Messy Frigate
Messy Frigate
Arc: Daring Investigations in Nitir
Summary: The team discuss the recent mission as they journey back to the Majestic.
Date: 2659.214
Related Logs: Rendezvous Hopefully
Participants: Singh, Zorro, Cyric, Phillip

The four return to the mess hall where they see Miranda eating with a security guard monitoring her.

Miranda says, "Guys, the food is great!"

Iceblade sees mac and cheese… eyes light up.

Zorro gets some potato waffles and baked beans.

Singh grabs a veggiedog plate and sits with Miranda. "How're you hanging there?"

Cyric grins at Miranda, gets his food, and sits next to her. "Heya! How did it go?"

"Honestly… pretty good. I'm still alive and eating that's a plus." Miranda replies mouth full of strawberries.

Phillip returns with a triple helping of M&C with some steamed broccoli and … yeah, no meat… looks terrible.

Cyric says, "Certainly a step up from all those MREs, eh?"

Iceblade sees the strawberries, "Dang who did you flirt with to get those."

"Pretty good, Cyric… it was asked mostly about the doctor, what he looked like, who was there with him. How he spoke to others." Miranda responds to Cyric’s earlier question.

"Indeed." Zorro says, "I'll get some of those for dessert."

"You are so brave you know that?" Karen continues.

Cyric nods and smiles. "Yeah, you did great getting yourself out of that mess in one piece."

"Thanks Julianna, is Shorty your real nom de guerre?" Cyric responds.

"Singh is pretty brave too… a veggiedog? really?" Iceblade jokes a bit.

"It's full of vitamin q13," Julianna responds.

"Nowt wrong with a veggiedog." Nina asks.

Miranda says, "Yeah, I don't know how I would take it, having worked my whole life to have everything lost in an instant… Would insurance cover that?"

"It's fine." Miranda continues eating breaking eye contact.

"You probably won't be allowed to tell insurance about it." Phillip responds.

Nina adds, "That's right. But we can try to make sure you're supported."

Miranda is trying to slowly breathe…

"And now… you can't see your friends for a while… that must be brutal." Karen obliviously continues.

"Cheer up, you can always join up with Confed Officially. There is never a shortage of personnel positions." Phillip tries to control.

"Yeah, Confed takes care of its own pretty well. You can make a new home for yourself here. Good Food, Good Friends, Good Fun. What's not to love?" Cyric smiles with some bashfulness at that last word.

"Well, some of the bosses…" Nina adds.

"And the pay is pretty good, you could buy a used ship after about 5 years of saving." Iceblade says.

"What. Do. You. Want. Me. To. Answer." Miranda replies. "I. was. THISCLOSE. to retiring.

"Freedom 32.

“I did that run 8 times. 8 times!

"On number nine, I see something nice, I'm allowed to treat myself now and then?" Miranda points at Cyric.

Miranda continues, "I let my guard down and get dragged to medbay.” She gets up and leaves.

Security follows her.

"Well," Zorro says, "I don't know about you, but I need to have a bath."

"Must be the strawberries," Karen continues. Karen smells herself in a Maniac style and grimaces. "Yeah, a shower would be good."

Iceblade feels out of his element. "Uh, I think there is more to this than I thought. You know what Freedom 32 is?"

"I'll look it up later", Zorro says.

"idnno?" Karen replies.

Iceblade says, "Sounds like a special parole thing or debt-to-a-crime boss thing.

Cyric sighs. "Sounds good. I'll see you guys later." Cyric leaves to get cleaned up and some rest after figuring that Miranda just needs some time to decompress alone.

Iceblade waves bye to Talon before he dives into the M&C.

Zorro continues to eat her food. "I fancy doing something to chill out after this… What about you?"

"Yeah, maybe we can catch a Carr holo" Julianna suggests. "License to dance?"

Phillip responds to Zorro, “Bigger head, and then I'll see if I can find a simpod or something.”

Zorro asks Julianna, "License to dance?"

Karen finished her hotdog. "Yeah, Carr's latest film. She has to choose between a rich snob and a durasteel welder that her parents don't approve of."

Karen adds, "She discovers herself through dance. I think tHE lOVE aNIMALS is scoring it."

Zorro comments, "Ah, Carr. She's hot."

Iceblade reflexively yawns at the movie plot description.

The team takes a shuttle back to the Majestic. A week later, they spot Miranda wearing a uniform in the mess hall.

The team also sporadically receives emails of cute cat pictures from Steele every now and then.