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** '''Team:''' [[Trellis Vondaryan]], [[Thalas th'Koro]], [[Emilia Krugol]], [[Tali Namura]]. | ** '''Team:''' [[Trellis Vondaryan]], [[Thalas th'Koro]], [[Emilia Krugol]], [[Tali Namura]]. | ||
* Figuring out what is going on while trying to remain sane: | * Figuring out what is going on while trying to remain sane: | ||
** [[Tasha MacFarlane]], [[Cory Stoyer]]. | ** '''Team:''' [[Tasha MacFarlane]], [[Cory Stoyer]]. | ||
''Note: Maquis crew will be referred to by their call signs, a full list of which can be found here: [[Skarbek/Crew|Skarbek Crew and Known Associates]].'' | ''Note: Maquis crew will be referred to by their call signs, a full list of which can be found here: [[Skarbek/Crew|Skarbek Crew and Known Associates]].'' | ||
Discovering the extensive injuries inflicted on [[Quinn Reynolds/Skarbek|Reynolds]] had caused her to be "awake" somewhere outside of their reality, the nature of their existence was called into question. | Discovering the extensive injuries inflicted on [[Quinn Reynolds/Skarbek|Reynolds]] had caused her to be "awake" somewhere outside of their reality, the nature of their existence was called into question. On the Bridge, the crew waged war on one another, pointing fingers and trying to find out who would have caused the beating on the Intelligence Officer. However, getting no where quickly, the crew split into teams to cover all ground as the very fabric of the dreamscape they were snared in began to unfurl. | ||
:: ''Meanwhile, having awoken in her Ready Room, [[Quinn Reynolds|Admiral Reynolds]] woke up the sleeping form of [[Corliss Fortune|Ensign Fortune]], a new Ensign reporting for duty, and aided [[Caedan Nkai|Lieutenant Nkai]], blasted by a phaser and managing to hold it together after some hasty patch-up work by the EMH (Emergency Medical Hologram). Shooting down in the Jefferies tube to the deck below to gather what equipment they could, their mission was to take back the Gorkon, or at least survive long enough to wake everyone else up.'' | |||
Down in Engineering, [[Tasha MacFarlane/Skarbek|Sparks]] (now moderately sober thanks to the chemical intervention of [[Yiggtissi/Skarbek|Yiggs]]) and [[Cory Stoyer/Skarbek|Stripper]] found themselves in the Scottish Highlands, standing on the grassy hills overlooking one of the many Lochs. Appearing on the hill was a woman, which visible shook [[Tasha MacFarlane/Skarbek|Sparks]] as she recognized her from her dreams. | |||
Heading from the Bridge to the Quarters Deck, [[Ayiana Sevo/Skarbek|Red]], [[Ferier Lanta/Skarbek|Sticks]], [[Samira Neathler/Skarbek|Newbie]] and [[Groznin Smith/Skarbek|The Kid]] found themselves standing in the cave of the Symbiont Pools on Trill, instead of the sleek interior of the Skarbek they were expecting. However, on closer inspection, the pool wasn't inhabited by symbionts, but by themselves, floating in the water, in Starfleet uniforms. Making a quick exit out of the cave, [[Samira Neathler/Skarbek|Newbie]] found another cave with jellyfish floating in mid-air, chased by seahorses who began to pop confetti-filled balloons with their horns. What looked at first to be confetti was actually acid flakes, snowing down onto the ground and burning everything it touched. | |||
The team comprising of [[Trellis Vondaryan/Skarbek|Slick]], '''Buttons''', [[Emilia Krugol/Skarbek|Princess]] and '''Tails''' proceeded down one corridor to bang on some doors and hopefully find the interloper who had put the beat down on Quinn. What they found instead was a nightmare situation, with a devilish clown and disembodied arms coming out of the wall. Attacking the clown, they found him to be ethereal and vanishing, but the arms grasped [[Emilia Krugol/Skarbek|Princess]] and '''Buttons''', attempting to squeeze the life out of them. | |||
