Arcadia Station SB-101 / USS Quirinus NCC-83942
SD 11207.30

Starring:
Christopher Dickinson as Chief of Security Commander Bill Powers
Mike Johnson as Flight Control Officer Lieutenant Sam Chambers
Nicholas Moline as Operations Manager Ensign Vincent Dagan
Bruce Oriani as Chief Science Officer Lt. Commander Trikk Starr
Karriaunna Scotti as Counselor Commander Azhure Powers

Ship Manager Keith LaHue

Also Starring:
Christina Doane as Executive Officer Commander Havaris Alora
Keith LaHue as Elias

Absent:
Mitch Travis as Commanding Officer Captain Sulek

TIME LAPSE SINCE LAST MISSION: None

"Time Waits for Gnomon, Part 13": Last time on Arcadia... The scenario grew frustrating as the crew attempted to enter the castle - which while previously open is now closed...

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CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Searching for an entrance and to the one inside, she walks slowly around the building, lightly brushing her fingers along the brick and stone for that 'key' that will let them in.::
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::Looking for a way in with the CSO::
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::Finally spots a door and calls the others over.::
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::As they gather looks at the door for the weak points.::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Making her way back around she joins Havaris:: XO: I did not find anything obvious to get us in.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Putting his hands on his hips :: XO: A door? That's rather obvious.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
CNS: I found a door but it will require some...help to open. :: CSec: Yes but it's either sealed or locked as its not opening.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Looks at the door and then at her husband.:: CSec: I think the door might win.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::After checking it carefully, hands the hammer to Commander Powers and braces the sword at a weak point, applying pressure.::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
XO: You're serious? :: Sighs, waggles his eyebrows, then takes a step back :: Don't. Move.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
CSec: Alright... the odds might be more even... maybe.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Stands out of the way and looks upward.::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Taking a stance, he pulls the hammer away from the door, takes a breath in, and swings ::

ACTION: The door is apparently not very well constructed, and gives way rather easily

CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
All: Disappointing....
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
Hmmm.... too easy... :: talking to no one in particular she looks through inside.::
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
All: Alright then. ::Carefully pokes her head in::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Hands the hammer back ::
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
Powers: You may want to keep that, just in case...
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Lifts her hand up to stop anyone from entering just yet.::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CSec: ::sarcastic:: Nice. Not quiet. Now all know. We here. Why not ring bell. Just as quiet.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::Steps carefully in looking around.::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CSO: Following orders?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
All: There is... something. A sense of intense emotions coming from inside. :: drops her hand.:: I am not sure what kind of emotion though.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::It is oddly deserted, they move carefully forward, Havaris aiming them toward the library.::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Thinking about it, but feeling too dependent on technology, Bill pulls out that tricorder that he managed to "find". :: All: Energy readings are off the scale.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
CNS: So there is something still here, no other clues on what it might be?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: After a moment she is able to sort through and identify it better.:: All: Yes, someone... and great sorrow.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::Hands CSO her quarter staff from a holster on her back.::
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
CNS: I see.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::They arrive at the library.::

ACTION: As the crew arrives in the deserted library, the oblong room with no windows or doors is glowing a pale blue. The library has no book left in it. The shelves are all barren. Oddly, there are no distinguishing features of any kind

CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: following along, she searches both outward and inward as they walk in unfamiliar area to her.::
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
CSec/CNS: Is this room the source of the energies you are detecting?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
XO: I... :: squints his eyes :: ... think so.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::raises hand:: Outloud: Luminaries!
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
::Walks further in and simply nods as she reaches a hand toward the blue.::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: Uh, Azhure... ?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Stops and turns toward Bill with a lifted brow::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: Your first instinct is to just touch it?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::tries again:: Outloud: Luminaries!
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: smiles lightly:: CSec: No... not yet at least. I only want to get a better sense of it.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
Powers: What is the tricorder telling you? ::Stops in the door reluctant to let the others step too far in.::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::makes a quick flick of his hand::
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
CSO: What was that, you trying to hocus pocus the room?
OPS_Ens_Dagan says:
::trying to take a peek over the XO's shoulder::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
FCO: No. light room.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
XO: Um. It's bright? And it's powerful. It's emitting so much the tricorder is... :: tries tweaking it ::
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
CSO: With what?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: turns back around and as she said, she did not touch but came closer to it. Along her arm she watched a few hairs stand up. A moment more and she pulled back.:: CSec: Some kind of force field perhaps, but not an entity.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
FCO: Magics.
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
::pounds his walking stick on the ground to see how the sound carries::

