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[takestheseat]

This is the space for any and all scenarios with Jaylah. Pun intended. Please provide prompts or starters. Mark anything that's NSFW and/or contains triggering content.

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[universal_charm]

<sub>[ Ah, Kirk remembers that uniform, perhaps a touch more fondly than some other members of the Fleet - minus one or two incidents.

He smiles when she does, as always glad to see that she is doing well. He had every faith that she would succeed, but still, he worried a little. She had spent so long on her own, after all, but she was a survivor. And all right, he liked what she called him, in that accent of hers. He would miss hearing it for the next few years. ]</sub>

Hello, Jaylah. I thought I'd bring you a little going away present.

_{[ He held up the little cube and waggled it with an enticing smirk. ]}

[takestheseat]

[It's not horrible per say, but it definitely feels different, like she's giving up part of herself simply by wearing it. She supposes to most it might seem silly, or maybe childish, but after she escaped from her father she's just had herself to rely on while surviving, while growing up on that harsh planet. She didn't have much, but she had herself and the idea of compromising that gave her great pause. She'll need to think on that more later.

Her brow furrows at his words, and she tilts her head curiously a moment as he smirks. Soon, her eyes catch the little cube and her expression brightens slowly like a kid on Christmas morning, if she knew about that holiday.]

What is on it?

[universal_charm]

<sub>[ He could understand that, though he hoped she would come to understand what that uniform meant. Star Fleet wouldn't ask her to give up whom she was - that diversity was what made them strong. But it did ask all those who came to serve to be able to work within the group too. It was important. But Kirk thought she would come to understand that in her own way and in her own time. Trying to force it wouldn't end well.

Besides, her liked her as she was, and he wanted to see how she would fit into the fabric of the Fleet.

He enjoyed the slow brightening of her smile, letting the cube hand there between them. ]</sub>

You'll have to invite me in to find out.

[takestheseat]

[She understood well enough the concept, but needed to experience the dynamics for herself, to learn things first hand. Prior to that happening fully, Jaylah should try to improve her social skills ever so slightly. She'd come to things organically, but after Kirk's surprise visit, she's not thinking beyond him and his present.

Huffing slightly at his tease, she stepped aside just enough and held out her hand expectantly, waiting for him to drop it there lest she reach for it and he tease her by jerking it away.]

Why are you giving me this?

[universal_charm]

_{[ Kirk stepped in and put the gift in her palm. It was a simple, standard data-cube. It wasn't even all that large capacity wise, but it hadn't needed to be for what he'd loaded onto it. He motioned for her to go to the terminals that came with apartments and place it in so she could see what he'd loaded onto it - all the rock classics, naturally. Since she liked the beat and the shouting. ]}

A going away present, I suppose. So you don't forget me and the crew - and so you have something to listen to on the way to Earth.

_{[ He grinned widely, waiting expectantly for her to try the cube. ]}

[takestheseat]

[She absently shut the door behind him, but her attention remained centered on his gift to her now that it's in her hand, taking in the technical specifications of the device to try and determine what it contained as she walked towards the terminals. It's difficult to tell if his hand motion spurred her or she already had the mind to investigate, but the moment she's at the terminal, she plugged in the data cube.

She didn't even bother to sit down, throwing him a grin the moment he mentioned listening to it. A few clicks later and soon System of a Down poured from the speakers. For a while, she gave the terminal a dubious stare, but then the words started and she became pleased. It was appropriately noisy, and she even liked the mellower bits.]

This has good noise. I like this music. [A pause.] Thank you James T.

[universal_charm]

<sub>[ He watched her, amused as always by her intensity in all the things she did. She didn't seem to have a chill factor, but oddly enough it worked on her. The intensity - it was alluring in its way, and he thought that it would take her far in her career in Star Fleet, if she chose to see it to its end.

Remaining a step or two behind, he let her see to the data cube, waited for the music to come through the speakers with shredding guitars and rapid drum beats and growling voices. ]</sub>

You are very welcome, Jaylah. Be sure to play this very loud at all hours in the dorms.

[takestheseat]

[His suggestion receives an eyebrow tick upwards, as though to chastise him for trying to pull a fast one on her. She knows that loud music, especially her favorite sorts of songs, weren't exactly something to subject others to at all hours.]

It's not nice to try to get me in trouble.

[She stands, crossing her arms over her chest to offer him a more scathing impression, but she still appears amused.]

What other rules do you suggest I break?

[universal_charm]

_{[ What? He couldn't resist playing a little prank on a new Academy student. And maybe he enjoys encouraging a little rebellion. It is a trait he can appreciate in moderation in others. ]}

There's one about fights, but I kind of expected you to break that one without me telling you. You don't let anyone give you crap, so definitely don't take it there either.

[takestheseat]

[Too bad Jaylah's a bit too clever for that one. Pranks are more difficult on those with logically wired brains, and especially with those who want to make people like James T and Montgomery Scotty proud of her here. He's more likely to briefly teach her incorrect uses of words that will embarrass her, but that came with its own dangers, namely her retaliation.]

I do not take crap from anyone. [There's a bit of indigence in her voice despite her slight smile. Of course she's not going to inform him of any fights she's already found herself in with crap givers. They had all been self-defense anyways, or deserved for other reasons. Earth men were disgusting.] That is not hygienic James T.