On reviewing her TOS counterpart

[drcmarcus]

I'm sorry, I need a moment to process this.

A child? I find that incredibly hard to believe. I know myself. I wouldn't be so foolish as to allow for a mistake like that and Starfleet contraceptive implants are incredibly effective. Not to mention that Jim... I can't see Jim... it's just too much to wrap my mind around. Which is exactly why I presume it was a mistake and certainly not something that was planned by any means. Never mind the total lack of a sexual relationship.

Not that Jim isn't a wonderful man. I just can't picture him as someone interested in the idea of children. Or settling down with one woman long enough for that to even be a topic of conversation. It couldn't end any way but badly. In fact it did end badly. One could argue that it started badly seeing as that other version of... of me didn't even tell the boy who his father was. I find that incredibly cruel and don't like in the least what it says about me or my character.

Horrible life choices aside, none of that really matters. The circumstances there were completely different so I don't see why you felt the need to share that bit of information. I was perfectly fine not knowing. Ignorance is bliss. As it is I don't think I'll be able to look the Captain in the eye for quite some time without feeling the need to apologize for something that hasn't even happened.

You are a cruel mun and I am appalled by your lack of decency in this matter. I believe a stiff drink is in order.

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[ihearyou]

Is there something I should know?

[drcmarcus]

*Carol blinks up at a face that she knows though that knowledge was earned through history rather than familiarity.

Bollocks.*

No, ma'am.

[ihearyou]

That's too bad. I thought my son was finally getting smarter.

[drcmarcus]

I'm not quite sure how to respond to that. Thank you, I think? Though there's... Jim is a friend. There's nothing more to tell. You raised an extraordinary man.

/quietly threadjacks

[12minutehero]

Winona, you're going to scare her.

/lobs on

[ihearyou]

I'm not scary.


Am I?

[12minutehero]

Not to me. [Did he just wink? Yep.]

But when it comes to our boys...

[warriorsmind]

Ah right, your a mother in your "other life." David was it? Kirk is rather the party type isn't he? Good thing your human medicine has advanced so quickly, might catch something, if you do ever decided to mate with him.

At least your race didn't change drastically.

[drcmarcus]

You don't get to speak to me about any of it. Not at all, not a single word or so help me...

[warriorsmind]

Or you'll what, exactly, Carol?

[drcmarcus]

I will find a way to make you eat your words.

*Okay, so maybe threatening madmen wasn't the smartest thing to do but the loathing she felt towards him made her more than a little irrational.*

[warriorsmind]

Still angry with me I see...

Fine lets change the subject, shall we?

...I am sure you saw the original me's fate. [A bitter smile.]

Doesn't that please you?

[drcmarcus]

Angry? You think I'm angry? I loathe your very existence.

*His fate was too kind if you asked her.*

Not nearly enough. It was as a direct result of your alternate's interference that that boy wound up dead. You set the pieces into motion with your need for revenge. What happened to you was far too kind.

[nothing_but_my_bones]

Got some bourbon in my office if you need it.

[He keeps it on hand for those moments of, "I really didn't need to know that."]

[drcmarcus]

That would be much appreciated, Doctor McCoy.

*She's having one of those moments in a very big way even if it happens to be under different circumstances.*

[nothing_but_my_bones]

Thought you might say that.

[He produces the bottle and two glasses, pouring each of them a few fingers.]

Hell of a thing to find out. [McCoy adds before taking a swallow of bourbon. Might be a very Southern thing o' him, but far as he's concerned there's really only one thing to do at times like these]

[drcmarcus]

It came as quite the shock to the system.

*Bless the doctor and his seeming ability to always be prepared. Especially right now.

Carol takes a slow sip of the liquor and savors the taste before taking a slightly larger one for the burn of it down her throat.*

I still don't really understand a majority of it. The reasoning was so very flawed.

[nothing_but_my_bones]

[If working on the Enterprise has taught him anything, it's have the medical kit on standby, and the liquor ready at all times.]

I'm a doctor, not a temporal physicist so this is all over my head too.

[The one thing he does know, is that if she's anything like the other Spock, she probably had a very different life.

[He shrugs taking another sip himself.]

Well, I figure it must've made sense to her for some reason. Can't fathom what though.

[mouth_breather]

Should you really be drinking in your condition?

[He preemptively ducks. Because the best way to handle 'awkward' is to make inappropriate jokes.]

[drcmarcus]

*Her mouth opens and her jaw hangs before she comes to her senses enough to be indignant.*

You are not nearly as amusing as you would like to think you are.

[mouth_breather]

[He just laughs at her reaction. It's absolutely worth it.]

Don't worry, I'm not looking into a career in comedy.

[drcmarcus]

It's a good thing, too.

*Laugh while you can, Jim. She'll find a way to get even.*

[lt_saavik]

As someone from the lateral universe in which Dr Carol Marcus and Captain James Kirk had a child, I can state it was to the benefit of all. David Marcus was an exceptional being, especially for a human.

[drcmarcus]

*That information is comforting. Somewhat.* You knew him well then?

[lt_saavik]

I had the distinction to work closely with him, yes.