Sector 001 - video;

[fingersnapping]

[ Functioning. It applies to both his own body, and the communications device, but sadly not his powers. He'd worn himself out trying to zap himself back out of this miserable existence, and now Q was suffering--suffering from a bruised ego, a sore head, and - perhaps most unfairly - a grazed knee. Mortal, but not not Q. Trapped, but not wholly aware how. And the ticking of the clock is making his headache worse. A most disagreeable state of affairs. And now here's his face, at first much too close to the camera, and then withdrawn to a more reasonable distance, revealing Voyager era command red, and four pips at his collar. Not for a moment does his scowl subside. ]

Oh, I'm sure you think you're very clever. Do you have any idea who I am? You'd be well advised to send me back where I came from immediately. Otherwise--well, I can't be held responsible for what might happen. [ Not from him. Oh, no. But the Continuum might have something to say about it. Or his family. At least he hadn't actually fallen into the fountain. He'd come close, but with at least some small part of his once magnificent power available, he'd saved himself the splash at the last second. He leans back, inspects the fingernails of his left hand disinterestedly. ]

Well? Hurry up. I haven't got all day. I'm getting bored.


[ ooc: I'll tag this right up when I'm 100% sure what Q's tag is, thank you for bearing with me! ]

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video.

[directives]

I may be a captain, but I'm also a scientist. It's my duty as both to explore and document what I can. I won't turn being— that into a waste of a journey.

[ she'll get them home and with voyager's databanks filled to the brim with data that'll keep the federation's best and brightest busy for the next few decades. ]

video.

[fingersnapping]

[ The L word. Lost. ]

Of course not. And Picard wouldn't have made the same decisions that you did. Yours was the right ship, with the right captain, at the right time.

Why, if not for your thirst for knowledge, we never would have met, and the universe would be a much duller place.

video.

[directives]

[ so many l-words lately. ]

You make it sound like I was meant to find myself in the Delta Quadrant.

[ very carefully worded to avoid that particular l-word. play along, q. she has her reasons for avoiding of it, and you ought to know her well enough to know she wouldn't be going out of her way not to mention it if she didn't have very good reasons. (she is going to kill chakotay when/if she finds out he blabbed.) ]

video.

[fingersnapping]

Nothing so crass as that. You have your precious directive to maintain your timeline, as though there's any need. There's no one right way, no fate dictating your path except for the one you choose. You can't truly believe the future is set in stone simply because you've come to live it.

[ Don't worry. Despite his teasing, he does intend to keep your secrets...once he works out what they are. ]