Data's Journey | By : K_nz Category: Star Trek > The Next Generation Views: 1351 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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The time on Earth had ended, and Data and Neara were back on the ship with Yara in tow. He was interested to see what his sibling’s life was like aboard the vessel and would spend a week in exploration. Of course the rest of the family was equally interested, but Leyna thought it prudent to allow only one family member so as not to interfere overly with the couple’s return to routine. Picard had offered Yara guest quarters, but he opted to stay with Neara and Data.
Yara was on the couch petting Spot. Reggie had kindly taken care of her while Data and Neara were on Earth getting married. During their absence, Neara had a ledge installed below the ceiling with two cat towers reaching it, giving Spot more room to explore and play. Spot had already made use of it, but at the moment, preferred Yara’s attention.
Earlier in the day, Neara had shown Yara around the ship, then left him to his own devices. She instructed him to return before dinner, because Captain Picard would be hosting them this evening. He spent most of that time in Ten Forward getting to know the crew. They were easy to talk to and very friendly with him. He especially liked Guinan.
Neara and Data emerged from the bedroom, Neara glowing with joy from the lovemaking session they just had. She came over and stroked Yara and Spot, a wide smile on her face.
“Are you hungry yet ka’leetee?” she asked.
“I cannot move. Spot will not let me leave,” Yara indicated.
Just then, Data placed Spot’s food on the floor and Spot went racing over.
“I see. I am nothing but a warm lap to you,” he said in mock hurt.
“She has her priorities,” Data stated, and his family laughed.
They made their way to Picard’s quarters and chatted with the other guests as more filtered in. It was all of Data’s people from the wedding and Guinan, whom Yara was very happy to see.
They talked and ate and ended the meal with small glasses of port from Chateau Picard. Yara found it to be very strong, much stronger than the Champagne at the wedding, of which he and the other Ahmriana were only allowed one glass. The feeling was indeed much more powerful. He looked over at his sibling and could tell it was affecting her the same way. They smiled at each other and laughed.
Guinan asked Yara a question, “I understand you have some kind of love ceremony on your sixteenth birthday and that you help with that in some way?”
“Yes, I am a fallasha. We guide the person in their first experience,” Yara explained.
“Their first experience of what?” Troi asked.
“Their first sexual experience with another person,” he answered. The group look surprised.
“This is a coming of age rite for the Ahmriana,” Data elucidated. “There are many fallasha, and the fallatee, the one coming of age, can choose as many fallasha as they wish for this experience.”
“How many are usually chosen?” Crusher asked.
“Usually three. Usually one of each body type – a female, a male, and an intersex,” Yara answered, his words slurring slightly, his eyes becoming glassy.
“I had one of each,” Neara stated, glassy eyed and slowly enunciating, “but Yara had six! He is greeeedy.”
“Ha ha!” he cackled. “I like to see them together,” he said earnestly, weaving his fingers into each other. “It was very interesting, very beautiful, very sexy,” he smiled dreamily.
“Do you have to have any special qualifications or training?” Riker asked and Troi hit him on the arm. He turned to her, “What, I’m just making conversation!”
The Ahmriana laughed. “I like to have a lot of sex and can go multiple times. I like to please,” Yara explained. “I am very good with the inexperienced – very gentle and very patient. I enjoy guiding them through this time. It is special – a privilege for me.”
“And, he is very beautiful! Let us not forget they enjoy his physical beauty,” Neara remarked.
“But what if you don’t want to be with them?” Geordi questioned.
Neara and Yara looked at each other in disbelief, then started laughing.
“Can you imagine?” Neara laughed.
“No, I cannot,” Yara laughed back.
“Here is this fallatee… ‘Oh, I would like Yara,’” Neara said with her hands clasped, looking coquettish, “and Yara says, ‘No.’ Can you imagine?” the two Ahmriana laughed drunkenly. “The poor fallatee would be so hurt. No say ‘no.’”
“No say ‘no,’” Yara laughingly agreed.
“I suppose when you put it like that, it would be kinda cruel,” Geordi and the rest agreed.
“There is something I was confused about and was hoping you would clarify for me,” Crusher addressed the Ahmriana. “Jossa is Seyta’s tahtee, but isn’t tahtee used for the first person to give birth in a committed group? Assuming Jossa is a male, that is.”
