A/N: Wow. I've been writing a lot lately. Maybe it's because I'm bored or depressed or something like that........
Disclaimer: Dun' own!
Jex woke up to the sound of her internal clock buzzing and looked around. No, it hadn't been a dream. She wasn't in the massive and she wasn't in that prison cell of a room. She was in her quarters. HER quarters. She smiled inwardly and got up.
Still in her clothing from yesterday, because that was the norm on the massive – sleeping in yesterdays clothing, she walked over to the computer and sat down. Opening her computer, she noticed that there were a few messages on the message board – their current location, what they were having for all their meals today, etc. Then, she noticed that she had two messages. One was from Marquis, telling me that he was to be my 'overseer' and had to watch/help me for a while. He was going to instruct me on the ways of the ship. He also said to message him when she woke. The second was a reply to my job application. It said that I would have an interview soon for the job of head mechanic. It was in two hours. Jex messaged him that she had woken and in less than five minutes, he was knocking at her door to instruct her on going about her duties on the ship.
She walked out of the door with him.
"So," she said, "where are we going today?" Jex asked out of curiosity.
"Before I tell you that, did you apply for a job yet?" he questioned.
"Actually, yes. I did apply for a job," she answered.
"What job was it? We'll go to that sector and I'll tell you about your duties and how to go about having an interview," he stated.
"Well, I signed up for the job of head mechanic," she said
'Oh great,' he thought, 'This'll make my job a lot harder. What if she tries to sabotage the ship?'
"Um.. that's great," he said, then directed her to the mechanics sector, located in almost the center of the ship.
"So, what exactly will my duties be if I get this job?" she queried.
"Well, first of all, you'll have to keep this ship going, do repairs on everything from toasters to this engine-" he pointed at the engine, "-and just make sure everything mechanical is going well. This ship has never really had a head mechanic, so we don't actually have a system on how to report broken machines. Of course, the ship is the top priority. You have to deal with organization of a mechanical problem report system. That's when people report problems with anything in the ship. They may want you to fix their washers or lights. The head mechanic also has to make the mechanics page on the ship network and they can hire other workers to do minor or major work on anything from ships, air ducts, appliances, games, and anything else the crew members may need repaired that they can't repair themselves," he finished.
"What about the interview?" she asked.
"Well, just be truthful. Since there's no on even in the mechanics sector, you'll most likely get the job unless you know nothing of mechanics. I wouldn't be too worried," he replied.
She looked at the clock.
"Oh! I better be getting to my interview now or I'll be late and that won't look very good!" she yelled while running down the corridor.
Coming into the small interview room, she noticed two things: One, the interviewer (a small Vortian) looked really tired and two, the room looked like it hadn't been washed in ages because there was dust everywhere.
She sat down in the chair across from the interviewer and it promptly squeaked beneath her small body, which didn't say much for the chair. Then, the interviewer spoke.
"Do you have any previous mechanical experience and, if so, what was it?" asked the Vortian. The voice was monotone, a bit gravelly, and distinctly male.
"Yes, I do have previous mechanical experience. I worked as one of the mechanics on the Massive, fixing ships – voot cruisers, spittle runners, supply ships, cargo vessels and others of the sort." she replied a bit hesitantly and rather quitely.
"Your hired. Have a nice day," the monotone voice grumbled.
"Oh, thank you!" she yelled, hugging the worker and surprising him a bit. She smiled. Joining this ship was going smoothly. Maybe a bit too smoothly, but she enjoyed the ease of it anyway.
A/N: Yep. All my chapters seem to be about this length, don'tcha' think?
