#Jaylah does it all

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So I just saw a post saying that Wrecker listens to metal but doesn't know what it is (think Star Trek Jaylah's "I like the beats and shouting!"), meanwhile Hunter listens to metal but DOES know what it is. And I, a heavy music enthusiast, just HAD to expand on this

Wrecker listens to thrash metal, it's big and loud and sounds like explosions. He also likes Viking metal and folk metal (I can imagine him loudly chanting along to "DIGGY DIGGY HOLE! DIGGY DIGGY HOLE! I AM A DWARF AND IM DIGGING A HOLE!" with Omega giggling on his shoulders). But he doesn't only like metal, it's just one of many things he finds fun and exciting

Hunter, on the other hand, is into alt rock and a bit of metalcore and deathcore. He has a deep understanding of harsh vocals and can probably do some of it himself (he would be FASCINATED by the types of screams that impersonate animals, like pigsqueals and growls), he has a lot of strong opinions but prefers to just go to the woods and scream than to participate in fanbase discourse

Tech is a math rock and prog metal nerd. He would listen to jazz, but he got kicked out of all the local jazz bars for commentating the music too loudly ("Interesting polyrhythm, though I don't believe it adds to the composition so much as subtract from the previous syncopation- Ah! Genius use of the chromatic scale! In fact-" *gets decked*)

Crosshair is a post-punk gatekeeper and hates people who wear joy division shirts without knowing the band. He (obviously) had an emo phase in his teens and instead of growing out of it he just moved on to gothic rock. He sticks to his subculture and, like him, feels it is deeply misunderstood

Echo is into 80s pop and rock because its REAL music that makes you MOVE and BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER, he says as he turns everyone else's competing radios down. But secretly, just maybe his preference is partially because it reminds him of belting out classics with domino squad when they had access to radio for the first time on rishi...

Omega, of course, loves all of it. Oh, but she's also a K-pop stan. Also, Hunter managed to get her into Babymetal some time ago and is starting to regret it because she is certified OBSESSED

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Rewatching star trek beyond so liveblogging it

God this film feels like coming home. Let me be a pharmacy assistant on the Enterprise please my life would be fixed

So does Bones just steal from people's lockers? Also they have lockers?

Oh LoRDy

I wish I could’ve been into star trek when this came out

Someone medicate Bones, man's so stressed out honestly

This film really makes me want star trek 4, make it a motion picture, getting the band back together thing

Love the way we see yorktown as massive and impressive then zoom in on the spaceport to make it seem lived in

Sulu's daughter has a toy enterprise

Fuck, prime Spock’s dead

The parts where they show prime spock really make me want a crossover between tos and aos, and it hurts that I'll never see it, guess i'll have to live in fanfic

Love the practical effects of this film

Also is Jim’s outfit in this scene, grey with yellow shoulders, the formalwear? If so I like it

Lovr Uhura's communications panel

Chris Pine's reactions, the cinematography, the set design, the sounds, fuck I love this film

Gonna start saying "i can't engage the warp drive" when i stall a car

Would love to see the borg in aos

Love the character consistency of Bones not carrying a phaser but spock is

Love Bones' portable scanner, i would watch a fake documentary about star trek tech

Does anyone wonder what happened to all the personal belongings that were destroyed on the Enterprise?

Jaylah’s coming soon 😆

There she is!

How many languages does she speak? English, her own and whatever those people she beat up were speaking?

Notice how Bones is still cut on the forehead while he's helping out Spock

Also why does Jaylah know about Krall’s plan? Is that why he shoots people down, try to find the Abornath then kill them to be immortal?

Just realised that Jaylah’s tech was probably from her ship before she got to Altamid, that's why she knows how to use it, her stick, her traps, the parts she got for the franklin (as well as other ships), makes me want to know what her people were like

How long has Jaylah been there?

Love how Bones is ready to throw hands

Bones dancing to achy breaky heart when?

Also Jaylah isn't introduced to Spock and bones, they just get beamed aboard and then spock collapses

Oo Krall’s looking more human

"You gave your girlfriend a tracking device?" Spock’s face 🤣

I really want to know about Jaylah’s family

This film literally proves that my "Jaylah is actually really fucking traumatised and definitely has (c) ptsd" agenda is canon

Also Scotty has his grandma's china hc

Love how Jim respects his crew

Also jim kirk is so Maverick/tom cruise coded it's insane. Bikes, dead dad, cocky attitude, shipped with someone who’s "ice cold"

Uhura has got to be traumatised after seeing a crewmate literally eaten in front of her

Jim Cruise is here! Tom Kirk!

After getting into top gun, the star trek navy inspired titles are funny to me, at least in aos by how quick they get them and how young they all are

Not sure why Jaylah’s fighting gives me kill bill vibes

Also jaylah has blue blood!

Love how sulu gets the dramatic line "they're going to destroy yorktown"

How long did it take to get the ship ready to fly? I mean, it's been at least a day and a night, the day they arrived, nighttime then they all got rescued and brought back together the next day just wondered how long it all took to happen

Also seatbelts!

Sulu would’ve won top gun

"I acknowledge and respect your concerns" Someone's been to therapy

"How do we get them to stop talking" is spoken so shatner

Just realised why certain jobs are the colours, yellow: anything running the ship (captain, pilot etc), red: anything about how the ship runs (engineering, communications, security), blue: science and medical

I love how the end of this film is similar to battleships where they use an old ship to defeat an alien ship

The picture of the original crew! He took it with him! I need a crossover now! I love how they used a more brassy theme there, makes it sound more original, more nostalgic

They had the chance to do futuristic dress but they just look like dudes from 2016

If they could just do an animated series for the aos crew...

Also the og theme at the end 🥲

[anonymousewrites]

Logos and Pathos (AOS Edition) Chapter Twenty-Six

AOS! Spock x Empath! Reader

Chapter Twenty-Six: Adapting the Plane

Summary: Enterprise vs Krall continues, and (Y/N) is not to be left out.

            “I’m picking up distress signals from every frequency coming from Yorktown,” said (Y/N) grimly as the Franklin raced towards Yorktown. “Krall’s already started his attack.”

            Krall and his swarm were ahead of them and already attacking Yorktown. He was close to his goal, and they needed to stop him.

            “Scotty, what kind of weapons do we have?” asked Kirk.

            “Uh, we have pulsed phaser cannons and spatial torpedoes,” reported Scotty.

            “Great, lock and load,” said Kirk. They would make do with whatever they had.

            “It does not matter. You cannot defeat the bees,” said Jaylah across the comms.

            “Maybe, uh, maybe we lure them away,” said Kirk. “How do we get Yorktown time to get people to safety?”

            “No, we are a horse and buggy compared to those things,” said Sulu, shaking his head. “We’re barely holding together as it is, Captain.”

            “Captain,” said Spock, rising. “The flight patterns of bees are determined by individual decisions. Krall’s swarm formations are too complex not to rely on some form of cyberpathic coordination. I surmise that if we—”

            “Captain, Spock is saying that we can disorient the swarm to defeat it,” said (Y/N), knowing where Spock was going.

            “Precisely,” said Spock.

            “Scotty, can you beam me into one of those swarm ships?” asked Kirk, seizing on the opportunity.

            “Have you gone completely mad?” was Scotty’s reply.

            “Yes or no?” said Kirk.

            “No!” said Scotty. “Yes! Maybe.”

            “Captain, my familiarity of the interior of those ships, however brief, makes me more qualified for this away mission,” said Spock.

            So that’s how he escaped. He ended up in one of their ships, thought (Y/N). However… “Spock, you’re still hurt.” They hadn’t missed the clear discomfort with his side.

            “They’re right, Spock,” said Kirk.

            “I acknowledge and respect your concerns,” said Spock, gazing intently at (Y/N). “Perhaps you would feel more confident if I were accompanied by someone with familiarity of both the ship and my injury.”

            “He’s gonna love this,” said Kirk, shaking his head.

            “Captain,” said (Y/N). “I should also go.”

            “No,” said Spock instantly.

            “It would be risky,” said Kirk.

            “I know, but we need to disrupt a cyberpathic bond,” said (Y/N). They lifted their chin. “You need a psychic. I am one.”

