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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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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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