ota ⥤ i'm not your james dean

[episodically]

» WHO? jim kirk + all of you
» WHEN? after the event
» WHERE? bar, bridge, his room, corridors
» WHAT? doin' stuff
» WARNINGS? n/a but i'll update if something changes

⥤ 01. bar

( after his initial arrival, jim had mostly been laying low. between the music and a general sense of unease, he'd gotten the feeling that he'd arrived in the middle of some serious shit and he hadn't wanted to get in the way. typically, he would have been the one in the center of it all, making the mess bigger but this was too big an unknown and he hadn't wanted to hurt anyone.

but, with things settling, jim was on a mission to figure this place out. sure, maybe stopping at the bar, a place he's been a few times, wasn't the best place to focus himself but everyone needed a drink sometimes and he thinks he's got a good reason. he had died. he'd been stricken with radiation poisoning and he'd said his goodbyes and he'd died.

but here he was, alive and in one piece. he's actually been wondering if maybe he shouldn't find someone with some medical training to check him out since he's not sure if radiation lingers after you die.

but for now, he's going to have a drink and kick his feet up on the stool beside his. he's going to take some comfort in being alive even if he's far away from where he needs to be. )

⥤ 02. command

( he was always going to find himself here. it had taken a little longer than expected but the minute jim steps foot on the bridge, he lets go of a breath that he hadn't realized he was holding. this isn't his ship and he's not in charge but he feels like he should be here. there's no chair for him to sit in but the stations lining the area are familiar. he runs his hands over them and then slips into one, eyeing the screen quietly.

he reaches out and touches it but nothing happens. he tries it again but again, nothing happens. )

Shoddy craftsmanship.

( but, nothing about this station is very well put together. that she's staying afloat at all is a godsend because every time jim walks by the observation area and sees the planet below, he remembers the enterprise's almost plunge to earth because of the gravity. )

Kind of don't want to repeat that again.

⥤ 03. corridors/room

( jim's minding his own business when somethings jerks him backwards. a loud sound of tearing echoes off the walls and before jim can really stop it, the stupid jumpsuit he's wearing is ripped from side to the small of his back.

he stares at the wall, offended, and just notices a protruding edge he's apparently caught the cheap fabric on and, with minimal strength needed, had ripped a gaping hole in the thing. )

Perfect.

( sighing, he continues onto his own room where he kicks the door almost all the way closed and strips off the top half of the jumpsuit to look at it. was he supposed to walk around like this now? even starfleet uniforms were sturdier than this. )

⥤ 04. wildcard

( if you wanna do something else, feel free or hit me up at spoonishly for plotting. )

Comments

2!

[imperialsun]

Repeat what again?

[The teenager standing behind him had come into the area more out of a need to explore than an knowledge of ships and command centers. If course he had expected company, but Kirk's comment made him deeply curious about what it could mean.]

Re: 2!

[episodically]

The unfortunate and completely lacking in fun activity of my ship being pulled into a planet's gravity and sucking us down.

( maybe something simulating that would be fun at an amusement park but jim would just take a hard pass on anything like that happening again. )

The pull of gravity isn't very easy to combat. You sometimes have to take extreme measures and that's why I don't want it to happen again.

( his one wish for his life. )

sorry for the late tag

[imperialsun]

I can only imagine. Being in here is actually the first time I'm in true space.

[But on to more important things.]

You had a spaceship?

it's all good!

[episodically]

Yep. A big one too.

( not to toot his own horn but --- okay it's totally to toot his own horn. )

Nothing like this though. It actually moved. Called the Enterprise.

⥤ 03.

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ It's a strange curiosity that leads Rogue to Deck Five of the station, an inexplicable need to check out the newly opened medbay urging her from her normal haunts. A very different kind of curiosity takes hold when she notices a familiar new face heading down the corridor and turning into one of the rooms. Had that been... a hole in his jumpsuit? A big one?

With a heavy sigh, she follows after him, stopping at the door she's pretty sure he's behind and giving a solid knock. If he's got a hole in his clothes, he might be injured, and there are some idiots on this station who refuse to let anyone check them over when they need it. (She's one of them, but nevermind that.) She's here already, so might as well make sure he's alright. ]

Re: ⥤ 03.

[episodically]

( there's a hole in his clothes but no hole in his body so he's doing okay when it comes to keep himself in one piece. he's still picking at the rip in his suit when someone knocks. )

Door's open.

