driftfleet | Let's all hold hands and sing Kumbaya

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Let's all hold hands and sing Kumbaya

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! ]

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You're fortunate to have him then.

[Her mouth quirks with amusement as she imagines Jean-Luc in the fleet.]

Though I'm fairly certain my best friend would manage to ruffle more than a few feathers if he were to ever shows up.

Edited 2016-07-01 04:15 (UTC)

How do you mean?

He's a captain, too. My captain. But he's not always quite as... flexible as Kirk.

[Not really a criticism - both have their strengths and weaknesses, but in the case of the Drift Fleet, she could see where Jean-Luc would have a difficult time when it came to people's resistance to organization and authority.]

Now, see, part of me wants to make a joke about that?

[Beverly laughs, imagining the look of consternation on Jean-Luc's face if he heard that. Oh, he just makes it too easy to tease him.]

I'm sure Kirk at least would appreciate it.

I've probably been spending too much time with him, in all honesty.

What's your friend's name?

[Her smile grows fond as she says his name.]

Jean-Luc. Jean-Luc Picard.

[She's one of the rare few to call him by his first name, after all.]

It's a nice name.

So, I'm not totally sure I'm clear about how you know Jim from home? Just different ships?

Ah... not quite.

[Ironically, the ship is one of the few things that is the same.]

I don't know him personally - he's a figure from history class, for me. He was born about a hundred years before I was. And to make things more complicated, the Kirk here is also from a universe parallel to mine.

Sounds complicated, but normal for here. I have parallel universe friends here, too. Their friend actually crossed the dimensional barrier at home and I hung out with him for a day before he had to go back. Then his friends showed up here.

Mmm... It's not the first time I've encountered parallel universes either. It just makes it difficult to know what I can tell him sometimes.

Yeah, that's a hard space to navigate. Stuff you may not even think about could be a big deal.

Exactly. Fortunately we are bound by the same rules as Starfleet officers [However bad they both are at following those rules sometimes] so there is that understanding between us that if we refuse to share something, it's not personal.