Phonecall to Maia (Thursday)

[suzotchka]

She should have done this yesterday. Actually, she should have done this Tuesday within five seconds of breaking the connection with Earth. But she hadn't because life had gotten in the way and she had been stupid enough to deal with it

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[maias_notebook]

Maia was sitting in the common room of the Koala Cabin very carefully sticking toothpicks into peas. The peas were sitting in a bowl of water to keep them fresh. After they were added to Maia's sculpture they would harden and hold up the toothpicks.

She slightly jumped when Susan appeared before her. She didn't say anything, she just glanced at her and continued to take the peas out of the water and stick them on the ends of her toothpicks.

[suzotchka]

Ivanova didn't even pretend to know what she was doing. She crouched by Maia, wrapping her uniformed arms around her knees. "Hey," she said softly as if she wasn't a hologram that had just appeared out of thin air.

[maias_notebook]

"Hi." Maia said quietly, a toothpick in one hand and a pea in the other. She blinked slowly at Susan and then stabbed the pea with the toothpick.

[suzotchka]

Ivanova winced. Stabbing. Not good. "I'm sorry," she said quickly. "I shouldn't have left like that."