And This One Was Just Right!

[universal_charm]

Who: Jim Kirk + You!
Broadcast: Yes
Action: On the planets
When: Through Feb (until something happens >.>)

[ video ]
So if anyone would like to join me, I'm going to take one of the shuttles and do a small spin around the binary stars and get a look at them. Nothing dangerous, but a binary star system with three habitable worlds - admittedly two of them with narrow zones, but still - is incredibly rare and I want to take this opportunity to get as much data as we can.

So yeah, I'll be going out periodically, and I would love company, if anyone wants to come along. You will have to put up with me dropping into a lot of science geekery. And that's a warning, not an apology.

[ Duotera ]
<sub>[ As much as he does like his city life, he finds himself more attracted to the hiking options. It makes him glad he's kept his Star Fleet boots these past few years made for just the purpose. He would go out early in the morning and often not return until late in the evening, but he never went to very far, unless he had a partner. Number one rule of hiking after all - buddy system.

At night he liked to peruse the bars and even partake in some of the gambling opportunities. He usually didn't indulge, but he couldn't resist the thrill of a good card game now and then and the chance to laugh it up over drinks, make new friends. And walk away with a few more credits. Failing that, he loved a good night club. Dancing and the beat? A wonderful way to let loose, and if he recognized you, he most definitely might be pulling you in for a dance.

Naturally he wound his way towards the Crafter's Hall. He himself didn't have a hand or eye for this type of thing, but he could appreciate those who did, and he thought it might be nice to pick up some items to take back to the ships, liven them up. He always did have a fondness for abstract or natural looking pieces, pieces with motion to them. He could be found admiring pieces, and at several points walking out with packages in his arms. ]</sub>

[ Philias ]
<sub>[ What else is there really to do on Philias but swim and work on your tan? Well, Kirk didn't really need the tan or want one - he could practically hear Bones in his head yelling at him about radiation and skin cancer. But with the security of plenty of sunscreen and the confidence once can only have in tiny blue boxer-brief style swim shorts, Kirk takes to the beaches.

He can be found sunning himself and reading from a tablet, sometimes making notations. Other times he's simply watching the oceans, sipping one of the local drinks, and when he needed to burn off the calories he rose to go play in the surf.

And, yes, he's really trying not to look to hard at the Nunnilis in swim suits. ]</sub>

Locked to Fenris
<sub>[ Someone has been following him. That much he knows. Ever since he left a shop earlier that day,
he could feel someone at his back. He never quite saw them, but he could feel them. With as long as he had spent out in space, discovering new things and more than once being hunted, he knew what it felt like. Gave him the damn creeps.

He licked his lips and kept on like nothing was wrong, going about his originally planned day before suddenly cutting through the streets, moving at random to try and confuse whomever was following him,
looking for some way to go up or possibly down. His heart hammered and he really wished he had brought a weapon with him as he continued along his path, finally seeing a set of stairs leading up a building and quickly making for them, hoping his follower wouldn't think to look up. ]</sub>

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action - philias

[theladyofwinterfell]

( Sansa is playing the Game. The Fleet requires her to do things in order to keep her ratings up and earn gold and she has discovered that the things she's done so far have earned her a little gold but not as much as she thinks will be necessary to stow away in case of an emergency. Kitty's words ring in her head about doing things in order to make the Atroma like her more and that is how, exactly, she has wound up in what passes for a swimming costume on Philias. )

( It has two pieces and leaves swathes of skin uncovered, pale skin that's only ever seen the light for one person. Sansa is a little self-conscious about the sheer number of scars she has but luckily most of them are pale pink and only slightly raised up - some of them are just starker white against her pale skin. If she doesn't freckle too much and if she doesn't burn, perhaps no one will notice the scars. The worst of them are on her back and she can hide them with her hair but the flay marks, well. They'll just have to be explained away by something else. She's ready to turn back and go to the ship when she sees Captain Kirk. He, at least, is someone she likes and considers trustworthy. )

Captain? Do you mind the company or should I go find another part of this beach to sit on?

