In the last scene, Brooklynne said:
After I finished unpacking - Destinee helped! - I took off to find out who else was already aboard. I made it to the mess hall and stopped. Somebody was in there, and I was looking for somebody, so I went in.
Aw, man - is every other girl aboard this ship a hot blonde? I'm never going to get a date! No, wait - the Captain isn't a blonde. There's hope yet! But I didn't say any of that out loud! "Hi there! I'm Lynne Bridges, ship's supernumerary. Pleased to meet you!"
She smiled and stood up. "Tiffani Jones. That's Tiffani with an i, not a y. Also a ship's supernumerary."
"So we're classmates!"
"That we are. Picked a major yet?"
I shook my head. "I'm using this year to find out what I like best, and I'll major in that."
"That works. I'm majoring in medicine."
"EMT, nursing, or doctor?"
"GP, with a psychiatrist specialty if I can swing it."
This girl aims high! "With that major, wouldn't it make more sense to take your first year at NIT, though?"
"I did - this is my second year." Oops! She's a year ahead of me. But either she didn't care, or she wanted to put me at ease, because she changed the subject right away. "Okay, Lynne - what do you play?"
Ooh, a trick question! But I'd been asked that one before, so I was ready for it. "Harmonica and Half-Life, but not at the same time."
She grinned. "I'd be impressed if you could! I play the violin, myself."
Oh, good - I'm a lot better at the harmonica than I am at Half-Life. "What style?"
"Something from Tasmin Little, something from Lindsey Stirling, something from Regina Carter, and something from everybody else."
"Oh, yeah! I utterly know what you're saying; I'm like that with the harmonica, too. How about we get together sometime, you channel your inner Regina Carter, I'll let my inner Toots Thielemans loose, and we'll improv for a few hours?"
Tiffani's grin got wider at that. "I'm down with that, sure!"
There was a voice at the door, which made both of us jump. "Please do; there's a long tradition of people making their own music on long trips. But don't neglect your studies, ladies."
"Yes, Captain!" Hey, we'd said that in unison! Without practicing!
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Quote:While I was looking for my bunk, I found the mess hall. It's a nice place - kind of a cross between Ten-Forward on NextGen and Meg's in Stellvia.If you look carefully at the image for this scene, you'll discover Lynne (a) isn't a Trekkie, and (b) might be an Unreliable Narrator. Aren't you happy I gave you this clue so early in the story?
After I finished unpacking - Destinee helped! - I took off to find out who else was already aboard. I made it to the mess hall and stopped. Somebody was in there, and I was looking for somebody, so I went in.
Aw, man - is every other girl aboard this ship a hot blonde? I'm never going to get a date! No, wait - the Captain isn't a blonde. There's hope yet! But I didn't say any of that out loud! "Hi there! I'm Lynne Bridges, ship's supernumerary. Pleased to meet you!"
She smiled and stood up. "Tiffani Jones. That's Tiffani with an i, not a y. Also a ship's supernumerary."
"So we're classmates!"
"That we are. Picked a major yet?"
I shook my head. "I'm using this year to find out what I like best, and I'll major in that."
"That works. I'm majoring in medicine."
"EMT, nursing, or doctor?"
"GP, with a psychiatrist specialty if I can swing it."
This girl aims high! "With that major, wouldn't it make more sense to take your first year at NIT, though?"
"I did - this is my second year." Oops! She's a year ahead of me. But either she didn't care, or she wanted to put me at ease, because she changed the subject right away. "Okay, Lynne - what do you play?"
Ooh, a trick question! But I'd been asked that one before, so I was ready for it. "Harmonica and Half-Life, but not at the same time."
She grinned. "I'd be impressed if you could! I play the violin, myself."
Oh, good - I'm a lot better at the harmonica than I am at Half-Life. "What style?"
"Something from Tasmin Little, something from Lindsey Stirling, something from Regina Carter, and something from everybody else."
"Oh, yeah! I utterly know what you're saying; I'm like that with the harmonica, too. How about we get together sometime, you channel your inner Regina Carter, I'll let my inner Toots Thielemans loose, and we'll improv for a few hours?"
Tiffani's grin got wider at that. "I'm down with that, sure!"
There was a voice at the door, which made both of us jump. "Please do; there's a long tradition of people making their own music on long trips. But don't neglect your studies, ladies."
"Yes, Captain!" Hey, we'd said that in unison! Without practicing!
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012