This Vacation Interruption Brought to You by Section 31

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The time of your meeting has come...

The coordinates that you were given lead you to a restaurant near the beach. It's closed for the day but the tables are still out. Small tables with just enough room for two. And that is where you will find '31'. 

You see her sitting alone, nursing a drink in a mug. There is one waiting for you, as well. She doesn't smile as you take your seat, just lifts one slanted eyebrow. 

"Greetings. I am gratified that you accepted my invitation. My name is Agent T'Pring." The chances of that being true seem unlikely. "I work for a department within the Federation that concerns itself with any and all security concerns the United Federation of Planets may face. As you are not of this universe, I do not expect you to understand this. However, I still believe we may be of use to one another."

She leans forward, hair falling in front of her pointed, elfin ears. Maybe you have done some research and recognize her race for what it is: Vulcan. Maybe not. She lowers her voice and continues: 

"I have questions regarding your abduction and the story behind your imprisonment. I do not believe I am able to assist in freeing you, however I may have insight if there are questions you wish to ask." 

She moves your mug closer to you. It's a fragrant tea, still warm. 

"In the interest of diplomacy and to encourage this exchange of knowledge, I will allow you to begin this interview. 

"You may ask me whatever you wish." 

OOC NOTES:

• This meeting is optional. You can have your character meet Agent T'Pring or not.
• If your character is speaking with T'Pring, you can ask her anything. She may not have the answer, but you can ask. 
• This meeting is one day only IN GAME. In real life, the threads will continue to the end of the event. 
• If you have any questions, please use the Question Comment below. 

Comments

[seeingscarlet]

Wanda takes the seat smoothly, trying her best to hide her discomfort. This is a first - in the history of the Fleet, no one on any of the planets they'd visited had ever heard of the Atroma or offered any help.

"I'm Wanda. Wanda Maximoff." She doesn't touch the mug, as tempting as the smell is. Natasha taught her well. She doesn't have a reason to distrust T'Pring...but she doesn't have a reason to trust her, either. Mot yet, anyway.

"You found out about this somehow," she begins. While there are dozens of things she wants to know, one is by far the most important. "Do you know what has happened to the people they took and lost?"

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"We have identified hundreds of identical gaps in time. It is likely these are moments when an individual is abducted. We have also determined it is when the same individual is returned."

T'Pring reaches into a pocket and pulls out what looks like a thinner, smaller tablet computer. She taps against it and slides it over.

"Prominent people from Starfleet have experienced these gaps without being aware. This is one for a Doctor Julian Bashir. You will observe that the gap mirrors itself within milliseconds as he was presumably taken and returned. We have not been able to identify a circumstance where this has not occurred."

She sips at her tea. "It is logical to assume all people are thus returned to the moment they were taken."

[seeingscarlet]

Wanda studies the video. "...I know him, from my husband's memories. But he has been missing for months for us."

Doctor Bashir seems fine from what she can see, and this sounds like what people who disappeared and returned to the Fleet had reported experiencing. Wanda wants to believe that this means Vision is safe in their home on Naviadna but what she saw in the storm still haunts her.

"And none of them have been hurt? The people who kidnapped us this time...they act like they don't understand very much." She shrugs. "But it could just be an act."

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"Fascinating," T'Pring states in response to how long Bashir had been missing.

"No. None of them have experienced any injuries. Nor have any of them retained memories from their time...'abroad', let us say." She leans in, plainly interested even if her expression barely gives it away. "How long was he among you? For us it was hardly the span of a nanosecond."

[seeingscarlet]

"Not long? We never spoke." Wanda had every reason to avoid the medical facilities as much as possible. Just walking in there and looking at some of the instruments made her stomach turn. "But it was much longer than he was missing here."

Honestly, she only really recognizes him because he'd been trapped on the same ship as Vision.

"The Agrii tell me some of their people disappear too but we have no way to know if that is true. We have never seen them in-person."