tearmeanewone | cinq + voice/action

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[Voice]

Good morning, Luceti! I'm twenty-one today!

[And clearly, she's just a little font of joy because of it.]

This is the first birthday I've had outside of my tower at home. I know Eugene had a rave, but what has everyone else done for their birthdays while they've been here? Or, I suppose if you haven't had a birthday here, what did you typically do?

[Action]

[Elizabeth doesn't take the day off, even though it's her birthday. She's happy being out and about, enjoying the day and being in the village. She goes to the grocery store, pokes around the item shop and clothing shop a little, picks up some of Booker's preferred whiskey at Good Spirits... she's even running errands she really doesn't have to run. And while she loves the library, today she chooses to read for a bit outdoors--because otherwise she'd spend all day inside. It's a good day to be alive, and that's how Elizabeth is viewing it, and she's going to spend it out in the world. For the first time.]

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Well, I'm at the fountain, reading, right now! Is that alright?

[She is very intrigued by this...]

Of course, I will be there momentarily.

[Spock shuts off the connection, and gathers the gift... placing it in the pocket of his long wool coat.
It doesn't take long for him to walk to the fountain from his place, and he spots Elizabeth right away.]

Greetings Miss Elizabeth. May I inquire as to what you are reading?

Good afternoon, Mr. Spock! [Elizabeth smiles as Spock approaches her and closes her book.]

Oh! Well... [Guiltily, she holds up the book so Spock can read the title: 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'.] Nothing factual, but it's one of my favorites.

Jules Verne was a favourite of my mother's. I am familiar with various works of his.

[The Vulcan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small data chip... something that looks like a USB.]

This is for you.

Really? [Elizabeth had thought that once space travel had become commonplace, that fiction involving technology would become something to chuckle over. It's very exciting to hear that Spock is a fan too, though.] I'd thought that no one would read Jules Verne after people actually made it into space.

[She looks curiously at the data chip, wondering what it is.] Oh... thank you! It's beautiful... [It's a beautiful Whatever-It-Is, at least.]

It is a portable storage device. You had shown such interest in the stars during that simulation that I took the initiative to write you your own. I programmed it to show the stars that can be seen from Earth from your era...

It also contains the password for my own personal files, so that you can look at any program you wish.

[He enjoys sharing knowledge. And if it means that someone can be happy in Luceti, then so be it.]

...all of that is on this little thing? [Elizabeth takes the chip and examines it. Amazing... an entire library could probably fit on something like this!]

Incredible... [She laughs a little, rotating the chip around delicately between her fingers.] Thank you, I can't wait to use it.

[Spock looks satisfied as he inclines his head.]

I am pleased that you like it.
Once again, Happy Birthday Miss Elizabeth.

[He starts to walk away.]

Ah, wait Mr. Spock! [Elizabeth leaves her book by the fountain and runs after him, chip still held delicately between her fingers.] Tell me when your birthday is, so I can get you something when it comes around.

[Spock's brows furrow as he regards her...]

I... I do not have a birthday.

[...uh.]

You... have to have one, though! [Elizabeth lets out a little nervous laugh.] I mean, there must have been a day when you came into existence.

Indeed, I do have a birth date... but personal celebrations are not something that was done on Vulcan.

[Spock's eyes kind of go a bit spacey for a moment... then he regards Elizabeth once more.]

It has already passed. By Earth's standards my birthday is on October first.

Oh... [It seems odd to Elizabeth, but it's a completely different culture. She isn't going to knock it.]

Have you ever been curious what it would be like to have a 'personal celebration'?

I am curious about a great many things Miss Elizabeth.

[That was the vaguest way of saying 'yes'.]

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