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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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[talentedtongue]

I said unconscious, not dead. You did it to yourself, this time, if that helps.

[She's trying to give him time to offer a more reasonable explanation. Or perhaps this is the decoy conversation while she and Spock act like adults on the private channel?]

[captain_jtkirk]

It doesn't.

[Pfft whatever he's the captain, you give him a report first.]

What happened?

[talentedtongue]

[Totally deadpan.]

Training exercise. I have a mean roundhouse kick.

Your turn.

[She's still not 100% sure you're her Captain, sorry. She's... also not 100% sure she's not being pranked.]

[captain_jtkirk]

I'm on a prison ship for the criminally insane.

[talentedtongue]

I feel like this should surprise me.

[captain_jtkirk]

Are you saying I like criminals and/or insane people?

[talentedtongue]

I am saying that we often find a certain camaraderie in those like us.

[Yes. That's pretty much exactly what she's saying.]

[captain_jtkirk]

I'm not a prisoner here by the way. In case that crossed your mind.

[talentedtongue]

It had occurred as a possibility. Can you really blame me... Captain?

[captain_jtkirk]

I'm actually offended.

[talentedtongue]

I don't think I believe you.

[captain_jtkirk]

I could be offended. I've cleaned up my act, you know.

[talentedtongue]

I have heard. Numerous times. I maintain that I'll believe it when I see it.

[ :| ]

[captain_jtkirk]

Your faith in me has always been extremely touching, Lieutenant.

[talentedtongue]

I'm here, aren't I?

[Which is actually a fair point. She didn't have to agree on another tour with this crew. They would have put her on any ship she requested, after the initial media frenzy died down. She could have put as much distance between Kirk and herself as she needed. Hell, she could have stayed on Earth, probably found herself a generous position with the Academy.

But they're all together still. Doesn't mean she's under any obligation to overlook all the dumbass shit he do while he's finding himself.]

[captain_jtkirk]

[He knows. He just likes to tease. They all could have had whatever posting they wanted, that they stayed with Enterprise is touching.]

And I appreciate every fine minute of it, Uhura.

[talentedtongue]

[She half chuckles.]

Sometimes I wonder.

[But he is family. Granted, she's also got an uncle who comes to reunions and gets drunk and has fallen in the firepit more than once, and he's also family. Doesn't mean she's not just as glad to see him leave as she is to see him arrive.]

Try to let Commander Spock look after you. You two sound thoroughly cut off.

[captain_jtkirk]

What makes you think I don't need to look after him?