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[Discovery] -- [Kirk's Office] -- [Open for Official Business]

Mar 02, 2010 10:13

It was so heavily backlogged. Messages, paperwork, reports, news - all of it was backlogged. Kirk had holed himself up in his office, trying to get through it all. Okay, the paperwork was at least not seriously backlogged and he saw Spock's hand in that. Spock was good at that sort of thing, even if Kirk wasn't entirely surprised to see some things ( Read more... )

hell is breaking loose, private communication, fuck fuckity fuck fuck fuck, holy shit the captain's in office

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original_fine March 2 2010, 15:42:21 UTC

In a strange blast of synergy, Jim had been on the point of sending a message to Jim. He went immediately, dressed in a gold command uniform and no pants. Crazy, what girls got away with calling a dress.

He buzzed for entry.

original_fine March 2 2010, 20:25:57 UTC

Jim's eyes scanned the document, then rose slowly to meet Kirk's.

"Thank you," he said quietly. Kirk knew what that meant to him, he had to. Jim would wither without activity. And his current situation didn't allow him much. But he had fantasized, unpleasantly, about being essentially stranded in the care of some facility for these unwanted people.

kirktastic March 2 2010, 20:32:33 UTC

"...Not that I think any of you need it," Kirk's lips twitched again into a small smile, "I... you guys are my crew, even if in one very weird way. I'm going to take care of you all. This way, everyone has a real shift. Work... a job. Pay goes back to being the same so Starfleet stops freaking out."

original_fine March 2 2010, 20:43:29 UTC

Jim appreciated that, even if he knew that he could not really be Kirk's crew. Not forever, not and be himself. He was too determined. Four years at the helm of Starfleet's flagship would do that to a man.

"That means a lot to me," he said. "And my crew."

kirktastic March 2 2010, 20:54:20 UTC

Kirk wouldn't expect any less of Jim. "Until we can find a way for you to all get home..." He hesitated, looking away before saying quietly, "...You could, you know. Probably get a ship of your own. I know it isn't your universe, but Starfleet still needs people like ...us." Tiny smirk.

original_fine March 2 2010, 22:00:52 UTC

"I've been trying not to think too far ahead," he said. "Trying to maintain the illusion I'll go home soon." He sighed. "But if it comes to it... yeah. I mean, at some point... we each need our own lives."

kirktastic March 3 2010, 01:26:45 UTC

"Course we do," Kirk said immediately, "...worried about our crews, a little. They're... intergrating. You know? They're just... together. Friends, working together."

original_fine March 3 2010, 04:47:18 UTC

Among other things.

Oh, Jim knew all about... integration. He'd integrated Tina right out of a job.

"I'd be just as sorry to part with the crew here," he said. "But for now, it's what we want. It's hard enough being stranded in a new universe without a welcoming bunch of like-minded people. We're lucky, all things considered, that there haven't been more problems. But nearly everyone here signed on to an uncertain future. When and if we have to split up, they'll take it the way they always do."

kirktastic March 3 2010, 04:49:56 UTC

"I don't think this is the future they signed on for," Kirk looked over to Jim. "Just want to make it as easy as we can. Us," A gesture vaguely outwards, trying to indicate the ship, "we were supposed to go on our five year mission soon, our first one as a group. Who knows what's going to happen now."

original_fine March 3 2010, 05:00:58 UTC

Jim's brow furrowed.

"Your first... What are you doing now?"

kirktastic March 3 2010, 05:03:13 UTC

"...isn't it sort of obvious? We were starting out when bam... we ran into the lot of you. Ever since, Starfleet's had us trying to figure it all out." Kirk leaned his elbows on his desk.

original_fine March 3 2010, 05:08:24 UTC

Jim shrugged. "I think our works differently," he said, smiling. "This looks a hell of a lot like our five year mission, frankly. It's so vaguely defined, in our case, that leaving Earth is pretty much the beginning. Everything that happens after that falls under the umbrella."

kirktastic March 3 2010, 05:17:12 UTC

"Usually we don't end up sticking so close to Starfleet. We were supposed to go to one of the deep space stations, then... head off into the big black without another trace," Kirk was exaggerating the last part and his smile said so.

original_fine March 3 2010, 05:27:56 UTC

"Lucky you," Jim said dryly. "Half the time we're called to deliver supplies or ferry a dignitary or something mundane--but that's sort of the price you pay for being the flagship, you know?" Maybe things really were different here, and maybe Kirk would learn. It was early days, yet.

Jim missed his ship.

kirktastic March 3 2010, 05:31:17 UTC

"Seems so pointless, but hey, orders are orders. Right now, they all have something to do with Nero." Jim leaned back, stretching a bit. "She'll be there, waiting for you Jim. Your beautiful ship." He was sure of that. Jims and Enterprises were meant to be together.

original_fine March 3 2010, 05:34:16 UTC

Well. He hoped so. "It's not pointless," he said fondly, his thoughts distant. "I grumble, but... it's what we do. It's not just new life, et cetera. It's not just the edge of the galaxy. We represent the Federation even within the Federation. The best and the brightest. We mean something."

He drew himself back to the present.

"Or we did. If she's waiting for us, Jim, she's not the ship I love. She's off doing her job."

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