ataraxion | 005 | video | space training part two

Hello, Tranquility. [ Carolyn looks a little rougher this jump, with a healing gash on her temple and uneven hair. Still, she's giving the camera a slight smile. ] This is Carolyn Fry.

Some of you may recall that Ellen Ripley and I were holding space training classes. I understand people are still recovering from our most recent event, but I'm going to continue with them this month. A recording of the last session and any future sessions can be found in the following link. [ Here. ] If you can't show up for any reason, I'd strongly suggest looking these over.

This session will be held in the shuttle bay, like last time, and focus on using the decontamination chambers, getting in and out of a space suit correctly, and a review on shuttles. This is open to everyone and I highly recommend going if you've never been to space before. Some of us have, and we know what we're doing. If you have any questions now, feel free to ask. If you have any suggestions for things to cover in the future, I'll take those, too.

[ She pauses, then switches gears. ]

On a personal note, I'm looking for someone who can cut my hair. ... Thanks.

[ And the feed switches off. ]

((ooc: Probably not going to put up a log for this session of space training since people are still backtagging the jump and the SH plot, unless a lot of people want me to. Feel free to handwave that your character showed up though!))

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No, I'd rather cede the chair to the better pilot. See how it's really done.

[ He finished tidying up the board, stands and flicks off the others, so that it goes dark in the cabin, emergency lights only, and moves over into the co-pilot's seat. ]

[ She's not sure if he's trying to make up for earlier or if he actually means it, but she'll go ahead and take her turn.

And she does. She says everything outloud, mindful of the fact that there are still things he needs to remember, that she'll be trying to teach a bunch of people with even less of an idea about how this works than Casey soon. She's done this hundreds of times, even if these shuttles are different than the sort of spacecraft she's used to back home. It's seamless -- this is her craft, her skill, her job, her life. She's dedicated so much of her time on the ship to memorizing these shuttles, and it shows in the way she talks about each step ("this one is a little slower to warm up when checking for navigation, we'll have to check that out -- shuttle four, she does it practically instantly").

When Carolyn's done, she turns in her chair, grinning at him. She's not going to fly today, but she likes doing this much anyway. ] Did I miss anything?

[ It's nice to see her doing something she actually enjoys. It's like seeing a different woman to the one he'd been in the nightmare with, and he can't help but smile slightly at her, and shakes his head when she catches him at it. ]

Nothing. But then I expected nothing less than perfection.

You're going to make me blush.

[ But she's pleased, reclining back into her chair for a moment before sitting up to shut everything back down. ]

Maybe that was the plan.

[ But Casey is helping, standing up and shutting off the baseline systems, his eyes on his work rather than Carolyn. ]

Nobody asks for my help with things like this. I'm not much of a people person.

[ She glances at him for a moment, trying to judge the comment. ]

Well, it's not that easy to do.

[ And continuing with work... ]

Technically, I didn't ask.

[ He grins into his shoulder, clicking off the last switches so that the engines whir to a halt, and throwing the cockpit into final darkness, just the emergency lights to make sure they don't trip over anything. ]

Technically. Which means I can technically still ditch you while you drill these newbies into shape. Don't think I haven't thought about it.

You could. But I'd be pissed.

[ But hey, maybe that's what he wants. ]

[ His eyes flicker up to her as though he's really considering it, but the low light barely shows the gesture, and he pats her on her shoulder just a moment later. ]

I guess I could stick around this once.

[ "This once". Yeah, they'll see. ]

Come on, let's head back out there.

Sure thing, boss.

[ But he follows none the less, hands in his pockets. And he might even stick around and help. ]

005 | video | space training part two

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