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Personal Log #13 - Return [Video/Action]

[As the lights from the transporter beam dissipates, the Vulcan sways as he takes in the rather unexpected surroundings. There was one obvious conclusion:
This was not the Enterprise.

The Vulcan's mind buzzes with questions: Where was he? Where was Khan? Did he escape? Did the transporter malfunction? Did Nyota make it back to the Enterprise? The whole fight with the war criminal Khan seemed like a dream, an emotionally hazy, anger filled dream. Memories he didn't have for a whole year came flooding back, and he knew, he knew where he was now. This wasn't a trick of the mind, he was really back in this place.

Luceti...

An entire year later and he was brought back again at the most ill-conceived time. His Captain... his friend was dead and Khan's blood could supposedly bring him back to life? Certainly he had believed Nyota's words, but there was no concrete evidence given to him, and now he'll never know.
Spock looked around in quiet desperation, his brows furrowed with a rare vulnerability showing on his face. He shifted his back... yes, of course, there were the wings, sensitive as he remembered from his first days here in this infuriating place. The journal, his name embossed in gold gleamed in the sunlight, as if mocking him... but that was illogical. Bending at the waist, Spock picked up the journal, allowing its weight in his hand to remind him of the reality of the situation.

Green blood splattered on the journal as he opened it, he needed to see who was still here. The Vulcan breathed, wiping the strange coloured blood from the side of his mouth... and then opened his mouth to speak.]

Greetings residents of Luceti, I am Spock. I have been gone for approximately eleven point three months, however, considering the paradox of time that Luceti resides in, I do not know how long I have actually been away from here. If there is anyone still here that I know, information would be appreciated.

[Spock pauses to wipe more blood from his mouth.] I also require medical assistance.

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[Spock finds his way to the clinic so that his injuries can be seen to. Later, he can be found at the Dome, reorienting himself to Luceti and making sure his program files are still there, although he's only been gone a few days. In the evening Spock can be found around House #2, sitting on the porch with his Lyre, tired but amenable to talk.]

[ooc: Spock's been out of Luceti for just over two days, but if you've seen the movie Star Trek: Into Darkness, you'll know that Spock has been gone for about a year. The moment he's brought into Luceti is just as he is beamed back onto the ship after beating the crap out of Khan with Uhura's assistance. So have a beaten up Vulcan who's worried about his dead Captain. Cheers~]

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Maybe a few days. [They don't talk frequently enough for her to be more certain than that, but she knows it certainly hasn't been very long.] It wasn't long, anyway. Everyone will be happy to see you again, too.

[Happy... Spock certainly wasn't happy to be back in Luceti, especially when he had no idea as to the condition of his Captain. Was he still here? Was he actually... no, he didn't want to think the word.

It didn't take long for the Vulcan to reach the clinic.]

Ami?

[It's not that his friends are happy he's trapped here again, either; it's just that they'll be happy to be with him. She's learned over her years in Luceti, there's a difference between the two.]

Please come in. [It is quite right to say it's been awhile in these circumstances...?]

Thank you. [Spock enters, sitting where Ami directs him.]

It is... well to see you Ami. It is a discomforting thought to know that I had forgotten about you while in my own universe. I honour our friendship, and I have an illogical desire to keep it, even though I know it is not possible.

[He's getting sentimental, he could be delirious from one too many hits on the head.]

[Actually, after all her struggles, Ami understands.]

Even if you could call it illogical, I think it's normal. [She remembers a life that told her friendship and feeling were fleeting, and yet wanting them so very much, no matter what her head told her heart.]

I'm glad you were able to go home, even if it was only for a little while.

Going home was probably not the preferred option. [Indeed, Spock is beginning to see a benefit to Luceti.
That and he looks almost haunted.]

[That does not sound promising at all. In fact, it worries her.]

Did something happen while you were there?

[Spock doesn't answer for a moment, opting instead to stare at his hands.]

My Captain... Jim. He died.

[Have a sad Vulcan.]

I'm very sorry to hear it. [Those words sound so inadequate, don't they? There's nothing that can really soothe the loss of a friend.]

I am as well. [Spock falls into silence... the green blood drying on his head.]

[The silence is heavy as she struggles for the right words.]

You still have chances here. [She doesn't believe even that fate has to be set in stone. Doesn't Luceti already break laws of time and space? But she says no more than that; she's not good at thinking it will turn out better.]

Indeed. Little can be proved at this point, so all we have left is hope. [Which rubs the Vulcan the wrong way. He's logical, he's not supposed to believe in hope, it was such a human emotion. Hope was a weakness, where were the hard, cold facts?
It was frustrating to say the least.]

[Spock is a Vulcan, but he is a Vulcan who has learned emotion as well as logic. In a way, Ami understands; those two sides of herself, and how to reconcile them, are something she often struggles with as well.]

It isn't easy to hope. But I think, sometimes, it can be worth trying to have it anyway.

[Spock nods...then regards Ami.]

Thank you Ami. [To have support means the world to him right now.]

I think it makes the time here even more precious, sometimes. If there's someone we can still see while we're here.

You are right. My... perspective of this place has... has changed drastically.

[Spock huffed on a breath, it could have been a sigh.] Will you assist me with my injuries? [He was still kind of uncomfortable talking about feelings and emotions.]

Of course. Where were you wounded? [She's willing to shift the focus to those. She also fully intends to examine him well, but she'll use his report as a starting point.]

[Spock shows her his knuckles... and tilts his head to show her where he had been hit.]

I believe my ribs have been cracked... though I should be able to take care of those in a healing trance.

[That's pretty amazing that he can handle these injuries; but she's worried for him nonetheless.]

I'll want to confirm whether the ribs are cracked. Do you mind an x-ray?

Not at all.... what do you need me to do? [X-Ray... they had nothing like that on the enterprise. It was scanners and sensors all the way.]

It's simple, and won't hurt at all. You'll have to wear some protective clothing, though. We have it here, so don't worry about anything.

[Spock nods and goes to lift his arms to take off his shirt... but winces with pain.]

I may need assistance taking off my shirt.

[She is a doctor. She should be past that brief moment of embarrassment, but it must be said Ami looks somewhat uncomfortable - and is fairly quick to make a slightly different offer.]

I can help, but, if you'd rather, I can find someone else. [You know, a man instead of a woman, to help undress a man.]

Miss Mizuno... if I was ever to tell you, perhaps now would be best considering I almost lost my chance. I consider you very much family... the sister I have never had.

There is no one else I would rather help me at this time. [Spock lifts his arms again, waiting for Ami to help him with his shirt.]

[Those are perhaps the most touching words someone could say to her. For a moment, she's silent with surprise before her expression resolves itself to a grateful smile.]

Thank you for saying that. [She's always been fond of Spock in return. There are certainly differences between them, but they share enough in common for her to feel it.]

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