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Recently, I bought a personal item from one of the auctions in Markutte. In light of recent network posts of a festive Terran nature and having been exposed to Christmas before with far more ceremony, purely out of deference for a family member, I am aware that giving is very much in the spirit of the season. As purchasing gifts for a wide range of individuals would be a waste of resources and time which I must covet for my scientific studies, I am instead inclined to use the instrument in my possession.

It is a Vulcan harp.

[ Instruments, literal instrument ... Get it? ~~Whatever, his attempts at humor are golden.~~ Straight-faced, Spock leans back in his chair and settles it against his right shoulder, beginning to play. His left hand is bandaged, but he pays it no mind; after the post, green blood will have bitten through and the wraps will need changing.

Firstly, Brahms Intermezzo is played to invest people in the music he studied intently during his recreational time as a child. Shortly after that lulls to a close, you might think this stuffy Vulcan has nothing more interesting to offer but, son, you would be wrong. Music is mathematics, after all, and Spock adjusts the knobs on the instrument to alter the octaves and sounds to more of a guitar-quality. That's when he delves into an improvised piece still kicking around his memory, composed long before he set foot on the Enterprise. His final performance is a gentle carol he is very familiar with, for his own personal reasons, and he doesn't rush it into the previous natural rhythm in the slightest, almost playing for someone ... who has expressed their preferences on the matter before. (Perhaps the family member he mentioned at the start, for attentive listeners.)

The song is Silent Night. ]

( OOC: Vulcan harps/lyres are ridiculous, but these are the sound ranges, for reference. )

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[Woah there buddy, you might want to slow down. And Armin thought he was overly verbose at times.]

I... Uh...

Please clearly articulate your responses.

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you just said at all.

Then, to clarify, it is not efficacious to use one definition when several are especially applicable to a situation such as ours. What is considered the standard terminology for one species or a divergent incarnation of an individual may not hold weight with another, that is the basis of endeavoring to support inter-cultural interpretation.

Is that clearer?

So, you mean... People from different worlds may call Earth different things?

[He does not sound sure of his answer at all.]

I believe I said that.

It was very difficult to understand.

[ :( Ah. ]

Shall I use fewer syllables for the duration of this call?

Ah... That's would probably be a good idea. I'm sorry I can't keep up.

You need not apologize. My name is Spock, what is yours?

Armin Arlert. It's nice to meet you.

Is your hand alright? It's a little, green...

It is bleeding, but I will tend to it shortly.

If you're bleeding green, you should probably see a doctor!

I already did. If you are expressing concern over the color of my blood, I assure you it is naturally this hue. Unlike human blood which hosts iron in hemoglobin, Vulcan blood is mainly copper-based.

So it's normally that color? That's good...

[He just now notices Spock's ears. Right, not human. He's chill with that. Yaha has pointed ears too, although he calls himself an elf.]

In my world they'd certainly chop off your hand if you exhibited such a symptom. Maybe your whole arm.

Treatment for gangrene? That seems excessive.

[ #23rd Century medical swag, oops. ]

[Dark ages medical knowledge ftw.]

You have to make sure it doesn't spread.

There are other ways. I suggest you contact Doctor McCoy to increase your medical knowledge, if you have not. In the event of an emergency, you would be a liability at the current level of understanding you hold. For example, if you severed a body part without contacting McCoy, he would not be able to regrow the damaged tissue because you would have already removed it.

There are other ways to treat infected flesh? Even after it's gone sour?

Yes. When I am from, it would be as easily regrown as a failing kidney.

You can regrow organs?

Is that some sort of magic?

It is science. As I said, Doctor McCoy would know more about it than I.

Science...

[His mind unsurprisingly trails off to think of Titans and Shifters, and their amazing ability to recover from any injury. Had humans in other worlds learned to harness that kind of power to benefit mankind? With science?]

That's amazing. Something anyone could do, if they had the right knowledge and equipment...

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Medical science. Indeed, you could. If you ask Doctor McCoy to write down the relevant information, as I have been doing for a student of mine concerning the physics of space, you will be able to learn.

Oh no, I'm not studying to become a doctor. I'm just a soldier. It was only the idea that was fascinating-- I don't think I have the time to dedicate to learning something like that.

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