.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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Private

[captain_jtkirk]

He's my XO.

Private

[with_discipline]

Currently, the Vulcan Science Directorate has deemed time travel an impossibility. [She knows, she said it over and over while being tortured, it was good times.]

Commander Spock has said it's become a reality in your time.

Private

[captain_jtkirk]

Yeah some asshole Romulan came back in time and killed my father and destroyed V--[oh shit. Play it cool, Kirk, PLAY COOL]

A planet.

Private

[with_discipline]

[You idiot.

Just watch her go very, very still and stare at him for a very long moment.]

Destroyed Vulcan.

Private

[captain_jtkirk]

[You Vulcans are just too smart.]

Yes.

Re: Private

[with_discipline]

[Or you're just rly dumb.]

Why?

Re: Private

[captain_jtkirk]

[Or... that]

Revenge.

Re: Private

[with_discipline]

For?

Private

[captain_jtkirk]

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

Private

[with_discipline]

The Federation?

Re: Private

[captain_jtkirk]

What year is it?

Private

[with_discipline]

2152.

Private - i think that's the right planet... i cant be assed to change it if its not

[captain_jtkirk]

Ah.

It's coming. Earth, Vulcan, Andoria, and Tellar Prime make an alliance.

Private - you got em!

[with_discipline]

[Just. Arching an eyebrow.] I would point out that I find that unlikely, but I'm certain history has recorded why.

How could this Romulan [asshole] blame your Federation? Is the Empire a part of it?

Private

[captain_jtkirk]

The Federation promised to help and didn't get there in time. It's that simple.

Private

[with_discipline]

[Pause. She can't. Handle this level of illogic.]

And for that he blamed Vulcan?

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[captain_jtkirk]

[You can't put a price on this logic]

He started with Vulcan.

Private

[with_discipline]

[Because no one would buy it.]

Where else did he attack?

Re: Private

[captain_jtkirk]

He tried Earth next.

Re: Private

[with_discipline]

[A pause, she's connecting the dots.]

You stopped him.

Private

[captain_jtkirk]

Yeah.

Private

[with_discipline]

How many Vulcans are left? [It is taking stupendous effort to stay stoic here.]

Re: Private

[captain_jtkirk]

Ten thousand. Give or take.

Re: Private

[with_discipline]

[Wow that is harder to hear than she expected it to be. Excuse her a moment, she's closing her eyes and turning her head away. Ten thousand qualifies them as an endangered species.

She's part of a soon to be endangered species. Her heart thuds a little harder in her side.]

I see.

[And she does understand, logically. She has the facts. But the processing isn't nearly as easy.]