Captain's Log 04 - Waking Dreams

[universal_charm]

Who: Jim Kirk & You
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Yes, on the Tourist
When: Now (that is, Friday)

<sub>[ It's a strange feeling, waking up and staring at a ceiling that he instinctively knows is on a ship. He hasn't looked at one of those in awhile, mostly because his ship was still being built. He had been able to tour some parts of her, but she was far from complete, and certainly nowhere near ready for him to move into. So why? Why was there something familiar about this ceiling? He had seen it before, he was sure, nagging at the back of his mind -

The Fleet.

It struck him like a slap, making him gasp, and he sat up sharply, looking down at himself, wrapped in his survival suit of all things. He touched the raised silver crest of Star Fleet, trying to wrap his mind around the notion he was back on the Tourist. How long had it been? Almost three years? He had just celebrated his birthday, so, yes, three years...

Looking around he located the communicator, flipping it open, remembering the motions easily enough as he keyed up the video and looked in. It's to late by the time he realizes that he has a crown settled into his somewhat fluffier hair and a bright red lipstick mark on his cheek. Who-? Well, whatever, everyone will just get to see him attempt to rub the lipstick off as he speaks, crown, for the moment, remaining where it was. ]</sub>

Uh - hello everyone. I'm not sure how much time as passed here, so I suppose I should start with introductions. My name is Captain James Tiberius Kirk, U.S.S. Enterprise, though feel free to call me Jim. I was here once before, but I suppose at some point I got sent home.

It's been three years for me. So, if possible, I wouldn't mind a roll call of who all is here - and exactly how much time has passed for you all.

Kirk, out.

<sub>[ He turns off the communicator and gets up slowly, stretching, making his way for the kitchen and wondering if that cantankerous coffee machine was still here and functioning, and if it had been tamed. He hoped so. He desperately needed coffee. Maybe something more too. Yes, definitely something more.

Irish coffee it was Or as close as he could get it. ]</sub>

Comments

[ video ]

[precedented]

[ Had it come to pass already? Leto briefly looks into the timeline - ah. He had expected it later. Or earlier. ]

Three busy years, I imagine.

video;

[universal_charm]

<sub>[ Leto was here. Good. It was a strange thought, perhaps, but it meant that Leto hadn't gone off to whatever dark fate he thought he was destined for. And he liked seeing a familiar face. ]

You could say that. The last one got a bit bumpy, to be honest.</sub>

action;

[winn]

[ winn's heart skips a beat when he gets a ping from the equipment he left monitoring jim - flipping his communicator on, it skips another when he sees his face, hears his voice. jim's awake! he's already halfway to his room before the content of his broadcast begins to catch up with him, but he doesn't care, not right now. all he has room for is the need to see that jim is ok with his own two eyes.

knocking quickly before letting himself in anyway, sorry if you wanted privacy there, but someone is proving to be less little brother and more excitable puppy whose owners got home today, and it's all he can do not to throw himself into jim's arms. ]

You're awake!

[ is it possible for him to smile any wider? sure doesn't look like it. ] D'you remember me? [ he asks, as he already moves to check what the monitors display - seems like all his vitals are within the normal range beverly taught him to look for. ]

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[universal_charm]

_{[ Winn. He manages to recognize him before his arms are full of the other and he grunts at the impact. Three years and it didn't feel like Winn had changed at all, or looked like it. Memories that had felt fuzzy became crystal sharp, his arms tightening around the other man. ]}

Please, as if I could forget you.

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[twicewed]

[Hey look who has the hang of this now. Finwe is concerned as he hadn't seen Kirk in awhile but his grandsons have required a great deal of his attention lately. So Kirk gets a warm, concerned smile as Finwe turned on the video.]

I am so relieved to see you well once more, Captain. [He's confused by the mention of three years passing, frowning thoughtfully.] Only two weeks have passed here, I believe. Do you need anything?

[He's already parenting to come over, just in case.]

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[universal_charm]

_{[ Kirk has a harder time drawing up who this was right away. He had not known him long, after all, but he did recall him. Hard to forget someone who looked like that, and he placed him with the others he knew who did. Fin - something. ]}

Only two weeks? Guess that means I didn't miss much, huh? Have we moved systems yet?

_{[ He twisted his head, cracking his neck. ]}

A massage - or maybe a good run. I feel like my body has definitely been in a bed for that long.

voice.

[intelligently]

A lot can happen in three years.

voice.

[universal_charm]

That's an understatement if I ever heard it.

...Bones was looking good, by the way.

[Video]

[cajunspice]

Jim. [There was a warm tone to the use of Kirk's name, followed up with an equally warm smile from Remy across the video link. It hadn't been that long but he was still very glad to see his friend back in the land of the living, enough that he was making his way to the transports so he could head up to the Tourist. Remy had registered the three years (three years!) in Kirk's announcement, but he was in too good a mood to see him that he didn't take the time to think about how long it would had been for him and everything he had gone through. Not just yet at least.] Good to see ya up 'nd 'bout.

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[universal_charm]

_{[ Ah, that voice he had not forgotten - especially since he had heard it quite a few times in his ear on more intimate occasions. He smiled into the feed, looking rumpled and tired, but no worse for wear. ]}

Feels good, though I think I might need one of your massages. I have one hell of a sore neck.

Video

[tallasaking]

[Ah ... well damn, ser. That was quite a shift. Jim even looked older about the edges. Tyrion rubbed his beard and stated simply.]