:: ''Meanwhile, back on the Gorkon, [[Quinn Reynolds|Admiral Reynolds]] and [[Corliss Fortune|Ensign Fortune]] continued to aid [[Caedan Nkai|Lieutenant Nkai]] and find out what was going on. Able to equip themselves from a storage locker, they heard the chattering of '''Lladre's''' goons in the corridor, aiming on taking [[Quinn Reynolds|Admiral Reynolds']] children from her quarters to be used as a bargaining chip.'' | |||
In Sickbay, [[Genkos Sim/Skarbek|Wheels]] and [[Erin Reynolds/Skarbek|Vines]] were preparing to try and go into the mind of [[Quinn Reynolds/Skarbek|Commander Reynolds]] to find out where she was in her "awake" state and if she could do the same for them. Realising that it might be the last time they were to see one another, tender goodbyes were exchanged between them, and they settled down to start the link into [[Quinn Reynolds/Skarbek|Commander Reynolds']] mind, watched over by [[Walter Brunsig/Skarbek|Papa Bear]], [[Yiggtissi/Skarbek|Yiggs]], '''Needles''', and [[Jocelyn Marshall/Skarbek|Blondie]]. | |||
Deep in the Scottish Highlands, which was once Engineering, [[Tasha MacFarlane/Skarbek|Sparks]] and [[Cory Stoyer/Skarbek|Stripper]] witnessed the woman they had seen screaming giving birth to a child, via caesarean section. As [[Tasha MacFarlane/Skarbek|Sparks]] recognized the woman as her mother, she screamed and rushed forward, causing the woman and the scene to vanish, leaving the highlands oddly silent. There was a rustling in the nearby trees as two unicorns, clad in armour, appeared from the undergrowth, beckoning the two lost souls to follow them. It wasn't long until they were in front of another scene, only this time a young female child had tumbled down a hill, suffering a myriad of injuries, and lay unconscious at the foot of the hill. Unable to revive the child, Robert MacFarlane (relative of [[Tasha MacFarlane/Skarbek|Sparks]]) pronounced her dead. | |||
Inside the caves of the symbionts, trying to escape, a blessing of war unicorns barreled towards the team, covered in armour. Deciding the unicorns could understand them, the team followed the animals through the caves, ended up at a huge cavern cleft into the ground. Unable to cross, the team were stumped, until [[Ferier Lanta/Skarbek|Sticks]] climbed up onto one of the unicorns, who jumped the gap without an issue. Taking them through the caves, they strode beneath a waterfall, coming through it into the makeshift quarters [[Quinn Reynolds/Skarbek|Commander Reynolds]] had been held in. | |||
Once through the revolving corridor of arms and clowns, [[Trellis Vondaryan/Skarbek|Slick]] and the team tumbled into deep water, finding they were able to breathe underneath the waves in the dark. Scared of what was happening, and trying to wake [[Emilia Krugol/Skarbek|Princess]], they tried to think their way out of the situation instead. The team appeared in a shuttle bay, complete with the visceral remains of their friends and colleagues. | |||
Within the space of their minds, [[Erin Reynolds/Skarbek|Vines]] and [[Genkos Sim/Skarbek|Wheels]] found themselves like ethereal beings floating in a sea of blinding white and noise, hundreds of voices sounding around them. They reached out to the mind of [[Quinn Reynolds/Skarbek|Commander Reynolds]] and instead, came into contact with the mind of [[Quinn Reynolds|Admiral Reynolds]], freshly awake and not happy on the intrusion into her mind. | |||
Deep inside the ship's cargo hold, '''Headhunter''' and '''Soup''' found themselves standing in a corridor of a refugee ship, cramped and crammed full of Romulan civilians. Unable to account for the last few moments, they tried to escape through the door that had brought them from the cargo bay, only to find themselves inside a separate cargo bay, this time full of Romulan civilians jammed into every available space. On the wall was a mural, written hastily in paint, a dedication "ch'Rihan, bedaoi." | |||
