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Part 2 of Star Beagle Adventures
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2023-08-17
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2023-08-24
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Star Beagle Adventures Episode 2: Astral Traveler

Summary:

The Beagle task group docks at Deep Space 9, awaiting individual assignments.

A mysterious entity communicates with persons aboard each of the 3 ships, guiding them to an abandoned Cardassian space station.

Ezri Dax finds her counseling abilities tested in an interesting way.

Chapter 1: Episode 2: Astral Traveler, Scene 1: Organ Chord Voice

Notes:

Throughout this episode, snippets of lyrics are quoted. These are from two songs: "Astral Traveler" by Dave Hewson, which appeared as track 7 on "Time and a Word", the 2nd album by the progressive rock band, YES, 1970, Atlantic Records; and from "Yours Is No Disgrace" by Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Bill Bruford, and Tony Kaye, which first appeared as track 1 on "The Yes Album", the third album by YES, 1971, Atlantic Records.

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The Star Beagle Adventures                                                
Episode 2: Astral Traveller
Scene 1: Organ Chord Voice

 

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Organ Chord Voice

 

Trader Pel panicked. The tiny ferengi was without clothes. Without disguise. Without cover. Also, it appeared, without skin. Naked, directly in the line of sight of… Something… Not a human… the eyes were too big. It didn’t have skin either. Pel couldn’t even tell if it was male or female. Just a figure, pulsating with inner light - orange, blue, yellow, purple… 

Which is how the ferengi must have appeared to it as well. Neither male nor female. A vaguely humanoid shape pulsing with light. 

Was it speaking? Every time it opened its mouth, the sound was like an organ - rich, majestic, Every word a chord. They were standing inside a room-sized wicker basket woven with strands of orange and blue light. The light-man spoke more loudly as a flame burst up between them. Organ chord words. None of them made sense. But among them, something sounded familiar. Two words. 

The glowing being with the organ chord voice noticed that Pel found those words familiar and repeated them: “…Nor…”

A roaring flame between Pel and Organ Chord Voice leapt up, obscuring Organ Chord Voice’s further attempts at communication. Organ Chord Voice cried out more loudly, but could not compete with the flame. 

Oddly, Pel couldn’t feel the heat. To the tiny ferengi’s left, a mass of some sort of fabric started to rise… inflating… Pel noticed for the first time that the flame was roaring up into a huge ring above, to which the fabric was attached, causing the fabric to slowly expand, lifting it off the ground…

At the same time, machines in the background all around and above - outlined in various hues of blue light - were operating - cogs turning - levers moving - spheres rotating…

 

 

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