It has only been a few weeks for us, Jim.

Video

[universal_charm]

_{[ A shift indeed. A dramatic one, right there at the end. ]}

So I'm being told. Time travel - always a headache.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she's in his doorway before he can even make it out to the kitchen ]

Jim!

[universal_charm]

_{[ He blinks, a touch shocked, but it fades quickly and is replaced by a warm smile. ]}

Hey! You're still here!

_{[ Figuring he knows what's coming, he opens his arms for a hug. ]}

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[moonofmylife]

Three years?

[But surely someone would have mentioned he'd gone missing? It definitely has not been three years here.]

I-I am sorry you've returned then, having been able to go back home, but welcome you back all the same.

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[universal_charm]

Seems impossibly, right? But yeah, three years. I'm thirty now - surprise!

_{[ His smile is a touch tight, because it is harsh, waking up here when he had thought he was home, but there was a warmth to it. He couldn't not be entirely happy about seeing a friend again. ]}

Thank you, Danny. It is nice to see a friendly face again. How's your little dragon?

Video

[apurrstate]

[He hasn't talked to him since he went down himself. They'd missed each other, apparently, but Kirk looked better coming from his three years than Anders had after his ten.]

I was gone for ten years, but apparently, it was only a week here. Funny how that goes, hmm?

How are you feeling, Jim? Are you okay?

[He was, after all, a healer first and foremost.]

Video

[universal_charm]

_{[ Seems so, but maybe that was a good thing. They each had more than enough to worry about. ]}

Ten?

_{[ The word is practically squawked, because - wow. ]}

I'm got a crick in my neck, but other than that I feel all right. What about you? Sounds like you have more of a shock than me.

Action

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris is in the kitchen, having decided to remain on the ship for the most part while Kirk was out. Not that he's really DONE anything while in command. No, no thank you.

He glances up as Kirk enters and the relief is evident in him. ]

Good. You're awake.

Action

[universal_charm]

<sub>[ But hey, at least he didn't have to? Of course, that was why Kirk had made him second in command in the first place. Fenris didn't necessarily want the power, which was a plus, but he wouldn't run from it either. At least, he hoped not right away.

He laughs softly when he spotted him and Fenris looks clearly relieved that he is up, even if he is moving stiffly, getting muscles to warm up after two weeks without proper use. At least physically, though mentally he knows different. ]</sub>

Feels good to be awake. I'm worried if I had stayed asleep any longer I would have grown cobwebs.

voice

[dancingmd]

You too, huh?

We should talk.

voice;

[universal_charm]

Bev!

_{[ He beams on his end, glad to see that the only other Fleet member has returned. Which is an entirely selfish thought, but he can't help it. There is relief there, especially since he had come to care for her and rely on both her counsel and her friendship. ]}

And yeah, I think we should. I... want to ask you about a few things that happened.

[voice]

[kingofbadlifechoices]

[Time and this place seem to have somewhat of a rocky relationship. But he does remember Kirk.]

Not much time. My name is Robb Stark. [A sneeze.] We met...a while ago.

[voice]

[universal_charm]

_{[ That would be one hell of an understatement. ]}

Ah, yeah, I remember. We spoke a time or two, right? Over dishes?

_{[ It was fuzzy, but he thought so, anyways. Luckily he had always been good with names and faces. ]}

[private]

[passingthrough]

You're a jerk. [Yep, that's what she's going with.]

[ private video ]

[universal_charm]

Nice to see you too, Kitty.

_{[ There's a tone somewhere between amused and wry. ]}

video

[bythewaves]

Three years is a long time, Captain. But here it has been not that long at all. Need you any aid?

[ How much does he remember, Maglor wonders - enough, it seems, to recognise the Fleet, at least - but much can change, in three years. He looks older, the blue eyes wiser... the bard in Maglor itches to know, but he is far too polite to ask ]

video

[universal_charm]

Nothing some moving and a massage and coffee can't cure. Ugh, god, I feel like I did the last time I was in the hospital.

_{[ He turned his head, cracking his neck, swung his arms, trying to wake his body up - all with the crown still on his head. ]}

How've you been, Maglor? Any new songs to sing for me?

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[aigue]

Have you remembered Between at all?

[That she's asking that instead of being antagonistic or accusatory is a good sign, sort of. It means she's finally decided to believe their last conversation. At the same time, it means she's also given up on him being her only connection to the settlement and everyone who lived there.]

[Text]

[universal_charm]

No, I'm sorry. Like I said - I don't think I've ever been. The me you met must have come from a different timeline, another universe.

_{[ He hoped she would learn to accept that soon, for her own sake. ]}

video

[wolfehawke]

Looks like you were busy in those three years.

[He didn't miss the lipstick smear, entirely amused and rather cheerful about it, actually, that it doesn't make him feel awkward at all.]

Glad to see you up and about, my friend. It seems whatever spread that inclination towards falling in a coma to the Thedosians in the fleet carried it on to people from your end of things after.

[He didn't miss Beverly waking up either.]

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[universal_charm]

_{[ Of course you wouldn't miss the smear, Hawke, of course not. He's fairly sure you were not the cause, at least. ]}

So it seems. Hopefully I was one of the last. I don't like worrying people like that.

_{[ He pauses and switches the encoding to Private. ]}

How are you and Anders?