07 | visual | all nonbelievers stand aside in fear

[the_vishual]

[ Chase does not look comfortable. Not spooked, per se, but when the video flickers on the little girl looks tired. Less burdened and more concerned.

This is something she genuinely doesn't know the answer to. ]

Hello, everyone--I regret to be the one to point this out.

[ A beat--she's worryingly playing with the paper bow tie she's made ever since the Doctor disappeared, and with a lick of her lips she's speaking again, eyes darting down to something on her lap. ]

It's funny. This list--it's amused. Laughing at us. I don't--I don't like it. And that's not everyone on the list. It's a fraction of it.

But the laughter. It's ringing in my ears and they're so, so, giddy.

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[the_vishual]

You've overcome this?

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[the_vishual]

God.

[the_vishual]

Sir, with all due respect, my purpose is not to be a child, but to fight.

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[andblockbuster]

Okay, Chase. I'm gonna need you to take a few steps back before you make everyone start pointing fingers and breaking their brains over this more than they already are.

Why would it be a partial list?

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[siring]

And if wishes were horses-- you must know how the rest goes.

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[the_vishual]

[ Chase perks up, if only because Topher has Logic and Reason and trust on his side--and Chase just plain likes him. She answers without hesitation: ]

Because it is.

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[the_vishual]

I do not.

[swagneto]

You're a child, you shouldn't have to fight. No child does.

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[seethemoon]

How can the list laugh?

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[alwaysagit]

There has been a certain degree of exultant condescension apparent at times, yes. [Something with which he's personally familiar.]

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[20mentholkools]

That, too.

[the_vishual]

Incorrect. I was raised to be a soldier and follow the word of God, and I remain a soldier and a Follower even on this ship with giddy laughter and skeletons.

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[the_vishual]

I don't know but it does and it won't stop.

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[leaps]

Why? We're all in the dark here, it's not down to you to solve this on your own.

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[the_vishual]

How did you? Keep fighting, I mean.

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[the_vishual]

No, it's-- [ The laughter needs to stop, it's distracting her and she winces slightly, tugging at the bow tie. ]

It's not about me solving things. I don't solve anything--I just tell.

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[za_rodina]

There must always be a devil's advocate mustn't there? [A beat] Do you know how much of the list is missing?

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[the_vishual]

It's a long list, that's all I know.

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[leaps]

And you can't understand what it's saying?

[ because sulu's still playing catch-up here, learning who does what, and who is capable of what. ]

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[20mentholkools]

Nothing else but giving up or dying. And those aren't options.

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[the_vishual]

No. [ She's disappointed--she wants to teach everyone more, to let it slip but she can't. ]

I'm sorry, sir--I'm.. I'm normally really good at this.

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[za_rodina]

Hm. Would you know whether we are all on the list or is that too much to ask?

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[lieutenants]

[ a l r i g h t... ]

Did he tell you anything else?

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[leaps]

You've done more to help so far than I have.

[ the impulse is to say i'm only a cadet, you don't have to call me sir but he's a liuetenant, isn't he? strange, how easy it is to forget that. ]

You can call me Sulu, Chase. Or Hikaru.

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[goldshirt]

Somehow I'm not surprised to hear you say that.