            Spock hated that their words were so logical. Was it incredibly attractive that (Y/N) faced challenges so logically? Absolutely (though he knew this wasn’t the time to be thinking about how attractive (Y/N) was)). However, Spock didn’t want them in harm’s way, no matter how strong their empathic abilities.

            “…Alright,” said Kirk, nodding. He could see the logic of (Y/N)’s decision. He chuckled. “He is really going to love this now that you’re all involved.”

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            “You want me to do what?!” said Bones in the Transporter Room.

            “Come along, Doctor,” said Spock, stepping onto the transporter.

            “We can do this,” said (Y/N), smiling at Bones.

            “You two got me involved, didn’t you?” said Bones. He started at Spock. “Why you green-blooded ingrate!”

            “No need for name-calling,” said (Y/N), still smiling.

            “And you! You cannot be running into danger again!” said Bones, glaring at (Y/N). “Stupid empaths always trying to help everyone and causing themself problems. If you nearly die, I’m not helping this time!”

            They all knew that wasn’t true, so (Y/N) just shook their head in amusement.

            “Sorry, Bones. It’s a good idea,” said Kirk, not at all sorry. “Just make sure you find a way to break those things.”

            “If it gets hairy, I’ll beam you straight back,” assured Scotty.

            “Energize,” said Spock.

            “You’re gonna do great,” said Kirk confidently.

            “Damn it, Jim, I’m a doctor, not a—!”

            They dematerialized.

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            The trio materialized in the swarm ship, and the pilots stared at them in shock. Bones held onto a bar on the side of the ship, and Spock pulled (Y/N) to his side and held onto another bar. He slammed his hand down on the familiar button, and the airlock shot the pilots out. The ship was theirs.

            “You do realize the last time I flew one of these things, we crashed?” grumbled Bones as he climbed onto the motorcycle-shaped helm. “So don’t blame me if we—”

            Wham!

            They smashed into the side of another ship.

            “—Hit something,” finished Bones.

            “Spock to Franklin,” said Spock. he crouched in front of a computer screen with (Y/N) beside him.

            “Spock, we read you,” said Kirk over the comms.

            “Captain, from what I can ascertain, the ships do indeed share a cyberpathic link which coordinates their actions,” said Spock. “Patching it through now.”

            A familiar signal from before the initial attack from Krall played over the frequency.

            “So it wasn’t a jamming signal, it was them talking to one another,” murmured (Y/N).

            “Well, how do we get them to stop talking?” said Kirk.

            “I can overload the psychic side of the bond with my empathy,” said (Y/N). “But we’ll need something cybernetic, too.”

            Spock nodded. “If we combine a psychic attack with a disruptive communication signal inside the swarm, it might adversely affect their capacity to coordinate.”

            “It would have to be at a frequency they will not anticipate!” said Chekov.

            “We could cause a chain reaction that would wipe out the whole swarm,” said Sulu.

            “Sir, a closed network like that might be susceptible to very high frequency,” said Scotty.

            “VHF,” said Kirk in sudden realization. “Radio. We can broadcast something from the ship to drown out their link while (L/N) uses their psychic abilities on it. In combination, it should be enough.”

            “It needs to be something loud and distracting so that they can’t try to block my attack at all,” said (Y/N).

            “Loud and distracting?” repeated Scotty. “I’ve got just the thing!” He grabbed Jaylah’s speaker and began to plug it into the ship.

            “Do not break my music!” said Jaylah.

            “Break it? You’re getting an upgrade,” said Scotty with a grin.

            “Swarm ships are sixty seconds from breaking through into Yorktown!” warned Sulu.

            “I’ve just got to reconfigure the VHF output into a multiphasic sweep,” said Scotty. “(L/N), stand by! We’re ready to broadcast.”

            Aboard the swarm ship, (Y/N) sat in front of Bones and took ahold of the controls that linked the ships. Instantly, they felt the buzz of telepathy in their head. They couldn’t make out the words or understand them—they weren’t a telepath—but they felt the psychic aspect as clear as day. They winced at the concentrated energy in their head.

            “Are you alright, T’hy’la?” said Spock.

            “I’ve got it,” said (Y/N), nodding shortly.

            Still, Spock hovered beside them in case they collapsed from the energy they were about to exert. Bones also looked at them worriedly. Spock and Bones both knew (Y/N) strong—one of the strongest empaths of their generation, actually—but as their partner and basically brother respectively, they didn’t want (Y/N) to get hurt.

            “Sulu, put us in the middle of the swarm,” said Kirk. They needed to be close to broadcast. “Ready, (L/N)?”

            As the wave ships crashed down around them, Kirk stared at it evenly.

            “Let’s make some noise,” said Kirk.

            “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys blasted through the cybernetic connections of the ships. At the same moment, (Y/N) closed their eyes, gritted their teeth, and pushed as much psychic power through the controls of the ship. They summoned all their strength and sent their pure empathic power through the swarm and all the psychic bonds held within it. They found the threads connecting the ships and snapped them with golden power. At the same time, the music blasted through the cybernetic connections, breaking apart the coordination of the swarm. The combination of psychic and musical power proved deadly.

            The attack caused a chain reaction in the wave as the ships began to explode, unable to combat the pure power being forced through them. As the Enterprise and Bones, Spock, and (Y/N)’s ship rode the wave of the swarm, they left explosions behind them.

            “Faster, Doctor, we risk being consumed by their trajectoral decay,” warned Spock.

            “Damn backseat driver,” grumbled Bones, going faster.

            (Y/N) held onto the cybernetic bonds and continued to push empathy through the bonds of the ships, snapping through them so only the powerful frequency of music was left—destroying them.

            “Evade, Doctor!” said Spock.

            “I see it, I see it!” said Bones.

            They dodged the explosions, and, at the same moment, Yorktown began to broadcast. Uhura had sent them the frequency, and explosions started to appear at the borders of Yorktown. The attacking swarm that had been far enough away from the Enterprise to avoid the musical attack were now affected as well.

            (Y/N) squeezed their eyes shut as golden empathy flowed through them. They were connected to so many minds at once, and as they snapped the bonds, the slight rebound as the ships exploded and killed the people within hit them. It wasn’t much, but since they were connecting to thousands of people at once, it hurt. But (Y/N) wasn’t about to let go until they won.

            “You three alright, Spock?” asked Kirk.

            “We are fine, Captain,” said Spock. “But there are still three ships heading into Yorktown.”

            “That’s got to be Krall. Keep on him, Spock,” said Kirk. “Do whatever it takes to stop him from using that weapon!”

            Bones directed the ship into the hole smashed into Yorktown’s bay doors and followed Krall’s ship in. At the same time, (Y/N) groaned and slumped forward. They had reached their limit after thousands of swarm ships—all but three—had been destroyed.

            They collapsed in exhaustion and fell from the helm. Spock caught them and held them close as their head spun.

            “Captain, (Y/N) is unable to continue with the psychic attack at present,” said Spock.

            “Just keep on Krall,” said Kirk. “We’ve got the music, and we only have three ships left. (L/N), you did good.”

            “Thank you…Captain,” said (Y/N), leaning into Spock in pure exhaustion.

            Bones followed Krall out of the passageways of Yorktown into the air of the colony. Below them, the Franklin was still attempting to come to a stop.

            “Do not lose them, Doctor,” said Spock, simultaneously keeping (Y/N) by his side and tracking Krall and his men.

            “You’re more than welcome to switch places with me, Spock,” grumbled Bones, but he was focused despite his grouchiness.

            “Captain, intercepting all three ships is an impossibility,” said Spock.

            “Get me a schematic of Yorktown!” said Kirk. “There! Yorktown headquarters!”

            “Mr. Chekov, can you do a bioscan of Central Plaza?” asked Sulu.

            “Aye,” said Chekov. “They are clearing civilians.”

            “Bones, there’s a city plaza coming up,” said Kirk. “You gotta make sure Krall heads for it.”

            “Why?” asked Bones.

            “Just do it!” said Kirk.

