Log with Kirk: Feed Me, Sulu!

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Sulu is hanging out in his favorite place to hang out off-duty: the greenhouse. His little jungle is flourishing, despite the coldness of space and the fact that it was, by Earth's standards, the middle of winter; he's so pleased that things like that don't matter inside a starship.

Anyway, his pet project/straight-up-pet, the strange tentacle monster from the jungle planet, is his current focus. The thing needs to eat, and since its roots aren't strong enough to grasp any kind of automatic dispenser lever and its teeth aren't hardened enough to actually chew anything, it's up to Sulu to feed the thing its little nutrient supplement and freeze-dried grasshoppers. If only he could get some live ones...

Needless to say, he isn't planning on having visitors.

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"Honestly, the only option I've ruled out so far is the existence of optical nerves - though, for all I know, there might be some in development. This is... really, really rare. The only two other kinds of plants even remotely in league with it barely ever get beyond four feet in diameter, neither of them actually adapted for hunting large game like Audrey here - they never grew underground, for example, and they more closely resemble Venus flytraps. Audrey... Well, it kind of looks more like an angler fish or something." He shook his head. "I've - to be honest with you, I've been contemplating trying to accelerate the growth process a little to see how it develops, but I'm not sure how it'll affect him."

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"It's probably better to let it grow as naturally as possible. There will be time to accelerate other specimens, you know?" It was obvious in Jim's tone that he really had no idea what he was talking about, but all the same, the point of his statement was valid enough.

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"Yeah, that's what I've decided on." Mostly. "I don't want to accidentally kill or otherwise impede the progress of the one living sample I have, after all."

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"Good choice," Jim turned to study it over his shoulder for a moment longer, considering this, before he pushed away. "I've got rounds to finish, though. I haven't stopped by engineering -- I've been putting it off. But, thanks for showing me this."

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"Not a problem," he said, "I'm glad you like him." Oh, so glad. He wasn't sure he could part with the thing now. "I'll make sure to update you if anything unexpected happens."

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"I appreciate it, Lieutenant." With a mock salute, he pushed away from the table and headed for the door, mind already drifting down to engineering and wondering what to expect of the situation down there. As far as he was concerned, Sulu had the plant under control, and he wasn't going to let it become one more thing for him to worry about.