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Jean-Luc Picard (tea_earlgreyhot) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-10-01 08:20:00

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data, geordi la forge, helen magnus, jean-luc picard, malcolm reynolds, number one, seven of nine, tieria erde

[ day 239 ] action / voice :: open
[ In the dome in the morning ]

[ Jean-Luc, normally a very vibrant individual, normally a man with a mission and a purpose, no matter what that purpose might be, is standing very still in the middle of the dome. He’s in sector zero. Near the kiosk. Studying it with intense scrutiny, too still for any normal human being. ]

[ private to Helen ]

Doctor Magnus, I’m afraid I find it necessary to postpone tea. Perhaps we can meet tomorrow?

[ private to Trek crew ]

Is anyone…? [ There’s a moment of hesitation here, abnormal for this Captain on a normal day. He clears his throat and seems to come into himself, more stern and self-assured. ] Report.

ooc: Part 2 of the Locutus plot. The Trek muns know that Locutus is peeking into Picard’s consciousness. But anyone else who runs into him, he won’t be acting quite like himself!

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2013-10-13 02:36 pm UTC (link)

[ she's watching him closely enough that she sees the shift. this isn't like john, who had only one personality. the darkness in john was always there, something he didn't shift into as much as it simply was him. with jean-luc, she saw the change, the point in time where he became detached, something entirely different from the man she had come to care for. she'd noticed little changes, little blips where he'd gone back and forth. john had never gone back. the darkness or whatever it was had simply taken over, changed him and never reverted.

perhaps there's hope yet for jean-luc and as long as that hope exists, helen refuses to give up. she isn't yet willing to let him go if there's still a chance she can save him.

those thoughts are what distract her enough to delay her reaction to his movements. a part of her is surprised enough to allow him to wrap his hand around her throat and push her back against the wall before the rest of her kicks in. this is just like when john threatens her.

self-preservation.

survival.

jean-luc will understand.

her expression is defiant as she looks in straight in the eye. for a moment, her eyes show something entirely different, as though she's pleading for him to understand what she's about to do, what she has to do. ] Jean-Luc... I am so sorry. [ she manages to choke that out softly before gritting her teeth and reacting to that tug of survival, of fear turned into adrenaline and a will to live. she pulls one arm up and back, aiming to slam it into the curve of his elbow to weaken the strength of his arm. the other snaps forward afterwards to grip his shoulder so she can use it to brace herself to aim a kick to his stomach. if that doesn't startle him into loosening his grip, she'll work on something else, but she desperately hopes it does. she doesn't want to hurt him any more than she knows he does her, but she will if she has to. ]

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2013-10-13 06:18 pm UTC (link)

[ Jean-Luc's consciousness is indeed still in there, fighting to get out through the foreign technology inside of him that alters who he is, through his assimilation. At the moment though, Jean-Luc is losing the battle.

His hand squeezes even tighter, almost bruisingly so as Locutus searches for a way, the means, to assimilate this human. That part of Borg tech was successfully removed from Jean-Luc some time ago though. It doesn't stop his other hand from roving her body in a way that would be inappropriate were he in control of his own faculties, were he Jean-Luc instead of Locutus.

He's just beginning to realize that he's malfunctioning in some way, that he's broken, when Helen counters his attack. He steps back and doubles over, brow furrowed and not understanding why he isn't functioning properly. He slowly looks back up to Helen, void of anything Jean-Luc aside from his physical attributes. ]

I am... incomplete. [ And with that, Locutus walks out of the clinic in search of a regeneration module that will repair what is broken. ]

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2013-10-13 06:31 pm UTC (link)

[ were jean-luc in control rather than locutus, helen wouldn't mind that roaming hand. in fact, she wouldn't mind a whole host of things regarding him were he in his right mind. but he isn't and she wishes she didn't have to be harsh with him. she's only glad she manages to force him to release her or things would have gotten much worse.

when he pulls back, she settles into a fighting stance, ready to defend herself if necessary, but he doesn't continue. she hesitates as he turns, trying to decide if it would be prudent to follow him or not, but in the end decides not to. instead, she will seek out the only other person she knows of who knows anything about what is happening to him.

her eyes follow jean-luc out of the clinic, watching him until he's long gone, the fear for his life, for the captain she has come to care very deeply for, clear in her eyes. ]

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