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[aggressor]

You've only completed 23% of my actual canon, you know.

Just because you've played an engineer from some little scrapper ship that got 14 episodes and a movie doesn't mean you can just jump right into the depth of this canon, similarities between us aside.

Unless you've suddenly acquired vast knowledge of the progression of technology and its use over four television shows (none of which you've seen in their entirety) this is a pathetic and irresponsible attempt that will get you laughed out of the canon.

Well, it seems like we both have lingering 'disciplinary issues.' I guess that means you better start researching...

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[directives]

I wouldn't sell your player so short, B'Elanna. Mine's been in this canon... fandom... whatever the proper term for it is since she was an infant, and even she has to reference the wiki and double check her sources.

[aggressor]

Captain, she looked up Maquis to learn what type of ship it was.

[ this level of eye-rolling might result in the complete loss of her eyes. ]

I've been laughed at enough throughout my life. I don't react well to the prospect of mockery.

[directives]

[ ...what type of ship it is. any other person would've laughed at that, but she can understand how one wouldn't know that the maquis was a rebellious entity and not a type of starship if they weren't familiar with the maquis beforehand. ]

Everyone's got to start somewhere, B'Elanna. Give her time. She'll learn. Trying is nothing to laugh at.

[ and anyone who mocks b'elanna will have her captain to deal with. ]

[aggressor]

I suppose so. I just wonder if she might use someone else in the canon that doesn't require so much knowledge, is all.

[ it sounds reasonable, if her tone weren't still huffy. ]

[directives]

Would it bother you if she did?

[aggressor]

I-- of course not. I would ... be relieved.

[ convincing? likely not. ]

/comes back to this after two months...

[directives]

You don't sound convinced. I'm not buying it, and I'm willing to bet you aren't buying it yourself, either.

i might also venture to musechat, try some more trek-relevant dialogue

[aggressor]

Simple curiosity, that's all.

Not like I can't waste some time stopping off in some pocket universe, anyway.

[chakotay]

Well that gives mine a little comfort. Seems your player is in good company with mine.

[aggressor]

I never thought I'd be the one giving some rookie a lecture...

[chakotay]

I prefer to call it "encouragement." If it makes you feel any better, mine is still learning not to fear asking questions.

[aggressor]

Chakotay, you can't just fake the kind of things I know. You know what it takes to do my job, to improvise the kinds of solutions I have to. Who is she going to ask?

She's ... she's out of her depth!

[chakotay]

Give her time and resources. Mine has spent more than enough time on the wiki for Naomi alone. If they've got that, access to friends with more knowledge than they have, and a desire to keep watching and learning... I'd say there's hope yet for them.

[aggressor]

Are you kidding? You're asking me to be patie--

Wait, Naomi? As in...? No, this is ridiculous. She's an infant!

[chakotay]

I'm asking you not to request she be thrown in the brig yet. Or into the fires.

Ah... You must be from our second or third year in the Delta Quadrant. [ quietly determining how much he can say. ]

[aggressor]

I am. Her knowledge now recently includes the dreams of the Enaran woman's memories.

[ groan. ]

And now I have to deal with a time differential? When are you from?

[chakotay]

Let's just say... Temporal Investigations would have a nice lecture for me if I told you.

[ way in the future. a good few years. enough that it would make adhering to the temporal prime directive a little bit difficult. ]

At this point I'll take a temporal anomaly over the Borg. Temporarily.

[ someone stop him. please. ]

[aggressor]

Well, she either needs to hurry up or find someone else to toy with.

[chakotay]

In my experience, they don't often find someone else once they've latched on. You never know. She might offer you shore leave.

[aggressor]

I might need some help regarding negotiations of such a request. We both know diplomacy is not my forte.

[chakotay]

I'll see what I can do. Hopefully yours will prove more compliant that mine. She seems to be less willing to compromise once she's set her mind on something like this.

[aggressor]

Oh? Does that mean she has plans for you?

[chakotay]

She does. Plans involving a certain captain of ours who's without her crew.

[aggressor]

Oh, no. Don't you start with that...

[chakotay]

You're getting it, too, then?

[ because boy he understands that pressure. on the one hand, he really wants to make sure kathryn's all right and doesn't endanger herself somehow. on the other, she would rather have him back on voyager. so he's caught between what she wants and what she needs.

what is his life? ]

[aggressor]

To an obsessive degree. I find it especially frustrating because she won't just make a decision.

[ well, b'elanna can't really say which she'd prefer. all in all she'd be happier at chakotay's side, but not at the expense of becoming a puppet. ]

[chakotay]

I'm beginning to think mine is too easily swayed. Maybe you have the better option.

[aggressor]

Let's hope so.

Although-- [ just spit it out, b'elanna. ] If I could help you and Captain Janeway. I don't think it would be so bad.

[chakotay]

Better than being alone.

[ and, hey, if b'elanna's with them, he knows they'll be able to work their way out of anything. not that he doesn't think the captain's capable on her own, but she'd be better off with at least some of the crew with her. ]

If my player ends up going through with this, I'll see you afterwards. Be careful, B'Elanna.

[ a part of him is hoping she'll join them, even though he knows she'd be better off on voyager. ]

[aggressor]

[ she nods, considering that there really isn't much else for her to do. ]

Chaoktay? [ should she bother? ] Good luck.

[chakotay]

[ he just nods in response and gives her a reassuring smile. ]

Same to you, B'Elanna. If you need a diplomat in the future... let me know.

[aggressor]

I'd offer my nose-breaking services, but I'm sure you don't need them. [ she smiles. ] I'll see you around. That's a promise.

[chakotay]

[ he grins, lifting an arm and gently hitting his wrist with his other hand as though to say "boxing, remember?" before he lets them both fall to his sides again. ]

I look forward to it.

[ that's a "see you later," b'elanna. at least if he ends up in that place, he'll definitely have the captain and most likely another trusted member of their crew. this might actually not be entirely bad. ]

[candozat]

Zee canon can be quite daunting, but zere is nozing wrong with double checking resources, ewen when you are an expert. All of ze greats all started out just trying to learn.

[aggressor]

I admire double-checking. I just wish she'd pick someone else to dip her toes into the water with.

I really don't have time for her ... whims.