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[dust_of_life]

[This little field trip has been good to Fatima. She's been indulging in every pair of boots and every pretty blouse her eye finds. Shopping for the soul. It's almost like being back home again and it's almost enough to assuage the survivor's guilt she's feeling every time she allows herself to stand still.

And since standing still isn't an option, it's time for a new project.

She's on the network, looking pretty and made-up, with a large, red flower in her hair, just over her left ear.]

So if unlimited credit really means unlimited, this seems like as good a time as any to possibly get to work on a hydroponics bay. I mean, the garden we have is pretty and all, but it's not necessarily efficient for large-scale farming. And I wouldn't want to disrupt that shrine thingy.

I was thinking now would be the perfect opportunity to pick up supplies. I know there are some people on the crew interested in plants. And while I'm a great big-idea person, I gotta admit that I don't know about the logistics of setting up a hydroponics bay. Other than seeds, of course. And I've already got a list of good crops.

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

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[allyisun]

[Allison lets out a little 'pfft' of amusement.]

You mean you're not attracted to bleeding gums?

This place is for space tourists, though, right? So it should definitely have stuff for people to buy for their space gardens.

[dust_of_life]

That's what I was thinking.

I'm planning on surveying the options later.

[It pains her to have to cut into her R&R, but she has to think in the long term.]

Got any shops you would suggest I check out?

[allyisun]

None to do with plants. I've been busy getting stuff for the café upgraded and stocking up on supplies.

[There will be so many crates of coffee, tea, and nonperishable snacks in the cargo bay by the time this trip is over.]

[dust_of_life]

[Fatima laughs softly.]

Well, speaking as a declared caffeine addict, I'm good with that.

[allyisun]

I am a generous and benevolent coffee overlord.

[dust_of_life]

All hail Overlord...

[A pause.]

I think I need a name.

[allyisun]

Overlord Allison, the Queen of Caffeine!

Heh, I kind of like the sound of that.

[dust_of_life]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Overlord Allison, the Queen of Caffeine.

[allyisun]

[Allison puts on her best royal airs.]

I greet you, loyal Caffeine Pilgrim. I demand tribute of, uh. Tribute of thanks, lest the Coffee Coffers run dry!

[Then she ducks her head sheepishly.]

Hey, I don't think I caught your name, by the way.

[dust_of_life]

[She laughs again.]

Fatima. Fatima Merali.

I'm from Los Angeles, if that means anything to you. 2009.

[allyisun]

Oh hey! Good old US of A. You know, I know there's plenty of Earthlings here, but somehow I keep expecting everyone to be from another planet.

American here, too, just... a little later.

[dust_of_life]

[There's a comfort in the familiar. Fatima smiles.]

What part?

Also, please tell me there are flying cars.

[allyisun]

Heh, sorry. The twenty-teens don't have a whole lot more going on on the flying car front than the Noughties did.

[dust_of_life]

Well, that's disappointing.

[But she'll get over it. Anyway, she never really liked The Jetsons.]

[allyisun]

Yeah, unfortunately the near future ain't all it's cracked up to be.

[dust_of_life]

What do you mean?

[allyisun]

Still full of jerks and crippling student debt and shitty tippers and we don't even have an outrageous advances in technology to show for it.

Got a few new good movies I guess.