Utilising NPC #14763 - The Big Pink Tree

Dripping fluids echoed throughout the levels of the diesel decks,
an area which was used only by vermin, engineering officers in times
of crisis, and the occasional lost soul who seldom found their way
back out.
And, now, a Tree.
The Big Pink Tree, a couple of rucksacks suspended from its medial*
branches, bounced fairly merrily along the metal grids, making them
rattle in their bearings.
With the arrival of the new nurse, the absence of its beloved Keto
and the sudden change in Shakespeare, it had decided that the job was
providing too much stress for one pink vegetary** lifeform to handle,
and had taken a leave of absence.
It was on vacation.
And, even it had to admit, it was going quite well. The XPress
Lift had no problem with dropping it off at the right level (although
the return arrangements were a little dubious), and it had already
seen several splendid examples of a Macintosh 14B/S4 Stroke Relay
Thrust Provider, something that was a rare specimen indeed in a ship
such as the Dwarf!
Of course, it's private goal was to actually discover a working
Windows 19.72 Beta Edition Power Coupling, but such an item was
thought to be mythical. Firstly, the Beta Edition was recalled due
to nobody filling in the ship registration forms, and secondly,
nobody had ever heard of a working one anyway.
Nevertheless, the Tree had not given up hope. And down here, on
the Diesel Decks, all alone, it could happily spend all its available
time looking. After all, nobody could possibly disturb it here.
So, merrily and without any kind of stress whatsoever, it bounced
onwards.
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OOC - Somebody inside BB please write something! I'm resorting to
sending the Tree on a boring vacation!
*Is this even a word?
**How about this one?