Star Trek: A Call To Duty
U.S.S. Quirinus NCC-83942 - SD 10604.24

“Truth & Music”

Featuring Songs By:

Keith LaHue		as	Ben Pangborn
Jeffrey Brown		as	Kraight
Matthew Bordewick	as	Zee Alexander
Margaret Bowie		as	Latta
Bryce Miller	 	as 	Royle Chandra
Karriaunna Scotti 	as 	Azhure
Christopher Dickinson 	as 	Billy Bob Powers Jr.

…with…

Erin Cody-Allen 	as 	Adrienne Kostandinos-Michaels
Christopher Gibson	as	Sydney Majors
Kurt Goring	 	as 	Soriq Ahkileez
Kate McTiernan	as	Joanna Matisse
Mitch Travis 		as 	Sulek

…with…

Christopher Gibson      	as 	U.S.S. Quirinus – SM

Summary - Following an unexplained storm, the crews of both the U.S.S. Quirinus and Crossroads Station have fallen into a deep sleep. Twelve hours have passed, and the crews of both the ship and station slowly begin to awaken to the sound of a guitar playing in the distance. Ben Pangborn wakes slowly and as he goes to speak a song comes forth...

=/\==/\=BEGIN U.S.S. Quirinus Musical Mission - "Truth & Music"=/\==/\=

XO_Cmdr_Pangborn says:
::gets up, unamused, stands near the back of the bridge, dark light playing on his face::

Ben Pangborn:
Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire, of childhood and stardom. Blown on the steel breeze.

Come on you target for faraway laughter, come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!

You reached for the secret too soon. You cried for the moon. Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed to the light. Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you work out your welcome, with random precision, rode on the steel breeze.

Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, your prisoner, and shine!

Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far, and shine on you crazy diamond.
Pile on many more layers, I’ll be joining you there, and shine on you crazy diamond.
And we’ll bask in the shadow, of yesterday’s triumph, and sail on the steel breeze.

Come on you poor child, you winner and loser. Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!

ACTION - The music fades and the rest of the crew wakes up fully...

SO_Ens_Latta says:
::sits up from the floor and shakes her to clear it::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Slowly her eyes open to see the flicker of a security screen before her.  She frowns.::
CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::Wakes to the sound of music, and after listening for a while, she slowly sits up and looks around.::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::stands in the Conference room where he has been asleep::
XO_Cmdr_Pangborn says:
::wonders what just happened::
CSO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
:: sits up slowly where he fell to the deck, on the bridge ::
SO_Ens_Latta says:
Self: That wasn't somebody singing was it?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: She turns to look for Zee and Bill.::
TO_LtJG_Kostandinos-Michaels says:
::eyelids flicker open and looks around, wondering who had hijacked the ships' speaker system to play music, and how she could get them to teach her to do it - it would be one crazy prank::
CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::Looks over and sees Azhure, she gives her a questioning look.::  CNS: What was that...?
FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez says:
::wakes up confused with a handful of latinum and pictures of Orion slave girls::
CIV_Capt_Matisse says:
@::Peels her face slowly off the deck, feeling quiet a lot of pain.  Moving to wall, gets up slowly::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Slowly shakes her head::  CMO: I believe it was the storm.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::crosses to the com:: *Bridge* Status
CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
CNS: But after that... just now I heard singing?
CTO_Cmdr_Powers says:
::sits up and looks for Hixxan first::
XO_Cmdr_Pangborn says:
::headaches:: CSO: Give me a status report when you can
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Stands up and looks into Hixxan's cell.::
SO_Ens_Latta says:
::checks over Science Two and find it in working order::
CEO_Ens_Chandra says:
::Slowly begins to rise::
CSO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
:: turns slowly to his console :: XO: Yes... sir...
CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
CNS/CTO: We've got to get to the bridge... I have a really bad feeling.
CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::Runs to the turbo.::
CIV_Capt_Matisse says:
@:: Hits her combadge, and tries to call C&C, but as she tries to talk, her jaw throbbed::

ACTION - Hixxan lays in the brig quietly and the lights around the ship and station seem to fade...another guitar riff fills the air and the voice of the Benzite Kraight can be heard on the wind...

Kraight:
When I was young it seemed that life was so wonderful,
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,
Oh joyfully, oh playfully watching me.
But then they sent me away, to teach me how to be sensible,
Logical, oh responsible, practical.

And then they showed me a world, where I could be so dependable,
Oh clinical, oh intellectual, cynical.
There are times when all the world's asleep, the questions run too deep,
For such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned,
I know it sounds absurd, please tell me who I am.

