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[widowing]

I trust I won't have to explain the importance of lithium crystal circuits again, Cadet.

[ cut in mid-scolding to winona kirk, who very suddenly finds herself not in the very same place she was before. an unprecedented experience for her, she is visibly unsettled, and then a sour look crosses her face. just try to keep a kirk down, universe. it

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[first_warp_trip]

Wish this were some kinda joke.

[widowing]

What is it then? We're a training vessel in Federation space - there's no reason for hostile action. [ she's steadily growing angrier - this does recall an event of two years past that she tries every day not to think about. ] So who are you?

[first_warp_trip]

Uh, well.. Commander Charles Tucker the Third, ma'am. Known as Trip. Don't believe I've had the pleasure, ma'am.

Not sure what this is, but if it was a joke, then we'd at least know what it was? Somethin' like that. Wait.. training vessel? That ain't what i was on when I got here, I was on Enterprise, NX-01.

fml remember space/time continuum, self.

[widowing]

[ not feeling polite but returns the favor. ] Lieutenant Winona Kirk, engineering.

The Enterprise? I haven't heard of it. What class of cruiser? Were you transported down or did you just find yourself here?

[of_two]

Lieutenant Kirk?

[its a murmur, and one that breaks off just afterwards.]

I regret to inform you Lieutenant, that however bizarre the situation, your presence here is not for the purposes of humor.

[widowing]

It's some sort of sick, cosmic joke, I'm sure. [ takes in his appearance after her brief, bitter outburst: his uniform is unlike any she's seen, but the insignia on his sleeve she recognises. ] Lieutenant Commander - I apologise. Is this a training exercise? I wasn't informed.

[of_two]

[he's patient if nothing else. after all, who hasn't had this initial reaction to their arrival here?]

There is no apology required I assure you.

I can tell you, unfortunately, very little is certain about our present circumstances. The few facts that we have collected indicate that this is the Starbase Infinity, wherein members of and associated with Starfleet have been gathered from varied and numerous space time continuums. For what purpose however, remains unknown.

[widowing]

[ varied and numerous space/time continuums - theorists everywhere probably envy her right now. as an engineer, she can't help but be a little excited about it, but at the moment the most pertinent question on her mind is: ]

Has anyone found a way to go back?

[for12minutes]

[ohmygodohmygodohmygod I LOVE YOU FOREVER FOR THIS]

-Winona?

[widowing]

[ ooc | ♥ hope i don't mess up! for some reason i picture george as the more emotional parent, so she's kinda hardheaded. ]

[ she's rarely called by her first time, so when she looks around, she expects to see one of her cheekier engineering cadets - but instead there's her husband, her dead husband, unmistakably alive and nothing could have prepared her for this. her face falls and she knows she hasn't felt the breath leave her like this in two years. ]

George?

[for12minutes]

[oh no, i totally agree with that XD george is a big softie u_u]

[his last memory of her was nothing more than a frantic calling for him, from the other end of the com- paired with the sound of their newborn son crying out. before that- before that her belly was full and her eyes bright and even with these differences in her now, in knowing- what jim told him, about the start of a new family- he can't help but think she's the most beautiful thing he's ever seen]

You're- you're really here.

[widowing]

[ ooc | ♥ i don't have an icon happy enough for this. my bad. ]

[ she's incredulous to his shock at seeing her, when he has been dead for two years. but now he's just as alive as she rememberes, every line of his face matching the photographs she keeps in her nightstand drawer. she hasn't cried for a good while - she's been counting the days, actually, but she can feel her lashes going sticky and wet and she has absolutely no idea why she's still standing still. winona does exactly what she wishes she could've done on the day the kelvin was destroyed: she throws her arms around him, hoping to god he doesn't disappear. ]

[in_three]

[it was just a matter of time, he was sure. jim is leaning against a wall, ankles crossed.]

Hey, Mom.

[widowing]

[ now that's really a tasteless joke, but she swallows a sharp reply because... well, she'd know her son's eyes anywhere. it doesn't make sense, and the rational part of her still stubbornly presents doubt, but... ]

Jim? But... you're two-years-old.

[in_three]

[he tilts his head, watching her. somehow he's not surprised that she doesn't remember the same things. that there is something off]

Well, now I'm twenty-five.

[widowing]

[ she smiles - can't help it, even if he doesn't look happy to see her. she doesn't know what she's done or how she's failed, but from what she can tell, he's turned out pretty damn well. ]

I know they say kids grow up fast, but I don't think they meant this. [ she wants to hug him but he very much doesn't seem to want that; maybe the smile is enough. ] I'm glad you're here.

[canyonsiniowa]

[alsjfl;asjf you know? Let's just redo this entire thing.]

The Republic isn't here.

[He goes back to his console. Great, family reunion.]

[widowing]

[ two jims - two adult jims. winona figures herself a fairly intelligent woman academically, but it's a challenge to wrap her head around this - or to close her gaping jaw, but she does. ]

I... see that. [ no idea where to start. ] You're in Starfleet?

[canyonsiniowa]

Captain of the Federation Flagship, the USS Enterprise. Not that it's a big deal or anything.

[Slides his hand across the console and closes the things he was looking at. He sends a sideways glance over his shoulder at her. Seems like his short attitude towards his mother hasn't changed.]

This place screws with time - if that wasn't obvious. Dad is around here somewhere too. I'm sure you two have a lot of catching up to do.

[widowing]

[ doesn't quite understand why her son is being so uncongenial. oh, the mistakes she has yet to make. at the mention of george, her face softens. ]

Two years of it. But I guess you and I have even more.