voice;

[lieutenants]

[ Well hello, network. Here, have the dulcet tones of a woman who is both livid and mildly terrified at the idea of being taken away from her newly assigned starship and crew, as well as being stripped of her hard-earned Starfleet uniform and forced to wear a jumpsuit that might possibly be worse than the ones used for the Kobayashi Maru test. After her arrival, Uhura basically just showered, got dressed, and pretended not to be sick until she found her room and composed herself enough to record this message. It's the first time she's spoken since she got dumped onto the floor in a pile of goo. ]

This is Lt. Uhura of the USS Enterprise, and I would like to formally request a direct conversation with whomever is in charge of this operation. I would at the very least like to be given a reasonable explanation for this kidnapping, as well as the whereabouts and status of my fellow crew members, and-- and my uniform, I would like my uniform back now, please.

[ DAMMIT. ]

Thank you.

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voice;

[leaps]

[ oh good someone else he knows who's just as disgruntled as he is. ]

This is Lieutenant Sulu. I'm taking a lift up.

voice;

[lieutenants]

Good to hear from you, lieutenant.

[ really, god. she's more attached to her crew members than she even realized just a few hours before; hearing voices she recognizes is making her feel much, much better about this. ]

voice;

[leaps]

You alright?

[ sulu knows that feel, uhura. ]

voice;

[lieutenants]

Better than I was when I believe we had been taken hostage by a foreign vessel, yes. [ there's even a small laugh hidden in that breath she takes between sentences. ] The situation isn't ideal, but we will overcome it, I'm sure.

How are you?

voice;

[leaps]

Better, now that I've had a shower.

[ and that he knows he hasn't been kidnapped by romulans. ]

You've spoken to the Captain, and Spock?

[lieutenants]

I have, yes. Dr. McCoy, as well.

I'm curious what they have to tell us about this ship. Actually, I'm pretty curious about anything they have to say about their time here. It's just really weird to think that after all that time we spent training to end up on a starship, we end up... here.

[leaps]

It seems like not a lot of people know what's happening on this ship.

Kirk might, but we didn't talk about it. Not yet.