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beatrice_otter ([personal profile] beatrice_otter) wrote in [community profile] startrek2020-04-03 09:35 pm

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Reveals are finally here!  I had a lot of fun with this especially brainstorming with Bastet_of_orion and figuring out how Trill-and-its-secrets would be different in the AOS universe than it was in the Prime universe.  Bastet was awesome and so much help, you guys.

Title:
Anatomy of a Secret
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series
Author: [personal profile] beatrice_otter 
Written For: [personal profile] shopfront  in Worldbuilding Exchange 2020
Brainstorming help and betaing: [profile] bastet_of_orion 
Word Count: 11000 words
Rating: Teen
Summary: Old memories are stirred up when a group Trill scientists come the station, led by one Jadzia Dax. Though she claims to be the daughter of Benjamin's old friend, Curzon Dax, she is more than what she seems, and some secrets can't be kept forever.

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"You seem a bit more interested in this batch of scientists than you normally are," Nerys observed as she and Commander Sisko walked to the airlock where the Trill team's ship would be docking.

"Why do you say that?" he asked.

"Usually, you send me and Lieutenant Thothih to greet them. Or just Thothih, if it's a busy day."

"As science officer, Thothih is usually the best to get them settled, but he's on leave right now," Sisko pointed out.

"Which still doesn't mean you have to help with it, unless the research group is a bit more prestigious than you've told me."

Sisko sighed. "No. I'm just … curious. Curzon Dax was a very good friend of mine, and I miss him a great deal. He never mentioned a Jadzia Dax, and for all I know there's no relation. But, if there is, if she knew him … perhaps we can get together and reminisce about the old man."


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