.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]

Captain Kirk. Commander Spock.

You called?

( yes very professional, sulu. )

Omg I have always wanted to tag you on memes but I was too scared

[captain_jtkirk]

Just saying hi, Mister Sulu.

i forget that i actually play him sometimes it's okay

[fencing]

( you're cute, captain. :c )

Keeping busy, Captain?

Lmao

[captain_jtkirk]

You know me, never a dull moment.

[fencing]

I figured, sir. Can I ask what Commander Spock thinks of that? ( just a little cheekily. and oh hey, he should probably ask permission to speak freely. )

[captain_jtkirk]

I imagine he finds it as much fun as a Vulcan ever does.

[fencing]

That's because you're a beacon of light, Captain.

( he says that with the straightest face ever. he's trying not to laugh in your face since you're still technically the boss. )

[captain_jtkirk]

That was... very poetic, Lieutenant.

[fencing]

Thank you, sir. ( he's not laughing, dammit. ) I've practised and everything.

[captain_jtkirk]

Are you getting bored or something?

[fencing]

Um - ( yes. no, not really. sort of. ) - well, you haven't been there to keep us in line, Captain. Mister Scott says it happens.

[captain_jtkirk]

What? [He was told that no time would pass when he was here back home.]

What's going on?

[fencing]

( blinking, then swallowing. )

You've been knocked out, sir. ( you died, actually, but let's not, please. ) You're taking your time waking up.

[logistical]

Mr. Sulu. [A beat.] Are you well?

[fencing]

Yes, sir. We're only waiting for your command to take the ship home.

( since, you know, jim is technically incapacitated. )

[logistical]

Home from where, may I ask?

[fencing]

We are still circling Earth's atmosphere, sir. You've just beamed down and - ( beat the crap out of khan ) - brought Khan with you to the ship.

[Private]

[logistical]

[A long pause. He locks the feed and goes to a corner of the room where Kirk can't eavesdrop.]

Who is Khan?

[Private]

[fencing]

( deer in headlights? deer in headlights. )

Oh, uh -- you don't -- you don't remember, sir?

[Private]

[logistical]

There are temporal disruptions currently occurring. [Is this why Nyota was worried?] What is happening, Lieutenant?

[Private]

[fencing]

( Sulu straightens, his face slightly distorted into an uncomfortable expression. almost- pained. )

Sir, Khan Noonien Singh is a Human Augment from the late 20th century. He was roused from cryogenic sleep by Admiral Marcus for the purpose of using him against the Klingons but he rebelled. The Admiral called for a summit at the Headquarters to figure out what to do with him but he attacked.

He - ( oh no, he can't do this. ) - sir, he killed Admiral Pike, as well as several other members of the 'fleet. Captain Kirk w - has been tasked to hunt him down.

[Private]

[logistical]

[Spock freezes, and tries to control himself, because that is too emotional a reaction.]

You will not convey this information to the Captain.

[Private]

[fencing]

No, sir.

( sulu knows when he's in trouble. who the hell is he supposed to listen to between the two of them? also he hopes the questions stop now. this is even worse than he and kirk space-dived to the Narada's drilling platform. )

[Private]

[logistical]

Is there anything else I should be aware of?

[Divergent timelines. Strictly speaking he shouldn't be asking this question but Admiral Pike is dead and-- to hell with logic.]

[Private]

[fencing]

( what logic spock has decided to throw out, sulu applies to himself. the temporal distortion that spock is talking about already poses a problem, and they've had some ideas on what that does to the timeline. he shouldn't have said anything in the first place, but that's nothing compared to what he doesn't want to say.

no, he thinks. he was acting captain for all of five minutes or so but he knows what he has to do - he'll take the fall, if anything. )

We've apprehended Khan. I believe he will be returned to sleep when we return to headquarters.