action // video

[candothat]

[Chekov is, to put it mildly, alarmed to find the bridge of the Enterprise replaced by the City--the fountain, specifically. As startling as the abrupt change of scenery is, there are, as far as the young navigator is concerned, worse places to find oneself than in a fountain. The shallow water feels good after hours--he can't even begin to guess at how many hours--spent running around in the bowels of a beleaguered ship, issuing orders and trying to nurse failing systems along.

There's no time to enjoy the surprise reprieve. It takes several moments for his City memories to hit and several more for them to fall back into place but, once they do, Chekov has the presence of mind to remove the gold tunic that marks him as a Starfleet officer. Harrison is here. The captain had warned them against making themselves targets.

The captain. Captain Kirk, who's alive here...

Chekov, wet curls plastered to his forehead and stripped down to his black undershirt, clambers out of the fountain and disposes of his gold shirt. He fingers his hair into some semblance of order and fumbles for his waterlogged communicator.]


[video]

He--? [Audio and video distort and give way to static. After some minor adjustments, they return. Chekov doesn't look all that different than he did prior to his disappearance (thanks to the City's temporal isolation from other universes, he's actually a few months younger than he was over a week ago, if sturdier), but recent events have given him a somewhat haggard countenance.] Hello? This is En--Pavel Chekov. I realize that very little time has passed--relatively speaking, I mean--but I must ask: Who is here still?

[Starfleet people, that's directed primarily at you.

And, hesitantly:] Has anyone fed my dog?


[ooc: Action or video! Chekov is back in the City and updated to the not-quite-end of Into Darkness (immediately after San Francisco getting smashed up and Spock beaming down). I tried to steer clear of major spoilers here, but I make no promises for the comments.]

Comments

audio; starfleet comm; private

[logistical]

Mr. Chekov.

[oh no oh no oh no]

What is the last thing you remember?

audio; starfleet comm; private

[candothat]

Commander Spock, sir.

The Vengeance crashed, but the Enterprise-- [He doesn't know the specifics, but news of Kirk's sacrifice has already spread.] ...The Enterprise is in one piece, mostly.

audio; starfleet comm; private

[logistical]

[. . . Well.]

What is the status of her captain?

Audio

[mightbeconcussed]

I'm not talking to you.

[ a pause. her voice sounds kind of thick and emotional when she speaks again. ]

I'm still here though.

Audio

[candothat]

Lucy...?

[Any initial excitement gives away to confusion. After fighting to keep a warp core that he wasn't entirely qualified to be in charge of alive, he's not in the mood to puzzle out why Lucy would be back and not speaking to him.]

Why are we not talking?

Audio

[mightbeconcussed]

[ she'll be very sorry she squashed that. in all honesty, she would like nothing more then to find him, hug him and not let go for several hours. ]

You left me.

starfleet frequency » private audio

[excelsiors]

_{( well obviously not all is well chekovland. but sulu is also happy to see him, so he keeps his voice level and just says: )} Hey. Everything alright?

starfleet frequency » private audio

[candothat]

Hikaru! [Wait. He doesn't know when this Sulu is from. Are they on a first-name basis yet? If they weren't, they are now.] When did you arrive? When did you come from?

starfleet frequency » private audio

[excelsiors]

_{( he's never really used to being called by his first name, but he figures if anyone's allowed, chekov is. )}

I thought that was my line, since I'm the one who was already here.

_{( chekov might hear a bit of a grin in his voice, at that. )}

I've been here for a little over a week. We've been worried about you.

private video » starfleet frequency

[medicos]

[ neil had sort of given bones a false alarm, so he's spent days stewing on his worry and hoping more than anything that chekov is gone from the City, which is much better than all the other options considering the danger lurking about the place. so when he hears chekov's voice slamming through the network as he does his daily ritual of checking up on things, he curses colourfully before opening the damn feed through his comm device. ]

Get out of the damn fountain, and avoid the library.

[ his eyes quickly assesses the chekov's appearance, but there's really only so much he can garner from a video feed. ]

Are you hurt?

private video » starfleet frequency

[candothat]

Yes, Doctor. I have left the fountain already. Is the captain here still? And Captain Janeway?

[Even if it was pretty comfortable. Y'know, for a fountain. And as much as Chekov would like to ask why the library needs to be avoided, he's still in a crisis mindset; there's no time for questions in the middle of an emergency. Plus, it's nice to see McCoy's smiling surly face.]

Not that I am aware of.

[Just bumps and bruises. A number of engineers--engineers under his command--were less fortunate.]

video;

[anatural]

Chekov, you're back!

video;

[candothat]

So it seems. [As relieved as he is to be here instead of in a situation where death is imminent, he doesn't sound particularly pleased.] Are you well? I know that only a little more than a week has passed...

[But it seems longer. Has been longer, in some ways.]

voice;

[hexuality]

Pavel.

[Relief.]

There you are.

voice;

[candothat]

Ginny, hello. My apologies--I had no intention of going missing so suddenly.

audio; filter; starfleet comm

[chakotay]

At ease, Ensign.

[ as much to order him to calm down as to help him actually do it. ]

Fortunately or unfortunately, I'm still here. Are you all right?

audio; filter; starfleet comm

[candothat]

[Good call, Chakotay. With home still fresh in his mind, an order does more than a suggestion might.]

Aye, sir. Captain Janeway is also here?

private audio » starfleet frequency

[hischair]

There you are. [ Like he dropped Chekov down the back of the space-time continuum couch and only just ferreted him out. ] We're all here since your last communication, everyone except Uhura.

Want to talk in person?

[ Those are some heavy issues he might be toting. It's Jim's duty (and preference) to help his crew out with those first-hand, especially given the circumstances of their last mission. ]

private audio » starfleet frequency

[candothat]

[Kirk is a lot less dead than he was at home. Not dead is good. He should keep it up, even if this is slightly surreal.]

Yes, sir, if you have the time.

private;

[mortemscintilla]

[ He doesn't bother with a Welcome back; few people would be glad to be dumped in the City again. ]

[ Instead, ]

... Slightly scraggly, but alive.

[ Whether he means the dog, or Chekov, is up for debate. ]

private;

[candothat]

[Actually, the City is a pretty nice place. Nothing's crashing, no one's dying from radiation poisoning...]

Scraggly is not so bad.

[voice]

[defies_reason]

Pavel Andreievich.

[Oh, but he's pleased. Perhaps he ought not to be but Isaak has been a selfish man for long enough not to feel guilty of it. There's a note of approval, there. From him, this passes for a warm welcome.]

I must owe you a drink, I'm certain.

[voice]

[candothat]

Isaak Stefanovich, it's good to see you.

[They can both be selfish. Pavel's delighted--in a subdued way, perhaps--to see that he's still here. For better or worse, Isaak has become City family and his departure would be just shy of devastating.]

I would not refuse a drink later.

i smack my head because i meant to reply much sooner...

[skintoskin]

Chekov? Is that really you?

Don't worry about it!

[candothat]

It is, yes.