In Sickbay, [[Yiggtissi/Skarbek|Yiggs]], fresh from a nightmare of his own in which he experienced his own birth by cracking out of his childhood egg into the arms of his parents, kicked off the start of the dream unfurling for the rest of them. A disembodied voice chillingly spoke from the tanoy, the floor began to shake around them, and the ceiling began to crack with water running through it. | |||
In the crew quarters, amidst dancing isolinear chips and a wave of rubber ducks flowing from a cupboard, [[Ferier Lanta/Skarbek|Sticks]] discovered a locator beacon hidden inside the replicator, made by [[Quinn Reynolds/Skarbek|Commander Reynolds]] during her brief confinement. Using the tricorder [[Ayiana Sevo/Skarbek|Red]] found, they discovered blood spatters on the floor that were not Deltan/Human in origin, but [[Arkarian]]. Finding a small human girl, that was quite literally inches tall, she stood in the palm of [[Samira Neathler/Skarbek|Newbie's]] hand and informed them to follow the yellow brick road to '''Arkaria City'''. | |||
Back in the Scottish Highlands, reeling from witnessing the death of her supposed sister, [[Tasha MacFarlane/Skarbek|Sparks]] and [[Cory Stoyer/Skarbek|Stripper]] came across a dark-skinned man sitting on the lower branches of a tree, wearing a long red, green and gold knitted garment, a cap of similar colours, and dreadlocks. He introduced himself as '''Skar''' and instructed them to continue through the rocks. Following the advise, they found themselves inside the Deflector Maintenance Bay of the Maquis Raider. A kitten was stuck in the console, a small kitten with ginger and black fur, a white belly underneath. Removing the cat started the rain from the ceiling and a fight for an umbrella for [[Cory Stoyer/Skarbek|Stripper]] from '''Skar'''. | |||
Down in Sickbay, the shaking and rattling of the walls continued, with pieces peeling off like the walls of an egg. In the midst of it, an ephemeral [[Quinn Reynolds]] appeared, younger in face and figure, informed [[Walter Brunsig/Skarbek|Papa Bear]] that her mother had died, conversing with him as though it were a record being replayed. As she disappeared, the crack of thunder rolled overhead, rain pouring down through the ceiling, hitting the deck in engagement rings instead of raindrops. Inside the head of [[Jocelyn Marshall/Skarbek|Blondie]], her brother appeared from the ether, hand on her shoulder, and replayed a conversation about a hemorrhage, leading the woman to suggest the idea to the Doctor. | |||
:: ''Meanwhile, back on the Gorkon, faced with the goons and a possible threat to her children, [[Quinn Reynolds|Admiral Reynolds]] and [[Corliss Fortune|Ensign Fortune]] managed to take down the attacking pair, removing their inhibitors from their necks. Armed with something that would now keep their crew from lapsing back into the dream, they gathered up [[Caedan Nkai|Lieutenant Nkai]] and headed for Main Sickbay, finding [[Yiggtissi|Lieutenant Yiggtissi]] in a slump inside. Attaching one of the inhibitor devices to his head, they roused him from his slumber. As they did so, the dream version of [[Yiggtissi/Skarbek|Yiggs]] crumpled to the floor.'' | |||
Inside the mind of [[Quinn Reynolds]], [[Erin Reynolds/Skarbek|Vines]] and [[Genkos Sim/Skarbek|Wheels]] were trying to convince the woman to help them wake up. However, she couldn't. She did inform them of the reality of their situation - they were all asleep, in a collective dream, and they were really Starfleet Officers serving on board the same ship - the dream was a concoction put together to get the command codes for the Gorkon from [[Quinn Reynolds|Admiral Reynolds]] while under the influence of a dream. Unable to progress any further, they elected to continue their delve into who they were by examining one another's mind for a past that wasn't part of the Skarbek dream sequence. | |||