I say: Now watch what you say, or they'll be calling you a radical,
A liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Oh won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable,
Respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable, whoa...
But at night when all the world's asleep, the questions run so deep,
For such a simple man.

Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned, I know it sounds absurd,
But please tell me who I am, who I am, who I am, who I am...

ACTION - The music fades and the turbolift doors to the Quirinus bridge slide open. Doctor Zee Alexander can be seen in the entrance-way with the front of her uniform zipped down and a grin on her face...

CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::moves to door and exits the conference room::
CIV_Capt_Matisse says:
@::Rubs the side of her jaw with her hand, and looks around for Qui::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::moves to TL:: Bridge
CSO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
:: looks around, suddenly confused ::  XO: Did... did I just... *sing*?
CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::Exits onto the bridge and looks at Kraight, who she had just heard singing.::
SO_Ens_Latta says:
::looks extremely confused herself:: CSO: Yes sir, you did.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::arrives on bridge::
XO_Cmdr_Pangborn says:
::coughs:: CSO: Uh. Yes you did. At first I thought it was the status report. But seeing as I sang as you all awoke, possibly it's the storm ...or something
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Watching the doctor leave, turns to look at Bill.::
TO_LtJG_Kostandinos-Michaels says:
::cocks an eyebrow as the TL doors open:: XO: Sir I think we're about to see a bit more of the "or something" you mentioned...
CTO_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: Well, I'm not sure that was a success or a failure.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::turns seeing the DR:: XO:  Status of...
CIV_Capt_Matisse says:
@::Moves back towards to C&C::
CSO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
XO: Most unusual. The final discharge from the storm apparently has affected the speech centres of our brains.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
Hixxan: Mariva?

ACTION - Music begins to play and the crew's attention turns to Doctor Alexander...

CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::opens mouth and finds herself singing::
Zee Alexander:
I was feeling done in, couldn't win, I'd never even kissed before...

CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
 ::touches lips with her finger tips.::

Zee Alexander:
I felt there was no use, getting into heavy petting, it only leads to trouble and seat wetting...
Is how to go,
I've tasted blood and I want more.

CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::leaps out of the turbo and starts walking across the top deck of the bridge while singing.::

Sydney Majors:
More! More! More!

CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::mock faints into Pangborn’s arms.::

Zee Alexander:
I'll put up no resistance. I want to stay the distance, I've got an itch to scratch.

CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::Reaches for Pangborn’s combadge and taps for sickbay::

Zee Alexander:
I need assistance. Touch-a, touch-a, touch-a touch me, I wanna be dirty.

CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::Starts running her hands town the frame of her body.::
TO_LtJG_Kostandinos-Michaels says:
::tries hard not to laugh at what's transpiring but fails, snickering at Pangborn's "predicament"::

Zee Alexander:
Thrill me, chill me, fulfill me, Creature of the night.

CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
 ::Runs across the bridge excitedly. Runs back to the XO and laughs:: 

Zee Alexander:
Then if anything grows, while you pose,
I'll oil you up and drop you down.

Sydney Majors:
Down! Down! Down!

Zee Alexander:
And that's just one small fraction of the main attraction,
You need a friendly hand,
Oh, I need action.
Touch-a, touch-a, touch-a touch me, I wanna be dirty,
Thrill me,  chill me, fulfill me, Creature of the night…

CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::A team from sickbay arrive and join in the chorus line as well, having responded to Zee's earlier comm.:: 

Sulek:
Creature of the night!
Ben Pangborn:
Creature of the night!
Bill Powers:
Creature of the night!
Azhure:
Creature of the night!
Kraight:
Creature of the night!
Joanna Matisse:
Creature of the night!
Royle Chandra:
Creature of the night!

CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::Opens his mouth but instead of a "what is this?" words from the song come out. ::throwing his hands out  in a somewhat strange looking dance gesture::

Zee Alexander:
Creature of the night!

CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::sighs and rests her head on Pangborn’s chest.::

ACTION -The song comes to a sudden end and the lights on the bridge go out. Before anyone can react however another song begins and Ensign Latta begins to sing by the faint glow of console light...

CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Turns to look at Bill, confusion part of her expression.::
XO_Cmdr_Pangborn says:
::looks down at his chest, saying nothing::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
CTO: Something is definitely a bit... off.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Looks back at Hixxan wondering if there was a connection with that odd comment from the two of them.::
CTO_Cmdr_Powers says:
::Looks around momentarily, as if suddenly finding himself elsewhere::  CNS: Perhaps...
TO_LtJG_Kostandinos-Michaels says:
::decides this has gone from amusing to just plain disturbing and backs up against the console, looking somewhat nervous::
CIV_Capt_Matisse says:
@::Finally gets to C&C, and tries to get her bearings, and reports coming in::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
::Takes a deep breath and tries again::  Hixxan: Mariva?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Looks at Bill and then moves back to the control centre for a medical tricorder seeing as she was now short one doctor.::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::looks down and notes his foot is tapping::

ACTION - As the music gets louder the lights on the bridge slowly increase in power and the crew can see Latta singing to Commander Kraight...

Latta:
What's the time?
Well it's gotta be close to midnight,
My body's talking to me,
It says, "Time for danger,"

SO_Ens_Latta says:
::unzips her uniform to the approximate position of the Doctor's. Whips off her uniform jacket and teases Kraight with it.:: 
CSO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
:: blinks in astonishment ::
SO_Ens_Latta says:
::drops it in his lap as she sits in it and lap dances a little::

Latta:
It says "I wanna commit a crime,
Wanna be the cause of a fight,
Wanna put on a tight skirt and flirt,
With a stranger,"

CSO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
:: turns a slightly deeper shade of blue-green ::
SO_Ens_Latta says:
::leaps from Kraight's lap and moves seductively over to the CO::

Latta:
I've had a knack from way back,
At breaking the rules once I learn the games,
Get up - life's too quick,
I know someplace sick,
Where this chick'll dance in the flames.

CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::raises an eyebrow::
SO_Ens_Latta says:
::uses the CO like pole in a strip club::

Latta:
We don't need any money,
I always get in for free,
You can get in too,
If you get in with me,

CO_Capt_Sulek says:
SO:  Ummm...Ensign....
XO_Cmdr_Pangborn says:
::crosses his arms, tries not to laugh at Sulek::
CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::Can’t help but sigh as Pangborn crosses his arms, and she notices has big his bicep muscle is.::
SO_Ens_Latta says:
::walks backward to the Bridge railing and sit spins::

Latta:
Let's go out tonight,
I have to go out tonight,
You wanna play?
Let's run away.

SO_Ens_Latta says:
::scissor kicks of and falls to a catlike position::

Latta:
We won't be back before it's Christmas Day,
Take me out tonight, meow…

SO_Ens_Latta says:
::stands and pirouettes over to the XO::

Latta:
When I get a wink from the doorman,
Do you know how lucky you'll be?
That you're on line with the feline of,
Avenue B.

XO_Cmdr_Pangborn says:
::taken aback::
CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::Grabs his upper bicep protectively as the SO moves closer.::
SO_Ens_Latta says:
::seductively rubs up and down on him::

Latta:
Let's go out tonight,
I have to go out tonight,
You wanna prowl,
Be my night owl?
Well take my hand we're gonna howl,
Out tonight!

CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::muses that it now seems to be the XO's turn::
CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::Unzips her uniform further, and as if to out do the SO, she rubs up and down the other side of the XO.::
XO_Cmdr_Pangborn says:
:;secretly revels in the attention::
SO_Ens_Latta says:
::smiles seductively at the XO, before planting a kiss on his mouth and continuing::

Latta:
In the evening I've got to roam,
Can't sleep in the city of neon and chrome,
Feels too damn much like home,
When the Spanish babies cry.

SO_Ens_Latta says:
::moves away and goes back to Kraight:: 

Latta:
So let's find a bar,
So dark we forget who we are,
And all the scars from the,
Nevers and maybes die.

CMO_Ens_Alexander says:
::Gives Latta a dirty look, and after she is done kissing him, she grabs him and gives him a kiss too.::
SO_Ens_Latta says:
::sits in his lap::

Latta:
Let's go out tonight,
Have to go out tonight,
You're sweet,
Wanna hit the street?
Wanna wail at the moon like a cat in heat?
Just take me out tonight,
Please take me out tonight,
Don't forsake me - out tonight,
I'll let you make me - out tonight,
Tonight - tonight - tonight!

ACTION - The song comes to a dramatic end and the lights return to normal on the bridge...deep within the ship however another song begins as Chief Royle Chandra begins to hum and sing...

