Captain's First LOL [for losthunter]

[boldygoing]

With the restrictions on his food intake finally lifted, and with months to go until the Enterprise is ready to fly again, Jim Kirk has had all the more reasons to visit the Nexus and explore, particularly the markets. Whether it's finding interesting otherworldly seedlings for Sulu, tracking down a source of authentic Vulcan kreyla for Spock, or bringing home volumes of Russian literature for Chekov, there's always something to bring back for somebody.

Jim's been warned about LOLs before. Both through the brochure he picked up the first time he arrived here, and by some Nexus veterans, namely Hunter and Samus. But in the months since he's been visiting the multiverse, he's still never seen the phenomenon, not even once.

And so it's easy to forget for a moment that he has to be cautious.

He's discovered a Jewish cafe on one corner of the commercial district that's offering free samples to passersby, and it's been ages since he's had real, hand-made vorschmack on rye. So he doesn't think twice before accepting one of the samples on offer, and there's nothing to indicate that there's anything in it other than the usual bread, fish, and other typical ingredients he'd expect. At least, not until the woman running the sample cart asks him how he likes it.

Jim fully intends on simply complimenting her on the flavor of the food, but what comes out instead is, "It's good but not as good as my Grandma Ruth used to make." He blinks in confusion. "I don't know why I just said that. I wasn't going to tell you that." And again... he says more than he intended.

"Oh dear," the woman says, looking mournfully at the sample tray. "I used the wrong seasoning again. Sorry about that." And then she whisks the tray away, vanishing into the depths of the cafe with no explanation or any indication that she plans to return.

And only now does Jim remember the warnings he was given.

"Oh shit. This is not good." He doesn't know what the hell it's done to him, aside from making him chattier than he intended to be, but he doesn't want to go home like this. Especially not when he can't be certain there won't be more coming. And there's only one person he knows he can go to for help.

Jim calls up the coordinates for Hunter's apartment, hurrying to get his ass over there, muttering to himself under his breath.

Comments

[boldygoing]

[Yay for inspiration, even if there was bad memories behind it. :) Now I have to ponder when Jim will choose to tell the whole story.]

[losthunter]

[I am glad to hear that Jim is thinking about it]

[boldygoing]

[Psychologically he really does need to talk about it with somebody so I'm excited to get him to work through it, now that I've made it so he can't really ignore it anymore. It will be a hard conversation for everyone involved.]

[losthunter]

[I am glad that he has Hunter to talk to. And as an evil mun, I do enjoy a little drama and conflict every now and then]

[boldygoing]

[Me too, hehe. Fluff is fun but we've got to have drama to spice it up.]

[losthunter]

[I would love sometime to have a scene where some of Hunter's more darker traits are played off.]

[boldygoing]

[Me too. Caught my attention when you mentioned the 'Beast' part of him. What's that about?]

[losthunter]

[Well, Hunter does have some over-protective traits that were showcased in Beastly, that I still feel he has. Especially with his friends. If he ever gets into a situation, where he has to get physical to get his point across, that is when those darker traits would be showcased. When he gets angry -- he sometimes gets caught up in those feelings]

[boldygoing]

[I haven't seen his canon so I wasn't sure if he had some other magical/supernatural thing going on there or not, especially since April's vampire nature is referred to as her Beast as well. Thanks for clarifying.]

[losthunter]

[No problems. No other magical/supernatural things going on for Hunter. Just good ol' fashioned darker emotions]

[boldygoing]

[We will have to keep an eye out for a good opportunity to make use of that then. :)]

[losthunter]

[Sounds good. Any ideas for new plots for these two?]

[boldygoing]

[We do have a few new options as of this thread, with the camping and the pirates thing, though I feel camping should wait a bit as Jim is just beginning his time teaching Tactics at the Academy about this time, and he'd rather go camping longer than just a weekend. And of course we will eventually do the Tarsus thread, once I figure out the best way to do it. It just seems a little awkward IC to set a specific date to talk about it rather than have it come up more organically.

Other than that, no specific ideas at this time. Just as a heads up, tomorrow is my regular Dungeons and Dragons night so I will be gone from early afternoon to late evening at least. So there is time to brainstorm.]

[losthunter]

[I have watched all the Pirates movies, so could do that thread at any time. I have no problems waiting for the camping thread. Or just waiting a few days to RP, since we have the Drag Night thread to distract ourselves with right now.

And good idea to let the Tarsus conversation happen organically.

I am still enjoying my holidays at moms. So plenty of time]

[boldygoing]

[I've seen the first four but not the new one. We can certainly do that one soonish. Drag Night is a good thread to do in the meantime.

Glad to hear you are enjoying your time off. :D]

[losthunter]

[It wouldn't make sense for Hunter to have the new one on DVD yet anyway. So the final installment could be a treat for another time.]

[Sounds good. Check in with you later]

[boldygoing]

[That's what I figured. :)

Sounds good to me too. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!]