Star Trek: The Gamemasters of Triskelion (First Watch: S2E16)

[madimpossibledreamer]

Death/injury count:well, the pain bracers do not do well for Chekov, uhura, or Kirk.  Also possible abuse/worse with Uhura.

“mind the store”?  He’s figured out some of the metaphors.

That’s not a transporter.

You don’t sound convinced, Kirk.

Trinary sun??

You know.  Like you might be.

Only one of those outfits is marginally useful for fighting for the females.

Uhura’s been trained in hand to hand!  Though it’s obviously not as much training as in other groups.  Presumably any landing party members are trained.

The woman wins the fight against Kirk.  Take that, crazy man.

‘upbeat, adventurous theme’?

He recognizes the other species by sight.

You look vaguely Technomage.

What are you wearing around your neck?

Thrall?  You’re a slave?

The absolute horror and anger as he starts to realize slavery is a thing because that’s so utterly barbaric/unthinkable.

“A negative attitude is no good to us.” –Bones (hahaha)

Snarking at each other hehhh.

There’s actual tears in his eyes as he’s in pain.  Uhura, meanwhile, is dignified and just ticked off.

(you know, every time someone says ‘impossible’, I just say ‘nobody’s tried hard enough yet’)

(bones is bouncing)

Kirk, do you have large parts of the star charts memorized??

Good point about dimensions also hopping them that often isn’t too often

You say ‘not my concern’, I say ‘I’m the Captain’

…that’s…incredibly uncomfortable.  Please don’t be being raped, Uhura.  Please.  And the pain of not being able to help a crew member…

Are they just going to leave it like that?  O.o :(

Why are you at the science station when you’re a gold shirt, lady??  Haines.  Also, you’re cool.

(wild aquatic fowl hhhh)

Chekov.  Priorities.  (Uh, okay.  He’s clearly not gay or bi.  Unlike Kirk.  Also he prioritizes voice slightly.)

And Kirk’s concentrating on the practicals, food.  He’s also being polite, but only polite.  Then again, he’s probably still killkillkill on the inside.

Fails to get info the normal way.  /switch on Hi, I’m Kirk the Charmer.

Holds out a mirror.  “That’s beautiful.”  I like your definition, Kirk.

(Given that she refused, maybe she was able to fight him off?  I’d like to go with that.  I mean, she’ll be punished if they can’t get away, but.  I don’t want to think of Uhura as the damsel in distress, I want to think of her as able to take care of herself, thank you very much.
That is not to say that anyone who can’t is a damsel in distress or whatever idiocy, just…things like that change your life and not for the better and I don’t want that for Uhura.  …Or anyone, really.)

“You’re out of your Vulcan mind”

(we’ve discovered JJAbrams long range transporters)

(I’d also like to point out that all the humans are looking at Spock and saying “this is illogical what the blank are you doing” when he’s following a hunch for once in his life.  Something about this situation seems backward.)

Kirk’s just breathing faster and looking distressed when they’re saying “use someone as a practice target”.  Which, oddly, makes me think of Merlin.

Kirk just instantly steps up, like “don’t hurt my people, hurt me”

(is he expected to die?)

Are you supposed to be moving around like that?

Uhura doesn’t put up with anything.  (she doesn’t seem majorly traumatized; less so than Rand in the Enemy Within, but…)

(the fun thing is the sidestepping while in the wrong direction looks like fencing footwork.  Yes, I’d know.  No, I wasn’t much good; I probably should’ve had a saber or something because I kept trying to slash which is worse than useless in fencing because it might snap your blade.)

Kirk’s signature fighting moves: okay, that was a kick, but throwing your body at the opponent is a pretty big one.

Going once, going twice.

Not a herd.

“I see you managed to get your shirt off”

What, running two miles is a hardship?  Come on.  (unless it’s a ploy.  It’s probably a ploy.  Of some kind.)

Fail on one tack, move on.  Kirk, you weren’t kidding about the “fair” psychologist thing.

Interestingly enough, he keeps trying to talk to Shahna as an equal, she gets freaked out about the Providers being displeased, and then he moves on to Charm/Seduction rolls.  It says a lot about him as a character and how he sees women (and her specifically).

Mr. FREEDOM

“live together, help each other, make each other happy” that’s what he sees love as.  Ladies and gentleman, a sexist misogynist pig /end sarcasm

And that failed.  So, different tack.  Man.

And now Kirk’s upset and realizing that his questions may have caused her to die.  Lovely.

Takes responsibility.

He obeys Starfleet.  You’re not Starfleet.

“It’s the custom of my people to help one another when we’re in trouble” Jim, lemme smush your cheeks and make you pout, because that is both adorable and soooo optimistic it hurts.

Timing.  Yes.  Good.  (that made me cough.  Good thing I wasn’t taking a sip at the time or that would’ve gone badly.)

/fighting stance immediately.

…Spock is getting annoyed at having to constantly justify his actions, bones, scotty

Spock looking all smug after having pointed out that they could mutiny.  I mean.  It basically looks like another Spock face, but I have a hunch it’s smug.

(okay, this is the first time—well, other than Enemy Within—it’s even approached non-con, and he’s forcing the issue because he needs himself & crew & if possible everyone else free)

Oh, and then punching her.  That makes sense.

(Chekov, really.)

Uhura, are you limping?  …no, I think you’re just trying to walk with your miniskirt.  Admittedly I’ve never tried to walk in a miniskirt, so I have no idea how that would work.

No, doctor, of course not.  That would be illogical.

“Daniel, I recall, had only his faith, but I’d welcome your company, Doctor.”  Look at that grin.  McCoy, you’re warming up to him.  Don’t deny it, I saw that.

Or you know, that could happen.

That absolutely disgusted look on Haines’ face.

Are those.

Are those brains attached to a computer?

Engaging in a battle of wits with brains. This should be interesting.

(THE BEST GAMBLERS OMG START PLAYING….KAIJI OST)

Well, if nothing else, he has demonstrated he has a…poker face.

Were you playing that up as “impossible”???

Oooh, nice Greek throw.

…aww.

What do you mean, lied?  About what specifically?

I’m surprised you didn’t stomp on it.

“I’m sorry, Shahna.  I didn’t lie.  I did what was necessary.” Well, you’ve got it here, folks.

“All your people must learn, before you reach the stars.”  You sure you’re not talking to us past!Earth folks?

What’s galt gonna do?

(what about the already spacefaring thralls?)

(I wonder if they’re used to him beaming up shirtless?)