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[starshipmedical]

This is Leonard McCoy, Chief Medical Officer aboard the USS Enterprise. Bridge, do you copy?

[ There’s a man in science blue standing next to the fountain, looking cold and grumpy as he shakes his device. ]

Damn interference… Enterprise, this is McCoy. I don’t know what the hell happened with those infernal transporters, but I’m damn sure I ain’t

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[adamantined]

You're missing the quintessential Santa hat.

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[starshipmedical]

I wasn't quite prepared for the holiday season. [ All the snark. ]

Is it always like this around here?

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[adamantined]

You should see us when Easter rolls around.

[That was a joke. Sort of.]

After so many times, you get tired of asking the same standard questions. Are you alright? Do you need help? What's the last thing you remember?

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[starshipmedical]

I don't want to know.

If I were hurt, I wouldn't be this calm. [ Yes McCoy, you're totally calm and not at all freaking out inwardly. Of course you are. ] It's damn cold out here, though, and the last thing I remember is being on the ship.

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[adamantined]

Lots of ears.

Those questions were mostly just... examples. You didn't actually have to answer them. [It's taking everything she's got not to make some sort of pop culture reference. Where is Zach when you need him?] Do you need a hat? That is to say, help?

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[starshipmedical]

Rabbit ears?

Right. Sorry. [ He's tense (well, more tense than usual) and it's throwing him off, being in a place like this. It's the first time something like this has happened. It's not like everything that happened with Nero; at least there was some warning there, and he wasn't in it alone. ]

Wouldn't mind a coat, to be honest.

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[adamantined]

No, human ears.

[Come on, McCoy, sheesh.]

You wouldn't believe the amount of guys' coats I've got just lying around. I can bring you one. Promise I'm not a psycho killer or anything.

[It's the first time she's really been social with anyone that she doesn't know overly well, and maybe it's the newness in his approach, his inexperience, that brings that out in her. No one should have to wander around the City on their own in the early days of December, especially when they're new.]

Uh, I'm Claire, by the way. Bennet.

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[starshipmedical]

You've got a lot of guys' coats lying around but you're not a psycho killer. What are you, then, a tailor?

[ He's not used to cold weather. Space is cold, but the ship has climate-control. Georgia and Mississippi and San Francisco, they're not cold. Not like this. ]

Leonard McCoy.

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[adamantined]

[There is a pause and then a laugh - a short, sharp bark.]

I could be. The only thing you know about me so far is my name, but you're welcome to assume I've just had a few relatives from home pass in and out of here.

[Which is the truth, don't let the bodies under the stairs say otherwise.]

I caught that from your transmission. You'll probably blend in easier with a name like McCoy than you would with something like Sulu.

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[starshipmedical]

Sounds better than serial killer, at least.

[ Said as he doublechecks his med kit.

...wait a minute. ]

... Yeah. Not a very common name, is it?

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[adamantined]

[She's definitely no serial killer. Too many of those hanging around back home for someone like her to ever seriously consider taking up the profession, after all.]

That depends on where you're from. Speaking of which, where are you anyway?

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[starshipmedical]

[ And of course one of them looks like Spock, if Spock didn't control his facial hair. ]

In front of the fountain. I've heard I'm lucky not to have fallen into it.

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[adamantined]

With as cold as it's been? I'd probably be bringing you an entire snow suit rather than just a jacket.

[She's digging as she's talking, and as a consequence, the Network device, held like a cell phone, slips somewhere between her jaw and neck, her voice oddly muffled and close all at once.]

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[starshipmedical]

And I'd probably be a lot [ bitchier ] more upset.

[ It's not as bad as trying to talk when there are explosions, so he doesn't mention it. ]

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[adamantined]

Some people freak out. I don't think anyone would blame you for having some kind of anxiety attack.

[It always says something about a person who can keep a careful leash on his panic, if there is any, when they first show up in the City.]

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[starshipmedical]

I have an anxiety attack and people die. I try not to have them.

[ He had to get over his fear of flying and of space to be in Starfleet. You can't have a doctor on a starship who's going to melt down at one glance at the stars. ]