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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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[kelvin]

( well, that was smooth, georgie. )

Forgive me, I thought I just misheard --

( he snaps his mouth shut when he finally straightens up and gets to see the face behind the name and the voice, and. and, shit shit shit shit. He'd apologize for his mouth hanging open so obscenely but he doesn't think he can. he's not looking at a very distorted looking mirror. He's not -- is he? )

-- I thought you said your name was James T. Kirk.

[captain_jtkirk]

[Now that he's looking at him longer, he'd swear this was his father.]

It is.

Are you-- this will sound crazy but you look just like my dad.

[kelvin]

I--

( are they really going to play this game. )

What was his name, Captain?

[captain_jtkirk]

[yes they are >|]

George Kirk.

[kelvin]

Okay.

( okay.

he's just going to. sit down. and breathe. yeah. )

Your mother is going to kill me.

( hi, son. )

[captain_jtkirk]

[pretty sure the Romulans will beat her to that :/]

Holy shit.

What--year is it right now?

I'LL STOP EDITING.

[kelvin]

( don't tell him that :/ )

Stardate 2233.02

( two days before. )

What year is-- Where were you--? I mean, it's obvious not the same for you, if--

( what he means is: what the hell is going on and how old are you, jimmy. )

[captain_jtkirk]

[omg this is too awful. Kirk just kind of....goes stiff]

It's-- 2258. I'm-- on a prison ship right now. Normally I captain the USS Enterprise.

[kelvin]

( george goes contemplatively quiet for a bit, processing that. there's something about the way jim holds himself that's both curious and worrisome, but he manages a smile. the u.s.s. enterprise sounds like a fine name for a ship. )

Only 25 and already a captain? You beat me to it.

( of course, he's proud. )

I still don't understand how I'm-- speaking to you. Is this some kind of new temporal technology that we don't know about?

[captain_jtkirk]

It's what happens after you save the world.

[he's quiet for a moment.]

I.... honestly don't know how it works. There are people from the 21st century here too so 25 years isn't too crazy compared to that.

I'm... it's... I'm glad for it though.

why do i do this

[kelvin]

So am I. James.

Jim.

( he wants Winona to be here, so she can see how their son has grown up. she'll cry, he thinks. )

Captain James T. Kirk, war hero. ( hmm. ) That 'T' stands for 'Tiberius', doesn't it? I should have told her not to call you that. It's a terrible name.

to cause us both pain :c

[captain_jtkirk]

[wow this is just. Really difficult. Jim swallows hard because no one calls him James really, except for Pike who is like his only father figure.]

You, um... do. Or will. Saved me from having it as a first name at least.

[kelvin]

( george has long gotten the impression that this isn't a normal reaction. most kids might be grossed out that they're meeting - well, technically younger versions of their parents. heck, if his own father decides to contact him from the past, he'd hang up (not really). )

That's a relief, I guess.

( he pauses. )

Jim, are you alright?

[captain_jtkirk]

[no he kinda wants to throw up]

Yeah. This is just--

Never mind.

[kelvin]

( you're a weird boy, jimmy. )

You sure?

You can tell your old man anything, you know.

( ha ha old man. ha. )

[captain_jtkirk]

[hahaha that is the exact opposite of funny]

I'm just shocked to be talking to you. That's all. It's been a while.

[try his whole life]

[kelvin]

( try again. )

Really? How long?

[captain_jtkirk]

A while. It doesn't really matter. We're talking now.

[kelvin]

( you know your father's not exactly an idiot, jimmy boy. )

Alright, then. How are you?

[captain_jtkirk]

[well good, he'd be even more mad at you if you were]

Good. Happy. All those things I know parents like to hear.

[kelvin]

What's that, Jim? Was that the sound of you lying to your father?

akjbdsfaskg i really lol'd

[captain_jtkirk]

I actually am happy right now.

[You didn't ask how his life was as a whole, so there.]

THAT ICON DOESN'T LOOK TOO HAPPY

[kelvin]

( he's met you for all of five minutes and he can already tell you're lying. )

Well, if you insist. You should say it again, though, with more feeling this time.

For reassurance.

( your dad can be a bit of a jerk, jim. i don't know, does that seem familiar? )

ITS SASSY, SASS MAKES HIM HAPPY

[captain_jtkirk]

[It does, how awful that being a dick is hereditary.]

I'm fine. Really. Good ship, good crew, good friends. Don't need much else.

[kelvin]

No girl?

( ...or boy, or alien. he'll love you regardless, jimmy. )