VIDEO ★ 001

[cortexual]

[ Cue up one particularly irate face. He's trying his hardest to act calm, to not to let the vein by his temple throb with his obvious distaste. It's an obvious struggle between professionalism and an outright rant, one that'll spread and engulf all in its wake like a broken levy. If it breaks. Probably not a good idea to find out.

Or do. Whichever. ]

To anyone who reads this transmission, this is Starfleet officer Leonard McCoy speakin'. Anyone affiliated with Starfleet or the Federated Planets, please respond immediately. [ And he does mean immediately, because to hell with this standing out in the open shit! He's just asking to be kidnapped by unfriendly natives. ] Or, Hell, I'd take a damn Nibiran at this point...

[ With a grim huff, he looks askance for a moment before his attention rests back on the screen. The likelihood another officer is going to hear his transmission seems moot, so he tries for a Plan B as well. ]

I'll also take a point in the direction of whatever passes for a foreign embassy or emergency care facility around here...

McCoy out.

Comments

[cortexual]

[ Uhh, yeah, he's just going to stare at you for awhile, because Winona Kirk is the last thing he expects to see here. But the way he says his son's name is odd, like it doesn't mean what it should. Weird. ]

Yes, ma'am, I do. Apparently, he's not here anymore...?

[cursebreaking]

He's come and gone a couple of times. Nice guy.

[As guys go, anyway. She meets plenty who are a hell of a lot less tolerable.]

I have something on my face?

[cortexual]

[ A couple of times? What in the hell does that mean? Does he just come here for sabbatical or something?! Christ... ]

Oh--No, of course not. You look lovely, as I'm sure you always do. Didn't catch yer name, though, Miss...?

[cursebreaking]

[She squints one eye at him. Awkward fumble of a compliment, if it even counted as one.]

Thanks?

[Right. Name.]

Swan. Emma Swan.

[cortexual]

[ Wow, you are throwing him off his game here, Miss I-Am-Not-Kirk's-Mom! Give him a sec, he'll get it. ]

Ah, my mistake then. You look like someone I know...

[ Knew? Never exactly met, but someone everyone just has knowledge of where he's from? Yeah, that all sounds stupid to lay on a stranger, so he just keeps it to himself. ]

[cursebreaking]

[Take your time, pal. Kirk went through it, too.]

I get that a lot. [She smiles wryly.] Well, not a lot, but-- from your friend.

It's not all that uncommon to run across strong resemblances around here.