.004 - video

[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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[fencing]

Twenty-four hours, sir.

( more or less, which is why kirk is still wired. but his current conversation with spock sobered him up, somewhat. )

People who prioritize their beauty sleep usually take less than that. Seven to eight, tops.

[captain_jtkirk]

You're really Ambassador T'Pol?

[logistical]

Amnesia is common. It is also possible you are receiving this broadcast prior to your tenure aboard this vessel.

[captain_jtkirk]

I'm actually offended.

[with_discipline]

[Kirk what did she just say

have one perfectly arched Vulcan eyebrow]

Subcommander.

[Private]

[talentedtongue]

[She nods her head once.]

Of course. When you're returned, will you remember the time you spent away? Is there any way I can determine which of us is further along by observing the you that's still here?

[Or, you know, they could trade stardates. But that would be easy, and then the logical thing would be to stop talking for fear of saying something one of them shouldn't. And this... feels strange. She just saw him, but he appears to have not seen her in quite a while. She doesn't want to deprive him of a link to their life on Enterprise. Perhaps to a reminder of what he's working to keep safe?

She's not sure if he'd call her assumption of her own importance in this equation arrogance or common sense. That actually makes her smile.]

[with_discipline]

Has the Vulcan Science Directorate revised it's stance on time travel, in the twenty-third century? [This is, quite possibly, the tiniest of jokes.]

[captain_jtkirk]

I'm really pretty though.

[captain_jtkirk]

For now.

[peektuttut]

Yeah, and you like to draw mustaches on people when they sleep.

[logistical]

Time travel has been made a reality.

[He is not kidding at all :c]

[with_discipline]

[Hnnn]

I always planned to reenter politics.

[with_discipline]

[damn it :c She's real glad she's not the betting sort, she'd owe Archer so much money.]

Will you elaborate?

[logistical]

I cannot. It may affect the past.

[talentedtongue]

I don't think I believe you.

[fencing]

I'm not arguing with you there, Captain.

[Private]

[fencing]

( he nods back. )

Commander. ( he pauses. ) Will have any adverse effect on our current timeline?

[Private]

[logistical]

[To him, it's common sense. He is not quite used to that yet, but it is.]

Mr. Sulu informs me that it is you who is further down the timeline. I have not been briefed on the Enterprise's current mission or the circumstances surrounding it.

[Whatever she chooses to tell him (or not), he will trust her discretion.]

[Private]

[logistical]

I do not believe so.

[You don't serve with Kirk and learn not to put... faith in certain things.]

[with_discipline]

Very well. [maybe your captain will be more forthcoming 8|]

[captain_jtkirk]

I'm personally a fan of that decision.

[with_discipline]

So it seems.

[Private]

Commander Spock is one of your officers?

[captain_jtkirk]

Some things never change.

[Private]

[fencing]

Of course, sir.

( sulu nods again, but expression doesn't really change. he might have wanted - at the very least, he wanted to know if it would save the captain from - well. )

A word of caution, commander: Khan was given the name 'Commander John Harrison' by Admiral Marcus in order to hide his identity. If he - there's a chance that might use it, if he finds his way there.

[peektuttut]

I wish I could say I was surprised, but.