Phermones and Psionic's

Posted on Fri Sep 19th, 2025 @ 5:57pm by Ensign Kitiuas Thenis ie-Jia'anKahr & Lieutenant Commander Aurora Vali

2,258 words; about a 11 minute read

Mission: Character Development
Location: Counselor's Office

Kit was nervous, she was not sure whether she should be making this appointment. The counselor’s office was technically not a medical facility, but she could feel her anxiety rise, still she needed help with Astraea and she knew that Lieutenant Commander Vali was the individual to see about Astraea. Astraea was beginning to project mentally her feelings onto both Kit and her sister; add that her pheromones were also starting up and Kit could foresee trouble ahead. Her sister and her could handle the Orion pheromone assault, after all both were Orion females and had grown up with the very issue, but the psionic abilities came from her father’s genes and difficult for Kit and Kasso to deal with. Kitiuas hoped that Aurora could help with that issue; her being a mix of Betazoid and Vulcan; two of the Federation’s premier psionic races.
With a sigh Kit hit her combadge: =^=Ensign Kitiuas Thenis ie-Jia'anKahr to Lieutenant Commander Aurora Vali, may I make an appointment for myself and my daughter to see you?=^= There it was done, she knew her request would be received with some surprise, Kit after all went out of her way to avoid any form of medical appointments.




Aurora was equally as surprised to hear Kit’s voice on the other end of the call as she answered. =^= Vali here, by all means. I have space available now if you’re able, or I could see you in a couple of hours? The choice is yours. =^=

=^=I’ll take you up on the offer. I’ll be there shortly.=^=
Kit gathered up Astraea, who was sleeping and automatically grabbed a strand of Kit’s hair, putting it in her mouth to suckle on. Kit smiled at the sensation so common of Orion infants, it eased the infants pheromonal reactions, though Kit never did understand how. It was just something all Orion infants did with their mothers. Kit made her way with some trepidation to the counselor’s office. ”Get a grip on yourself, nothing bad will happen to you or Astraea for gisjacheh sake. Hell the counselor is not even a medical facility. she thought as she approached the door to the counselor’s office.

Aurora was waiting, sensing the arrivals outside the door she met them there. “Hi Kit, please come on in” she smiled at the sight of Astraea. “Make yourself comfortable.”

Astraea cooed and tugged harder on Kit’s hair, all the while suckling on the strands in her mouth. Astraea was projecting her contentment at being held by her mother to any and all that could sense it, a rather pleasing sensation on the minds of those caught in her psychic projections. This was also accompanied by the smell of cinnamon and apple blossoms.
Kit knew that Astraea was projecting her contentment to any and all around her, as well as imitating calming pheromones, this later was to help quell Kit and her apprehension she was feeling in her mind.
“Thank you.” With that she hurriedly stepped into the office, before she let her apprehension make her flee. "As you probably are aware by know, little Astraea here has some rather unique gifts."

“That I’m most definitely sensing” Aurora smiled warmly. “She’s certainly developed gifts very early in life.” She motioned to the available seating choices. “Please make yourself comfortable.”

"It would seem so. The pheromones I can handle, all Orion mother's and their immediate female family can handle the pheromones. Her other gift though I am still unsure what to do. Drauc, had mentioned finding a follower of the school of Nirak to be her governess. I am unsure what to do. He said that followers of Nirak believe in temperance of emotions, therefore young Astraea would still know her emotions but also know what it is to be an Orion female. Now with his death I am unsure how to proceed; Drauc's family is typical of Vulcan's when it comes to child rearing. So here I am, seeking advise and help."

“It’s not easy being part Vulcan, trust me I know” Aurora smiled. “To learn the true mental disciplines would mean that Astraea would most likely be lead along the path of purging her emotions. I never bothered with learning about my Vulcan heritage for that reason, but Savar has taught me much. Would you mind if I asked him to assist us with Astrea’s teachings?”

Kit laughed “Oh, young miss Astraea here is a three species mix, Half Orion, one quarter Vulcan and one quarter Romulan. I believe she inherited the traits of all three. Drauc said his mother was a former Tal Shiar agent who had graduated from the Imperial Institute of Mental Sciences. I tend to believe him on that, as I have seen her in action, fluid like an Orion dancer and as lethal as a viper. She managed to kill three Orion hitmen, and force a fourth to divulge critical information, before she snapped his neck. His father is just as lethal being a member of Vulcan’s V’Shar.” Here Kit paused and shuddered for a moment, causing Astraea to stir and murmur, before tugging on Kit’s hair and putting more of it in her mouth. “The two of them are currently ‘assisting’ Starfleet Intelligence, Starfleet Criminal Investigative Services, and Starfleet in general in tracking down my escaped male donor od DNA, and the Orion Syndicate branch he is affiliated with. By the Thousand Gods feel a little bit sorry for those individuals.” Kit takes a deep breath and looks about as if to shake off a bad memory. “As for your question, if you feel Savar can help then I am acceptable to that help. I am also sure Drauc’s family would appreciate him being involved. For all their denial’s of emotions and such, they sure do cling to traditions, and Drauc’s family is supposedly an old family with political clout. Hence the reason his parent’s are in the hunt, hard to argue with the Vulcan government in such matters. I am sure if they could they would have exerted the right to have Astraea raised in the Vulcan manner; but that is one thing about Federation law, parental rights out weigh any other rights.” Kit sat back, gently rocking her child; to anyone who knew her, she was obviously distressed and concerned. In the last few minutes she had expressed more about herself and the current situation than she had ever done so before.