( he turns to look over his shoulder, see who might be visiting him on this fine day. )

If I'd known I was going to have company, I might have cleaned up a bit.

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ She steps inside at the invitation and immediately takes notice of how he's partially stripped down, already examining the thing she'd been concerned by. Thankfully, now that she's close enough to see for herself, it doesn't look like there's any blood on him. Thank goodness for small blessings. ]

Well, since you mention it, sugar, you do appear to be a bit of a mess.

3

[morethan084]

[Daisy spots some guy get his jumpsuit caught on a piece of the wall and is about to tell him something but then he ducks into one of the rooms. Does he know about the extra jumpsuit they're given? Knocking gently on the door so she doesn't accidentally open the door more, Daisy speaks up.]

I, uh, saw what happened. Just wanted to give you a heads up in case you didn't see it, there's another jumpsuit in your closet.

Re: 3

[episodically]

Oh, how nice of this creepy, nearly dead space station to provide me with a change of clothes.

( jim's voice sounds amused from behind his door. the hole's a pain in the butt but little else. he reaches to pull the door open to see who's there and smiles. )

I was just thinking of wearing this one until it started falling apart at the seams. Little hole never hurt anyone, right? It'll make this thing more breathable.

( and it's not like the suit's providing much padding to stop a knife or a gun. but, that hole is pretty big and he can just see bones glaring at him for leaving himself open to catch some new space virus. he was so grumpy. )

[morethan084]

[Oh. Daisy's eyes drop from his face to his chest and then back up again.]

Hey.

[She hasn't seen him in person, but she recognizes him from the video chat the other day.]

I guess that's one way to look at it. Still, you might be able to sew it up.

[Don't ask her how. She flunked out of home ec.]

bar bitch

[pampa]

[ miller slides into the stool nearest jim like he doesn't see him, but he does. he sits pitched forward, with his mag-boots braced against the rungs of his seat, arms braced on the bartop from elbow to wrists after he takes off his hat and sets it down between them like a barrier. his eyes are expectant, forward, like there's an invisible barkeep waiting for his order. but of course, there's no more liquor in here than there was yesterday even if this guy seems to have cobbled together something from his and kovacs' backwash. ]

If you plan on drinking your way through your first month... I'll support you. [ his eyes slide sideways, yeah. he can't even pretend he's judging when he's only been sober like two weeks now. ]

Re: bar bitch

[episodically]

I don't know if I'm that hard up yet.

( besides, this alcohol was shit. he had a lot of reasons to drink but they were so bad that he was going to sit here and stomach this shit for too long. )

That happen a lot around here? People sitting at the bar, drinking this swill and contemplating their new lives in space?

[pampa]

That's what I did, until we drank it all. [ he shrugs. ] Not that life in space is new for a guy from Ceres. But let me guess: you've never heard of it or even better you have but there's no space station on it where you're from.

2

[adjy]

Jyn finds herself gravitating towards this room as well, more and more. There's something about the familiarity of it, even if the technology is foreign. But there's also an air to the place, something she wishes she could bottle and take with her. It has her taking in a deep breath and closing her eyes before realizing she isn't alone. And her companion is someone familiar too, another thing she'd been gravitating towards since her arrival. Jim is like men she'd known throughout her travels, but there was something unique to him as well. A fire that keeps drawing her in. He isn't unlike Hadder really, though the thought gives her pause. She isn't here to fraternize, she's here to get everyone home.

"I've seen worse freighters in my day, though for a station... It does leave something to be desired." An admittance as her reflection swims into view on the black screen, showing her hovering over his shoulder in her green jumpsuit, hands clasped securely behind her back even as she tips forward. "There's probably a key. Our ghost commander must have taken it with her."

Jyn nods to the big screen even though that too is black now. She still can see her face clearly in her mind's eye, barking clipped orders and apologizing in their device for not saving the world. Who was she that she would take on such a steep responsibility? That too nests in her own guts, twisting her around as she empathizes with the woman she's likely never to meet, and not for the first time. She was lost for a moment in her own thoughts and must have missed the subject change, turning her eyes to the back of Jim's head.

"What wouldn't you like to repeat?"

Re: 2

[episodically]

"Nearly crashing into a planet."

