T'she

> Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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## Appearance

T’she has been told that they look more like their Human Father than their human Vulcan mother, especially with their mop of dark hair and their sad brown eyes.  Though, there are still remnants of their Vulcan biology within them, such as their pointed ears and the way they bruise green.  T’she was never the most muscular of people, perhaps taller than average – standing at 6 '5'' – but yet, they were always rather thin for their height.  They wear glasses often to compensate for their bad eyesight, and their clothing off duty is typically very simple.  They are known to prefer turtlenecks and other sweaters and such, and tend to find most areas “cold”.  Their hair itself is kept in a rather simple style, with bangs that cover their forehead, hair that frames their face, and finally hair in the back that reaches just below their ears.

Most of the time they just look rather sad

## Personality

One can be a good nurse and a good Vulcan, at least, that is what T’she hopes – though hope would probably be a strong word in their eyes.

A good nurse is empathetic, has good communication skills, good attention to detail, and good problem solving skills.  A good nurse is knowledgeable, compassionate, and even tempered.

A good Vulcan is logical, stoic, and rational.  A good vulcan was someone who did not let their intense emotions get the best of them.
T’she themself was always denoted as a logical person, highly analytical, and highly meticulous.  They hide their emotions behind their mental walls, alongside their insecurities and everything else that they deem "unworthy" of their position.  They are rather empathetic, though that too is hidden behind their mental defences.  Outside of their job and the mask that they have made for themself, they are industrious and objective, with a strangely supportive side to them that they show only to those who are close to them.  Their greatest downfall is their Pessimistic nature, which rears its ugly head despite how hard they try to adhere to a realist worldview.

## Backstory

### Early Life

They never knew their mother, or their father, as their mother Atik died in childbirth, and their father, Daichi, died soon after (from a broken heart, his grandfather used to say).  In the end, the ones to take them in were his grandparents on their father’s side, as their father’s sister was too busy with her own children and their mother’s family was impossible to locate at the time.  Despite this, the ageing Tamuras – Michio and Masako –  did their best to provide for the child they now had to care for.

T’she’s childhood was quiet, even if the Tamura family resided in an apartment in bustling Kyoto, their caretakers were older, and they pursued quiet hobbies.  (They remember fondly all of the crocheted blankets that their Grandmother would bundle them up with – they were always, so, so, cold).  His aunt, Shouko, was always so cold to them (something T’she never understood, they were family, and family was supposed to be close, they were close with their caretakers, at least that was what they thought).  Their grandfather would later tell him that it was because of their father, of his death, that Shouko believed that if T’she had never been born, then she would still have her brother, Daichi would still be alive.  (It was a burden for a child to bear, and it was a burden that marked T’she for the rest of their life.)

They were always kept apart from the other children their age, they were different after all.  Even if non-humans, and even hybrids, had become more commonplace, there was still that fear that their grandparents had, that fear that T’she, their precious child, the last piece of their son, would not be accepted.  And so, they made few bonds with those around them, they watched from the sidelines, and all that they had was the love of their caretakers.

Tamura Masako was old, and she was only getting older.  Even with good healthcare, there was nothing that could be done to prevent the flow of time.

She died at the age of 86, when T’she was 6 years old.

In the mind of Tamura Michio, he was doing the best he could to raise his grandchild.  He thought he was doing a good job even, that the best thing to do was to push this child to do great things.  T’she was half Vulcan after all, and that was something that he himself would never understand.  All he could do was push T’she forward, and see where they would go from there.

How this manifested however, was in his constant denial of T’she’s achievements, and the belief that they should be doing more, the belief that they could achieve more.

By the time they were 10 years old, T’she truly believed that nothing that they did would ever be good enough to satisfy their Grandfather – or anyone for that matter, and this was a belief that persisted for the rest of their life.

### Adolescence

At the age of 13, T’she had decided something.  If they could not be good enough to satisfy anyone, then they would do their very best to help others in whatever way they could.  After all, other people deserved more, other people could still be something.  That was the only logical conclusion in their mind.  That was the only way that they could be of use.

They studied a course of action that they believed would be adequate – the medical sciences (Their Grandfather wanted them to be a Doctor).  T’she started to volunteer at clinics, doing anything and everything that they were allowed to do.  Even if they were young, they still had a good head on their shoulders.  They observed the people around them and they found what they believed to be their true calling.

They were going to be a Nurse.

(Their grandfather would understand, eventually, but he would never get to say that, he would never get to say that he was truly proud of T’she, that he always had been).

Tamura Michio died of old age when T’she was 15.

After this, they did not know where they should go, they did not know what they needed to do.  It was in this time that the organisation that they volunteered through became their lifeline.  They were the ones who helped T’she through the process of death, and they were the ones who urged them to learn more about their Vulcan heritage.  To the workers at the clinic, T’she deserved more than a life of loneliness, and to T’she, perhaps learning about other Vulcans would help them learn about themself.  It was only the most logical course of action.