TO_LtJG_Kostandinos-Michaels says:
::raises an eyebrow at the XO and grins, wondering what he showered in this morning that all these formerly-sensible women she worked with were now making fools of themselves over him::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Looks over at Bill.::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Reaching into the medical cabinet, takes the medical tricorder back to Hixxan's cell.::
CEO_Ens_Chandra says:
::His eyes grow a bit misty as he begins to talk/sing::

Royle Chandra:
Staring at a maple leaf, leaning on the mother tree.
I said to myself we all lost touch.
Your favourite fruit is chocolate covered cherries, and seedless watermelon ohhhh,
Nothing from the ground is good enough.
Body rise, look what's over me.

ACTION - Foliage begins to spring up around the Engine Room. Butterflies flutter through the air as tranquil piano music echoes around the warp core.

Royle Chandra:
Oh Chariot your golden waves, are walking down upon this face,
Oh Chariot I’m singing out loud, to guide me,
Give me your...Strength.

ACTION - A beam of light from the deck above shines down on Chandra...like a ray of sunshine.

Royle Chandra:
Remember seeking moon's rebirth, rains made mirrors of the earth.
The sun was just yellow energy,
If there is a living promise land, even over fields of sand,
Seasons fill my body, cover me,
Bringing back, more than a memory,

Oh Chariot your golden waves, are walking down upon this face,
Oh Chariot I’m singing out loud, to guide me,
Give me your...Strength.

Royle Chandra:
You'll be my vacation away from this place,
You know what I want, holding that cup,
It's pouring over the sides, make me wanna spread my arms and fly,

Oh Chariot your golden waves, are walking down upon this face,
Oh Chariot I’m singing out loud, to guide me,
Give me your...Strength,

Give me your strength…oh Chariot…

ACTION - Chandra's song comes to an end and for a brief moment he has a vision of home and can smell a salt breeze. It fades quickly and he finds himself in Engineering with an audience all around him...

CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Runs a general scan on Hixxan::
CEO_Ens_Chandra says:
::Looks around a bit confused as to why everyone is staring at him::
SO_Ens_Latta says:
::leaps from the CSO's lap, blushing deeply and puts her jacket back on::
TO_LtJG_Kostandinos-Michaels says:
::just shakes her head as things on the bridge seem to be calming down... maybe... kinda...::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Turns to Bill.::  CTO: The sleep areas of her brain seem to be on overdrive.  I am not quite sure I should wake her.

ACTION - The sounds of an orchestra fill the brig. The melody sounds almost familiar to Azhure, as if something from a dream and she begins to sing...

CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Her eyes go slightly dreamy at Bill as she steps close to him, running a gentle hand down along the side of his face.::

Azhure:
The journey home, its never too long,
Your heart arrives before the train,
The journey home, it never too long,
Some yesterdays always remain.

I'm going back to where my heart was light,
When my pillow was a ship I sailed through the night.

CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Takes his hand into hers::

Azhure:
The journey home is never too long,
When open arms are waiting there,
The journey home is never too long,
There's room to love and room to spare,
I want to feel the way that I did there,
And think my wishes through before I wish again.

CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Steps close to him and slips her arms around him.::

Azhure:
The journey home is never too long,
Home hopes to heal the deepest pain,
The journey home is never too long,
Your heart arrives before the train.

Not every boat you come across is one you have to take,
Now sometimes standing still can be the best move you ever make.

CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Gently pulls his head down for a deep kiss.::

ACTION - The melody dies and as their break kisses, a second song begins immediately as Bill begins to sing in a strong tenor...

Bill Powers:
See the west wind move like a lover so... Upon the fields of barley.
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth... Among the fields of gold.
I never made promises lightly, and there have been some that I've broken.
But I swear in the days still left, we'll walk in the fields of gold.

So you took your love for to gaze awhile upon the fields of barley.
In my arms you fall as your hair came down among the fields of gold...
Will you stay with me, will you be my love, among the fields of barley?
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky... as we lie in the fields of gold...

CTO_Cmdr_Powers says:
::Stops singing and goes to one knee:: CNS: There's no one else I want to spend the rest of my life with.  You are my everything, and... when we walk again amongst the field of gold... will you marry me?
CTO_Cmdr_Powers says:
::Presents a ring he found on Crossroads Station::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Looks down in surprise::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Smiles and nods her head::  CTO:  Yes...
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Forgetting for the moment all that was going on around them, slips her arms back around him.::

ACTION - The melody fades and life seems to return to normal on both the ship and station, for a brief time. Azhure and Powers are left in the bridge with the sound of a violin fading in the distance...

=/\==/\=PAUSE Mission=/\==/\=