InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Green Team!"

A tall ship and a star to steer her by (starwreck) wrote in valarlogs,
@ 2012-06-11 15:42:00

Entry tags:

!complete, !linked, fleur delacour, james kirk

Who: Jim Kirk and Fleur
What: Randomly being drawn
Where: Somewhere in Irvine?
When: Today
Status: Complete!
Rating: PG13

For whatever reason, Jim had woken that morning feeling drawn to the Irvine area. Not one to question random urges, he'd gotten into his car and started cruising through town. Part of him wanted to question it. Was it mind control? An alien? It could be aliens, that wasn't above the realm of possibilities.

He felt a sudden urge and pulled over, looking around.

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

starwreck
2012-06-13 03:37 am UTC (link)

Jim pondered for a moment, trying to find the best way to describe his occupations. Captain of the USS Enterprise was certainly out.

"Self-defense courses, and I take people to rough it in the woods and teach them how not to die." He grinned, "Like Survivorman or Dual Survival." He didn't like Bear Grylls, sorry, "You?"

"Hmm..Had a fun one to Las Vegas last month. One to Florida. There was this one time in Wisconsin but I like to forget about that one."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fleurdesetoiles
2012-06-13 01:56 pm UTC (link)

"The woods?" Fleur looked at him kind of intrigued not to say it was something she wanted to do, no, camping was a word she had only heard other people talk about. She was just fine with staying on the beach or in civilization though she suppose it would be a good thing to know. "Like who?" She really did have no idea who he was talking about.

"Me?" Fleur made a face instinctively. It wasn't that she hated what she did, she didn't, but it was getting old for someone who liked adventure. It had been fun at first, when she was winning competitions and traveling, now it was routine and boring again she wanted something else. "I dance, all the time. I get up in the morning and go to the studio, then I sit a few classes at University which are mostly still dance because that is my major, then I go back to the studio and dance more." She waved it off with her hand. "Yours is more interesting." Unless you were entertained with watching fights over tutus and dealing with sometimes grabby partners.

"Seems like you travel quite a bit..." She was tempted to ask him about Wisconsin but for once she held her questions. "If you want interesting try Russia," Fleur had to laugh slightly at the memory of her time there. "Though it is slightly amazing the Russian ballerinas can have a bottle of vodka and still pirouette nicely without falling over," most of the time that is.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

starwreck
2012-06-13 10:40 pm UTC (link)

"Woods, high desert, mountains." Jim nodded his head as he mentally checked them off, "I wouldn't take a complete novice into the high desert, but the woods or mountains I've done."

Smiling, he replied, "I've taken soccer moms, a group of cheerleaders, girl scouts, boy scouts, businessmen....I always have a back up in case they can't make it, but I like to make them rough it. No tents. Teaching how to build a basic shelter, that sort of thing."

He tilted his head at dance. She didn't look like any stripper he'd ever meant, but..ah, that explained it, "I'd believe it, about the Russians."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fleurdesetoiles
2012-06-14 01:37 am UTC (link)

Fleur shot him a skeptical look, yeah, her and the outdoors were not always a good combination. It made her appreciate what he did more though because she knew it wasn't something she could do. "If I did not know better, I would say you are crazy but I am sure you know what you are doing."

"That sounds almost cruel," useful but cruel. Fleur couldn't understand anyone doing that willingly but there were plenty of people into the camping and roughing it scene. "How many of them actually make it?" That was what she was curious to here.

Fleur had to laugh when she seen him give her the same look people always did when she said she was a dancer. They always thought stripper. "I always forget I should tell people I am a football player," and by football she meant soccer, "Then I would not get that look. Not sure they would believe me, I am not football type."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

starwreck
2012-06-14 01:43 am UTC (link)

He could tell already. But there was no judgement there. Not everyone could handle roughing it in the out doors. A lot of people couldn't handle it even with tents, mattresses and sleeping bags.

"Not cruel. They do pay for the privilage." Jim winked at her, and took a taste of his ice cream. That hit the spot, "I'd say about half make it three days."

The man looked her over, "I don't see you being much into football. You could mention you're into ballet, people would understand that. Not that you look like a stripper."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fleurdesetoiles
2012-06-14 02:21 am UTC (link)

"I cannot imagine why they would do that," okay maybe she could but it was still a foreign concept in her mind. It wasn't something she would sign up for but it did sound like something her father would sign her up for. She wasn't going to give him any ideas. "I say that is still a good number, you must be good at what you do."

"You mean and miss all the awkward stares?" She gave him a look of her own that was half amusement half annoyance. "Then what would I use as a conversation starter? And you are right, I am too pretty to be a football player or a stripper and I am in a lot better shape too..." Fleur was going to leave the joke at that. Instead she tried a bit of her ice cream. There were many more awkward but true things she could add to that statement.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

starwreck
2012-06-14 02:33 am UTC (link)

"Lets say something happens and civilization falls. How many people would actually make it a week without the comforts of home?"

Jim smiled at her, "Thank you. I get an uptick whenever a new show comes on tv about it. The avid watchers actually do seem to pick up enough tips to last longer."

He held up a hand, and defended the exotic dancer profession, "I've met many a pretty stripper. I meant more your body type and refinement. You're...elegant."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fleurdesetoiles
2012-06-14 03:59 pm UTC (link)

"Probably not many," she had to admit that much. "Then it is a good thing I met you, n'est-ce pas?" Fleur gave him a smile. "Surely you would at least see to it I made it two weeks," she told him with a laugh.

Fleur gave him a shy smile. "Thank you, I think?" Not everyone preferred her type but that was okay. "Okay, enough about dancing though because honestly, I have had enough of it for a lifetime." Yet she always went back to it. "When is your next one of these trips?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

starwreck
2012-06-14 09:06 pm UTC (link)

Jim laughed. His expression was easy-going, "I'd make sure you'd last three, or even four. Though it's a matter of stamina and willpower at that point."

He shook his head, "I don't have one scheduled for a week or two, though I could always move one up if you're interested."

Or quite possibly insane. That was always an option when dealing with just about anything Jim Kirk was involved in. He did, after all, intend to go up into space in an experimental space ship, and that took guts, courage, and an unusual mind.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fleurdesetoiles 2012-06-15 01:39 am UTC (link)
	"Alright, deal." Fleur told him in her accented English. "After week four I am on my own." She was a lot stronger than she appeared so she was pretty sure, with a bit of help, she could manage it. Fleur thought about it a moment, "Maybe I would." It sure beat having to be stuck inside for a weekend practicing. "It would be nice to be outside for once." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	starwreck 2012-06-15 01:51 am UTC (link)
	Jim had finished the last of his ice cream, and even the cone. He wiped his mouth with a napkin, and tossed that in a trash can. He turned, walking backwards as he talked. As if there was nothing behind him and he was willing to handle the risk. "It'll be an open invitation," Jim replied, flashing a broad smile. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fleurdesetoiles 2012-06-15 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	"I will keep that in mind," Fleur told him lightly knowing that she might just take him up on that offer. It wasn't like it wasn't good to know and she had said she wanted to different things. It would be another conversation for for another day. She was starting to think this, whatever it was, wasn't going to be all that bad. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	starwreck 2012-06-15 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	Jim was attached to an attractive, fun woman, who didn't seem to be a bitch. It could have been a lot worse. (fin?) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fleurdesetoiles 2012-06-16 01:49 pm UTC (link)
	(fin) (Reply to this) (Parent)

(Read comments) -