And She Taught the Hosts From Out Of The Ship
Nov 28, 2022 21:28:17 GMT
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Post by raunchel on Nov 28, 2022 21:28:17 GMT
I yawned and stretched as I woke up. A moment later, I took my phone to check the time. 6:23. I still had time. I groaned and turned around in my small bunk. There was no sense in getting out before I had to. Days aboard the Triumphant were more than long enough already.
Unfortunately though, sleep didn't return to me and so, I remained in my bunk, my eyes closed and thinking about everything and nothing. But mostly about Claudia. The German head stew always made my head turn. I however didn't seem to have an effect on her.
Despite that, I thought back to when we were waiting for Mr. Voroshilov and her coming out of the pool. Those were pleasant memories and I smiled with closed eyes when suddenly, a shock went through the ship.
Immediately, I sat fully upright and a moment later I was on my feet. My bunkmates did the same and someone turned on the light. I blinked a couple of times as I reached for my glasses.
"What was that?", Lumi asked. She was one of the stews and new to the crew. But, even though she was new, she said what all four of us were thinking.
With my glasses on, I could see that. They were all looking at me. I felt my skin warm up. I didn't like attention. Not like that. "I, I don't know. But we should get dressed".
I was already on it. I had learned to dress quickly and for someone in my kind of role it also was easy. I wasn't expected to look good, unlike the deck crew and the stews. That also meant that I was the first who was dressed but despite that, I waited for the others before opening the door.
In the hallway, the lights were on of course and crew was also coming from the other cabins. But more importantly, I heard voices from above. From the deck. The engines made their normal sounds so I figured that I could just go up to take a peek.
Quickly it became clear that I wasn't the only one with that idea as everyone was moving. On the deck, everything seemed normal at first. Until I remembered that we were supposed to be just off the coast and I saw hardly any lights. That made no sense. There should be something at least, if only the haze of light that marked more distant cities. But there was nothing. Only darkness.
I moved on and everyone was talking. A few in Tagalog and I also heard some Rumanian. Mostly, it was English though. Most strikingly was that people were all confused. Even the captain, Morrison. He just looked around and was talking to Claudia in hushed tones.
That was the moment that Voroshilov chose to come out, followed closely by his current girl. I hadn't even caught her name but despite that still felt sorry for her. She looked exhausted and Lumi had said that she had bruises all over when she was tanning on deck. No one asked, of course.
"What the fuck is happening?", Our employer shouted, "Why did you incompetent zalupa konskaya! Wake me up!"
It was Claudia's job to approach him and she said something in Russian that I couldn't catch. It however didn't seem to calm him down and he pushed her away. She almost fell and I was just in time to catch her. My heart was racing. Something was wrong but I had no clue what it could be.
And that was exactly the moment that our first officer, Thomas, decided to create even more confusion. By now, I was close enough to hear him report to the captain: "Sir. Something's weird. We lost GPS and there is complete radio silence".
Unfortunately though, sleep didn't return to me and so, I remained in my bunk, my eyes closed and thinking about everything and nothing. But mostly about Claudia. The German head stew always made my head turn. I however didn't seem to have an effect on her.
Despite that, I thought back to when we were waiting for Mr. Voroshilov and her coming out of the pool. Those were pleasant memories and I smiled with closed eyes when suddenly, a shock went through the ship.
Immediately, I sat fully upright and a moment later I was on my feet. My bunkmates did the same and someone turned on the light. I blinked a couple of times as I reached for my glasses.
"What was that?", Lumi asked. She was one of the stews and new to the crew. But, even though she was new, she said what all four of us were thinking.
With my glasses on, I could see that. They were all looking at me. I felt my skin warm up. I didn't like attention. Not like that. "I, I don't know. But we should get dressed".
I was already on it. I had learned to dress quickly and for someone in my kind of role it also was easy. I wasn't expected to look good, unlike the deck crew and the stews. That also meant that I was the first who was dressed but despite that, I waited for the others before opening the door.
In the hallway, the lights were on of course and crew was also coming from the other cabins. But more importantly, I heard voices from above. From the deck. The engines made their normal sounds so I figured that I could just go up to take a peek.
Quickly it became clear that I wasn't the only one with that idea as everyone was moving. On the deck, everything seemed normal at first. Until I remembered that we were supposed to be just off the coast and I saw hardly any lights. That made no sense. There should be something at least, if only the haze of light that marked more distant cities. But there was nothing. Only darkness.
I moved on and everyone was talking. A few in Tagalog and I also heard some Rumanian. Mostly, it was English though. Most strikingly was that people were all confused. Even the captain, Morrison. He just looked around and was talking to Claudia in hushed tones.
That was the moment that Voroshilov chose to come out, followed closely by his current girl. I hadn't even caught her name but despite that still felt sorry for her. She looked exhausted and Lumi had said that she had bruises all over when she was tanning on deck. No one asked, of course.
"What the fuck is happening?", Our employer shouted, "Why did you incompetent zalupa konskaya! Wake me up!"
It was Claudia's job to approach him and she said something in Russian that I couldn't catch. It however didn't seem to calm him down and he pushed her away. She almost fell and I was just in time to catch her. My heart was racing. Something was wrong but I had no clue what it could be.
And that was exactly the moment that our first officer, Thomas, decided to create even more confusion. By now, I was close enough to hear him report to the captain: "Sir. Something's weird. We lost GPS and there is complete radio silence".
