Meanwhile, an officer in a different uniform strolled the corridors of the Nadesico, heading for the cafeteria.
"Denki!" a voice shouted out to her, "Denki!"
Keruri turned around and recognized the man running towards her as the head technical engineer. She would really have to start learning people's names. He stopped in front of her, out of breath from running.
"Denki, what are you doing? The captain's frantic, you have to get to the bridge right away!"
"The bridge? But I was just there."
"You were there and they didn't tell you about the computer problem?" he asked, astonished.
"The computer? Oh, I've fixed that already. Relax."
His astonishment grew. "You mean the programming faults and the hardware failures? That computer problem?"
Keruri nodded, "and the network links, they needed re-programming too."
"Your finished already?" he asked.
Keruri smiled, "yes, it only took a few minutes."
"I see." He replied, and with that, Keruri continued on her way. Seiya was still standing in the hall thinking about what he had just heard when Hikaru came around the corner.
"Ohayo Seiya!"
"Ohayo gozaimasu Hikaru," he replied, while watching Keruri walk off in the distance.
"What you up to?" Hikaru asked, following his gaze, "Hmmm? Who's the girl in the weird uniform?"
"A technician."
"Really? What sort?"
"I have no idea."
In the cafeteria Izumi sat stirring her coffee. She looked up and watched as a blue haired girl came through the door, ordered a ramen then sat down on the other side of the room. Izumi recognised the girl vaguely, she had seen Ryoko talking to her once. She picked up her coffee and moved to the seat next to the blue haired girl.
"You wear the same uniform as the Captain," she said, "but its blue." She paused for a second, then began to laugh. "Captain Aoi!" * she said, laughing harder at her own joke. Keruri looked up at the strange girl who had just invited herself to her table, not sure what to think. Also not sure of what to say, so she said nothing. The other girl said nothing either. Unable to bear the silence, Keruri spoke,
"Uh, I'm from a different branch, this is the common uniform there." She wondered briefly if anyone on this ship had ever seen a uniform like hers before. She doubted they had, which was why no one knew she was an officer. She liked it that way, no one wanted to be known as a former 2ic come nobody. Izumi slipped out of her seat and disappeared as quickly as she came. Keruri sighed and slumped down in her chair. Before this morning's computer problem, she had barely worked at all since arriving on the Nadesico. Still, she was grateful for the position Prospector had offered her. The pay was lousy, at least compared to what she was used to, but it wasn't like she did any work anyway. In fact, she didn't do much at all, just waited to die really.
* Aoi, in addition to being Jun's last name, is the Japanese word for the colour blue.
"Denki!" a voice shouted out to her, "Denki!"
Keruri turned around and recognized the man running towards her as the head technical engineer. She would really have to start learning people's names. He stopped in front of her, out of breath from running.
"Denki, what are you doing? The captain's frantic, you have to get to the bridge right away!"
"The bridge? But I was just there."
"You were there and they didn't tell you about the computer problem?" he asked, astonished.
"The computer? Oh, I've fixed that already. Relax."
His astonishment grew. "You mean the programming faults and the hardware failures? That computer problem?"
Keruri nodded, "and the network links, they needed re-programming too."
"Your finished already?" he asked.
Keruri smiled, "yes, it only took a few minutes."
"I see." He replied, and with that, Keruri continued on her way. Seiya was still standing in the hall thinking about what he had just heard when Hikaru came around the corner.
"Ohayo Seiya!"
"Ohayo gozaimasu Hikaru," he replied, while watching Keruri walk off in the distance.
"What you up to?" Hikaru asked, following his gaze, "Hmmm? Who's the girl in the weird uniform?"
"A technician."
"Really? What sort?"
"I have no idea."
In the cafeteria Izumi sat stirring her coffee. She looked up and watched as a blue haired girl came through the door, ordered a ramen then sat down on the other side of the room. Izumi recognised the girl vaguely, she had seen Ryoko talking to her once. She picked up her coffee and moved to the seat next to the blue haired girl.
"You wear the same uniform as the Captain," she said, "but its blue." She paused for a second, then began to laugh. "Captain Aoi!" * she said, laughing harder at her own joke. Keruri looked up at the strange girl who had just invited herself to her table, not sure what to think. Also not sure of what to say, so she said nothing. The other girl said nothing either. Unable to bear the silence, Keruri spoke,
"Uh, I'm from a different branch, this is the common uniform there." She wondered briefly if anyone on this ship had ever seen a uniform like hers before. She doubted they had, which was why no one knew she was an officer. She liked it that way, no one wanted to be known as a former 2ic come nobody. Izumi slipped out of her seat and disappeared as quickly as she came. Keruri sighed and slumped down in her chair. Before this morning's computer problem, she had barely worked at all since arriving on the Nadesico. Still, she was grateful for the position Prospector had offered her. The pay was lousy, at least compared to what she was used to, but it wasn't like she did any work anyway. In fact, she didn't do much at all, just waited to die really.
* Aoi, in addition to being Jun's last name, is the Japanese word for the colour blue.