He doesn't take his eyes away from the screen that he's in front of. His own face stares back at him, drawn and weary, but alive. He leans forward the slightest bit, trying to make sure the signs of radiation sickness are truly gone. He's felt fine since arriving but he has no idea how this works. That was Bones' freaking job, keeping him alive and this station had no Bones to speak of.

"Last time I was on my ship, that's what was happening," Jim tells her, sighing. "We'd lost the warp drive and got sucked in by the planet's gravity. Considering this station and the proximity of that planet, I don't want it to happen again."

[adjy]

She watches him study his reflection but doesn't call attention to it, careful not to meet his eyes in the black of the screen staring back at them.

"This station seems to have been in this same trajectory for long enough that I doubt it would befall the same fate. Still - it's worth being cautious of." A warp drive... "Do you mean hyperspace?"

command

[subplot]

[Karen's in a chair nearby and spins around to face him.]

You're only saying that because you can't get it to work.

[She's more amused than accusatory, and flashes him a smile as she sets her work aside. The bridge is one of the places she's been spending a lot of time lately, and it's always nice to see a new face up here appreciating the area. She's just about to open her mouth to say something else when it dawns on her that she's selectively heard all that he's said, and has only commented on the first half. He's definitely just given her a nice lead to cling hold of and question him on, and she really should latch onto it and get some answers.]

What are you trying to avoid repeating? Looking like you're playing at being a captain in front of a stranger?

[He's cute. His being here trying to make things work is cute. ]

Re: command

[episodically]

Well, I'm new. This isn't like my ship.

( and jim thinks that grants him some leeway, at least. it won't take him long to get the hang of this though. granted, he's used to things working and not being dark and silent but that's just a little bump in the road that he can overcome. )

I'm not playing at anything. I am a captain. Just not of this station and the last thing I remember before showing up here was my ship and another ship speeding down towards the surface of the Earth because we were caught in their gravity and the Enterprise was busted up.

( well, that was the last thing before the dying. the dying was the real last thing. )

I'd rather avoid that and considered there's a planet below us...

( he trails off and winces. )

[subplot]

Relax. [Karen softly points out with a smile, touching at his arm. He's a little tightly wound over this whole captain thing, but she thinks that maybe she didn't get show that she was joking well enough. ]

Not everything on the bridge is as function as it should be. But if you're a captain somewhere else...maybe you could have some luck figuring out how to switch them on?

3

[tumang]

[ Amos had been working on the end corridor console, one that was still giving off some signs of life and some sparks from time to time - a hazard, really, even if not the worst kind around the station.

That is, until he hears the commotion, and comes up from under the console, spinning a wrench between his fingertips as he finds the guy.

Amos's own jumpsuit is still in the same fashion - rolled down to the hips, the arms tied around his waist. The shirt is spotting some oil stains from disemboweling machines all day, and it's a touch too tight around the arms. ]

Trying to create a new trend?

Re: 3

[episodically]

( jim looks up from his examination of the ripped jumpsuit and shrugs his now bare shoulders. in the grand scheme of things, the loss of a stupid, used jumpsuit isn't a big deal and he's worn less around people he doesn't know but it's still kind of a nuisance. )

Depends on if you'd think it would catch on.

( looking him over, jim certainly hopes it would especially in this man's neighborhood. that was an upper body, there. )

I hope it would.

( it would be a dream come true. )

[tumang]

[ Amos can't help the way he smirks, how he very blatantly lets his eyes rack up and down the guy's chest. ]

Heard a lot of people complain that it's cold in space.

[ To Amos, space has been all sorts of temperatures, but he's definitely used to cold walls enough that it doesn't affect him anymore, and hasn't for a long time. ]

But you wear it well.

( 02 )

[possidetur]

( vanessa doesn't come to the bridge often. it feels like the strangest place on the terminal, filled with consoles and other strange machines. but there's information here, even if vanessa has had to get some help in accessing it.

the comment draws her attention. it isn't the fact that he's used to space that does it, so many people here are, but that he's familiar with structures or how these places should look )

Are you familiar with places like this?

Re: ( 02 )

[episodically]

D'you mean space stations or bridges?

( the answer would be yes to both of those though so he probably should have just said that. )

Little more familiar with ships rather than stations but I've been on things like this a few times. They were never this dormant but same general idea.

[possidetur]

What did you do on them?

( she's curious, more about his knowledge than the uses of the bridge though she can get two things answered. most people that knew about space only seemed to know about some parts of it )