( video; un: kirk )

[winscenario]

[ The video starts with one of Jim's usual smiles. For those who recognize the location, he's sitting at his desk at the Perimeter Guard. ]

So, after some rocky couple of months, it looks like we're settling in for a quieter month. I don't know about you, but I'm definitely not complaining. Everyone should take the opportunity to relax a little and have some fun, but please be careful. Keep in mind that things can stop being peaceful and safe pretty fast.

Building on that thought, I'd like to reinforce we are always accepting new members at the Perimeter Guard. Can't have too many of us. Also, if you can pilot ships, shuttles or airplanes, I'm always looking for more members for the aerial unit, more specifically.

If anyone's curiosity is piqued, feel free to drop by and ask for Captain James T. Kirk. I'll be happy to show you around.

[ And he leans in as though he's turning off the camera...

(( BLOCKED FROM @FRANKENSTEIN ))

... but instead he just fiddles with a couple of settings before going on to add. ]

I was also wondering if anyone here could teach me how to waltz? Or any other similar dance, really. Something nice and romantic. [ A nod. ] Thanks.

[ And now he's done. ]


((ooc: WHOOPS FORGOT TO ADD. If you want your character to join the aerial unit (they can still keep other jobs or remain in other branches of the perimeter guard in case you're wondering) please JOIN HERE! Thank you! ♥))

Comments

[winscenario]

That's a trait that spreads a little all over, I think. Doesn't extend to everyone, thankfully.

[ And Jim's come to realize that it very much depends on what sort of world each person comes from, what sort of time. He muses out loud, a vague smile on his face. ]

There used to be a saying, where I'm from. 'Ignorance is bliss.' Most humans don't believe that anymore, but— well, you get the sentiment.

[breqintopieces]

It's very easy to slip into it. They say it differently, in the Radch. Everything is as Amaat wills it. Therefore, if there is injustice visited on some people-- some people who are not theirs, though they would not say it that way-- then it must be for some proper and beneficial purpose, beyond anyone's understanding.

[Her expression doesn't change, but there's a heaviness to her enunciation, like she's ready to bite the words as they come out of her mouth.]

Not all, of course. But to say the Radch is not just, or proper, or beneficial, was not taken lightly.

[winscenario]

Fate. [ Jim mutters, to himself more so than anything. ] Few people believe in destiny, where I'm from. Humans, at least. There's no... higher force writing and deciding what your future will be like. Fate is what you make of it.

[ The doors to the shuttle bay area can be seen in the distance, as they approach the perimeter guard. He studies her profile for a moment, then asks. ]

Would you say it? [ There's no Radch here, no one to come after her for whatever she might want to say. She's the only source of information he has regarding her world, though. He can't help being curious about how she perceives it. ]

[breqintopieces]

Would you be atheists, then?

[There's the ghost of a smile on her lips, that doesn't quite reach her eyes.]

I would. But I was not asked my opinion on the matter, by those citizens.

[winscenario]

Yes. The vast majority of us, anyway. Different species, and even different humans, may have different beliefs. I'm an atheist, for instance.

[ Jim musters a faint smile, looking ahead. ]

Sure. But I was the one asking, anyway.

[breqintopieces]

The differences in culture are fascinating.

[She says it genuinely, but her attention is down on the controls, as she stares down at the controls. After a few seconds of considering, she speaks up again, without looking at Jim.]

Culture is culture. And people are people. Neither is inherently bad, or good. The system that brings them to heel, though, I can't abide by it.

[winscenario]

[ Jim watches her quietly, a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips. Few things make him like people instantly, but hearing Breq say that pretty much does the trick. ]

Nor should you. [ As they approach the guard, he activates the doors leading into the shuttle bay, leaning back to let her land the shuttle on her own. ]