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After Mission Party

Posted Aug. 2, 2020, 12:44 a.m. by Captain Calvin Marius (Captain) (Luke Hung)

Posted by Ensign T’Lora (Doctor) in After Mission Party

Posted by Captain Calvin Marius (Captain) in After Mission Party

Posted by Ensign T’Lora (Doctor) in After Mission Party
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She nodded. “I was born on Vulcan, although I spent the majority of my youth on Earth. How was the colony, if you don’t mind my curiosity.” She found herself quite pleased with the Captain. He seemed open, although it was strange to her that he was spending time with her.
-T’Lora

“Lethal.” Marius responded coldly. It didn’t take an empath to determine she touched a subject that held a lot of emotional baggage for him. The dangerous glint left his eyes, it was a moment that conveyed way too much information, pain, anger, and the coldness of a man who had seen death and had dealt it. Marius forced a half smile on his face… an expression of positivity that was rare for him.

“Why did you leave Vulcan and reside on Earth and then join Star-Fleet?” He reversed the question and paused. If the Vulcan responded completely she would be occupied for more than a few moments.

Marius CO

She felt his pain and was taken aback by the depth of it for a moment. She took a sip of her drink before beginning to tell the story. “I am afraid it is not a happy tale Captain. I shall assume you would prefer the short answer. My father was considered a traitor to Vulcan culture, as he wished to embrace emotions. Many classmates took their disagreements with him out on me.” She gestured to the large scar on her face. “We moved to the Arabian peninsula on Earth soon after. I joined after my father’s death so as to fulfill his last wish.”
-T’Lora

“Children, and some adults can be cruel.” He looked at the scar. “You shouldn’t have gone through that. I’m glad to see that Federation was lucky enough to get the gift of your talents.”

“I have to believe that you could of had that scar removed if you wanted it, especially since its on your face.” Marius had more than a few on his body, but most of them were concealed by his clothes.

He smirked… “So what’s your favorite emotion? If that isn’t an indelicate question.”

Marius

She nodded softly to acknowledge him. “I suppose now, so long down the line, I could have it removed. To be honest I think of it only when I am telling the story. Its purpose was once to remind me, but now it serves as a reminder to everyone else.”

“Vanity is an emotion…” He chimed in. “Functionally the scar has no real impact in your performance.”

She nodded. “A different sort of reminder Captain. We are often viewed as “perfect.” Emotionless, logical, and uniform. There is very little visible variation in Vulcans. I find that many need a reminder that we too have differences.” She leaned forward and dropped her voice to a whisper. “Though I will admit, looks of surprise are often humorous.”

She brushed her hair behind her ear, amusement playing on her face. “I must admit I’ve never had anyone ask so blatantly.” She paused to think. “My favorite emotion. In terms of my favorite to exist, I would say love. There are few emotions every being I have ever melded with has contained, but I have yet to meet someone devoid of love. However, if you are asking which is my favorite to feel, as T’Lora of Vulcan, I am partial to disappointment.”

She smiled. She knew she challenged his expectations of Vulcans. “And you, Captain?” Her voice was deceptively light, as though they were not talking freely of something taboo on her home planet.
-T’Lora

“Love, a nice one..” He shrugged. “I hadn’t thought about it too much since emotions aren’t something that is an unusual experience for humans.”

“Humor, is that an emotion?” He paused. “A Vulcan walks into a bar, the bartender looks at him, ‘You look emotional.’ the Vulcan looks back and responds, ‘I don’t think I am.’ and then he disappears.” Marius smirked.

“You get it… ‘I think therefore I am…’ He doesn’t think he is… so he isn’t....” Marius started laughing.

Marius

She smiled. “A clever play on words Captain. I don’t believe humor is an emotion, but it is still enjoyable to witness.” She looked around conspiratorially. “How exactly would one go about endearing themselves to the crew of this ship? Hypothetically, of course.”
-T’Lora

Marius’ smile disappeared, “No one needs to go out of their way to ‘endear’ themselves on my boat ensign, not to me, not to the rest of the crew. Do you job, be yourself, the rest will come.”

