ILLUMINARRPG: (9-1408) EO Bohb & Luma'Lenai

[Al Muir]

Mission: Death in the Shadows

Day: 9

Stardate 2446.02.09


(USS Illuminar - Deck 10- Main Engineering - EO Bohb & Luma’Lenai  –1408)


After repairing the torpedo tube Bohb had rushed back to Main Engineering and pushed the cadet from his station. Red warning lights had lit up his panels as he watched the readout show multiple missiles and a Klingon cruiser, that apparently was having a warp core breach, all headed at the Illuminar.


Suddenly Bohb’s head went fuzzy and his stomach suddenly lurched. He had to hold onto his station to maintain his footing, and keep his stomach from emptying. The cadet behind was not so lucky and began to hurl on the deck plating.


As soon as he was able to focus he tapped a comm channel.


“Luma, what just happened?” he asked.


Luma’s voice sounded harried, exhausted and a little confused yet excited, =^= The skin microjumped.=^= Luma’s answer made little sense, but the structural load of the jump seemed to have been absorbed properly by the special systems designed specifically to handle that load, =^= Regrettably the best place to pull the power was from the phasers=^= Which were indeed deader than dead.


“Microjumped,” Bohb shook his head. “What do mean the skin microjumped?  Do you mean sudden teleportation?”  He’d only heard the term in certain circles, and not all of them were reputable. He did not buy into the idea of spontaneous teleportation.


=^= Luma moved the skin ten seconds into the future and 200k light years. It had regrettable side effects. But the engineering of the skin held up well, although the power needs to be tweaked. =^= She sounded slightly more pleased with herself.


Bohb took a breath, further gathering himself together, “The engineering on my stomach didn’t hold up too well.”  He looked over at Cadet Lewis who was still dry heaving on the floor. “Nor Cadet Lewis’,  Wait a minute, you can move through time?  How is that possible?”  His mind already running through the permeation of calculations concerning time travel.


=^= Luma is not anchored to the current time without a bondmate.  Without a full bonding.  Luma can skip as a stone does.  It is not supposed to be something Luma should be doing. The Starfleet has many tedious, rather dumb rules about that.  But Our Sienna ordered Luma to and Luma could have moved the skin to another area, but Luma’s Father is on Our Saleke’s Hades and leaving the Hades would be bad. Luma would be sad if the Father embraced entropy. =^=


Bohb shook his head, “No, I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t be happy about it either. They all knew about this?  How is it I don’t know?  Who does know?”


=^= Luma’s Vexa’ahlia, Our Sekal, Our Saleke, T’Mur’s Sienna. Not many.  Maybe the Dieter. =^= Luma spoke in reply, =^= If it ‘got out’ then Luma would be hunted to acquire the skin. The ability is innate to the Lenai, not to the skin. The skin was just properly designed to handle the stress of the jumps, which the Mystique was not. =^= She sounded slightly sad about something but was concentrating on the remnants of the battle.


Bohb had to smile in the reference to The Dieter, not her Dieter.  “I bet. So now that you’ve done it there might be a few more, especially on the Illuminar and the Hades that might have an idea.”


He scratched his chin in thought, “We’ll need to come up with a plausible explanation for what just happened that everyone can accept.  We need to keep your secret to keep you safe.”


=^= The Bohb, what makes a small one a traitor? =^= Luma’s voice was sadder than any time he had heard her in the past.


“A traitor?” Bohb asked in disbelief. “Where did you pick up that term?  A traitor is a person who, by action or in action, purposely works against the interests of those they have sworn allegiance to.  Where did you hear that?  Do you suspect that someone is a traitor?”


=^= That Keung Lee wished to speak with Luma and that Lee said something about Luma being a traitor if Luma did not obey the orders if the skin was to be destroyed. That Lee does not understand that Luma had this discussion in the past. With the Remae.  Luma will talk to our Sekal when it is time. The purpose of a bondmate is to reduce the friction between the small ones and Luma.  Many mistakes are prevented by the bonding. The bondmate also provides a corporeal, stabilizing presence so Luma does not get lost in the rivers. =^=


Bohb lost everything after he heard that Lee had called his Luma a traitor. His eyes narrowed and a thin curl of his lip turned up, giving Bohb’s usually pleasant face an almost evil glint.


“Lee called you a traitor?” his voice was soft and menacing. “Mr. Lee and I shall have a… discussion. You are not a traitor my lovely Luma. You are the farthest thing from a traitor.”  His hands had been gripping the edge of the station and when he released it the imprint of his fingers were left on the deuterium panel.


=^= That Lee asked many questions. That Lee desired Luma to obey orders, which Luma is not always required to do. Luma considers the orders and then chooses the correct path based on Luma’s experience.  Luma can be wrong. But most of the orders that Our Sekal and Our Sienna give are the correct ones. Our Sienna is learning.=^=


“Absolutely not,” Bohb agreed. “You are a free and sentient being with rights to make choices concerning right or wrong. What was he asking you to do?  Kill someone?”  With all the talk recently about Roanoke Bohb began to wonder where Lee’s loyalties lay.


