The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry Line-by-Line

[Athena28]

Hello, Welcome!

We recently completed The Slaver Weapon thread in the Original & Animated Series forum!

For anyone unfamiliar with our "game," you are asked to post only a single line (defined as one character speaking without interruption by another character) per message. You can post as often as you like, but someone else must post a line in between your posts.

Our "rule" is that if the episode has a "To Be Continued..." on the end, it is done in a single thread, but if it's just an arc of related episodes (like the Dominion Occupation Arc on DS9 or the Xindi Arc on ENT), each episode is a separate thread.

Get ready for a story, here we go!

 

[Athena28]

[Quarters]

COMPUTER: Burnham, Michael. Temporary assignment to science division, USS Discovery. Rank, none. Uniform synthesis is complete.

 

[CaptVader]

BURNHAM: Computer, cancel mirror.

 

[May 20]

TILLY: You look smart. It's a lot less scary than your convict suit. Like a clean slate, right?

 

[CaptVader]

BURNHAM: It's not quite as easy as that.

 

[Orac]

Tilly: Oh, this was sent for you. You were in the shower when the, er, ping went off and I... I was fully clothed so, I thought, well, I'll save you a trip to the depot.

 

[CaptVader]

BURNHAM: Tilly.

 

[Athena28]

TILLY: Yes. Less. Less extraneous words. It's not gonna shut up till you open it.

 

[Orac]

(Burnham takes the case, puts it on a table and places her hand on the insignia.)

Computer: Burnham, Michael. Do you accept the last will and testament of Captain Philippa Georgiou?

(Burnham puts the case under her bed.)

 

[CaptVader]

TILLY: I'm sorry, I didn't know.

 

[Orac]

Crewman [OC]: Michael Burnham to the bridge.

 

[CaptVader]

BURNHAM: I'll see you in Engineering.

 

[Athena28]

[Turbolift]

BURNHAM: Bridge. Direct.

 

[CaptVader]

SARU: As first officer, I take pride in knowing every name and assignment on the crew manifest. You were to be on the prison transport shuttle that left yesterday.

 

[Orac]

Burnham: Captain Lorca offered me an opportunity. I can tell by your threat ganglia that you weren't consulted.

 

[CaptVader]

Saru: The captain keeps his own counsel. Had he inquired, I'd have suggested the duty roster lacked any opening for a mutineer.

 

[May 20]

BURNHAM: A valuable asset. That's what you called me.

 

[CaptVader]

SARU: I was speaking hypothetically. Politely. And as someone who was certain I would never see you again.

 

[May 20]

BURNHAM: You can tell your threat ganglia to relax. I'm only here to help.

 

[Orac]

Saru: My ganglia remain unconvinced.