[video]

[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]

[ Laughing at that, Dewey, jeez. ]

Okay, good. If they do start acting like nutjobs you can come and hang out with me and Bones. He's a doctor and he's always angry, so you know you can trust him.

[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.

[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. ]

[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.

[thefavorite]

[ In time that will all become clear. ]

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