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Captain James T. Kirk ([personal profile] winscenario) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2019-02-19 11:02 pm

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Who: Jim Kirk 2.0 & you?
Broadcast: no
Action: Marsiva
When: latter part of the calibrations; during the glitching issues


[ Jim notices something is off right on the first day it happens.

It doesn't take much, granted. Having a pilot augment, and having taken to exploring this ship for the past few weeks, he quickly notices when previously plain and inconspicuous glass squares now reveal themselves to be actual computers. He doesn't touch them right away, though, first making sure that he's completely alone in the hallway, and< then he starts poking around.

He doesn't dredge up all the information in one go, unfortunately. But he also is perfectly convinced that he can just go back the next day and pick up where he left off.

But the next day he wakes up, and he remembers none of it.

The second time he's not as stupid, though. This time there's something nagging at the back of his mind, like when he knows he's forgotten something, he just can't quite put his finger on what. Something clicks when he passes by one of those screens again, though. He looks far more worried now as he digs up all the information he did the last time, and then some. He lingers for longer this time too, tries to find out even more from the computer, even attempts to find some way to save the data or send it somewhere.

When all that fails, he makes a beeline to his room, and grabs his personal journal so he can start jotting down everything he saw, everything he remembers. The names of any of the files and research reports that wouldn't open; the names of planets and whatever basic information was there on them, including all the comments on this "Evronias" planet; all the coordinates provided; all the ships' names and information, present and past; even the basic information on every passenger on the Fleet. He has an excellent memory, nearly flawless, but he still goes back to the computer another time, making sure he has all the information he manages to get his hands on.

Then, at the end of it all, he adds a single line: "You've forgotten once."

And from then on, each day that he wakes up and goes through the same glitch again, he adds another line to his journal, explaining what happened this time, and saying how many times it's now been that he's forgotten. He'll probably look more and more concerned and frustrated as the days go by, and more and more attached to his personal journal too. If he sees someone he trusts, he might approach to ask if they've noticed anything weird going on, but if not, he might still be easy to spot near one of those squares made of black glass, or sitting somewhere, jotting something down almost frantically into his journal.

Whatever's going on, he'll find a way to keep remember it. And he can only hope that whatever's making him forget about this one thing, won't make him forget about everything else, too. ]
jolting: (V: Profile)

[personal profile] jolting 2019-03-13 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
You know what I mean. [He squeezes James's hands in his own] Don't go mad without me, all right?
jolting: (W: Casual)

[personal profile] jolting 2019-03-13 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
You're sweet. I should marry you. [Look at him trying to be funny]

Did you want to do any more investigating, or should I just keep distracting you?
jolting: (W: Drunk)

[personal profile] jolting 2019-03-13 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Then let's go back to our room so you can take a break. I'm sure I can find something else for you to focus on.