[center][h2][color=#FF7800]Boraro[/color]
Île de la Tempête[/h2][/center][hr]
Purna’s hug was completely unexpected and Ebrima’s response was gloriously awkward. The mix of stoicism and surprise on his face, the awkwardly stilted shoulder pat of a man attempting to express a positive emotion toward something else than an Airfix product for the first time in two decades, not helped by the space suit’s movement restrictions, the Nepali man’s exit leaving the confused-looking Cameroonian to briefly ponder just what the fuck just happened before deciding it was a question for later and going back to what he was doing before, catching a glimpse of Skye observing the exchange and returning a silent ‘You saw nothing.’ look.

[center][h2]The Final Forntier[/h2][/center][hr]
Fortunately, it appeared he was among those who didn’t suffer kinetosis in microgravity. For once being a freak of nature was paying off. The theory of it wasn’t hard, but how his brain would process the movement once outside the ship and bouncing in the wrong direction meant uncontrolled sailing off into the unknown was not an ignorable variable, even though the MMU put his mind at ease about it.

What bothered him a lot more was the absolute lack of armor. One and done, like back in Africa. Except he was a good deal shorter and 15 years and several wounds younger back then.

As the ship parked where it needed to be and everyone started getting in gear, Ebrima grabbed a roll of vacuum tape meant to seal small breaches in suits, wrapped a length of it around his left arm and passed it off to the next person. [color=#FF7800]”Identifiers.”[/color] He explained, [color=#FF7800]”Everyone else likely has the same space suits we do.”[/color] A low tech solution, yes, but it worked in the jungles of Africa, the Far East and South America. It would work in outer space, too.
[color=#FF7800]”If we get separated, please identify yourself quickly and conclusively after we regroup.”[/color] He turned to Skye, [color=#FF7800]”It would be a shame to shoot you by accident after all the effort I put into not having to do that.”[/color]

Seal: check. MMU: Check. Comms: Check. [color=#FF7800]”Let’s take the trash out.”[/color]