086 | [Video]

[with_discipline]

[T'Pol has had it. She's been here four days no, and it isn't like the kahs-wan she's supposed to take in a few years, it's a bunch of potential kidnappers, and possibly a pirate, and children who touch their food and eat meat and take things apart. The only positive in all of this, so far as she can tell, is the fact that it seems they haven't been stolen by Orions to be sold in slave markets.

But it still feels kind of like she's been stolen, and she's having trouble suppressing all the anxiety. It's coming out as indignation, maybe even frustration. She points toward a plant on a counter in her corner niche; its deep violet and iridescent blue leaves are just barely visible.]

Why is there a cutting of my father's kal-ta plant here? It is a family possession, he has never given it away. I will be taking it home with me. [Tiny. Pointed. Look.]

I would like an explanation regarding the deck as well. It seems completely open to space, and yet there is a breathable atmosphere. It defies logic. [Translation: Your ship's stupid.

And then there's a meow, and a chirp, and those with really good hearing might pick up some purring; T'Pol looks totally off balance for a moment, struggling to maintain her composure. the camera angles down, and Khoteth the kitty is rubbing against her leg. Well, more like throwing himself against her leg. He wants food, damn it.]

And this creature will not keep it's distance. I don't know what it's doing. [Sehlats are easier to figure out. They growl at you when they want something.]

I would like to return home. Now.

[And a pause while she figures out filters and looks frustrated as hell.]

[Private to Slade]

Mister Slade? What is the Admiral's itinerary for us?

Comments

[with_discipline]

[It's all hidden away under cabinets in the bathroom. She might check there eventually. Right now, she's caught on this when you're older thing.]

Time is linear.

[championoftime]

Then why are there so many people here from different time periods?

[with_discipline]

They must be confused.

[championoftime]

Or this ship is capable of time travel. I have a ship that's capable of it. She's called the TARDIS.

[with_discipline]

There is no such thing as time travel.

[championoftime]

There's not? Then why don't you ask my ship. I'm sure she has a more convincing argument than I.

[with_discipline]

[If T'Pol does not stomp her foot by the end of this, I will be disappointed.] A ship cannot argue.

[championoftime]

Mine can. She's sentient. And you are just psychic enough that you can hear her. [Actually he thinks she's a lot more than that, but he doesn't want to scare her since he remembers the Vulcans had some stigmas about it.]

[with_discipline]

[Stigmas that she doesn't quite know enough about yet to disagree with. So she gets prickly.] Ships are not alive. And I am not psychic!

[championoftime]

I'm not from your planet, so my ship can very much be alive. And you are. I would wager if you were very quiet, and you cleared your mind very carefully, some ideas would spring in there whether you wanted them to or not.

That's because people project their thoughts without realizing they're doing it. Moreso if they're also psychic.

[with_discipline]

I am not. [But she has trouble meditating, so this is striking home a bit.] Ships cannot be alive, they are made.

[championoftime]

Mine is grown. And she thinks very loudly sometimes.

[with_discipline]

Perhaps you're confused. [Or crazy. :|]

[championoftime]

Why would I be confused? I have proof. You're arguing based on theory.

[with_discipline]

Then prove it.

[championoftime]

When you have a chance, you may come by and I'll show you. You can bring Slade if you like. You will only have to meet me at the infirmary first.

[with_discipline]

If you are the current doctor, will you have time to leave the infirmary?

[championoftime]

Apparently you've been taking care of yourselves. It's been unnecessary for anyone to come in. I believe I could spare a mo'.

[with_discipline]

[Hello slang she does not know.] ...'Mo?'

[championoftime]

Moment. Sometimes people shorten words for the fun of it.

[with_discipline]

How is that enjoyable?

[championoftime]

It makes sentences go by more quickly, a sort of conversational shorthand. As well as lets the listener attempt to puzzle out what's said and sometimes leads to entirely new words.

Do Vulcans ever play word games? Tongue twisters? Rhymes?

[with_discipline]

Confusing the listener is not useful to conversation. [Staaare] There are none I am aware of.

[championoftime]

It can make things memorable. Some cultures used poetry to recount stories before they had written language.

For instance, if I were to say a venerable Vulcan volunteered validation against violence very vehemently, who would I be referring to? The one most vaunted?

[with_discipline]

[What. The hell. Is this guy. She just stares for a moment, because. Man it's V for Vendetta up in here.]

Surak. Though I've never heard him described like that.