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star trek xi - nyota uhura

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[Uhura gives the camera a tight-lipped smile. She's dressed in an obnoxious red, white, and blue sweater, with an obscenely big American flagpin, and...holy shit, is that an eagle on her shoulder, trying to eat her hair?]

In honor of today's curse, I'll be offering free lessons on Earth's history, with a special focus on the era of the American Empire.

[Because bitch, she knows why this eagle is here and City you are not as cute as you think you are.]

I hope nobody's allergic to birds.

[ooc: She's at the Welcome Center for anyone who wants to action!]

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[She's curious, but she doesn't know him nearly well enough to pry. And he's not the first person she's befriended in the City with missing memories.]

A half dozen, maybe? [It can be hard to count, really, when you take into account fluency versus proficiency versus knowing the root language and thus being able to figure the rest out.] I'm an expert in xenolinguistics, so in addition to being fluent in several of the Terran languages, I know a handful of alien tongues.

I never studied runes, though.

[Alien, huh. While most of him baffles at the idea of other races, technically his existence shouldn't be possible.]

[But more relevant, alien powers or -- technology or whatever -- might find a way to turn him back. And it's not even difficult to broach the subject subtly, since he is interested in her field of study on its own principles too.]

Runes aren't that interesting unless you're after really old, rare magic. Your skills sound much more broadly useful.

How many races or -- species, I guess -- are there? That you know of.

I couldn't even venture a guess. Hundreds, maybe even thousands. We've barely explored a fraction of our entire quadrant. Even the Vulcans, and they've had warp capability for centuries. But I've met members of dozens of different species in my time at the Academy.

[Ah, nerdy excitement. Uhura loves meeting new species. It's hard to have a passion for languages without an accompanying passion for culture. She dreams of captaining her own starship, of making first contact with new species and being the first person to translate their languages and establish communication.]

That has to keep you on your toes.

[Maybe, then, she's seen weirder things than a guy made of stone? At least it's a relief to know if he happens to want to head over to study some of her languages she might not entirely lost her wits at the sight of him.]

We have some different species where I'm from. People with animal qualities, like fish and wolves.

It keeps me busy. [too bad you can't see her wry grin]

Really? I haven't met any species like that. All the cadets I've known have been humanoid. How animal-like are they?

[A guy made of stone? Actually, that would be one of the weirdest things she's seen, but not enough to lose her wits.]

[He can imagine it. But in his head it might be somewhat wryer than reality.]

The fish people are essentially large fish with human limbs that can breathe in or out of water. The wolves are larger than humans, fur-covered of course, but they walk on two legs and speak as humans do. [Werewolves, essentially, except there's no human form.]

They're not that common. People who live in cities and small towns aren't very tolerable of... differences. [The pause there is slight but noticeable. His tact isn't entirely selfish; he worked closely with fishpeople and a wolfman-slash-troll.]

[Besides, he's in no position to throw -- gods, he hates how many idioms use rocks. :| ]

That seems to be a universal characteristic. No matter where you go, there will always be some people who don't like people who are different.

[She notices the pause, and while she can't know for sure, it's not hard to guess that the subject is a little personal. He grew up not knowing his parents, after all, and kids can be cruel.]

Fortunately, there are also people who do.

Yes. Fortunately. [His voice is ~~hotter~~ slightly softer there. There has been at least one person who never thought of him like a freak. (Even if she didn't like Noonsa the fish-man but he did almost swallow her head and drown her.)]

[Her words aren't enough to get him admitting his own faults, but they get him a step closer to being willing to actually go meet with her. For studying and information purposes of course.]

People here seem pretty used to those things. Maybe it's just not that bad compared to suddenly being snatched up and brought to this place.

[Oh baby baby~]

It's like a port culture.

[Wait that might make sense.]

There are all kinds of people here from many different worlds. Like people who live by an interstellar shipping port. The constant contact with other cultures forces you to be more tolerant than you might be in a small town which is more homogeneous.

It makes sense. [He'd figured that out a while ago, but it didn't help.] A lot of people n my world go their entire lives without traveling more than a few miles from home.

I can't even imagine living like that. [No pity in her voice, just...complete incomprehension.]

On Earth, everybody travels. Even the biggest homebodies make trips to Mars and the moon.

[He's a little envious, to be honest. Traveling is a bitch back home, bandits on the roads and all.]

I often wished getting around were easier. Even flying takes a few days at least, and a lot of energy.

You use gas-powered planes? [THE DARK AGES!]

Planes? I've never heard of those. No, I mean magic. Levitation spells.

Right. You mentioned magic before. [She lives with a sorcerer, but it's still the last thing to occur to her.] How does it work?

Ah -- it's a little hard to explain. It's a certain method of concentration and focus that uses the inherent energy in the air and earth. Those elements and spirit magic are what I tend to focus on, but anyone with the inherent ability can fly.

You should talk to my friend Pavel. That sounds just like his kind of thing.

You seem to have a lot of friends who know something about it. [which is good. Definitely good.]

Just the two. Pavel is actually a scientist, but he seems to find magic interesting.

Science and magic aren't too far off from each other, really. I'm not surprised.

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