How's everyone doing?" Jack spoke up, looking at the other people in the turbolift with him as he smiled. One of the things he was the best at was talking to people, since he really liked chatting and was anxious to get out of there, so he was distracting himself and the others.

Elias leaned against the wall heavily. "I feel... something." They laughed a bit. "Tired? Accomplished? Scared? I don't know, but it's great. And also not great sometimes. But overall I'm pretty good. I think we've all done well."

Lorin stared at him.

She remained quiet for now, her eyes posed on the internal monitor so she could be aware the moment they got to their destination, even shifting a bit before walking towards the doors so if anything happened, she could take the brunt of it for the team.

"I wanna get back to my epohh daughter," Renakir spoke with a bit of melancholy in his voice but his posture was stuff as he clutched his weapon in his hands. A tall grey man with sunglasses, definitely intimidating if anyone were to ambush them. He was ready for anything and plus he wasn't alone; he had the back up of his team who had survived this far. "Well, we're almost there now..."

She remained passive and quiet, but remained alert as best she could.

Elias stood up straighter and held their phaser. "I'm sure she'll be overjoyed to see you." They smiled at Renakir.

1

"Heeeey, that's good! You feel something! We all did well indeed, so I'm glad we're all still alive." He stared back at Lorin and decided to be the goof he's always been. Crossing his eyes and tilting his head, he grinned as widely as he could with his sharper than usual teeth.

2

Elias snorted with laughter. "Jack, you're gonna be the death of me."

She decided to troll him back and raised her eyebrow at him.

The turbolift eventually arrived at its destination. #right-turbolift-exit.

As soon as the doors opened, she peeked her head out with her phaser raised.

The turbolift came back up to the upper level with Jack in it, and the doors opened with a little ‘ding’.

[Comms] “No one’s around right now. Directly around behind you and to the left is the first #unmarked-room-one. There’s one person in there.”

He looked around and scooted out of the turbolift, stopping just outside the room as he spoke up. "Got it, should i enter now?"

[Comms] "Go for it. Just have your phaser ready."

He whipped out phaser, took a deep breath and entered the room with his phaser drawn and pointed out.

Elias entered the turbolift to meet back up with the others.

Elias, along with the others, headed back down to #right-turbolift-exit as if they owned the place.