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[mintjulep]

This is Leonard McCoy, Chief Medical Officer aboard the USS Enterprise. Bridge, do you copy?

[ There’s a man in science blue standing next to the fountain, looking cold and grumpy as he shakes his device. ]

Damn interference… Enterprise, this is McCoy. I don’t know what the hell happened with those infernal transporters, but I’m damn sure I ain’t where I’m supposed to be. Scott, can you hear me? Jim? Uhura? Sulu? Chekov? Chapel? Anyone?

… Spock?

[ Nothing, not even the hobgoblin. Dammit. ]

Right, well. Looks like I’ll try and blend in. Christmas music and all...

[ Except since his communicator couldn’t reach the Enterprise, it broadcasted his conversation to the entire city instead… ]

Comments

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[faroffdream.livejournal.com]

Yep. It's how everyone talks here. Some people have phones they hook up to it but it's all the same thing. Kind of neat.

But the devices don't reach anyone outside of the barrier - I mean, not as far as we know.

[ audio ]

[mintjulep]

Can people use phones that aren't part of the network?

If they can hear us, we can't hear them. Right. [ Must be some sort of interference. ]

[ audio ]

[faroffdream.livejournal.com]

Sort of? They just connect to the network though - phones, computers, any communicator. All of them somehow tap into the same thing.

Yeah, I guess but...I'm not sure anyone can hear us. I think...it's probably more like it works both ways - we can't hear them and they can't hear us because the barrier kind of is like a huge shield. I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I've been here for a while and I've never heard anything through it without it being down.

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[mintjulep]

Sounds kind of hard to have a private conversation.

That's possible, too-- [ wait. ] It's been down?