Going Darker - Faded Ghosts - Faded Goats
04 Apr 2022Milo Beaublanc
I'm hoping that by now everyone at Sirius Corp will have started to forget my name and all about those goats.People may think what they like but they will never know just how much they owe me for making sure that what was inside those goats never got loose in civilised space.
I've been out here in the black on an exploration ship mapping systems in the outer arms, for months now.
Somehow news got around the crew about what happened, or what they think happened.
It's worked to my advantage, they think I am some kind of super criminal so they don't mess with me too much.
There are a few smirks and it sometimes goes quiet when I arrive in the mess hall but I can live with that.
It's hard work, constantly looking to top up Tritium supplies.
We've been lucky, plenty of new finds.
We're nearing Beagle Point.
Once there I may become one of the 'lost'. I could just disappear completely.
Reinvent myself in a new system, become a bona fide good guy.
It won't be easy but nothing worthwhile ever is.
There's a funny little guy working on a clean up team on C-deck who sings a little song about me when I walk past.
He doesn't seem to be afraid of me which makes me wonder whether I should be afraid of him.
I can hear the song echoing down the corridors as I walk away from him...
"Why so sad, Milo my lad?
Some are born to be good and some just turn out bad.
For better, for worse,
Stars aligned in the Bubble or 'verse,
It seems that your nature just keeps breaking through...."
You get the idea? It's a happy thought, I think he's trying to tell me that the universe doesn't care what I want it will always push me down the road it has chosen.
We'll see... we will see.