6th of Winter
I've decided to start this journal, but I don't think I am going to tell Vicky and Jac about it, at least not until there is a need too. For our first day on Phac III, it has been quite the busy one. I awoke in the in my crashpod as the chute deployed, causing a hard jerk as it braked and detached. A display in front of my face gave me an info dump on the planet and a satellite photo of our landing site. It also showed that two other pods were ejected with me.
We set down in the middle of an flat arid scrubland. As soon as the crashpods disintigrated, I got a look at the two other survivors of whatever happened to the colony ship we were on. Surprisingly I recognized them from the longsleep orientation. It turns out they are a married couple, and came from whatever crap hole world they were escaping from together. Jac, the guy, had somehow managed to sneak a dog, a cute lab named Orkie and isn't too bad on the eyes himself.
As we gathered up some of the supplies that crashed nearby, as well as some weapons we discussed plans for what to do next. There were several ruins nearby, and we were lucky enough to have a small marble building that was almost completely still standing. The air is dry and hot, but a colony seed bank had dropped with the supplies and Jac and I worked out where to go ahead and get some potatoes and healroot planted to help supplement the few prepackaged meals and medicine that came down with us. While we did that Vicky started building some beds for us to sleep in, and building up some walls. We decided to start dumping our supplies in the little marble building and putting together some basic frames for solar panels.
Over the course of the day we all had several nice chats here and there, but I would have sworn that I had noticed Jac checking me out more than once. Several things he said in our conversations also lead me to think that he and Vicky had more of an open kind of relationship. What with all the chaos and worry and anxiety over the crash and trying to get some shelter and supplies set up for us, I was feeling the need for some real physical closeness. It may have been stupid, but I made a pass at Jac. He shut me down cold, the big tease. I went to go work on putting the finishing touches on the stove while he and Vicky wandered off somewhere together. They must have talked about what happened though because a little while later Vicky cornered me in the storeroom and asked what I was thinking hitting on her husband. She called me a desperate slut and stormed out, despite my admittedly half-hearted attempts at apologizing.
We all kept separate and busy for while, and to mend fences I gathered up some meals and we all had a little picnic amongst the freshly planted potatoes. Orkie provided us with some entertainment chasing after the family of squirrels that live somewhere nearby. Vicky and I made nice, and I think she has started to forgive me for my rash behavior. Still, laying here alone in my bed while they cuddle together in theirs makes me realize how lonely this place may be.
Maybe I'll get lucky and we'll find someone else out there for me. And then we can all get lucky
Long day of building ahead tomorrow. We'll see what happens.
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I've decided to start this journal, but I don't think I am going to tell Vicky and Jac about it, at least not until there is a need too. For our first day on Phac III, it has been quite the busy one. I awoke in the in my crashpod as the chute deployed, causing a hard jerk as it braked and detached. A display in front of my face gave me an info dump on the planet and a satellite photo of our landing site. It also showed that two other pods were ejected with me.
We set down in the middle of an flat arid scrubland. As soon as the crashpods disintigrated, I got a look at the two other survivors of whatever happened to the colony ship we were on. Surprisingly I recognized them from the longsleep orientation. It turns out they are a married couple, and came from whatever crap hole world they were escaping from together. Jac, the guy, had somehow managed to sneak a dog, a cute lab named Orkie and isn't too bad on the eyes himself.
As we gathered up some of the supplies that crashed nearby, as well as some weapons we discussed plans for what to do next. There were several ruins nearby, and we were lucky enough to have a small marble building that was almost completely still standing. The air is dry and hot, but a colony seed bank had dropped with the supplies and Jac and I worked out where to go ahead and get some potatoes and healroot planted to help supplement the few prepackaged meals and medicine that came down with us. While we did that Vicky started building some beds for us to sleep in, and building up some walls. We decided to start dumping our supplies in the little marble building and putting together some basic frames for solar panels.
Over the course of the day we all had several nice chats here and there, but I would have sworn that I had noticed Jac checking me out more than once. Several things he said in our conversations also lead me to think that he and Vicky had more of an open kind of relationship. What with all the chaos and worry and anxiety over the crash and trying to get some shelter and supplies set up for us, I was feeling the need for some real physical closeness. It may have been stupid, but I made a pass at Jac. He shut me down cold, the big tease. I went to go work on putting the finishing touches on the stove while he and Vicky wandered off somewhere together. They must have talked about what happened though because a little while later Vicky cornered me in the storeroom and asked what I was thinking hitting on her husband. She called me a desperate slut and stormed out, despite my admittedly half-hearted attempts at apologizing.
We all kept separate and busy for while, and to mend fences I gathered up some meals and we all had a little picnic amongst the freshly planted potatoes. Orkie provided us with some entertainment chasing after the family of squirrels that live somewhere nearby. Vicky and I made nice, and I think she has started to forgive me for my rash behavior. Still, laying here alone in my bed while they cuddle together in theirs makes me realize how lonely this place may be.
Maybe I'll get lucky and we'll find someone else out there for me. And then we can all get lucky
Long day of building ahead tomorrow. We'll see what happens.
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