            Bones obeyed and dove towards the ships. They avoided him and skimmed over the waterways below. They zoomed towards the people running for safety. And then the Franklin emerged from the water like a colossal whale, a barrier of metal. Ships smashed into its hull as it came to a floating rest on the water.

            “Great work, Bones,” said Kirk.

            “Thanks, Jim,” said Bones. “Now I’ve just got to figure out how to land.”

            Below, in the Franklin, Starfleet officers ran towards the ship to help their people out, and Kirk ran towards the hull breaches to check that Krall and his men were dead. That was the most important part of this moment. They needed him and the weapon neutralized, or else Yorktown was still in danger.

            Unluckily for them, Krall turned out to be alive—and a former member of Starfleet, a captain named Edison. It seemed Kirk was facing off against a Federation member that had gone down the wrong path once more.

            (Y/N) lay in Spock’s arms and let out a tired sight. Their eyes fluttered, and Spock looked at them.

            “Stay awake, T’hy’la,” said Spock. He understood psychic attacks, understood what (Y/N) was going through, and understood they were incredibly strong for putting up with it for so long.

            “So…tired…” groaned (Y/N). The pressure in their head was still pounding, and every nerve ending of their empathy felt fragile and sensitive. “But I…got them.”

            “You did, T’hy’la, now just focus on me,” said Spock.

            “Don’t worry…I always do,” said (Y/N), attempting to smile.

            “You’re going to be alright,” said Spock softly. “Just stay with me, T’hy’la.”

            “Don’t think I…can,” murmured (Y/N), their eyes shutting.

            “T’hy’la? T’hy’la?” Spock looked at them, tensing in worry.

            (Y/N)’s consciousness fled them. Their last thoughts were of hoping Krall was stopped and how much they loved being near Spock. If his eyes were the last thing they saw, they’d be content.

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[aceship-sconesterprise]

In Our Favor

Part 451

McCoy

“Oh ye lads.” Francine shook her head as McCoy and Scotty finished telling her what had happened that afternoon. “Oh ye could have been so hurt again.” She wiped away a tear on her cheek.

“And Jaylah is really fine?”

“Aye Mum. Last we heard they were finishing up healing Aporal’s hand and heading home.”

“We won’t put ourselves in danger like that again,” McCoy said. After the chat with David, and feeling ashamed at the way he had spoken to his father, he had already decided that anything else that ever happened to them, they would go for help first.

Scotty squeezed his hand, and McCoy smiled at him.

“Give Jaylah my best when ye see her. And Aporal too,” Francine said.

A few minutes later Scotty set aside the PADD.

“I suppose we should get heading over for dinner,” he said slowly.

“I have to do something first,” McCoy replied. His chin dropped towards his chest as he got up from where they were lounging on the bed. He walked over to the door as Scotty made a questioning noise behind him.

McCoy leaned out as the door opened.

“Andre?”

“Yes sir?” From near the lifts, the security chief stood up. He began to move towards McCoy, then entered the dorm room as McCoy gestured for him to enter.

“I- I want to apologize,” McCoy got out as the door closed behind Andre. “I know what we did was reckless, and we did save our friend, but it was reckless nonetheless. And I’m sorry we snuck out on you.”

“I’m impressed that you did, though maybe a little less because you used a transporter.” A faint smile began on Andre’s face. “I understand you were worried for your friend, but I do hope in the future you will remember to not run in head first without thinking.”

“I know. Trust me, we’ve heard that enough this afternoon.” McCoy gave Andre a chagrined look.

“We care about you sir,” Andre said quietly.

McCoy nodded.

“And I accept your apology.” The security guard smiled at both boys. “Were you wanting to leave for dinner soon?”

“Aye,” Scotty said, standing up.

“Have you heard from your friends?” Andre asked as he led the way out the door.

“Yes, hopefully they’ll be at dinner.”

Sulu and Chekov were at the table when McCoy and Scotty sat down. The prince looked across at Sulu.

“Well, what are they saying?”

McCoy knew Sulu usually knew what the latest gossip on campus was.

“Saying? About what?” Sulu asked, lifting an eyebrow.

“Has it not got out?” Scotty asked in surprise.

“What?” Chekov asked.

“The Romulan?” McCoy asked, looking in confusion at the two others. “We, uhh, caught him.”

“You what?” Chekov exclaimed.

Two comms chirped before McCoy or Scotty could answer.

“The admiral wants to see us tomorrow morning,” Scotty read, having reached his comm first.

Part 452

Scotty

"Oh man! You guys are just crazy! Catching a criminal without us? I can't believe it!" Jim looked from one to the other. There seemed to be the hint of a grin on his face.

The friends had all quickly gathered at their typical table and the number one topic of conversation was what had happened that day.

"Stop talking like you wish you'd been there, Jim!" moaned Uhura and Christine nodded in agreement.

"Nyota's right. That was a really dangerous move." She looked at Jaylah and Aporal. "Are you really all right again?"

"Yes. We've had medical attention and we will definitely be fully fit again in the morning," Jaylah confirmed. She looked pretty exhausted, Scotty thought.

"I just can't believe this could have happened. If only you'd stayed with us or we'd gone with you to that tech store," Cora mumbled, looking pretty shaken up by the story.

Jaylah just shook her head.

"I am glad that only I was kidnapped. It would have been terrible if something had happened to you too."

"At least the whole thing is over now. The guy is behind bars and the danger is over," said Jim.

"Does that mean you're free to do what you want again?" asked Eugene, looking at Leonard and Scotty.

"Not yet. We have to wait for permission from Admiral Winston first," sighed Leonard. He would obviously have liked to get back to his normal routine straight away.

"But we have a talk with her tomorrow morning," Scotty added hopefully, as he squeezed his husband's hand. They could only hope for good news.

"I really hope you can move freely again from tomorrow." Jim crossed his fingers visibly and everyone else agreed.

"What do ye think Admiral Winston wants from us?" Scotty snuggled closer to Leonard when they lay in bed that evening.

The prince shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know. I just hope she has good news."

"Aye, me too."

What they had been through couldn't have been in vain. They finally needed to be safe and free again. Without surveillance or worry.

"Do you really think Jaylah's all right?" Leonard asked after a moment of silence. Scotty sighed.

"I don't know. She looked pretty exhausted at dinner. I hope Aporal can comfort her and give her strength."

"And Jaylah to him."

Scotty smiled softly and nodded. He thought of how close the two of them had looked in the back of the ambulance.

"Aye. They're really good together, don't you think?"

"In any case, there's no longer any doubt that the two of them have feelings for each other."

"I'm glad they've found each other. It's good for both of them."

"Sure is."

They fell silent again. Until...

"Well, I suppose we should get some sleep now, mo ghràdh. After all, who knows what tomorrow will bring?"

Leonard sighed softly, then pressed a kiss to Scotty's lips.

"Good night."

"Oidhche mhath."

[thesconesyard]

Yeehawgust is coming and my sequel story from last year has been lagging, but here comes motivation (to be done so I can write the third part!) and chapter two!

Where the West Begins

2. Cowboy Casanova

“What are you going to name him?” Christine asked Jaylah.

McCoy rolled his eyes where he was sitting on the porch. Jaylah was petting the little kitten on her knee and teasing him with a piece of string. No one who had gone looking after lunch had found any more sign of the big cat whose footprints Scotty had discovered.

“I’m still thinking,” Jaylah answered Christine. Both laughed as the kitten batted his paws at the string and caught it.

Jim had been fine with the idea of Jaylah keeping the cat when he and Spock had returned.

“Never hurts to have a good barn cat,” he’d said.

“Hmm,” said Jaylah as the kitten turned and meowed at her. “How about Franklin? You look like a little Franklin.”

“Does it need a name?” McCoy asked.

“Of course!” said Jaylah.

“Yes!” Christine agreed.

McCoy couldn’t help but roll his eyes again and look away as Jaylah cooed over her new pet. Keenser came up on the porch then. He took one look at the cat.

“Keep him from the flocks,” was all he said before he entered the house.

McCoy was working in the main yard the next morning when the man appeared. A chill of memory went down his spine as he recalled just a few months before when another man had walked onto their ranch. That man, Khan- who had called himself John Harrison- was waiting for trial in a jail cell.

