15 ⚓ Video/Spam ⚓ Gather yourselves, with all your heart and strength

[hearrrtofgold]

[Video]
Duke Crocker of the Cape Rouge calling Haven P.D. Anyone out there? [He’s got only small hope that anyone will answer, almost certain that Audrey and Nathan won’t. But still, he’d come through the last time the network glitched (before he showed up on the Barge), as had she. Maybe it could happen again with them, or anyone he was familiar with from back home.

He pauses for a long time, mulling over what he’s about to share, and suddenly blurts it out.] Oprah Winfrey.

[Gym Spam, evening]
[After the last of the messages had trickled in, Duke had shaken himself off and tried to calm himself walking Brownie, fixing himself a very heavy chicken salad for supper, and tried to do some yoga poses. None of the activities had provided him any peace, and he eventually decided to just embrace the discomfort and beat the crap out of something.

So here he is, standing in the gym with knuckles bound in tape and taking out his frustrations on a punching bag. He’s more than competent in street-fighting, not exceptional but still practiced and forceful. He doesn’t even remember his first fistfight, although he’s sure he lost it, and that drives him on.]

Comments

[chaotica]

You're trying to call a celebrity.

[hearrrtofgold]

Yes. That is exactly what I'm doing. I'm hoping to be the subject of another talk show, "Men Stuck Out of Time and the Women Who Love Them".

[chaotica]

Sounds fascinating. I'm sure there would be a few people in temporal management that wouldn't be so pleased, though.

Lieutenant Hugh Cambridge. USS Voyager.

And you are... the lovable friendly rogue, aren't you? First thing you reach out to is law enforcement, presumably where you come from. So you do have a sense of duty, you're just very good at it, are you?

[hearrrtofgold]

Ah. [USS Voyager. Still, after his former inmate made friends with Spock he can't be too surprised.] Starfleet, huh? I've heard that's a tough position to get.

That's me. [Although Duke looks a little annoyed about how easily he's guessed it.]

[chaotica]

Good, you're self-aware. Well, this Barge seems full of people who could really use a counselor, but you seem relatively stable. Well done.

[hearrrtofgold]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. You've been reading up on this place?

[chaotica]

Only what's been presented to me.

[hearrrtofgold]

Thoughts so far?

[chaotica]

I love it.

[hearrrtofgold]

[That's unusual, and it makes Duke laugh.] Yeah? Why's that?

[chaotica]

Are you joking? This is the most fun I've had in months. I won't say it's the most interesting thing to happen, but it's the most fun.

[hearrrtofgold]

Spoken like a true outsider.

[chaotica]

Nothing unusual.

[hearrrtofgold]

A word to the wise: if you're looking for a place to belong, this isn't an easy one.

[chaotica]

Nor is Voyager.

[hearrrtofgold]

Okay, fair, but this place may be harder. Weird is the best word for it.

[chaotica]

Are you doubting your place within it?

[hearrrtofgold]

No. Weird happens.