[Closed to Kaylee and Matt]

[governorkang]

Kang didn't think he'd ever been this shaken up before in his entire life. He hadn't even been able to shove it aside long enough to handle answering questions during podpop; he'd tried, but only having been back for a half hour... it wasn't enough time. So, he'd left, to try and get his head straight enough to be able to give his report to Captain Kennedy.

Still, he knew that the captain had definitely picked up on it. He'd slipped a few times.

Practicing with his weapons against imaginary foes in the Sensoriums hadn't helped; neither had taking a two hour long walk through a part of the City that had previously been unexplored. He didn't feel like dealing with other people yet, but he didn't want to go back to his room, either.

However, it was late enough that Kaylee was probably closing up the tavern by then. He could deal with her, at least, and having a drink or five was incredibly tempting. Being in a place from home would probably help him with sorting out the memories, too--

--except for the fact that there was a sprig of mistletoe hanging in the doorway, and he now knew exactly what the tradition was.

Kang froze in the doorway, staring up at the sprig with an odd, almost confused expression.

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[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

Matt nodded as he spun the mug around in his hands, running fingers across the surface of it. "Yeah. Not to butt in or anything but you're radiating a venerable cocktail of bad juju if you get my drift. But I figured you needed to let it out SOMEHOW instead of blowing up something in the sensoriums."

[governorkang]

"I already tried that. Blowing things up in the Sensoriums wasn't working all that well," Kang said dryly. "It was a trap, Matt. Two gods made a cheap bet with each other, forcing fake memories, and bodies on us if we weren't human, to see how much mundane despair and oppression we could take before we either broke or the townspeople that also had fake memories forced on them turned on us."

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

"Tch, great," groaned Matt. "And I'm sure they're unrepentant about the whole situation huh? Sounds like anyone could be pushed to the edge about that."

He sighed deeply. "Man, at that rate you'd think that Stacy would screen these missions of hers."

[governorkang]

"Of course. Mortals are just playthings to gods, after all, here for their amusement," Kang snorted. "You've been here longer than me. Do you remember someone named Q showing up before?"

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

"Can't say I have," said Matt. "If someone like that popped up, then it's well before my own time."

He shook his head. "No wonder you're frustrated. I would be too."

[governorkang]

Kang rolled his eyes, "Apparently he visited once to pester the previous captain, Picard. With it being twice now that he's bothered us, I wouldn't be surprised if he showed up again."

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

"And three times is the charm I hear," said Matt with a shake of his head. "I'll bet that it involves more funtime for that Q." He sighed. "Picard... I vaguely remember that guy."