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Who: Pavel Chekov
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: For the crew of the SS Wonderduck (and video for everyone else)
When: Now

[Chekov wishes he could be surprised or, at the very least, unsettled when he wakes up in a foreign place, but there's a point at which this sort of thing becomes a fairly routine--if always unpleasant--occurrence. Losing people is never easy, no matter the universe, no matter the number of times it happens.

But taking stock of the situation and establishing who is here has to come before mourning those who were left behind in MarinaNova. To that end, Chekov, somewhat familiarized with his new home and in clothes that are slightly more dignified than the pajamas that he initially woke up in on the Marsiva, begins a broadcast. Are you listening to this in Standard/English/Common? If so, enjoy the ridiculously thick Russian accent.]

This is Lieutenant Pavel Andreievich Chekov of the Federation starship Enterprise. If you have met me already or if you are affiliated with Starfleet, please respond to this message. [He smiles even though he's in no real mood to be cheerful.] I would also be happy with replies from you if we're strangers.

Thank you for your time.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[She brightens considerably at the mention of Data and Deanna, though Q brings a notable cloud across her features. She is, to put it mildly, not a fan of his.

Still! Deanna and Data!]

I do indeed! Deanna and Data are two of my closest friends!

[Janeway had much the same reaction to Q. He won't question it.]

They were good people to know and I wish that I had been with them longer. Have they been here before? Did they mention any other places like this one?

No, I've not had anyone from my ship arrive, though there have been - and are - other members of Starfleet here.

Maybe it's significant that so many from our universe have been brought here. [A thoughtful pause.] Not our universe. I was told that I'm very different from the Pavel Chekov who lived in yours.

Unfortunately, I never had the chance to meet him, so I can't say one way or the other, but... the events in your universe differ significantly from mine.

Yes, so Ambassador Spock and the others have said. It's remarkable, the difference that a single temporal incursion can make in the outcome of events.

[She nods thoughtfully, thinking about Jean-Luc and Worf's experiences with parallel universes.]

And... the ambassador... do you know him well?

Ah... no. We spoke only once. He passed away recently, so I doubt that I will have the opportunity. [It's not impossible!]

[Her expression falls at that news.]

Oh. I'm sorry to hear that.

It's fine. I was lucky to meet him even once.

Did you know the Ambassador? I understand that he was attempting to ease hostilities between Vulcans and Romulans in your time.

We have met, yes... But I knew his father better.

[Much better, more than Sarek probably would have ever chosen.]

I know very little about him. I'm sure that he was a good man. ...Is a good man, I should say--he is alive when I'm from. Tenses are difficult.

[She smiles softly.]

Tell me about it.

You sound like you have experienced your share of chronological aberrations.

More than I ever cared to.

Only here, or at home as well?

At home too. In fact, last time I was there, I was in my past. Or well... our past, since it was before the timelines diverged.

Was it an accidental trip to the past? Those happen with more frequency than I ever would have guessed when I was studying.

Kind of? It's... a long story.

Aha. Most stories that involve traveling through time are, I believe. I will need to bother you about it in the future.

Perhaps. [She smiles softly, without it reaching her eyes.] It's not a very pleasant story.

I'm sorry, Doctor. [He does look very contrite. This isn't the impression he meant to make.] I promise not to bother you at all about that.

It's all right - you didn't know. And I promise, one day I will tell you about meeting Mark Twain.

He was a writer from many centuries ago, correct? American?

That's right! [She laughs.] And he was quite enamored of the Enterprise.

[As everyone should be.]

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