Simply put, she was mortified.

More explicitly: she ached all over, the madness burning its way painfully out of her body like a fever while the memories steadfastly refused to do the same. Mostly, she wanted nothing more than to hide herself in her room forever, but there was also some niggling voice in the back of her mind that wanted to tell, ( Read more... )

She knew she couldn't stay in her room forever, but in the aftermath of the madness, as her sense of self came back to her, it had seemed, for some days, the only possible option. The streets were a wilderness, unpredictable and unknown. She might have bumped into anybody: the Captain (awful), or his Spock (somehow worse, since he must know), or - ( Read more... )

Uhura had grown more than fond of being in space. She liked the bright metal hallways of both her own Enterprise and this one; liked the constant starscape and the sense of unity in the ever-present red, gold and blue. But Uhura had grown up in Africa, and she missed natural heat. When it was offered like this, on a planet both civilized and safe ( Read more... )

Bill had been pretty clear about it when she had messaged him on-ship: an invitation from Uhura would not be taken badly, by anyone. Still, Uhura had deliberated for a few days after beam down, as to whether this was really the time. After a day or two of exploration, however, her mind was made up. The colony already presented a staggering array of ( Read more... )

Anonymous memes weren't always as anonymous as all that. On this occasion, Uhura was pretty sure all parties had understood each other perfectly ( Read more... )

She was settling in ( Read more... )

She really hadn't meant to cause any kind of upheaval.

Everybody was being very nice about it, and, as the young captain had said, it wasn't as if anyone made the choice to be accidentally transported into another universe thanks to an equipment malfunction.

As Kirk had promised, quarters had been found, shifts arranged. She was established. It ( Read more... )

Things were...confusing.

Less so, following her conversation with Captain Kirk, but the fact remained that they were apparently on a strange alternate version of their own ship, without any visible means of getting back; and that, moreover, the Captain, CMO, First Officer, and Head Nurse had apparently been here for several monthsUhura decided ( Read more... )

The excursion, as planned, had been a simple one. Beam down, supervise cargo collection team, ensure all cargo ready and in place, beam back ( Read more... )