wrt shenanigans, likely homeless forever :(

[symbiont]

Tobin had nothing to do with that, and you know it. Don't even joke. That was another matter entirely, one I was not involved in.

If you're not going to take this seriously, I'm not going to step through that subspace displacement field fracture.

[ sorry, she's not falling it a fourth wall event. not even here in breaking the fourth wall land. ]

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[hischair]

[ 'Fourth wall' is such a stupid thing to call it, he agrees. Let's keep things technical or the next thing you know, it'll all be magic and fairies and fantastical whimsy. ]

I wish you would, for Bones' sake.

[medicos]

No?

[ but :( ]

[symbiont]

[ don't say things like that, captain. your city will get ideas and curse the land to reflect such a whimsical portrait. ]

It seems cruel for the fractures to only be open for a day or two.

[symbiont]

I didn't say no. That was more of a maybe not.

[ a halfhearted threat to her mun at best. ]

[hischair]

That's better than nothing, trust me. He'll want to see you again.

[fingersnapping]

If you ask me, taking things seriously is vastly overrated.

[medicos]

[ goddammit jim ]

What are you doing?

[ JUST BECAUSE HE PISSED YOU OFF IN ANOTHER THREAD DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU GET TO HAVE YOUR PAYBACK BY EMBARRASSING HIM IN FRONT OF HIS EX GIRLFRIEND ]

[hischair]

[ HE'S NOT EMBARRASSING YOU, YOU SHIT, HE'S DOING YOU A FAVOR ]

Talking to Emony. Got a problem with that?

[medicos]

Would be disappointed if you did.

[ but really, he would. ]

She got something to say about Tobin or what?

[symbiont]

The last person to say that to me ended up in a medbay after failing to land a very sloppy dismount.

[medicos]

[ eyebrow twitching. ]

As you were, Captain.

[hischair]

Aye, Doctor.

[symbiont]

After all these years?

[ frowns, purses her lips, shakes her head. ]

Nothing you'll appreciate hearing. It's better to just leave it alone.

[symbiont]

You sound so sure of that, Captain.

[medicos]

Why not?

[hischair]

I know what he's been through recently and more than that, I know him. Just take the advice, okay? Don't make it into a big deal.

[symbiont]

It involves... Well, let's just say that while I can look back on it and laugh, it wasn't your finest moment.

[symbiont]

Why, what's he been through?

[hischair]

He gets to tell you that himself, when you arrive.

[ :3 ]

[fingersnapping]

Truly? Dear me, how absolutely terrible...for them. Still, as far as joyriding through subspace dimensional field fractures goes, there's no time like the present.

There's no time like the present. [ He shakes his head, tuts. ] What a dull witted idiom. It's only to be expected, considering the source.

[medicos]

You can say that I was an asshole. I really was.

[ and working for starfleet now, and seeing all the bizarre, dangerous, and wonderful things he has, like helping a female gorn give birth to octuplets, it's one of things that he regrets on the same level as failing his own marrriage. ]

Which is why I'd like to see you again. Make amends.

'Course I'd like to see you, too.

[symbiont]

You weren't an asshole, you were just... new to all this. To everything that didn't fit inside the human concept of normal. I've seen it before as my previous host. I shouldn't have assumed that you would be able to fully grasp what I was telling you automatically. It's a lot to take in for someone unaccustomed to our ways. There's no need to make amends for being alarmed, Leonard.

[ too understanding and patient for her own good sometimes, this one. it's something that will thrive and shine in some of her later hosts. ]

Even if it's only for two days?

[symbiont]

[ a good century from now, she's going to be asking herself just what it is that benjamin sisko finds so fascinating about you, captain kirk. that smile is a little unsettling. ]

And if he doesn't?

[symbiont]

[ a blank look. that's the first time she's heard said idiom -- which isn't surprising, considering the source. ]

[medicos]

True enough. Now I realize that ain't as terrifying as helping given birth to a female Gorn. Octuplets, and as vicious as they come. [ shaking his head. he had to perform an emergency c-section on a creature whose physiology he hasn't even fully studied, and that was fucking weird. ] Two days is enough time to catch up on what we've missed, I figured. Guessin' there's a lot on your front.

[fingersnapping]

[ Q stares back for a moment, then rolls his eyes. ]

You're not particularly worldly for a joined Trill, are you? Boring. I'm bored. Entertain me. Do you know how to do that?

[symbiont]

What were you doing on the Gorn homeworld? [ presumably. she's taking a wild guess at that one. his captain said he'd been through a lot, was being involved with the gorn part of it? ]

Not really. Just some reprimanding from the Symbiosis Commission and getting back out on the mat.

[hischair]

Then I bang your heads together.

[ Unsettling or enigmatic? ]

[symbiont]

...why would you bang our heads together?

[ humans. sometimes they don't make any sense. 8| ]

[hischair]

... You're a little like Spock, you know that?

[symbiont]

I might, if I knew who this Spock was.

[hischair]

He's — never mind, uh. It's just an expression, it means I'll make sure you do talk to each other.

[symbiont]

Why do I have the feeling you're going to take it upon yourself to introduce me to your entire crew?

[symbiont]

Since when was worldliness defined by the number of times someone's interacted with humans?

[ hands on hips. ] I'm not here for your entertainment.