ACTION: The sound echoes in the empty halls

CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
FCO: I am mage. In this scenario of theirs, yes?
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
CSO: You are? What can you do with that?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Playing with the tricorder, trying to make sense of all of this... the power readings seem full spectrum, but there's certain peaks in the EM curve ::
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
Room: Hello, anyone there? ALL: I wonder where everyone went off to?
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
CSec: Reasonable safe to enter the room and poke around? Any other energy signatures?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: looks over her husband's arm at the tricorder.:: CSec: You look puzzled.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
FCO: No idea, they are just gone, I don't see dropped items or forgotten food, just gone...

ACTION: There is an audible hum as the CSec hones his tricorder onto the frequency emenating from the oblong room

CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Looks up from the tricorder screen, blinking, thinking he was being controlled by some scientist for a moment there :: CNS: There's only so much that a grunt knows about this stuff.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
FCO: Cast Magics. Make Spells. Do the impossible? Is not what mages do?
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
CSec: Show the tricorder to Lt. Commander Starr perhaps he can make more sense of it.
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
XO: I am no scientist but some clue people had once been here should exist, the mere absence of such evidence implies none of this is real. Wonder if we should try and just wake up?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Knows her husband is far more than that.:: CSec: You have something.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::tries another spell:: Outloud: Brasinger! ::again flicks hand upward::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
::Seemingly doesn't hear the XO :: CNS: So I do. Some sort of spike. Let's see what's unique about it...
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
::looks skeptical at the CSO:: CSO: Really sir? With due respect Commander, prove it!

ACTION: As the CSec fine tunes the tricorder to the exact frequency of the glowing blue room, there is a blinding flash of light!

XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
CSO: Please stop trying to cast spells and look at the...::stops as she is blinded, hand flies in front her face instinctively.::
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
::protects his eyes::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Turns it back :: All: Crud! What was that?

ACTION: When the light dissipates, the crew find themselves outdoors, in a grand meadow. Elias is here, as are the rest of the crew. There is no sign of any building or indigenous higher life forms other than Elias. There are animals, but no people.

XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
OPS: See if you can get a head count make sure everyone is here
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::Looks around.::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
CSec: I doubt it was the CSO... more likely something concerning the frequency you attained.
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
::looks around:: ALL: We appear to have been transported again
OPS_Ens_Dagan says:
XO: Aye Commander ::starts counting the people in the area::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: I thought I was in passive mode. How could that happen? :: Looks at Elias, the only person that he doesn't think belongs here ::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Slowly turns around looking at various crew members until she alights on Elias.::

