The Merrin, Part 14
Having been up all night answering questions, Avy sleeps on some chair cushions in the corner. Key sits, slowly re-spooling the wire. As he does, he gently pinches it, letting Drudge repair it as it passes between his fingers. Not having proper tools,...
The Merrin, part 12
It's been eighteen local days since he landed. With local days being almost 40 standard hours long, it's been a standard month. In this time he's reinforced the walls of the shelter with the plating from the pods and piled dirt against those for added...
The Merrin, part 21
Sliding around on his back under the shelter, Key slowly welds all the floor panels to their frames. This process is made more difficult by the number of eggs and small creatures attached to the underside of the shelter. Rather than weld the entire...
The Merrin, part 25
Three days. It's been three days since he's been able to leave the cave. The storm outside has been raging for nearly all of that. With a sigh, he heads back inside the cave. In an effort to keep the heat in, he's put up some of the leftover shelter...
The Merrin, part 24
Avy gently presses her last wing against the wall. All 6 now hang there. She sighs heavily and adjusts her cloak. Key made it to help keep her warm. The cave is cooling, and as a result, so is the shelter. After getting herself something to eat, she...
The Merrin, part 28
The outside temperature seems to have stabilized at 143 below. Inside the cave, it's holding around 95 below. Not cold enough for cryo, but too cold to spend much time outside. Avy, having wrapped herself around Key, sleeps. Key, on the other hand,...
The Merrin, part 11
Having spent much of the early morning having no luck scanning for, or trying to contact other pods, Key activates the pod's homing beacon and grabs his pack. The storm last night was all lightning, thunder, and high winds. There was no...
The Merrin, part 10
The one pod turned out to be the two that Alice had set to follow theirs. While one actually managed to soft-land, the other crashed and the side is ripped wide open, and equipment is scattered around. When Key gets into the good pod, it's alarm is...
The Merrin, part 9
Having left the riverbed behind hours ago, Key stops for a moment in a clearing to rest. He has yet to actually see any of the native creatures. He's heard them skitter at his approach, and Drudge has registered over 600 unique calls. Calls that, as of...
The Merrin, part 4
Frustrated, Key slams his hand on the console. He's managed to restore this room's seal, so there's air. Unfortunately, while he was crossing the breach, main power went out. He's tried everything he knows, he just cannot direct main power back to...
The Merrin, part 3
"Come on, Key. Fight." Alice gives him five more chest compressions, than two breaths. CPR. She's never had to do it before. Learned it. Had to, it's standard with any medical course. Though if her AI hadn't had to heal her after her suit popped,...
The Merrin, part 2
"Hey, you busy?" Alice asks. He turns in his chair, looking through the pod's door. "Hardly. Come in." She steps in and produces two plates. "Here, roast beef with garlic, rosemary & girolles, and for desert, I brought Chocolate Love Cake with...