mission totally possible: meet the natives [ALMOST HOME]

[just_uhura]

Although the creatures had retreated with the first light, the four women waited until day had fully broken before they risked moving out of the safe perimeter. Sunlight came just in time, the last of the torches burning itself out as Nyota got stiffly to her feet. With slight hesitation, she moved forward, Leah following after her, phaser held

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[headnursechapel]

Christine was almost crying with relief. She'd tried to keep up a brave front during their journey. But she'd been all too aware that this settlement was their only hope, that if these people had turned out to be hostile or unable to help, if they'd crested the hills only to discover a long-abandoned village, they would certainly die out here. She gave the native a brilliant smile

[rn_chapel]

The natives took them to what turned out to be a small but reasonably well-equipped clinic. The doctor there explained - slowly, and with both their community leader and Nyota helping with the words - that they had a small fast-transport vehicle that they used to move patients with serious medical emergencies to the nearest large city. But he was well able to deal with the less life-threatening injuries that occasionally cropped up in their rural farming community.

It took some work to adjust his equipment so that it would function for the humans, but between the doctor, Christine and Tina there were enough medical professionals in the room to sort it all out.

Setting Nyota's arm and applying a proper cast was a simple procedure with the right equipment. There wasn't a high-powered osteo-regenerator in the clinic, so full healing wasn't possible immediately, but with her broken bones aligned and encased in a custom-fitted, rigid cast that only limited the use of part of her right arm, Nyota was already much more comfortable

[just_uhura]

Each woman was led into a seperate residence and directly to the bathroom, which they were grateful for. The baths were not that different from the ones they were used to on Earth, though far larger to accomodate the taller natives. Instead of shampoo and soap there was a creamy blue lather that smelled of something sweet Nyota couldn't place. But she was sure if it could handle the thicker hair and feathered skin of these natives, it would get the last few days out of hers

[headnursechapel]

Christine and Nyota looked to Leah to describe the damages to the shuttle. "Pretty bad," she replied. "The worst damage was to one of the warp nacelles, and the outer hull was also cracked. It's not spaceworthy as is." She glanced at Nyota as she spoke, wondering how much the aliens would understand