Two Ficlets For Where No Woman Has Gone Before [Star Trek XI, PG]

where_no_woman is having bimonthly drabblefests (soon to be monthly during the busy season). I've written three ficlets so far, two here and one in the next post.

Prompt: 4. I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. --Douglas Adams
( Gaila doesn't want to return to an Orion Prime she never knew. )

Prompt: 4. [I] may have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
( Mandana dances a little as she stands before the console... )

The Sky But Air (Star Trek XI, PG)

Title: The Sky But Air
Fandom: Star Trek XI
Rating: PG at most
Pairing: George Kirk / Winona Kirk referenced.
Summary: Knowing for herself is, of course, one thing. Convincing her mother is another.
Prompt: Now they see sky, and they remember what they are.
Content Advisory: Het alluded to, children alluded to, canon character death mentioned.
Acknowledgements: igrockspock for the drabblefest.
Disclaimer: None of these characters or their settings belong to me.
Title from Wicked Little Town, Tommy Gnosis's version.

( Winona can deal with her mother's anger. )

While I'm At It, Two Recs From The Drabblefest

Really, the where_no_woman drabblefests overflow with glory, and I'm really glad I have the chance to steal a little time to participate. But I wanted to make particular note of two ficlets by possibly_thrice.

"Well, I guess death will solve the issue to everyone's satisfaction." Amanda Grayson's death. If I say that this gave me nightmares, does that sound like the compliment I mean it to be? It's so vivid I felt hot after reading it. And scoured.

"I am going away... to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name..." Gaila's rebirth. I am so impressed with this one I can't even say. Some of you have seen my rants about the Enterprise canon on Orion women, and the people who think it should be mandatory. I chose to ignore it; possibly_thrice took it and worked it, and one popular fanonical background for Gaila, into a truly alien-feeling, actually science-fictional, yet resonantly recognizeable piece of narrative art.