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Day 335: Legal Queen
From: Legal Queen
To: kitten_loverJJMU
Subject: I'm still so glad I got to see you on Christmas.
Time arrived: 01/20/2261 00:00:01
It feels weird getting your letter after having such a long chat on Christmas. A lot of the things that were mentioned in your note we already talked about. That was definitely the best Christmas present I got this year. Definitely better than anything I can get from the admiral when she returns. I'm glad that a video call was possible. I hope maybe we can do it again at some point. Your letters are lovely, but I enjoy talking to you.
Since you weren't before, I am very excited that you're interested in what I do for a living. Unfortunately, I can't give you too many details. Lawyers live by confidentiality rules just like doctors do. I feel like your mom would have at least gone over this. But I can confirm that I am consulting on the Kirk-Grayson unauthorized likeness lawsuit.
However, I'm not the only member of the team. Also, it would be a slight conflict of interest since your dad is also a party to the lawsuit. Let's just say there are aspects of this you're unaware of that require multiple team members.
Also, I need to be able to focus on the Nana Kirk case. She was absolutely shocked we managed to get actual hardcopy signatures. She didn't expect us to work with the Enterprise legal team to deal with this.
You weren't kidding about the several hundred pictures. I've been getting pictures for days, and I expect more to come. I've shown them off to all of my colleagues. Chloe's daughter now wants to study abroad in the New Vulcan colony. I feel like the actual program would be nowhere near as much fun as all of you seem to be having.
You did have the best gingerbread house. Although I already knew that from seeing it during our video call. But it looked better in the still images.
I'm glad to actually get to see your cousin. Sorry, I'm responsible for accidentally giving her a controlled substance. I didn't get to that part of the Vulcan legal code until after I shipped my Christmas presents. Although I've been assured it's more like pot on Earth than accidentally giving her opiates. I got the impression you didn't know that chocolate would hit her so hard. Having Human-Vulcan hybrid physiology probably means that Spock responds slightly differently to the compound. You shouldn't have used him as a reference for how Saavik would respond.
I am so glad you enjoyed all your Christmas presents. I know you told me that in person, but I'm happy to read all the details. Although maybe next time I won't send as much chocolate. However, you're my only niece, so I must spoil you. Well, that I'm aware of, at least. I won't be shocked if it turns out the Judge had a few illegitimate children. Maybe he can just go bother them and leave me the fuck alone. I am so so done with him.
I know you know about the incident with the Judge on Christmas Day. We weren't as fast as we should've been with disconnecting the call, and you heard a little too much. So you should know what's going on.
Yes, the Judge did break into my house and tried to burn down my office. Although it seems like he was trying to access my computer files. We're still trying to figure out why the Judge did that. I think he was trying to sabotage my case to get me fired, so I will come back to him.
The only one he got fired was himself. He got kicked out of the firm. That's quite an accomplishment considering he's a founding partner. It shouldn't be surprising since the other founding partners are now dead, and they have been replaced by their children. None of whom actually like the Judge. Since they can't get revenge on their overbearing fathers, they can take it out on my sperm donor. I welcome him actually getting punished for once.
Anyway, he's in jail, and I am house shopping again. Some of my new friends are helping. I'm looking at a few units in the same community as my boss. Some of the units are rentals, and others are for sale. I have attached a few images of some of the prospects. In the meantime, I am enjoying living in a hotel next to work. This is the next best thing if I can't work from home. Actually, it's better because I have a pool here.
I know by this point you're back on Enterprise. How was the rest of your vacation? Did anything else interesting happen? I got pictures of you dancing in the rain. I didn't even know it rained on the colony. Although it looks like you're having fun.
I assume classes have already started back again? How's that going? Did you pick up any new classmates during your break, or will that happen later?
Anyway, write back when you have a chance.
Xxxx
From: kitten_loverJJMU
To: Legal Queen
Subject: Re: I'm still so glad I get to see you on Christmas.
Time sent: 01/20/2261 18:08:01
I'm so glad you're getting all the pictures. Have you got the ones from uncles Jim and Spock's not-a-birthday yet? The cake was great, and the babies covered themselves with it.
Thankfully we lost classmates instead of gaining more. We've been back for a while. Long enough that we've received our grade back from our vacation research project. I mentioned last time that Peter is a Vulcan citizen and has access to the good version of history. So we decided to compare the public version of the Battle of Vulcan to the Vulcan-only version of the Battle of Vulcan to first-person sources such as uncle Jim and mom.
The good news is that we received an A+ on the project. Gina said that we did college-level research on this. The bad news is that the Vulcan-only version is filled with anti-Romulan prejudice. Now I understand why so many of cousin S's former classmates were assholes to her. The Vulcan-only version conveniently neglects to mention that Nero was not acting on behalf of the Romulan government. Of course, they can't mention the time travel part, but they could at least mention that he's a rogue actor, not government-sponsored.
Essentially we learned that they keep parts of the history missing from the official public account and frame things to best suit the pre-existing political agenda. Or at least that's how Uncle Spock described it. He was not happy and sent a copy to his father. There was a video call yesterday with grandpa. This was when we discovered Enterprise soundproofing is not as good as it should be.
Most of the rest of the vacation was fun. You got to see stuff from our visit to the Cliffs. Yes, it does rain occasionally on New Vulcan. That was the only time it rained during our entire stay, which is why I danced in the rain. I missed being on a planet and had to take advantage of it. I don't think we're going planet side until February during the emergency shore leave due to some of engineering being blown up while we were on vacation. The uncles don't want to talk about it.
Although in the meantime, we're still exploring the many planets and moons in the New Vulcan system. Unfortunately, none of us kids are actually able to go. Peter tried. This is horrible because, on the last planet, they found Fraggle's. Well, sort of. They look a lot like Fraggle's, anyway. Now that we're surveying a few nearby moons, I don't think anything near as fun has been found yet. I feel like Gina's girlfriend would mention something. Uncle Spock is not on this mission, so she's our only source. Uncle Jim is too busy with the renovation plans for Enterprise to be involved.
Thank you for telling me at least some of what's happening with the Judge. I am glad he's out of his firm. I know he's been arrested because Liz and Kevin got a few rapid messages on the issue before they left. I am sure it's connected to the fact that the Judge was paying the bail of Ben's former father-in-law just to mess with them. They were not happy to do so many emergency calls when they were supposed to be on vacation.
If I thought saying goodbye to Ashley two, and Jay was hard, saying goodbye to Kevin and Liz was so much worse. It was sad for them too since they will be apart for the next six months. I don't think they've been away from each other for more than a few days since they started dating. The last time they were away from each other this long was when Liz did her original semester on Ship. Kevin was miserable since it coincided with his final year of high school, and he already hated it.
I'm just glad I'll at least see them in June. Will I still see you in June, or have plans changed? I know you have a lot on your plate, especially with finding a new place to live again. I personally vote for the place with the purple walls. Mainly because it has more guestrooms. Maybe when I'm a little bit older, I can spend some time on Earth with you. It wasn't an option when you were in Georgia because you were way too close to the Judge, but maybe in San Francisco, we could work something out. Or perhaps the Judge will be dead by that point. One can hope.
PS: Please keep sending us all the chocolate. I promise I will not share my chocolate again with any other Vulcan but Spock. Apparently, he's the only one who can handle his chocolate. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to give it to my cousin. Oops.
To be continued…