capeandcowl | 001 ✚ voice

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001 ✚ voice

_{( A few hours after arriving, and after meeting up with Jim and figuring out some basics, because he's not about to make a public post that makes a fool of him in front of a bunch of people, Bones picks up the comm and says, rough southern accent and all-- )}

Alright. There's obviously no point asking about how to hail a ship that's in orbit two hundred years in the future.

_{( A great start, by Dr. Leonard McCoy. He sounds all business, and you can almost hear him rolling up his sleeves. )}

If this is a city of heroes, I'm willing to bet it's also a city of danger. _{( He says that derisively. )} If you were going to rate this place based on how easy it was to get sick, injured--how would it compare to your home ti--that is, world? Are buildings getting knocked down, people getting crazy interdimensional diseases?

I like to know what I'm working with.

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That's probably always the case. Disaster's always lurking 'round the corner.

Speaking from experience?

Speaking from common sense.

[ She has to laugh. ]

That's a matter of perspective.

Believe you me, I've got the right one.

No harm in staying a little optimistic, is there?

There might be.

There's nothing wrong in hoping for the best while preparing for the worst. Do you disagree?

If that works for you, sure.

[ There's still the trace of a smile in her voice. ]

Yes, it does. [ And a little more formally: ] My name is Yako Katsuragi. If you have any more questions about the City, I'll be happy to answer what I can.

Yako? _{( There's some kind of sound of acknowledgement, there. )}

Name's McCoy. I appreciate the offer.

A pleasure to meet you -- Dr. McCoy, isn't it?

[ She's noticed how he's introduced himself to some of the other people who've responded, so she supposes he doesn't care to repeat the information, but for politeness' sake, she decides to clarify. After a moment's pause, curiously: ]

How dangerous would you say your own world is?

That's right. I'm a doctor.

_{( He will never ever get tired of saying that. )}

Depends what you'd consider a world. I haven't spent much time on earth, lately.

You travel to different planets, then?

The crew explores space. I make sure the crew doesn't get itself killed.

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But you enjoy your job.

[ it's not a question. ]

Yeah. I do.

_{( And that is said with quiet assurance, because goddamn it no one dies on his watch except when they do. )}

I imagine it's quite the challenge.

[ There's approval in her voice, even if it goes unspoken. She can admire someone who takes pride in the work they do. ]

How did you end up becoming a doctor on a spaceship? [ Her tone's genuinely curious ~~because she's definitely never heard of Star Trek~~ and piqued, like the idea still takes some getting used to. ]

First I was just a doctor. Then I found a spaceship. _{( "My wife kicked me out and I figured space was enough of a suicide mission to drown my sorrows in." )}

Starfleet's a pretty big deal, in my time. You enlist, they assign you. Sometimes they even do it right.

[ There's a story there, but she's not going to pry... at least, not yet. ]

It sounds like they did it right, with you. [ He talks about the crew like they're a pain in the ass, but she's almost certain there's affection in it, too. ]