In the cargo bay of the refugee ship, it was becoming clear that they were no longer on the Skarbek and instead inside '''Headhunter's''' memory. Finding her mother among the Romulan civilians being evacuated, she tried to drag her to her feet, attempting to rescue her from the fate that was about to befall her. Unable to do so, completely ignored by the Romulan woman, the telltale signs of a life support failure sounded from the ceiling. '''Soup''' grabbed '''Headhunter''' just as the inertial dampers failed, flinging everything and everyone inside the bay into the aft walls. Within the space of a blink, they were standing in front of the mural again. | |||
On the way to '''Arkaria City''', the team encountered a rollercoaster sent from Hell itself, which strapped the team down into the seats before flinging them into outer space. Unable to do anything about it, they flung past a dwarf star, coming to an abrupt halt outside a lone door with '''Arkaria City''' in white letters. Opening the door, they found a single chair inside, an unconscious [[Arkarian]] sat on it, a cone of light emanating from the ceiling. Stepping from the darkness was none other than '''Skar''', handing the bound prisoner over to the others as a gift. | |||
Standing in the shuttle bay with the remains of their colleagues, [[Trellis Vondaryan/Skarbek|Slick]] and team were beginning to run out of ideas on how to escape their minds. Without any purchase hold of the dream state they were in, they relied on their thoughts to try and escape. Collectively thinking together, they found themselves transported again from the shuttle bay, this time appearing in a desolated plain inside a ruined temple. Light streamed through the cracks in the walls and the void of space dropped beneath the cobbled stones on the floor. | |||
Inside '''Arkaria City''', they interrogation of the prisoner began. Known only as '''Bondon''', under duress, the Arkarian revealed the overview of the plan and his roll in it to [[Ayiana Sevo/Skarbek|Red]] and team, namely that the aim of the game had been to elicit codes for the Gorkon from [[Quinn Reynolds/Skarbek|Commander Reynolds]] while under the influence of the dream. Ready to escape from the confines of the dream sequence, '''Bondon''' tapped the device on the side of his head that kept him in the dream state, and his body crumpled to the floor. | |||
Within the Shared Psyche, [[Erin Reynolds/Skarbek|Vines]] and [[Genkos Sim/Skarbek|Wheels]] delved deeper into their minds, using one another as a telepathic guide. Discovering who they were through poignant flashbacks of their reality and history, the two realized what they were going through was a simulation implanted into their minds, and they now had a grasp on who they were and why they were there. | |||
Back in the Deflector Maintenance Bay, [[Tasha MacFarlane/Skarbek|Sparks]] and [[Cory Stoyer/Skarbek|Stripper]] tried to get back through the ship to the Bridge, but when heading for the doors, found a large forest stretching out in front of them. Tribbles lined the grassy floor and as they moved toward them, they grew to the size of a small dog, bared their teeth and began leaping for them. Retreating back to the safety of the Maintenance Bay, the two found a stash of weapons behind a wall panel showed by '''Skar''', picking up a Scottish Claymore and a large warhammer. Without a moments hesitation, the two ran forth through the double doors into the Tribble abyss. | |||
:: ''Meanwhile, back on the Gorkon, with [[Yiggtissi|Lieutenant Yiggtissi]] now awake, the team scrambled to find a way to wake everyone up simultaneously and to keep them from falling back into the dream state. Using her experience as an Engineer, [[Quinn Reynolds|Admiral Reynolds]] and [[Yiggtissi|Lieutenant Yiggtissi]] generated the neuro-cortical pulse through the emitters of a tricorder into his comm badge. Picking up the signal using the ship's internal communications, [[Quinn Reynolds|Admiral Reynolds]] amplified the signal to project it across the ship to each and every person within the vicinity of one.'' | |||
===Act Four: Wakey, Wakey=== | ===Act Four: Wakey, Wakey=== | ||