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Ah I figured as much.

A shame, but it happens lol
Is this still alive?
Zoe Theseum




Clack, clack, clack

The sound of light metal flicking open repeatedly in the quiet office. A single person sitting in the cold space.

Clack, clack, clack.

Zoe sat curled up in the mildly uncomfortable chair, a ball of nerves. She wasn't quite sure why takeoff always made her anxious; it didn't make sense by any means. She was raised on a colony; the idea of space was home to her. She trusted space travel as much as she trusted the ground beneath her feet. She had done it a million times throughout her life, and she'd do it many more in the future. But leaving for a long mission always put her in this state.

Clack, clack, clack.

The lighter was a memento from her father. Something he handed down to her when they went camping. He still has a matching one now, but it's got less character Zoe thinks.

As she flicks it open and closed, she wonders about why this is the habit, rather than actually lighting the thing.

Aside from using up it's fuel, she still has the habit of not lighting fires onboard any ship. She remembers learning in history class about how nothing that produced fire was ever allowed aboard the ships of old. How even pencils needed to be replaced with zero gravity designed pens, because the graphite that came loose could clog filters and cause problems. Spooked her right good.

She took a deep breath and stopped fidgeting with it.

"No need to worry. Worrying can just manifest troubles. If we don't worry, we're less likely to experience anything bad!"

As if on cue the ship shuddered like a cave ready to collapse, and a deep rumbling passed through the floor.

She stopped dead in her tracks; standing now. Hands planted on the tabled edge.

"I didn't..."

Then the room began to pitch, and the sirens turned on. Blaring the orders for safety. Her captain's voice telling her only enough to know something very not right is happening.

It took her only a moment of processing to start running towards her bunk. Through garden 3, past the fruit trees and fungi; then suddenly the ship went wrong-ways. Tumbling into the loam, she let out a shuddering "haaah" sound as the crew on helm got the thrusters under control. The ship of course, was still heading downwards; because there was now a downwards. The forces of gravity once again conspiring against the whims of people.

When the thick metal exterior of the Thucydides struck the surface like a red spearhead, Zoe was just getting into her room, launched off her feet by the impact and against the wall next to her bed. When things settled she had her back on the floor, a leg in the air and one on her pillow. She sat still long enough for a blessed silence to settle in, then blew some hair from her face.

"And that's why we stay calm."




After recollecting herself, Zoe marched back to the office; a few new colorful band-aids plastered on her. Ready to meet up with the other botanists, landscapers and caretakers of the ships green features. She took stock, took orders, and took no breaks getting some things back into order. Grow beds spilled halfway across the hall, plants uprooted, seed banks compromised, water supplies leaking. It was going to be a long day.

Her B-Bots were on survey duty at first, then collection duty next. Consolidating mess to be better cleaned. Making automated logs and reports to save on time. Zoe had heard that this planet had breathable air. That was good; that meant life. Life could make this easier. Even as she became entrenched in her work; she wondered.

What would she get to see out there?
My girl up for review~

@TheMerlin

Sounds good!

I'll make those changes and move them over.
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