#inluck:asks

— of course there is.

there's always one more thing, and she should have known. ❛ you just had to say that and go and break my heart, didn't you? ❜ it's easier to be upbeat, to smile through it, to make a joke, to ignore the existential fatigue that is this day. it would be great to be able to look at the clock, see that it's now two minutes past the end of her shift, declare this one more thing to be someone else's problem, and walk away.

as if.

she serves with starfleet's best and brightest. supposedly. sometimes, like now, she wonders who miscalculated, or whether she ought to be concerned for all their futures. enterprise perhaps is not a home of the 'best and brightest', but rather for the most reckless of the fleet, those with stars in their eyes and a distinct absence of self-preservation.

at this point, una cannot claim to expect anything different when she points out the risks associated in any particular plan. one of these days ( but not today ) someone will surprise her by taking her warning seriously. ❛ the next person who says those words to me ❜ — or any variation upon the sentiment, for that matter — ❛ will find themselves running afoul of an 'accident' and can see just how friendly trouble is when I have had a hand in it. ❜

throwing someone out an airlock is too cliched, not to mention counterproductive. consigning someone to undesirable duties as a punitive measure is too underwhelming. she will find something appropriate; the crew should not underestimate her creative ability.