[voice;; monday afternoon]

[barelydead]

Hi. [ _{he's not sure what to say, so he goes with regulation; he clears his throat, his tone going official.} ]

My name is James T. Kirk, and I'm Captain of the Federation starship USS Enterprise, [ _{he falters:} ] not that that... really matters here, I guess. [ _{a half-hearted attempt to return to sounding official:} ] I got here- "woke up" --roughly two nights ago, and, [ _{and it falls apart.} ] I've gotta say, for a city in the middle of what was reportedly a bountiful forest, I'm feeling underwhelmed by the cuisine here. Is there any place around here to get something good? I'll eat just about anything, I just [ _{he laughs quietly.} ] ...can't cook. I can hunt if I have to, but I'd rather go with someone until I learn the basic lay of the land.

Mm, and while I'm here, I need to get a job or something or I'm going to go insane, so if anyone needs a fully-trained starship captain...? I'm your man.

Thanks. [ _{awkwardly, because he's not sure how to end this transmission:} ] Kirk out.

Comments

[barelydead]

Yes ma'am.

[ _{he listens to her carefully, still smiling wide.} ]

No offense but the whole thing still looks pretty apocalyptic, considering what I came from. [ _{a beat.} ] What do you mean, time shift? How severe were the changes? [ _{because THIS is something he knows a few things about, alternate timelines and changed events.} ] Were they palpable?

[anomaliiiiies]

It's gotten better. [Jane notices the change in tone, and leans forward, her eyes lighting in excitement]

Well, there was, I think, a few streams of time. We were all tossed into a particular one. I went back in time before the Domes were complete, and things weren't at war. They had regular travel to Antiqua, even. I haven't gotten all the data yet, and I really should, now that things have gotten back to a state of normalcy. Anyways, yes, the changes were palpable. I've been here before, but went back into the pods and yet still remembered being here when I came back out. So, to have things be more comfortable and with better access to essentials and not being thought as being worthy of being kidnapped or shot, I would say yes, there was some changes. I'll have to chase down the info.

[barelydead]

There are always multiple streams of time.

[ _{he furrows his brow, thinking.} ]

Multiple univereses. Infinite universes, actually, but that's not important and it's mostly a theory still. Mostly. Can you move freely between the time streams here?

[anomaliiiiies]

Of course. Time isn't one river, it's many. I'm well aware of that. You've had experience with the rivers crossing before I presume?

[barelydead]

Yeah, unfortunately. I'm kind of living proof that time isn't linear.

[ _{an uneasy little smile.} ]

I've met someone who knows me in another life.

[anomaliiiiies]

[pardon her jaw drop and then her eyes light up]

So it is possible! It's all theoretical back home, but well, now I know that the theory is sound and proven. If you don't mind, maybe sometime we can meet and you can tell me about it?

[barelydead]

Sure, yeah. Sounds great. It gets a little complicated in the middle but it's definitely easy to understand.