[Private Communication]

[kirktastic]

Private Communication to nu!Scotty

Scotty,

We need to meet asap. Let me know when you're available.

Private Communication to Jim

Jim,

Spock and I talked about the whole integration thing. Come find me asap.

Private Communication to Bones

.... <3

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[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim just nodded as if that wasn't strange at all. It was, of course, it's just that it made the sort of sense that didn't have much logic behind it. "And that's not exactly scientific evidence," he agreed. "I never got a lot of flack for the somewhat unorthodox things that have happened on my ship, but I usually didn't report them until they were resolved, either. Which so far, they have been, and fairly quickly. Mostly I get reprimanded for not reporting until I've resolved things." He shrugged. "All right. So it's complicated. But I don't see how it hurts to collect as much information as we can. Step up the 'rescue' operation. See if Scotty and Spock working together can get anything going. In the meantime... have McCoy run anything he can think of on us. Just us, so we're not bothering anyone else. Just so we know what we're dealing with."

In truth, for all he knew, they'd already done all this. He'd have been surprised if no one was even curious.

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

"Scotty and Spock are already working on it, full time on Spock's part. We can get your Spock to help as well. You wouldn't believe the tests I know Bones was running on Harold and Sulu about," He tapped his temple, indicating their mental telepathy of sorts, "And I know physical things as well, but I don't know everything about it. We can get them to test you and me, too."

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

"Of course," he said. "I meant that my Spock could contribute, possibly. And I'd like Bones to test us. Me, anyway--he probably has you pretty well documented by now. I want to know what our choices are."

He sighed.

"I know they aren't good. But we've got to find something that doesn't ruin you along with everyone else."

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

"I'm going to hold and officer's meeting and get everyone's opinions. At least the highest of us. We need to figure this out, we have to. Even if its just a worse case scenario." Kirk slumped a little, then finally sat back down with a thwump.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim nodded again, catching Kirk's eye and smiling. "Hey," he said. "We'll figure it out. How can we not? We're James T. Kirk."

He sat back.

"Now. We got off track a little. Other than the chain of command thing--your Spock reports to you, mine reports to both of us essentially--you got any other idea how this works?"

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

A tiny smile in return. Fucking right, they could do anything together. Maybe they could end up charming the-- well, they weren't much about charm, but who knew.

"Not much of a clue. I'm going to open up both sets of our files... well, mine'll be open to yours, except my private logs, and I'm going to tell Spock to do the same. You and I can both add to one log, file reports to the same place, so we'll always have access to both."


(OOC: ...Like some damn intergalactic 23rd century version of gDocs. XD)

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

"Okay," Jim said. "Are we coding this somehow, in case the brass get wind of it and want to know why either there are two of us or why you're up all hours?" They still had a lot to talk about. Regarding duties and what constituted an emergency and all that. Jim frowned. "This whole opposite-shift thing better not make you a stranger."



[OOC - I lol'd.]

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

"...I want to code it in two ways. One so that they can tell us apart, and the other... I want a second batch, done, encoded like hell so that Starfleet can't get it. Just... in case."

The last made him laugh, "Hell no. You think I ever wanna give this up?" It wasn't a friendship, it wasn't a lover, it was... something far more.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

"Good. Exactly what I would have done," Jim said. "I don't know how they'd react to this arrangement, and I think it's best if we reserve the option of not telling them." Jim believed in, loved, had given his life to Starfleet. But he was not a stickler for rules. It was the spirit of the thing he had sold himself to. And he felt that spirit resided inside him, not in a batch of regulations.

He smirked at Jim. "Good. I'm not nearly done with you yet, either." But they'd have to be, one day. Sooner, rather than later, for the sake of everything but... this. This thing they had.

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

Sooner or later, they would be split apart anyway. Kirk knew someday the others would return home. But until then... he planned to keep this. "Good to know."

Everyone knew Kirk wasn't a sticker for the rules, either. "I don't want to tell them, if we don't have to. Mostly because I know they will freak about it."

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim laughed. "Naturally. I'm a non-entity. There's no guarantee, as far as they're concerned, that I'm qualified to be on this ship, let alone to command. Let alone that I'm you. You know you could get in a lot of trouble for this," he said, his mirth vanished. "I'd be content in one of the departments, where no one has to know."

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

"...Or this ship can run at its absolute best, with knowledge I need to learn and can be learning from someone with more experience. Starfleet lost thousands of people when Nero came... they can't afford to be so picky. They trust me with a ship like this but don't trust my judgment about other things." Kirk rolled his eyes, shaking his head.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim shrugged. "I don't disagree with you," he said. "But I needed to give you the suggestion. Just in case you have second thoughts. But... we can certainly consider that, as an argument."

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

"I haven't had second thoughts yet. Maybe I will when it starts, but right now I know this is what we should be doing." Kirk looked to Jim's eyes, his own serious.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim looked at him for a long moment.

"All right," he said. "Then we do it."

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

That brought a small smile to Kirk's face, and he let out a breath. They could do this, all of them. This ship, this crew, these people. They would figure it out.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim, always ready, smiled in return.

"So," he said. "When do we start?"

[amplenacelles.livejournal.com]

Aye, sir.

I'm available for the next several hours, I'll come right up.


(OOC: Thread here, or new post? I don't want to step on either yours or O-fine's toes~! :3)

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

(OOC: This is fine!)

I'm in my office, come up when you can.

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

"Tomorrow morning's shift?" Kirk offered, "Might as well start soon." Damn he loved Jim's smile.

[amplenacelles.livejournal.com]

Scotty arrived outside the Captain's office, the PADD Kirk's message had come on, still in hand. He'd not quite gotten over the shock of meeting the Enterprise but he figured it'd take a while before he did. With a light shake of his head, Scotty reached out and palmed the input by the door, requesting entry.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

"Sounds good," he said. "I'll shadow. Bright and early."

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

"Come in." Kirk looked up from his work, trying to figure out a system that would do well for himself and Jim.

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

"I'll see you tomorrow then." Kirk couldn't help his grin. They were getting somewhere.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim stood up. "Glad we had this talk," he said cockily. "I'll let Spock know."