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[there's the familiar face of Jim Kirk, and judging from his expression, you can expect this isn't going to be a fun broadcast. next to him is Tyke, who is leaning back in her seat, Jim seated in the middle and Spock standing on his right, hands at parade rest and as unflappable as ever.]

Passengers, this is Jim Kirk, if I could have your attention for a moment.

As everyone knows, we've got people lost in the ship. Petrelli has already asked everyone not to use the lifts and I'm going to repeat that caution. We believe something is malfunctioning and the lifts are sending people to the wrong floor. Judging by the faulty messages we've been getting, we can guess that it's somewhere deep in the ship. Communications is currently working on clearing that up.

Right now I need able-bodied personnel to report to the Gunnery via the stairs. We're going to be working with Security to put teams together. While we don't want anyone else getting lost, we've got people out there who weren't prepared for it. That means they need food and water and probably weapons.

[ spock doesn't step any further into the feed, but he does pull a series of data padds from seemingly nowhere. his gaze doesn't lift from the bundle as he speaks. ] The gunnery department is able to supply a number of projectile based weapons as well as several dozen phasers for those willing and capable of utilizing them. Medical is standing by to receive members of each party and equip them with first aid kits.

[ it isn't an afterthought, but there's something about the way he finally looks at the screen that still says illogical humans. ]

Despite individual concerns for the well-being of friends, family, and your fellow passengers, I do not believe it unreasonable to remind you that this is an emergency alert. Personal feelings aside, we are meant to aid others, and cannot be expected to do so if we do not also ensure our own safety.

[It's at that point that Tyke finally leans forward, but it's clear in her expression and tone that she doesn't want to be talking any more than she has to, barely covered-over frustration and agitation.]

Respond to this if you can see it and you're currently in a known location, even if you're not gonna be involved in running supplies. We need to figure some working idea of how many are lost and how many are safe.

[ooc: kirk, spock & tyke. here is a OOC post for coordination if you guys need it! if you're renting a weapon, check that post out please! also feel free to action it up in this post/talk amoungst yourselves etc]

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[she says if you never come back and Jim thinks I dare you to do better and Jim, the statistical likelihood that our plan will succeed is less than four point three percent. something in his expression sharpens, makes his eyes blue as a clear sky and forces the edge of his mouth to curl up.]

Not gonna happen.

[ They come from different universes. Kirk can afford optimism, can afford not to believe in no-win scenarios. Carolyn can't, has never been able to. The most she's been able to do is lie through her teeth, tell them "we'll get through this" when every likelihood was that they wouldn't. (And most of them hadn't. She hadn't.) ]

You'd die for them. That doesn't mean you throw your life away.

And what kind of man would I be to abandon them in the belly of the whale?

I can't leave them stranded out there. I won't.

Jonah, right?

If you were abandoning them, you wouldn't be putting together teams and supplies.

[he moves away from some of the people who have come to help, turning his back on them, because this conversation is for Carolyn]

You said yourself it could be a one-way trip. If I'm sending personnel out there, you can bet your ass I'm going to be with them.

[ She sighs, suddenly just... tired. ]

Try not to die.

I'm not going to die.

[he pauses, then suddenly gives her a sly smile.]

If I did I'd never know your answer.

You might. You need to prepare yourself for that.

[ When someone asks "would you die for them?", there's no "maybe". ]

Now if you die I'm going to assume it's because you were thinking with the wrong head.

[he laughs, and it's part bravado, but mostly Jim Kirk. this place has dragged him down, tried to crush him, but he's more resilient than that. it hasn't ruined him yet.]

I've got priorities.

[ Dry: ] Sometimes I wonder.

[ She pauses like she's going to continue, slides her thumb over the curve of the claw that makes up her knife's blade, but then simply shakes her head. ]

[he considers letting it go, for a fraction of a second]

What is it?

You might say it won't happen, but... would you die for them?

[ah.

that.

he's quiet for a moment, but when he speaks his voice is low. like this is some kind of confession.]

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one.

[ "We'll see," she thinks, but doesn't say. She just nods. ]

[there's nothing to say, he thinks, so he just nods and ends the feed to continue working]

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