Side Game: Dystopia
Jun. 1st, 2010 12:03 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
http://users.livejournal.com/_samalander/ posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
startrek_diaryIn the world you are entering, there is a Federation. There is an Enterprise. There is even a Captain Kirk.
But in this world, they are not as you know them.
George Lowther, 27, is the captain of the pirate ship known throughout the galaxy as the Enterprise. Of course, he's not the real George Lowther, and neither was the man before him, a fellow called Chris Pike. They're in the process of trading the identity, so Pike can retire, having made his fortune. The new Lowther, real name James T. Kirk, has hired on a crew, and they're off on their first voyage, affiliated with the Federation of Interstellar Pirates.
So. How's the crew doing? And, of course, who's fucking?
But in this world, they are not as you know them.
George Lowther, 27, is the captain of the pirate ship known throughout the galaxy as the Enterprise. Of course, he's not the real George Lowther, and neither was the man before him, a fellow called Chris Pike. They're in the process of trading the identity, so Pike can retire, having made his fortune. The new Lowther, real name James T. Kirk, has hired on a crew, and they're off on their first voyage, affiliated with the Federation of Interstellar Pirates.
So. How's the crew doing? And, of course, who's fucking?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:04 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lefler, Una
Yeah, well.
Why Pike?
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:05 pm (UTC)Recipient: Rand, Janice
Those two sentences were connected. You needed me. I needed to help. I never knew that before yesterday.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:08 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George
I didn't need you. Staying on this ship has certainly made things easier, but if I had to I could have gotten through life without your assistance.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:08 pm (UTC)Recipient: McCoy, Leonard
No interrupting unless it's an emergency.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:09 pm (UTC)Recipient: Rand, Janice
But I don't want you to have to.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:09 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George
Agreed.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:12 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George
You try to play everything off like you're just some kind of tragic screw up. You don't realize you have a heart of gold and a future waiting for you to carve it out.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:12 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George
That's a little hard to explain.
It's.. He's bold. And he doesn't give up. He stole a kiss the first time we met. He'd been captured and put in cuffs, and I punched him in the face when he did it. And he laughed. His nose was broken and all he could do was laugh. I'd never met anyone like him and I never have yet.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:15 pm (UTC)Recipient: McCoy, Leonard
CC: Chapel, Christine
Chapel, assuming you want to be with both me and McCoy, we're talking ground rulkes. Things like "No using you to fuck with each other" and "No interrupting unless it's an emergency." Got any you want to add?
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:17 pm (UTC)Recipient: Rand, Janice
No one expects anything from a tragic fuckup.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:19 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George
CC: McCoy, Leonard
Just one.
No assuming that just because I'm not with you, I'm with him. I have fun with both of you, but I do need my private time sometimes. So no fusses or jealousy just because I say I'm not in the mood.
And my safe word is "robin."
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:21 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lefler, Una
And why should I trust you? Is it true? About the kid?
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:22 pm (UTC)Recipient: McCoy, Leonard; Chapel, Christine
Fine with me. McCoy?
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:22 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George
Good thing I don't see you as a tragic fuckup then. Just an jackass.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:22 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George
Of course it's true. And I can't force you to trust me but I'm not going to lie to Chris, especially about something like that.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:23 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George; Chapel, Christine
Fine with me too.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:25 pm (UTC)Recipient: Rand, Janice
I hate people's expectations. This is what happens when people find out who I am. They want me to be him. I'm not and I never will be.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:26 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lefler, Una
Tell me. I know you chased us for a long time. When did you forgive my father? And Pike, for being there?
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:26 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George
I don't want you to be your father. But I would like to have a captain who didn't make it sound like he was just going to abandon ship the moment someone important to him died.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:27 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George; McCoy, Leonard
I suppose this means I won't be getting my threesome then. But I do look forward to having fun with the both of you.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:28 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George
Who says I ever forgave him? He killed my father. Why should I forgive him? You haven't.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:30 pm (UTC)Recipient: Rand, Janice
Fine. You and I both know I'll never be able to walk away from all this. I love this ship. I love this crew. And when Pike leaves, it'll be a hole in my heart. But maybe- just maybe - people here will help. Okay?
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:31 pm (UTC)Recipient: McCoy, Leonard; Chapel, Christine
I got no problem with a threesome. Maybe someday.
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:32 pm (UTC)Sender: Lowther, George
Recipient: Pike, Christopher
She's playing you. Run.
MESSAGE ERASED UNSENT
no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:no subject
Date: 2010-06-10 11:33 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lowther, George
As long as you promise to at least try to keep going, I will be on this ship helping you do it.
Thank you for turning around.