Lost In Thought
When: during the Action
"Chief of Security..." Rosette mused, almost a week after the inspector had said
it. She'd been ecstatic at the time, having spent the entire evening off duty
at Parrotts.
Now she was back on duty, sat with her feet on the desk, reading a report of
readiness. It wasn't good. Previous chiefs had written them to sound better
than they were, and she could see why. The security team was in a terrible
state. It was only through the strength of a few in the past that they had
survived, doing the job that they were meant to do.
Jack... He had been an utter power house, all of the reports of his strength
made him sound super-human. Especially considering he didn't even use a gun.
Chris Harris, the previous chief wasn't so far behind either. She didn't have
their strength, or their abilities. She had to whip them into shape, and do it
fast before something bad happened.
Then it happened... the explosions that rocked the ship. Falling from her
chair, she hit her head on the hard metal floor before calling out.
"HOLLY! what the hell was that?" she called. Nothing.
"Smeg." she cursed, grabbing the radio system that was still there for
situations like this.
"This is Lachance. What was that?" she asked. The response came in quickly,
but hit her hard.
"Explosion in engineering, Half the engineers are gone. We've already set up a
perimeter, and the emergency bulkheads are in place."
"Any survivors?" She asked.
"Not yet."
"Keep me informed." she said, dropping the radio, staring ahead at the wall in
front of her.
"It wasn't meant to be lke this." she said, a tear falling from her cheek. In
her head she saw her old house in London, her parents and servants... She had
everything. She had more at her birth than Seymour had ever had, yet he acted
like an ass towards everyone.
"What am I supposed to do?" she asked, her head in her hands. "I'm supposed to
be a rich girl."
She slammed a hand on her desk, and forced back the tears of her old life.
Wiping her face, she headed out into the ship, towards the drive room, her radio
in hand. At least then she could coordinate better with the Captain... That
was her intention, at least.
Shortly, she arrived at the Drive Room. "Where's Jay?" she asked, looking
around.
"Katrina was in engineering..." Amber said, solemnly.
"I'll... uhh.. You can contact me with this." she said, handing over a spare
radio. "At least until Holly is back on."
With that, she wandered down the corridors of the Blue Dwarf, staring at each
wall, each identical wall made of metals, formed in such ways as to create
passages through space, safe for people to walk. Meant to be safe. She
wandered until she stopped in front of a door, walking without thinking. The
door opened, she entered, walked to the back of the room and lay on one of the
beds, not paying attention to where she was.
<tag Rufus/TBC. I think you know where she is...>