Arrival -Locked and OTA-

[engineermage]

Locked to Dr. Crusher

In a moment, perhaps for some, of deja vu, a red haired man appears in ten forward right near the door.

"But who else is going to talk to the unicorns?" he said before realizing that he's no longer where he was a moment ago. A severe case of vertigo takes him as his body suddenly catches up with the mind and notices that it's no longer tied to the land he came from. That he's no longer connected to his world's ley-lines and to Eire itself.

It disapproves of this greatly.

And after wobbling a moment he drops to the floor as everything spins around in unfun ways.


Later - OTA

It seems like Trever is sitting with a somewhat bemused expression on his face in Ten Forward. He's watching everything, completely and utterly fascinated like he's never seen it before - a cup of tea next to him. His hands are being kept busy by idly fiddling around with some little device, moving parts around. Though not looking at what he's doing, his hands seem to know what to do.

For those who are good at noticing things, they'll see that there are a few things different about him:

A. There is no sign of his ubiquitous cat. Anywhere at all.

B. He's wearing gloves.

C. He's playing with electronics which is not something he's shown any sort of inclination towards before.

Comments

[engineermage]

"I don't see why not?" He's rather puzzled at the question. After all why wouldn't he?

Kale's one of those people always looking for an edge in everything. And if this technology can make people's lives better or safer then he'll happily steal it.

The question, 'you don't look like a prince' would end up with the question of 'what does a prince look like'? Admittedly, he's a bit on the - not completely scruffy side - but he is wearing well worn clothes with grease stains on the shirt and the beginning of a hole in his jean's knee area. So if Will thinks that prince is equivalent to nice and neat then yes, Kale doesn't look like a prince.

"Yup. Third in line to the throne, unless Nat has any kids."

[dictaphonic]

"W-well, I didn't mean that so much in the sense that you couldn't, but...um. Is that allowed?" Will once got chastised for reading issues of New Scientist from the year after his own time, so he has a pretty well-developed sense of some of the rules behind time travel in his universe.

Admittedly, when it comes to royalty, Will's thinking of stereotypes. Also, current royalty in his country and those around it just don't look like Kale--not to his knowledge, at least. "Wow. That's--well, impressive, I suppose!" He frowns. "But doesn't that mean it'll be troublesome for your country that you're here? Unless you're able to be returned to the exact time and space you came from, I suppose..." He frowns thoughtfully. For that matter, where will he go back to himself? It feels like too much to hope that he could reappear in the TARDIS in the exact place in the Vortex from which he left. But he has a feeling that idle speculation is going to be worthless--at least until he can meet Q himself and learn more from him.

[engineermage]

Still puzzled, Kale said, "... I don't know? I'm not sure why that should stop me?"

Time travel is SO not a thing in Kale's universe except in science fiction and he leaves that to his twin brother. Which considering all the weird stuff that does happen is kind of odd. But then again, lots of things in life are odd.

"Oh, definitely. It'll be blood murder." This... doesn't seem like a bad thing in Kale's opinioh. "My da' was kidnapped back when he was still crown prince and Grandpa Mal asked my mum to find him - that's actually how they first met - and she wasn't very subtle getting him out."

As in she left a large swath of dead and dying in her wake.

[dictaphonic]

This response, unfortunately, does not help with Will's confusion. "Well, because that sort of thing could change your own future. Aren't you worried?" From his furrowed brow, it seems that he is at least.

He makes a face at Kale's predictions, too. His voice is earnest as he says: "Th-then I hope you do go back where and when you arrived from--for your kingdom's sake!"

[engineermage]

"I don't know what my future is, so how would I know if I'm changing my own future?" Which makes perfect sense to Kale.

Again, despite being the tech-nerd he's not the science fiction fan and so doesn't care about the space time continuum.

"Me too." Though he does wish that they might be a little bit late. His betting book has 'kidnapped by aliens' as one of the possibilities if a family member or members go missing and it'd be fun to finally be able to use it.

[dictaphonic]

He falters at that. "Um. I'm not sure. But...wouldn't it be a bad thing if you did?"

Not knowing about that bet, he just nods. Cheerfully, he says, "Still, this seems like a nice enough place to stay for a while! Erm. So far, at least." He doesn't know much about the Enterprise yet, but he's hoping to learn.

[engineermage]

"I don't know. It could be a good thing too. Like I said, I've got no idea what my future is so why should I worry about ruining it if it hasn't happened yet?" Kale said, still confused on this point.

"I mean... what exactly would cause a future to get screwed up in the first place if it hasn't happened yet?"

Kale is going to have to start running a book for this place.

"Yeah, it is. It definitely could be worse." Kale is planning on learning. He's not hoping.

[dictaphonic]

He makes a face. "Well...because other people do know, I suppose. There's a way the future is meant to go." But he can tell that he's not convincing Kale at all, so he adds, "But I should probably let you work."

That said, he glances at his cup of tea, wondering if it's gone cold by now. He hopes not, but a sip confirms it. He sighs and stands; he'll have to get another cup. "I'm sure we'll talk again soon. It's been very nice to meet you! Good-bye."