Precise -adjective- 1. Marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail 2. Used to emphasize that one is referring to an exact and particular thing
Asunder -adverb- 1. Apart; divided 2. Into pieces
Combo chapter! I've been having problems, especially because I feel this little story is drawing to a close of sorts and I'm awful at endings. I'm also awful at middles. Beginnings aren't really my forte either. Hopefully I can get back on track here, but we'll see I guess.
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Scotty had absolutely shot down any idea of mucking with the transporter itself. "Cap'n, that thing won't know to stop using it, and we cannae risk some poor sod being scattered over the next three star systems because we tweaked our transporter just wrong."
And thus, the crew of the Enterprise became alarmingly more thinned out as they combated the virus. Spock and Chekov actually managed to wrestle away control of the nacelle after a few hours, but then the two had promptly disappeared toward the surface. The view-screen continued to show the mildly disturbing tree-brain-planet lady facsimile, which constantly and politely demanded they remove themselves, and nothing they did could get it to leave. Up to and including turning the entire communications system off and on again.
"Fine, Scotty." Kirk tapped his chin, valiantly pretending he wasn't drowning in the paranoia and suspense of possibly and randomly being beamed off his own ship. Goodness. "What if we made it so it couldn't find anyone else?"
"That, that I can do. Can't disappear what you can't find, I suppose."
With just upward of two-hundred people left on-board, the sound of Scottish swearing and subsequent systems failure couldn't be sweeter.