Let's all hold hands and sing Kumbaya

[notzubats]

Who: Everybody! It's a planet mingle!
Broadcast: If You want!
Action: On the Holding Hands plant!
When: From June 23 until whenever we need a new mingle.

[At long last, the fleet has arrived to a new planet. This means it's time for a mingle guys! Get in! ]

Comments

[universal_charm]

What you did was never necessary. It was the act of a coward, afraid to be told, to be proven, that he's wrong.

_{[ He didn't even look at the blaster, eyes still focused on Hux, never wavering even as his fingers clenched and unclenched. ]}

You did it because you were afraid, because your cause is built on delusional lies. And I wish I could be there the day you are brought down.

[therewillbeorder]

I have nothing to prove. I have seen first hand that what we do is for the good of the galaxy.

[Hux's lips turned upward into a sneer. He had been raised in the last days of the Empire and it was all he had ever known. He had grown up listening to speeches by the Emperor, being taught all the good the Empire did for the galaxy and how the Rebels/Resistance would bring back days of chaos.

And now it was his turn to revive that vision. It was a responsibility which weighed heavily but he refused to give in, even now.]

We are stronger than the Resistance, stronger than the Republic. That will never change, even if I fall. It's greater than simply myself.

[universal_charm]

How can you possibly justify murder? No - a genocide. Try. Try and explain how wiping out trillions of people is for the better.

_{[ He spat the word at him, lips curled in a snarl. ]}

It just sounds like your leaders twisted words to brainwash you, to make you believe what you're doing is right when all it is is tyrants seizing power, making you believe the atrocities you've done in their name are right.

_{[ His mouth twisted in a hard smile, more teeth than lips. ]}

We have a saying where I am from - the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

[therewillbeorder]

It's not brainwashing to be shown the truth- to see it for your own eyes.

[After all, he would know brainwashing considering his father was an expert in the field.

It was what his father had done to his cadets and Hux later used on his Stormtroopers. He had to modify a few things though considering FN-2187's actions though.

He didn't lower the blaster, waiting for Kirk to make the next move.]

I would take the same action again if I had to. And most likely such measures will be necessary in the future.

[universal_charm]

_{[ The last shred of his control snapped, visions of Vulcan swimming in his head as he lashed out once more at Hux, coming in from the blaster's side, aimed right for Hux's face. ]}

[therewillbeorder]

[This time he reacted faster, one hand catching Kirk's wrist tightly as he pressed the blaster closer.

He faltered though as the vision of a planet breaking up before collapsing in. It wasn't a planet he recognized and his eyes widened. A vision from Kirk's world?

How-? ]

How was the planet destroyed?

[universal_charm]

_{[ Kirk jerked his hand away sharply from the other. Apparently this memory thing went two ways then. Unfortunate, but he wasn't mad about that. He has no room to be mad about it against the sick feeling that swelled looking at the others face. ]}

It was destroyed by a Romulan names Nero, in petty revenge. But that's better than what you did.

_{[ He shoved past Hux, making sure to knock him with his shoulder, remembering Nero's face, the collapse of Nero's ship into the artificial black hole, as he stood up up and out of the water. ]}

Or did you mean how Nero did it? In which case - go screw yourself. I'm not going to give you any more ideas on how to commit genocide.

[therewillbeorder]

I wanted to know how- not why. How is far more interesting. [His eyes were shining at the thought of new and different technology. He had never heard of the Romulans but there were huge stretches of the galaxy yet unexplored or named. He had made a mental note that if he was ever to return home, he would look into it.

He saw the flashes of the ship, the black hole as Kirk moved past him and hit his shoulder. This just made him more curious but he didn't follow.]

[universal_charm]

Well you won't be getting it from me. Unlike you, I'm not psychotic or a mass murderer.

_{[ He grabbed his towel and put it around his waist, making for a quick exit before he turned around and further messed up his hand against Hux's face. ]}

[therewillbeorder]

[Hux frowned as he watched Kirk go. If they were somehow able to share memories, he wondered if there was a way to get that knowledge from Kirk.

For now he didn't stop him, waiting until the other was out of sight before replacing the blaster back in his coat pocket.]