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Tweak says, "Im not wearing underwear today"

Pavel Chekov (candothat) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-12-05 21:11:00

Entry tags:

aidan reilly, jack harkness, jim kirk, john constatine, kitty pryde (aoa), pavel chekov (au)

Day 405 [closed action | open action]
[action | closed to Kitty]

[As it happens, waking up three years older than you were when you went to sleep is mildly disorienting. Waking up in bed next to someone who wasn't present in any of those three years compounds the effect. Chekov--newly twenty-four and, as far as he can remember, fresh from yet another near-death experience--sits up with a start. This is definitely not his room at Yorktown Starbase. This is...

MarinaNova. He's in bed with Kitty. He has been here for one-hundred twelve days.

Chekov lowers his head to his hands and groans. There are two different yesterdays in his mind, both equally vivid and real, and it's way too early to deal with that.]

[action | open]

[Chekov, three years older than he was yesterday and considerably more dazed than usual, does a circuit of the dome. Everything has a not-quite-rightness to it that he can't put his finger on and he feels oddly out of place. He isn't, of course. He was here yesterday, and he remembers that yesterday like it was... yesterday, which it was. But he also remembers a yesterday where he was a universe away and waiting for the Enterprise to be rebuilt. In that universe, he was on year three of a five-year mission.

He's looking for Kirk, specifically. It would be easiest to call him up, but Chekov would much rather talk in person.]

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	redclayheroics 2016-12-08 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	[ Oh buddy. ] You, uhm... you okay? You look a little rough. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2016-12-09 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	It was a stressful three years. [Aidan was talking about his physical appearance, right? Because Chekov has noticed this receding hairline thing that's going on and that's definitely rough.] No, yes, I'm fine. Confused, a little. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2016-12-11 05:56 am UTC (link)
	[ Well, that's a really weird thing to say unless you've done the timeline weirdness memory thing, in which case it's basically confirmation to what he already suspected. ] Yeah, that happens when they bump you up. You throw up yet? I always throw up. [ Which seems unfair. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2016-12-11 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	[He's so grateful that Aidan Gets It.] No, none of that. I'm very lucky. [He means that, he is. Still not fond of the disorientation and not-quite-a-headache, though.] How many times have you done this? Two? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2016-12-12 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	Two... three? I can't remember. It messes you up every time though. 'm four years older than I was when I first got here, but that was only nine months ago or somethin' like that. [ The Worst. ] You wanna go get a drink? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2016-12-13 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	Nonlinear time is difficult, Aidan. [Chekov likes it in theory, just not applied to his personal timeline.] My physical body is going to be nearly five years younger than my mind. We will both feel the wrong age. I would, yes. [Commiserate with him more. If Aidan gets lucky, he might get to hear about ill-timed confessions of love, too!] What kind of drink? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2016-12-16 12:32 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, tell me about it. [ He went through that not too long ago. Pleasure prison was as weird as it was pleasurable. ] Vodka? You look like you could use some vodka. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2016-12-16 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	[Oh, right. Aidan was a lot less beardy then, wasn't he?] I could. Or maybe I couldn't. [Someone just make decisions for him, he doesn't know.] Did you drink after you did this? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2016-12-17 05:15 am UTC (link)
	[ Less hairy in general. ] Uhm... first time, yeah. After that, I couldn't. I uh... I had a drinking problem, back home. I shouldn't really do it at all anymore, to be honest. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2016-12-17 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, then no vodka. [He has some understanding of alcoholism. That makes that decision much simpler!] Coffee? A better alternative, probably, since I'm confused already. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2016-12-18 04:44 am UTC (link)
	's fine if you want to drink, I can just keep you company. [ It's not a big deal, really. Alcohol wasn't so much a need as a bad coping mechanisms and he's got a few other ways to deal with shit now, so there's not much danger, really. ] Coffee's good too. If you're still feelin' weird an' all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2016-12-18 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	Please keep me company while I drink coffee. [It does seem like a wiser choice, even if just for him.] I would like a distraction from the things in my head. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2016-12-20 12:18 pm UTC (link)
	Alright. [ To the coffee shop, then. ] Was it really bad back home? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-01-07 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	Bad? Eh... most if it was good, but the parts that were bad were very bad. [He doesn't know whether or not to elaborate. It's his problem, not Aidan's.] I survived, as you can see. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2017-01-08 04:59 am UTC (link)
	Survivin' ain't everythin', y'know. [ Also surviving long enough to get here isn't the same as being out of danger. ] What happened? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

candothat
2017-01-14 10:27 pm UTC (link)

Not everything, no, but a good place to start.

The Enterprise--my ship--was destroyed. [A lot of things happened in three years, but that's the huge and recent thing.] The majority of the surviving crew was captured. The captain and the others were able to rescue most of them and the starbase that Krall wanted to destroy was saved, so everything ended well. [Decent ending or no, though, Chekov is not entirely okay.]

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	redclayheroics 2017-01-15 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Shit. [ That's a lot. Never mind an okay ending, that's a lot. ] 'm so sorry. That sucks. [ And regardless of what they're doing, this is hug time. C'mere. Hugs. Bear hugs. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-01-15 04:14 pm UTC (link)
	[It does suck and this is the first time since it happened that Chekov is willing to really acknowledge and feel that. He hugs Aidan back tightly, just for a moment.] Thank you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2017-01-16 04:11 am UTC (link)
	Of course. [ He gives one final rib-bending squeeze before letting go. ] We gotta look after each other around here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-01-16 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	We do... we're all that we have, and I mean that in a somewhat literal sense. [Y'know, since their bodies are in pods and all. He gives Aidan a small, sincere smile.] You're a good friend, and I'm sorry that I have not been one back. How are you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2017-01-18 10:07 am UTC (link)
	Who said that you haven't been a good friend? [ Excuse you. ] 'm fine. Not a whole lot goin' on, lately. I've been practicin' baseball and gardenin' and that's about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-01-18 03:08 pm UTC (link)
	I did, and as my friend, you have an obligation to believe me. [That is how friends work, correct?] Ah, good. Uneventful is better than many of the alternatives. [He tilts his head.] Does it bore you ever? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2017-01-18 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	Not havin' nothin' to do? Yeah, of course. Just bein' stuck in th' same place for nine months 's kinda... y'know. 's makin' me itchy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-01-18 03:36 pm UTC (link)
	[A nod.] That's a good way to describe it--"itchy." I like it now after too much eventfulness, but it will start to feel small again soon. I wonder if the wardens have mechanics in place to ensure that we don't lose our minds. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2017-01-18 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	Dunno 'bout that... half th' time it seems like they're tryin' to drive us crazy. Maybe they just don't know how to handle it, yknow? Since they're not human. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)