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[Or his AUs!]

1. You and I apparently have very different ideas of what 'subtle' means. 2. I didn't lie to you, shit just happened between then and now. 3. Just woke up on the floor missing my shirt and one boot. What the hell happened??? 4. Please tell me this is good news. I need it. 5. So I'm here, where the hell are you?

6. [Or Text Him! Misfires welcome!]

While inebriated, you happened upon a juvenile Felis catus, deemed it "freezing and sad," and removed your shirt to "swaddle it like a baby." Upon finding another, you repeated the process with your boot while mourning your inability to swaddle it.

Edited 2025-05-16 16:15 (UTC)

....That explains my stuffy nose at least. Did I bring them back aboard...????

There is an antihistamine hypospray on the table in your quarters.

Affirmative.

thanks

[There's no other texts for like. Almost half an hour. Jim's quarters is a Mess.]

Hey, Spock? Uhm. I can't find them.

Remarkable. Where did you look for them, Captain?

I tore my room apart. I think they got out. They're not in the closet or the shared bathroom either. Please tell me someone came and took them out of my room last night. Or that we converted a storage room into a safe place for them. Something. I can't believe even drunk I'd let two kittens LOOSE on the ship but they're not in my room oh no.

Well... you know how I asked you and your chief engineer to customize a shuttle that will keep wisps from getting in or out? Turns out about 5 hitched a ride inside the test subject, so I've beem corraling them for the last hour and now my containment device tells me there's a cat-shaped spirit around. Not a curiosity wisp but another.

Pretty sure something broke in transport. But if you find yourself missing some items, let me know. Might be our spirit.

Yeah I thought you guys got that sorted??? Or. It's back to the drawing board. How the hell did you end up attracting more? He's going to be beside himself if they broke his teacup.

We did. What I think happened is these 5 were already aboard or they hitched a ride on my stuff and I didn't know it. Which suggests I need something that makes me an inhospitable host before I board. Which may be more magic than technology, so I'll get to work on that one.

They're wisps of curiosity and everything I am is one big unanswered question. They love my notes and everything I do. The teacup is fine. I made sure of it. Might need a final tweak on the shuttle's containment field, though.

The cat, though... not sure what emotion it is. If you happen to find it before I do, send it back towards the shuttle bay?

Wait, you should be able to tweak the scan for decon to pick up if there's any wisps on entry into the shuttle with the right resonance frequency. That would save some time. I'll keep an eye out here but no reports so far.

[Because it is happily rooting through Jim's belongings in his quarters but that's a problem for Future Jim.]

Good stopgap for now, but I'd like to have an enchantment that keeps them from hopping a ride in the first place. I still don't know how much Federation technology actually affects them.

Could be good, could be bad. Hard to pinpoint locations when basically everything on the ship is new to these wisps. Assuming it's curiosity or another close emotion... that still doesn't narrow anything down. It's not on my shuttle any longer and that's all I know. I'll see if I can recalibrate a few things to pick up its trail.

[ curiosity or mischief in equal measure. ]

Well it's a big ship so odds are decent it's not anywhere dangerous but I'd like to track it down ASAP all the same. Gonna have folks check the labs and Engineering right away and then spread out from there.