“Good morning!” The man called as he saw McCoy.

“Hello,” McCoy said back cautiously.

“Is this the Enterprise Ranch?”

McCoy looked at the man. He had to be about Jim’s age, with dark hair combed neatly and a face that had seen much sun. An accent lilted his question to McCoy, and he frowned slightly, trying to place it.

“It is,” he answered slowly. “How can I help you?”

“I’m looking for James T. Kirk; does he live here?”

“Yes.”

The man’s face broke into a broad grin and he let out an exclamation McCoy didn’t understand.

“Pardon my manners! My name is Kevin Riley,” the man gave a brief bow.

“Leonard McCoy.”

“I knew Jim long ago,” Riley continued. “I’m traveling west and heard he was here.”

“Well if you walked out from town, come in and have a drink,” McCoy said, his caution dropping. “I can go find Jim for you after.”

“Thank you kindly,” Riley smiled. “I am a wee bit parched.”

“Where are you from, if I may ask? I can’t place your accent.” McCoy gave him an apologetic look as he led him to the front porch.

Riley grinned. “A descendant of the kings of old Éire I be! Ireland is where I was born,” Riley clarified at the slight frown on McCoy’s face.

“Perhaps you’ll get on with Monty then. He’s from Scotland,” said McCoy. “Have a seat.” He gestured to the porch chairs. “I’ll have one of the girls get you something to drink and find Jim.” McCoy nodded at the man, then disappeared into the house.

McCoy found Jim with Spock and Chekov in one of the work sheds.

“Hey Bones!” Jim greeted him. “Come to help finally?”

McCoy frowned down at the project the men were working on.

“No. There’s a man here to see you.”

“He give a name?” Jim asked, cocking an eyebrow.

“Kevin Riley.”

“Kevin Riley?! Well hot dang!” Jim hurried from the shed with twinkling eyes.

McCoy shrugged at the questioning look Spock gave him, then left the shed to return to his own work.

Kevin Riley proved to be a lively, kind person when everyone gathered for lunch. Jim introduced him around and he sat near Jim at the top of the table.

After lunch Jim hitched up the wagon and went back into town. He had insisted that before Riley continued west he had to stay on the ranch a few days. Therefore Jim would go with him to collect his things and bring them back out.

“He seems a good fella,” Sulu said as the men and Jaylah got back to work.

“Maybe,” Chekov muttered.

McCoy glanced and Scotty who shrugged.

“What do ye suppose got into the wee lad?” Scotty asked McCoy as they settled down for the evening.

“Chekov? Dunno.” McCoy thought back over the evening. Jim and Riley had returned and after dinner everyone had gathered around the porch to enjoy the cooling air after the heat of the day.

The pair had regaled them all with stories of their younger years and Riley had fit in quite nicely. He was kind and polite and paid the ladies many compliments throughout the evening.

At breakfast, McCoy figured it out. Keenser didn’t often come in for breakfast with everyone; after getting the stoves lit for the ladies, he’d head out with his flocks. Riley chose Keenser’s open seat and talked at length with Jaylah across from him.

McCoy saw then the way the corner of Chekov’s mouth twitched. McCoy smothered a grin and ate quietly.

He caught Scotty after breakfast and bumped his shoulder with his. Scotty looked over questioningly.

“It’s Jaylah,” he said quietly and nodded towards Chekov.

Scotty frowned for a moment, then his puzzlement cleared as he watched Jaylah lead Riley away to show him the ranch.

“Well,” was all he said with a chuckle.

[moved-to-fiercengineer]

I know Peter does this thing called magnificent mutuals, but like you know who is the real magnificent mutual?

@prcspcr

You are! I don't have a lot of way of words like you do in talking about people and things, but like we love to see how much you love every character you talk about, and like I fully like look at your writing and it's so good, and the character voice is heard and felt, and real. Your understanding of Spock and thoughts on Spock are canon to me, you are canon to me.

You are always so polite and good with answering my questions too, like okay, ooc little personal here, I was nervous about getting into Star Trek and just new fandoms, especially one as old and big as star trek can be, and absolutely like info dump about star trek in the nicest way and engage about anything about star trek and just literally tell me all the things about all the series and fun little facts

On an ic side, like Spock and clint are so funny,but like jaylah and Spock are amazing, it's just two autistic non humans who get it (I'm looking at one thread I wanna write/reply to sooner) and they are special to me, and you are special to me and your Spock is special

Okay but also when you wrote Jack. I loved him and I love you and your blogs and just BIG HUG.

[epacer]

Eye on San Diego Unified

Hoover High classrooms without AC reached 95-100 degree, say students

It can be tough for students to head back to school, especially with soaring temperatures and classrooms without air conditioning. Students at Hoover High School say that's exactly what they've been going through this week.

They say it gets even hotter when the classroom gets packed with about 40 students.

“Literally yesterday, I had mascara all under here," Hoover High junior Samiyah Lowe said. “It was just melting off.”

“A lot of people invested in portable fans and stuff,” Hoover High senior Jaylah Storey said. “I saw a guy literally pour water all over his face in class. It’s unbearable.”

It’s an issue across the San Diego Unified School District.

Samer Naji, the facilities communication supervisor, sent a statement saying: “Occasional hot and humid weather strains the district’s HVAC units and systems. The district has a team of technicians processing repair requests and conducting repairs not only at Hoover but throughout the district, as quickly as possible.”

“They’ll fix it and then they’ll say it'll be working,” Lowe said. “And then we come to school, and we don't see anything about it working.”

Lowe shared concern for her classmates with heat sensitivities, given that many school buildings are older and have a lot of stairs.

School also started a week earlier than it normally does.

“Some people get nosebleeds from this, so I feel like it is a serious problem,” Lowe said. “And with us starting early, I feel like that was a problem. If we we're going to start early, they needed to make sure everything was good."

All schools in the district now have air conditioning. SDUSD Technicians said it’s all hands on deck to get these issues resolved. *Reposted article from NBC 7 by Shandel Menezes on August 14, 2024

[multimoth]

since we've all gotten ill over new character since the last time ⭐

send a " ⭐ " and I will list muses I would be interested in throwing at yours!

COLBY & MISS FRIZZLE

Miss Andrea 'fresh out of the Academy and really dead-set on following all the rules if it kills her' Colby and Frizzle what more do I need to say

PIN & THE DOCTOR

I just think he'd be like the worst companion ever but also he's kind of like. New. To this whole 'being reincarnated into a new life but a fundamentally different person' kind of deal. It's not exactly comparable but it's similar so they've got that in common but Pin's like way more stressed about it

JAYLAH & MOUSE

Same taste in music... same knack for engineering (though in Mouse's case she only knows how to take things apart so far but boy does she love that!)... same 'I lost my entire family' thing going for them albeit under different circumstances... college-aged ladies with abandonment and trust issues

other options: mouse & scotty (as discussed), tars & alice (as discussed), alistair & snow (...as discussed), tinkerbell & mouse, any one of your engineers & nick valentine, shepard and any one of the trek guys

[hellbornhades]

(SUMMER)

As summer began to make its way, the couple had a lot to prepare for, especially in terms of finances. They were able to remodel the inside of their home and finally make a plan for their wedding, but that involved using a bit of their savings, so they're funds are pretty low.

With their new financial situation, Jaylah thought it was time to publish her books. She wasn't expecting fame to come out of it though… but boy does she make it look good.

And of course after a few days of being in the limelight, Jaylah had to admit, being famous wasn't as fun as she had hoped… yes she's finally being noticed by her job as a writer.. but now she's got to put more effort into everything she writes.

Just a few more days, and I'll be off of work for my wedding and honeymoon, Jaylah thought to herself.

During the next day, Travis was finishing some Wedding preparations while Jaylah slept, he just so happened to spot one of Jaylah's stans, waiting for her outside.

He grumbles to himself: "Got damned Sim stans… figuring out where we live… I told Jay not to give out too many autographs."

Travis decided he would handle this himself and let Jaylah rest, she's been working nonstop to produce a new bestseller on top of planning a wedding and just didn't want to add this to her plate.

