Nuntiuse - Message
Posted on 08 Feb 2019 @ 9:59pm by Senior Chief Petty Officer Tanya Petrovna
669 words; about a 3 minute read
Mission:
Empty Creche
Location: Petrovna's Quarters
Timeline: ED2 1105
ON:
Drinking her herbal tea, Tanya Petrovna's tongue has gotten used to the flavor of Burdock Root and Cardamon, the two herbs that Nurse Reeves has given to her to help with her blood pressure. She glanced at her PADD, looking at a newspaper of her hometown, UNIAN in her mother tongue of Ukrainian. At other times, she likes to read Modgav or Pravda, the name of a Russian newspaper located in downtown Moscow. It was the political and weather sections that interests her. This gave her the feeling of being at home.
Her parents and her brother are still alive. They all live in Uvlad, a town is just outside of Kiev, Ukraine, the capital with over twenty-five million in population. It is famous for their churches and cathedrals that goes far back as the 11th century and has been restored several times through several wars. The official language of the country is Ukrainian. It is almost similar to Russian but it has more letters in the alphabet. Also, it is more similar to Slovak or Polish.
After finishing her tea, she laid across the bed on her stomach with the PADD in hand and made a call to her brother. The last time she has spoken to him was almost a month ago. She waited for a minute until he answered.
"Dobryy vechir, seestra," a deep voice said.
"Good evening, brother," Tanya said in Ukrainian. "How things with you, Tomas?"
"Great. Nice weather here in the 20's with sunny skies. How is your job going aboard that ship, again?"
Out of habit, she bit her bottom lip. "Good as well. Nothing exciting at the moment. How is your farm going? I assume you have better days with harvest."
"Well...recently, lots of maize which makes it a good year to do. A few weeks ago, a storm blew through and dumped tons of rain. More than enough than my land needs. Pa thinks I need a new tractor to make things faster. I am happy with the one I have."
Tanya chuckled. "Whatever makes you happy..."
They talked for awhile about life in general, politics, working, and her parent's neighbors until Tomas sighed. "I have to get going. Time for me to get to work, seestra. Call me in a couple of weeks. Take care, love ya!"
She smiled, "You too, brother."
The call ended and the screen of her brother disappeared. She laid the PADD on the bed and got up to make her another cup of coffee when she heard a beep.
Tanya frowned and looked over at the bed. The PADD flashed as if another call was coming through. She left her empty mug on the kitchen table and walked over to pick up the PADD. Instead of a video call, a message popped up on her screen.
Message on screen: Nuntiuse - Yorruptus ek Bevishe.
As a language specialist, her mind translated the words. "Message - help us on Bevishe." She frowned knowing that it was very odd to get a message on her PADD. Plus, the language was Risan. But, she doesn't know what Bevishe is. Planet? City? She hit reply, typing in Risan, "Who are you and what planet?"
Message on screen: Revishus. Impetuse. Veeus. Bevishe jev Pouce os Riisee V. Tok peksh Pouce.
"Revishus. Attacked. Virus. Bevishe is a planet of Risan V. A small planet." Still, what is Revishus? A different species?
She typed again in Risan, "You are not Risan species?"
Message on screen: Nesh. Yeshendi. Yorruptus.
"No. Descendant. Help us."
The message disappeared and the transmission closed before she could respond. She stared at the PADD for a minute, thinking of how to report this issue. This wasn't something to take lightly. Tanya had the message saved and removed herself from the bed to get dress into her uniform to present herself to the Captain.
OFF:
SCPO Tanya Petrovna
Language Specialist
USS Redemption
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