#Passenger – April 26, 2016

Athassa is sitting up against the wall in Rala's bunk, having traded with the fellow researcher due to her injury. She seems generally bored out of her mind as she sits with legs outstretched in front of her, crutch leaned against the bed. She's watching an old human sci-fi show. Currently on the screen is a group of uniformed humans watching the readout of a robotic probe as it scouts an unknown planet.

Linora is soundly asleep in her bed, having been up the whole previous 'night' cataloging the data recovered during the expedition. Most of the rest of the science team is still continuing said work, although some, like Nalota, are done with their shifts for the day.

Robyn is currently sweeping the passenger's quarters, humming a tune softly. She's doing her best to keep quiet as to not wake anyone who may be napping.

Athassa looks over at Robyn and gives a small wave. "Hello. Uhm... Robyn, right?" The faces of the humans in the show grow concerned as they spot something moving in the oddly Earth-like forest of the alien planet that the probe is scouting.

Robyn looks up from her task. "Hmmm? Oh, yes. Robyn." she says, snapping out of her own little world. "And you are-..... wait! Don't tell me, I'm good with names!" She closes one eye and looks upwards slightly. "Ra-........... Athassa!?" she asks, wincing slightly as she awaits confirmation.

Uvena is sitting on her bed, reading something on her omni-tool without paying any attention to her surroundings. The asari is wearing a red long-sleeved shirt, covering the treated wound on the inside of her elbow.

Athassa laughs quietly and nods. "Yes, that is right. I am part of Syranis' research team, if you had not figured that out." She smirks slightly. "You are a... janitor?" she says questioningly.

Robyn gives a quick chuckle. "I am a woman with many hats." she says, almost with a sense of pride, "Janitorial duties happens to be one of the things that fall under my umbrella. It's not the most glamorous of jobs, sure, but I like to think I do my part to keep this ship running smoothly."

Uvena disables her omni-tool and looks up. "I don't see any headwear," she jokes.

Athassa furrows her eyebrows in confusion and then looks off to the side at Uvena. "I do not-... is this a human saying...?" On the screen the uniformed humans can now be seen arguing over what to do as something has caused them to lose their signal to the robotic probe.

Robyn lets out a short giggle and shakes her head. "Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, it's a human saying, I guess. Just means I do quite a few things around here. A little help with the cooking, the cleaning, a little of this, a little of that." she smiles brightly.

Athassa nods with a friendly smile. "I see. Important jobs for keeping a ship running." She glances back to the screen, trying not to get to loose track of the plot completely, but keeps some of her attention on Robyn. The uniformed humans are now gearing up with weapons and protective vests as they prepare to head out in search of the lost probe.

Uvena chuckles. "It made sense in context, I didn't actually think you collected hats... not for more than a couple seconds," she says. "So, how were things back on the ship?"

Robyn nods sharply. "Absolutely!" she responds to Athassa before looking towards Uvena with a shrug. "Mostly uneventful, really. Up until the day of your return. Things were pretty tense while the crew awaiting word from you guys. I'm glad everything worked out."

Uvena fronws. "Are you saying there was no communication at all between our camp and the ship?" she asks. "I thought our inability to contact you on our way back were due to the storm."

Athassa listens to the others with interest, while still watching her show. One of the four uniformed humans corrects his glasses with a nervous look on his face before they all step through the portal to the uncharted planet and the theme song kicks in.

Robyn gives a shake of her head. "No, we had communication for most of your time down there, I believe. But the storm on that last day really did a number on the comms equipment." She shrugs sheepishly, "...Sorry, I don't know too much about all of that. Just what I overheard from the others. Everyone was pretty frantic."

Uvena nods. "Ours didn't work too well, either;" she says. "We had to get very close before the away team picked up our broadcast."

Athassa looks back to Uvena and Robyn. "Yes... we were worried you would not find us at all while the storm raged." Her attention is turned back to the screen as the opening credits end and the team arrives on the other end of the portal.

Robyn shifts a bit in place. "Uh huh, I believe it! It was a madhouse here. Everyone trying to put their heads together to come up with some way to get a message to you guys."

Uvena smiles. "We knew where the ship landed, though," she says, "so we didn't need comms to find our way back."

Robyn nods, a frown forming, "Which worked out... But we weren't sure if you guys were even in any shape to make it back. So, needless to say, everyone around here was storming about trying to come up with a plan to find you guys." she sighs, "We were all worried..." Her frown turns back to a smile just as quickly, "But here you are!"

Athassa turns to Robyn and nods with a smile of her own. "Yes, indeed we are." She glances at Uvena. "Thanks to you and your friends..." she looks back to Robyn and gestures at her injured leg. "It was scary for a while there, but kept us all safe."

Uvena chuckles. "We had two mechanics in the Grizzly, I'm sure they could have figured something out had it broken down," she says. "It was great seeing the ship, though, knowing that we could finally put that behind us." She smiles at Athassa. "That's what we're here for."

Robyn nods once again. "And we'll have you all back home soon enough! Should only be another couple of days." she says.

Athassa retains her smile as she nods to Robyn. "This has been quite the adventure, but yes, I am looking forward to being home... in my own bed." On the show the team is now walking through the suspiciously Canada-like woods of the alien planet in search of their lost probe.

Uvena smiles. "Home sounds great, yeah, as much as I've enjoyed my time on this ship," she says. "I need to find a home first, though."

Robyn frowns as Uvena speaks. "You don't have anywhere to anchor you down...?" she asks.

Uvena nods. "I can stay with my daughter for as long as I need to," she says, "so I'll be fine, I just don't have a home of my own. I used to rent a place, but... I ran out of credits."

Athassa frowns as she listens. "I am so sorry to hear that! At least you get paid well for jobs like this, right?"

Uvena nods. "I think so," she says. "That will certainly help me cover the upfront costs of renting an apartment."

Robyn frowns as well. "You think so? They have to pay you, right?"

Yan Sun enters the passenger quarters and passes the others on her way to her bunk. She stops to look at the screen and then climbs up into the bunk above Athassa, which happens to be Nalota's, sitting on the edge of it. "What are we watching?" she says with a glance at Uvena and Robyn since she can't see Athassa where she's sitting.

Uvena smiles. "I'm sure they will," she says, "I don't know how much yet, because I applied for the job the day before we left."

Robyn glances towards the screen and tilts her head. "Not particularly sure." she says, casting a glance back to Athassa, "What is this?"

Athassa looks up as she hears Yan Sun's voice, and then to Robyn. "It's an old human science fiction show. I'm... not entirely sure what it's called to be honest. I got the files from a friend of mine." On the screen the team is currently approaching a primitive village of the alien planet's local population. It appears the village's inhabitants happen to be humans. Odd.

Yan Sun peeks down over the edge of the bed and then turns her gaze to the screen, watching for a bit. "Huh..."

Robyn studies it, tilting her head to the other side. "It looks..... old." she comments.