Beeline for the Treeline.

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"Gees...Holly outdid himself here didn't he?" Molly said, stepping down and looking around.

"Last in the sea is a big fat loser!" Jay yelled, sprinting towards the ocean, somehow having changed from flight gear to swimming trunks in 30 seconds...
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Jamie wandered out onto the sand, and stared up into the forest, longingly. It looked like home... Well, it looked like his old home, at least. As he stepped into open air, he glanced up, catching reflection from the 'Dwarf in orbit, the several mile long vessel easily reflecting light enough to be visible in the clear sky.

"No, it's fine." He said out loud, dismissing his thought.

"What's fine?" Molly asked, still being nearby.

"Oh, nothing. I had to seal off a couple of decks before we left, haven't had time to fix them yet." Jamie replied, his eyes fixated on the trees.

"Oh.. Yeah, it'll be fine. If they're sealed, no one can get hurt, right?" Molly said, before trundling off to find a place to laze about in the sun.

"Yeah, it's cool. I was just thinking out loud, is all." He said, before wandering off himself towards the water. As long as Molly wasn't worrying about charging towards the water like Jay, he'd never be considered the "big fat loser."

Though, this planet was the first time he'd shown much in the way of skin. His strongly tanned flesh from Fernandos had faded a bit, but was still noticeable. The slightly higher gravity and strenuous activity of survival on a jungle planet meant the hawaiian shorts he had dug up as the only "human" sized ones available on the promenade didn't match him at all, but showed off his powerful physique openly.

The water was warm. But it was an open beach... Just the sound of waves splashing against the sand, and no where to hide. It was just... too open. He turned around, and walked back up the beach, before making a turn back to the Starbug to pick up his toolkit.

"Not working again, are you?" Eve asked, not wanting to go and enjoy herself too much without Jaxx.

"Relaxing work." Jamie replied. "Thanks for your help the other day, I got alot more done than I thought I would alone." He said, before heading, toolkit in hand, towards the forest.

"Big trees are too big..." He said to himself. "Small ones should be better, but more supple... May need support structures.." he began, trailing off into a mumble. Plans formed in his head, but nothing as huge as he had built on Fernandos. Mind you, no one planned to be on this planet for 10 years.

"Jamie."

A couple of beach huts, maybe.

"Jaaaamieeeee."

Perhaps some decking.

"JAMIE."

The fern trees could make some decent beach chairs, too.

"JAMIE!"

"Huh?" Jamie said, turning around. It was Cass. Everyone else had probably stopped for a moment to find out why there was shouting going on.

"Where are you going with that?" she asked, indicating the toolbox.

"Oh." Jamie said, scratching his head. "I was going to make some stuff. Maybe a hut or two..."

"You're supposed to be relaxing." She said, almost scolding.

"Making stuff IS relaxing." he replied, with a shrug.

"Don't go too far." she said, sounding a bit annoyed that he hadn't been paying attention to begin with.

He turned back towards the trees, and started the walk towards them. First and most important was a hut. Then, anyone that wanted to stay on the planet overnight to stargaze from an atmosphere, or to enjoy the sounds of the ocean could do just that.

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