@GrumpyOdoDS9 — came together swiftly. The away team was already assembling by the time Kira reached the docking bay. As she entered the ship, she took her place on the captain's chair, and an appropriate array of Starfleet officers took their own stations to prepare the ship for departure.
@GrumpyOdoDS9 — strode through the promenade, her comm badge already tapped, she contacted Ops. “Kira to Captain Sisko. Requesting immediate use of the Defiant for an urgent mission.”
Sisko’s response was immediate. “Granted, Major. Get your team ready. The Defiant is yours.”
Preparations —
@GrumpyOdoDS9 Kira grinned once more.
"You sure you want in? I mean, I don't even know what you could do. I suppose, Dax did suggest that you change into a bunch of tribbles while he's in bed sleeping. Thought I'd be afraid of him acting violent!!"
@GrumpyOdoDS9 "Dax just told me about a prank she pulled on Worf, involving a hidden recording of Tribble sounds in their quarters. She told me that he turned the place upside down for a good hour, searching for the source. When she described his frustration and, what she called, —
@GrumpyOdoDS9 — body motionless, all but her eyes, which had widened slightly as she stared at Odo. The possible reasons and probability began to flood her mind, albeit she did not want to jump to any conclusions despite the current facts.
Snapping out of it, Kira carefully removed herself —
"𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒. 𝐼𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠."
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐢𝐤𝐞
A man out of time.
▫️ AU from 'A Quality of Mercy' timeline.
▫️ Desperately trying to hold everything together.
▫️ At least he's alive, right?