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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
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11:24a
Monday April 21st 2794
Notices
A commet has been spotted three weeks up ahead. Also a planet has come by in it's orbit on their journey back. May be somewhere of interest. Could end up being a desolate rock. The passangers and crew shall have to wait and see.
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11:28a - Laundry day! Whose wearing granny pants?!
Who:Castor and Open
What:Doing laundry!
Where:Laundry room
When:10:12
Warnings: none
Summary: ...
Castor was currently sat on a dryer. It wasn’t turned on, this time. But it wouldn’t be the first time that poor dryer had been abused by any of the crew when it had an uneven load in it. But right now he was attempting to get some old clothes people were going to throw away in to something new and decent looking for the survivors. He frowned and sighed. He’d just wear the silly patchy clothes and give away some more of his shirts. Most hadn’t a change of clothing and so he had to make people share! He had a pile next to him that Farah had donated though, but he knew it just gave her an excuse when she got back to go shopping. He hadn’t known she’d had so many clothes in truth though when he’d walked in. But there was a fair few to go around now. At least for people to have about three outfits each at least. He was also trying to make a few skirts for little Roxie too. So he sat, sewing waiting for the washer to start gurgling so he could take out the load of his own clothes, some of which he thought may fit Julian. A few of his t-shirts and shirts could fit the ladies as well. Ox and Nox though were a lot bigger than he was and he didn’t think they’d want to borrow his clothes. It would make them look quite ridiculous. His t-shirts would end up half tee’s on them. He’d have to see if Brody had any shirts they could borrow, he was more similar in size to them.
Monday’s were never fun for Castor. But you do what you have to in this life. Less often you get to do what you want to. Today was laundry day and as per usual he found himself having to be Mother and remind people they needed to wash their clothes! He had the tokens out on the table and the little laundry room had piles of clothes here there and everywhere of various peoples. They did it on one specific day on long journeys to limit the amount of power used. He held up an old shirt that had been Zip’s and was quite pleased with the patch work he’d managed for it. It didn’t look too silly and besides it was only for a while that they’d have to wear this stuff.
He sighed looking at his watch. Would he have to do everyone’s laundry again? He didn’t have time! Though of course he would. Because he was Mother to the crew and had to look after them all. “Ah!” He hissed and started to suck his index finger. “Gmmm eegdle..” He mumbled around his finger.
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11:32a - nummy nums
Who:Oxford and Open
What:Ox want food, ug
Where:Kitchen and Dinning room
When:14:23
Warnings: possible bad language
Summary:…
Now, Oxford was quite sure he shouldn’t be routing through the cupboards in the kitchen but he was bored and hungry! He slammed a door shut, not really knowing his own strength. He straightened up and sighed. He wanted tasty food! He’d head down to the stock room if he didn’t think he’d be molested by Castor. He sighed and opened another cupboard in his quest for food!
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11:36a - land a-hoy...well...eventually
Who: Zip, Farah and Open
What: Zip’s up on the bridge fixing things up and spots something interesting
Where: Bridge
When: 11:09
Warnings: none
Summary: …
Zip sat cross legged at the bridge. He was fixing the speaker next to the second pilots seat. Technically it should be Brody’s seat but Brody was the first pilot in theory. Farah had just never gotten around to changing his title. In truth she liked to bug him with it. Replacing the cover over the speaker he sat back and checked it was working. It seemed fine to him. He heard a beeping coming from behind the cockpit and stood up to investigate. It was hotter than usual today up here. He hoped that the environmental controls weren’t threatening to break. He was wearing his bright blue vest and his brown combat trousers. His implants very much visible and his metal arm in clear view. Not everyone of the survivors had seen him yet. But most didn’t seem phased which he liked. They also hadn’t asked questions which he preferred even more. As far as people knew, he was Farah’s brother. That was that. He bent at the waist to lean on the counter and raised an eyebrow. “Now this could be interesting.” He pulled the chair towards him and sat down opening up the alert message the ship had given him. “Now…what have we…?” He asked himself and raised an eyebrow. “Oh, now this was interesting! Thanks old girl!” He grinned patting the control panel affectionately. He pushed off from the counter and rolled over towards the intercom and punched in the number for Farah’s personal communicator. “Farah, I think we’re going to end up passing by a planet.” He said waiting for her to respond.
“A planet!?” She asked curiously. “Hrmm…how come we didn’t spot it coming? What’s the orbit?”
