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[hischair]

— iece of crap. [ There's grumbling as the viewscreen jostles, bright blue (bloodshot) eyes squinting into it curiously. The would-be handsome face glances away a moment later, eyebrows pulled together; he's sick or was prior to arriving, more worn out from the exertion of walking than any young man ought to be. ] Alright, good. You'll do for the time being.

This is Captain Kirk of the starship Enterprise ordering any and all Federation crewmen to report back with the location of the nearest Starfleet outpost. I'm off-world when I shouldn't be. This "computer" — [ you can practically see the airquotes around his sour tone ] — isn't responding as it should or giving me the information I need. I'm getting nothing but interference when I try and open a standard sub-space channel, the frequency's all off ... damn, this thing's gonna fry if I keep messing with it.

[ Opening his mouth to continue, a hurk noise clogs his throat and hastily, the video clatters to the ground as Jim reels around to vomit into the fountain. Classy. ]

[ Of course, where a sick Jim is, a wild, angry Bones appears. ]

Goddammit, Jim! [ He's there all of a sudden, a hand on jim's shoulder holding him for support and a - somewhat crazy expression on his face. ] Jesus Christ, why are you out of the medbay if you're sick?! Don't move or I'll hypo your ass!

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[hischair]

Here's hoping. Talk to you later, Rose?

[missrosetyler]

You can count on it, Jim. Good luck settling in.

[hischair]

[ Salute and he clicks off. ]

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[hischair]

Are you okay? You look a little green yourself.

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[flammiferous]

I'm fine.

[Watching someone blow chunks is never a pretty sight, but he'll get over it.]

Anyway, good luck.

[thefavorite]

I'll keep an eye on the situation.

[ Hmm. ]

I can trust him because he's angry? Is that important in space?

[hischair]

You do that, man.

And nah, angry's just his default setting. It's when he goes quiet that you want to check yourself. Doctors are great guard-dogs.

[thefavorite]

Oh, okay. Yeah, I know some people like that.

[ His mom, mostly. ]

I'm Dewey, by the way.

[hischair]

I'm Captain Kirk, but you can call me Jim. I only let cool people do that so don't spread it around too much, you'll make everyone jealous.

[medicos]

Because I'm a doctor. I don't know how to fly one. I leave that to people who do, like Jim. We wouldn't want to crash it, would we?

[medicos]

Do you know the name?

Leonard McCoy, ma'am.

[missrosetyler]

Yeah it's called a TARDIS.

Nice to meet you, Dr. McCoy.

[thefavorite]

Okay. I'll make sure I only use it when I want people to be jealous.

[ He might have found that a little patronizing, but it landed just on the right side of amusing. Plus you have a spaceship. ]

[thefavorite]

Oh! Are you the doctor who's always angry?

[hischair]

[ Haha, he thinks Jim is kidding, welp. Hard to tell who's the bigger kid here. ]

Awesome. If you use it around a lady called Uhura, she'll think I've made you my partner in crime.

[medicos]

[ JAMES T. KIRK YOU'RE SO IN TROUBLE. ]

He only says that because he's scared of needles and tries to run away all the time, and I scold him for it. I'm not always angry. Do I look angry to you?

[vengefully]

So that I'm not repeating things, what's been mentioned about that part to you so far?

[thefavorite]

[ In time that will all become clear. ]

Hmm. I'll be sure to keep an eye out for her.

[thefavorite]

Not right now. I mean, it looked you were angry at him, but he was kind of throwing up a lot so I guess that makes sense.

[ Such a cheerful kid. ]

I'm Dewey.

[medicos]

It happens when your patient throws up on you. He wasn't supposed to be out of bed, anyway, being that sick.

[ he's met weirder, believe me. ]

Doctor McCoy. No last name?

[thefavorite]

I'm not supposed to give out my full name to space people I just met on the magic City's internet.

[ geez, what's with you people here? ]