Personal Log #7

[spohkh]

[Video]

Greetings and salutations. I believe that it is customary for one to welcome those who are newly arrived into Luceti.

Welcome.

To those who have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I can be found regularly at the Battle Dome for those who want to learn to utilize the simulations.

A reminder to everyone that the Kobayashi Maru simulation has been tested and is ready for public use. I will express my thanks to Mister Obi-Wan Kenobi, Miss Ami Mizuno, and Miss Lirael for testing the program for me.

I also find myself requiring assistance for a project that I have agreed to.... though I find myself now at an impasse. I am currently working on a small scale version of projected diburnium-osmium shield technology... with some minor alterations. If anyone is familiar with this or is willing to help, please inform me.

Peace and long life.


[Action]

[Spock found himself once again frustrated by the recent memory lapse... for one who highly values mental discipline, it is... unnerving to find that your mind has been tampered with. However, Spock has long ago come to terms with this place and its disregard for dignity.

In the morning Spock can be found at the Dome by the computer terminals...but in the late afternoon strange, hauntingly beautiful music can be heard coming from House #2's backyard.
The Vulcan was pleased to have completed his Lyre, and was now enjoying an afternoon of practice.

In the evening, Spock actually ventures out to Seventh Heaven and can be found at a solitary table with a cup of tea.

Come and bother Spock at any and all of these locations.]



[For reference of what a Vulcan Lyre sounds like, please go here: Vulcan Lyre

Comments

video;

[breezing]

I dunno what koboyashi maru or diburny-ism-ozziniumnum-ism is.

[ Or. Whatever you just said. ]

Re: video;

[spohkh]

Kobayashi Maru is a No-win scenario simulation meant to train those in a command position.

Diburnium-osmium is a combination of two elements which are integral to the design of projection shields.

[Spock curiously looks at the small child....]

May I inquire as to your name?

[Action] passing by on her way home, neighbor!

[geniustheveil]

[Ami was just on her way back from the clinic, and just about home, when the house next-door caught her attention again; or rather, that music did. Something about it, she found compelling.

Following it, soon enough, she found Spock. Rather than interrupt while he was in the middle of the piece, she stood quietly by the wall of the house and waited for him to finish first.]

[spohkh]

[Spock played for a while long... until the piece finally made its finish.

The Vulcan looked over and gave Ami a fond look.]


Greetings Miss Mizuno.

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

Oh? So you got the sim up and running? I wonder how many people are going to take that challenge...

Re: [voice]

[spohkh]

Indeed... I find myself curious as well. However, the three previous attempts went rather satisfactorily.

[Though Spock was still concerned about Ami and her reaction at the end of it...]

[voice]

[aerialassault]

Wait. I dunno what a 'kobayashi maru' is, [It sounded like some kind of old Terran word, from before the language was standardized,] but what else can you use the Dome for besides battle sims and training programs?

Re: [voice]

[spohkh]

The Dome can be used for recreational purposes. A function in the simulation allows for a recreation of vehicles, cities, landscapes... most anything you are capable of programming. More advanced scenarios can also be created for the purpose of developing and testing technologies, which is especially useful for those unable to find certain components to construct their inventions. [Spock was having this issue currently.... much to his frustration...]

There is a viewing area located on the second floor... you can utilize this area to observe other simulations in process. The medical center is also located in the Dome... it is managed by one Doctor Trafalgar Law. If you have suffered from any injuries, I would suggest you go there.

[Action]

[windandrain]

[Music is always a way to get her attention, Spock. She's out for a bit of a walk, humming quietly to herself when she hears the Vulcan's harp and...finds it off enough to investigate.

When he finishes, the musically inclined goddess beams and hops over the fence.]

Good afternoon to you, Spock.

Re: [Action]

[spohkh]

Miss Saori... greetings.

[Spock gives her a curious look...]

May I assist you? [Because Spock didn't know she was there to listen to music....]

[universal_charm]

<sub>[Oh, he could hear the music and he was aware of what it was. He was not culturally ignorant, after all, and he made a quiet point of learning more about Vulcan culture since the planet's traumatic demise.

And he had also heard the other's earlier announcement, and he just couldn't resist. He really couldn't, because... it was the Kobayashi Maru!

He walked into the backyard, shaking his head.]</sub>

I really hope you set up the Kobayashi Maru to be winnable this time. That's what makes it attractive to TRY you know.

[spohkh]

[The music stopped... and the once pleased mood turned sour...]

Negative... it is as it was. Perhaps other will follow 'in your footsteps' as it were. [Yes, Spock was still a bit upset over the results....

However, far be it from him to disagree with Starfleet council who had decided to award Jim with 'creative thinking'...]

[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

... Diburnium...?

[Forgive Robert for sounding a little confused.]

Ah... this is... an element I have n-not heard of... what is it like, and... how have you o-obtained it, here...?

Re: [Voice]

[spohkh]

Greetings Professor Hastings.

Diburnium-Osmium is an alloy used in my universe... these two metal elements allow for energy weapons to be reflected and dispersed. I have not been able to find any here...

...however I have been able to locate a suitable substitute in a magnetizing force and various aluminum alloys.

Action | House #2

[widows_kiss]

[It's the strange and haunting sound of music that has her pausing on her way back home and Natasha hesitates, head cocked slightly to the side as she tries to place it without success. It's not like anything she's ever heard before and that along has her curious. She only means to peek, but the sight of Spock as the source of the music has her stepping around the back of the house into plain sight, an expression of fascinated surprise and delight on her face.]

Re: Action | House #2

[spohkh]

[Spock plays for a few more moments... then takes notice of Natasha.]

