Tourist October Mingle

[candothat]

Who: Tourists and anyone who can think of a reason to be there
Broadcast: Possibly? Eventually?
Action: On the S.S. Tourist
When: October! All of it!

[How's it going now that we're getting over the disasters and dying? Y'good?]

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[candothat]

[As luck would have it, Chekov does know what he's doing--at least where his duties as a communications officer are concerned. Whether or not he knows what's going on in other areas of life is highly debatable.

The Russian stands and returns the smile.]

We have not, but I'm glad to have the opportunity to change that. I'm Pavel Andreievich Chekov.

[apurrstate]

[Anders offered his hand.]

A pleasure, Pavel Chekov. I am Anders, the new medical officer on board.

[candothat]

[Anders gets a firm Russian handshake.]

Pavel is fine, unless you are like Mr. Jarvis and prefer formalities. It's good to have a medical officer. At home, Captain Kirk is infamous for finding ways to keep our ship's doctor busy.

[Regardless of what the barely-even-there-anymore bruise on Chekov's jaw implies, he's usually quite good at not needing medical attention!]

[apurrstate]

[Firm handshakes were invented by Russia, after all.]

Pavel, then. Yes, I've seen some of Jim's...exploits. I doubt I'll be without something to do for long.

[But he definitely sees that bruise as he can't help but give a healer's once-over glance of his shipmate.]

I'm not so sure it will just be him, however. What's this? [He motioned to the same are on his own face where Pavel's bruise was.]

[candothat]

[How did you know!]

You should have until we reach the next system before you have exploits to be worried about, Anders. Hopefully. Unless the captain feels a need to make up for time spent being comatose.

[He waves a hand dismissively.]

This is fine. I'm very good at being cautious, typically, and I promise that you will see very little of me in a professional capacity.

[apurrstate]

Maker, I can only hope.

[It's said with a hint of amusement, though. Being a friend of Hawke meant knowing your lot in life involved exploits and Kirk and Hawke had some definite similarities in that regard.]

Good, then. I'll look forward to simply seeing you around as my new shipmate, Pavel, and perhaps a sane presence among those less so here.

[candothat]

Sometimes that is the only thing to do.

[There's no preventing the exploits.]

I look forward to that as well, and I will do my best to remain sane. [He smiles, unconcerned about his sanity. He's been in these crazy universes for years; if he was going to lose his sanity, he probably would've done so by now.] Will you let me know if there is ever anything that I can help you with?

[apurrstate]

That is kind of you. If anything comes up, I'll let you know.

In the meantime, if I might ask it of you: Adalwolfe Hawke has also transferred with me and he is also a communications officer. If you might just...keep an eye on him or perhaps teach him a bit more about it, I'd be grateful. He enjoys learning, but the technology back home is far less than it is here, he's at a disadvantage beyond what the augment grants him.

[He won't say it out right, but he doubts his love could do the job as well as Pavel could and there's no one else who could really teach Wolfe that they knew.]

[candothat]

Oh yes, my new rival. [Chekov clearly doesn't consider Adalwolfe a rival at all. They're going to be communications friends, he has decided.] I would be happy to teach him what I can. The Tourist is unlike what I'm accustomed to, but I have served on a starship for five years at home; I would like to think that I know enough to be an adequate instructor.

[apurrstate]

I believe that does make you qualified, yes. Thank you, he'll appreciate it, as will I.

Do you and Jim come from the same universe or is this a different one where starships are the norm?

[He knew there were others, but Him and Pavel were on the same ship, it seemed like a safe assumption. And no harm done if he was wrong.]

[candothat]

I'm glad to help, always.

Yes, the captain and I are from the same universe. I have served under him for nearly my entire Starfleet career... I consider myself fortunate to continue to do that here.

[apurrstate]

I can only imagine; that must be nice.

[He could certainly relate to a degree with having Hawke and Riona in the Fleet as well.]

I won't take any more of your time, Pavel, I'm sure we'll be seeing plenty more of each other in the future.

[candothat]

It can be.

[And sometimes it isn't, but that's not a thing to talk about.]

Inevitably... which, I hope, you won't consider a bad thing.

[apurrstate]

Most assuredly not, I look forward to it, even.

[He flashes Chekov one of his more charming grins and waves as he turns to leave the bridge.]