006 -- video; backdated to sunday

[leaps]

[ the feed opens on uhura’s hands as she picks up a piece of black paper. there’s an indistinct noise, and the feed goes shaky, right before sulu puts down the comm, balances it in front of them. ]

There. Fold it like that, with a sharp crease. Like I showed you.

[ not that sulu’s tutelage is all that effective, considering how hard he’s working to keep the situation with his hands on the downlow. ]

I tried that, and last time I ripped the paper. [It’s flat, and would almost be self-deprecating, if she weren’t so amused. For someone as detail oriented as Uhura, the idea that something that sounds as simple as origami, would be outside of her ability to comprehend is almost laughable]

Like this? [She folds one corner in, slower- to make sure the alignment is right, and runs the nail carefully along the crease]

Yes. Just like that. [ sulu taps her wrist with two fingers, in encouragement, before picking up the ripped sheet and flattening it out along the table. his eyes flick up to the camera, then back to uhura. ] We need to try for a thousand. I have enough paper for that.

[The encouragement gains him a soft smile in answer, a brief flicker of her eyes in his direction, before she makes the next fold as carefully as she can manage] Why a thousand?

Because if we manage a thousand something good will happen. [ sulu doesn’t say miracle and he doesn’t say good health or good luck but it’s what he means. he presses a palm against the ripped sheet of paper, covering it before addressing the comm. ] And if anyone else wants to learn, we’ll be happy to teach you. [ since sulu assumes uhura’s going to pick this up in a matter of hours. it’s just how starfleet kids roll. ] We’re in the common room on the sixth floor.

( ooc: the red font is nyota uhura! )

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[nonsomno]

[So this is her twin. And another, a man who doesn't look familiar-- but maybe he will. Maybe that's how this works; maybe he'll become as significant to her as he is to her twin.

She goes directly to the room-- not to learn to fold, though that might be something to pick up, but rather to talk to these two.]

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[leaps]

[ sulu's still holding the ripped bit of paper when she arrives, but he doesn't say anything. he stops fidgeting with it, goes still, looking at her and then looking at uhura, waiting for some cue as to how to react. ]

[deprecate]

[ cillian's been watching avidly. if we manage a thousand, something good will happen. he has a hundred paper cranes inked into his skin because he believes the same thing. ]

I've always been good with my hands.

[ when it comes to machinery, especially, but early in life before he'd recognized just what it was he could do, that just meant quickness of finger. ]

But I never got to learn like I wanted. Not even when I went to Japan.

[ so yeah, he might be dropping by. ]

[leaps]

[ for a moment, sulu's just quietly jealous that he can't make that statement with any sort of sincerity anymore. good with my hands, except he isn't anymore, not really. ]

My great-grandmother taught me. I never went to Japan though. Maybe I should have.

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[puppydogeyes]

Where did you get the paper?

[leaps]

I got a thousand sheets in a package in my locker last jump.

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[recalibration]

how many can i eff up before hitting 1k becomes an issue?

[ important question guys.

clint is bored out of his mind with very little going on around the ship. so. your paper folding sounds super interesting guys. ]

[leaps]

None.

[ clint pls ]

If you rip a sheet I can fold a smaller one with it.

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[stimulations]

How about if we don't need to learn how? Is it only lessons available, or can we just assist?

[leaps]

You can help. If you know how we've got plenty of paper.

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[widowing]

if this is an ongoing project, are you going to be keeping to that room?

[ easy way to track your progress. ]

[leaps]

I wasn't going to hang them in the common room. Maybe in the empty one near my own room, if no one on the floor objects.

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[transwarped]

Little...paper birds is it, then.

[So. Space madness has finally set in.]

[leaps]

Cranes.

[ hi scotty ]

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[weathering]

What kind of a good thing? Something good for all of us, for only the people who got involved? Maybe just for you? [ She doesn't sound accusatory, just curious. ] Or the kind of good thing where we just have to wait and see, hope for the best?

[leaps]

Depends on the translation, I think. Some of them just say a miracle happens, some say good health, some say good luck.

[ he twitches his shoulders in a shrug. ]

Guess we have to just fold them and see.

(voice.)

[carbonite]

As long as you're productive.

[leaps]

More productive than gambling.

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[passe]

[ Origami in space. Of course. There's something oddly nostalgic about it, and that's entirely unwelcome; still, it's enough for him to bother responding. ]

In my experience, the only thing you get is a room full of paper cranes.

[ Which is hellishly difficult to make look uncluttered. He'd done it once (or twice, or more), and the proof is in the pudding - he hadn't gotten many good things out of it. Not that he has any problem with his current life, space aside. ]

[leaps]

[ this is a ship full of debbie downers, gosh. ]

Have you done it before? Folded a thousand?

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[tumbleweeds]

Cranes, [ Jaye says happily, sitting up a little in her bed in medical. ]

Can't come help, though. Show me later?

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[leaps]

Hey.

[ and lbr, sulu's been avoiding her because she scared the fuck out of him. there's nothing to be proud of about it, it just is what it is. ]

If you want me to, I will.

[ like an apology, more or less. ]

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[thoughts]

Like this?

[ she holds up one of her drawings ( colourful, childish ) folded into a sloppy almost-crane. there was only so much she could glean from watching the video. ]

The angles were bad so I approximated.

[leaps]

[ sulu's smile is small, but it's there. that's something. ]

I can show you precision, if you want. It's almost there.

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[skindeep]

I've always loved that story.

[leaps]

My great-grandmother told me it more times than I can count. I hadn't thought of it in years before I got the paper in my locker.

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[heister]

I've heard of the myth, but never the full story of it.

who let you in here

[leaps]

It changes depending on who tells it. There's a couple different versions.

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[darkforce]

What're you doing?

[no, really. he's just staring at that paper and...looking confused.]

wails :c

[leaps]

Origami.

[ just looking back at u ]

[surrogates]

How many do you have already?

[ which is to say, shhh, a man may just be heading off to go see this in action. ]

[leaps]

Three.

[ it's a start!! ]

[adlered]

[ things an irene picks up from being an irene: how to fold paper cranes. ( she knows what the businessmen like, the businessmen give her what she likes ). ]

It's been ages since I've tried to make a single one. No time back at home.

[leaps]

Busy?

[ ironically sulu's busier here than he was at home, so. ]

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[hypospray]

Paper cranes.

[ good lord you've lost your damn mind you two. ]

[leaps]

Yes. Paper cranes.

[ don't judge his life!! ]