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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.

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[Fenris will be nice and not ruin that for him. Kirk will probably do that all on his own anyway.]

That I do, she is a good friend of mine. She's rather good at making the Tourist more welcoming.

[Inevitably.]

It's appreciated--the greetings, I mean. New universes are always daunting.

Have you been here for very long, Fenris?

That they are. Especially ones which you have been suddenly taken into.

Two years. Just over, in fact.

Yes, those especially.

[He tilts his head.] Has it been difficult? I've never been in a place like this quite so long, but I did outstay many friends. That, I think, was almost as hard as being away from home for such an extended period of time.

I...suppose losing loved ones can be difficult, but it is unavoidable. I suppose I am biased, there is little for me, back home. I am quite content to remain here, even if I lose people I care about along the way. I would rather that not be the case, but-

Yes... but I feel that it happens more frequently in some places than others.

I'm sorry that I mentioned this. [The topics of losing people are being away from home are at the forefront of his mind today. He smiles uncomfortably.] I have known you for two minutes and already I've made you unhappy.

It does. The last place I was trapped in lost many people while I was there.

[He gives a soft wave of his hand. The joys of getting to know Fenris sure to centre around learning he's miserable 80% of the time.]

No, I am fine. I am quite content right now. You needn't worry yourself too much in that respect.

Same. Not so much as the first place, maybe...

[Oh, well. As long as his misery is self-generated and not Chekov's fault, they'll get along just fine!]

May I ask where else you were held captive? Few people I've met have also been to other prisons.

Certainly. The land was called Exsilium, but the people who took us were called the Initiative. They took us in order to fight a war against a group called United Earth.

That sounds far less appealing than a space prison. No war is good to fight in... the wars of others would be worse.

We had to fight through time, which made it...very complicated. Unfortunately, the United Earth made it our war. They were a threat to every world, every universe, if they were not stopped.

I'm sorry... and on the behalf of worlds and universes, thank you.

It is...fine. It is done now, anyway. We were given the chance to go home, as reward. I ended up here, though.

That I understand--trying to go home and finding another prison instead.

But all prisons can be escaped.

True.

Though honestly, after learning what awaits my world in general, I would rather not return there.

There are always other worlds to go to. You can find a new home.

True. Kirk has already offered to take me on board the Enterprise. I have to admit, it's a tempting offer.

You should accept that offer! I'm also on the Enterprise... although maybe not from the exact same universe as this Kirk, I still need to establish that.

I tried to take someone back with me from another prison I was in--someone else who had nothing good to return to. I like to think that he made it to another version of my universe, maybe with another version of me.

Hm- it can be a little difficult to establish, with so many different universes. There are many for my home world, you have my sympathies.

I should hope so, too. I would not like to think all of this- moving through other worlds, meeting others, would end up pointless.

[He waves a hand dismissively.] No need for sympathies. I don't mind it so much.

None of this is pointless, I'm sure of that.

No, it isn't. We meet people here who change us, often for the better. That cannot be pointless.

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