Sometime on Boukun...
Noon stood still as the teleport beam coalesced around her, she looked around the room and nodded. Scans had been correct, there was no-one here, she let her hearing increase and listened she could hear the soft sounds of someone sleeping and in the distance what sounded like someone sorting dishes. Did that man never sleep? Checking with Thing that she had pulled off her usual tricks with the Security systems and her arrival had gone unnoticed she relaxed and let out a quiet sigh of relief.
She walked over to the doorway that led to the sleeping area and peeped in, there sleeping like a baby was Hsu Danmei, Noon grinned.
She quietly moved back into the bathing areas and looked round for the cupboard she knew was here, as she’d asked for it to be fitted when he’d had these rooms refitted. There it was a skinsuit cleaning cabinet, disguised to look like a small tall cupboard, she tapped in a code and opened it, then shucked off the skinsuit and hung it up. Closing the door automatically started the cleaning cycle, fortunately the system was silent. Noon then headed to the showers and spent a good half hour removing the best part of two months of grunge with much relief. Getting stuck in dead space was a risk any space traveller took, but not something you looked forward to, especially if you travelled around in a tiny ship like Noon’s.
Once she was clean Noon then spent an hour or so moving from one area to the next enjoying the steam, dry heat and ice fountains. Finally she dived into the pool and began to swim lengths, muscles sighing with relief at finally being able to stretch completely. During her swim Hsu’s servant man had wandered in, noticed who was there and gone to fetch a large tray of sandwiches and a large thermal pot of tea, which he left in the ante area, one of the only other people on Boukun who knew about her visits and sworn to secrecy.
Noon, wrapped in a big fluffy dressing gown, stifled a happy squeak as she saw the tray and tea and settled down on the couch to eat. Finally she lay down on the sofa and fell asleep, she would have used the bed but not when Hsu was there, she presumed he must have found her in his bed sometimes, but that he went and made use of one of the other beds in the palace as she’d never found Hsu sleeping on the sofa. But it wasn’t uncommon for him to find her here sleeping, she jokingly called this the Hsu Space Service Stop.
She walked over to the doorway that led to the sleeping area and peeped in, there sleeping like a baby was Hsu Danmei, Noon grinned.
She quietly moved back into the bathing areas and looked round for the cupboard she knew was here, as she’d asked for it to be fitted when he’d had these rooms refitted. There it was a skinsuit cleaning cabinet, disguised to look like a small tall cupboard, she tapped in a code and opened it, then shucked off the skinsuit and hung it up. Closing the door automatically started the cleaning cycle, fortunately the system was silent. Noon then headed to the showers and spent a good half hour removing the best part of two months of grunge with much relief. Getting stuck in dead space was a risk any space traveller took, but not something you looked forward to, especially if you travelled around in a tiny ship like Noon’s.
Once she was clean Noon then spent an hour or so moving from one area to the next enjoying the steam, dry heat and ice fountains. Finally she dived into the pool and began to swim lengths, muscles sighing with relief at finally being able to stretch completely. During her swim Hsu’s servant man had wandered in, noticed who was there and gone to fetch a large tray of sandwiches and a large thermal pot of tea, which he left in the ante area, one of the only other people on Boukun who knew about her visits and sworn to secrecy.
Noon, wrapped in a big fluffy dressing gown, stifled a happy squeak as she saw the tray and tea and settled down on the couch to eat. Finally she lay down on the sofa and fell asleep, she would have used the bed but not when Hsu was there, she presumed he must have found her in his bed sometimes, but that he went and made use of one of the other beds in the palace as she’d never found Hsu sleeping on the sofa. But it wasn’t uncommon for him to find her here sleeping, she jokingly called this the Hsu Space Service Stop.