Lt Cmdr Wil Ukinix - Under The Milky Way
Wil Ukinix
((Campsite, Kidman I))
Wil stepped away from the group momentarily, pulled his combadge out of his pocket, then pressed it with his thumb.
Ukinix: =/\= Ukinix to Transporter Room 1.
Karen, you there? =/\=
Karen immediately anticipated what Wil was contacting her for.
Queens: =/\= Yes, will, I will beam over the package. =/\=
Ukinix: =/\= Thanks mate. I owe you one. =/\=
Queens: =/\= Your debt is more than one.
Queens out =/\=
A plastic tub full of ice and several beers materialised a metre from Wil’s feet.
On top of it was another small container.
Petras: Response
Wil walked over to the containers and picked up the smaller on from the top.
He opened the lid, then showed the contents to everyone.
Ukinix: ::Slight shrug, to Jayla:: I’m glamping instead of camping.
::To everyone:: Marshmallows, anyone?
Navarro: ::to Hannibal:: How many camping cliches do you think they can manage to wedge in?
Parker: Looks like they are going for the record…
Kelrod: That reminds me of a story... next to this date a few years ago. Do you believe that there was a day that I got superpowers?
Navarro: There it is…
Petras: You mean other than what Raissa called your Swiss-Arm?
Parker: I can’t wait to hear this…
Ukinix: ::Rubbing hands together:: I love a good story.
He placed a marshmallow on a stick, and then dangled it over the campfire.
Alentonis: Response
Kelrod: :: smiling :: Yes, it was a strange situation. The crew got... cursed, and that affected us at a halloween party on the holodeck. I became a demon with... teleporting powers. Things got weird when we couldn't get out and the ones on the holodeck
had to fight a creation that trapped us there and threatened to kill us all. That's why I avoid holodecks during this time of the year. Quite a story...
Parker: I don’t blame you. One experience like that is enough…
Flynn: ::Nodding:: Reminds me of my own holodeck misadventure…
Lafizatar: This is why I avoid holodecks.
Alentonis/Any: Response
Petras: That means no romantic getaways on the holodeck.
Kelrod: Technically, it wouldn't be a get away...
The words “Enjoy your diagnostic” ran through Wil’s brain…
((Flashback – Turbolift, USS Veritas, Stardate 299612.06))
Ukinix: Just ummm… ::smiling:: just going to run a diagnostic on Holodeck 2.
Rahman: ::stepping past him into the turbolift:: Didn’t ask. Didn’t need to know.
Ukinix: oO Woah. Bad day? Oo
Ukinix: Okiiieeeee... Dokie then.
She gave the computer her destination and as the lift began ascending, she looked over at him and nodded.
Rahman: Whatever you do on the holodeck, that’s your business, Mr. Ukinix.
Wil’s eyebrows shot up as his eyes opened wide.
Ukinix: Wait - no, no, I’m not into that sort of-
Rahman: ::shaking her head:: Unless it affects the ship’s operation, causes embarrassment to the Federation and Starfleet, or is illegal…
She held her gaze on him for a moment.
Rahman: I don’t ask. I don’t need to know.
Ukinix: Sir, honestly it’s not that kind of holodeck program.
When the Captain didn’t respond, Wil simply sighed in resignation. The lift chimed as it arrived at Deck 5.
Ukinix: ::Under his breath:: Awkies.
Red faced from embarrassment and not sure what to say, he silently took a few steps forward to leave the lift.
Rahman: Enjoy your “diagnostic.”
((End Flashback))
… and he decided, possibly from being unduly and unfairly scarred, not to offer an opinion.
Parker: Real is better whenever possible. I guess I’ll tell one now. Any of you been to Jupiter Station?
Kelrod: Not me...
Ukinix: Once while I was at the Academy, that’s it.
Alentonis/Any: Response
Parker smiled. Wil got a sense that this story was going to be interesting.
He pulled the marshmallow from his stick, blew on it, then ate it.
Parker: You are looking at most likely the only Starfleet officer to be banned from a starbase….
Flynn: Banned? ::His expression perked a bit, he cocked his head.:: How does one pull that off and retain a commission?
Lafizatar: I want to hear that too..
Kelrod: What? :: he looked at the man with interest :: Now, that's a story I want to hear.
Ukinix: ::Leaning forward in seat:: Me too.
Alentonis/Any: Response
Parker: It was a couple years after the Dominion War, and I was on leave. I found myself of Jupiter Station, awaiting a transport to Earth. I met this woman….her name was Trixie…Trixie Matthews. She was beautiful and we spent the evening together and
the next morning, we had breakfast and she went on her way. That evening, I was having a drink at The Black Hole, a rather…interesting enterprise which would not be listed on any list as a must see place. In walked five men, along with my last nights’ date…come
to find out that the woman I spent the evening with was married, and her freighter captain husband and some of his crew were there to teach me a lesson in humility. From looking at her face he had already hit her once, then to make his point, he hit her again.
