MSNPC Joakim Aduko - Small Comforts

[Tess Evinrude]

((Sickbay Complex, Deck 10 - USS Ronin, Orbiting Gas Giant A, Ross 580 System))

More commotion erupted in sickbay. One of those voices sounded familiar, and Aduko took a few steps towards the doors to look through their transparent panels. Peeking inside, he saw a familiar Jem'Hadar, but the doors wouldn't open, likely due to the security lockdown.

Aduko: I know her! ::He waved, hoping to get Rurat'dari's attention.:: I didn't realize she was still alive...

The security escort walked up to the doors and entered some type of override. The doors hissed open, and the Romulan-style EV suit-clad Orion moved forward. Rurat'dari fully turned towards him.

Rurat'dari: You're alive… It's good to see someone still around who's relatively unaffected.

((OOC: Avae opted to leave out the dialogue below, so I'm leaving in other tags as optional))

De La Croix: Response (Optional)

Joakim gave the Jem'Hadar scientist a smile, and tried to address the bustling sickbay.

Aduko: Excuse me. ::A beat, while the officers in sickbay carried on their conversation.:: Excuse me! I am Joakim Aduko, second in command of the facility your people are so bravely trying to evacuate and contain. I do not wish to be held here, I do not need medical treatment. Let me help, or send me back!

De La Croix/O'Connor: Response (Optional)

Rurat'dari: ::to the others:: One moment.

Aduko wasn't certain anyone had heard them, but the watchful Starfleet security escort had at least noticed. She stared at the pair as they found a quieter corner of the sickbay complex.

Rurat'dari: What were you thinking, coming up here?

Aduko: ::He let out a short, exasperated laugh.:: I was transported against my will. Now I've acquired a new shadow... ::He said, gesturing blatantly towards the watchful security officer.::

She paused to consider, flicking her auburn hair over her shoulder.

Rurat'dari: We're probably going to get our information taken away from us.

Joakim sighed, and nodded. When he replied, it was with the voice of someone who knew his ship was sinking.

Aduko: I know. I'm sorry. For too long, we tried to keep going...to keep operating safely. But when directives from our higher authority demand results over safety, and when those of us who try to push back are punished while others who operate recklessly are rewarded...this sort of accident was inevitable.

The 2IC was of course not referring to present company. Some of the Tholian personnel, and others too, had been all too eager to please the Lattice Alliance.

Once again, Rurat'dari exhaled, a fruitless attempt at self-soothing. It most likely came across as a sigh.

Rurat'dari: Nothing ever lasts forever…

Aduko: ::With a sad smile.:: No, I suppose all things must end. Good...and bad.

Rurat'dari: Response

Aduko: Have you ever heard the expression, "Wait for the wheel?"

Rurat'dari: Response

Aduko: I cannot think now its originating culture, but the idea is universal. We are all welded to the outside circumference of a giant, ever-spinning wheel. Sometimes, the wheel grinds us low, crushing us into the ground. But it never stops turning. Before long, we will rise high, out of the dirt and muck. We will be on top again.

Rurat'dari: Response

[Tags/TBC]

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Joakim Aduko
2IC & Research Lead
The Lid
--as simmed by--

Lieutenant J.G. Tess Evinrude

[he/him]

Operations Officer

USS Ronin

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