[universal_charm]

<sub>[ To say he is rather shocked to see Sansa in a swimsuit - much less a two-piece of all things - is an understatement. As conservative as she had struck him in their short time knowing each other, he would never have dreamed she would make this sort of jump into modern attire. It's quite daring, and he's not sure if he should be proud or concerned.

He gets up from his chair and motions for her to take it, pulling up the towel and offering it out to her at the same time as a way to cover up if she desired. ]</sub>

Your company is always welcome, Sansa. I see you have been introduced to swim suits.

[theladyofwinterfell]

( Sansa takes the towel and wraps it around herself, grateful for the opportunity to cover up a bit in a way that is deemed socially acceptable for this particular planet and system. At least Jim is someone she can trust and he's shown it again by being a gentleman. )

I have, yes. I chose this one but I think I got in over my head.

[universal_charm]

_{[ He turns and finds a nearby chair to bring up alongside the one he had been on. He sat down, facing her, stretching out his legs. His own body sported a few scars here and there, though nothing as extensive as Sansa's. A large black tattoo went down his left rib cage - a set of letters, numbers, and a symbol that read NCC [ Star Fleet Symbol ] 1701. There was another on his inner right forearm, though that was smaller and more delicate by far. ]}

Yeah, a bikini is quite the jump from what I've seen you dressing in.

_{[ He glanced towards the ocean. ]}

Have you taken a dip, yet?

[theladyofwinterfell]

I don't know how to swim. It's very cold in the North, you see, so it's not often that we get the chance to get in the water.

( Sansa sees the tattoos and it's not something she's ever seen before. It's not something common in Westeros and she's never seen anything marking a person's body aside from scars. )

How do you have ink upon your skin?

[wolfuncaged]

[Hunting people down was something Fenris was good at. Back in Thedas, he survived on mercenary work- especially between his escape from Danarius and meeting Hawke. It fed him. He never really cared so much about the nature of the job, work was work- and it was how he'd been getting by in the Fleet for the three years he'd been here. There was always a need for a sellsword, that was the one constant in any universe, he found.

He'd been following his quarry- Kirk, he knew it was Kirk, the description that had been given him was enough to go on that much all day. Every time he'd got too close, he'd moved on. Still, better not just openly approach him, not while he's on the job and likely being watched himself. Maker preserve they think he's cutting some sort of deal.

The good thing about it being Kirk was that he already had a damn good idea how Kirk thought. Once Kirk got at the top of the steps, he'd find Fenris stood there, leaning up against the banister with folded arms. ]

You've lead me on a merry dance, you know.

[universal_charm]

<sub>[ God, give him a heart attack why don't you Fenris? He very nearly ducks back down when he notices the other, afraid he had been caught up and was prepared to take a very dangerous sort of dive. What? He had done more dangerous things in his life.

He gave the other a very miffed sort of stare and pulled himself up to the roof, brushing off his shirt and pants. ]</sub>

You're the one who's been tailing me?

[wolfuncaged]

[He pushes himself up off the railing with a sigh. ]

Yes. I was given a job to track you down. You've upset one of the more...shady business owners here. You're probably fortunate I was around to take the job when I was. He didn't seem overly concerned with your welfare from whomever happened to catch you.

[universal_charm]

_{[ Kirk’s brown scrunched, lips pursing in that way when he was thinking hard about something, trying to recall. Or just plain confused. ]}

Why would one of them be after me? I haven’t done anything. I’ve gambled a little, but I played the low tables and slots. And I haven’t done any work that would be considered shady, just some tune-ups.

[wolfuncaged]

No? They're convinced you're trying to fleece them of their profit margin in whatever is it they're exporting. It seems to be a sort of plant? Or a rock? Possibly both? It's very hard to tell.

[They weren't exporting PEOPLE and that's all Fenris really cared about. ]

Philias

[kill_switch]

[Furiosa has spent a fair bit of time here because, as rough as her world was, sometimes she missed the heat. She's walking up to stand behind Kirk and look out at the ocean. It would never cease to amaze her, seeing that much water at once (especially if she could choose not to be in it).

