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[capricious_god]

[Once the phone turns on it illuminates the room. Everyone has a Surprise!Prophet trying to look at what time it is and then shining the phone around the room. (Apologies for motion sickness.) He's still fully dressed and extremely confused as to where he is. He knows he stumbled in really late...]

H'va.. should call'm. [He's blinking now, bleary

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[talentd_tongue]

[yup. It's a woman. A woman who sprawls when she sleeps, and that is totally her leg you're crushing.]

[kind of bleary] Spock? [Now she's squinting at Chuck, who is not Spock.]

Who the hell are you?! [That is definitely loud enough to be heard next door.]

[capricious_god]

[There's a small sly smirk, because Hey, Pretty Lady. Of course, that is short lived as she almost barks at him.]

Whoa. Uh... I'm Chuck? I take it there wasn't anything involving either of us being entangled last night. [The look of defeat: Chuck has it.]

[goldn_boy]

[Oh yeah. Jim heard that. And it being Uhura only makes him extra alert as he darts next door, wrenching the handle and halfway to the bed before anything else has registered.

And then the man registers, combined with Uhura's shout and her expression and he's pretty sure no entanglements of the planned variety are happening so he rushes up, snatching the blanket away the better to get at the man.]

[talentd_tongue]

[At the moment Uhura doesn't really care about his name. What she cares about is kicking him off of her. Literally.]

[capricious_god]

[Hey!! What the!! The yanking of the blanket sort of rolls him... and not AWAY from the strange woman with the loud voice and angry expression. He'll flail a bit and try to pull away from her.]

I didn't do anything!! I ... I came here last night... [stumbling over his own feet a bit as he backs away from the bed, the woman, and the other surprise guy.]

I swear... I was lost and I was going to call my friend - and instead I woke up and was getting yelled at!

[goldn_boy]

Who are you? What are you doing here?

[With a glance to make sure Uhura's unharmed, Jim rounds on the intruder, pinning him against the wall with an arm. His tone is commanding, demanding an answer. No, no sympathy here.]

[talentd_tongue]

[A tanktop and panties isn't exactly proper interrogation attire, but at least she's not naked. She does turn on the lamp so she can see what they're dealing with. She also gets up and puts herself between the intruder and the door in case he somehow breaks free. She doesn't say anything. Jim's question is hers, too.]

[capricious_god]

[Chuck... is so confused. He's also fully dressed. For the record.]

ERK!! [He can't really talk with the guy all up in his face like this.]

I said. I mean, I told you -- I wandered here. I was tired. I thought it was like... an empty room. I fell asleep I woke up and now I'm being accosted!

[WHERE THE HELL IS HIS ARCHANGEL???]

[goldn_boy]

I can't drum up any sympathy for you, considering you "wandered" into someone else's bed without permission. Not to mention someone's home.

[He glances over at Uhura.]

You all right?

[talentd_tongue]

I'm fine, Captain.

[He's not her captain, but at the moment it feels comforting to slip into the role, to pretend that he is.]

Why in God's name would you just wander into someone's room and fall asleep?

[That sounds ridiculous, and she doesn't believe him. It's pretty clear in her tone.]

[capricious_god]

[God, his head hurts.]

I don't even know where I am! I swear, I left the hotel. There was a convention and things got a little weird. I thought, 'Hey, I'll just get some air.' and so I went for a walk.

Then I kept walking. And walking. I think I got lost and then there was civilization! I was saved, but I didn't know where I was. I just... I wasn't thinking and I was tired.

[goldn_boy]

So you entered a house, got to the third floor, and fell asleep in a stranger's bed.

[This is not the most convincing story he's ever heard. At the same time--he doesn't seem to have done anything but enter, and the door probably wasn't even locked.]

What do you want me to do, Lieutenant?

gdi, LJ, stop eating half my tags!

[talentd_tongue]

[Her knee-jerk reaction is that she wants to hurt him for invading her personal space without invitation, for scaring her, even if only momentarily. That's... not something she wants to be thinking, and she shakes it off.]

Don't let him go.

[It's not as though it's hurting him, right? Scaring him, maybe. Turnabout is fair play. Uhura walks closer until she's right behind Kirk's shoulder and glaring at Chuck.]

So you're saying you walked into the city. [Believable.] And then into this house, up three flights of stairs, into my room, into my bed, and you didn't notice me in it? [Fucking ridiculous.]

[It's basically what Jim just said, yes, but Uhura has a final sentiment to add.]

Bullshit.

[capricious_god]

[He's panicking now.]

Three flights? I... I went up three flights?

[He frowns, trying to sort through it...]

I guess I thought I was at my hotel. [He's got the key in his pocket, it's for the hotel he'd been staying at and the number on the key is 312.]

I was ... I was really tired.

[goldn_boy]

Right. Sleepwalking.

[Jim sighs. He could call the police, but he is the police.]

Seems like a long way to go, if you're so tired. Where is it you think you are?

[capricious_god]

No... not. [sigh. he rubs his forehead]

I was tired. Haven't you ever done the auto-pilot thing where you drive home and then you suddenly are home but you don't remember the drive there?

I don't remember falling asleep in someone else's room and it's not like she noticed either.

I just... I want to get back to the hotel where the convention is. I have to check out and if I don't do it by noon they'll charge me for another night.