Personal Log #6...4th Wall

[spohkh]

[Spock was.... rather curious at the unexpected influx of individuals without wings...

In his mind, the Vulcan was making theories that included black holes, transporters, ion storms...It was frustrating that the nature of this world made it impossible to pin down any one theory.

Spock can be found traveling to the Dome in the morning, and working there for the rest of the day.
In the evening the Vulcan's curiosity gets the better of him and he stops by Seventh Heaven to see who all is there.]

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[spohkh]

Greetings... [Spock regards the man for a moment...]

You are one of the 'newcomers'... [Spock knew by now that there was no use trying to question these individuals for information...]

I am Spock, may I inquire as to your name?

[lonelygod]

[The Doctor's face slid into a grin, a really really happy one. Spock? He was talking to Spock! First Obi-Wan Kenobi, now Spock? Well, wasn't he just glad the TARDIS had pulled him here in the first place? This place was weird but fictional characters being real was very, very interesting.]

Greetings Spock. I'm the Doctor.

[spohkh]

[Spock regarded the reaction with curiosity.... but the tilted his head at the title...]

The Doctor of what, exactly?

[lonelygod]

Everything.

[He shrugs. It was true enough, he was brilliant. And he knew it.]

[spohkh]

[Spock gives the Doctor his full attention.]


That is a most curious answer... [Spock believes he can safely assume that he is either lying....

...or not completely human.

Spock gave the man another assessing look.]

Can I safely assume that you are not human?

[lonelygod]

Oh, no, no no no, I'm not human. No more human than you are.

[He grins and leans back in his seat a bit.]

I'm a Time Lord. From the planet Gallifrey.

[spohkh]

[Time Lord?]

Fascinating... May I inquire as to what 'Time Lord' exactly entails? [Spock had never heard of that planet...Different universe perhaps.]

[lonelygod]

Time Lords were the masters of space and time. It's a lot to really explain, but suffice to say that much of the universe is the way it is because of Time Lords. Chronarchs, Dominus Temporis.

[He shrugs]

[spohkh]

[Spock lifts an eyebrow... also a Latin scholar.]

You said 'were the masters of space and time'... are they no longer?

[lonelygod]

No, I'm the last.

[He looks away, his expression slightly harder than before.]

But I'd rather not talk about that, if you don't mind. It's a long story.

[spohkh]

[Spock's brown eyes become soft with concern...and grief.]

I grieve with thee...

[lonelygod]

Thank you, but I'm alright.

[He's not, but his smile returns. A defense mechanism, of a sort]

Tell me about you, Spock. I'm curious. You're definitely not human either.

[spohkh]

[That smile... Spock has problems with that smile. Many people in Luceti wear it...

His Captain wears it...]

You are correct... though I have a feeling that you have heard of me before... yes?

[lonelygod]

Yes, I have. Well, the Leonard Nimoy you. An...older one.

[spohkh]

Ah yes... the 'television series'... I have heard of this. [Spock sounded like he was not pleased by the findings.]

It is not to be compared to my universe.

[lonelygod]

Yea...figured it wasn't. Makes for some fun stories, and a bit of name recognition, but that's all.

[He smiles genially]

But you are a Vulcan, right? From the Enterprise? Good name for a ship that, Enterprise. Very bold.

[spohkh]

Indeed.

The youngest crew in 'fleet history, under the orders of one Captain James Tiberius Kirk.

The Enterprise' maiden voyage was one point three years ago... under stressful conditions. [Good job Spock, way to understate...

Where was the chocolate when you needed it...]

[lonelygod]

Ahh, yes, Captain Kirk!

[He raises an eyebrow]

What sort of stressful conditions, Spock? If you don't mind my asking. I love hearing a good story.

[spohkh]

[Spock regards the Doctor for a moment and gestures to a table and chairs...

The Vulcan takes a seat.] Apparently the whole situation was my fault.

One hundred and sixty years in the future, the planet Romulus is in danger of complete destruction by its dying sun. Myself, with a team of Vulcans create a substance called Red Matter... it is an anti-matter substance that is similar to a black hole.

I was too late, and the planet was destroyed. [Spock had met his older counterpart... who had explained the situation to him.]

Romulus was gone... and in seeking revenge a mining faction set out to kill Ambassador Spock whose only chance of escape was to use the Red Matter to create a black hole, which transported both to the year 2230... Where the Romulans destroyed a ship which my held my Captain's father...

[Spock took a moment to collect his thoughts...]

[lonelygod]

[The Time Lord joins Spock at the table, listening to the Vulcan's story in absolute attention. He's getting a story about Red Matter. Well, that's new. Something the Time Lords hadn't even done. Of course he had some idea of it, but his people had known better.

And as he gets on with the story, the Doctor just stays silent, not wanting to interrupt. Anyone else maybe, but this was Spock.]

[spohkh]

Jim was born on an escape transport while his father died trying to take down the Romulan ship... to no avail.

The ship did not appear again until twenty five years later. There was a distress call from my home planet, Vulcan of seismic activity... The whole fleet went out to the call, the Enterprise' maiden voyage.

She would have been destroyed along with the rest of the fleet if not for the inexperience of our helmsmen. When we arrived, the ship was attacking Vulcan, drilling into its core because they now had in their possession the Red Matter...

[Spock's fingers, in an not so Vulcan move, started to trace the lines of the wooden table...] I managed to beam down to the planet in time to save most of the Vulcan high council... but I was not quick enough to save my mother who fell to her death before my eyes.

Vulcan was consumed by the black hole, and I was emotionally compromised. Our Captain, Christopher Pike, was captured by the Romulans, and left me in charge...I nearly killed my Captain when I forced him off the ship...

Incidentally he met my older counterpart... The Romulans left him there so that he could watch his planet be destroyed in justification for their own planet.

If you are aware of the antics of James Tiberius Kirk, you would know that in a most... fascinating turn of events, he made it back to the ship... relieved me of being Captain, and destroyed the Romulan ship whose new destination was Earth.

[Spock skimmed over the details...] I am now living in an alternate timeline... an altered universe in which two versions of me live.

[Spock finally looked up at the Doctor... looking to see his reaction...]

[lonelygod]

Oh.

[The Doctor's reaction was one of...basically shock and deep, deep sympathy. He's visibly wilting at the thought.]

Oh, I'm so sorry. So, so sorry, Spock.

[And he really, really means it. He knows what that feels like. Seeing your friends and family die? Yea. Being one of the last of your race? Yea. And being involved in it personally? Oh, he knows that feeling too.]

[spohkh]

I appreciate the sentiment Doctor. [The Vulcan reaches forward and places a hand on the Doctor's shoulder in a sign of support...

Spock could feel that he could relate to what the Vulcan experienced.]

It is difficult yes? But there are always those who will support you... and they often come from the most illogical sources.

[lonelygod]

[The Doctor smiled sadly and shook his head, thinking of Rose.]

I'm afraid not in my case, actually. But that's alright. I'm used to it.

But you, you've got friends. And a ship, and a crew, and all sorts of wonderful adventures ahead of you.

[And if truth be told? He's a might jealous]

[spohkh]

[Spock removes his hand...

The Vulcan regards the Doctor...] You have no one at all?