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Captain James T. Kirk ([personal profile] tobodlygo) wrote2022-01-09 06:37 pm
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"This is Kirk. if you need me, leave a message! Fjord, if you need me just come get me you like like, next door."

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text; un:CommanderSpock; it's only right that he is the one to christen the inbox

[personal profile] spocktopus 2022-03-10 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Captain.

Your choice of username makes it difficult for those who wish to search for you in the registry. As its purpose is for direct communication, to enable maximum efficiency may I suggest changing it to include your name? Unless you underwent a legal name change in my absence and did not inform me.
leetle: (pbbbt!)

un: sapphire

[personal profile] leetle 2022-03-28 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
well, captain HOT mess is right 3:)
hi jim!! it's jester!
what are you doing liiiiike right now?
leetle: (flirting!)

[personal profile] leetle 2022-03-30 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Jester's confused by his reply initially, until she opens the attached image and sort of....stops moving for a long second, staring down at this absolute gift she's been given. "Holy shit," she whispers, before her brain catches up and she scrambles to reply.]

oh!!
hellooooooooo there handsome 👀🥺😈

yes! i was wondering if you wanted to go to this place with me
it's called an arcade?
we don't have them in exandria i don't think
but someone said it was really cool and fun!!!
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[personal profile] spocktopus 2022-03-31 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah... he's not changing his so CommanderSpock it is.]

[Also:]


Captain.

While my respect for you in both a personal and professional nature has increased since the moment of our meeting, I would not describe it as "love'. My interactions with you have been purely platonic I can assure you.
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[personal profile] spocktopus 2022-03-31 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Although our short time together has been filled with many intense situations, we still hardly know one another. Love requires time, effort, mutual understanding and reciprocation of affections as well as most importantly, a personal relationship outside of professional interactions which we do not have.

To give a shorter answer, no.

Is my assumption incorrect, Captain?
Additionally, you must remember that you possess five years of experiences and memories which I do not.
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[personal profile] leetle 2022-04-01 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Just a minute, Jester's a little busy blushing at the pet name!!]

no never!!
YAY
i can't wait to see what it's like!!

sparring is way better than puzzles, for sure. only nerds like beau like puzzles!
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[personal profile] spocktopus 2022-04-01 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
Once again you are mistaken. If I felt contempt towards you, I would not have submitted my candidacy for the role of your First Officer.

[He wouldn't give the time of day to someone he had no respect for. As for what he does feel though.. that's the million dollar question isn't it. He only knows that Spock Prime emphasized that they would be a big influence on one another.]

An unfair claim to make when one of us has no recollection of the results.

[But the meaning was understood. If he wished to brag about winning, then why make it a draw?]

As I can neither prove nor disprove your claim at this time, the only logical option is to acquire a tridimensional chess board and begin anew.
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[personal profile] spocktopus 2022-04-18 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
Jim I must speak to you.

About several things.


[Guess who's back. Back again. Spock's back. Tell a friend.]
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Video

[personal profile] spocktopus 2022-04-18 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[The swift response had been expected. It was precisely why Spock had held off on announcing his presence until the right moment, yet there is still an air on uneasiness before he opens the video feed in return. He had made his Captain needlessly worry.

The video feed flickers on to show Spock not in his favoured Science Blues but a regular old shirt instead. Incidentally, one he wore to a certain someone's birthday party. And did he look a little older, or was that just the crappy connection?]


Jim. It has been approximately forty-seven hours since my return to Noctium. I spent several of those receiving treatment aboard the Nova Station before returning to Sumarlok.

[Spock already knows he will be required to explain why he did not get in contact immediately, so he wastes no time in defending his position.]

Once I regained access to the communications network and had ascertained your safety, I felt it prudent to abstain from announcing my presence until I had been released from quarentine and arrived planet-side once more. My intention had been to contact you upon my arrival in Sumarlok, however... incidents prevented me from doing so.

[Incidents? If Jim was expecting a further explanation, none is given.]

To use the common Noctium vernacular I had "returned" to the reality we hailed from. Although I departed here for only nine days, in that time I experienced a whole five years serving under your Captaincy. It really is quite facinating.
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[personal profile] spocktopus 2022-04-18 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
..That is correct.

[Spock knows his Captain well after all. Jim would not leave it be if he were to discover that a member of his crew had arrived upon the Sky Station. And if it was Spock himself? Empirical evidence with a dash of hope told him that Jim would be even less inclined to be patient regarding their reunion.

As for Sumarlok, at first it had simply been late. Spock decided that he did not wish to interrupt a productive night's rest.]


I am in my assigned apartment. Evidently, my claim to it was not relinquished upon my leaving. I learned that when an individual 'returns' the items or property they obtained will not immediately be-

[Ah. Jim is moving already.]

Captain, there is no need for you to- I shall come to-

[The jacket is already on, and Spock can hear the metallic clang of keys. Asking Jim to sit and wait for him is unlikely to cut it here.]
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[personal profile] spocktopus 2022-04-19 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay. Five minutes. That actually means four minutes at most, but likely less than three if Jim decided to sprint over from the other apartments close by. Spock plans for three. Three minutes to organize his thoughts and decide what it is he wishes to say. Spock has no intentions of lying, a Vulcan does not lie, but he isn't exactly eager to be forthcoming about certain events either.

