003: Festive Cheer [Visual]
Spock is not given to making frivolous network posts. He considers them to be an unproductive use of time that could be better spent assessing the city and its technology. So, when he switches his tablet on, it is immediately clear - at least to those that know him - that something is wrong.
However, the thing that is most unsettling about the post is the not the fact that it has been made in the first place. It is the fact that the half Vulcan on the screen looks, for want of a better word, happy. Although he is clearly endeavoring to control his emotions and logically process what is happening, he is struggling to do so successfully.
“I believe I am feeling the emotion known as ‘happiness’. A curious experience, though the neurobiological responses are not unpleasant.”
It would appear that Buddy has claimed another victim (or given a gift to another fortunate individual, depending on your viewpoint). Unfortunately, Spock is ill-equipped to deal with holiday cheer.
“I request further information on the human holiday known as ‘Christmas’."
Although he understood the historical significance of the festival, and many of the associated rituals, the truly human aspects - the associated emotions, for example - had previously been lost to him. He had never truly felt the joy associated with giving and receiving presents. He had never experienced the desire to eat a copious amount of food or wished to spend an afternoon relaxing in front of the television while it digested.
"What are the protocols associated with the giving of gifts?"
OOC: Backdated to Christmas Eve. I didn't have a chance to post at the time, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity.
However, the thing that is most unsettling about the post is the not the fact that it has been made in the first place. It is the fact that the half Vulcan on the screen looks, for want of a better word, happy. Although he is clearly endeavoring to control his emotions and logically process what is happening, he is struggling to do so successfully.
“I believe I am feeling the emotion known as ‘happiness’. A curious experience, though the neurobiological responses are not unpleasant.”
It would appear that Buddy has claimed another victim (or given a gift to another fortunate individual, depending on your viewpoint). Unfortunately, Spock is ill-equipped to deal with holiday cheer.
“I request further information on the human holiday known as ‘Christmas’."
Although he understood the historical significance of the festival, and many of the associated rituals, the truly human aspects - the associated emotions, for example - had previously been lost to him. He had never truly felt the joy associated with giving and receiving presents. He had never experienced the desire to eat a copious amount of food or wished to spend an afternoon relaxing in front of the television while it digested.
"What are the protocols associated with the giving of gifts?"
OOC: Backdated to Christmas Eve. I didn't have a chance to post at the time, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity.