Commander Toryn Raga - Don't Break Anything
Rameses
((VIP Shuttlebay, Deck 13, USS Ronin))
Toryn settled the duffle bag on the ramp to the Kurosawa as he stood there with V’Len, while the two of them waited for the Captain. A lighthearted discussion about their recent climbing trip with Quentin and the cave drawings they found. When Karrod arrived Toryn offered a nod to the Trill.
Niac: Gentlemen, looks like it's about time for Toryn and I to be off. How's the yacht? You sure there's no explosives aboard this time?
That had to be the fifth time that the Captain had brought up or inquired about whether or not there were explosives on board. He understood the paranoia but Toryn was the one who almost got blown up carrying the damned thing to an escape pod.
Raga: There shouldn’t be. Not unless the individuals who pranked your ready room PADDs got past the security locks on the yacht.
Kel: Response
Seeing Karrod smirk he couldn’t help but grin back at his travelling companion for the next month. He imagined the journey was going to be far more entertaining than the destination as he was fairly certain no one had ever considered reporting to a bunch of admirals as fun.
Niac: In that case I suppose we should get aboard but all the same...you go first. ::He fished a padd out of his uniform jacket and passed it over.:: Lieutenant Commander, here are my official orders placing you in command of the Ronin. You've already been briefed about the survey mission the Ronin is to conduct while we're gone...with any luck we'll catch back up to you in a month or so.
Raga: Oh sure, let the first officer explode first. ::he said dryly:: The ship’s in good hands, V’Len. Cool winds guide you.
Toryn stepped up to V’Len and extended his arm towards the man’s opposite shoulder. The Al-Leyan equivalent of a handshake. Placing the right hand on the person’s opposite shoulder. The closer the fingers are to the neck signify the closeness of the individuals. In this case Toryn’s hand was placed centered on V’Len’s shoulder to signify friendship and camaraderie.
Kel: Response
The engines of the Kurosawa hummed to life likely from whichever of Singh’s people she had doing the preflight checklist.
Niac: Let me offer you one small piece of ancient wisdom, passed one Captain to another since ships rode wind and wave. ::He leaned in and whispered with a smile:: Take care of the ship and she'll take care of you. ::He stood and offered the man a firm handshake:: Safe voyage, Acting Captain Kel.
Raga: And remember, if you break anything everyone will bring it up forever and ever. Trust me.
Toryn’s teasing smile faded with his chuckle as he headed up the Kurosawa’s ramp. He set down his duffle bag along the way and headed into the flight deck.
Kel: Response
Niac: He'll be fine.
Raga: I hope you did not, as the Humans say, jinx it. ::he smirked:: If you’re going to be the worrisome mother hen the whole trip I might have to plant an explosive somewhere.
There was something in the smile and head shake from Karrod that caught his attention.
Niac: When I left you in charge the first time I didn't have long to dwell on it before I was shoved in a probe casing and shot towards Cait spacedock. This feels different somehow.
Raga: I know how you feel. It’s one thing for one or the other of us to be gone but both of us. Every protective cell in my being is saying to stay. But we have our orders.
Toryn tapped at the console to alert flight control they were leaving and the yacht came away from the deck and glided smoothly out into space. When Karrod took them into a single orbit of the ship he shared in the enjoyment of the view. She was a gorgeous ship.
Niac: This view always reminds me how much bigger the ship is than any one person. They'll get along just fine without us. Let's be on our way, Commander.
Raga: We can always trust in the ship to look after them.
The yacht deftly angled away from the Ronin and towards the vast dark of the stars. The points of light elongated impossibly as the yacht jumped to warp and then they were leaving the ship and all aboard her far behind.
[Tags/End for Raga!]
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Commander Toryn Raga
First Officer
USS Ronin - NCC-34523
Writer ID: A239410TR0
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