Lazy Space Life RP

[Fable]

Talon gives Michen a small goodbye wave.

[Fuzzpaws]

Finishes coffee, pads over and puts coffee pan back in the cubby it was hidden in, then returns to the table.


"It's been good talking with you, look forward to seeing and hearing more about your artwork. Hopefully I can open the garden soon. Might go check on it in the morning."


 Nods politely


"Have a great rest of your day, Talon!"


Turns to pad out of the dining room.

[Fuzzpaws]

After talking with the ships computer and looking over the project data I decide to send the following message to all my shipmates.


"Good day all!


Some may have heard I tasked the ship and the various-bots with building a garden area in an unused hangar bay I found several decks down. I apologize to all for any inconvenience these past weeks while the ship built what I hope is a place where everyone onboard can find a place to suit them.


The good news: I woke this morning to a message from the ships computer letting me know construction and landscaping were done on the garden!


I am scheduled to meet with the supervisor-bot for a walk through after lunch tomorrow to check it out and plan any changes or rework, BUT if it's all good I'd like to have an opening to all my shipmates Saturday Morning. Doors will remain locked until then, though.


Hope to see everyone there and hear your thoughts!"

[Fuzzpaws]

Stands at the point of the hallway where it widens to the double sets of double doors still waiting for anyone to show up, feeling slightly foolish...

[Fable]

(I'm sorry Naake ni, I didn't see the post before this one!)

Talon woke up and checked the computer lazily when he saw it was Saturday he felt a renewed excitement, The garden is supposed to be completed today!He got up and quickly got dressed before traveling through the halls to get to the hanger bay. "hey naaki ni!" Talon calls down the hall with a friendly wave. Only now does Talon notice the flecks of dried paint in his fur, But he's already here and will have to remember to pick all that out later.

[Fuzzpaws]

Greets Talon enthusiastically, but wishes more or the residents had shown up, this was done for them..


Before opening the doors I tell Talon


"I tried to design an enviroment that the great majority of residents would find inviting, with areas suitable to different climates, etc., mountains and valleys, forest and glades, along with a small desert bordered by an actual seashore. It has lighting and 'weather' systems to provide reality, a lunar and solar time cycle, and many other details for the construction and operation of the Eco-system. It will grow at a natural pace from seeds and genetic material in the ships stores, effectively taking many years to fully become what I envisioned, possibly something I may not live to see.  I just hope the others appreciate it..."

With that said I turn and "Computer, is the enviro-garden ready?"

Computer replies "Affirmitive"

"Then unlock the doors and lets see what  we have created!"

There is an audible click then both sets of doors open to reveal....

I stand there silently looking out (or in..) at... so hard to describe... It is what I imagined, even now at the start of it's life. the grass is growing thickly, but obviously still new, as far as the eye can see there are plants (trees, bushes, etc) only a few inches to feet high, but I am drawn to a cliffside above a river that cascades out through the garden to empty into a distant 'ocean'. On the cliff face is a barely visible trail leading to a partially hidden cave with a rock outcropping that looks out over the vastness of the garden.

"Computer, who authorized the cave in the cliff? That was not in the design plans."

The computer replied "After researching the various species, including your's, it was added based on your comments to ensure there was something special for each on the ship. The cave is a den for you, a place to look out and watch as this place grows. The others will have to look and find their own special features, they will know them when they find them..."

 I turn to Talon "After you, or at the same time..?"

[Fable]

Talon listens to Naake ni explain how he set this all up in all, Talon has zero Talon with understanding computers- lets alone working with computers to make an entire small echo system!!
He watches as the doors slide open and his shoulders slump in amazement and bewilderment- This was no small eco-system It was like mini chunks of the earth all just patched together into one huge room of living breathing life.
Talon didn't even hear Naake Ni's question about walking in at first because he was so captivated by how amazing this scene was in front of him. But eventually, he nods, "Yeah.... l-lets go in."


Talon walks in with Naake Ni, His paw touches the grass and he hesitates a moment afraid that it isn't real. He sets his paw down into the long blades of grass. He didn't really know how much he missed grass- He never really thought of earth- he accepted life on this cold tin can of a ship but now with the living real grass under his paws he slowly kneels down on the grass running his hands along the top. "It's real..." Talon is surprised by the fact that his eyes water up but he can't help it- so many feelings are just cascading on him at being able to really feel something again. Although if he cried now he doesn't want to think of what he does when he gets over to the savannah area he spied when the doors first opened. "I can't believe this... I.... Thank you" his voice is still cracking a bit at trying not to be an emotional mess.

[Fuzzpaws]

Padding in watching Talon, I also 'feel' the grass under paw, the movement of the air, and the heat of the 'sun' on my fur.  I close my eyes and take it all in, nose in the air...


Opening my eyes as Talon says "thank you" and see the look in his eyes... This is so much more than I had hoped, and is still just the start...


"Please, go explore, and take your time. I'm going to go check out the cliff den."


I leave Talon there to experience it on his own, as it should be, and follow the narrow path on the cliff, at last coming to the rock outcropping, pausing to look out over the entire space. I blame it on the wind or something in my eyes, but I tear up thinking about the view from my den back on Earth, so similar to this that I almost expect my pack to be there.