=^= Of sorts. Contingency plans. That Lee did not phrase anything well. That Lee was concerned about boarders and how Luma could repel them and how Luma can defend herself. =^= More sadness colored her voice. Luma did not like death.


“That Lee may have to learn to talk without his teeth when I see him,” Bohb could feel a rage in chest. Magillan, by nature, were peace loving people. That is, of course, unless their territory or friends and family were threatened. “Why was he concerned about borders while we are planning a boarding party of our own? You are right Luma, Lee did not phrase anything well.  I believe I will have my own words with him, which may be equally inappropriate.”


=^= That Lee will acquire better manners. But our Saleke said once that flies are caught with honey. When our Vexa’ahlia returns, Luma will have the Vex taste it. Slowly. =^= Whimsical was a good word for her current mood.


Although Luma’s mood appeared to be lightening Bohb’s remained perturbed. However, to help Luma maintain her own more positive position he opted to change subject.


“What would you have Vex taste, the honey or the flies?” he asked, not quite understanding the reference. He has never tried to catch flies, and why would he, they were annoying creatures, much like Lieutenant Lee.


=^= Honey.  Luma had my Vex try chocolate on our Sienna’s recommendation.  Luma was not fond of it.  When Luma is properly tight-bonded, the bondmate can experience the world and the grounding in the present time frame assists Luma.  Luma wishes someone to pet the P’Rah so Luma can take proper care of her kitty-caitian. =^=


Bohb actually laughed.  He had never met anyone that was able to lighten his mood the way that Luma did.  She was so… innocent.  It is why Lee’s comment to her, while to him may have seemed cursory, was taken so hard.  Lee was going to have to learn manners around Luma.  She wasn’t just a piece of equipment.


“Luma, I have about 101 questions about your ability to shift through time, and when we are not in the middle of a battle, I would love to ask them.  Are you allowed to tell me about how you are able to do such things? Or have you been told to keep it a secret?”


=^= Our Sekal has told Luma that the Bohb is to be informed of Luma and that the Bohb is trustworthy. If it makes the Bohb feel better, asking our Sekal would be the best course of action but Luma cannot truly explain the time shifting.  It is what it is.  When the Q came to Luma’s planet to help some of the Lenai escape the dying sun, it was one of the abilities granted when the Lenai who escaped were given the gift of a non-corporeal existence. The Lenai can touch all times and places at once.  That is why a bondmate is so necessary. It was why the last male Lenai went insane. Without a bondmate, there is no anchor and it becomes overwhelming. That was why Luma needed the anchor and had to hard-bond to Our Sienna. This caused Our Sienna to fall flat on her face on the bridge.=^= Luma spoke rather matter of factly, and when she spoke of the Q there was true fear in her voice.


~Ouch, that must have hurt.~ Bohb thought to himself, choosing not to share that thought with Luma in case she suddenly felt badly about it.  He made a strange face when he thought about Q.  “Strange fellow, that Q.  Interesting.  I will indeed be talking to the son of Saleke.  Perhaps he can give me reason not to dislocate both of Lee’s arms.”  He thought for a moment and then added, “That is a joke Luma.  I would not do that… again… to Mr. Lee.”


=^= That Lee deserves punishment. Luma was considering dumping a bucket of glacially cold ice on the head of that Lee while he engaged in the rest period.  As for the Q… the Q are to be feared and avoided, not courted. But that Q has visited several times. It finds us interesting.=^= Terror laced her words and they went higher in pitch.


“I am certain he does,” Bohb acknowledged.  “Hopefully he will leave us alone, at least for a while.”  He looked around at Cadet Lewis.  “I suppose I better get back to work, and help the cadet get cleaned up.  He didn’t fare so well with your microjump.  Thank you for saving us Luma.”


With that Bohb hefted the moaning body of the cadet from the floor.  “Easy there Cadet, you’re going to survive.  Let’s get you cleaned up and then we can… clean up the floor of Engineering.  I wouldn’t want Captain Sekal to walk in here right now.”


That sense of Luma faded as she turned her attention to other parts of the ship, tending to her small ones.  She was in a slightly better mood but the Lenai was still grumpy under it all, and would be until she got a chance to speak with her bondmate, who would clear it all up for her. In spite of the hard wired connection to Sienna, which had ripped through her telepathic shielding and left the Commander vulnerable.  Luma was being careful not to overwhelm Sienna and help her remain sane.  Luma had learned the hard way in the past that those fast bondings could cause a telepath of insufficient ability to go insane and never recover their telepathic shielding.  But Luma was counting on T’Mur to assist Sienna, and once Sekal or Vex was back aboard, Luma would be able to allow the bonding to fade and Sienna should recover.


(reply none, or any in engineering, please don’t step in the vomit)

(posted by Al Muir and Mel G)

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