Posted by Captain Johann Dvorak (CO) in Ready Room - Interstellar Day Care

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Vora Zorell (Scientist) in Ready Room - Interstellar Day Care

Posted by Captain Johann Dvorak (CO) in Ready Room - Interstellar Day Care
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“Yes,” Johann said almost as sternly as when he originally spoke to Vora when she came in. “Have a seat.”

It took Jerrin no time at all to process the Captain’s tone and his mother’s presence and figure out that this was about his stupid fight with the engineer. He had no idea what to expect from this summons but whatever hope he had that it wasn’t bad was quickly disappearing.

“I heard a rumor from someone about you lately. Something about… not wanting to be treated like ‘a baby.’ Is that right?”

– Johann Dvorak, CO

Jerrin’s eyes went wide. “Please don’t send away my mom! It all happened so fast and I promise it won’t ever happen again. It’s not her fault!-“

Johann’s eyes popped open out of reflex. What is this about?

Jerrin!” Vora interrupted quickly, turning to face her son and resting a hand on his arm as she watched him erupt into a near panic attack. “It’s okay!”

“But, he said-“

“Take a deep breath!” she all but ordered and waited till he did so before she continued. She raised her eyebrows slightly. “It’s okay. We aren’t going anywhere. It hasn’t come to that… yet.”

Jerrin took her words in and the panic left his face. “Oh.” But her warning was clear.

~Vora & Jerrin

“Like I was trying to say… I was under the impression that you’re not happy how other people besides your mother, are treating you around here. I mean, that’s what this whole thing with what’s-his-name was about, right?”

– Johann Dvorak, CO

“Grant,” Jerrin muttered slightly with clear disdain, though he nodded. “it’s not the first time I’ve been questioned about being somewhere and it was assumed that I was just some kid breaking rules or something.”

~Jerrin

“Yeah,” Johann said, affirming that they were all actually talking about the same topic. “I had a little idea on how we might fix that.”

“The thing about adults on this ship, Jerrin, is that we all have responsibilities. Europa isn’t a cruise ship; all the adults are here to do work. The times when we’ve had children, they’ve been… well… you know, actually ‘some kid.’” Dr. Jas’ rather large family came to mind, though they somehow were contained entirely within her quarters along with her husband. Or at least it had seemed that way because they never were a problem. I wonder how they’re doing, he thought.

“Anyway,” he said, cutting off his own digression. “You’re not a kid, and you don’t want to be treated like one, which I think is fair. But that means we’ll have to treat you like an adult. Adults on this ship do work. If you want to be treated like one, we’re going to have to give you a job, and you’re going to have to do it, like everyone else. Have you ever had a job before, Jerrin?”

— Johann Dvorak, CO

Jerrin quickly looked at him mom.

Focusing back on Dvorak, he shook his head. “No. I mean, unless you count chores. I had a foster mom who made me try to fix stuff around the house, but I was only guessing on how to do it sometimes. That doesn’t count, does it?”

~Jerrin