All the Bad News, All at Once - Part One

Posted on Thu Mar 12th, 2020 @ 1:00am by Division Admiral Rhaenys "Nighthawk" Dvald & Commander Sohnaxx Dvald & Commander Theris Dvald-Veldama & Commander Lakaris Dvald & Master Chief Petty Officer Ranav Dvald-Grenix & Petty Officer 2nd Class Cheleya Dvald & Commodore Siaxx "Bluemoon" Dvald-Vaxx MD & Post Captain Lenaris Dvald & Post Captain Heris Dvald & Shonax Dvald

Mission: Mission 85: My Soul's in Arms, and Eager for the Fray
Location: Various Locations - USS Tranquility
Timeline: 2000Hrs - May 12th, 2392

Commander Siaxx Dvald finished stripping her uniform jacket off of her bloated frame as she let out a noise that was somewhere between a sigh and a grunt. She looked down at the PADD that she had dropped on her kitchen table just moments earlier. On the PADD was a list of names and one of them was her niece. The list was a casualty report and Cheleya Dvald was dead, killed by falling debris.

Dvald had gone through Cheleya's personal database earlier, using her own access codes and there were several files contained within. All listed as 'To be sent to various people in the event of my passing.'

Dvald realized that her niece had been preparing for this event for quite some time. "Ahh Cheleya, I see you planned ahead sweetie," Dvald commented softly when she downloaded the files onto a PADD so she could read over them before sending them off to their intended recipients

"At least she went quick," Siaxx said softly to herself. "No lingering for her... Not like what almost happened to me. and what happened to Heraxx Shon during the Dominion War while Siaxx had been assigned to the USS Copernicus, an older Curie class starship, this offshoot of the Oberth was the last attempt to save this class of ship from heading off en-mass to the scrap heap which they did in the early eighties as part of Starfleet's fleetwide modernization.

"Heraxx." Dvald mused aloud. "I've not thought about him in years." before she slid her bloated form into a chair as she began writing a letter on the face of a second PADD she had brought home with her for this occasion. Since the USS Tranquility was in the Gorn Hegemony and was fighting in a war zone. She had no way to communicate in subspace with her relatives and siblings so she decided she would write to them instead.

After an hour or so. Siaxx had finished reading the letters, then she added her own comments in a footnote at the bottom of every single letter.

First to my parents Lenaris and Lakaris.
First let me say that I have died while wearing the uniform and I know it would be easy for you guys to process this news, I fell in battle trying to save others and I guess it was just my time after all. I'm Sorry for causing you both to feel the pain and sorrow of my passing but I did the best I could with what I had to work with. I had twenty-four wonderful years of life with a family who loved me and wanted me in their lives. I knew what my calling was and I knew the risks that went with this uniform. I never intended to die in the service but my life here had meaning. I helped save the lives of others. They will go on to have their own lives because of my actions. Do not blame the Klingons and do not hold hatred in your hearts for what happened to me. Remember the good times we had together as a family and remember me. Farewell. Cheleya.

To my twin brother Tyrion.
You I know most of all will have problems processing all of this. I know the special and unique bond that brings twins together like body else. I know you have the hardest burden of them all, going on without your other half. But I wanted to take a moment to pay a little tribute to you. You were the better half of me. Whenever I knew fear, you were always there to steady me, to anchor me and look after me when I needed it. We shared a lot of laughs and some cries together. We had some great memories. Cherish the times we had together and I know on some level you'll adapt and go on long after I'm gone but I don't want you to spend your life mourning me. Farewell. Cheleya.

Siaxx read them all in turn. Then the small bloated Bolian slid the PADD into her desk terminal before she uploaded the letters, one at a time. Taking care to not screw anything up so she took her time and made sure that each letter went to the correct recipient before Siaxx sent them off one at a time. One to her brother and his wife who were serving on the Shinano. One to Heris and another to Theris and one to her father and co-mother back on Bolarius.

With all of that finished. Siaxx who had been fighting off tears all evening finally gave in and let herself cry. She was so tired of losing people she loved and the people around her and this was no exception.