ACTION: Elias looks sad

XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::Sees Elias and walks over.::Elias: What's wrong? ::She asks.::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: quietly:: Elias: You?
OPS_Ens_Dagan says:
XO: All present and accounted for Commander
Elias says:
CNS Yes. I tried.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
OPS: Thank you Ensign, everyone alright medically?
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
Elias: Tried what?
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
XO: I wonder about the CSO sometimes but I am fine.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::Self - amazed at what he thinks he did:: Okays. THAT was fire. Or was supposed to be. I said what I said. No fire. Bright Light .We go "poof ". we not inside. We out.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::trying to figure out what he's done, not knowing it wasn't him at all::
Elias says:
CNS: The world I made for you. I took it from your memories. I don't know if I can make another
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
Elias: But why would you want to?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Getting a creepy feeling :: Elias: Say, you can't turn into a turtle, can you?
Elias says:
CNS: I believe is was a story that one of you - or more - had been told
Elias says:
CSec: Why would I want to? An No, I can't.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::still mumbling to himself, trying to figure out what he did and where this Elias person came from::
Elias says:
::sobs:: CNS/CSec: You were brought here by the comet. And I don't know how to put you back. I'm sorry. I think you are stuck here.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
Elias: How long have you been here... alone?
Elias says:
CNS: I have always been here. When travelers come, I create worlds for them.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::Unsure what to do with a crying man, lets the Counselor do her thing.::
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
Elias: there is always a way... We just have to find it.
Elias says:
FCO: I do not have your...technology. I don't know how to put you back.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
Elias: Where are the other travelers? :: moves closer to him.::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::totally confused:: ::whispers:: FCO: Did I do that?
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::Nods at the FCO's confidence.::Elias: Can you tell us anything about how the comet brings people here? Can you bring us our technology?::Waves at CSec, pointing at the tricorder.::
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
Elias: Did you move us from the old Library to where we are now?
Elias says:
XO: I...I don't know.
OPS_Ens_Dagan says:
::finishes double-checking:: XO: Everyone seems to be healthy
Elias says:
FCO: The library...everything. It was the illusion I created for you. You were supposed to be satisfied...and live out your lives there. But you have this....desire, to get back to where you were. I do not claim to understand it, or you.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
OPS: Thank You there's that at least. If we're here long enough we'll worry about shelter and food but for now we're currently trying to see if we can get any assistance from the caretaker over there..::motions to Elias::
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
Elias: You are saying this place we are in now is not an illusion also?
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
Elias: It's not our way to be satisfied if there is any way we can return home we will try to do so. It is our nature.
OPS_Ens_Dagan says:
::mumbles:: Self: Well if the world you created was more believable perhaps we wouldn't care to go back.
Elias says:
FCO: This is the planet without any of my modifications. I can make you almost anything you like though.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::overhearing Elias turns to him:: Sudden anger comes across face:: Elias: YOU! You do THIS!!
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
Elias: Anything huh? If we could offer you the specifications could you make us a space craft?
Elias says:
CSO: Yes. I did. But I didn't bring you here.
Elias says:
FCO: I said almost...I cannot recreate this thing you call technology
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: waiting for the others to finish, she motions to the tricorder:: Elias: What of this?
Elias says:
CNS: That came with you. It was the only thing that did.
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
Starr: Silence. He didn't bring us here.
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
XO: So he claims ..
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
FCO: Just so, some of our people the Counselor included have mental abilities is anyone detecting falsehood?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Looks down at her clothes, realizing what she wore was no more than illusion. With a sigh, she looks upward.:: Elias: Thank you for the clothes.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: turns to Havaris:: XO: I sense nothing but truth.
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
XO: No.. I don't feel deception not anymore anyway
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
CNS: Thank You Counselor.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::is quiet as per the XO, but make hand motions to Elias that he had better start talking and quickly with an explanation that makes the CO and XO happy::
OPS_Ens_Dagan says:
XO: He believes what he is saying
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
FCO: So we'll go with that he's not lying for now, we have to operate under some kind of framework to move forward.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
XO: But still, there is something not right here... Think about it. We came basically in our birthday suit. And one tricorder.
OPS_Ens_Dagan says:
XO: Or is very good at faking it.
Elias says:
OPS: I assure you. The only thing fake was everything.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Turns to Bill for the tricorder.:: CSec: May I?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: Go ahead...
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Taking it, she looks it over carefully.::
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
::Is about to ask Elias how the tricorder came to them when she sees the CNS's motion, pauses curious where this will go.::
OPS_Ens_Dagan says:
::grins:: Elias: My point exactly
FCO_Lt_Chambers says:
Elias: One question, why did you want us to be happy enough to live out or lives here? What is in it for you?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::calmed down:: Elias: Question. If this not real. Illusion. How we know you real? Not Illusion?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::gestures to the environment around them::
Elias says:
::points at Starr:: XO: That one...it is defective?
XO_Cmdr_Havaris says:
Elias: It works as far as we've been able to determine.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: The reading simply shows her Elias is not giving off huge amount of the unidentifiable energy. Which would make sense if he was no longer projecting. Slowly turning over the tricorder, she notices nothing.:: XO: We could open it. As far as I can tell, it is the only true anomaly here.

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TIME LAPSE TO NEXT MISSION: None