Commander's Log 001 | voice; / action;

[chakotay]

[ his day has not been a good one. actually, the last few have been... less than ideal. he's been trying to do something a little more normal and had almost no luck. perhaps it's his mind running wild; perhaps it's the lack of personal items he would normally have at his disposal. whatever the case, his days have been... extremely difficult to adjust to. so when he decides to test the system, as it were, he chooses to make his presence known by voice only for now. ]

I realize I am still very new to this City, but I have a question for any who would answer. Do any of you have personal items that you normally have in your own homes, items you no longer have with you? What do you do now, with the emptiness that comes of having lost something extremely important? I find myself... missing certain things and I'm at a loss as to how to connect to something that is no longer with me.

[ it's a vaguely-worded question and he's not sure he'll answer with complete honesty if someone asks what he's talking about, but it's a question that's bothering him now. perhaps the answer is to gather a substitute and make do with what he can here. for better or for worse. ]

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[directives]

[ she's shaking her head, palming her combadge to keep it out of sight as she walks and talks. ]

You know, I actually wouldn't mind a visit from him. He might be able to provide us with answers that we're having a hard time obtaining.

[ if q were in the mood to cooperate with her, as he could be dodgy and refuse even her if he didn't want to (or couldn't) say anything about something. even the continuum had a set of rules and guidelines that must be followed -- she'd seen that first hand when she was dealing with two warring sides of q from within the continuum itself. ]

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[chakotay]

Assuming he isn't after something else.

[ ugh. q.

there's little love lost between them and chakotay would be hard-pressed to admit that he would actually prefer not to be "graced" with q's presence here. for all they knew, he would just be his irritatingly arrogant self, infant son or no, and nothing would get done. ]

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[directives]

[ wow chakotay, jealous much? she's making a face on her end, shaking her head. ]

I'm quite certain he's already grown bored of that particular phase of his. [ otherwise he would've made a habit of terrorizing her more often. as it were, she hasn't seen hide nor hair of q since he asked her to be his son's godmother. ]

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[chakotay]

[ hey, it's the truth! ]

How fortunate for us. Either that or he's got more to deal with than us.

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[directives]

Oh, I'm sure he has plenty to keep himself occupied with.

[ likely that which involves bothering the captain of a starship not voyager. poor jean-luc. she feels for him. really feels for him. ]

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[chakotay]

May it be far from us.

[ poor jean-luc indeed. chakotay really feels for him and his crew.

q. ]