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[hischair]

My people have been given the run of the City Labs via my authority, Captain James Kirk of the USS Enterprise, at the discretion of the anonymous faction that rid the City of its former captors.

That means anyone who wants to get some actual work done can report here to sign up for the Starfleet Program. Physicists, engineers, sciences, medicine if you're interested in expanding your field — all the sections are going to be geared toward improving our technology and getting us out of here. I've had a look around and for twenty-first century restrictions, it's not too bad. Let me know who you are and what you specialize in, so I can keep track of who's going to be coming and going from the facility. You don't have to be a member of Starfleet to sign up for a job, but it's not exactly light work and if you're not a fan of doing things the hard way, I wouldn't bother. We might have to try building our own equipment from scratch, for that matter.

Oh, and does anyone know where I can get a cheap motorcycle from? Thanks. Also, Stiles, I've got some free time if you do.
 

[PRIVATE TO ENSIGN CHEKOV ; separate starfleet comm frequency]

Hey, I'd like to meet up with you when you're free. I need to go over a couple of things with you about the City, I'd rather do it in person.

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[directives]

[ as she once told her operations officer, weird is part of the job. ]

About as well as I usually do. [ meaning she didn't. sleep and janeway don't usually go hand in hand, especially when there's something on her mind. (hence that cup of coffee she's nursing. he was correct in what he told his doctor before -- she does indeed run on coffee.) ] That's probably for the best. You haven't done anything to warrant being subjected to my cooking.

[ never let her cook. ever. she can't. it's the one thing she is truly terrible at. ]

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[hischair]

[ Things Jim Kirk is rapidly learning: the couch isn't that uncomfortable, there always needs to be a ready supply of coffee in the cupboard and sharing a bathroom with two housemates is insane in the morning if he doesn't hit the shower around five AM. ]

On that note, don't look in the microwave.

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[directives]

Do I even want to know?

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[hischair]

It's really not my fault the timer was wrong. Don't tell Bones, either.

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[directives]

...this is an open channel, Jim.

[ the decision to call him by his name versus rank is an easy one. she addresses her own people by first time all the time, especially when they aren't on duty or donning uniforms. ]

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[hischair]

... Oh, God damn it.

[ Maybe Bones won't be nosy. Maybe. Shit. ]

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[directives]

[ a laugh, a shake of her head. suddenly she's living in a frat house with a couple of quarrelsome officers from the wrong century. ]

I'll take of... whatever may happen to be in there. Wouldn't be the first time I've gotten my hands dirty.

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[hischair]

Then I'll bring you back some fresh croissants, sound fair?

[ Never let it be said Jim Kirk doesn't spoil the ladies. ]

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[directives]

I don't think I've had a real croissant since the last time I was in Paris.

[ which was before she even gained command of voyager. she feels a little homesick for a second, but homesickness might as well be a part of everyday life for someone as far away from home as she is. ]

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[hischair]

That sounds like it deserves more pomp and circumstance than eating it from a bag.

[ He's tired from finishing the search for Spock, checking out the City Labs and getting things shaken down to an acceptable level. The majority of his concerns are taken care of for now. ]

Why don't I take you out to dinner? Just as friends.

[ He raises his brows as he tacks the last part on the end, knowing full well what his own reputation might insinuate. ]

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[directives]

[ sadly, that reputation is all he's familiar with when it comes to your personal life. the other kirk's personal life. (this is why time travel gives her a headache.) she's more familiar with the life of carol marcus than anyone else who served aboard, or in close proximity to, the crew of the original enterprise, being both a fan of marcus's scientific accomplishments and having recently poured through some of the woman's logs and records when making decisions about how to handle omega on her own. ]

Alright. Dinner it is. As friends.

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[hischair]

[ Carol "Turn Around, Captain" Marcus? Aha. Fantastic officer, yes, absolutely brilliant addition to his family-come-crew. Mmhm. ]

It strikes me that I don't even know your first name yet, Captain. If you don't tell me, I'll have to make one up.

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[directives]

[ you have no idea, kirk. no. idea. and she is not going to spill the beans on the genesis device, and how that was a moment in federation history in which something well-intended spun horribly out of control. nevermind the subject of the estranged, ill-fated son everyone knows the other kirk had with the other marcus. ]

Maybe Janeway is my first name.

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[hischair]

[ Don't mindfuck him, Janeway, he just wants to make you happy with pastries. :'( But two can play at this game! 'Janeway' so obviously isn't her first name, hmph. ]

Laura. Elizabeth. Francine?

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[directives]

[ elizabeth is her middle name, but she's not about to give him that. her first officer doesn't even know that. ]

Nuh-uh.

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[hischair]

Janine. No, Janine Janeway sounds awful, no parent's that cruel. Hmm. Beth? Ariana? Gwen. Shayla. Shyla.

[ This could go on a while. ]

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[directives]

Not even close.

[ shayla. god no. ]

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[hischair]

I let you call me Jim, show some mercy.

[ Batting

those

baby blues. ]

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[directives]

[ that's cute, but this one is immune to such charms. ]

I was paying you a courtesy in doing so. I could've called you James.

Or Tiberius.

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[hischair]

Please don't give me flashbacks of my mother, I'm not sure if I could still take you out to dinner. I'm getting Tiberius scrapped, swear to God.

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[directives]

[ she is much younger than your mother, thank you very much. ]

Tiberius isn't so bad. I can think of worse. [ like eugene. what was owen even thinking when he allowed tom to be saddled with that middle name? ]

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[hischair]

It's terrible. You're really not going to let me know what your first name is?

[ Sooooooo determined to start leaving notes with random names all around the house. ]

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[directives]

Do you know, there is only one person aboard my ship who calls me by my first name?

[ even in off duty situations, she's still captain or ma'am. to all but one. ]

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[hischair]

[ He pauses for a moment to give that the weight of respect and forethought it demands, then asks. ]

Who is that?

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[directives]

[ she won't say who. just know that there's only one. ]

The are few times in which I've had the luxury to stop being captain of Voyager over the past five years, to set aside duty and protocol in favor of being something other than Captain Janeway. [ if she's being honest with herself, she's sort of forgotten how to do that... something chakotay has practically screamed at her more than once, especially since the void. ] Alone in the Delta Quadrant, letting your hair down is hardly appropriate -- or safe, for that matter. Here, however... I can see reason in making the exception.

[ not being on constant duty, not getting five minutes in the holodeck with her da vinci simulation only to have the ship rock with the force of enemy fire and have to run scrambling to the bridge, etc. ]