Miss Romanoff. It is well to see you so soon.

action.

[herotypical]

[ the days since jilly's disappearance have been hard on the inhabitants of house seven. meals have fallen to the wayside -- not that many of them were ever made to begin with. but tonight, buffy is at least making the effort to pick up something edible at the restaurant. she would take it home and -- perhaps -- she and jack would have an official sit-down dinner. and they would try to ignore how empty the rest of the table felt around them.

maybe the answer is to get a smaller table.

but while she's waiting for the order to be filled, she catches sight of the vulcan. boldly, she invites herself to his table and sits across from his familiar face. ]

Hello. [ she says -- rather simply. ]

Re: action.

[spohkh]

[Spock... recognized the voice. He regarded the young woman in front of him...]

Miss Summers, it is well to see you. [No pun intended of course...

There was something about Buffy that Spock recognized... The Vulcan tilted his head.]

Are you... emotionally sound? [Vulcan for: how are you?]

Bothering you at the dome~

[misterbrief]

[He's here for his usual training session, but being rather new he hadn't figured out all the controls yet to the system. He finds the Vulcan there, messing with the controls. Perhaps he can provide assistance to making the simulations more worthwhile.]

You there, do you know exactly how these controls work?

:3

[spohkh]

[Spock turns and regards the man curiously...]

Indeed... can I be of assistance?

[So there's this Dome. see...]

[rather_be_surfing]

[There are few things Derek finds completely aggravating. Being stuck with crutches and not allowed to leave the Dome just yet while his leg heals is right at the top of the list at the moment.

Actually, he's supposed to be in his room, but staring at those same four walls for over three weeks is starting to get to him.

Time to take a walk...for as long as it takes for Adele to find him and usher him back to bed, anyway.

He'd heard about the simulators, of course, so he'd carefully made his way there (rebellious about staying in the bed is one thing--but he's not dumb enough to push it so that his heal time takes longer. at least not when he isn't on the job.). When he sees Spock, he comes up short, takes in the ears, the man's face, and just seems to be calculating something for a moment. Then the moment is gone and he's making his way over, giving the Vulcan a nod and looking at the console Spock is working on.}

Hey. So these are the battle dome computers?

:3

[spohkh]

[Spock regards the man for a moment...and raises an eyebrow at his apparent condition.]

Indeed. Can I be of assistance?

[Video]

[mountain_sage]

[What were those strange terms...?]

What is this...simulation...that you speak of?

Re: [Video]

[spohkh]

Greetings Mister Saleh....


Do you recall the room that I had shown you... with the Enterprise? That was a simulation. [Spock was rather surprised he did not know what they were... considering Saleh spent time at the Dome.]

[action]

[imatreenow]

[Mithos had been on his way back from the library, but he pauses before he reaches House 8, where he has been staying since his arrival a few days ago. With his footsteps silenced, he can hear the music more clearly. The tune isn't one he recognizes, but its sound grabs at him. Quietly, he sneaks around the house across the street - that's where the music is coming from. He's hesitant to intrude, but his curiosity gets the better of him. When he pokes his head around the corner, he sees the man playing and his eyes are quickly drawn to the pointed ears. An elf...? But from another world, because he cannot sense any trace of mana.]

Re: [action]

[spohkh]

[Spock knows that here is a new presence there....

He finishes the music and looks over...]

Greetings. Can I be of assistance?

[action]

[dangerouswind]

[The fact that she's even at Seventh Heaven is somewhat startling. Sort of, if you know her and her sometimes reclusive ways, at any rate. So when she orders something to drink and drops into chair at the table next to Spock with a sigh, she doesn't look entirely comfortable.

At all.]

Re: [action]

[spohkh]

[Spock regards the female curiously...]

Greetings...

You do not appear completely satisfied to be here.

[Action]

[tailasoldastime]

[It is actually thanks to Sultan that Beast ends up heading towards House #2 - the strange, unknown drones reach his folded ears as the two of them trudge through the village, but the footstool is the one to flounce over to the source. He guesses he should follow; he is his Christmas present after all.

Sultan immediately pops around the corner into the yard and circles Spock with all the barking excitement of an ordinary dog. Beast follows him in bounds and swiftly skids to a halt in the snow once he sees who is playing this... music? He thinks it's music but it sounds... different...]

Re: [Action]

[spohkh]

[Spock was staring incredulously at the barking piece of furniture...

Then looked with mild surprise at the skidding Beast.]


Greetings Beast. [Spock gestured to the...thing.] Is this yours?

[Action]

[winds_voice]

[Coming from a kingdom that was quite heavily invested in its music, Eley had gained a certain degree of interest in it himself and quite often liked to listen to the Agkelons as they played. He'd found some evidence of music in Luceti, carrying a harmonica himself that he had been gifted recently, though he wasn't particularly well practiced with it... The sounds that he heard this time though were unlike anything he had heard before and he found himself captivated.

So naturally he follows that sound until he reaches the source, and sees a familiar figure there. The Spirit doesn't approach at first, simply listening to it from a distance, but eventually he comes closer... He's back to his old human form this time too.]

Re: [Action]

[spohkh]

[Spock stops playing as he feels a familiar presence...]

Mister Eleytheria?

[Action]

[lostinmyway]

[Grune is just out for a little ramble when she hears something unfamiliar. It sounds like someone is making music. Clearly, she should go take a look!

When she wanders closer, she discovers....]

Oh, hello, Spock! I didn't know you played the harp.

Re: [Action]

[spohkh]

Miss Grune.

[Spock gave the goddess a small half-smile and gestured to the seat next to him.]

Please join me.