She looks down at Kirk and his drink,] Enjoying it out here, so far?

Re: Philias

[universal_charm]

_{[ Kirk twisted his head and let his sunglasses drop along the bridge of his nose, blue eyes peeking out from over top. ]}

If Atroma is extending our vacation, I intend to enjoy it as long as I can. Never know when the next storm is going to hit, after all.

Going to join me?

Philias

[kill_switch]

Sure, why not.

[She settles herself easily in the sand next to him.] Sure happy we've got options this time. I've missed the heat.

Re: Philias

[universal_charm]

You and me both. Snow is pretty, but ice planets have never been a favorite of mine.

Drink?

_{[ He held out a spare bottle to her, his reader put away for the time being. ]}

Philias Phorever

[kill_switch]

[She pauses a moment, then takes the bottle and pops it open on her prosthetic.]

Thanks.

[She holds it towards him as a toast,] To options.

[Action - Duotera - Nightlife]

[cajunspice]

[An active night life? Absolute Remy was going to be there. You really got the feel of a place by how it worked once the sun went down, or suns in this case. From lit and full of life, to hidden and seedy, or to non existent, it spoke about the people of the area. The fact he happened to spot one of his favorite people was also a nice bonus, having not planned to meet up with Kirk tonight, but more than happy to change that.

Sliding up behind the seat Jim was in, Remy wrapped his arms around his shoulder before speaking against his ear, purposely trying to play up an 'eye candy' role for now.] Fancy meetin' ya here, cher. [Casting an eye around the card table and what and how it was being played as he pressed a kiss against Jim's temple. Stay there, he softly whispered into his ear,] Ya bein' cheated.

Re: [Action - Duotera - Nightlife]

[universal_charm]

_{[ Kirk raised a brow when Remy sidled up, but he chuckled and tilted his head, as if enjoying the attentions of said eye candy. Which wasn't a lie. He did, hand raising to brush against the fingers on his shoulder. He made a humming sound at the kiss, leaning more into him. Turning his head, he placed a kiss on Remy's chin, looking for all the world like he was embracing his eye-candy. And he was. Remy was special to him, after all. ]}

You think I'm going to get lucky?

_{[ Said aloud for everyone to hear, though the real question was - what are you going to do about it? ]}

[Action - Duotera - Nightlife]

[cajunspice]

Cher, [There was a tone of almost offense to that endearment, mixed with mild shock, as if he would even ask, before it smoothed off into a purr.] Ya got me, 'cause ya gettin' lucky. [If the person decided to try and run Kirk out of too much money then Remy would lighten their pocket for them as soon as Jim decided to leave the table. It was easier than confronting them and possibly starting a fight.

No reason to get kicked out of the place just yet.]

Re: [Action - Duotera - Nightlife]

[universal_charm]

_{[ No, none of that, Remy. He liked the small thrill of gambling, though he had always kept it close to his chest. No major bets. Well, not with money anyways. One could argue he's taken much bigger ones over the course of his career, but those usually had something to do with life and limb and not credits. He wrapped his arm around Remy's waist, relaxing back in his chair and looking quite nonchalant for a man who was being fleeced. ]}

Of course, of course. How could I ever doubt my lucky charm? Should I have you blow on my cards?

_{[ He tapped them with a finger and a smirk. ]}

[cajunspice]

Maybe one or two of them, but don't think they need it. [He had managed to get a quick look at some of the others cards as he had made his way to the table earlier, and Jim's hand was in pretty good conditions. Remy was also very sure Kirk could handle himself no matter how the game went, poor or well.]

How 'bout I leave ya to finish up 'nd ya can meet me once ya done, 'll be sure to grab a bottle of something nice for us. [Otherwise it would just be far too tempting for Remy to want to be dealt in with the next hand or four, especially if he was able to cheat the cheaters that were already there.]