Travis: "Look, I don't know who you are or how you found our home, but you need to go. Jaylah is just like any other Sim, she works and eats and has hobbies outside of this fame she's started to gain, just like the rest of us. Now, can you respectfully climb back down the hole you came from before I call the cops!"

Random Stan: "Oh, I uh… look at the time? I must be on my way!"

Despite Jaylah's newly developed fame and how hectic things had started to become for the two, the couple still had their eyes looking forward to making the best of their wedding day.

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(The Next Day)

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It was officially Jaylah and Travis' big day. After careful planning and much preparation, the wedded-couple-to-be reserved their wedding at a secluded and quiet spot in Sulani.

Excited was an understatement, these two have been dying to tie the knot ever since they made their relationship official.

Now standing face to face, Jaylah could swear her heart was beating so loudly that maybe even Travis could hear. Jaylah took Travis' hand and smiled, taking a slow, deep breath and began to recite her vows.

Jaylah: "Low and behold, it's finally the day of our union. The day our lives become one forever. It's one thing to talk about a life together and another thing to truly jump in and get our feet wet; to go forth and set our new lives in motion. Today, this very day, will be the start to our forever life."

Travis could no longer hide his giddy, nervous excitement, occasionally erupting into giggling fits like that of a teenage girl.

Jaylah smiled, continuing on: "Words are beautiful, but actions are what holds so much more meaning. Memories may fade and be forgotten, but together we can always create new ones. The past will always be important, but the future holds so many unforeseen possibilities. With all meaning and sincerity, I will love you forever and ever, Travis. Even when our vessels are returned to the Earth."

Travis took Jaylah's hand and started his vows, gently pushing the ring up her finger: "Gosh, I wish my vows were even close to being as beautiful as yours, but you, my dear, have always been poetic with your words. However, my eyes have never seen so clearly as it has since I've met you. The path I walked once complicated and rocky, has now grown smooth and clear of obstacles with you by my side. Often times, I wonder if I am floating. When I close my eyes, I dream of you and only you, just to awaken to see your beautiful face still fast asleep. My ears have never heard anything as sweet as the day I heard your voice say 'I love you.' My soul has found it's other half and I'm so eternally grateful that it's you, Jaylah."

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[bearsinpotatosacks]

I've got to share a star trek idea, call it an idea for AOS 4.

We open on the crew nearing the end of the five year mission. Jaylah’s on the crew, having finished the Academy in record time (Chekov’s still here because this is a fanfic idea not an actual movie).

Uhura goes to Bones after getting dizzy after falling off her chair during a bit of turbulence during a mission. She goes over her symptoms, talking about her feeling sick and exhausted, getting dizzy and weird cravings. He asks her when she last had her period, she says she can’t remember but thinks it's due to stress. It only clicks what he’s on about Spock going through Pon Farr, and how the precautions they used weren't made with a Vulcan (who can't return to Vulcan no less) going through his first Pon Farr in mind. They do some tests and oops, she’s pregnant.

They keep it a secret, she’s going to keep it but she’s not sure how Spock'll take it with his strange relationship with his species now they're endangered and all. To hide the check ups, they start a ballroom/latin dancing club, they're both pretty proficient. Bones even gets to jokingly flirt with Uhura to annoy Spock.

Spock starts to suspect something, he's about to make a logical investigation when they beam down to a planet for a Prime Directive mission and forget everything.

Jim wakes up remembering who he is, in a house he doesn't own, late for a job he doesn't have. Technology is ancient, like something from a noir film. And he can't find his friends anywhere.

He goes about his life and finds out he's an English professor, Chekov is one of his students but he doesn't know him as Captain Kirk, just his pushy but nice professor. When he goes to remind him, he doesn’t know what he’s on about and walks away.

Jim’s car breaks down, he calls a number and Scotty arrives, a mechanic in debt to a local gang who helps him out. It's only in talking to him that he mistakenly wakes Scotty up from his dream and realises who he is. They realise that they've got to wake everyone up to help them get out.

We cut to Bones, who's an ER doc helping another person after they've been beaten up. Whenever someone asks questions, one Hikaru Sulu comes in, slips money in their pocket, and the questions go away. But not Bones. He’s the only person in this damn hospital you can't buy off, but knows this is known, as he's never allowed on these cases, where people come in battered and bruised and they're too scared to say who did it. The closest he's come is with some scottish mechanic, but even he hadn’t said much apart from a debt being owed.

He sighs, signing out, and goes home, another day of not helping as much as he would want, another day of fighting off the growing corruption in this city. Little does he know, that Scottish Mechanic is sitting nearby, watching him leave and following him home with James T Kirk by his side. They’ve found Dr McCoy and now need to wake him up.

They follow him home, see him go inside and get changed into a freshly pressed suit and walk into town, entering a dark club. They follow him and see how he’s treated like the owner, they take his coat, give him a cigar and light it, his drink is already poured by, wait is that Chekov at the bar?

And who is the singer in this bar? Uhura. She crunes a smooth song (i imagine smooth operator by sade) as he sits, smoking in the darkness and watching her every move. When the song's over, she invites him to dance before she sneaks him backstage. Jim thinks of Spock’s suspicions before shaking them off and sending Scotty to try and work on Chekov, succeeding.

Backstage, Bones helps Uhura, who'd pregnant with the owner of the club's baby. One Mister Spock, who owns most of the town, and has everyone in his pocket. Well, almost everyone, she thinks, looking at Dr McCoy as he gives her more iron tablets and tells her to rest.

They talk about how she’s going to get out. There's only so long she can hide this, there's only so much she can throw Spock off the scent with how much Bones questions the people sent into his ER after Spock orders his men to beat them up.

She talks about trying to run but there being nowhere she can go that he won't follow. She wants her career to go further but knows if she stays in the country, she'll be found.

He tells her that he'll keep trying and leaves, just in time too, as Spock walks in, confidence and cold, cool logic oozing off him.

The plot is a little thinner from here. I know we cut to Jaylah, in someone's office, she’s their every woman, their gun for hire, she's the person Spock sends when things get too dark or difficult for his usual men. In this case, he needs her to get Dr McCoy on his side, be that through violence or sex or blackmail, he doesn’t care, he's become a nuisance and needs stifling.

Jim tries to wake Sulu up but gets beaten up, ending up in Bones' care, who he also fails to wake up. Bones sees to Uhura again, but gets distracted when Jaylah talks to him, they get along, he buys into it and ends up going home with him. They start something, she gets him in bed before threatening him, blackmailing him and bringing up his dead wife and daughter, before getting him to swear that he'll leave Uhura alone and get his nose out of Spock’s business.

Jim meets Jaylah outside and, with Scotty’s help, manages to wake her up. They get her on side and get her to play her role and get to Uhura.

When Bones doesn’t show up for the next few days, Uhura knows Spock’s got to him too. Jaylah walks in, Uhura threatens her but Jaylah, under pressure, lies and, after trying to wake her up and failing, offers to help her get out for a price, saying she's gotten tired of it all.

They make a plan, Uhura will meet Jaylah at the docks, Bones will meet them and they'll go together, all three.

Jim realises they’re running out of time, Spock finds out about the plan. Jaylah fights Sulu and manages to wake him up, Jim gsts through to Bones by mentioning how Joanna and Jocelyn are live. But Spock gets to Uhura first, it's only when she tells him she's pregnant that they both wake up and it all stops.

I think there's also some other element to it, maybe if they don't get off the planet in a week or something then they all get trapped there with their fictional memories?

[aceship-sconesterprise]

In Our Favor

Part 523

McCoy

“Leah was, um, pretty upset yesterday when she woke up,” McCoy said quietly to Jaylah. She had stuck with him as he moved towards Leah’s room. Jaylah squeezed his arm where she was holding it and gave a nod.

“I don’t know how she’s been today,” he continued.

“I understand if I need to leave,” Jaylah said.

McCoy gave her a grateful smile before he knocked on Leah’s door. He cracked it open and peered in. Leah and Mother both looked back at him.

“Hi,” he said nervously as he opened the door further.

“Are your classes done already?” Eleanor asked. “Where does the time go?”

McCoy nodded and smiled at his mother. “It seemed like forever when I was sitting in class. Hi Leah.” He turned his eyes to look at his sister.

