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Nyota Uhura ([personal profile] nyota_uhura24) wrote2011-09-22 11:47 pm
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[For Those Two Crazy Kids]

Nyota hadn't been joking about the room spinning, but as long as she didn't stand up there seemed to be no danger of her tumbling over. Scotty's drunken ballads were even louder than the music - and weren't even in the same genre as the pop rock that was playing - but that hardly seemed relevant to anyone. Any minute now Sulu should be showing up, and in the meantime, she ordered another drink.
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[identity profile] polarisbound.livejournal.com 2011-09-23 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Pavel stared at Hikaru and his hand for a few very long seconds, dimly considering whether or not he was a threat, and then shrugged, peering up at Duncan with malice. "He is lucky," he mused and leaned against the bar.

"Lucky--!" Duncan began, but then he looked down at Nyota, and at Hikaru, and sighed. "Keep your friend in line, then," he said gruffly and bumped past them, unable to resist knocking Pavel askew, who reacted immediately, and barely pulled himself back under control.

"Fine," he said irritably and motioned for another round of drinks. Pavel pushed one toward Hikaru. "And I am not drunk," he declared.

[identity profile] nyota-uhura24.livejournal.com 2011-09-23 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Nyota continued to glare at Duncan until he backed off, but didn't say anything more. As soon as he left she flopped down on a bar stool and waved towards the bartender. "I'm not drunk either," she said uselessly, though it obviously wasn't true.

"What was all that about, anyway?" she asked Pavel, waving a hand in the direction Duncan had gone and then laughing when she heard Scotty singing another Scottish ballad.

[identity profile] lt-swashbuckle.livejournal.com 2011-09-23 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Hikaru just shook his head in passive amusement, downing half of his drink right away. He had some catching up to do. "Right, you're not drunk. And I'm not completely sober."

[identity profile] polarisbound.livejournal.com 2011-09-23 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right, you are not anymore," Pavel rationalized easily, indicating Hikaru's drink with his head. When he had a moment to finish his own drink, he turned his attention to Nyota's question.

"He is a stinking Cossack, that is what that was about," he explained earnestly. "And he was pushing his way around."

[identity profile] nyota-uhura24.livejournal.com 2011-09-23 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Nyota happily clinked her class against Hikaru's, glad to see that he finally had a drink in his hand. "You have some catching up to do," she told him, because most of the crew had already been drinking for hours.

At Pavel's answer she arched a curious eyebrow. "Political troubles?"

[identity profile] lt-swashbuckle.livejournal.com 2011-09-24 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
"It hasn't hit me yet," Was Hikaru's reply as he finished his drink, waving the bartender down for another one. Once he got it, he leaned over to Nyota. "Everyone's a Cossack to him, remember the last shore leave we had?"

[identity profile] polarisbound.livejournal.com 2011-09-24 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
"He was a Cossack, too," Pavel interjected as soon as he heard Hikaru's response. He gave them a skeptical look, and then grinned at both of them. "What shall we do with this shore leave, then?"

[identity profile] nyota-uhura24.livejournal.com 2011-09-24 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, God," she replied, laughing wryly as she remembered the last shore leave. "Let's not have a repeat of that." It amused her endlessly that of the three of them, Pavel was by far the most likely to get into a fight.

"Drink!" was her initial answer to Pavel's question, but then she laughed and added, "And visit the crystal caves on the North Peninsula, but that'll have to wait until tomorrow."

[identity profile] lt-swashbuckle.livejournal.com 2011-09-24 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Hikaru just laughed, drinking more and starting to feel the alcohol in his system. One of the perks--or downsides--of being a lightweight, really.

"Mm--That's a great idea. I've been wanting to see those. But I'm back on shift in the evening tomorrow. What about you guys?"

[identity profile] polarisbound.livejournal.com 2011-09-24 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"So am I," Pavel grunted. "At least I will have good company back on shift." He pushed another drink toward Hikaru with a smile. "We will have to make the best of it while we can."

And then, toward Nyota, he offered her his own drink absently. "We should go to the caves tonight! It would be fine, right?"

[identity profile] nyota-uhura24.livejournal.com 2011-09-24 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Somehow I ended up having all of tomorrow off, but it's back to work alpha shift the next morning." Which meant tomorrow night she'd actually have to get some sleep if she wanted to be functional.

Happily accepting Pavel's drink and taking a sip, she replied happily, "That's a great idea. I'm just... not entirely sure of my ability to walk right now."

[identity profile] lt-swashbuckle.livejournal.com 2011-09-25 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Hikaru knew that he would have to deal with a hung over Pavel tomorrow on shift, but right now, with the alcohol finally getting to him, he didn't really care.

"We're not getting ourselves killed tonight. Let's stay on solid ground, preferably in here, since Chekov's trying to get me drunk."
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