“First things first let’s help you, you’re obviously distressed and concerned which is only natural.” Aurora offered a comforting smile. “We’ll see what we can do, between myself, Savar and Drauc’s family I’m sure we can come up with a solution until Astraea is able to control her own abilities.”

Kit took a deep breath and counted to ten, a small smile crossed her face. “Easy for you to say, you do not have a very high price in gold pressed latinum. The Morakoskar branch of the Orion Syndicate really wants me, my mother, and stepfather dead; and my half-sister turned over to a lodubyal. The male that contributed half his DNA was far higher in the Morakoskar than anyone knew, enough so that they overpowered and captured a Saber-class starship; and in the process ‘spacing’ the Starfleet crew, but had the audacity to free him from the Tantalus Penal Colony. The reason why Starfleet Intelligence moved me to inactive reserve status; to hide me from him. Only thing good about the whole ordeal was meeting and loving Drauc. He helped me through it all, and I was ecstatic when he asked me to be his life-mate. Until he was murdered defending me and our unborn child by an Orion hit team. Why after the birth of Astraea I requested to be reinstated into Starfleet and sent back to the Sunfire. I brought my sister to be Astraea’s governess. I figured my ‘family’ on the Sunfire was a safer place to be with them two than any where else. My mother has my stepfather and the Federation Merchant Marine to help them. Now I am here, with a child who has psionic abilities born from her father’s side, and my half-sister, who should be a head chef in some fancy bistro. So, yes I am a bit distressed and feel out of my depth. Bugs, science, mathematics I understand. Taking on a family, a child with psionic abilities; not so much. I wish Drauc was here to help.”

“I’m so sorry Kit, I didn’t know that.” Aurora offered her condolences. “I don't tend to dig into files unless there’s a specific need or request to look. I can’t imagine how hard this must all be for you. You’re safe here with us, no one will allow any harm to come to you.”

Kit smiled, "Why I returned to the Sunfire. Besides my immediate family, this is my family. I am surprised you didn't link my name change, ie-Jia'anKahr is definitely not an Orion name." Kit replied with a musical laugh. "Took me three weeks to learn how to pronounce it, and two months to get used to signing it as my legal last name." She then became more serious, "So now I have a beautiful daughter who is more than a hand full for me, or my sister. Any ideas of how to proceed. Definitely cannot put her in the nursery, between her pheromones and her mental abilities, she would definitely overwhelm the staff. She is still to young for the Delton suppression drug, has to be at least two, but that is mitigated by close female family hair, why she is suckling on my hair. As for the mental abilities, way out of my depth on it." As an after thought Kit slyly mentioned "Oh, by the way, I am supposed to do weekly counseling per order of the Admirality in charge of the science division. Kind of held that back in my orders."

Aurora nodded. “We can organise sessions for you so don’t worry. As for young Astraea, I wonder if a neural inhibitor set on a low level would help in social situations? It would be a shame for her to have to be kept away from other children. She’s too young to understand how to train her mind to shield her impulses in order to protect others. Perhaps speaking with medical could help us out with that one?”

Kit looked at Aurora, and nodded, "I can have Kasso take her to see the doctors. I would, but I would most likely pass out from fear. I don't think that would be good for either Astraea or myself. Kasso though is a social butterfly, surprised she hasn't worked her way into Pepper's galley and become an assistant to her; though I am sure she will."

Aurora nodded. “If you need me to accompany you or Kasso at all, please let me know. I’m only too happy to do whatever I can to help.” She gave Kit a curious look. “Do you have a connection with Astraea? A mental connection that is? As an empath and telepath I use my abilities to help soothe my daughter N’vea, she won’t develop her own abilities until she hits puberty.”

Kit again smiled; "Like I said Orion females that are either the mother or immediate close relatives are immune to the pheromones. As for a mental connection, it seems young Astraea her does have a mental connection to myself, and to my mother and half sister. It is strange sensation as any of the three of us just seem to know what she needs or wants. As you noted with your own child, I can soothe her and such, as well as my mother and half sister. It makes it easier to calm her and also helps with her pheromones. My mother says she wished all Orion children and mothers had that mental connection, easier to raise us. It is both calming and can be troublesome at times though; when she is upset, angry or just plain out not getting what she wants fast enough it can cause a headache, worse than a migraine."

Aurora nodded. “I see, perhaps it would help you to have an inhibitor, just to tone down that input at stressful times. It would save you the headache that’s for sure.”

Kit smiled, "I'll take it under consideration, I am sure Kasso will jump on it I'm sure."

Aurora nodded. “Anything i can do to help I’ll do” She offered a warm smile. “Anytime you need a break, or a rest let me know and I’ll be there to help you.”

“Thank you. I should be leaving now. Took up to much of your time as it is. Contact me when you want to see me, promise I will come for my sessions. Also Thank you for offering to help with this little korgasant. I will most definitely take you up on the help.” Kit said with a smile. Astraea began cooing again and fussing, there was a small palatable sense of anxiousness.


END, with a possible TBC

 

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