Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) in Deck 4 Garden- Sowing Seeds

Posted by Lieutenant Luke Wyatt (Chief of Security) in Deck 4 Garden- Sowing Seeds

Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) in Deck 4 Garden- Sowing Seeds

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Faye chuckled. “Don’t worry newbie, we gotcha covered,” she said, reaching down and unbuttoning one of the large pockets in her cargo pants. When she pulled her hand out, she held little plain paper packets. She wiggled them back and forth, the various size seeds rattling. “But, before you can plant anything, you need to get your bed ready. Why don’t you help me with mine and then you can do the same to yours?” While excited about the idea of teaching someone how to grow stuff, Faye was seemingly at ease, relaxed in a way she rarely was.

~Faye Calloway

He nodded, “Awesome. I’m here to help, teach me your ways oh great green finger one.” Luke rolled up his sleeves to show he was ready to get his hands dirty in whatever she had planned for him. It was nice to be spending some genuine unforced time with someone and of all people Faye. He never believed in auras or anything like that but his daughter did and she would say right now that her aura was at peace, relaxed and happy. Luke knew his own aura was, Abbey had told him as much when he finally spoke to her and told her everything (that he was allowed to). She seemed happy for him and that was enough permission as any, she even seemed happy he was getting out and about and communicating with people beyond work.

• Luke Wyatt

“Okay, I’m going to go grab a shovel,” Faye said as she moved back to her bed. “There’s a shovel sticking up n my bed already. All we’re doing is spreading an even layer of compost on top from the wheelbarrow. Doesn’t have to be perfect- we’ll spread it out evenly after. Back in a jiff.”

He nodded and watched her walk away, his mind drifted in and out of different thoughts and memories of the duty roster he’d have to compose later, his video communication with Abbey and how he was beginning to actually fit in on the ship. He’d started to go out of his way to meet people and get to know them and in part that was thanks to Faye. He also had the Captain to thank for his new look on life and while they weren’t exactly going to go enjoy a few holes in the holodeck Luke could say with certainty he respected Cochrane.

Faye returned with the shovel and a tall square-framed wire obelisk that was quite a bit taller than she was that she held easily from the fingertips of her right right hand. She set the obelisk out of the way and jumped right in wit the shovelling. “So, you never got to muck around with dirt as a kid, huh?”

~Faye Calloway

Luke started to help using his hands to brush the compost evenly over the surface, “Well ofcourse I did except playing in the dirt meant more like throwing it one another and going home to your parents with mud pies, not exactly what a mother wanted walking through thier living room for sure.” He chuckled recalling his childhood memories, “And then rolling around in the dirt became a little different the older I got. Now look at me I’m a farmer” he displayed his muddy palms and wiggled his fingers.

• Lt Luke Wyatt