[Rifts in the Boredom of Forced Sick Leave] -- [Open]

[kirktastic]

Things had gone... interestingly the night of the party. The small memory put a smile to Kirk's face, despite his complete boredom and annoyance at still being trapped in his room. He could leave, he could walk around, but there was nothing he could do. Damn CMO's orders

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[joanna_mccoy]

Joanna pressed the chime on Jim's quarters, two sandwiches in hand that she'd managed to get before the lunch rush. She knew the replicators could have made almost as good sandwiches but they were only almost as good. Not as good, and she was really just killing time anyway. This ship was so slow, quiet. It was weird. She wasn't entirely sure what to make of it, but at least this way she'd be able to talk to someone who know what was what.

[joanna_mccoy]

"I'm sure they saw it as a great opportunity," Joanna nodded. "After all, why hold to treaties made when the Federation was at a point of strength? With Earth and Vulcan gone...the federation was...looser, wilder, I guess, than what Daddy and the rest used to talk about. You'd hear talk about how other ships weren't so kosher in their dealings, half pirate...each Captain was king of his vessel and it was harder to police them."

[kirktastic]

"Amazing." Kirk whispered, closing his eyes. He never would have allowed for something to happen like this, but it could have happened. If they had listened to Spock over him.. if he had been slower...

Fuck. "Have you... talked to Bones at all? Well, obviously a little but... I mean any major way?"

[joanna_mccoy]

"Bits and pieces...we talked a bit during the party, but it's not like we've sat down and shared life stories...we agreed to be friends and probably family."

"My Spock kinda stole me from the medical career...first padd I used, he gave to me. It had a scientific journal article in it." It wasn't all gloom and doom back home. "I'm a certified EMT but I'm a thesis defense shy of my masters degree in Biotechnology." She flashed Jim a small grin. "And if you're anything like my Papa you really don't want to hear about the details."

[kirktastic]

"I'm more of a 'give me the major points' sort of man." Kirk could agree with that, chuckling before taking another bite. He chewed it before adding, "That's quite a record under your belt, though."

[joanna_mccoy]

"Nah, it'd be quite a record if I already had my masters," Joanna responded wryly. "As it is, I just had some real good teachers and I didn't have to be held back by other classmates. The EMT was so I could keep getting the gossip in the Science labs. Spent a year on planet, and Spock warned me if I kept writing to whine at him, I could cease writing, and he'd have to reevaluate my suitability for placement in his lab. So, I had to do something...and EMT certification was useful...and alleviated a bit of my guilt about not being a physician like Daddy and Paw-Paw."