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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Mission: Death in the Shadows</span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Day: 8</span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">(USS Illuminar -- Deck 4 - Outside Prancing Pony -- CTO Ensign T’Mur -- 0008)</span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">T’Mur had attempted to stop Sienna before she went after Quinna, but her emotional state had made her somewhat unreasonable. All she could do now was
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">She followed Sienna out of the lounge in time for her to start talking to Quinna. However, her tact might not have been the one T’Mur might have selected.
She tried to appeal to the doctor on an emotional level, and she did not predict it would have the desired affect. </span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">“Quinna you are one of my closest friends,” Sienna stated, reaching back for
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">There was already a pattern of behavior that the Bulcan was noticing. No appeal of friendship was going to change
what was about to happen. Then Solice began her own illogical tirade directed at Sienna. </span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">“I am one of your friends, one of your closest friends. Are you sure about that. Let me tell you the harsh reality and I am sure that you are going to
make this all about you, so go ahead and blame yourself.”</span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">At that point Solice began tear apart Sienna’s personality flaws and her command ability. Form a cold, dispassionate Vulcan point of view it was quite
spectacular. However, from a personal point of view it was harsh, even cruel, and quite undeserved. She could feel each accusation tear pieces of Sienna’s confidence and her heart away. </span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">But the whole scene seemed… wrong. Then Quinna turned on T’Mur. </span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">“By the way, I resent you and T’Mur for melding into my brain. There is no and I mean NO circumstances that would call such a personal invasion,” Quinna
stared harshly directly into her eyes. “ I would think you would know better than to do that?”</span></p>
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T’Mur looked over at Sekal’s dispassionate face, who simply looked back without a word. She raised an eyebrow. There was no response. Then she turned her attention back to Quinna. </div>
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“Then apparently you are not familiar with me at all,” she replied, “or the circumstances surrounding what happened.”</div>
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She raised her own voice slightly to ensure she was being heard. “I showed the utmost restraint and that is the sole reason you are still alive. If I had not done what I had done you would be dead right now, one way or another.”</div>
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Quinna was purposely driving a wedge between herself and her friends and T’Mur had no idea why. But also realized that it would be unwise to continue this conversation right now. Nothing would be resolved and she believes that it would only cause everyone more
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“However, you may walk away now Doctor. Apparently that is what you desired. To hurt those that care for you and then turn your back on them. The logic escapes me, but then again you are only human.”</div>
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“Come beloved, we must be on our own way,” she said, leading Sienna down the hall in the opposite direction. </div>
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