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[notanoptimist]

Who: Leonard McCoy and ota
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: on the Marsiva
When: Oct 29, morning

[McCoy has a blanket wrapped around his shoulders when the broadcast flips on; he's still cold, by God, and he's not above looking a bit silly in an effort to warm up. There's unoffensive music playing in the background and McCoy's eyebrow is fairly twitching in time to it.]

Two questions, for whoever's listening. [He's read everything he can get his hands on, but some things are better from people he can actually question. He holds up his index finger.] Where in the hell are we? I can't make heads or tells of what I'm seein' here.

[He holds up a second finger.] Where can I get a drink? Doesn't have to be good; it just has to burn.

[These are important things to know.]

Comments

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[notanoptimist]

So you've been away from home a long time.

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[brainiest]

That's right. I thought of the world before this one as home, too, though.

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[notanoptimist]

Guess you would, after so long. Where are you from?

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[brainiest]

Originally? Britain, in Europe. On Earth.

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[notanoptimist]

Well. At least that's a place I've heard of.

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[brainiest]

Have you heard of some stranger places already?

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[notanoptimist]

One or two. Not surprising, all things considered.

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[brainiest]

No, not really. Do you know if anyone from your world is here? That sometimes helps.

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[notanoptimist]

There is. A friend is here.

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[brainiest]

Oh! That's good! I suppose it doesn't feel very good, considering, but at least there's something familiar.

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[notanoptimist]

Any port in a storm, right?

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[brainiest]

Something like that. It just makes it easier, I suppose. It was a bit rough for me when I turned up and no one I knew.

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[notanoptimist]

Well, that, I can only imagine. Just thankful I don't have to do it. You have my sympathy, kid. Sorry it happened that way.

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[brainiest]

[ She shrugs, shaking her head and leaning forward - so that the scarring on her face is a touch more obvious. ]

I've been through worse. The fleet is practically a holiday.

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[notanoptimist]

[He gaze focuses on the scarring, but he says nothing. For him, it's hard not to notice.]

I've heard that it's not all awful.

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[brainiest]

No, it's not. And there is a bar, at least one, and gardens, and the library...

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[notanoptimist]

Oh, sure. That makes it bearable. [The sarcasm...] How extensive is this library?

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[brainiest]

[ It's just like being home again. ]

Not as big as I'd like, of course, but it's quite large considering it's a space library. There's quite a few books from all kinds of worlds.

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[notanoptimist]

Now, those I'd be interested in. [He's a grumpy old doctor but he's also an explorer. Books from all kinds of worlds actually sounds intriguing.

Don't tell anyone.] I could probably lose a good bit of time in there.

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[brainiest]

[ She brightens considerably, nodding her head. ]

It's not huge, but it's better than nothing! It's not too far away from the gardens, too, or my herbery and potions lab.

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[notanoptimist]

Herbery and potions? [Could be useful stuff there.] What do you work with?

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[brainiest]

Plants and herbs I find on planets and grow in the garden, as well as my own magic.

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[notanoptimist]

Found anything interesting or useful?

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[brainiest]

A few herbs that seem similar to things from other worlds, but mostly it's almost the same as what I learned at school.

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[notanoptimist]

Dare I ask what kind of school?