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Captain's Log 09 - Rumor Has It

Who: Jim Kirk + You
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Yes, the Tourist + the Iskaulit
When: Drift Week

[ Video ]
_{[ Kirk appears on the screen, wearing his customary black t-shirt. He's a simple man at heart, really. If you look behind him, one can see a number of boxes, all seemingly overflowing with similar black shirts. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what's happened. A sponsor drop.

He's twirling some bits of paper in front of him, a look somewhere between bemused and annoyed on his face. ]}

So I suppose I should thank someone for all the new shirts that just came in. I assume they are to make up for these that I have heard going around. I have to say, some of these are quite inventive, so props to whomever came up with them.

Let's read my favorites, shall we?

One - Kirk likes to twirl in his captain's chair when no one is looking.

Two - Kirk rips his shirts on purpose.

Three - Kirk and Leonard McCoy are in a romantic relationship together.

Four - Kirk is secretly a zombie.

Five - Kirk is actually a virgin.

There is quite a lot to unpack in those, which I assume come from the "viewers". Two of which have me saying - really? Do you know me at all? But I applaud your imaginations, truly.

_{[ He pushes away from his position of leaning on his desk - at which point his black shirt rips right across the chest. He looks down and sighs, giving his head that little shake of the exasperated when something has happened one to many times in a day. He looks up at the camera and points with his little stubs of paper. ]}

Contrary to belief, that was not on purpose. And whoever dropped these - F for quality.

_{[ And he turns off the video to go change. Sorry guys, no show today. ]}

[ Action ]
_{[ Over the course of the next week or so, it is highly likely one will run into Kirk on either the Tourist or the Iskaulit in some variable form of undress - bet it with an intact shirt, a ripped shirt, or changing into a new one he carried with him at all times. If you have never seen his tattoos before, now's your chance.

Also, for the Tourist, don't mind the ripped up shirts that are beginning to appear in every trash receptacle, and even forming a modest pile just outside his door in one of the emptied boxes. He really has nowhere else to put them. ]}

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Wow, no room for your big brother on your adventures in your dreams? I'm hurt.

_{[ He kind of wants to roll his eyes a little, but whatever. It's kind
of cute how in love you are, and also kind of gross. All that commitment.
]}

You were just very, very insistent there. Did you achieve some new level of 'taken'?

[ he does roll his eyes, but ever so fondly.

they are extremely gross, though he didn't think the commitment aspect is what grosses people out. ]

In a way - [ he nods. thinking of proposing is more on-the-way to achieving than actually achieving it, but it's definitely progress. ]

_{[ He's just going to stare at you Winn. The stare that says he is
waiting because he knows you aren't telling him everything. It's like a
dog, waiting for you to give it a treat. ]}

It's a secret, okay? So - between you and me - since I woke up [ from his coma, not this morning ] I just keep thinking...what am I waiting for? I love Kitty so much, I know I wanna spend my life with her. I wanna marry her.

_{[ His eyes widened a fraction and his eyebrows dip up. His lips parted
ever so slightly in surprise, but he didn't say anything for a half second
before finally - ]}

That's a big step.

_{[ His face softened and he smiled softly. ]}

I call being the officiant.

[ for a moment, he fears jim may start lecturing him on all the reasons why it's a bad idea - he knows them well. they're not from the same world and at this point breaking out together is little more than wishful thinking, it's so easily could end in heartache and tragedy, if kitty goes back to her world. but he doesn't want to let fear dictate his life any longer - he needs to believe things will work out and if they work out, then why not get married? it's not as if losing each other won't hurt just as bad if they stay unattached - they'll regret all they didn't do.

maybe kryptonians have a word to describe the look on winn's face, but english requires a lot of them being strung together to even come close; there's a light blush on his cheeks, a smile in his eyes and his lips and his nose and the little lines in his forehead - full facial participation - that is moved and embarrassed and happy and hopeful and everything all at once. ]

She has to say yes first.

[ he was going to ask jim to officiate (providing kitty agreed and why would she object?), so he's extremely happy and grateful for that reaction. ]

_{[ He had thought of all those reasons, and he would be lying if his
own renitence to say this was a good idea did not come from his own
reservations about such things. But this wasn't him, was it? It was Winn,
with his romantic sensibilities and his good, beautiful heart. With someone
he loved and who seemed to love him in turn. He had worried, for a second,
that it was because Chekov was here that he was doing this, in which case
he would have strongly opposed such a thing, even been disappointed in
Winn. But if he had been thinking of it since he came out of his coma?
Ridiculous little brother. ]}

Don't be ridiculous, of course she will.

