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smartass_captainWith the track record in command Captain James T. Kirk has it's pretty well known that the head of the late USS Enterprise is skilled in a number of fields. Starfleet's got him doing guest lectures via holo from Yorktown on everything they can convince him to accept. Diplomacy, tactics, survival, emergency plans. Jim doesn't mind the work though he often complains about not getting to talk about things he wants to constantly.
There's plenty of ways to scratch a scholar's itch though. Jim's taken to frequenting the Grand Library in the Nexus, scooping up every and all books on Nirn he can get his hands on. Imperial history, magical theory, folklore, religious texts--so long as he can read it they come back to Yorktown with him for hours of avid study after work. Even when he's visiting Tamriel Jim's often got his nose in a book. The best way to learn something new is through doing, after all.
Most of the time.
When Jim picked up a book full of detailed sketches on alchemical ingredients native to Skyrim he'd sort of assumed whoever had done the sketches had you know...seen the plants described therein. He's flipping through pages and frowning heavily at the flowering bush in front of him because he's been told by one of the knights this is definitely used in alchemy and he cannot find it anywhere in the book. It's actually come as a bit of a surprise that the actual flowers and not the leaves, seeds, or buds are used in the alchemical process. Seems like kind of a waste to turn a perfectly pretty flower into mush.
Jim shuts the book with a snap and tucks it back into his bag before rolling up his sleeves. Alright then. If book work isn't going to help him figure this out then he's going to have to take matters into his own hands.
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"Jim, beloved, what is this?" Felix has no words for what he's seeing. It seems almost like Jim's absconded with a florist's cart and dumped it over Felix's workstation inside his tent. The captain himself is holding a sprig of small blue flowers up to candlelight and flipping through a book in his lap furiously.
"None of these flowers look a damn thing like what's in this book." Jim heaves a defeated sigh and tosses the flowers back onto the station and the book atop his bag. "I was trying to do some field studies for your alchemy."
"Well, you've done a nice job of improving the smell of the tent at least. I wasn't aware you had such a keen interest in flowers."
"Alchemy." Huff.
"Of course, of course." It's a touching gesture, even if Felix has a bit of a mess to clean up now. "Next time you might just ask me to show you." Jim might be good at many things but his field scouting needs some work before Felix is going to trust any of it to his mortar and pestle. At least he's enthusiastic.
There's plenty of ways to scratch a scholar's itch though. Jim's taken to frequenting the Grand Library in the Nexus, scooping up every and all books on Nirn he can get his hands on. Imperial history, magical theory, folklore, religious texts--so long as he can read it they come back to Yorktown with him for hours of avid study after work. Even when he's visiting Tamriel Jim's often got his nose in a book. The best way to learn something new is through doing, after all.
Most of the time.
When Jim picked up a book full of detailed sketches on alchemical ingredients native to Skyrim he'd sort of assumed whoever had done the sketches had you know...seen the plants described therein. He's flipping through pages and frowning heavily at the flowering bush in front of him because he's been told by one of the knights this is definitely used in alchemy and he cannot find it anywhere in the book. It's actually come as a bit of a surprise that the actual flowers and not the leaves, seeds, or buds are used in the alchemical process. Seems like kind of a waste to turn a perfectly pretty flower into mush.
Jim shuts the book with a snap and tucks it back into his bag before rolling up his sleeves. Alright then. If book work isn't going to help him figure this out then he's going to have to take matters into his own hands.
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"Jim, beloved, what is this?" Felix has no words for what he's seeing. It seems almost like Jim's absconded with a florist's cart and dumped it over Felix's workstation inside his tent. The captain himself is holding a sprig of small blue flowers up to candlelight and flipping through a book in his lap furiously.
"None of these flowers look a damn thing like what's in this book." Jim heaves a defeated sigh and tosses the flowers back onto the station and the book atop his bag. "I was trying to do some field studies for your alchemy."
"Well, you've done a nice job of improving the smell of the tent at least. I wasn't aware you had such a keen interest in flowers."
"Alchemy." Huff.
"Of course, of course." It's a touching gesture, even if Felix has a bit of a mess to clean up now. "Next time you might just ask me to show you." Jim might be good at many things but his field scouting needs some work before Felix is going to trust any of it to his mortar and pestle. At least he's enthusiastic.
