02-14-2019, 03:05 AM
Back at the station, junior officer Lih leaned forward in his padded seat and said, “display.”
There was a low hum from his console as—with a press of his hand on the authorization reader—Lih connected with the police system through his new lenses. He turned smartly in his seat and followed the link to the data Dorian wanted him to check. There was a slight time-lag delay before two people’s hologram images pulled up, projected up from the transmitters in his computer console.
More than simple scientists, Lih thought.
Lih would have been surprised if he found anything. He certainly wasn’t expecting something in the order of actual, useful intelligence to brief Dorian.
Dorian seemed… unflustered; he seemed astonishingly unmoved by all this. Very well. Lih suspected Dorian knew the outcome all along. From the moment when this case first became known to Lih, he was completely aware that Dorian had resources—other than what a junior officer like Lih could access. Dorian didn’t divulge his own plans to Lih, his student…
For the good of the CCDPD, Dorian was a tremendous asset. Lih saw the currency in this, and admired Dorian’s skills. But Dorian also advanced his own interests, yes? Leaving the Atharim and joining the domovoi task force; what was Dorian hoping for? Captain? Chief Inspector? Higher than that?
According to Dorian, the best way to train Lih was to let him have his way for a while. Let Lih make decisions, grow into the detective role with confidence. He’d pour through the reports, judge what is something and what is nothing. It was hard. Lih realized how unreliable these old memories were… All part of the job. This trusting style of teaching was… Well appreciated. It made him nostalgic for Costa’s training early on. Costa would indulge Lih for a few months, working on Lih’s training all the way, and then make the whole thing seem like Lih’s own idea.
His wallet beeped. He glanced sidelong at its screen for a moment. It was the captain. He wasn’t asking Lih’s help. He was ordering that Lih gave it.
The hologram of the scientists faded and broke around him, spreading wide and zipping like tiny silver reef fish along the lengths of his peripherals. His lenses were suddenly busy with new signals.
“Show me,” said Lih softly.
A flutter of Lih’s fingers made the cursor points appear in front of him. He looked at the growing image in the depths of the lamp light; the specks raced ahead and darted around his eyes as they fanned out into the shape of a figure. It was getting larger and larger. Until...
He fixed his watery, pale eyes on the hologram picture of Boda—flashed and seared into his view. Sent and noted by command.
Lih immediately hurried his response across, marking it as “read", as per form.
His hands were trembling. He tried to sign off the console, but his mind was everywhere and he couldn’t remember how the lenses-link worked. He had to put the wallet down quickly so the other officers wouldn’t notice his distraction.
He had to go. Dorian’s assignment would keep.
(ooc: just wrapping up this post before Boda. Thanks, @"Dorian"! You're the best
)
There was a low hum from his console as—with a press of his hand on the authorization reader—Lih connected with the police system through his new lenses. He turned smartly in his seat and followed the link to the data Dorian wanted him to check. There was a slight time-lag delay before two people’s hologram images pulled up, projected up from the transmitters in his computer console.
More than simple scientists, Lih thought.
Lih would have been surprised if he found anything. He certainly wasn’t expecting something in the order of actual, useful intelligence to brief Dorian.
Dorian seemed… unflustered; he seemed astonishingly unmoved by all this. Very well. Lih suspected Dorian knew the outcome all along. From the moment when this case first became known to Lih, he was completely aware that Dorian had resources—other than what a junior officer like Lih could access. Dorian didn’t divulge his own plans to Lih, his student…
For the good of the CCDPD, Dorian was a tremendous asset. Lih saw the currency in this, and admired Dorian’s skills. But Dorian also advanced his own interests, yes? Leaving the Atharim and joining the domovoi task force; what was Dorian hoping for? Captain? Chief Inspector? Higher than that?
According to Dorian, the best way to train Lih was to let him have his way for a while. Let Lih make decisions, grow into the detective role with confidence. He’d pour through the reports, judge what is something and what is nothing. It was hard. Lih realized how unreliable these old memories were… All part of the job. This trusting style of teaching was… Well appreciated. It made him nostalgic for Costa’s training early on. Costa would indulge Lih for a few months, working on Lih’s training all the way, and then make the whole thing seem like Lih’s own idea.
His wallet beeped. He glanced sidelong at its screen for a moment. It was the captain. He wasn’t asking Lih’s help. He was ordering that Lih gave it.
The hologram of the scientists faded and broke around him, spreading wide and zipping like tiny silver reef fish along the lengths of his peripherals. His lenses were suddenly busy with new signals.
“Show me,” said Lih softly.
A flutter of Lih’s fingers made the cursor points appear in front of him. He looked at the growing image in the depths of the lamp light; the specks raced ahead and darted around his eyes as they fanned out into the shape of a figure. It was getting larger and larger. Until...
He fixed his watery, pale eyes on the hologram picture of Boda—flashed and seared into his view. Sent and noted by command.
Lih immediately hurried his response across, marking it as “read", as per form.
His hands were trembling. He tried to sign off the console, but his mind was everywhere and he couldn’t remember how the lenses-link worked. He had to put the wallet down quickly so the other officers wouldn’t notice his distraction.
He had to go. Dorian’s assignment would keep.
(ooc: just wrapping up this post before Boda. Thanks, @"Dorian"! You're the best
)
Viktor Lih
Officer of CCDPD
Officer of CCDPD