warpfairy: (o ~ quandary)
Isabella T'Mir Ֆ "T'Mir" ([personal profile] warpfairy) wrote2013-06-05 10:49 pm

life's blood

They're not near Cardassian Union space.

But then, they're not near Federation space either. This ship has as much right to be in this system as they do.

It makes Isabella nervous, anyway, and she's just about to suggest leaving and coming back another time, when the Prometheus is hailed.

They're armed. She can't warp inside a solar system.

She answers the hail.

"Hello, Federation vessel," says one of the three visible Cardassians in bad but intelligible English. "What're you doing out here alone?"

Isabella swallows. "This is the deep space survey vessel Prometheus," she begins.

The computer lets her know that they're charging weapons.

"We have no hostile intention," she says.
dream_me_up: (⑦ love and war)

[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
His unusual-for-humans brain tells him that that would be a bad idea, not that he really needs augmented cognition to deliver that fairly obvious warning.

Anyway, for now, if Kelvok is going to be sweet then Lalita is going to be sweet right back. And Lalita has a lot of sweetness to offer.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-06 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Sweetness all around, then.

This continues in shifts - visits from Kelvok, departures thereby.

The room next door is silent. If Isabella is even sleeping, then the walls are too thick to convey the talking in her sleep that she always does. If she's there.
dream_me_up: (⑩ more than a man)

[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Lalita does not like the sound of that. Or lack thereof.

It's probably still better to cooperate, but... probably.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-06 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Kelvok makes no remarks about Isabella at all.
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[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Given that they don't share a language, that's not a surprise.

There is an amazing amount of communication that can take place without a common language, but most of it is about things less abstract than 'what is your friend doing to my friend where I can't see them?'.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-06 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. Kelvok is not even slightly trying to communicate on that subject.
dream_me_up: (⑨ listener)

[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't blame him, really.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-06 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Lalita is very distracting.
dream_me_up: (③ or else it doesn't)

[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It is one of many skills on which he prides himself!
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-06 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Time wears on.

One day there are noises from the adjacent room.

They aren't... really... Isabella noises.
dream_me_up: (⑭ so damn permanent)

[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Kelvok is present at this time.

Lalita gives the wall a suspicious look and pushes him away.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-06 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Kelvok looks at the wall, and at Lalita, and frowns at the wall again, and pounds on it a few times. "Hey!"

The noises fall silent.

Kelvok reaches for Lalita again.
dream_me_up: (⑦ love and war)

[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Lalita hesitates, then draws back, shaking his head. Clearly this is not a sufficient reassurance.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-06 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Brol, you idiot, he heard you!" Kelvok snarls through the wall.

"She's quiet as can be! Get Janor to tell him the difference!" comes Brol's muffled voice. "What's he gonna do, frown at you?"
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[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Lalita does, in fact, frown.

He also gets up and goes to the door.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-06 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lalita," says Kelvok. "Lalita." He doesn't say anything else, he wouldn't expect Lalita to understand him.
dream_me_up: (⑧ it's a better day)

[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
He shakes his head. He points at the door.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-06 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Brol," howls Kelvok through the window. "Get me Janor -"

"I'm busy," laughs Brol.

Kelvok looks like he's developing a headache.
dream_me_up: (⑦ love and war)

[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
All right, fine. Pretending is getting him nowhere.

Lalita opens the door and takes the few steps down the corridor to the room where they are keeping Isabella.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-06 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
The door to that room is closed.

Kelvok follows him, grabs his shoulder. "Lalita."
Edited 2013-06-06 19:39 (UTC)
dream_me_up: (⑮ statuesque)

[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Lalita shrugs him off and opens this door, too.
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[personal profile] alicornucopia 2013-06-06 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
When he starts picking the lock, Kelvok grabs both his shoulders and hauls on him.
dream_me_up: (⑭ so damn permanent)

[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
He declines to be hauled.

The door opens.
Edited 2013-06-06 19:45 (UTC)
dream_me_up: (⑦ love and war)

[personal profile] dream_me_up 2013-06-06 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Looking at Lalita, 'brawny' would never be the first word that came to mind. He's tall but not broad; he has the physique of a dancer, not a weightlifter. This is particularly obvious at the moment because neither he nor Kelvok is wearing anything either.

Appearances can be deceiving.

He wraps one hand around Brol's throat, picks him up off the floor, and throws him bodily out of the room.

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