tushanshu | [video]

[Jim's sitting in his suite, wearing his command golds, looking serious as a heart attack. He's leaning forward, one hand braced against the armrest of his chair, the other fiddling with something on the console. Satisfied, he leans back more fully and nods once to the camera.]

Okay, let's get the introductions out of the way first. Name's Jim, Jim Kirk. Captain of the USS Enterprise. I serve in Starfleet in the year 2259 - Starfleet being a space-based armada focused on peaceful exploration and the discovery of new forms of life in the universe.

[There's a slight quirk to his brow, he coughs and then continues with all due charisma,]

I know there's people out there that've been here longer than I have, so I'm asking for your help - and the assistance of anyone willing. We know we're here to fight something, some of you know what and why. While I can understand the reasoning behind keeping that information to allies, I'd like to stress the fact that we're all in this together, regardless of worlds, races or creeds. This isn't something we can or should fight blind. So I'm proposing a broader alliance, a centralized repository of information, and the consideration of a unified front to face whatever's coming.

Additionally, I'm interested in the martial capabilities of the landed foreigners, any contingency plans that have been put in place to deal with the situations we're potentially facing here, and the sorts of scenarios that've been dealt with in the past.

[He exhales a little more sharply than necessary, and then he gives the camera a brief, two-fingered salute.]

Kirk out.

[and edited in after the fact, private to Kyle Rayner.]

We should talk.

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Pomegranates.

[Literally the first thing that came to mind, okay? With a line like 'insert anything you want' you should be grateful for the unwitting censorship!!!]

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that'd be marzyana probably. she's a harvest spirit.
if you'd said apples that'd be johnny! he's a great guy, we're friends kind of.

[Wait, what? Seriously?]

Ok. Space?

you don't even wanna go there, buddy.
North told me the Man in the Moon is an alien
and the Moon was his spaceship before it broke down.
I'm a spirit and even I'M not sure he wasn't drunk on eggnog.

['North'+'eggnog'+this kid's entire storybook...]

North what?

Nicholas St North.
wait for it...

yeah that one.

That is a seriously unfortunate name.

are you kidding? it's an awesome name.
way better than his current one.
and definitely more hip than Bunny's
but don't tell him I said that.

Bunny.

[Oh my god what's happening what's going on h e l p.]

hey now your console is broken
it's stuck repeating things I'm typing

Sorry, does 'incredulity' not translate over text?

it does.
but it's more fun to pretend it doesn't.

Cute.

thanks.
but you're still getting a snowball in the head.

What'd I ever do to you???

like you wouldn't pull a few pranks if you were invisible to some people

You can keep your invisibility, man. Not interested.

[IN FACT IT SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH.]

good choice.

[... And he couldn't see this guy. Huh.]

That bad?

it shouldn't be real high on the bucket list, that's for sure.

So why are you invisible, exactly?

[It sounds like the sort of thing that can be just turned on and off, right?]

[ Jack heaves a melodramatic sigh, even though he's pretty used to explaining this and honestly, Jim seems witty enough to make the process enjoyable anyway. ]

where I'm from spirits have to be believed in before they can be seen
and there it only works on kids not adults.
asti kind of changes the rules a little while we're here
good thing too or it'd have been a long six months so far.

[Excuse you. 'Have to be believed in'? That sounds an awful lot like a challenge, and no never give him those you'll regret it forever.

Plus, he's had enough experience with the whole 'not being believed in' thing that he's really not keen on subjecting someone else to it. GAMEFACE ON.]

So what sort of spirit are you?

spirit of winter!
jack frost, very nice to meet you captain kirk.
sort of meet, at least.

[Jack Frost. Oh my god is this seriously what life is turning into? On one hand, yes, massively cool (ugh he can't believe he just thought that) and on the other... it sounds like something out of a comic book or something. Pretty ridiculous.]

Yeah, likewise. Can you do that video thing again? I want to try something.

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