“It’s pretty wide, I can’t tell yet if it’s going to be hospitable either. Or if it’s even tagged. Think we should investigate when we get closer?”
“How long have we got to decide?” She asked,
“One minute.” He looked at the distance and smirked, “We’ve got like…two months.” He chuckled.
“Ah well then.” She shrugged. “Right, y’know what to do then. Get Rei up there too to see about finding out if it’s mapped and if it’s owned. If not we’ll get the coordinates marked down and see about auctioning them. If there’s anything important of course. We just got the one planet?”
“Yeah, for now. We may get lucky and they could be in the right locations in their orbits to pass close to us.” He added, “Oh and there’s a comet about three weeks away, we’ll pass it. I’ve started scanning to see if the ice is contaminated. If not it could really relieve the water problem.” He added.
“It’s all good Zip.” She replied from her location in the tech room. “Right then hun, I best get back to the files. Anything else of interest?”
“No. Is there ever?” He laughed.
“Okay then love. I’m off. See ya later.” She replied.
Zip took his finger off of the intercom and slid back over to the computer panel and started to narrow down the scan to the planet up ahead. It could be a rock waste land with no point to take the buggy down to it. Though Brody may want to anyway to show off his piloting skills. He looked up and grinned as he spotted someone stood in the doorway. “How long you been there?” He asked pleasantly to turn and see who it was.
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11:39a - A scheme a-foot, bwhaha
Who: Farah, Zip and Open
What: Farah is sorting out a whole load of messy files
Where: Tech Room
When: 11:09
Warnings: none
Summary: …
The door to the tech room was open, not exactly inviting people in but it wasn’t putting people off from having a nosy inside it. Farah looked down at her communicator and picked it up.
“Farah, I think we’re going to end up passing by a planet.” He said waiting for her to respond.
“A planet!?” She asked curiously. “Hrmm…how come we didn’t spot it coming? What’s the orbit?”
“It’s pretty wide, I can’t tell yet if it’s going to be hospitable either. Or if it’s even tagged. Think we should investigate when we get closer?”
“How long have we got to decide?” She asked,
“One minute.” He looked at the distance and smirked, “We’ve got like…two months.” He chuckled.
“Ah well then.” She shrugged. “Right, y’know what to do then. Get Rei up there too to see about finding out if it’s mapped and if it’s owned. If not we’ll get the coordinates marked down and see about auctioning them. If there’s anything important of course. We just got the one planet?”
“Yeah, for now. We may get lucky and they could be in the right locations in their orbits to pass close to us.” He added, “Oh and there’s a comet about three weeks away, we’ll pass it. I’ve started scanning to see if the ice is contaminated. If not it could really relieve the water problem.” He added.
“It’s all good Zip.” She replied from her location in the tech room. “Right then hun, I best get back to the files. Anything else of interest?”
“No. Is there ever?” He laughed.
“Okay then love. I’m off. See ya later.” She replied.
Setting it down she looked back over the files and groaned. She knew this was her own fault! But she couldn’t be bothered and in truth, didn’t have the time when they were darting from planet to planet, station to station usually. But here, she had a lot of free time. So she was catching up on the filing system. Various touch pads were strewn about on the floor, a few actually sheets of paper, a lap top was open and another computer screen attached to the main memory console on the wall was placed out in front of her. She also had to update a whole load of data they had collected too, the ship had a vast knowledge inside it. More so than most ships of this class usually did. But they didn’t have a previous Captain with a mammoth mind to improve things. Farah sighed as she thought about her Father for a moment. She shook her head and groaned again. Though the contracts caught her eye. She chewed her lip. She didn’t really trust her employer. In fact, she had a sneaky suspicion he’d try something funny. The contracts had one loop hole though. One that she now could exploit. She just needed a willing survivor to come and bug her.
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11:42a - run, eddie, run
Who: Eddie and Open
What: Exercise
Where: Gym
When: 19:45
Warnings: none
Summary: …
The temperature must be out of whack today. It was getting a lot hotter on this deck. Eddie shook his head glad he was in his exercise clothes: A rather drab green vest and a pair of shorts. He set his towel down and got on to the treadmill and started at an easy jog. He had his hair tied back and stared at the wall as he ran. He liked to imagine he was running through the forests now. Or along the cliff top back home. With the sea breeze blowing on his face. That was one thing he really missed being on a ship. Wind. He jogged along quite happily though and put on some music in the room. Some good exercising music. He glanced in to the mirror and spotted someone walking in to the room. He gave a nervous little wave.
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