Rll'Toal'Dius - Priests pray for enemies, but princes kill
Jania Nis
(( Bridge, Deck 1, USS Octavia E Butler ))
Although it had seemed fun at the time, using a human as a footrest was not as comfortable as Rll’Toal’Dius had hoped. They were squishier than Zet, and not as stable on all fours. In the end, he required the queen’s stand-in to kneel at his side, hands bound to the command chair. The computer had alerted his new crew that an unauthorized presence came in a turbolift. He didn’t mind to see the queen, only that he wanted to consolidate his control over the bridge more. That and move out of the planet’s cover so he could begin a livestream; to this point he had only recorded content of his occupation of the bridge, which everyone would accuse of being faked.
But no one had told him about the unauthorized presence coming from a different direction. When the doors slid open and a gold-shirted officer entered, Dius spun in shock and growled. If he found out a crew member allowed this to happen, there would be punishments for all of them.
Varik: I believe there are less dramatic ways to request a command chair.
Dius: Hmm. Dramatic. Perhaps, but a show of force is just that, no? A show?
Varik: Response
Dius: Step further into the room or step back; you’re half out of the frame.
Varik: Response
Dius nodded. He knew the threat was empty; a Starfleet officer wouldn’t risk one of their own getting shot. But just in case, he decided to reinforce the point.
Dius: I was born with hundreds of brothers and sisters, mayhaps thousands, and yet dead they all are. Those who were not picked off by prowling Landrays or vagrant, starving Zet ephemerals consumed each other, and I in turn consumed them. It is the way of things. We Zet have understood for many years that the only way to survive is to look out for yourself. You Starfleet still believe helping others will benefit you somehow, and I know that the biggest threat I can level at you is not that I shall slay you, but instead, that I fire my phaser into this young man’s head. And I assure you it is not set to stun.
Varik: Response
Rll'Toal'Dius
Supreme Director
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