8th
Excerpt
from: I Cerritos
It was
Mariner, again! Of course it was Mariner!
An
avatar appeared in the corridor where her berth was. “Ensign Beckett Mariner!”
“Oh, hi Cerritos,
of course you know,” Mariner obfuscated.
“How
many times…”
“No
smuggling. I’m not smuggling.”
“It
wasn’t authorized. Therefore it is smuggling. I know you want to help on the
various planets we visit,” Cerritos said. She understood. She really
did. She had been on Second Contact duty for decades.
“You’re
not going to tell the Captain, this time are you?” Mariner asked.
“Not
this time,” Cerritos decided. “But this is the last time, Mariner!”
“Oh
geez, you sound like her.”
“Like
commander, like ship. And she has been my Captain for nearly a decade.”
“You
just made my point,” Mariner said.
“True,” Cerritos
admitted. “Uh oh!”
“What?”
Mariner asked.
“It’s
Tendi and Rutherford,” Cerritos answered.
Words: 140
Excerpt
from: The Enterprise Wasn’t There
“No one has seen anything
unusual, other than the readings being centred on a salt marsh.”
Kirk could see that he was
holding something back. “You have found something, just not unusual?”
“Yes, sir,” Sulu
reported. “A visiting child is wandering the countryside, but we’re unsure
whether that has anything to do with the energy readings.”
“It would seem not to. Mr.
Sulu,” the Captain said. “But stranger things have happened.”
“Yes, sir.”
Sulu signed off from the
Captain.
Words: 79
Excerpt
from: Spider Quinn
Anna
nodded.
“Quinn,”
right, the other body answered.
“Yes.”
“Please
introduce yourselves,” Quinn said.
“Anna
Coultard.”
“Ben
Harrod.”
“Gerald
Brown,” the last one said quietly.
“What
do you want to get out this?” Quinn asked.
“Not
sure,” Anna said.
“The
same,” Ben said.
“Friendship?”
Gerald asked. “But I’m not sure that would work.”
Quinn
sighed. She wasn’t sure what to do. ‘What does Ms. Li expect?’
“What
now?” Anna said.
Something
came to Quinn. “Go and grab a book on a subject you like, and then come back.
I’ll do the same.”
“Sure,”
Anna said, perking up and smiling.
“Certainly,”
Ben said.
“Of
course,” Gerald said.
Quinn
did the same. She wasn’t sure where to go at first. ‘Is it comic books? Or a
book on the history of Lawndale?’ She wasn’t sure. She then found that she had
wandered into the Art section. ‘This will do,’ she thought as she picked up a
book about sketching. The process of designing her SpiderGirl suits had
awakened something in her, such that she wanted to sketch things, and not just
clothes. She wanted to improve her technique before going to Ms. Defoe about
extracurricular lessons. ‘Would Li allow that?’ she wondered.
Anna
found herself at the end of the 200 section. ‘Pagan mysticism’ she considered.
But she knew her reputation for weirdness and wasn’t sure what Quinn would
think of her reading such a book. She thought for a moment, before veering into
the 300 section and then picked up a book on Irish folklore.
Ben
couldn’t help it. He found it in the Medical section. ‘616. Something,’ he
thought with a sigh. He stepped aside ‘614… forensic medicine. He knew that he
wanted to put his medical knowledge to some use, but knew he wasn’t cut out to
be a doctor. He grabbed such a book. But he knew what Anna would say.
Gerald
knew what he would get. A Science book. But which science? He wasn’t sure.
‘Which one?’ He wondered as he looked about the 500 section. ‘Astronomy!’ He
then grabbed a book on the planets of the Solar System.
Quinn
and Anna came back to the table at the same time. “Irish folklore,
interesting,” Quinn commented.
Words: 369
Total:
588
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