“Hi Lenny,” Leah replied. Her voice seemed empty, and McCoy’s chest tightened for her.

“Jaylah’s with me, if that’s ok?” He looked at Leah questioningly. His sister nodded. McCoy pushed the door the rest of the way and entered, moving to the side so Jaylah could enter too.

“Hello Leah,” Jaylah greeted her. “We’re all so glad you are going to be alright.”

“Thank you,” Leah said, the smile on her lips not reaching her eyes.

“How are you feeling today?” McCoy asked. He glanced over at a small noise from Mother. Leah’s eyes hardened.

“I would be better if they would let me over there.” Leah pointed slowly at the wall between her room and Robbie’s.

“Can they not put you in a bigger room together?” Jaylah asked.

McCoy saw his mother press her lips together tightly. Jaylah meant no harm, but it must have been a contentious topic over the course of the day.

“No,” Leah said in a cold voice. “The doctor says Robbie needs quiet and much more monitoring and I would be in the way with everyone visiting me.”

“Leah,” Eleanor protested. “That’s not how they said it. You are still healing too and they need room to get to you. Visitors would have to be cut way back and that wouldn’t be fair to either of you.”

McCoy heard the unspoken ‘or us’ in the queen’s words. He tried to hide a frown, but Leah just glared at them.

“The sooner you are healed—,” Jaylah began but Leah cut her off.

“—the sooner I can see him. I would heal faster if they would just let me go to him.”

Jaylah smiled nervously and glanced at McCoy.

“Leah…,” Eleanor said, holding back exasperation.

“I’m sorry,” McCoy said quietly to Jaylah after they had left Leah’s room.

“Do not be,” Jaylah said, laying a hand on his arm. “I would feel the same if I was told I could not go to the one I love and they were hurt.”

McCoy put himself in Leah’s shoes for a moment. “So would I,” he said slowly. “I was going to pop in and see Andre. Robbie’s in there if you want.” He pointed at the closed door of Robbie’s room. “Scotty or Francine are probably with him.”

“I will go with you,” Jaylah smiled. “Andre has been kind, he should have visitors too.”

“If you’re sure…”

“I am.”

A familiar sting touched McCoy’s eyes and he blinked quickly to hold back a pair of grateful tears. How lucky had he been to meet Scotty and make all these wonderful friends who took care of them.

“He’s down this way,” McCoy said and led Jaylah up the hall.

Inside Andre’s room, Averie was sitting next to the bed. She stood quickly when McCoy entered.

“Your highness,” she nodded.

“How is he today?” McCoy asked. He waved Averie back to the chair.

“He’s improving enough that they have begun to wake him like they did with her highness.” Averie turned back to look at Andre and rested her hand on his.

“That’s great,” Jaylah exclaimed.

“Hopefully he’ll remember what happened and be able to help explain everything more,” said Averie.

“Yes, I hope so,” McCoy agreed.

Part 524

Scotty

When Scotty and Christine left the room, Jim and Francine were already at the door. Scotty could see that his mother had obviously been crying, but apparently Jim had managed to comfort her.

Scotty smiled gently.

Normally his mother was always there for Jim when he needed help. This time it was the other way around.

"Hey, how's Robbie? Can we go and see him now?" Jim asked, squeezing Francine's hand, which he held. Scotty nodded.

"Aye, I'll be right back. I just wanted to check on Granddad."

"And I'll pay Leah a visit. Maybe Leonard and Jaylah are still with her," Chris said, but Francine shook her head.

"They disappeared into Andre's room just as we turned the corner. But I'm sure Leah will be happy to see ye anyway."

Christine nodded with a smile, waved briefly and then went to Leah's room.

"I assume Granddad is with David and the others?" Scotty asked Francine and she nodded.

"Aye."

So Scotty said goodbye and headed for the office.

"Granddad, halò," Scotty greeted Alasdair and hugged him. The elderly gentleman had just come out of the office.

"Halò, Montgomery. I was just going to get some tea and stretch me legs. Will ye join me?"

Scotty nodded and the two Scotsmen strolled off through the corridors of the hospital. They both got themselves a cup of tea and then went outside into the garden.

"How are ye doing? Any news?"

Granddad sighed and shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm all right, laddie, thanks. The investigation is progressing. There don't seem to be any other culprits so far. But hopefully Andre will be able to tell us more."

Scotty raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"Is Andre awake?"

"Nay." Granddad shook his head. "But the doctors are slowly waking him up. We can only hope he remembers everything. And that he can tell us more about his past."

Scotty nodded in agreement. At least it was good news that Andre was waking up. The only one missing was Robbie, but the doctors had apparently not yet given a prognosis as to when they would wake him from the coma.

"If we ken what Andre knows, then hopefully this whole thing will be over soon." Scotty looked over his shoulder at the security guard watching over him.

"Aye. That would be nice."

When Scotty and Granddad returned to the building, Francine and Jim were still with Robbie. Scotty was sure that Jim could talk to Robbie for hours. He was certainly trying everything to cheer Robbie up.

And there were other people waiting to visit the youngest Scott.

Jaylah and Aporal were standing in the hallway with Leonard, talking quietly.

Scotty went straight to his husband and put an arm around him.

"Hey. How's Leah?"

Leonard sighed heavily.

"She... wasn't too happy. She just wants to be with Robbie."

Scotty could understand that. If he imagined being separated from Leonard in a situation like this...

"Once the lad's awake, I'm sure the two of them can get together," said Granddad.

"Yeah, I think so too. But... who knows how long that will take?" replied Leonard sullenly.

"Certainly not too much longer. After all, we're talking about Scottish boy's little brother here. If he's as strong-willed as he is, I'm sure he'll wake up soon."

[thesconesyard]

Where the West Begins

25. Sea of Dunes

“This is really where ye live.”

Scotty grinned and looked over at his brother on horseback next to him.

“Aye,” Scotty replied with a happy sigh.

“It’s so… so empty,” Robbie said.

They had ridden beyond the ranch towards the hills to the north.

“Of people I mean,” Robbie said quickly. “So much space compared to Aberdeen.”

“Aye, I had enough of people in London,” Scotty said with a frown. “And when I came to the States, the eastern cities were all the same. I had to go further.” He looked at Robbie and shook his head. “It was too tempting to go back, and I didn’t want ye harmed.”

“I wish ye had,” Robbie said softly. “I didn’t even know where to begin searching for ye after the MacLeods were killed.”

“I missed ye everyday,” Scotty said, blinking back the prick of tears in his eyes.

“Aye, same bhràthair.” Robbie actually wiped across his eyes.

“It’s good here,” Scotty said, swallowing back more emotions. “Jim runs an excellent ranch and he’s a dear friend. Everyone here is. We’re a bit like a family I suppose.” Scotty gave a soft chuckle. He glanced over and saw a frown on his brother’s face.

“Hey- I didn’t mean—”

“I know,” Robbie said. “I know what ye meant.”

“Robbie, if I had known, I’d have been back in an instant,” Scotty said earnestly. “I made that deal to save your life. It was the hardest choice I ever made.”

“I know,” Robbie said with a sigh. “And I appreciate what ye did. But— it’s hard to not think ye moved on, when ye talk about yer friends here as family.”

“Never! I meant what I said; I thought about ye everyday!”

“I know and I missed ye. I’m sorry—”

“No, I'm sorry for saying it that way and making ye think that.” Scotty looked at Robbie, chagrined.

Robbie nodded, then looked across the land in front of them again, grasses gently waving in the breeze.

“It’s beautiful here. Not like Scotland, but a different beauty,” said Robbie.

“Aye,” Scotty agreed, glad to move on from their previous conversation. “We can turn here and go towards the canyon. Ride along it for a bit before we head back.”

“Lead the way,” Robbie smiled.

“We had a shoot out at the canyon last summer. It was after we found Jaylah and went looking for her family…”

“The poor lass,” Robbie said as Scotty finished telling him how Jaylah had ended up on the ranch.

“It’s been quite a year actually,” Scotty said. “We had a man come who robbed us and then tried to take the ranch by force. He’s locked up now and half his gang hanged.”

