And On Your Left You'll See a Tourist Mingle

[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Tourists and visitors
Broadcast: nah
Action: The Tourist!
When: April!!!

[ what do you mean the month is half over? this is a mingle people! ]

Comments

[universal_charm]

Been exploring down on the planet, mostly. That and just trying to keep myself busy. Or, you know, haunting the ship late at night.

[takingkarabusiness]

A lot on your mind?

[universal_charm]

I don't know if it's a lot on my mind, or not enough.

[takingkarabusiness]

There is definitely not enough to do here.

[universal_charm]

Beverly mentions making a kind of workshop maybe, picking up spare projects. I think I should look more into that. I'm used to having something to do, especially being a captain. Been awhile since I haven't really had a direction.

[takingkarabusiness]

That's probably not a bad idea. Winn has about a million projects already, so I figure I'll help him out here and there. But I'm used to, you know, saving people.

[universal_charm]

Yeah, I imagine it must be a change for you if that's your norm back home. Not to mention your powers.

[takingkarabusiness]

It's been a transition, yeah.

I mean, there was a whole part of my life where I didn't have powers, but I had my family. Here, it's been an experience, having neither.

[universal_charm]

You seem to be doing all right, though. Not that I would expect any different from you. And I wouldn't worry about family - it's not about blood, you know. It's just about caring for people.

[takingkarabusiness]

Oh, I know. It'd be kind of rough if I thought it was just about blood. But my adoptive sister is a big part of my life and I miss her.

[universal_charm]

_{[ He nodded. ]}

I miss Spock and Bones. They're my closest friends on my ship - my CMO and my First Lieutenant.

_{[ A pause. ]}

They were the first faces I saw when I woke up after the accident.

[takingkarabusiness]

Accident?

[universal_charm]

_{[ He blinked, as if not realizing he had said that part aloud. He coughed, rubbing the back of his neck. ]}

Uh, yeah. About a year ago I got hurt really bad - like thought I wasn't going to make it bad. I blacked out, and when I woke up Leonard and Spock were there in the hospital.

[takingkarabusiness]

A sign of true friends. I'm glad they were there for you.

[universal_charm]

Yeah, me too. About a month after I woke up though I really wished Leonard would go back to the ship though. I love that man, but he can be very fussy when he's in doctor mode.

[takingkarabusiness]

It's all out of love, I'm sure. Though that doesn't mean that it's not the worst.

[universal_charm]

He says it is, but I think he just likes watching me squirm from time to time.

[takingkarabusiness]

Maybe doctors need to have a little bit of sadism in them to become doctors.

[universal_charm]

Don't they take oaths that have the line 'thou shalt do no harm' or something? I think sadism should be a thing they would want to screen out during acceptances into medical school.

[takingkarabusiness]

I said just a little bit.

[universal_charm]

A little big seems a bit to much. Especially when they have access to hypos.

_{[ There might have been a shudder there, Kara. ]}

[takingkarabusiness]

Are you scared of needles?

[universal_charm]

No - only the ones McCoy has his hands on.

[takingkarabusiness]

I see how it is.

It sounds like you have a great crew there.

Would you go for captain here if it was up for grabs?

[universal_charm]

_{[ There is a pause as he considers it - but it's not a very long one. ]}

Yes, probably. It's what I'm good at it, what I've trained for.

Why? You trying to stage a mutiny?