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Subject: [ASCEM-S] NEW: vre'kasht t' T'Kasi (TOS; S/Am,Sp,K; PG-13 5/?)
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Title: vre'kasht t' T'Kasi (Outcast of Vulcan)
Author: Bert Aka T'Vera
Email: tverachasarek @ buckeye-express . com
Website: htttp://mystories.landsofthedragon.com
Series: TOS
Pairing: Sa/Am,Sp,K
Rating: PG-13

Summary: This story takes place on Vulcan and involves a cadet Spock and a

It was just before daybreak when Sarek rounded the cadets to endure their
punishment. Each of them has less then ten minutes to dress and prepare
themselves for morning meal. Since it was more logical to disembark so early
he chose to forgo the normal morning meal ritual. 

As he looked at each of the faces of the cadets it was clear only Spock had
found the night beneficial. This was of course the positive effects of
meditation. It helped Vulcans endure many hours with lack of sleep. During
the process of meditation the body released more melatonin in one hour than
it did in eight hours of restful sleep. This would no doubt give Spock an
edge over his fellow cadets when it truly came time for their desert
training, especially, those cadets who would stand guard at night.

As the boys gathered around him, each of them prepared for the challenge of
the walk to Shir'Kar, Sarek handed each of them a credit disc. "This disc
contains 200 credits. Each of you is to purchase the item or items noted on
the label of the disc." 

Cadet Stephens was the first to question Sarek's choice. "What why?"

Sarek raised a brow to the boy's question. Clearly, the youth had no
understanding of lessons. These were not a group of Vulcans, who would go to
the city and return, rather they were humans and humans were well known for
their shortcuts or 'buying time' without completing the given task. "It is
not logical to take the necessary supplies on an expedition?"

Fred quirked his mouth and sighed, "No, I suppose it is. I just assumed, we
would be taking Starfleet issued supplies that we already have."

Sarek slightly shook his head, "When undergoing Vulcan desert training you
will be expected to survive as children do during the test of Kans Wan."

Another cadet voice chimed in as he asked, "Kans Wan? What is that?"

This time it was Spock to step forward and speak, "Kans Wan is the Vulcan
test of adulthood. Until a Vulcan child passes the Khans Wan the child is
not considered an adult." 

"When does he take it?" One of the cadets asked with a thoughtful desire in
his expression.

"He or she takes it at the age of seven. It is a test for both males and
females, though the females are not so challenged as the males." Sarek
explained.

"Typical," Cadet Stephens mumbled.

Both Sarek and Spock raised their brows at the remark. It was then Sarek who
retorted, "You will be undergoing the female's version of Kans Wan.
Typically the boys are allowed nothing more than a knife and rope." He
looked at the rising sun and suggested to the boys, "It would be a good time
to leave before las'hark rises too high in the morning sky. You will be
challenged enough to return in the mid-day sun." He looked to the cadet he
had assigned as a medic and handed him a pack, "You will find all the
supplies you need including tri-ox to ease the stress of breathing." Then he
looked at the others. "Pace yourselves. The day is long and hot, it will not
do to lose a cadet on 'a simple run to the store'." He used the term his
wife had used many times over. 

Spock nodded and took a handful of the dried fruits that had been set out
for the boys to dine on and then took up a flask of water. In turn each of
the additional cadets followed Spock's lead. Each of them that is, with the
exception of Cadet Stephens. Once they all had their meals and drink they
left the home and set out across the desert. 

"How long will it take?" Jim asked as he looked across the vast desert. He
could see no sign of the towering city they had come to the night before.

Spock looked at him and out to the desert, "In my youth I transversed it in
1.26 standard hours."

"That long? But it didn't take that long to get here." Kirk said as he
frowned at the thought of the long hike they had ahead of them.

"It is not the distant that is overly great. An aircar can easily make it in
ten minutes, but we have to walk and just beyond the horizon is a mountain
that must be crossed by foot." He pointed to what looked like a low lying
cloud off in the distance. 

"Oh," the boy replied.

"It would be wise to conserve your energy for breathing and not talking,"
Spock said. Even he was concerned with being slightly affected by the
atmospheric differences of Vulcan and Earth. His lungs were no longer use to
being taxed in the manner Vulcan was taxing them. 

Kirk nodded and matched the Vulcan's pace. The rest of the boys took up the
flank as the set out across the desert sands.

Amanda who had been quietly watching from the shadows of the living area
moved out with a somber look. "Sarek, are you sure the boys will be safe out
there? It is after all the season for the electrical storms." Though Vulcan
storms contained no precipitation they did have violent bolts of lighting
and hurricane force winds that could make navigating the desert impossible.

"The nearest atmospheric disturbance is more than 200 Km to the west." Sarek
assured her. 

Together they watched the horizon until the boys were nothing more than
small specs in the desert landscaping. Amanda couldn't help but to feel
concern for the cadets on this simple trek across the desert. 

TBC  




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