Lt.(jg) Dr. Toz: A ribbon for the doc?
Patty Boyle
(OOC: Wanted to get this sim in before we get too far ahead.)
((USS Octavia E Butler - The Writers' Room))
Toz sat back, waiting for their ‘blue’ table to be approached. Karen and Katsim deserved awards and ribbons and she was sure they’d get them. Toz wasn’t especially proud of her role in the last mission. She’d been held as a slave (along with others) and hadn’t done much to help plan an escape.
As Commander Rouiancet approached, someone -Toz thought it was Karen Stendahl, the counselor, who waved a hand, offering the commander (captain) the lone empty chair. A Romulan stood by behind her -seemingly at the ready. Toz had never met her or even heard of Lohkina. All captains had a yeoman but a Romulan?
Rouiancet: I want to first thank you both not just for your work at Cheyd'lang, but and especially for the working leave you've both been kept busy, and I appreciate everything you continue to do.
She was looking at Yinn and Toz wondered if there would be a problem with the mind-meld thing with Loq.
Suddenly, Toz was a bit tongue-tied. She simply nodded her acknowledgement.
Stendhal: Response
Rouiancet: (with a clap and a smile) Right! Karen...
Lohkina was ready, and handed over the ribbon -- mostly slate and navy stripes, with two notable hourglasses striped in purple and offset by silver -- without Lia needing to turn at all.
Rouiancet: ...I want to present you first with the Unity Ribbon, which is given to those who support and champion morale and emotional health and well-being, and which I think describes both your work with this crew and with the refugee population very well. I was surprised to find that you haven't received it before, but let it be the first of many!
She offered the ribbon to Karen, where it would join her already-respectable cluster.
Stendhal: Response
Cmdr. Rouiancet turned to the doctor, looking her right in the eyes. Toz was confounded. She didn’t do anything out of the ordinary.
Rouiancet: As for you, Toz. (Lohkina handed down a pair of ribbons) You deserve recognition for your time spent as a prisoner of the King's Path, but I prefer not to see this as any kind of celebration of that time. Rather, consider it an acknowledgement that you served well beyond what Starfleet expects of any officer, and take honor from that fact. As for the other...
A bright pink striped background, with a pair of corners in bright striped silver. Toz had never seen one like it before. She glanced down at her small cluster of ribbons and started to grin broadly. Her small chest seemed to swell a bit with pride. There was plenty of space there.
Rouiancet: This is the Excellent in Adaptability Ribbon, newly adopted across the fleet, and I think you are an excellent first recipient, at least as far as receiving the ribbon from me is concerned. You took on plenty of mission-critical roles at Cheyd'lang, many of which were completely divorced from your medical knowledge and experience, and you performed them with aplomb -- which is exactly what this ribbon is meant to reflect. Essentially, you were a mission specialist, and you deserve recognition -- but the celebratory kind, this time!
Toz: Thank you, sir! This is quite unexpected.
Stendhal: Response, if any
Dr. Toz took the ribbon with the utmost gentleness as if it would break. Smiling as if her face had never done that before, she picked up her Blood Wine and took a long swallow, grimaced, then saluted the table of ribbon recipients. But the occasion was such that she took another swallow of the awful Klingon drink. Her father would have been proud. After a quick thought, her mother would have, also.
Lt.(jg) Doctor Toz
Acting Chief Medical Officer
USS Octavia E Butler
T239801T14