Shapes in Shadows

[erei'Riov Saren Zareth]

He looked over to the Bajoran Saehne' as he explained to the Riov that he was unsure what his sensors where telling him nor can he determine who is doing the fighting. He wore a neutral expression but his thoughts and emotions were anything but neutral. He was feeling annoyance and irritation. He thought that if you cant trust your sensors than what can you trust? He pondered asking this of him but he did not wish to step over his limits with the kraeter Riov

He began thinking of the situation as a whole. If the sensors did not register the Dhivael leaving their own time then perhaps they are indeed in the same time frame, just the things have been changed with the Breen's interference. What they had intended to do and what they actually done could be two separate issues. What they had actually done was put the Rihannsu Empire in a more powerful position from before and wilted the power of the lloann'mhrahel. Another thing they could have done was put another would be power in a position of greater power in the quadrant due to what they have done. The Ferengi, The Cardassians, the Borg. The possibilities were endless. He began to feel something that he has rarely felt and has not felt in a long time: Fear. Fear of the unknown and what could possibly be

[Riov Liordra t'Takar]

For a moment, she allowed herself the luxury of imagining returning to a time-line where the Rihannsu were the dominant force. If she allowed that however, they would be no different from the Breen. The Empire had, in the past, attempted to control time with disastrous results. The details of that attempt had long been buried and wisely never resurrected.

Once more the oira began to fade and darken. This time she did nothing, only waited to find out what would be shown to them next.

[Veralen Sahen]

The oria began to darken, she looked around nervously. What could it be now. Where or when would they find themselves this time. She wondered if they were getting any closer to finding the answer to restoring things properly.

Time was not to be played with, ever that was her thought on the subject. If you go into the past and make a change no matter how slight it ripple along a steady track making the necessary adjustments as it went. It could result in tremendous changes with far reaching results.

She could not imagine the burden this was on Riov t'Takar.

[Reha Khev]

She was working on, what would you call it. A feeling, a hunch, an unidentifiable clue? IF, this was the same time, but in a different.... The oria darkened and she was brought out of her thoughts.

"Fvah dha'nia Kholairlh-a nahi ( What in the Element's name?), vah can be happening now." she said in a low voice. Was this, what she read, that when time was tampered with there would be time waves to allow for the changes to take effect. Like an extending ripple or rings moving outward when a stone falls into the water.

One can only imagine what worlds would have been changed or lost in the bitter battles that would have taken place. And would the changes be as the Breen planned or would it have been altered as the time waves reached them?

[erei'Riov Saren Zareth]

As he thought more on who could be in greater power in the quadrant with the time changes, the lighting started to dim and broke into his thoughts "Vah shall we witness next" he spoke softly to himself

Before the ligtiing dimmed completely, he turned to look back to the Riov to see her reaction

[Riov Liordra t'Takar]

As the oira brightened, Liordra stared at the viewscreen in confusion. They had not moved.The same battle, the same scene they had just left, was there again. Then, as before, they were hit broadside by an energy weapon. She held on, concerned more with the circumstances, as she knew they would receive no damage. There had not been any time to watch the recordings of the first event, and now they had been brought back here. For what reason?

"All stations, review and report on anything you observe regarding this event and the previous one. Are they identical? What ships are involved? Who are they fighting?"

[***Dhivael Action***]

What appears to them is a very strange battle. At times the ships appear to fire at one another and other times, they appear to be firing at nothing. More strangely, some of the discharges seem to originate from another, not yet identifiable, source.
They have exactly one minute to analyze everything they can before the scene begins to fade once more.

[Lyretha t'Stellam]

As quickly as she could Lyretha pulled up the previous recording and ran a comparison. By her own observation , it was an identical match. She had just directed the computer to run it's own comparison to confirm, when the now familiar, darkening began.

[H'daen tr'Kayton]

H'daen stood up and helped the maenek up, as the lights dimmed again.

when the lights returned he looked around The Leih the Ship need me were is my uniform?" he says

[Arrain Terrh Sahen]

The lights darkened then brightened once again, to the same battle as before. One instance, he saw one ship firing on another ship, another instacne, he saw a ship fire at nothing. This was confusing

"All stations, review and report on anything you observe regarding this event and the previous one. Are they identical? What ships are involved? Who are they fighting?"

He snapped out of his confused thoughts and did what the Riov commanded, getting any sensor readings he could. Just when he thought he had something, the lights dimmed again

[erei'Riov Saren Zareth]

He merely observed as light returned, and so did the two combatants, One ship firing on another, other time, firing at nothing at all. This time, when the ship was struck by the stray shot from an energy weapon, he was not surprised and he maintained his seat

A minute passed and the light began to darken once again. Before they did fully, he spoke to the Riov "My instincts are telling me we are caught in some temporal flux, my Leih"

[masque]

Jun 23, 2008 17:20:20 GMT -5 H'daen tr'Kayton said:

H'daen stood up and helped the maenek up, as the lights dimmed again.

when the lights returned he looked around The Leih the Ship need me were is my uniform?" he says

"Woah, up there H'daen!" S.Gale says as they help each other up, "You need to be a little more steady on your feet before I'm letting you loose. The Elements know your heart, but you will do the ship no good if your mind and limbs aren't speaking to each other." She signals the nurse as she scans H'daen. Finding everything satisfactory, she nods to Teelis to get his uniform and effects. "It seems that you got up before your mind was fully awake. You were screaming something about "not touching the human"? What was that about?"

[H'daen tr'Kayton]

He listens to the maenek as she scans him, and fines he is OK "It seems that you got up before your mind was fully awake. You were screaming something about "not touching the human"? What was that about?" the maenek asks

"It seems some of the Rihannsu fighters when they heard the Federation surrender were going to attack the Human fighters" he says their is no emotions in his voice

He takes his uniform "I was letting them know the humans are off limits" he says as privacy screen is put around him and he changes

[Riov Liordra t'Takar]

She'd counted the interval precisely. One standard minute. One minute to record and analyze all they could before the scenario would begin all over again, and if they were caught in a temporal loop of some sort, how were they to get out of it?

"Continue analysis. I want every last detail. Somewhere out there is our answer."

[tmeryl]

T'meryl worked at making sense of the confusing data coming into the science station. "I am recording the data, and trying to compare. I agree with Zareth: we are in a flux. It is as if we are caught in a series of waves, like ripples in a pond. Someone threw in a stone and we are riding the waves."