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taxonomites2009-12-27 09:21 pm
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003: Festive Cheer [Visual]
Spock is not given to making frivolous network posts. He considers them to be an unproductive use of time that could be better spent assessing the city and its technology. So, when he switches his tablet on, it is immediately clear – at least to those that know him – that something is wrong.
However, the thing that is most unsettling about the post is the not the fact that it has been made in the first place. It is the fact that the half Vulcan on the screen looks, for want of a better word, happy. Although he is clearly endeavoring to control his emotions and logically process what is happening, he is struggling to do so successfully.
“I believe I am feeling the emotion known as ‘happiness’. A curious experience, though the neurobiological responses are not unpleasant.”
It would appear that Buddy has claimed another victim (or given a gift to another fortunate individual, depending on your viewpoint). Unfortunately, Spock is ill-equipped to deal with holiday cheer.
“I request further information on the human holiday known as ‘Christmas’."
Although he understood the historical significance of the festival, and many of the associated rituals, the truly human aspects - the associated emotions, for example - had previously been lost to him. He had never truly felt the joy associated with giving and receiving presents. He had never experienced the desire to eat a copious amount of food or wished to spend an afternoon relaxing in front of the television while it digested.
"What are the protocols associated with the giving of gifts?"
OOC: Backdated to Christmas Eve. I didn't have a chance to post at the time, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity.
However, the thing that is most unsettling about the post is the not the fact that it has been made in the first place. It is the fact that the half Vulcan on the screen looks, for want of a better word, happy. Although he is clearly endeavoring to control his emotions and logically process what is happening, he is struggling to do so successfully.
“I believe I am feeling the emotion known as ‘happiness’. A curious experience, though the neurobiological responses are not unpleasant.”
It would appear that Buddy has claimed another victim (or given a gift to another fortunate individual, depending on your viewpoint). Unfortunately, Spock is ill-equipped to deal with holiday cheer.
“I request further information on the human holiday known as ‘Christmas’."
Although he understood the historical significance of the festival, and many of the associated rituals, the truly human aspects - the associated emotions, for example - had previously been lost to him. He had never truly felt the joy associated with giving and receiving presents. He had never experienced the desire to eat a copious amount of food or wished to spend an afternoon relaxing in front of the television while it digested.
"What are the protocols associated with the giving of gifts?"
OOC: Backdated to Christmas Eve. I didn't have a chance to post at the time, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity.
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It was one of the many concessions she had made following his birth. Amanda Grayson had loved her son unconditionally. She had certainly loved him enough to sacrifice aspects of her human life that she would have enjoyed sharing in different circumstances. Spock had been grateful for that, once he was old enough to appreciate the nuances of her behaviour. Now, however, he felt as if he had missed out on a vital childhood experience.
"Captain. Is it necessary for me to request permission to decorate the bridge?"
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"Oh. Of-of course." He still felt a bit uncomfortable bringing up Spock's mother after he had used Amanda as a way to spark an emotional response in the Vulcan following the destruction of his homeworld. "I'm the wrong person to be asking about Christmas, Spock. We didn't-- It wasn't something my family really did."
Winona had the few Christmases she wasn't out in deep space, but Frank? Not so much.
"Considering you're in command at the moment? Not at all."
His mood went sour again, recalling the fight with Bones that had resulted in the doctor relieving him of command due to being emotionally compromised by his issues with the holiday that were only made worse by a run in with a glitch he just found out was a glitch.
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"I will not select decorations that will interfere with the operations of the bridge, Captain," he assured him, though the statement was made for his own benefit rather than Kirk's. Christmas was not logical or practical, but Spock was and he was struggling to combine the two contradictions.