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Tweak says, "Gone fishin'!"

Jim Kirk (nottiberius) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2018-06-03 20:04:00

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!log/thread, jim kirk (aos), leonard mccoy (aos)

WHO: Jim Kirk and Leonard McCoy
WHEN: Sunday evening
WHERE: A roadside diner somewhere in Iowa
SUMMARY: Greasy food and 21st century annoyances
WARNINGS: None to start. Maybe some swearing?

There was nothing like taking a road trip with your best friend, Jim thought, as he emerged from the dingy bathroom in the back corner of this roadside diner he and Bones had stopped at just across the Iowa border. They were both hungry, and Jim pulled over into the parking lot of the first place he saw that wasn't fast food. "Might as well sit down and enjoy our meal," he had said as they walked in. Once seated, Jim headed off to the bathroom and now was sliding into the side of the booth opposite Bones. "Anything look good?" he asked as he picked up the laminated menu, which was a little sticky, and glanced over it. Nothing looked good, really. Yet everything looked good, at the same time.

"What do you suppose the chef special is?" he asked, poking at one of the menu items that was punctuated with an oversized exclamation point. "No, wait, I'm definitely getting the chocolate chip pancakes. Who cares if it isn't even time for breakfast, right?" Jim grinned across the table at Bones. He had a feeling he knew everything the good doctor was going to say before it opened his mouth to say any of it.

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	nottiberius 2018-06-13 12:05 am UTC (link)
	Jim nodded and sipped on the orange juice their waitress had brought for them. "Yeah, it's really weird," he agreed. "A whole other life. I don't know what to think of it. And as far as I know, this universe isn't anywhere near ready to launch Starfleet. They haven't even made first contact yet." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thatsjustypical
2018-06-14 01:27 am UTC (link)

Bones leaned back against the booth seat, hoping that he wouldn't end up sticking to it. "They've been to space, but they're still hardly much further than the Russians were in the 1960s. They haven't even been to Mars yet. I know that there are other people from the future here too, but I just can't see how it's going to be done," he said. "It's just like my luck with trying to find a tricorder."

That had been zero so far, but he still had to ask the young lady that Stark had recommended.

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	nottiberius 2018-06-21 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	Jim chuckled and shook his head. "I'm afraid we're just Earthbound then," he said. "Shouldn't be a problem for you though, Bones, huh? You hate flying anyway." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thatsjustypical
2018-06-24 02:33 am UTC (link)

"It makes me nauseated, as you know." Fortunately he hadn't thrown up on Jim or anyone else yet, but he'd come close a few times. "But it's mostly take offs and landings. Once we're up I'm alright."

The waitress brought his coffee and Bones took a sip. He liked it black - no cream or sugar. "We may not be completely Earthbound," he replied, "since some of the people here seem to have powers that go beyond that of a typical human."

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	nottiberius 2018-06-24 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	Jim laughed. Yeah, he knew all that, but it didn't mean he didn't like getting on Bones's case about it. Unlike his friend, Jim dumped two packets of sugar into his coffee, hesitated, and then added a third before stirring it. "Yeah, well, we're still just regular old humans, aren't we." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thatsjustypical
2018-06-26 01:38 am UTC (link)

"Still just regular humans," Bones confirmed. "Doing the seemingly impossible without magic powers."

At least the portal had given him some hyposprays. Those would be incredibly helpful, even if a tricorder would have been better. But, he was trying to be positive about what he did have rather than negative about what he didn't. For Bones, that was a pretty big step.

"What do you plan to do for a job here?"

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