[ AUDIO ] Counselor's Log; Stardate 52073.59

[jrltezridax]

[ Her voice is young and shows that in how deeply colored by emotion it is -- excitement and confusion and curiosity all buzzing around each other, in this case. ]

Counselor's Log, Stardate 52073.59. Several hours ago, what appears to be a subspace anomaly installed itself on my PADD. The anomaly gave a message -- oh, what was it? Oh, right, there is is. Welcome to [Deatth Chat]. Spelt with two t's, mind that. You may use this application to converse with other [chosen ones] across the multiverse.

It's incredible. I appear to be one of only ten 'chosen one's' selected to receive the anomaly across a plethora of Mirror Verses. Unlike previously thought, it appears there are more than just the one. I've given my PADD to Chief O'Brien to analyze, but it manifests on any new PADD or computer I attempt to use. No one else seems to be able to see it, but O'Brien does note a strange neutrino surge in any electronic I'm using. It appears to want me to interact with it as much as possible, though it's impossible to tell yet if the application itself is sentient.

The other 'Chosen Ones' seem to all be from Earth, with one exception though I don't recognize their species, and their years range from 1656 all the way to 6557. Ages range from 13 to 27. Well, unless you count me. But, well I'm 20. Dax is 300 or so. Well, the oldest apart from Dax is 27. But, also, not everyone has reported their age. Or their year.

I have made contact with the other users. The purpose or origin of the app is uncertain, but Captain Sisko is wary it may be a surveillance from the Dominion. We'll know more after Chief O'Brien gets a fix on it.

Dax out.

Comments

[the_obedient_servant]

[ There is a lot to unpack here. ]

Hm. This kind of relationship is familiar to me. The long term effects of this seem... dangerous. At least in your world.

[ And it ended up killing Frisk, so. ]

[jrltezridax]

Oh, no, I hope I’m not giving you a bad impression of Trill. Most hosts are much more mentally prepared than I was... most go through years of training to make sure they’ll be able to handle it. And then there’s me, the only Trill in lightyears when Dax’s previous host died — didn’t really have much of a choice, or it would have died, and I would have practically been a criminal back home.

You aren’t from Earth, are you? Where are you from? Do you have a symbiosis tradition, too?

[the_obedient_servant]

I am from Earth actually. My circumstances are simply unique.

[ They're a little disturbed at how open to being possessed and rewritten this person is, but it's not like it's their business so. ]

[jrltezridax]

Oh, really? If you want to share, I'm really very interested in your circumstances! But it's certainly all right if not.

[the_obedient_servant]

...Perhaps at some point. Every action has its consequences, I don't want to risk screwing everything up because I got too comfortable.

[ Also it paints them in a bad light, and it's sort of nice not having to be the monster in the eyes of everyone around them. Even if it's a lie. ]

Possession is normally relatively unheard of in my world, I was simply an... anomaly. That's the gist of it.

[jrltezridax]

I understand completely. I hope there comes a point where you can safely be more open.

But I do need to clarify that I'm not possessed, just joined! That's a pretty common misconception. Dax is a part of me now, but I'm still me, you know? And, technically, I could unjoin myself from Dax at any point if I really desperately wanted, if it weren't for the whole dying thing.

[the_obedient_servant]

It was... a similar situation for me. We were partners. Neither of us could get rid of eachother, not until much later. But neither of us were victims either. It's a Symbiotic relationship.

Is Dax at least respectful of your privacy?

[jrltezridax]

I don't really understand what you mean by that. Dax and I aren't separate anymore -- in fact, you can't even separate our brainwaves, because even though we have two brains, so to speak, they're completely merged. Doctor Bashir has tried to separate them in joined Trill, actually, and figure out what is the host and what is the symbiont, but we're just so totally conjoined, so there really isn't any privacy to respect, I guess. And the next host will have all of my memories, but it isn't a lack of respect, it's just how our joining works. Most Trill get the option to not be joined and avoid the whole mess.