That was when the fun started…
Kelrod: Don't tell me,.... you challenged him to a dance duel!
Wil furrowed his brow and covered his mouth in shock at hearing that the woman had been hit.
Alentonis/Any: Response
Parker: That was when I hit him, he drew a phaser and took a shot, and missed, hitting the liquor behind the bar, which immediately ignited. It was five on one and we fought from one side of that bar to the other while the place was burning down around
us. Sometime during the fight I heard the Yellow Alert klaxon going off, but by the time Security arrived, we were out on the promenade, aided by the fact that I threw two of them through the window, and the bar was totally involved…
Flynn: Only five of them? ::He smirked at the mountainous soldier with a reputation for combat capability.:: They should have brought a few more for a fair fight.
Kelrod: I wonder what they're thinking. Just five against you... :: he faked a shiver :: it's almost insulting!
Alentonis/Any: Response
Parker: Once Security broke us up and the DC party had put out the fire, which completely destroyed the bar, they threw us in a holding cell. The station commander got the full report from the witnesses and he let me go with the admonition that I was
banned from Jupiter Station. I haven’t tried to go back since then, but I heard there was a picture in his office with the admonition I was not to be allowed on the station.. I think it’s the only time a starbase went to Yellow Alert for a barfight…
Zhanyt's eyes had risen into her hairline as she listened to this tale.
Lafizatar: I've never heard of that either.
Flynn: Well next time I get into a bar fight, I know who I want to have my back. ::He cocked his head playfully.:: I think?
Kelrod: I feel he could have both our backs! :: patting the man on the shoulder:: Tell you what? Next time we're in the Sol system, I'll go and check it out for you.
Wil sat back in his seat. The last time he saw a barfight, it was on Ketar V at the
Explosive Decompression bar. He and his colleagues got out of there quick smart.
He didn’t want to see that kind of action ever again.
Alentonis/Any: Response
Navarro: ::quietly:: Just one thing left…
Parker: And…just what have you got planned?
Lafizatar/Alentonis/Any: Response
Jayla rested her hand on Kelrod’s shoulder and used him to push herself up to stand – which made Wil chuckle a little.
Petras: o/~ Can you hear the drums Fernando? o/~
Callie, after a quick face palm, joined in the singing.
Parker: Wow! You two can really sing!!!!
Flynn: I wish I had thought to bring my ukulele.
Kelrod: I don't think it'd suit the mood of the song...
Ukinix: ::To Flynn, excitedly:: Wait. You can play the ukulele?
Zhanyt joined in quietly providing a background to the two singers.
Wil raised his two hands in the air quietly swayed along to the music.
Alentonis/Any: Response
When the song finished, Kelrod clapped their performance, and Wil enthusiastically joined him.
Kelrod: Very good! I wasn't aware that you could do that...
Petras/Navarro: Response
Kelrod: Seems that I'm not the only one that likes to keep things interesting :: referring to his previous comment :: Good for you too
:: signaling Callistra ::
Navarro: Response
Kelrod: People, you're doing this trip memorable.
When all the singing and marshmallow eating was done, Flynn called it a night by standing up and stretching.
Flynn: Well my friends, this has been great. I’m going to go see if I can find a spot to make myself comfortable. See if I can’t rest these muscles after our long ride.
Lafizatar: Good night!
Ukinix: ::Standing:: Good idea. I’m a bit ::yawning:: knackered after that ride.
Night all.
He made his way back to his inflatable quarters tent and went inside.
But instead of going straight to sleep, he grabbed his PADD then made his way to a nearby clearing.
Once there, he sat on the ground and
chose a song from his collection for it to play. He then used the PADD to locate the star constellation known as the ”Southern Cross”.
Of course, it wouldn’t and didn’t look anything like it did on Earth.
In fact, only two of the stars would be visible, in completely different areas of the Kidman I sky.
But locating two of the stars would remind him of warm nights at home, looking up at those stars.
He smiled. Even though he was so far away from his native Earth, at that moment he felt connected to his home.
He wondered about his grandmother, and how she was recovering from the terrorist attack on Betazed.
He thought about Detective Staxi, and the time they had together.
He looked up again at all of the other stars in the night sky.
He realised then that his Starfleet journey was just beginning.
He may have loved and lost, and as much as he loved the home he grew up in,
he wouldn’t exchange anything to be where he was now - a part of the
Veritas.
[End Scene for Wil]