Floof to the doof

[hufflefluffhouse]

the shipping picture prompt meme
SIMILAR TO THE PICTURE PROMPT MEME & THE SMUT PICTURE PROMPT MEME ONLY FOR SHIPPING.

i. COMMENT WITH CHARACTER
ii. OTHERS LEAVE A PICTURE (OR TWO OR THREE....)
iii. REPLY TO THEM WITH A SETTING BASED ON THE IMAGES.

THIS POST WILL BE IMAGE HEAVY.

Link to an image:   <a href=IMAGEURL>TEXT</a>

Embed an image in your reply:   <img src=IMAGEURL>

You can control width and height of your pictures:   <img src=IMAGEURL width=500> OR <img src=IMAGEURL height=INSERT>

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[steadyas]

[ Jane likes this better than home. Maybe Iowa just never got to grow on her, even if she does get a hint nostalgic on rare occasions, but it's more than that. Iowa was always fields and plains and dirt as far as the eye could see. The most exciting thing there was the shipyard in Riverside, and even that only managed to sink the chip on her shoulder even deeper more often than not.

There's a sense of freedom here, though, that she never once got there. The ocean looks endless; she knows it isn't. But if she closes her eyes and it takes a deep breath, it almost seems like it.

She debates on what to say to that, and ends up smiling and shaking her head. ]

It's alright, Spock. You don't have to understand everything, you know. [ And in this case it might just be for the best that he doesn't. ] And we're off duty. Told you to call me Jane.

[mindmeld]

[ Freedom is a concept that should not translate into a sensory perception - it is not something felt. But freedom is much more than a simple concept, and Spock is no closer to articulating how it is something that can be felt now than he was before he understood just how one could feel freedom.

It is not something he would ever attempt to explain to another Vulcan.

But he feels it there, watching the sunset over the ocean and free from the duties and expectations of his position and his heritage. It is peaceful -

Until Jane talks. And it's not so much her speaking (Spock does enjoy her conversation) as it is what she says. He looks away from the vista before them to study his captain, a faint furrow between his brows. ] I will admit, I am torn about your comment. There is that in me that desires to understand everything, but I confess to not understanding humans and accepting that I will probably never understand such an illogical race of beings.

[ The idea of not understanding is abhorrent; Spock wants to know and understand the universe, part of his reasoning for joining Starfleet.

But he is also intelligent enough to understand that there are aspects of the universe he will never understand, even if he were to ignore the emotional dynamics of human individuals. ]