Thread: Stranded {jadeshaw88 and silverknight}

It hadn't been hard for her to pick out who the leader was. He was also near the wagon and seemed to be observing everything. Cat was glad that he wasn't the uptight blond though. She really might have found herself leaving the group once they passed the perimeter if that had been the case. Maybe it had been her mother's influence while she was growing up but she didn't take approve of most authority figures. Obviously, she could follow orders but she worked better when those orders were vague enough for her to do what she wanted. The blond looked like she was a bit of a perfectionist. When he addressed her, she hit a crisp brace. In her unit, it was important for her to blend into whatever population she was assigned to while she was on mission but while on base, order and discipline was key. This man, from what she had read, also had a good deal of military experience. For now, she would respect him for that alone. The fact that his own background was so similar to hers had her uneasy though. Despite the fact that she had also grown up around wealth, she despised privileged brats more than anything else. She had intentionally left that world to get away from that sort of thing. It will definitely be interesting, sir. She said as she relaxed her posture, instinctively adjusting her weapons. She hoped that he understood that his every action would be picked apart and critiqued in her head. Personally, she didn't think that someone so young should be in charge. When she had heard about this opportunity, she had assumed that the leader would be an older man or woman. Not someone only a few years older than herself. Especially since there were so many people on the ship that were far more qualified to run the mission. Still, she supposed he had been chosen for a reason. The power and currency of the old world was all but destroyed now that they were stranded here but if she found out that he had gotten this job just because he had rich parents...well...she would see. --------- Jon had been about to introduce himself to some of the girls when he saw the man taking the soil samples. He watched him for a while, eyebrow raised and then finally smiled when the man seemed to be headed his way. He would be the scientist then. Out of the mash up of people coming on this mission, he could only imagine that a scientist would be just as interested in the ground. Even the tracker would be more interested in tracks in the ground if there were any. Hello, I'm Jonathan Naper. He said with a smile as he held out his hand. There were very few people that Jon didn't like and almost everyone liked him in return. He lived by the philosophy that life was too short to fight and argue. And you would be Hugo Avers. I truly enjoyed your thesis on the many medical benefits of the hyssop. I'm a bit partial to the plant, myself. He smiled brighter. I thought your piece on how the topography of a garden could effect the same plant in different ways. ------ Lily simply eyed the woman when she spoke to her. She wasn't normally so cranky but she was not a morning person and the children in the housing next door had been up screaming for half the night. She didn't approve of the uncaring way that everyone treated their possessions either. Especially when their treatment threatened to hurt her own equipment. They would be sorry if they broke her tools. She would hate to have to resort to field medicine if the equipment failed. It wasn't that she couldn't do it, she just hated it. She figured that everything was about as secure as it was going to be with this lot though and finally just gave up. What she wouldn't do for a strong cup of coffee right now. She had already popped and aspirin and she hoped that she would wake up soon. Her mood didn't exactly give off a good vibe and she didn't want to cause problems so early on in the trip. Still, it was probably best that she didn't talk to anyone just now. So she wandered off towards the back of the group with the guy that had just shown up out of nowhere and waited for them to depart. She imagined that it would be a long walk before they had the chance to make camp and the day already promised to be hot and sticky. It would be worth it though. She wouldn't lie and say that she wasn't just a little bit excited to be in this group. ---- Alana frowned when she saw how the Hana girl had been treated by the doctor. Who did she think she was anyway? The girl hand only been being friendly. There was no reason to sneer at her. At least the tough looking girl looked like she could hold her own in a stare down. Hana looked so cute and sweet though. Maybe she would say something to the doctor. Maybe not. If there was one person in this group beyond the weapons specialists not to get on the bad side of, the doctor was it. Well, she could at least talk to Hana. She seemed nice and she was a younger girl so maybe she wouldn't find her babbling as annoying as everyone else seemed to. Hi, I'm Alana. She said as she bounced up to her. I'm so excited, how about you? I feel that I'm better with talking to people than exploring but this is interesting too. Do you think we'll find any alien lifeforms? I hope, if we do, that we get along better with them than the early settlers did with the Native Americans. That was awful. Oh, but I bet we have a bunch of diseases so we could hurt them by mistake. Maybe we should try to avoid them. You don't think they'll be hostile, do you? Well, I guess it will only matter if we find them. Actually, if we think about it, to them...if there is a them, we would be the aliens, right? That's a weird thought. I guess we are pretty self centered in thinking that everything beyond humankind is alien, don't you think? She caught herself and blushed a little. Sorry. If I talk to much, just tell me to shut up. I won't take it personally or anything. I have a tendency to talk to much. I'm trying to get better at it but... She was doing it again. She closed her mouth, biting her lips together to keep it from opening again.