You picked a ring yet? Or figured out how you're going to propose?

[ there is a fear that that's why kitty would think he's decided to finally do it - but it's really not. spending that year back home away from her...it clenched it for him. he never wants to be without her ever again. when memories of kitty flooded his mind anew he realized that as amazing as that year was wit joining the DEO and saving the world and making more friends - it was the worst loneliest year of his life (possibly only second to that year his dad got dragged off to jail and his mom abandoned him) because she wasn't in it. ]

No, not yet. [ he usually has 1001 ideas of grand romantic gestures he can do for kitty at any given time, but...but this has to be perfect and he's drawing a blank. plus, no ring yet. ]

_{[ Oh dear. He knows that look, those particular words said in that
way. Kirk has never proposed to anyone before, but he's not without
feelings and he has felt for people. So he reached over, poking at
the center of Winn's forehead. ]}

Don't overthink it. Just - feel for it, you know? You'll know when it's the right time.

I hope so...focusing on the ring, for now -

[ because this was before the nice stores on the asteroid so he was planning to make something himself. ]

I have some sketches, you wanna see?

Sure, I'd love to.

_{[ He set aside what he was working on to focus. ]}

[ he gets up with a screw driver, and removes one of the engineering room's panels. what, you thought he keeps this in his bedroom, that he shares with his girlfriend? kara's office, where she walks in on him at any time? he's not an amateur, please!

he removes a thin notebook and puts the panel back in its place perfectly before going back to jim and handing it to him. ]

I've never really made jewelry so I kept it pretty basic... [ basic and well made > elaborate and poorly executed. ]

_{[ It's kind of cute, honestly. Really, you are ridiculous, little
brother. Kirk took the papers, looking them over. He could see Winn's
careful notes on the construction of it, and while yes it was basic, that
was Winn. As far as engagement rings went, he thought it was
touching. Anyone should be proud to wear something that someone had poured
such love and time into. ]}

But I think it's very you. If you really pour your hear into this - she'll love it. Besides, she doesn't seem like someone who would want anything to flashy or elaborate anyways.

Too flashy definitely not but...it's an engagement ring, it's supposed to be...special.

[ he worried about it looking too plain, too boring, too indistinguishable from other jewelry. ]

I kinda like this one - [ he points to the third design ] but, maybe this one is more doable - [ pointing to the fourth. ] What do you think?

_{[ He considered between the two. ]}

Try the third, I think. You don't have to get it right the first time, right? Just work through it til you get it perfect. And engagement rings - well, they seem to me like they're really for you and your partner. So long as you put your heart into it and she likes it, it'll be special, wont' it? Just by those virtues and being your engagement ring alone.

I have some stuff I can make mock models with, but I don't have that much material for more than a couple tries and I mean...if we don't find stores in our upcoming systems or more raw materials it's gonna have to last for the wedding rings, too...

[ so he has to get it right with as little waste as possible. but he nods at jim's explanation, and there's definitely an unintentional smile there every time he says 'engagement'. it's like a cheat code for his brain he's completely unaware of. ]

Why don't you try modeling out of clay or some other material first? That should be more readily available than metals and gemstones, and you can practice pretty endlessly with it until you're satisfied.

No yeah, I'm gonna do it...but that won't teach me how the silver's gonna reach, how malleable it's gonna be, how to work with it.

Hmm, true. You might want to consider a material mix then to allow for stability and reduce potential for tarnish. It could make for some interesting color variations too.

Yeah - that sounds good. Got any recommendations?

Gunmetal I think is nice - a little darker than silver, or there's tungsten. They would show off a lighter colored jewel pretty well too.

_{[ A thought occurred just then. ]}

You know, I wonder if Alphonse could make you some of the materials you need with his alchemy...

-- it's worth a try.

[ that would be amazing. ]

You should go talk to him, see what it takes. He's told me a little bit about the alchemy, but I'm not sure what he would precisely need to transmute the metals. I'm sure he'd help you out though. Maybe he could even make them for you if you got cheaper metals from one of the planets come to.

[ he nods ]

I'll ask. Thanks, Jim.

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