Homecoming
29 Dec 2020Gemini Targren
There's something existentially crushing about walking into a dark, empty living quarters when you're not expecting it. My communique is still sitting, unread, on the terminal, so I can safely assume that Marina was gone before I sent it to let her know I was coming home. It didn't occur to me at the time, but in hindsight, it should have struck me as odd that she didn't link the Star's comms in to receive it remotely. I assume she must have not expected me to get back before her, because she didn't leave me any message, either. I had to check in with FFC to get her filed flight plan, to find out that she'd taken on a Charter Cruise for some Imperial bureaucrat. Probably some middle-management type with an overblown title who wanted to go home for the New Year holiday... The sort that will gladly overpay just to make themselves feel more important than they are; that would explain why Marina would take a job like that on such short notice.It would be a lie to say I wasn't disappointed to find her away when I got back, but such is the life. Mainani is a decent jaunt from here, but she should be back in plenty of time for us to spend the New Year together ourselves. In fact, I think I'll take advantage of her absence to take Fafnir out again before she gets back, and surprise her with some Lavian Brandy...