spohkh | Personal Log #12 - Planning [Video]

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Personal Log #12 - Planning [Video]

[Spock fiddles with the journal for a moment, making certain that the message is broadcast to everyone but Nico Robin.]

Greetings and salutations everyone. It is my hope that everyone has recovered from the latest Malnosso experiment, as from what I heard from others, I do not envy your experiences.
At this time, I find myself with a request for those of you who are familiar with Miss Nico Robin. It has come to my attention that due to recent events, Miss Robin's emotional disposition has greatly suffered, and it is my wish to see it improved. From what I understand of various cultural habits, it is common to utilize various festive activities to improve emotional morale. These activities should consist of conditions that are agreeable to Miss Robin, so if there is anyone who is aware of what Miss Robin enjoys, please inform me as soon as you can.
I am asking for assistance in planning this gathering... I believe the proper term is 'party'? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as well as refraining from telling Miss Robin about this.
The time and location for this gathering will soon be disclosed.

[Spock lifts his hand in a Ta'al.]
Peace and long life.

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Robin is very secretive. If she lets you know she's having a bad day, it's only because she trusts you so much. She would never want the whole city to hear about such a thing.

It would be...

Very troubling to her.

Imagine something too personal about yourself for me to say out loud. Now imagine I accidentally told the whole city.

Robin's lived as a woman of mystery. She is very strong mentally, so to have any kind of a day that seems less so is incredibly embarrassing, yoi. Her emotional state is always her biggest secret. That is how she hides in plain sight. The truth of such a thing... she would not want that revealed except at her own discretion, eh.

Yes, I appreciate that terribly strong lock. I almost had to wake up to crack it. Would it bother you so much to discuss these things face to face instead of broadcasting it where anyone with the intelligence to do so can find out?

Aye ma'am! Sorry love!

[Spock sees the lock... and closes his mouth for a moment.

Ah, of course.]

Perhaps we should continue this conversation in person. Where are you at present?

Please. I will meet you at the cafe, as I have no doubt, staying where I am right now would be an incredibly bad idea.

Spock doesn't waste any time... he closes the connection immediately and heads over to the cafe.

His eyes scan the area for Marco.]

[she is there, too, extremely well hidden but watching. A cafe is better than nothing but there are still other ears than hers. Why is she fond of such idiots]

[Marco has his usual green tea, and if he looks like he's going to duck under the table at any moment to protect his family jewels, well, there's a perfectly logical explanation for that.]

[Have a ~~twitchy~~ nervous wave, Spock.]

[Spock sits, folding his hands calmly on the table.... but he looks worried.]

This situation is rather... new to me. What do you suggest I do in reparation?

[reparation? Interesting question as words could not be unspoken. She wonders what Marco will say--if anything. Or if he will make it worse.]

[He rubs the back of his neck. Damn, he doesn't do well in a panic, and he needs to calm down. Breathe.]

Mah...

It may be best to tell her yourself you meant well, but phrased it poorly, eh? I think she'll understand.

[Marco still blames himself. He's not great at human things, but he usually tries to bridge the gap a little better than that. So as far as he's concerned, the failure was on his own end.] Robin warned -- asked me, once before to be more careful about what I said to my friends. I hadn't thought to pass the caution on though, so I do believe that fault is mine.

I'm just hoping getting every flower in the area and making a trail of them will appease some of her other senses, eh.

Secrecy comes difficult to me these days. The fine lines.

I err too much on the side of caution and then people don't know everything they need to about Blackbeard, or Chameleone, or the Malnosso, or who knows what else.

But too open goes against my grain as well and presents a whole set of different dangers.

[His mind is racing to do damage control. To figure out Robin's mindset, how to help it, how to ease it. She must feel raw and exposed, and Marco knew all too well the pain of that. What it was like having the whole world see your deepest darkest fear, your worst moments, and the compounded fear of who might use it for what.]

[Robin, Marco, Spock, they were all alike in that way. Lone survivors of catastrophic events, with only nakama to rely on -- and even that was tricky.]

Let me ask you something. You consider Robin a friend, but do you consider her nakama? Like one of your crewmates? If so, I suggest telling her that.

[The biggest problem for Robin was feeling alone. Alone when she'd been alone for so long. When the people who were fighting off her loneliness "now" couldn't remember her. And to feel alone in facing that was truly a terrible thing.]

It is one thing to try to cheer up a friend, but to protect a nakama... [A shrug.] I am not sure how her crew is though. They are considerably smaller than mine, so she might feel only Luffy can decide such a thing. But if you explain you wanted to help her as a nakama, I think she'll understand.

[Spock's brow furrows as he considers Marco's words.]

Miss Robin is my friend... and considering what has happened between us I have begun to think of her as family. [Because Spock has few friends, and fewer family now.]

So yes, I consider her nakama.

[Spock goes silent.
He realizes now that he has thoroughly betrayed her trust, and have exposed her privacy, and concept that Vulcans hold to dearly. When Spock looks at Marco again, he is resolved.]

