thirteenth translation // action

[lt_linguist]

[Uhura is on the porch today, surrounded by what looks like the insides of an old-fashioned transistor radio. She is utterly absorbed in messing about with the various wires and metal bits - she's been so busy with these experiments lately that she's kind of missed the fact that an experiment is going on

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[i_speak_softly]

[He is getting the hang of this thought-bubble thing! He watches Uhura's like it's some kind of interesting slide presentation.]

Who are you trying to contact?

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[lt_linguist]

[She glances up, slightly wary. ((Oh boy.))]

Theoretically, anyone outside the barrier who might be listening. Eventually.

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[i_speak_softly]

[He sits on the edge of the porch, and watches Uhura work.]

SELI project?

((Ahaha, I don't think he knows about the incident with Raph.))

((Fourth-walling, btw? It's canon that Don watches Star Trek.))

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[lt_linguist]

((Fourth-walling is always fine. She's been fourth-walled already anyway.))

I don't know what that is.

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[i_speak_softly]

Er - {Note to self: obscure humor not the way to approach beautiful women.} On my world, there's an ongoing attempt to contact life on other planets. It's called SETI. Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. So, if you're trying to contact someone outside the barrier, I guess that would be the Search for Extra-Lucetian ...

Never mind.

Is the barrier impenetrable to energy, also? You can't get a radio wave through it?

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[lt_linguist]

((Apparently humanoid turtles share similar aesthetic sensibilities to human males. There's a joke in there somewhere. Have to mention it to Kirk next time I see him. If I ever see him again.))

Don't need to search for it where I come from. They've already made contact.

Yeah, in order to send a message I'd need to find some kind of... gap in the barrier. Or we'd need to find a way to open one up.

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[i_speak_softly]

[Completely embarrassed.] {Control your thoughts, Donatello! And your hormones too, while you're at it.}

Sorry. I should know better than to judge based on appearances. ... You know, you look familiar. Even though you can't be from the same world as me.

I've been working on that, actually! I was - {...} On second thought, maybe it's better not to talk about it in public.

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[lt_linguist]

I don't think we've met, though I've been introduced to your brother? Raph. I'm Uhura.

[She'll glance around quickly.] That might be for the best, though I've got some theories of my own on that front. You may want to chat with Spock sometime, too. He's working on that problem.

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[i_speak_softly]

{Why does he get to everyone first.} Can I pre-emptively apologize for anything Raphael may or may not have done?

{... Uhura? Spock?} You're - not from the starship Enterprise, are you?

{Was that the real Batman, then?}

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[lt_linguist]

I, uh, stumbled across him when he was a New Feather. He's promised not to try and kill me again.

And yes, I am. Lieutenant Uhura, Communications officer, blah blah blah. You're not the first to recognize me.

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[i_speak_softly]

Ah. Well, if nothing else, he is a Turtle of his word.

...

{Oh shell, what does this mean? Is the Star Trek series a communication from another dimension? Or from our own future? I've been watching her adventures since I was twelve, does that make me a voyeur? WHAT DO I DO.}

Um. I'm a big fan?

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[lt_linguist]

[Laugh!]

I've seen and heard a lot of things, but I'm not sure I'll ever get used to some people thinking I'm a fictional character.

And for the record, my theory is that all realities have some points of commonality. So, what's reality in one universe may be fiction in another.

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[i_speak_softly]

[Laugh along with you.] It's not so bad! People frequently think I'm a hallucination. {Can't believe I'm talking to UHURA.}

Infinite universes. All possible combinations. "The Other Tiger" indeed.

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[lt_linguist]

I'll admit, you and your brothers are some of the weirder people I've encountered, here or anywhere. ((Am I that big a deal?))

I think it's safe to say this place proves the theory of infinite universes beyond a shadow of a doubt.

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[i_speak_softly]

Can I take that as a compliment? {You're smart and strong and you travel in space OH GOD I HOPE SHE DIDN'T SEE THAT.}

If there's an infinite number of universes, there also must be an infinite number of recombinant nexuses... right?

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[lt_linguist]

[She has to laugh, and can't stop the thought from forming.] ((Good thing Spock's not jealous...))

Well, it wasn't an insult, personally I have no problem with "weird".

And I should think so. That's not really my line of scholarship, though.