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doctor beverly ([personal profile] dancingmd) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-09-01 11:06 am

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Who: Beverly Crusher and you
Broadcast: Network - Video
Action: Blue Fish
When: September 1

[There's a strangely familiar cold that has settled in her bones, a dreadful chill that disorients her in the first few moments that she's awake. Her first thought is that something went wrong - very wrong - as they passed through the temporal distortion, but then... as she sits up and takes in her surroundings, the memories all come back in a flood. Atroma has brought Beverly back, a little older, a little blonder, and with a new Starfleet uniform.

Or maybe I never left, she thinks. This is not the Marsiva, these are her quarters aboard the Blue Fish, and none of her things look as if they've been moved. Though admittedly, her memories of Drift Fleet seem distant. By her reckoning, it's been three years since she's seen this room.

Not that "time" really means much, considering what's happened in the past few days.

The communicator rests where she left it on the bedside table. When she picks it up, she finds it's full of unread messages, crewmates and friends wondering where she is, each message sounding more alarmed than the last. With a sinking feeling in her stomach, she checks today's date: September first.]


Damn!

[Immediately, she sends a message to the network, via video:]

This is Dr. Crusher of the... SS Blue Fish. It seems our gracious captors sent me home for a while. I'm back now, and I'm safe, and I'm sorry to everyone who was trying to contact me this month. I'll be on the Blue Fish if you need me.

[There's a pause, as if she's about to say something else, but then she simply gives them a small smile, one that doesn't quite reach her eyes.]

Thank you.

[The feed cuts off and after a moment, she decides to head for the kitchen. Not that she's particularly hungry but - there's a good chance that's where she'll find at least a few of her crewmates.]
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[personal profile] bryces_pup 2016-09-01 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Riona sees the video first, but she doesn't bother to reply. She just make s a beeline for the ship, scooping up Kiter and carrying him with. She only sets him down when they get on the ship and they're both running towards the kitchen.

Riona makes a noisy entrance, her boots squeaking on the floor as she slides to a stop.]


Beverly! [Her voice is full of relief as she hurries to her.] We had no idea where you were! Are you all right?
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[personal profile] bryces_pup 2016-09-01 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Riona's scanning over her, making a quick search for any visible injuries or anything to indicate something was amiss.]

Thank the Maker you're well. And oh, you. I'm fine! We're all fine. Nothing catastrophic has happened since you were gone, I swear.

[She takes both of her hands, starting to give them a squeeze... and then she just tugs on them and pulls Bev into a hug.]
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[personal profile] bryces_pup 2016-09-02 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, they are. [She smiles reassuringly.] We've all been worried about you. I dare say even Robb was set to look for you, and you know how hard he tries to be stoic. Do you know what happened to you? We searched the Iskaulit and everywhere else we could think of, but there was no trace.
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[personal profile] bryces_pup 2016-09-03 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Three years? Maker, and I thought gaining a few months was much.

[Though Anders had lived through a decade, so it's not the longest she's heard of.]

I can't explain it. Why did they make you disappear just to bring you back? Maybe they just realized they were getting too predictable.
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[personal profile] bryces_pup 2016-09-05 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Cruel, but I suppose ultimately unsurprising. [She shakes her head.] At least you're all right and back now. You don't... feel any different, do you? Or notice anything different? [She wants to make sure Atroma didn't actually do anything to her, in so much as they can determine that anyway.]
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[personal profile] bryces_pup 2016-09-08 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[The cold is strange, to be sure, but what causes the wide-eyed panic from Riona is the mention of a song.

Didn't the Wardens always say that when their time is near, they can hear a song? It's the music of the taint, twisted and corrupted. Her hold on Beverly tightens unintentionally.

But - no, she's fine. It can't be the taint or Blight. None of that exists here, outside of her and Anders. Still...]


Are you sure you feel well?
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[personal profile] bryces_pup 2016-09-08 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
I... sorry. Usually when people say they hear a song back home - something from within their minds - it's... not a good thing.
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[personal profile] bryces_pup 2016-09-09 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, good. [Cue audible sigh of relief.] I mean, not that you can't remember. That's horribly frustrating.
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[personal profile] bryces_pup 2016-09-10 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Truer words have never been spoken. I know you must miss home terribly, but for what it's worth... I'm glad you're back and you're well.