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[captain_jtkirk]

I don't think these things are malfunctioning at all but if it's just an excuse to roll call, then I'm Captain James T. Kirk. My friends call me Jim.

[He tips the communicator to the side, and there's Spock. Looking stoic as always.]

And that's Spock. Don't worry kids, he always looks like that. He won't bite.

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[captain_jtkirk]

Romulus is destroyed by supernova. This particular Romulan blamed the Federation for it.

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[myshipfirst]

That's not trivial, Spock. I hope this wasn't a whim.

[ A whim of Kirk's. ]

YOU'RE RUDE

[captain_jtkirk]

And is there a particular reason why you are trying to hide that from me?

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[logistical]

I assure you, sir, it was not.

[Little known fact about Spock: sometimes he has whims and they just happen to align with Kirk's 8D]

[captain_jtkirk]

When have you ever known me to do something easy?

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[daxattack]

[It is the REALEST OF THINGS, she once had a hand in accidentally making the universe disappear. They put it back, though.]

If being the operative word, I believe.

I GET IT FROM YOU

[logistical]

I incorrectly assumed you would be interested in the technical details.

[And he simply deletes the conversation. No need for Kirk to know any of this until Spock has sorted it all out.]

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[myshipfirst]

Then why are you there?

[myshipfirst]

I mean it's not trivial. Taking responsibility, completely, for another human being.

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[logistical]

I have been offered the continued safety of the ship and crew as my wages, should I succeed in aiding an unbalanced mind in functioning logically.

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[myshipfirst]

That sounds like a load of horseshit.

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[logistical]

I have conducted an investigation and our employer does not withhold wages.

[he's almost insulted you think he didn't think this through!!]

[captain_jtkirk]

With all due respect, sir, I'm responsible for hundreds of lives on board my ship. I've got this.

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[myshipfirst]

I trust you, Spock. It's just a little hard to wrap my head around.

[myshipfirst]

The forest and the trees are not the same.

SUCCESSSSS

[captain_jtkirk]

[Kirk rolls his eyes a little.]

So? How is she?

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[captain_jtkirk]

I like what I'm seeing.

[captain_jtkirk]

I didn't know you were so philosophical.

DAMMIT MAN

[logistical]

A few minor repairs. It appears you were... enthusiastic in a recent altercation, but we were ultimately victorious.

[This tone is completely deadpan.]

[myshipfirst]

An unfortunate tendency.

So, tell me about your project.

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[daxattack]

[Kirk, you are earning that reputation. But Jadzia finds this all incredibly entertaining, and sits up a bit further in her chair.]

Screens can be deceiving. I could be running a distortion matrix. I could be an aged Klingon outcast, with a very strange hobby.

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[logistical]

Indeed. Some of the phenomena I have encountered on board fall into that category.

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[myshipfirst]

Such as?

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[logistical]

Recently, many of the passengers spontaneously participated in an activity known as paintball.

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[myshipfirst]

...doesn't sound that mind-boggling.