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Ah, captain.

[The captain comes out with a self-satisfied little tone that implies the man's presence is an answer in and of itself to the current problem. Naturally something suspicious and mind-boggling was happening to him. Kirk was near by. He steps fully into the room much more at ease than he'd been a moment before, shoulders slumping down into their typical relaxed posture.]

This the future, then? Not near as shiny as I fancied it, I'll confess. Bit on the gooey side, really.

[he stares, because even seeing him, Jim isn't sure he should believe it. it wouldn't be the first time on this ship the wool had been pulled over his eyes, but this is so flawlessly Scott that Kirk finds it hard to believe he could be anything else. the same wry expression, soft where ship travel and Starfleet should make you, so different from how lean and wiry Kirk is now. Scotty is bright and expectant where Jim's shadows have grown, but nothing betrays the change so much as the glint of silver at the young captain's temples.

he sets the datapadd down because he's been completely derailed, and he crosses the space between them, reaching out to set his hands on Scott's shoulders. his grip is hard.]

Scotty. God, you're a sight for sore eyes.

Ah, well then. Sure it's a pleasure to been seen, captain.

[Taking the oddities of his life in as fair a stride as ever, Scotty lightly clasped Kirk's shoulder back, eyebrows only slightly knitting together as he took in the man's appearance. It had been mostly a joke- after all, Kirk hadn't been the one from the future during that particular incidence- but he couldn't help a small, nagging feeling that perhaps he should reassess that thinking. Kirk seemed a bit worse for wear than when Scotty had seen him that very morning.]

Now don't keep a man in suspense. What's all this?

[he forces himself to let go because he knows he needs to, because letting go won't mean Scotty will disappear right before his eyes (though lately he's begun to wonder) and lets his hands fall to his sides.]

This is the Tranquility. [and if he studies Scott's face a little too hard, Jim doesn't really notice, before he's turning away to go snap up his datapadd.] When Starfleet told us we'd be going where no man had gone before, I don't think they meant this. [its half a smirk he tosses toward his engineer, and just like that its as though he hasn't gone an entire year without him- at least in outward appearance. he starts pulling up the information they've compiled for the other man.] We're in an alternate reality to our own.

Is that it? Brilliant. I've been feeling a touch safe and secure since settling in the engine room. Grand change of pace.

[Alternate dimension. Oh, sure. That would be the next logical step after time-travel. All theoretically possible- or probable, given recent events- but a bit of a headache nonetheless. Scotty stepped back as Kirk returned to his datapad, letting the wall support his weight for a moment.

As he regarded the other man, though, the slight change in appearance (and the greeting. what a greeting) brought Scotty to a fairly obvious conclusion, despite his very recent arrival. Kirk had been around a bit.]

And isn't it charming. You've done wonders with the place.

[Jim smiles, but it's a wry sort of thing that lacks most of his usual humor. he holds the datapadd out to his engineer, open to the overview he and Ianto and a handful of others had put together a long time ago.]

I sure as hell hope so, I've had a year to do it.

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