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Vespa V - A Need to get Away

Posted Feb. 3, 2020, 11:20 p.m. by Ensign Kalani Kāne (Science Officer) (Kate O'Neill)

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Jarred Alindor (Chief Engineer) in Vespa V - A Need to get Away

Posted by Ensign Kalani Kāne (Science Officer) in Vespa V - A Need to get Away

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Jarred came to the campsite as he put down from his arms piles of rocks, branches, and vines at her feet as he looked at her. “Yes, baby… what is you need… how may I serve you?” he asked her with an eye roll as he couldn’t help but feel like he was about to hear more complaints regarding how this was just not working or it’s too wet or too dry or whatever new excuse.

Alindor, CE

“This stick thing isn’t working,” she demonstrated by clumsily rubbing the two sticks together. Her demonstration was bad and meant to be that way. It was to just state a point of how futile the action was. “I mean I know you love your friction and gravity and other physical stuff but this is ridiculous. It can’t be done so how do we get a fire going?”

Her expression spoke volumes about her blind belief in him. There was no snark or sarcasm in her words or expression. Jarred has told her about how his father taught him all sorts of survival skills. Making a fire had to be within the top three things you learned. Kalani knew what to do once the fire got started. It was just getting it started.

Kalani Kane

“You went through basic survival training in the academy for crying out loud, this is 101… they take you in a dark corner in Kirk Meadow and you have to do it to pass… did you just forget all the steps in the years since baby?” Jarred asked as he knelt down with her as he took the sticks as he began to rub them together while blowing to try and get the spark to ignite. While certainly not easy in a few mins they did begin to have some smoke bellow from the brush as a small spark began to form.

“No and I cheated,” she shrugged. “I smuggled a set of matches. I mean who does that. The rubbing and blowing thing,” she looked at him dumbfounded. No one did it with sticks. There was this girl named Kate who was all into chemistry and brought in coffee creamer. That went up like lighter fluid oh and this chick Lexi,” Kalani watched Jarred work, “sprinkled some acetone on it. Paris had some gel made from isopropyl alcohol and calcium acetate. I heard the rumor there was this Kelly chick that was bold enough to just bring lighter fluid or it might have been vodka. She wasn’t there but the point is we all had a bit o’ something something to get it going. I mean who ever goes into the woods without a portable replicator and a lighter,” Kalani looked a bit dismayed at Jarred as he got it up and running.

“To make you feel better, I will say you got it started so you can feel like you accomplished something too.” Jarred as said as he leaned over and kissed her as he began to place some wood and more brush on top to help fan and fuel the flame.

“I am one of the easiest girls you are ever going to have to handle. I don’t have an issue saying Jarred of the Jungle kept me warm all night,” she reached up kissing him as he continued to fan the flames. Seeing him getting all prehistoric was a huge turn on. Maybe not for some but Kalani was definitely the type that liked to know her guy could do more than just yell out “I need” to the ship’s computer. A man with a brain was so sexy. Her simple kiss was getting more passionate as she debate the need to eat. The shuttle was going to be back in a day. Right now there was something else she needed to feed. “Jarred,” she whispered in his ear. “After the fire what should we do next?”

“Next we need to make some pallets, you don’t want to sleep on the hard floor, from there we can try and fish and maybe get some food for us… I imagine there has to be some kind of fish in the lake area… if not we are going to need to find some berries of some sort…” Jarred said as he looked around, he needed to get a nice firm branch with some twine to try and create a makeshift rod.

Alindor, CE

Kalani fell forward some as Jarred began surveying the area. “You’re soft,” she pointed out shrugging. Standing up she brushed her hands off on her pants. “Okay, so you make the bed I am going to go sample some of the berries and bugs I saw by the waters edge over there. If I start to choke up or make these gasping sounds I probably ate something poisonous so I assume you paid as much attention in the first aid class as you did in the fire making class,” she winked at him.

“Just teasing,” she laughed moving to an area by the sheer stone walls. Flipping over a few rocks with a stick, Kalani began talking. “Strange flora is not your friend but generally speaking bugs are. You can eat anything with a crunchy shell like ants, termites or crickets. Incidentally, crickets are like roasted peanuts only smaller…and if you close your eyes. Bright is not right. Hair then beware,” Kalani gave Jarred her mnemonic device as she noticed something, “but the water is our best…beh tah,” she bent down crawling towards what looked like a mound of leaves.

The mound of leaves and sticks seemed to be hiding a small face of some sort. Large amber-colored eyes blinked back at her. In the midst of the moss and twigs, it was hard to tell about the color of the creature or if it were covered in skin or hair. “Hey you,” Kalani rocked back oh her heels talking to what looked like a pile of vines. “Wanna come out? I am not going to hurt you,” she stuck out her hand wiggling her fingers slightly. “Jarred,” Kalani called out, “you should see this.”

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