“I thought maybe ye’d escaped all our youthful misadventures.” Robbie looked at his brother with wide eyes.

“I thought so too.”

“Does everyone who comes here have some terrible secret?” Robbie asked lightly.

“Well,” Scotty said slowly. “Most of us ended up here running from something. Don’t expect everyone to go telling their tales though.”

Robbie nodded.

“This land just goes on and on,” he said. “Those grasses waving remind me of the sea as I crossed it. I just can’t believe how open it is.”

“I miss all of Scotland’s greenery, but I do love it here,” Scotty told him. “Len asked me once why I never referred to it as home, but it was because of ye. Now, it really is home. And I hope ye’ll think so too at some point.”

“Knowing ye’re alive…” Robbie let out a happy sigh. “I could maybe make it here. It’s very different though…” Robbie cleared his throat.

“Here.” Scotty reached back to one of his saddle bags and pulled out a bottle. He grinned as he held it across to his brother. “Help keep the dust down.”

Robbie laughed as he took the bottle of amber liquid. “Ye brought whiskey?”

“Celebrating getting to show ye around,” Scotty blushed.

Robbie took a drink and handed the bottle back. Scotty had his own drink and put it back in the bag.

“So,” Scotty began with a sly look in his eyes, “did ye break any hearts coming here?”

“Nae,” Robbie laughed. “Nobody wants to get close to an old conman.”

“Ye aren’t old lad,” Scotty chuckled. “And ye gave up the unlawful life. There wasn’t anyone?”

Robbie sighed and for a moment Scotty regretted asking.

“There was a lass for a while.” Robbie shook his head. “I thought maybe… It didn’t work out. How did ye and Dr. McCoy end up together?”

Scotty huffed out a laugh. “We were each circling the other. I thought he and Christine were together. It took that bloody thief coming here for us to realize.” Scotty lowered his voice. “I didn’t tell ye this— but I think Len was jealous of him.”

“He doesn’t seem the type,” Robbie said in surprise.

“Aye, and there wasn’t anything to be jealous of. We turn here,” Scotty said. “That’ll take us back to the ranch.”

“This has been such a nice ride,” said Robbie. “I’m so glad Dr. McCoy wrote to me.”

“Aye, I am too.”

The brothers smiled at each other and kept riding.

[moved-to-fiercengineer]

"I'm sorry. You - Um, look a lot like my dead wife. It's distracting"

The girl does look up, take pause from what she was working on. Nimble hands stilling for only a second as the man tells her that she looks like his DEAD wife. She's been warned that she can come off as rude in her responses, but she doesn't know what to say to that. ❝ Was she Tyrakhean? ❞ Although, she thinks the chance of that are astronomically low. She hasn't seen or heard of others from her kind since her family was all gone.

The mechanic's working on fixing up his gear; insistent that he's not allowed to touch anything in her alcove that she can fix what he had brought in. ❝ Erm, I am sorry? ❞ Jaylah goes back to working, picking tools up and setting them down as she uses them, testing what she was working with. ❝ I know dead people. . . I mean I have lost too. I am sorry my face is familiar? ❞

[trek-tracks]

You're I think one of the only person I'm sure would find this funny, so I'm rewatching Star Trek Beyond, and Scotty's telling Jayla he needs to find his crew mates, and she goes I'll help you find your mates, so like does Jayla think Scottys in a like a romantic relationship with the whole bridge crew lol 🤣

Technically "mates" are also what connecting surfaces are called in mechanical engineering, so for all we know, Jaylah, being an engineer, thinks she's helping Scotty find a bunch of phalanges.

[moved-to-fiercengineer]

The young tyrakhean stands still; there is only so much that she knows about who her people were. If she thought about that, and what she learned from intergalactic relations and cultural studies courses at Starfleet Academy; it would be natural that the further the tyrakhean travel and divide, the less meaning and culture they would hold onto.

She's never known a planet for home, neither had her parents or their parents before their parents. Generations ago. However, there is some that she does know and was raised to have pride for.

Jaylah's not a foolish youth to know she may be the only tyrakhean most will mean in their life time. A reclusive nomadic people, set out amongst the stars, who decades ago reject to join the Federation; why she doesn't know and she won't search for answers.

❝ Yes, there are over four thousand symbols, letters, and patterns known in tryakhean according to my father. ❞ This does not means she knows all of them, but she could read tyrakhean if there ever was any and she knows tyrakhese fluently despite only having known her own family.

❝ My name derives from fierce, but could have been intrepreted in at least seven other ways. ❞

@ofstarsbelow cont. [x]

"---Interesting."

No, Khan has not seen anyone like her before - despite having been risen as part of a conquering race, seeing themselves as the epitome of anything alive within the universe, conquering entire planets and eradicating civilisations on a regular basis... she is foreign to him.

Makes sense, in a way. His home planet is far, far away - sitting in a completely different quadrant of space altogether. Lifeforms exist there that, most likely, do not appear anywhere close to where they are now; And besides his previously mentioned education, Khan hasn't really space-travelled a lot.

He's not interested in conquering and exterminating others anymore - instead he's curious about the diversity of life that exists within the known (and unknown) universe now.

"Those face markings differ from person to person then?", he asks, head tilting the other way as he meets her yellow gaze with his own, bright blue one. "And depending on what they look like, your names are chosen. Fascinating traditions."

[miss-multifandom-mess]

McSpirk Family Headcanons

Part II

So I had previously given my thoughts already about the McSpirk fam in this post—then I thought to myself, “What about an extended family post?”

There’s definitely going to be a part 3 (because I’m limited to ten photos a post), so how about we first cover the rest of the Enterprise crew. :)

Nyota Uhura

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Nyota has a wide variety of earrings that Joanna likes to dig into.

She always gives Nyota her opinion on which to wear.

She lets Joanna borrow a few pairs at a time. (Although some of them get lost track of.)

After Nyota had broken up with Spock, she knew he had eyes for two others.

Spock had denied it a few times, being oblivious to his own feelings. But that didn’t stop Nyota from giving him advice.

Spock took her advice big time, but carried it out one slow step at a time.

It’s thanks to Nyota and Christine, as they were the ones that got Spock, Bones and Jim married.

Nyota and Christine were nicknamed as the Enterprise’s Cupids—they were occasionally hooking people up with their soulmates, or just giving them some friendly advice.

Jim personally calls Nyota and Christine “Emma Woodhouse Squared.”

Nyota loves having dinner with Christine and taking her to the observation deck afterwards.

Hikaru Sulu

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When Joanna’s bored and just roaming around the ship, she would stop by the bridge and Hikaru would allow her to sit in his chair as he tells her of the different controls.

Hikaru likes to tell Joanna all about his daughter Demora, and how they would be great friends.

So, on one shore leave, Joanna’s parents agree to let Hikaru take her to spend the week with him and his family.

Turns out, Joanna and Demora do get along. At first they were unsure about each other—Demora was a little jealous that Joanna might get the most attention. But after some talking they started to bond over common things that they like.

Hikaru and Ben are especially proud that Demora opened herself up to making friends and meeting new people (will explain more in part three).

Sometimes Hikaru will drag Pavel (and sometimes Joanna) with him to the gym, and teach some fencing tricks. 

Pavel pretends he doesn’t like it, but Hikaru knows damn well that the young Russian enjoys it.

Even when he’s not thinking about it, Pavel will (by himself) go to the gym to meet up with Hikaru.

Hikaru got Pavel his very own fencing sword.

Pavel Chekov

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Like with Hikaru, Joanna likes to go over and visit Pavel. And not only does he tell her about the controls, she lets him tell her stories of Russia.

Sometimes they go into deep conversations of Russia’s history. (Joanna took the time to learn from Pavel’s stories and the information she looks up on her sa-mekh’s PADD.)

Pavel likes to join in on some of Joanna’s pranks, or even to just offer some of his ideas.

In the end, Joanna’s almost always telling people that it’s Pavel’s idea.

Considering that one scene in Beyond (where Bones finds a bottle of scotch in Pavel’s locker), Pavel keeps a few other different drinks in his locker.