She laughed wryly. “I appreciate the sentiment Captain, but I am afraid it will fail in practice. Most do not like doctors, like young doctors even less, and distrust Vulcans. A young Vulcan doctor is on the bottom of the list.”

He leaned in matching her conspiratorial positioning. “I’ll let you in on a little secret, I not the most popular or friendly officer on the ship, it hasn’t stop me. Making friends shouldn’t be the goal, being yourself and seeing you likes you for you… that’s the real thing.” He looked up looking directly and unerringly at the CMO. “Those friendships are what you want. That what love is ensign.”

Marius

She smiled as she met his gaze. “I do not believe being myself is the most conducive course of action for my future on this ship. Although, I have been told I am pessimistic by many, so perhaps I should trust you in situations such as these.”
-T’Lora

“You seem very pleasant to me.” Marius continued as he returned to him more erect posture. He was very smooth in his motions, clearly being coordinated to go along with his with his impressive bulk. “Or are you faking it for the ‘old man’?” A human colloquialism for the senior officer on a ship or base.

Marius CO

She smiled, feeling very pleased. “No, not faking at all. Vulcans are known as pessimists, and I’m afraid I grew up with a group of extreme optimists. I do believe that my childhood has made me especially suited to Starfleet service.” She recalled her time in the academy fondly.

“Sometimes our beliefs make things real.”

She began to fidget with her hands as she realized something and decided to elaborate.” That sounded boastful. I meant.” She paused and started over feeling a bit flustered. “I’m sure you’ve noticed that the majority of Starfleet officers are human. As I spent my formative years with human children, I have a stronger understanding than most other Vulcans. I find it easier to be around humans than most and in the same way, many humans find me easier to talk to than my kinsmen.” She nodded, feeling that she had managed to recover, but still had a slight blush as she thought about how she had tripped over her words. “Well Captain, I suppose there might be some truth to the rumor you heard about the tea.”
-T’Lora

“Yes,” He chuckled. “You might want to watch that, wouldn’t want it to turn into a problem.”

“That is true, but also somewhat an illusion, Vulcans and Andorians, for two have their ‘own’ Federation ships. I surmise if you were on one of those you might think that Star-Fleet were all of a different race.”

Marius

She laughed sharply. “Unlikely. With all the controversy Vulcans joining Starfleet caused on Vulcan, I do not believe anyone could forget Starfleet accepts members from other planets, The council is of the opinion that the only acceptable reason for a Vulcan to join Starfleet is if they would not be welcomed on their own Federation vessels.”

She tilted her head curiously. “So Captain. What inspired you to join?”
-T’Lora

“Well, that is a far longer discussion than we have time for today.” Marius said not unkindly, but there was again that flash of anger that she had really seen when she had asked about his time on the colony. No it wasn’t really anger this time, it was more sadness.

“I spent my early years in the Colonial Marines during the Dominion War, some private sector work, and then on to the Fleet.” He nodded. “I came to it the long way.” He still didn’t understand how he came so far…

Marius

She nodded. “I can see you are very dedicated. I imagine this is not how you planned your life, but I believe this ship is better for it,” she said softly.
-T’Lora

Marius chuckled, “See you have picked up some interpersonal skills… flattery will get you places.”

Marius

She laughed quietly “I believe the saying I heard was flattery will get you everywhere. Although how flattery is meant to be a viable fuel for space travel I am unsure.”
-T’Lora

Marius chuckled, “See, I think if more Vulcans were like you, they would be a far more popular race in the Federation.” Ironically, Human’s weren’t necessarily the most popular race in the Federation, they just seemed to be equally disliked by all of them - like the hub of a wheel each part of the tire was equidistant.