[on a shuttle at some time]

[candothat]

[While Chekov is spending most of his time in the system enjoying Ebrion's cold climate and the ample mechanical and engineering job opportunities that its resources allow, he is eager to take a spin around the system. It's much more fun to do that with someone else around to talk science with.

If Kirk can get a word in edgewise.

Pavel has decided that this system's existence is nearly impossible and he's telling Kirk exactly how he came to this conclusion. He even hands over the pages of handwritten notes and equations (not all entirely decipherable since he completely skips over some of the calculations that he does in his head and the notations switch between Standard and Russian) that he's been working on just in case Kirk wants to see the mathematical proof.

He finally starts to run out of steam after a rather enthusiastic aside regarding chaos theory.]

--and that is why none of the planets should be able to maintain a stable orbit around Turi and Tari for longer than ten thousand years. That, of course, is under improbably optimistic conditions, so it seems likely--to me, I mean--that a local gravitational anomaly is affecting the whole of the system. What do you think?

Re: [on a shuttle at some time]

[universal_charm]

_{[ He's glad he has another science buddy here who can understand the enormity of this system, its rarity, its sheer beauty. He knew it was a practical impossibility. To have one planet in the goldilocks zone around one star was rare enough in the grand scheme of things. But three around a binary star system? Everything in physics said it should be impossible, even more so for that all three planets would retain habitable zones on their orbit. Improbable. Impossible. But a reality nonetheless. ]}

It's entirely possible. But a gravitational anomaly should be putting some effect on the fleet itself. One large enough to cause that should be perceptible to our instruments, no?

_{[ DATA. THEY NEEDED DATA. ]}

But there definitely has to be something acting on this whole set up. Do you think the stars are creating the gravitation pull or could it be a further outside influence?

[candothat]

[Chekov is more worked up about the figure-eight orbits. That three out of ten planets are more-or-less inhabitable is wildly unlikely, but somewhat more reasonable than the fact that these planets formed and haven't been flung out of the system. The fact that this system exists is profoundly upsetting to him, but in an enjoyable way.]

It should be, but nothing else here does as it should.

[DIDN'T YOU HEAR, THIS PLACE IS BREAKING ALL OF THE PHYSICS.]

The stars are the only significant gravitational influence that I've detected, although it seems that the planetary bodies would influence each other in academically interesting ways. But no, nothing outside of the system is affecting it, not to a significant degree.

Do you think--I'm asking this theoretically--that the Atroma could manipulate an entire solar system?

[universal_charm]

Normally I would say they couldn't, but then again, they've been dragging us all from near and from and past and future and everything in between. That alone takes a significant amount of power and advanced tech, so being able to pull off this kind of anomaly? Maybe not so out of the question, though it scares the shit out of me.

_{[ They had met creatures with this kind of amazing power before. One species had actually tried to full on invade their world, which they had thankfully stopped by the skin of their teeth, but still. Each of those species had both terrified and fascinated him in equal measure, but Atroma just pissed him off. If there was ever a being that did not need this much power, it was Atroma. ]}

But the people here seem... USED to it. It would have to have extended influence to cause this sort of rotation and for no one to be alarmed. Unless they're all plants of course...

_{[ Ugh he was starting to sound like a conspiracy theorists. ]}

Of course it is also entirely possible because of the rotation of the stars around themselves - the gravity wells acting on each other.

[candothat]

The number of beings that can and will do these kinds of things scares the shit out of me.

[Shit is not a word that Kirk will have heard him drop often, if ever. Chekov is rather polite and, while he collects profanities like souvenirs, tends to swear only for comedic effect... or when the idea that multiple beings have this sort of power and use it play with other sentients warrants it.]

I doubt that the people in these systems--in all of these systems--are knowingly deceiving us. This is real to them, I think.

[He makes a face as if the idea that this system is actually a physical possibility offends him personally. Which it does, but it's a kind of offended that he likes.]

No. It would be easier for me to believe that all of this is a simulation like the previous universe I was in.