“Yes, Jossa is a male, and yes, tahtee is customarily used for the first person to give birth,” Neara explained, “but Jossa is Seyta’s only ahtee, or parent. He wanted to have a child and met a female who wanted to experience childbirth, but did not want to raise a child. Because of this, she would not have any parental title. Jossa is the only parent, so he is Tahtee.”
“Has Seyta met her birth mother?” Crusher asked.
“Again, she has no parental title, so birth mother would not be appropriate. Perhaps surrogate?” Neara suggested. “Yes, she has met the woman who gave birth to her. She is nice. She is just not interested in children. She talks to her more now that she is an adult.”
“So no one pressures you to have children?” Deanna asked, glancing at Will. Her mother had really been harping on them recently.
“Well,” Yara looked at his sibling, “I know Tahtee would like me to have children soon, but she does not pressure us. She just loves children, and I think would love to spoil grandchildren.”
“And then send them home to you to deal with the spoiling fallout,” Crusher bemoaned the memory.
“Look at the bright side,” Guinan exalted. “The ritual of dealing with spoiled children, then spoiling grandchildren is passed down through the generations and bridges many a cultural divide. We can all come together in the knowledge that we will do this through the ages and find comfort in our shared grief and joy.”
Everyone laughed, and in that moment, Yara thought Guinan was the most beautiful person in the universe.
While Yara was on the ship, they had another dance party during which Yara flew people above the dance floor, to their surprise and utter joy. Neara flew some people with Yara, but mostly stayed with Data. Even though the ka’nashta had subsided two days after it began, Neara and Data were still feeling the aftereffects. They still felt a pull to be near each other and spent their time dancing closely, staring at one another.
The night before Yara was to leave for Ahmria, Neara held a concert in the holodeck. Lately, there had been times Data listened to music and felt emotions, enlisting Troi’s help to decipher them afterwards. To help facilitate these newfound feelings, Neara had surreptitiously composed a symphony for him under the guise of listening to music. She had studied very carefully all the human instruments and hoped she had created something special that would move Data emotionally.
She stood in front of the holographic orchestra and directed them, like she had seen humans do. The piece had three movements, and as the notes rose and fell Neara realized, from this position, she could not see Data’s reaction. Perhaps directing was not a good idea after all, but there seemed to be a formality about this, so she would keep to the human custom and continue.
When the piece had finished, there was a pregnant pause in the room, then applause erupted. Neara turned and bowed, like she had seen the humans do – she still thought it was funny how they applauded things. They stood up and clapped – that meant they really liked it. She looked at their faces and they were filled with emotions of awe, joy, and wonder. She had moved them, but the one she truly cared about was Data. She looked at his face and could not read it. She went over to him, everyone converging on her to pat her back, shake her hand, and congratulate her. She smiled and thanked them and told them she was glad they enjoyed it, then she looked probingly at Data.
“Did you like it La’Ma?” she asked hesitantly.
“That was the most beautiful music I have ever heard,” Data marveled. “How many other things can you do that I do not know of?”
Neara laughed and smiled, “I did not know this was an extraordinary ability.”
Yara had come up beside them and heard the exchange. “Ahmriana can hear the universal harmonic, so we can hear music in the universe,” he enlightened. “Of course, it gets translated through our own selves – our own personalities. Neara is very gifted at hearing the music, and she is a beautiful being, so her music reflects this. If it is the most beautiful music you have ever heard, it is probably because, for you, she is the most beautiful being you have ever known.”
Data reached out and touched her face, “She is the most beautiful being I have ever known.”
Yara rubbed Neara and Data’s backs and laughed happily, rejoicing in their love.
During his stay, Yara had slept in Neara and Data’s bed, sometimes joining them in their lovemaking sessions. While his family were sleeping, Data would get up to give them room in the bed, seeing as he did not need sleep and also knowing how much Neara moved around at night.
He would come back in the morning and slip in beside Neara, spooning up against her. He missed being there during the night – he still liked watching her sleep and liked being there when she awoke.
Yara was dropped at an Ahmrian doorway planet, but it would be nine months before the Enterprise was traveling close enough for Data and Neara to take shore leave on Ahmria. Data wished his friends could know about the doorways, they could visit Neara’s family much more frequently, but he had given her his word.
Little did he know circumstances would soon dictate the Enterprise’s need to go to Ahmria. Data and Neara would be at the planet in seven months, instead of the expected nine.
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