02-20-2025, 08:54 PM
“I didn’t realize we had hydroponics onboard.” Said Bowman as she unwrapped the small fruit. “And, you have nothing to apologize for. I’m not expecting you to open up or share personal details. Besides, my own experiences likely do not compare to yours, so I have no reason to ask.”
“Thanks.” She said with a tight smile, then continued on the subject of the fruit. “We don't. Officially” She replied with a theatrical wink. “I requisitioned a storage room on deck four when we shipped out last time, and set up a few tubs of actual dirt with a few fast and easy growing goodies. Like these.” She replied as she popped another fruit into her own mouth.
“It's a little off the books, but a few fresh strawberries here and there can go a long way... Listen to me. I sound like a black market hustler.” She laughed out loud.
It was then she noticed a PADD with the current duty rota on it. It was a pretty atypical listing. Who was assigned what experiments to monitor et-al. What few there were. Astrometric's being a primary task as ever.
But the one thing she did note that bugged her was once again, her full name had been inputted onto the system. She thought she'd managed to purge it on their last jaunt. Looks like I've got another couple of hours reprogramming the computer. Again.
“Every time we move to a new ship, they keep putting my full name on the register. I don't know how many times I have to keep changing it. It isn't hard. Papaver. One word. I mean, honestly...”
Then she stopped as she realised how insane she must be sounding. “You know, I'm really not giving you a good impression of me at all am I?”
== Tag ==
“Thanks.” She said with a tight smile, then continued on the subject of the fruit. “We don't. Officially” She replied with a theatrical wink. “I requisitioned a storage room on deck four when we shipped out last time, and set up a few tubs of actual dirt with a few fast and easy growing goodies. Like these.” She replied as she popped another fruit into her own mouth.
“It's a little off the books, but a few fresh strawberries here and there can go a long way... Listen to me. I sound like a black market hustler.” She laughed out loud.
It was then she noticed a PADD with the current duty rota on it. It was a pretty atypical listing. Who was assigned what experiments to monitor et-al. What few there were. Astrometric's being a primary task as ever.
But the one thing she did note that bugged her was once again, her full name had been inputted onto the system. She thought she'd managed to purge it on their last jaunt. Looks like I've got another couple of hours reprogramming the computer. Again.
“Every time we move to a new ship, they keep putting my full name on the register. I don't know how many times I have to keep changing it. It isn't hard. Papaver. One word. I mean, honestly...”
Then she stopped as she realised how insane she must be sounding. “You know, I'm really not giving you a good impression of me at all am I?”
== Tag ==