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Of all the things Jim Kirk wishes he could do right now, getting good and drunk to drown his sorrows is certainly towards the top of the list. But his doctor says no, absolutely not, and never in his life has he wanted to go against doctor's orders less than he does lately.

So the captain finds himself in the Forum, unsure even what the hell to do with himself, and he gingerly eases himself down onto one of the couches, moving with the careful patience of the recently physically injured, before he notices the date on a nearby calendar.

Father's Day. Huh. How... stupidly appropriate.

"For those who've lost a parent... how the hell do you honor their memory? Even if you haven't, do you bother doing holidays like this?"

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*She takes a moment to re-familiarize herself with Jim's control setup before carefully keying in a coordinate set.*

No wait. PINpoints treat time as another variable coordinate; I'll take the sample when you can give it, go to my Facet, and when the vaccine is ready, I'll come back to just after I left.

*She pauses a moment, reflecting on the possibilities she's just opened with that statement.*

I'd advise being very careful with that option, however. You don't want to catch yourself in a Grandfather Paradox or the like.

He pauses too, letting that sink in. He's heard of time stopping back home while you're in the Nexus, but for some reason, he hadn't thought about it going the other way.

"Oh God no. My past has already been messed with enough."

Good. That and trying to weaponize PINpoint tech are the two biggest missteps I can think to warn anyone against.

*She shakes her head a little.*

You do not want to imagine the higher-dimensional splashback from a war with PINpoint deployed on two or more sides.

"You're right, I don't." Jim shakes his head a little. "I'm kind of wary of even getting any PINpoints for anyone else, once I tell some of my crew about this place. Having more in circulation means more chances of the wrong person getting their hands on one."

It's a door that can't be closed, once you open it. Be certain who you can trust with it.

*He understands already, but it can't hurt to have the idea reinforced from outside, right?*

The captain nods immediately. "Believe me, after finding out what Admiral Marcus was up to, I'm well aware of that. I don't want to know how much worse things could've been if he or Khan had had one."

I'll spare you the darker corners of my imagination, then.

*Because yes, of course she thought about weaponizing it, and thought through the possible consequences.*

Jim sort of smiles a little. "Thanks. I appreciate it."

You're welcome.

[ooc: Looks like a good place to wrap up. :) Did you want to play out Jim getting the super-vaccine from Samus? I'm not sure how long it'd take him to show symptoms or how long of a thread it would be but I'm game if you are. I love playing these two off each other. :D]

((Agreed. And I'm up for the super-vaccine if you are; Jim probably wouldn't be manifesting symptoms immediately, it's kind of like the way you get something like a cold a little while after you get a flu shot, if that makes any sense? These two are all kinds of fun together, thanks for bringing him around to bounce things off of.))

[That's what I figured, but you never know with fiction and/or scifi drugs, haha. It'd be a shame to just do a short thread... would it be a bad idea if they combined it with Jim first joining for the Nexus runs? If he's not gonna be symptomatic for a day or so, he'd have a window to do whatever physical activity he'd want to do before he gets sick.]

((That sounds good. I can set up a thread, get in touch with the player of Samus' running-friend if you're up for a three-play?))

[I am good with three-way threads! Who's the other character? Just curious if I've played with them before. :) ]

((The other character is Verity Willis by way of

brave_heart_verity, who I think has tagged into at least one of your Sages threads.))

[I'd wondered if maybe it was Verity! I've played with her before on different characters too. All good by me! Although Jim doesn't know about her living lie detector thing yet, so there's a potential he might get in trouble if classified topics come up again, heh.]

((We can roll with it if it comes up. In the meantime, on your mark, get set...))

[Sounds good to me. :) Before I tag in, do we have a posting order?]

((I'd say Samus->Verity->Jim will probably suit us, from the way the opening post is set up.))

[Works for me. :) That's what I'd figured and I didn't want to jump the queue, so to speak. I'll set up post tracking then and wait for her to tag first.]

((Indeed. Shouldn't be long.))

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