Phase Twelve: ...And Back Again

[emorangerpink]

[The Chalice is still moving west across the Pacific when a few familiar faces arrive in the hangar, hot on the heels of a familiar ship heaving in to range over the horizon. The Nirvana's back to supplement the Chalice's mini-fleet again, and it doesn't take long for a shuttle to bring the three tourists back aboard, along with the supplies and

Comments

[space_mcgyver]

Welcome back! How was your trip?

[emorangerpink]

It was pretty great! We saw sights, had fun, I got to sort out a lot of things that needed sorting out...

And I'm officially registered as an apprentice mechanic, now! This might mean you need to sign things now and then.

[space_mcgyver]

Congrats! You'll have to tell me more about it, you know that.

White Chalice's a madhouse as usual. Couldn't have rejoined at a better time, really.

[emorangerpink]

That's what I'm hearing. I suppose it wouldn't really feel like coming home if everything had been quiet and peaceful...

Well, all it really means is that I keep doing what I've been doing here, take a correspondence course now and then, and once we ever eventually leave the Chalice it'll count towards a qualification Britannia and the Federation will recognize. In case I want a shot at working anywhere less, ah, unofficial than the Chalice...

[space_mcgyver]

Things were pretty rough at times... but it's nothing we cannot handle. Glad to have you back - a little less work off my head while I'm busy with...

Well, it's a secret.

[emorangerpink]

Oh? The good kind, or the might-explode kind?

[Laura can't help but look pleased at the confirmation that she's a net help to Lowe.]

[space_mcgyver]

I don't see why these two are mutually exclusive!

[emorangerpink]

I'll double-check the fire suppression systems, then.