tampered | Everyone raise your glasses!

When; Evening of Tuesday, August 13th
Rating; PG-13, at best. Angela's on her best behavior tonight.
Characters; It's Ginny's birthday party and everybody Ginny knows was invited. Let's handwave that and just show up. BTW, IT'S BLACK TIE. PUT ON YOUR SUITS, BOYS.
Summary; There's no legal drinking age in the City, but who says we can't party like there was one anyway?
Log;

This party was four years coming. The restaurant has set aside a large room just for this event and on short notice too. The food is plentiful and of various cuisines, with even a large selection of vegetarian options for those who prefer that. But of course, there is more alcohol than one has ever seen because Angela knows the people she invited and knows quite a few of them have liquor in their veins instead of blood. Rule of thumb: more liquid than solids every time.

Everything's set and ready for the birthday girl to make her appearance, so for the time being, Angela's flitting around the place dressed in more subdued colors than usual, choosing black because no one gets to stand out more than Ginny tonight, and socializing with the few guests that have shown up already.

Sadly, there are no strippers. Ginny nixed that one hard.

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[ a good friend. kathryn knew how rare those were, how often their people turned to holographic characters and people from other worlds while they were passing through their space, seeking out companionship (and sometimes more) from a series of photons and force fields, and those they would never see again, because otherwise it was something that could often be in short supply. there was an awful lot of camaraderie aboard voyager, but comrades didn't always mean friends. chakotay and tuvok sure as hell weren't friends, and kathryn herself had a hard time regarding even her senior staff as friends at times, save tuvok. and chakotay himself... well, they'd just recently repaired the damage done to their friendship by their disagreement over the borg, a professional matter that she'd made a personal one in a failed attempt to get him to agree with, and support, her decision.

because that had ended well. ]

Should that egg decide to stink up the room, you have my permission to use whatever means necessary to remove it. [ like she said: ginny was a sweet girl. if khan showed up and behaved himself, she'd tolerate it -- she wouldn't like it, but she'd tolerate it... and likely seek out kirk and his people to make sure everything was alright with them, to see how well they were handling such closeness. but if he caused problems... well, "keep firing until you hit something," comes to mind. ]

[ chakotay was more than willing to ignore the whole borg incident, especially in a place like this, away from everyone else. they'd made it through, barely, and now he was happy to move forward with their repaired friendship. he'd hated arguing with her. it had been terribly painful, so now that they were getting along again and beyond what had happened back then, he was going to take it and run with it. and even if they had a similar disagreement in the future, he's confident they can at least learn from the borg. disagreements happen. what's important is that they understand and support each other.

for better or worse, that's what he's trying to do now. ]

If that happens, I'll even give you your phone back.

[ a joke, but it's true. he might even give her his phaser instead. he can fight perfectly well hand-to-hand if he needs to and would feel much better if kathryn were armed rather than him. khan's presence would have him more upright than tuvok on a vulcan holiday. more uptight than tuvok normally. and that's saying something. but he would follow kathryn's orders on this one. even if it meant outing them as starfleet. the important thing was that they keep as many people alive as possible. keeping their secret meant nothing if civilians died because of it. ]

You'll have to let me know if you smell it.

Mmm, yes, because I installed that phaser app on my phone this morning.

[ also known as someone isn't armed, but they both know she's been far more alert than she seems, keeping an eye out for that smell without appearing as if she's looking for anyone. ]

What happened to it? I thought you already had that app.

[ meaning he'd thought she had a real actual phaser and is now wondering what happened to it. ]

[ kathryn pulls her hand free of his grasp, laying it on his other shoulder instead so she can better draw herself closer and drop her voice to a level only he can hear. ]

Turns out strapping a phaser to my thigh in this dress wasn't quite the great idea I thought it was. I gave it Kirk.

[ if he wasn't so good at holding himself together, he might have thought his breath would catch. never in his imagination did he think she would ever get this close to him. for a moment, he just stood there, letting her practically whisper into his ear. his other hand carefully rests against her other hip. he manages a deep breath without moving too much and responds. ]

Are you sure that's wise?

[ for a multitude of reasons not limited to her not being armed now.

after a moment's hesitation, he slowly began to move his arms a little tighter around her. more for show than anything else, but he's on edge with it, looking for any sign that she isn't okay with this. ]

[ in kathryn's mind, she's close out of necessity, and the way he's circling her waist with his arms is him playing the part of making this look like a natural progression in their dance as the music fades into something more suited to slow dancing. she follows suit, sliding her arms up around his shoulders and neck. ]

I trust him, and he arrived here unarmed. Khan's sought him out on the network already; who's to say he won't seek him out in person? I would rather bend protocol to arm him than leave him unable to properly defend himself by wanting to avoid toeing any of those lines.

[ and while it's wonderful to have her this close, it's also very detrimental to his sanity. ~~there's definitely a cold shower in his future.~~ emotions swirl up inside him, but he shoves them down. they aren't important, can't be. focus on the topic. ]

Are any of the others armed? Do you think there's a way we could build another?

[ if she weren't immeasurably blind and unwilling to acknowledge and address the topic at hand, she'd apologize. however, she firmly believes they're just painting a convenient picture for those not in on their conversation. it can't be anything more than that. ]

I believe Chekov came equipped with a phaser, but you and I both know that our Type 2s are far more efficient weapons, as our Borg drone would say, than anything they're carrying. I've told him to keep it and gave him permission to disassemble it and see if he can build anything from its basis. One of us [ herself, him, or harry ] can put it back together should he find himself unable to reassemble it.

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[ there are days where her inability and unwillingness to see what's so plainly laid out in front of her works to his advantage. he has yet to decide if this is one of those instances. ]

It's lucky he has such a strong ally, in that case.

[ and he isn't sure how to feel about this. ]

He should be glad B'Elanna's not here or he might not hear the end of it if he can't figure it out or breaks it.

Something tells me they wouldn't be too appreciative of B'Elanna's presence.

[ because she was part klingon. kirk had automatically assumed that the war she spoke of that was going on back home in the alpha quadrant was with the klingons. she'd set that record straight without naming the cardassians or the dominion. ]

I think they could get past it. The rest of us did and we've had to live with her temper.

[ at least she's half-klingon and not full. the half-human part might work in her favor. ]

Everyone raise your glasses!

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