Log with McCoy & Kirk

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Sulu was the kind of guy who found trekking through overgrown jungles exciting. Not just exciting, really, but educational and interesting and all that sort of stuff. The fact was that Sulu really enjoyed going planetside and tromping around in dense, uncharged junglescapes.

The fact that he had a satchel (he was one for the classics) that was currently being filled with plant samples, seeds and one tiny live specimen of an interesting new branch of Anacheilium fragrans that actually had pigmentation in its petals - well, that was a bonus to the whole "adventuring" thing.

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Jim continued sniping from his position at the moving roots, keeping them from getting to near McCoy since the doctor was still unarmed. He waved the two crewmembers up to flank the sides so they could find a weak point while Jim made a dash to Sulu's side.

"What is this thing?" He demanded between intermittent fire. "You're the plant guy, shouldn't you know? I really don't want to have to set the whole goddamn forest on fire because of one plant."

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The fact was that Sulu had read about plantlife like this back in the Academy, even though nobody had any actual, living samples of the sort of monster they were currently up against. It was a little difficult to recall all of the notes about it considering the current situation but he did his best, reciting a list of factoids under his breath.

"...Oh! The flower - it serves as bait for animals. It has to be sensitive enough to feel insects, so destroying it could seriously disorient the... thing." He gestures in the direction of the mouth, where a short root is waving, the flower growing from it like some kind of creepy lure.

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"The tricorder- shit-" McCoy began, ducking his head. "The tricorder picked up a pulse coming from the flower. Whatever it is Mr. Sulu sounds like he has the right idea."

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"You've got it, Mr. Sulu." With that, Jim ducked under a flying root, dramatically rolling out of the way of another, and finally firing off a short burst of phaser shots in the direction of the flower. Three hit in quick succession in a cluster, decimating the blossom - just in time for the limbs to slowly go limp after they'd snatched up one of the yeoman who was particularly awful at stealth tactics. Jim took a moment to remain on his ass in the dirt, looking particularly displeased and giving a 'really?' look to the crewman before looking back over in Sulu and McCoy's direction.

"You guys all right?"

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The moment the roots began to drop back towards the ground Sulu was straightening out, collapsing the sword in hand and tucking it back away. The look in his eyes may or may not have been particularly curious. He walked right on past Jim, heading for the decimated flower while still keeping just out of reach of the closing mouth near his feet. "I'm fine," he said, sounding out of breath but at least he was trying to put a casual face back on.

He leaned down near the root of the flower, looking through the thick undergrowth surrounding it. "Funny, I didn't even notice it. Well, Dr. McCoy," he said, grinning mildly, "At least you don't have to worry about mosquitoes. That's all this thing has probably eaten lately."

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McCoy let out a breath of relief, hand reaching up to rub his throat more out of a vague irritation at the situation than anything else.

"Yeah, just fantastic." He walked to Kirk's side, looking over at Sulu's activities before looking back to Kirk. "You owe me drink after this. I told you this jungle would be nothing but trouble." He looked back at Sulu with a frown. "Jesus look at him, he's smiling. It's got to be space madness."

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Climbing to his feet with minimal stumbling, he dusted himself off, frowning at a few tears that had made their way into his regulation slacks. He simply nodded to McCoy, looking up in Sulu's direction.

"I'm not gonna lie, I sort of expected it. But, I mean, you'd think he'd be a little more hesitant to jump on something that just tried to kill him." He shrugged, looking suddenly as though he hadn't just encountered some dangerous alien flora. Patting McCoy's shoulder, he even went so far as to grin. "You shouldn't be such a pessimist, Bones. We're alive, aren't we? Maybe next time you guys won't go off without a full away-team." He laughed, realizing quickly that he was just going to get a more sour response based on that. "Right, right. Drinks it is."

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While McCoy and Jim were busy making fun of him, Sulu was taking the opportunity to investigate a tiny bulge in the underbrush. A small, bright blue flower peeked up at him. Hmm.

After a moment, he stood and turned around, dusting off his hands. "I heard that, by the way. Speaking of something that just tried to kill us, you do realize that we're standing on top of something that will probably try again once it comes to its senses."

With a bright grin, "I say we get back to the ship before that happens."

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Bones rolled his eyes. "I just got choked by a damned plant with teeth. I don't call that attitude pessimism, I call it realism." He answered Kirk's grin, moving to where his phaser was gleaming behind a heavy root. When Sulu spoke he straightened, putting the phaser in his belt with an uneasy look at the plant.

"Very sensible space madness." He said, turning to where Kirk and his party had come from. "Let's go you two- and you're not allowed to ask Chapel to take out your splinters Jim." He said as he began to walk, not looking back.

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"Good plan, Lieutenant." Jim waved Sulu and the other two onward, heading after McCoy grudgingly - wasn't he the one who was supposed to be giving the orders? He holstered his phaser, rubbing the back of his head as he considered that he probably would have eventually gotten to the point of asking Chapel that exact question if Bones hadn't warned him ahead of time.

"You take the fun out of everything. How am I supposed to enjoy my job if you stop me from taking advantage of all of its perks?"