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[right][hr][color=gray][b]Smith's Rest, New Anchorage | Outside HQ[/b]
March 27th, 2677[/color][hr][/right]

The Australian waltzed into the cafeteria, dreary and obviously suffering from a hangover from the previous day's drinking session. She obviously hadn't learned the art of pacing herself and today was going to be another one of those write offs with her nursing the agony of a throbbing headache. She could have sworn that she hadn't drunk that much, but did it really matter considering she was still sitting in limbo waiting for their next mission to start up?

That's right... limbo. While Stein, Alan, and Percy had managed to score tickets to a vacation away from base, Tahlia along with many of the others were stuck in the same song and dance that they had performed for the past eternity; a sloppy scoop of gruel for the daily intake of energy.

Tahlia dropped the tray of food onto the table, watching as it bounced once or twice before it decided to kick the cutlery onto the metal surface. She didn't really want to make the effort to collect the utensils but it was an unfortunate necessity with the alternate being to eat with her hands, much like a caveman from a millennia ago. How embarrassing would that be, to act like a complete ass hat in front of the others. It'd almost be as bad as hitting on Per...

Tahlia sat there like a stunned rabbit, retracing the thoughts that had passed through her mind.

[color=8f735b][i]"Hitting on Percy..."[/i][/color]

The deep inhale of air as Tahlia recollected the fuzzy memories of the previous night; she had hit on Percy. The red-haired coward who brings his child onto base without any thought to what dangers that might bring to the team, and yet somehow he still manages to have some form of a family while she sat alone with a tray full of sludge in this frozen wasteland.

[color=8f735b]"God fucking dammit,"[/color] the former commander slurred as she pushed away the tray, instantly loosing her appetite and choosing instead to light up a morning smoke.