lt_linguist | ninth translation // written/action for housemates

[Heavily filtered - probably 97% - to Malcolm Reynolds]

[It takes a few hours after the experiment wears off for this letter to appear - she's been collecting her thoughts, working through everything, and then composing the message, mustering every ounce of dignity she can.]

Captain Reynolds,

I would like to sincerely apologize for my behavior the last few days. It's clear that we were both affected by the latest "experiment" perpetrated by the Malnosso, and I, at least, was acting completely out of character.

You seem like a very decent person, and I wouldn't mind getting to know you better, if you're willing. However, please be aware that I have no romantic interest in you at the present time, and I am currently involved with someone else, anyway.

Again, you have my sincerest apologies if I led you to believe that certain emotions were present, which are not.

-Lieutenant Nyota Uhura

[Uhura has been in her room since the experiment wore off, the room she shares with Spock. The journal is closed and set aside, and she is lying on the bed, curled on one side, staring at the wall as though if she stares hard enough, something might happen that will magically fix everything.

It's very unlikely to.

The door is closed, but not locked or barred, though she briefly considered it before dismissing the idea as too childish. Which it would be. And she is going to deal with this situation in the most mature way she possibly can.

Once she's had a bit of a cry, that is.]

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[ emony steps deeper into the room, folding her hands together in front of her as she comes to stand before where uhura's sitting. she couldn't imagine what it was like to come out of an experiment like that, especially since she hadn't been affected by it this time around. she considered herself lucky and fully expected to be affected by whatever the scientists dropped on them next. ]

You've always seemed like a very strong person to me. I'm sure you will.

[ there's a pause here before she asks, a bit boldly-- ]

Have you spoken with the commander yet?

[Strong. Yes. Uhura has always been proud of her strength. Right now, though, she feels weak, terribly weak. She should've been stronger, but she wasn't.]

Not yet. I - [She looks down at her hands, folded neatly in her lap.] I suspect he'll need to take some time alone.

[ she suspected as much, but it never hurt to ask. she'd seen that spock had been affected as well, but she hadn't felt she had the right to speak up on the entry she came across on the journals and hadn't allowed herself to read through all the visible comments. thankfully, the experiment had passed as she hoped it would. not only for uhura and spock's sake, but for everyone's.

emony nods. ]

We all need time to ourselves after something so harrowing.

Spock moreso than others, I'm sure. [Uhura nods slightly in agreement. She'd seen it too, of course, though since she'd been affected as well, it hadn't struck her as particularly odd.

She'd even talked about Captain Reynolds to Spock. She winces at the memory.]

He'll likely be even more disgusted with his behavior than I am of mine.

I can only imagine. I spent some time on Vulcan as my previous host and... I do not envy him. But, I'm sure he'll appreciate you being there for him. No-one was in control of their actions. It's not his fault.

I know what you say is true, but I can't stop feeling as though I betrayed him. Part of me knew it wasn't real all along.

Even though you knew, your actions were still out of your control. We can't be held responsible for the things this place makes us do. I'm sure logic will tell him the same.

It will.

[She pauses, on the verge of imparting something rather personal. But Emony might understand, a little. In a way, she's in a similar situation.]

At times like this... You know, I'd never want Spock to change. I'd never ask that of him. He'll need time on his own to figure this out, and I'll give him whatever time he needs.

But part of me really wants him to hold me right now.

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