They graduated from high school a year early, aged 17, and they decided to leave Earth, at least temporarily, to visit a place that they had researched extensively.  They were going to visit Vulcan.

It was the first time that T’she had really met another person like them.  But even here, they were set apart.  They had been raised human, and they did not receive the same support that Vulcan children their age would have been given.

They were torn between two worlds, and they did not necessarily fit in either.

### Choosing Starfleet

The reason why T’she chose starfleet is simple.  Their family wanted them to. Their grandfather always pushed them to greater heights (though in T’she’s eyes, their grandfather was never quite satisfied with what they could do, always expecting more, more, more).   They were urged into Starfleet for the promise of a good education, for the chance of finally living up to expectations.  Becoming an officer was always something to be celebrated after all, at least, that was what others said.  The choice to attend the academy was made for them the moment they showed some form of proficiency in some skillset that could transfer over.  Over time they accepted it as the most logical outcome, as the way to help the most people, which is what they always wanted to do.

### Life at the Academy

They entered Starfleet Academy at the age of 18, a bright student with good prospects and glowing recommendations from members of the clinic that they volunteered at (how were they to know that a few of their fellow volunteers were retired officers themselves).  They passed their entrance exams, and they took to their studies within the Medical track well.  T’she was a quiet person, always observing, always learning, trying to remain true to themself and what they believed in, trying to remain true to what they believed to be the most logical course of action – even if that course of action was heavily influenced by their emotions.  They studied to be a nurse, just like they had wanted to since they were barely 13 years of age.

Outside of Academy, they made a few friends, specifically members of the City Volunteers – the society that T’she had chosen to join.  Most notably they befriended Bajoran Cadet Aati Ipriara, a fellow volunteer in the Command track, a woman who had dreams of one day becoming a captain, a woman with big dreams that drew others to her.  (Aati Ipriara dropped out of Starfleet after three years of service with no notice, and after this, she never contacted T’she again).  Ipriara was a ringleader of sorts, coordinating volunteer efforts, she was the centre of everything – at least, that was what T’she saw.  She pushed T’she forward, pushed them to greater things, and T’she was always eager to please.

At the age of 22, they graduated Starfleet Academy with high honours, with the qualifications of a Registered Nurse and a Physician’s Assistant.

### Previous Postings

#### USS Horizon

USS Horizon:  Fresh out of Academy, out of the frying pan and into the fire, even if it was a smaller vessel, they still had a lot to learn.  They were placed as a Physician’s Assistant, working under Doctor Lyuben Iliev, a strict man with high expectations, but high expectations were something that they had grown used to by that point.  Their time there – 5 years to be exact – was uneventful.  They performed their duty adequately, and they were instrumental in the running of their ship.  During this time, they were busy, too busy to keep in contact with their friends from the academy, and too busy to make any friends on the ship.  They needed to satisfy someone who truly could not be satisfied, and they were always kept busy because of it.  There were more duties, there were always more duties to perform.

#### USS Thanatos

A new vessel, originally launched on a scientific mission, though, three years into their mission, the parameters changed rather suddenly.  Originally only one in a team of nurses, T’she quickly rose up the ranks as those around them began to die, casualties of the Iconian war.  This led to them taking emergency positions, sometimes acting as head nurse in order to keep things running.  They were under a lot of stress, but they performed to the best of their ability.

The Iconian War ended.  But the scars remained.

T’she was the one who requested the transfer.  They needed a break.  It was the only logical course of action.  They needed to take life a little slower, and so, they requested placement on a Starbase once their five years on the Thanatos had elapsed.

#### Starbase 777

For a short period of time, T’she Tamura was transferred to the starbase, distinguishing themself as being completely ordinary, the competent nurse, trusted to help with surgeries among other things.  However, after a few months – almost a year if they counted the months correctly – they received an opportunity on another starbase, a place where they could possibly work to distinguish themself slightly, become something a little \*more\* than ordinary, a little more than competent – and perhaps they could get the memory of someone else controlling their very being out of their mind.

#### Helios

A hospital ship, though one with a fair share of strife.  While it was initially established to study contagious diseases, one had breached containment and had started to run rampant throughout the population of the ship, leading to its quarantine shortly after T’she came on board.  Following this, T’she was on the front lines, caring for the people afflicted by this disease, and organising the plan for how to help combat this disease.  When the cure was found, T’she was one of the leaders of the group who administered it – after they came up with the plan to do so.  By the time this trial by fire was over, T’she was exhausted, but for once they felt refreshed, they felt like they were doing something.

T’she received an offer to transfer back to Starbase 777 some time after this, and following quite a lot of internal debate, they felt as if they could return.  They missed the people that they met there, even if they felt like that was not a logical reason, it was all that they had.