[Interrogations in the Brig]
Aug. 7th, 2009 10:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
[OOC: Happening sometime after the talk with Mr. Spock, but happening at the same time for time's sake. XD]
Kirk waited just outside of the hallway of the brig, talking with the guard on watch quietly. He didn't want the people down in the brig proper to know he was there. They had sound and cameras ready to go, so Kirk could listen in and watch on each cell, its occupant, and who they were talking to.
This was not something he was looking forward to, but he had information to work with now. Information against at least one very dangerous person, and one possibly less so.
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Private Communication to Commander Spock
I need you to come down to the brig and talk with the other Pike, like we discussed. Don't look at me, don't talk to me, just go in like you were slipping down there to talk to him. The guards already know and will leave when you dismiss them with the same protest as last time. Don't let him know I'm watching what's happening. I want to see what's going to happen.
I need you to talk to Marlena as well. Probably should talk to her first, actually.
Kirk waited just outside of the hallway of the brig, talking with the guard on watch quietly. He didn't want the people down in the brig proper to know he was there. They had sound and cameras ready to go, so Kirk could listen in and watch on each cell, its occupant, and who they were talking to.
This was not something he was looking forward to, but he had information to work with now. Information against at least one very dangerous person, and one possibly less so.
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Private Communication to Commander Spock
I need you to come down to the brig and talk with the other Pike, like we discussed. Don't look at me, don't talk to me, just go in like you were slipping down there to talk to him. The guards already know and will leave when you dismiss them with the same protest as last time. Don't let him know I'm watching what's happening. I want to see what's going to happen.
I need you to talk to Marlena as well. Probably should talk to her first, actually.
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Date: 2009-08-10 04:05 am (UTC)Marlena looks up from her bunk, deliberately slowly. She knows who it is, of course, without seeing him. She'd know his voice anywhere, even over the hum of the forcefield. "Jim," she acknowledges, and her tone isn't quite as warm as it could be. Slowly, she unfolds her legs and stands up, moving a couple steps nearer the barrier.
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Date: 2009-08-10 05:17 am (UTC)"I'm sorry," he says, spreading his hands slightly. "I came back as quickly as I could. Were you able to rest, at all?"
His smile is not the full-on Jim Kirk charm, but warm and sincere just the same.
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Date: 2009-08-10 11:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-10 01:47 pm (UTC)"No, it isn't," he says. "Speaking of whom, I've had a talk with the captain. It seems I have some bargaining power after all." His tone is light, conversational.
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Date: 2009-08-10 03:41 pm (UTC)She steps closer to the forcefield, close enough that the skin on the back of her neck prickles. "Are you going to let me out of here, Jim?"
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Date: 2009-08-10 04:42 pm (UTC)"Believe me, this world, as mine, has more than enough to make up for what you've lost. But what project is that?"
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Date: 2009-08-10 04:50 pm (UTC)"Believe me, this world, as mine, has more than enough to make up for what you've lost. I'm sure we can work something out," he says. "I'm certainly not opposed to you earning your way, Marlena. I just want to make sure everyone's safe. Including you. It's a different world."
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Date: 2009-08-10 05:14 pm (UTC)She spreads her fingers and lightly touches them to the forcefield, making it spark and hiss. It hurts, but she doesn't flinch. "Not that different."
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Date: 2009-08-10 05:18 pm (UTC)"That's a dangerous thought," he says. "There's a difference between force used to protect and forced used for dominion and subjugation. Starfleet's, the Federation's, goals are diametrically opposed to those of the Terran Empire. No matter what superficial similarities you see. I should be proof enough of that."
He wonders, again, what she'd seen in the other Jim Kirk. What he'd been to her. If she could have been anything but a tool to him. Spock had described him in terms that seemed bestial, primal. That is not how he saw Marlena.
He wonders what it means, that he can imagine Marlena here, and not his mirror self.
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Date: 2009-08-10 06:13 pm (UTC)"Tell me, Jim, how did you convince the captain not to throw you in the brig when you arrived here?"
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Date: 2009-08-10 06:24 pm (UTC)He smiled at Marlena, the smile that offers all of his attention and charm. "It seems I have a special talent for blending in," he says. "At least for awhile. But no; Jim is... me. He trusted me. Spock once told me it is easier for civilized men to act like barbarians than barbarians to act civilized; hostile intentions will tell. I hope you won't, Marlena, I really do. You saved my life. You've a striking, talented woman. And an asset to any crew. I'm willing to give you the chance to prove it to them. If you're willing to give our ways a fair shot."
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Date: 2009-08-10 07:38 pm (UTC)Perhaps he can see her honesty. He knows what manipulation looks like. He smiles, and his smile doesn't seem to agree that she's going soft--just that he's happy she's reached that decision.
"I'll go talk to the captain," he says. "But I think you've made the right choice."
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Date: 2009-08-10 08:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-10 08:41 pm (UTC)He can appreciate that, too, from the other side.
He nods in answer to her salute, and goes off to find Jim.
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Date: 2009-08-11 03:35 pm (UTC)Kirk was still sitting in the guard booth, looking thoughtful. He glanced up as Jim came into view, and frowned a little. "...interesting. Wasn't what I was expecting, to be honest."
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