No matter what the consequences are from this incident, I will remain Robin's friend. And if it takes my entire stay here in Luceti to regain her trust, then so be it.
[Spock breaths...] However, the first step would be to apologise to her...

[A meeting that he is starting to anticipate with a not-so-good feeling.]

[she puts a hand against her lips at the flowers comment. It's entirely too endearing and while such a thing from Spock would be awkward, Marco is idiotic and sweet enough to pull it off. She would like to forgive them then and there were

it not for that word.

No he is not. Spock is not nakama, nor will he ever be unless Luffy decides otherwise. Besides that, it is too soon and there has been too little to even begin to think so. A forced closeness out of some Malnosso trick? No. That is not what nakama means. It means fighting together. For the same crew. The same dream. It means people who believe in Luffy, and the others, without fail. How can he even do that much when he doesn't know them.

Though she believes that Marco is doing this because he wants to help. To give Spock some measure of ways he can apologize. To give her some measure of safety. But she has seen enough of Spock to know that there are others first in his heart.

She sighs and forgives them only because there is nothing to be done about it. What is known is known and she will have to be vigilant just in case. For Usopp and Nami if nothing else who are still too fragile to be on their own here. Especially since they have no idea what Luceti will bring.

She approaches them, in a sense, she wonders if Marco can tell the difference by now, as she runs her hand over his head and feels the faint warmth]

I won't be the guest of honor anywhere. [it's enough everyone knowing without being the center of all that attention. She eyes Spock carefully]

There are others in your heart, ne? Your Starfleet and those part of it. They will always be before me. Just as any Whitebeard will be before me, and any of my crew will be before you. We are not nakama. But we are friends.

[Spock suddenly stands, his eyes wide.]

Miss Robin!

[His head bows.]

I am sorry for betraying your trust.

Aye, but nakama can get through anything. And it's different when nakama expose something accidentally. [He lied to protect Ace, he lied to the world, and so far as Marco's concerned, he'll continue doing so for the rest of his life.]

[His eyes wind up blazing blue in spite of himself. The demure apologies are gone in a quick flash at Robin's appearance, the flight instincts kicking into a fight mode instead.] If nakama do it, you can trust they had the best intentions at heart no matter what, and they'll do their best to fix it.

[He always tried to teach Ace that. To show him that they trusted Ace no matter what. Trusted him to the point that his "screwups" were not screwups on his own head at all, but screwups on the whole lot of them. Even now, intellectually, Marco knows that part of his perhaps overprotectiveness on Spock's behalf is perhaps all too similar.]

Say as you will Robin, but nakama are not just friends from home--

[Why is he fighting on this? This is--]

[Not what he wants. Nor the right time and place for such a discussion. Too emotionally charged, and during a time when she's already hurt and fearful?]

[He hangs his head apologetically and glances away, getting up to walk off.] Perhaps I should leave you two to discuss it.

[Whitebeard would always be his father, always. But Ikki was no less a brother and nakama in the strongest sense of the world despite not knowing Whitebeard himself. Nakama would always fight to protect each other, but not all fights were on a direct foe vs. foe battlefield. The hardest fights took place in things like this where Marco struggled the hardest.]

[Spock was about to interject, wanting Marco to stay... but falls silent. If that is what he wants to do, then far be it from him to stop him.

He looks at Robin.]

[she waves off Spock's apology]

It's nothing you were aware of. [she can't blame him for Marco's idiocy. Though she meets those flaming blue eyes with her own. Perhaps nakama are different for the Whitebeards. Perhaps 1600 meant a new face and you had to trust whoever it was even if you didn't immediately recognize them. Perhaps because he had lived free and wild on the sea for so long.

But she can't forgive the insult]

Just friends from home?

[she shakes her head]

There is nothing to discuss.

[and disappears into a shower of petals. Still hidden and at some distance, she slips from her hiding space and heads...somewhere. She doesn't know where yet. But everything is cold where it once was warm]

[And now Spock is alone.

He sits with a little less grace than usual, and regards the table top as though it held the mysteries of the universe.
Is he responsible for two of his friends fighting now? He isn't sure. But there are other things he needs to discuss with Robin, despite what she said.

Opening his journal, he writes a private message to her.]
[100% locked to Robin.]

If it is permissible, I would speak with you. Please.

[after some time. A long time. She replies]

No.

[Spock spends a long time looking at the one, definitive word.... ]

Very well.
Peace and long life to you Miss Robin.

[He wasn't giving up... but he was also going to spend a long time just sitting at the coffee shop.]

[When Robin speaks, Marco turns back with a glare.]

Not "just," meaning those from other worlds can be nakama as well --

[But he's too late and Robin disappears in a burst of petals. They're too alike sometimes. If Marco wants to flee, then Robin, of course, beats him to it.]

[His eyes flatten at all more and there's a swift punch to the tabletop.]

My apologies, Spock. That was something I was trying to avoid.

[WHY. Why did his temper always flare around her? It was worse than how reckless he could get around Ace! What was wrong with him?!]

[Spock looks up, after having taken his seat once more.]

Indeed. I believe the term is 'bad timing'. I hope I did not create a dissidence between the both of you?

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