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[halfbloodhatchling]

Who: Kai and Open
Broadcast: Yes
Action: The Caprine
When: Now

I’m sure everyone already saw Kirk’s post and knows that Leonard McCoy is gone. That means the Caprine currently doesn’t have a Captain, and as her first officer…I want to ask if anyone else is willing to step in as Captain. I am decidedly not up to the job.

[ He doesn’t care how little actual work being Captain seems to be. He doesn’t want it. ]

I do think first preference should go to anyone on the Caprine who wants it, but after that, anything goes.

[ A pause, like maybe that’s all he has to say, before Kai adds one more thing, voice softer. ]

Also, if anyone wants to come over, drink, and share McCoy stories, please join me this evening, on the Caprine.

[ They still have sufficient alcohol, and it seems as fitting an action as anything else Kai can think of. ]

Comments

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[halfbloodhatchling]

Yes, better than none.

And here, are you on the Tourist?

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[candothat]

I am. How did you guess?

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[halfbloodhatchling]

I know Kirk a little.

[ He usually keeps pretty tight to Kirk's room when he is on the Tourist, but he notices things. And he'd always wondered a little why McCoy stayed on the Caprine. ]

How different is it, here from where you come?

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[candothat]

Aha. Then maybe you understand why I would want to be on his ship.

[Kirk does inspire loyalty, and Chekov would follow him to any ship in the Fleet. Why McCoy chose to stay on the Caprine will forever be a mystery to him.]

The only similarity is that we are in space and on ships. Everything else... entirely different.

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[halfbloodhatchling]

Understand, yes.

[ Not something he would choose himself, but that has to do with a lot of complicating factors, like the fact that he's sometimes sleeping with Kirk and doesn't want to be in that position with someone in a position of a power. ]

Do you have more purpose where you come from?

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[candothat]

[Not sleeping with your superiors is a nice way to avoid complications for sure!]

Yes, of course--or I did. I have spent a very long time away from home and am less certain about such things than I used to be.

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[halfbloodhatchling]

How long have you been away from home?

[ The comment surprises Kai, since he wouldn't describe his own time here as very long. Then again... humans. ]

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[candothat]

I'm not certain. Three years, maybe four.

...I have been rude, I'm sorry. My name is Pavel Andreievich Chekov.

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[halfbloodhatchling]

That's a really long time, right?

[ For these circumstances. ]

I'm Kai Gracen.

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[candothat]

Relatively. It has felt like a long time.

It's good to meet you, Kai Gracen. I wish that the circumstances were happier.

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[halfbloodhatchling]

We all do what we can with everything we're given. Take care, and--

[ After a second thought, Kai switches to private. ]

Take care of Jim.

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[candothat]

[It sounds kind of like Kai knows Kirk more than a little.]

I will try, but I think that that's a task for multiple people.

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[halfbloodhatchling]

[ A look of alarm sparks across Kai's face. ]

I can't be one of them.

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[candothat]

Why not?

[Not challenging or incredulous, just curious.]

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[halfbloodhatchling]

...We don't know each other that well.

[ Not like that, anyway. ]

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[candothat]

You know him a little. A little is enough.

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[halfbloodhatchling]

We'll see.

[ Better not to make this an argument, Kai knows. ]