After finding out that Bones took the bottle of scotch from his locker, Pavel sneaks into Bones’ office and steals a bottle of Tennessee whiskey, sometimes even brandy.

Bones wonders where his missing bottles go and searches when he can (even in lockers, but Pavel hides it elsewhere because he knows how the doctor can get). He then ends up finding the bottle in the exact spot where he always puts it, but only except it’s empty.

Bones goes to ask around who got into his stash (even asks Joanna), but everyone either claims they “don’t know” or “I didn’t take it.”

Pavel manages to slip past detection.

He doesn’t enjoy whiskey/brandy as much as he does with scotch, so he goes back to stealing that into his locker. 

(Scotty knows that Pavel’s the culprit, but he says nothing. Instead he smiles at the fact that Pavel has a guilty pleasure for something that wasn’t made in Russia.)

Jaylah

Now an official member of the Enterprise crew, Jaylah is put as the ship’s Deputy Chief Engineer.

Jaylah likes to do some of her own projects, like building new devices and tools.

She has made friends with mostly everyone, but there is quite a handful that she doesn’t like, because they’re either rude, or she just thinks they’re too annoying and bothersome.

The first few days on the Enterprise she would blast her music in Engineering.

One day, Scotty came to her and gave her a pair of headphones and something called a “iPod.”

From then on Jaylah brought them everywhere with her—it made Scotty happy, knowing that Jaylah was happy too (along with the other engineers who had found the loud noise difficult to work with).

But people did have to go and tap on her shoulder to get her attention.

Joanna likes to come by Jaylah’s quarters to listen to her beats and shouting—Jaylah’s taste of music got to Joanna, and now the girl loves more music genres then she could count.

Not only does Jaylah share music tastes with Joanna, she also listens to other genres from Jim—some she likes, some she doesn’t.

After seeing @hlabounty96 ‘s post on Jaylah and Bones’ friendship, I wanted to make a few bullet points inspired by said post:

Jaylah does see Bones as some kind of a father figure uncle, as he reminds her of her own father—he protects her.

They become close friends, not just because she ends up in Medbay quite a few times and they have a few conversations of getting to know each other.

Jaylah feels good enough to even open up a little to him about her father, and life back when she was on Altamid. In return, Bones opens up a little as well.

She does find Bones’ accent amusing. “It’s just my southern charm,” he says.

Not only does Jaylah feel protected when she’s with Bones, but she feels protected by all of her friends. She loves them all so much that she calls each and everyone one of them her family.

Christine Chapel

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Christine is the super-caring guardian aunt to not just Joanna, but practically to everyone.

Like Leonard, she’s always doing her best to keep track of everyone’s health that sometimes she forgets about her own.

No matter, she has everyone else to look after her in return.

Whenever Joanna becomes saddened (or anyone else, for that matter), Christine offers her a candy to cheer her up.

It’s not like any replicated piece of sugar—it’s the good kind.

Somehow Christine always has a good, full stock.

Christine has a good sense of fashion. So when someone comes to her in desperate need for advice or help involving clothes, she’s the right gal to speak to.

She’s always kind when giving others her opinion.

On some days—when she’s feeling not so tired—she’ll do Nyota’s hair. And if Len, Jim or Spock ever need it, she’ll do Joanna’s hair as well.

Of course, Joanna can do her own hair most of the time—most of the time it’s ponytails and braids—, but she likes the different styles Christine does.

Christine even offers to teach them to Joanna, to which the latter accepts happily.

Janice Rand

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Janice is the queen of gossip.

She might be a yeoman, but Janice is well respected and appreciated by those around her.

Like Christine, Janice also has a great fashion taste, that she and Christine and Nyota all go shopping on shore leave when they can.

She is by far the best person to hang out with when no one else is hanging around.

Joanna loves all her friends aboard the Enterprise, but she has to admit that Janice is her top favorite.

Janice is always around to help Joanna with her homework—whether it be mathematics, literature, anything. (Her knowledge is limited though, especially when it comes to other-world subjects.)

Joanna will sometimes go to Janice’s quarters and have a girls sleepover, sometimes with Christine and Nyota and Jaylah.

In the mornings after the sleepover, Joanna always puts Janice’s hair up in the different hairstyles that Christine teaches her.

Janice always keeps her hair that way for the rest of the day, no matter how crooked it looks. (She has to be honest: Joanna does get better each time.)

Though most of the watch-Jim’s-health-and-take-care-of-him is mostly left for Leonard and Spock and Joanna, the Kirk-McCoy family trust Janice to contribute as well to not only be there for the captain, but for everyone else as well.

She doesn’t need to be told to know that she has a responsibility to watch after her family. A family who will also be there to watch after.

Janice is especially close with Nyota and Hikaru, as she likes to strike up friendly conversations with them. And take walks with them in the halls of the Enterprise, not only because it’s her job as a yeoman, but out of friendship.

She is always compassionate and thoughtful towards others, therefore being regarded highly for her hard work and diligence (Wikipedia.com).

Montgomery “Scotty” Scott

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Scotty is the type of uncle that falls between the confidant-and-trusted-advisor and the-bachelor-uncle categories.

Whenever in need of someone to talk to because you can’t go to your parents about it, Scotty is the one to go to.

On a few occasions, Joanna has had something that she couldn’t bring herself to tell her fathers about. So, she goes to Scotty.

Scotty is a great listener, and he always listens carefully. He lets the other finish before giving his opinion. Sometimes he right, sometimes maybe not (but most of the time he is right).

Joanna had, at one point, got into a heated argument with Leonard—she had taken his PADD and helped attend to some patients, all without his permission. She nearly ran to Scotty’s quarters. He was asleep when she knocked.

While she spoke with Scotty, Leonard spoke with Christine. (Spock and Jim were busy on the bridge for the time being.)

After giving her side of the story to him, Scotty told Joanna: “I can see why you did what you did without his permission: You wanted to help him; to give him some rest. But you must know, your daddy is just stressed from the recent attack from the Klingons. He loves you very much, and I’m sure he’s aware of how much you helped out. All it was is because he wanted to be there for you in case you got hurt.”

The teen understood what the Scotsman was saying, and she thanked him for taking the time to sit down with her.

On Leonard’s end, Christine explained to him how she helped to supervise Joanna some. “She just wants to feel like she has a purpose on this ship besides studying.”

Soon after they each discussed with their friends, Joanna and her dad met back up at their quarters. There, they made up and apologized to each other and hugged.

Why Scotty falls between that and as the bachelor uncle, well, he doesn’t care much for romantic relationships.

Sure he’s had a few crushes before, but I feel that Scotty is the aromantic bisexual type.

Keenser

Though he doesn’t really talk, Keenser also considers his friends his family.

He still gets scolded by Scotty for sitting up on top of things, but the more he did it the more tolerable Scotty became of it.

Now, Scotty subconsciously carries Keenser down whenever he’s in need of his assistance.

When Keenser first met Joanna, he didn’t really spend much time with her, nor hang around her. Until one day, Joanna came by Engineering.

She was looking for Scotty when she ran into the Roylan. He was sitting on top of a pipeline and tinkering with a sort of cube.

The brunette walked over and hoisted herself up to sit next to him to get a closer look: It was a Rubik’s cube. “That’s what my Papa Jim has,” she said. “But the colors are fading a little.”

How Keenser got his Rubik’s cube was a gift from Scotty, as the latter thought he might enjoy trying to solve it. Keenser found it frustrating.

He turned to look at the girl and offered her the cube. Understanding what he wanted, she kindly took it into her own hands.

Joanna showed Keenser how to solve it, twisting and turning the columns. It was ten minutes later that she finally figured out how to solve it; un-jumbled the colors.

Her Papa Jim had shown her before the hack to solving the cube, but it had been awhile since she heard it (she wasn’t paying much attention to what he was saying either).

Keenser was grateful for her help, and shook her hand with a nod of his head.

From then on they became friends as she visited and spent time with him more.

I hope you guys liked these headcanons!! Part 3 will be posted some time after, and it will feature characters outside the starship Enterprise. I also plan on writing future fics for this found family; maybe turn it into a sort of sitcom fic?

If there any headcanons that come to your mind, I’d love to hear them!