Information regarding the last five years on the Enterprise he just caught up on, culminating in the very obvious tension between the two for a number of reasons. Information he learned during his previous time here. Specifically some completely out of the blue feelings from his Captain which now.. make a lot more sense. Information on how Vulcans do not necessarily dream as humans do, but he has been having the same very specific, very detailed dream for two nights now which is why he has been actively avoiding a very specific person.

It's fine. It's fine. Spock steels his will, emotions reigning in. As long as they do not initiate contact and Jim does nothing too Jim-like, their conversation will achieve a positive outcome.

...Of course Jim does something very Jim-like. The door barely has a change to open before a mess of blond hair steps in and before his First Officer even has a chance to back away, two arms are looping around him in a full on embrace.]


Jim, I-

[This would have been bad enough if they were anywhere else, such as on their ship. The desire to reach out and touch was already there and this time he cannot blame it only on the gembond. But in this place they have to deal with Synchrony involving a telepath and as soon as contact is made those feelings betray him immediately. Acceptance, regret, attraction, devotion. The list goes on, Spock's emotions popping up through their bond and desperate to be heard before he pushes them down and silences them one after another. This is only going to get worse the longer it goes on, yet he is frozen to the spot. He cannot pull himself away.

Of course Jim would do this, immediately ruin everything he had planned by being his usual spontaneous, over-emotional self. But Spock would not wish it any other way.

This is precisely why I can leave Starfleet. I can leave the Enterprise. I can leave Nyota. But I cannot leave you.]


Jim. Please. Don't. [He is pleading here. Actually pleading.]
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[personal profile] spocktopus 2022-04-19 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
[The more Spock feels Jim's affection spread through the connection, the less he wishes to give it up. He is warm, carrying that specific scent which says 'Jim Kirk'. He wants to be selfish, to bask in it and refuse to give it up. It is illogical. He does not need to take that which would be freely given to him if he only asked. Yet it is that final step he has always been unable to take.]

I.. have also missed your presence. Although it has been only two days for myself.

[He would have returned immediately had he thought it wise. Forever drawn to Jim's side, a truth that he knows quite obviously just spilled over in their connection. Spock had hoped he could spare Jim the troubles of having to deal with what he deems to be his 'personal issues' and they could both enjoy the reunion, but it seems the situation had other plans.]

I am the one who must apologize, Jim. You did nothing wrong. I am at fault for not better preparing myself for what I should have seen as an inevitable outcome. [A beat.] I did not think the connection would be that strong. Forgive me.

[But of course it would be. It now has five years of friendship and companionship to build a foundation on.

Spock wishes he could leave it at that. But he felt Jim's emotions in return clear as day. It only made it harder to step away, especially during that pang of guilt which hit when Spock asked him to stop. It's one thing to do it to himself for what he believes to be the greater good, but another to actively go against Jim's wishes even in a case such as this.]


Please understand I.. find myself easily distracted since my return. [No he is not going to elaborate.] Physical contact between us would be unwise.
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[personal profile] spocktopus 2022-04-19 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Of course Jim would ask him that specific question and so directly, to leave no room for avoidance and misinterpretation. He'd had enough experience with Spock's ability to skirt around the truth when he felt like it.]

Spock is quiet, contemplative as he weighs the options in his mind on how much he wishes to reveal. At this point holding information back was beginning to feel more like a lie of omission, but more than that his friend deserved an honest answer. As he speaks his tone has softened, not quite exuding the confidence it usually would.]


...It was something I could never find the time nor the words to tell you. I thought you disinterested. When I recently underwent a revelation of sorts and opted to remain in Starfleet, I decided that if I refocused my efforts into serving you to the best of my ability, both as First Officer and as a friend, I could learn to be.. content.

[Which would have made it easy, if it were not for this here.]

Our time here taught me that what I interpreted as disinterest was simply.. hesitancy on your part. However, Jim, you have also built a new life here with others, long before I arrived. It is not something I wish to intrude upon, so to avoid potential conflict I was resolved to not speak of it. I.. simply wished to remain at your side.

[He knew the second he set foot in Noctium again that the feeling was mutual. And how much those nonsensical conversations they had during his first month here actually.. made an enlightening amount of sense. But it was not that simple.]
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[personal profile] spocktopus 2022-04-20 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[As he confessed Spock hoped that Jim would make the decision on what follows next, forcing his first officer to accept whatever the outcome would be. Resolution, at long last.

Instead he finds himself presented with the very same question once more, however this time the parameters have changed. This time Jim is right in front of him, invading his personal space as usual and offering up everything Spock wished for, giving him permission to reach out for it.

The choice is simple. Only an illogical fool would deny themselves.]


Are you certain?

[Does Jim really know what he is getting into here? He had experienced some of it through their contact but even then those emotions had been tapered in. He will know it the moment they touch again, as Spock allows himself to be read. A culmination of years spent in both indecision and pining, the desire for acceptance and the unwavering devotion offered in return.

A hand slips around the back of Jim's neck, fingers pushing through his hair as the other cups his jaw, and without waiting for a response Spock is stepping forward, causing Jim to take a step back until they are again by the wall beside the doorway. While his expression appears as stoic as ever the look in his eyes gives him away as usual like he is staring at his next meal, honestly an impressive accomplishment for a vegetarian.]


Likewise, whatever it is you wish from me, I will give freely. I will ask again Jim. Are you certain?

[This time he will wait for an answer, leaning his body against Jim's own, letting their faces be far too close together as he allows two fingers to trace along his Captain's cheek and jaw. Heh. He wonders if Jim knows in Vulcan terms how much he is being felt up right now.]

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