All fingers and thumbs

Posted on Tue Apr 10, 2018 @ 2:55pm by Lieutenant Alanna Wells & Civilian Ricardo Draxx

573 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Victory Conditions
Location: Wells quarter
Timeline: MD5 15:00

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"Yeah thanks for this Draxx. Doubt she will even be in which means I'll have to coordinate with Biggs a break in just to leave her this thing," Orson groaned as he approached the door of the science officers. "Couldn't you have beamed me?" He suddenly did an impression of Biggs, "No man. That would take up too much time to programme tha particulars. We could be running into the belly of tha beast. Wouldn't you rather I diverted my attention to what else could go wrong."

The human male found himself sniggering at his own impression as he pressed the chime. Best try be legit first he figured.

Alanna was sorting through stacks of data. She was using the old-fashioned method of printing it out and putting the various pages into different stacks so she could then line them up on a table to see if that would let her get a better idea of what was going on with the Svikiri data. When the door chime sounded she called, "Come in."

She put the last data sheet in a pile and then turned to the door to greet the newcomer. "Can I help you?" she asked.

Orson didn't enter the quarters choosing to stand in the door frame that now opened. Although she was as pretty as both his Captain and First mate had stated multiple times, they weren't sticking around. "Captain Draxx asked me to give you this," he placed the box on the floor inside her domain.

"He's going to have to take a rain check on your "little date" -his words not mine," he added quickly. "But he will be available for any questions or follow up. He's refusing to leave you in the lurch. Oh I forgot nearly ..... " he was about to walk away but remembered the other thing fishing around in his backpack. "Enjoy them, they are delicious," he smiled placing a larger box from a risalian bakery next to the first. He then turned and walked away.


"Wait, how can I ask him questions?" she asked, but it was too late. She looked at the two boxes. Risalian bakery? She picked it up and sniffed. It did smell good. She set it on her table and then went back for the other box. This one was more dubious. She carefully picked it up and felt its weight, then slowly opened it. And let out a little cry when she saw what it was. Why did he cut off his thumb and send it to her? Why was he leaving? No, she didn't want to know that. It was probably something to do with his illegal activities. Still...she looked at the thumb again and carefully wrapped it in the container so it wouldn't deteriorate. She would need to get to Draxx' shuttle as soon as she could and have a look around.

She set the box in a small cubby to keep it safe. She would have to get someone to go with her, probably Brianthe. As Alanna's assistant, she would need to know what was going on. Although she wasn't sure how Draxx would react to it if he knew. Better that he didn't.

She eyed the other box for a long moment, then opened it and took a bite. Oh, yeah. It was definitely that good.

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Orson
Privateer for Ricardo Draxx

Lieutenant JG Alanna Wells
Chief Science Officer
Deep Space Five

 

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