[Fable]

Talon feels like the grass below him is fragile- like an illusion that at any second could shatter into a million pieces- yet even so he cant stop the desire to just lay down. He lays on the grass just feeling it and the breeze in his fur. He realizes that hes only really taken a step into this huge room but he feels like he could just live in this moment forever. he stretches out careful not to dig his claws into the grass.
He takes a few moments, which turn into a long half nap, to just lay and breath all this in before he gets back to his feet and looks around. His eyes lock onto the savanna. He heard the computer say there was something special for everyone right? He thinks about the thing that would be really special out there for him but shakes his head- there would be no way for the computer to know that. right? He takes a deep breath and starts to walk along the grass and heads to the savanna biome.

[Fuzzpaws]

From my vantage point I sit and watch Talon, smiling. Eventually I rise and pad into the cave/den itself, It really is just a cave, cool and dark, but comforting just the same.


 I pad back out and lay down on the outcropping and close my eyes, enjoying the warmth and the slight breeze. When I open them the 'sun' has moved across the 'sky' and I realize from this vantage I have a view of both the sunrise to my left and the sunset to my right... with enough room to turn facing either as needed.


Looking around I realize I have lost sight of Talon. Hopefully he is enjoying the garden.

[Fable]

Talon finally walks out into the dry grass of the savanna, The grass is still short and new looking but Talon can envision how tall it will get in time. As the dry blades brush by his leg he remembers being a young pup running around on all fours trying to sneak up on his mother. He'd crawl around hidden by the tall grass and jump out at the last moment only to be swooped up into his mothers embracing arms and playfully tossed around.


He wishes beyond anything that he had visited his old village before everyone had to leave the planet. Its a bit ironic that this is the first time in so many years that Talon has been in a place like his home land and yet in reality his home land is light years away.


He freezes when he sees a small structure beside a small water hole. His heart swells with so many emotions and without thinking he breaks into a run. Its a small dirt hut. Its not exactly like what his village had when he was little but its similar. He runs and slides to a stop outside the small hut. Hes almost afraid to go in. he touches the simple and loose fitting door remember all the nights he'd try to sneak home just to have the creaking of the loose door alert his mother to his lateness.


he very slowly walks in. The inside is empty as Talon expected and simply a place to sit out of the sun, Its also quite a bit smaller then their homes were. This is more of a small sitting area. But yet to Talon it might as well have been an exact replica because it still brought back so many memories of his mother and wrestling with his sisters. he sits along the dirt wall and on the dust dirt floor and closes his eyes. and just watches his memories.

[Fuzzpaws]

(very nice find Talon!)


As I lay on the outcropping watching the sun set I am amazed at how well it all turned out, even now it feels like a bit of reality in a living dream. Hesitantly I rise and stretch, then pad back down the trial as the light starts to fade.


Reaching the ground I look up at the cliff, then notice the faint twinkling of lights high above, the twilight sky begins to fill with stars as the final sunlight turns the clouds (yes, clouds!!) amazing colors, reds and oranges, streaks of purple, all slowly fading as the day cycle ends.


I don't want to leave, but after being here all day my stomach is telling me I have to go eat... I pad towards the still open doors, stopping just before crossing the threshold, and wait to see if Talon stays or leaves..


I only wishing more of the residents, my shipmates, had come for the unveiling. The doors will remain unlocked from now on though, and it is available to any who chose to venture in and find their 'place".


 "Computer" I call out.
 "Yes Resident?" it replies quietly.


"Two things, first, do you employ speak recognition?"


  "Affirmative, you are resident 11877187..." 


Great, just a number out of all those sent away.  "From now on call me Naake ni please.  Second, Thank you for helping make this possible, I hope you understand what it means."


"Understood, Naake ni, and you are welcome." 


I am not sure the computer truly understands, or if it is just programmed to respond appropriately, but I nod, then sit to wait for Talon..

[Fable]

Talon feels like he's been sitting for an eternity, a wonderful eternity, but his stomach is not quite so happy. Talon had woken up specifically to come see all this and hasn't yet eaten. He sighs and finally stands up and dusts off his clothing. he smiles seeing the dusty dirt cling to his fur making his dark fur appear slightly lighter. He starts walking and looks towards the cave wondering if he should go there and see how Naake ni is enjoying the new area but to his surprise he sees naake ni sitting at the entrance.
Talon jogs to meet up with the wolf. "Hey," Talon says as he comes closer.

[Fuzzpaws]

"Sees Talon jogging up, "Hey yourself.. wanna get something to eat? I've been here all day, and wish I could stay longer but my stomach is rumbling.."


  gets up and turns to leave, stops and looks back over my shoulder at the garden... Shaking my head "It's real, a brand new world for us to explore and share.. It was mine, but it belongs to everyone now. "


Pads out heading for the dining room as I pad away my stomach rumbles again quite loudly..  "Yay, yay.. I know..."

[Fable]

"Yeah same, I'd still be out there but my stomach wont hear of it." Talon says following Naake ni. Talon chuckles at the sound of the wolfs stomach growling loudly.


The two walk through the empty halls and back to the cafeteria. It feels strange to Talon now- the cold metal look of everything after they were just in such a lush and wonderful place. 


Talon still has so many thoughts about what to say and talk about with the garden but with so many thoughts all going on at once it makes it hard to think of what to say first. He hopes getting some food will help.