What is it about cake?

Posted on Sat Mar 21, 2015 @ 6:03pm by

252 words; about a 1 minute read

Mission: Eye of the Beholder
Location: Quarters, then Replimat, Deck 143
Timeline: MD02. 19:00

Once her shift was finished Peridot trudged back to her quarters, the weight of having failed the CO curving her shoulders. She slumped in her desk chair in her room not feeling like socialising in the shared sitting room. She was so close to giving in to the urge to cry her eyes out ... again.

After a while she could've sworn that the walls were getting closer to her. Peridot sighed and dragged herself to her feet, she peeled off her uniform and dumped it on the floor then dug out a pale blue shift dress, one that reminded her of a summer spent on a beach. She pulled it on then waited until her roommate had left the shared room. Peridot slipped out, at least she could try and make herself happy rather than moping around here.

A bite from the replimat - she could eavesdrop on a few conversations, clear her head, and try and come up with a plan to put things right.

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The Replimat was buzzing. Perdiot took a tray and joined the queue, shuffling forward as the line moved. Finally, she ordered herself a light pasta dish and an oversized slab of chocolate cake before finding a table for one.

She picked at her pasta before pushing it aside. She didn't really feel like it ... the cake on the other hand ... proper comfort food and bizarrely she mused, the cause and the answer to her current problems.

OFF

Chief Petty Officer Peridot Quirm
NPC by Louise

 

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