The Mandalorian Funeral Chant

Posted on Tue Mar 3rd, 2020 @ 4:37pm by Admiral Jake Yamaguchi & Rear Admiral Carl "Thunderhead" Patterson & Fleet Captain Torilla Yamaguchi

Mission: Mission 52: The Astral Winds
Location: Various Locations - USS Courageous
Timeline: 1300Hrs - December 1st, 2391

Captain Torilla Yamaguchi smiled as she regarded her husband who was seated before her. "Ever feel that sometimes our jobs are reversed..?"

"Yes... All the time.." Jake responded quietly.

Torilla gently placed her hand over her husbands hands. "It'll be alright Jake... We'll make it right.."

"I just... sometimes wonder..." Jake admitted. "The other Torilla shared... with me some very violent memories... of what her Jake did to her.." he admitted softly.

"You are better then that Jake... You are a good man.." Yamaguchi smiled at her husband.

Jake sighed. "I dunno... Torilla I mean...I-"

"Stop blaming yourself for what he did... you did not abuse me, violate me or harm our children..."

"He had my face... " Jake responded quietly.

"I know..." Torilla smiled. "But... You are not him... Don't let him win Jake... you are a better man then he will ever hope to become."

The two were interrupted by the com system which beeped at them. "Bridge to Yamaguchi. Skipper you got an incoming communication from Starfleet Command."

"Pipe it through in here." Torilla responded evenly.

The face of Admiral Carl Patterson appeared on the wall monitor before Torilla and Jake. "Hey... I'm glad I caught you both together... We have a situation brewing which we need Courageous back here for pronto.... I know you wanted to do some serious exploration of the Vela OB2 Association but.... I'm sorry but I need to recall you pronto.."

"I understand.." Torilla regarded Patterson with a dark, flinty look as he eyes widened.

Jake could almost hear his wife thinking and he knew she was angry with this. "Admiral... You understand that we are one ship.. and we are not exactly essential to the running of the fleet... right?"

"I know that Jake... but the situation with the Roanoke demands your presence... You're the only Medium Fighter Carrying Cruiser available... the other two are down for overhauls and refitting.."

"I feel cheated." Torilla growled ever so softly. "I protest this .... Admiral." as her eyes blazed with naked anger.

Jake peered at his old friend. "We'll be back in two days..."

"Why so long?"

It was Jake who answered as Torilla slowly moved off away from the wall monitor and moments later she was outside eye view as Jake merely raised an eyebrow. "We've only just finished repairing our damage from our flight here... Captain Yamaguchi will have her people look at the slipstream drive but... You will have to accept the possibility that we will simply be late."

"I understand... I'm sorry to deliver bad news Jake... I will make this up to you two somehow..."

"I'll hold you to that..." Jake responded softly. "We'll talk to the Engineers and get things sorted out. In the meantime however... You can inform the jackasses that be that we will be home soon... Yamaguchi out." and with that Jake hung up on his old friend.

Torilla looked angry. "I wanted.... to explore... to remind myself of why I joined Starfleet... now even thats been taken from me..."

"I know" Jake responded quietly.

Grey Wind peered at his mistress, knowing she was upset so he remained where he was, same with his litter mate who had remained with him.

Jake gently slipped his arms around his wife's torso. "It'll be alright.."

Torilla regarded her husband. "Wasn't I doing this for you not that long ago?"

"I'll be fine .... in time." Jake admitted.

Torilla nodded. "Alright... Well... I'd best head on down to Engineering and have them fire up the slipstream drive... and take us home back to the morons that populate Starfleet command..."

"Yeah... We will a chance to do this again... I will see to it personally.."

"Alright.." Torilla responded evenly as she regarded Jake with her dusky brown eyes. "Well.. I'd best get going." and with that she disentangled herself from her husband and went out the door after giving him a gentle kiss on the lips.