075 | [Voice]

[with_discipline]

[Open, but filtered AWAY from the Borg Queen and O'Brien]

[So T'Pol is really bad at small talk. Really, really bad. She tends to need a few minutes just to figure out what to say, because it's awkward. So there's a few seconds of silence, because on some level she can't believe she's actually bothering.]

I'm - curious. Most take individuality for granted; I hope I'll be forgiven when I say humans particularly so. On Vulcan, individuality is honored and respected, to an extent, but even on Earth, there are those who would give up a portion of their identity as an individual in order to be a part of something. It is, I believe, more than a 'mob mentality.'[She's throwing in human phrases with less and less hesitation lately, but it still sounds kind of. weird.]'

I would like to know what the majority of you find an acceptable cause for one to give up his or her individual identity. [And that sounds terribly awkward, because she's thought about this plenty, and it's really just an almost desperate hope for new answers.]

[Private to Data]

What can you tell me of the Ba'ku?

[Private to the EMH]

[She actually sounds almost impatient.] Have you made preparations?


((OOC: Slightly backdated to earlier today. T'Pol's been acting off because her daughter died about this time a year ago for her. So recklessness and idle chatter, yay! :|))

Comments

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[with_discipline]

Self-sacrifice, then. Is that the only acceptable situation to you?

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[darknessb4me]

Even then it might not be acceptable.

Sometimes all you're left with is yourself. If you give up that last inch, you may as well not exist at all.

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[with_discipline]

But giving up identity to join a cause, or a group - it seems more a trade, than a loss.

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[darknessb4me]

Joining a cause or group doesn't necessarily require loss of identity. Let's not beat around the bush; I know who your inmate is. That is not a trade.

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[with_discipline]

And yes she find collectivism superior to individuality. Her explanations have been unhelpful; I'm looking for outside insight.

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[darknessb4me]

[Switches to text, or he won't be able to deliver this impassively.]

When you're inside one, you're not capable of thinking anything else. It provides everything you could ever want - because it says it does. It is the superior choice to "freedom" - because it says it is. And your mind does half the work for it, because if it's not budging on the idea that you're happy, it's on you to come up with why that is. Until you can almost convince someone else of it.

You're probably not stupid, so I assume you've talked to the people onboard she took last time.

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[with_discipline]

[She follows the switch; it's not like she's as cool and collected as usual anyway.] It seems that laziness - or perhaps, complacency - is a key factor.

I have. [But she. Really needs to be doing more of that.]