Title: Simple Methods
Characters: McCoy, Kirk, bit of Spock
Word Count: 150
Warnings: No spoilers. Misuse of catchphrase? IDEK where the cracky randomness came from, so don't ask...
After five weeks of mundane charting missions, the crew of the Enterprise and especially her captain were decidedly antsy. Morale was down by twelve percent, efficiency by seven, and the general atmosphere hung low, almost funereal in its dourness. Jim was snapping at everyone brave enough to come into his personal space, Sickbay was filled with mildly depressed and lethargic crew, and no one had cracked a joke on the Bridge for days.
Sometimes the simplest – crudest, some might say – methods were the most effective, so McCoy always believed, and his solution of the day for the rampant boredom took the shape of a hand-lettered sign on the First Officer's cabin door.
Out of my Vulcan mind, BRB.
Even Spock admitted the juvenility was worth the effort when they came around the corner to find James Kirk sliding down the wall to the floor of the corridor, hooting with laughter.