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CNS Office, Psyche Eval - Va'rek

Posted April 6, 2020, 12:49 a.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Va'rek (Engineer) (Dave Eads)

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Laraan nodded and went to the replicator, got two cups of tea and came back with them, placing them carefully on the little coffee table in front of them. Then she took a seat in one of the chairs opposite to him and leaned back with her cup, taking a sip, and placing it back, a soft smile on her lips.

“So, tell me. Why have you decided to hold onto your emotions?” she asked.

  • Laraan, CNS

His arched brows rose slightly, giving a visual clue that her question had been unexpected. The Vulcan opened his mouth as if to speak but then frowned and seemed to reconsider. Va’rek had been in Starfleet a while now and was used to humans and other species making assumptions about the Vulcan Culture and Physiology, so it took him a few seconds to assess that Laraan’s question had been completely valid, unlike many who simply assumed that all Vulcans had no emotions.

After a moment, he replied rather flatly (and in typical Vulcan fashion). “Not all Vulcans undertake the Kolinhar or the purging of all emotion. The ritual training is arduous and can last as long as two years. In some cases, it can even be physically dangerous to the Disciple. I merely followed the course of my own warp theory studies to their completion… A human might say that I ‘never got around to it’.”

He lifted the teacup with slender engineer’s fingers and took a small sip.

-Lt. J.G. Va’rek

Laraan smiled. “There is still a decision behind that. If one wants something, then one usually finds a way to do it. You don’t have to tell me dear. It’s just, from all the Vulcans that sat with me here, they all had rather strong reasons for or against the Kolinhar.” she sang.

  • Laraan, CNS

Va’rek said nothing at first, choosing instead of think for a long moment. Finally, he took a long sip of tea.

“I had not thought about it in that way. However, it is logical… to make no decision to act, take no stance… is to indeed make a decision.”

Again he fell silent for a few moments, remembering. His brows furrowed, and if anything there was almost a sadness in his expression. “My family…” Va’rek began slowly. “We never paid much attention to philosophy or ritual. We are scientists, engineers. For generations, my family has worked on propulsion theory and shipbuilding. It has been this way for a… long time.” His hazel eyes seemed fixed in the middle distance, gazing at nothing. “My elder brother and I used to play at rituals when we were children, but our father chided us for wasting time on foolish things. He told us to study and to learn and to work.” The Vulcan’s voice was low. “My brother became my father’s right hand, and I was left to do largely as I pleased. Perhaps it was simply a rebellion that led me to join Starfleet. However, I wanted to do my own work, my own way.”
Va’rek’s voice drifted away into silence.

-Va’rek, Engineer


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