Marius

She smiled. “I’m afraid the council is far to interested with being better to make an effort at being liked. As my teacher once said” She sniffed and started an impersonation. “I am Master Sutrak, and I know the best way to do everything!” she said haughtily. She started laughing as soon as she got to the end. Even my mother made fun of him.
-T’Lora - who is slightly drunk at this point

Marius chuckled. “Well that’s the stereotypical view of Vulcans. Never can go wrong with going with what’s expected. ” He glanced about the crowd, almost in the way a bouncer looks at a crowded bar, or a life guard at a pool. “On the other hand, its the same reason many races make generalizations about the intolarablity of the species. But didn’t a wise Vulcan also say, logic is the begining of wisdom, not the end.”

Marius

She nodded. “And before that, a wise Vulcan said, logic is the idea of wisdom, emotion is the practice.” She smiled softly. “Humans are their own subject on Vulcan. So unpredictable they defy logic, and thus must be taught specifically.”
-T’Lora

Marius chuckled. “Little old us, a class on Vulcan. Is that a high school or collegiate class?” Marius was actually genuinely interested.

“Did you task such a class.... what did you learn?”

Marius

T’Lora smiled softly. “Neither. It is ongoing throughout the entire education.” She had always found it amusing.

“I began taking it when I was 6. At the time it mostly consisted of coming up with a solution, and running it through a simulation to see if a Human might have thought of it.” She smiled again “At the time it was the only creative class.”
-T’Lora

“Its almost sounds like a make your own adventure story instead of a class. I guess if they can holodeck historical figures and even dozens of original personality I guess a Vulcan could make a human personality algorithm.

“What was the weirdest thing you ran through the simulator and what was the result.”

Marius

She thought for a moment. “The strangest simulation we ever ran? Easily any first contacts with hostile species. Every single time, the solution was to seduce them.” She started laughing a bit. “There is always one student in every class, no matter the species, that comes up with the strangest ideas. I have no idea why we thought that was the first thing humans would think of. It almost never worked anyway, but we kept trying.”

“I’d like to see you do that. I’m pretty sure that isn’t in the book I read about how to execute first contacts.” He chuckled. There had been an ambassador or two he would have tried to seduce if he thought it would have worked.

She giggled and clamped her mouth shut. “Half the Vulcans on the council would die from shock if they heard that.”

She paused. “The simulator was not very reliable when I took the class. It would be interesting to see what they have done with it. I wonder if it could be programmed into the holodeck…” She was considering it carefully. “I could program old simulations I remember and compare our ideas to how actual humans would solve the problem. It would be quite amusing, wouldn’t it?” She smiled at the idea. “It was always my favorite part of education on Vulcan.” She shifted her attention back. “And you Captain? What is the strangest class you have had?”
-T’Lora

“Temporal physics.” He said without even the slightest pause. “Might not be the type of strange you were referring to, but all the impact and timeline and relativities, just give me headaches.” He leaned in conspiratorially, “If I don’t have one of those science egghead types to explain the impact, I pretty much decided to do whatever I want to because that was what was supposed to happen or we wouldn’t be in the temporal paradox in the first place. I think its called the predestination paradox… I’m just going to lean into the impossibility hard.”

Marius

“I suppose that’s it’s own kind of strange.” She matched his voice. “I’m meant to be one of the science types, but I nearly failed that class.” She laughed a bit again. “If the council was here they’d be falling down left and right. At this point I’m probably worse than the rest of the V’Tosh Ka’Tur. Showing emotion, in front of a human no less.” She sighed a bit. “All the way out here, I can’t quite bring myself to care.”

-T’Lora

“Medicine isn’t physics. Although its pretty egg-heady to be honest. I wouldn’t worry about what the Vulcan’s thought, they don’t seem to mess to much with what happens in star-fleet. I think they have softened their position in the last 200 years or so. It would be illogical to be resistant to progress. And I think they think humans and the rest of the Federation have a lot to offer in terms of progress and emotional relations.”

“It my understanding, Vulcan and Human relationships have increased significantly in the past 50 years or so…”

Marius


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