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lt_linguist) wrote2010-02-28 07:40 pm
lt_linguist) wrote2010-02-28 07:40 pm
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.]
[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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[She pauses a moment.] Also, causing great pain to any Malnosso I meet sounds appealing.
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Can I get you anything?
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She opens her mouth to decline immediately, then, oddly enough, thinks better of it.]
Tea?