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

[spohkh]

I highly doubt that a word has the capacity to 'bust'...

[Spock would normally have been serious....

...but the small smile gave him away.

He was definitely teasing Buffy again.]

[herotypical]

...Have you ever listened to rap music? Because I'm fairly certain a Mister Rhymes would disagree with you.

[ a mister busta rhymes. ]

[spohkh]

[Now you're getting ridiculous.

The Vulcan regards her with a confused look.] I am familiar with that genre of music... but not that particular artist.

However, I am interested to know where he has acquired his science degree, because he is proposing something that is theoretically impossible.

[Good job Spock, missed the point like a real trooper.]

[herotypical]

Of course he's proposing something that's theoretically impossible. Boasting and peacocking is pretty much the point of the modern popular rap scene.

[spohkh]

I see...

[A beat.]


Illogical.


[And there you have it folks, Spock is an old man who doesn't like rap music.]

[herotypical]

[ it's her turn to smile. ]

You know, I think I missed this.

[spohkh]

[Spock was about to ask what it was that she missed...


...but then he realized that he had been here before...


The 'no memory' thing really annoyed Spock. But at this moment he feels badly that he does not remember his past visit.

Spock regards her with kind brown eyes...]

Indeed? I am flattered.

Though now that I am here, you will not have to 'miss' this anymore.

[herotypical]

You're right. I won't. [ for now.

she gestures at his tea. ] Is that all you're getting?

[spohkh]

For the time being.


Why?

[herotypical]

...It's just that they do a mean plate of french fries, here. If you were curious.

[ there was literally no reason why he should be curious, but the vagaries of conversation with buffy summers were many and barely connected. ]

*snerk*

[spohkh]

I was not curious... nor was I aware that earthenware were sentient enough to bare emotions... particularly ones of a negative nature.

[herotypical]

[ the woman manages to roll extreme patience and chilly belligerence into one glance. ]

That's it. I'm ordering us some. It will change your life.

[ she flags down a server. ]

[spohkh]

[Spock has both eyebrows trying to hide into his hairline at Buffy's expression...]

Life altering french-fries? I highly doubt this.

[This is just one long string of slap-stick, isn't it?]

[herotypical]

[ she asks for a large order. ketchup and chipotle mayo on the side. ]

Trust me, Spock. In the face of finely fried potatoes, doubt disappears.

[spohkh]

I see... [No you don't Spock, nice try.]

I was not aware that I was doubting anything.

[Spock watches the server skeptically as they walk away... This had turned into a rather interesting development.]

[herotypical]

You were doubting me. And french fries. That's the part I have to fix.

[spohkh]

[Spock does an 'almost-smirk'....]

Very well... Buffy. I look forward to being proved wrong.

[herotypical]

...Most people try to avoid being wrong at any cost, y'know.

[ said very much in the tone of someone who already knows how the far more 'logical' option is to accept rightness for what it is. ]

[spohkh]

Indeed? Being wrong is an opportunity to grow in knowledge and self...

But you do not fear being wrong. [not a question.]

[herotypical]

...I used to. When I was younger. But there's just something about a decade of chaos and apocalypse that really teaches you take the wins you can get and screw the rest.

[ a light shrug. ] Not that I'm always fearless in the face of being wrong. It depends on the stakes, doesn't it? Sometimes, you just can't afford it.

[spohkh]

If only there were those who had the same view regarding the Kobayashi Maru...

[Spock raises an eyebrow... he would never state it like that... however.]

Your logic is sound...

[herotypical]

You don't last as long in my job as I have without being at least a little logical. [ ... ] Though, on the subject of the Kobawhatsit? I am equally not a fan of no-win scenarios.

[ buffy merely believes that sometimes you have to 'redefine' what winning is. sometimes, that redefinition includes death. ]

[spohkh]

[Spock makes a noncommittal sound...]

You and the majority it seems.

I have come to a point where the purpose of the test has been explained so many times...

...that it no longer has meaning.


I am contemplating shutting it down.

[herotypical]

I'll tell you the same thing I told you before, Spock. The heart of the test isn't all that inadvisable; the problem is that you can't...test for that kind of thing. I don't know about Vulcans, but humans really need all that pumping adrenaline and down-to-the-wire ingenuity. A test just can't provide that because all it does provide is another benchmark to hit: a grade to make.

I say this having gone through a similar test of my own, y'know. It wasn't pretty.

[spohkh]

[Spock was silent for a long moment...


It was true... his test was flawed.]

I... thank you for your input Buffy... I believe I understand.

I will alter the test to suit logical, human standards.