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Pavel Chekov (candothat) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-10-18 19:26:00

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:smith, data, deanna troi, euphemia li britannia, kitty pryde (aoa), korra, pavel chekov (au), sarah williams, spencer reid

Day 293 - Video / Action
[VIDEO]
[It's well into evening by the time Chekov, confident that he has a solid understanding of this new prison, makes use of the communication device that he was issued upon arrival. The nineteen year-old bears a striking resemblance to a current inmate. His posture is significantly better, he looks far healthier, and he has a ridiculous accent, but there may still be confusion.]

This is Lieutenant Pavel Andreievich Chekov of the starship Enterprise. I would ask anyone who is affiliated with Starfleet to respond to this message, please.

[Not the most subtle of hails, but he doesn't want to risk missing fellow officers by taking a stealthier approach. Why put effort into being subtle, anyway? Isolated prison universes are very different from, say, alien planets; Starfleet's rules regarding contact with new lifeforms hardly apply.

Business out of the way, the Russian abandons the careful diction and formal tone for something warmer and more personable.]

Is there anyone who is interested in speaking with me? I find foreign universes very lonely and boring when everyone is still a stranger.

[ACTION]
[Chekov spends the day investigating sectors one, two, and three, taking a special interest in the maintenance bots that are busy cleaning up after the storm. The food carts in sector one also capture his attention. As soon as he decides that it would be ridiculous for those in charge to poison those they wish to rehabilitate, he becomes intent on tasting everything that is both edible and unfamiliar. When imprisoned, it's always wise to take advantage of any hospitality offered.

He keeps the headset off as often as possible. It's an annoying contraption--not nearly as sleek and unobtrusive as devices at home with similar functions. Should anyone address him in a language that he doesn't understand, however, he's perfectly willing to put it back on, as is polite.]

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	labyrinthrunner 2014-10-27 12:22 am UTC (link)
	[Sarah looks at him like he's crazy.] You mean like aliens? No. They're magic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2014-10-28 12:56 am UTC (link)
	[He is the one who's crazy?] You say that as if magic is more reasonable than aliens. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-10-29 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	That's because it is. Aliens don't exist. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

candothat
2014-10-31 01:55 am UTC (link)

When I am from, hundreds of races have made contact with Earth.

Even if the population of your universe is very different from mine, the odds that there is an intelligent civilization capable of interstellar contact within your galaxy are high. The most conservative values that can be assigned to variables in the Drake Equation nearly guarantee that any galaxy that approximates the size of the Milky Way is home to more than one race, and there are billions and billions of galaxies! Do you understand how unlikely it is that there are no aliens?

I do not disbelieve that something unexplainable by science and therefore attributable to magic exists, however. I only mean to say that aliens are not unlikely.

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	labyrinthrunner 2014-11-02 03:57 am UTC (link)
	[Sarah stares openmouthed for a moment. Congratulations Chekov, you've struck her dumb. When she finally does speak again...] I think I can tell my stepmom that there's someone who babbles more than I do... What's the Drake Equation? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2014-11-03 02:46 am UTC (link)
	I was not babbling. I was informing. [He doesn't seem that offended, however.] The Drake Equation is a simple calculation used to determine the number of intelligent, communicative civilizations that are in the galaxy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-11-03 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Okay. ... You were informing with a lot more words than most people use to inform people anything. [She frowns.] We haven't learned about that in school. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2014-11-05 03:54 am UTC (link)
	In my experience, most people do not inform thoroughly enough. I assumed as much when you denied the existence of aliens. The equation may not exist when and where you are from, either, so you might not learn it at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-11-07 01:30 am UTC (link)
	... Oh. I... [Really Chekov. She's speechless. She's actually eyeing him with that dear in a headlights look that he wouldn't know about because there likely aren't deer in space.] I should go. I have class in a few minutes... and Uh... it was nice to meet you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2014-11-08 05:58 am UTC (link)
	[Was it something he said?] Ah--yes, of course. It was a pleasure to talk to you, miss. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-11-09 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	[Sarah gives him an unsure smile before walked away with a confused look on her face.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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