Editing Those Who Stare In The Black, Game 15: Interrupted Business
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'''Morning'''<br><br> | '''Morning'''<br><br> | ||
| − | Ebenezer Scrooge drives Oksana home to | + | Ebenezer Scrooge drives Oksana home to Space Otter. She's missing a shoe but otherwise returns in her original packaging. As a bookend to the previous evening, the Captain is there on the tarmac to see her safely aboard. There is a brief spate of greetings and appointments made between Scrooge with Stone and the doctor. Scrooge has to turn down breakfast with the crew, as he has a morning meeting scheduled elsewhere, but he will be available for dinner that night with the doctor. The business meeting with Stone is nailed for breakfast on the morrow, the 26th, at 0700 hours. Would that suit?<br><br> |
That suits the Captain fine. Hands are shaken on the deal. Goodbyes are made. Once the businessman drives off, the Captain eyes the doctor and asks if she needs to catch up on any sleep. She assures him she can assume her duties right away. They ride the lift up into the ship and nothing else is said about her night out.<br><br> | That suits the Captain fine. Hands are shaken on the deal. Goodbyes are made. Once the businessman drives off, the Captain eyes the doctor and asks if she needs to catch up on any sleep. She assures him she can assume her duties right away. They ride the lift up into the ship and nothing else is said about her night out.<br><br> | ||
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(As the doctor anticipated, she is the target of some good-natured ribbing about her relationship with the enigmatic businessman. She doesn't explain herself or protest anything as the day wears on but lets the crew have their fun.) <br><br> | (As the doctor anticipated, she is the target of some good-natured ribbing about her relationship with the enigmatic businessman. She doesn't explain herself or protest anything as the day wears on but lets the crew have their fun.) <br><br> | ||
| − | Oksana changes quickly into her work duds and gets the breakfast orders from her crew. Verity is much better, recuperating quickly from the flu, but she's not interested in much. Xiu is awake and hungry, though, and Oksana makes up as much as the young woman can stomach. Oksana also finds that somehow the Captain has managed to overfill and flood out the coffee maker. She' | + | Oksana changes quickly into her work duds and gets the breakfast orders from her crew. Verity is much better, recuperating quickly from the flu, but she's not interested in much. Xiu is awake and hungry, though, and Oksana makes up as much as the young woman can stomach. Oksana also finds that somehow the Captain has managed to overfill and flood out the coffee maker. She's filled the basket and prepped it to brew before she'd left the night before, leaving it needing only flipping a switch to get that first pot going in the morning. Stone had filled the basket up as if from empty … with the messy results Oksana now has to clean up. Shrugging it off, she gets it squared away and takes the first fresh cup to Verity on the bridge.<br><br> |
Later that afternoon, a message comes in for Captain Allyne Stone: <span style="color:#000033">'''''Hey, Stone. We've run into a little problem out here. Can you help? Wave me back when you get this.'''''</span><br><br> | Later that afternoon, a message comes in for Captain Allyne Stone: <span style="color:#000033">'''''Hey, Stone. We've run into a little problem out here. Can you help? Wave me back when you get this.'''''</span><br><br> | ||
