Downtime

A 4-post collection

Challenge #05043-M294: A Day in From the Storm

Chance and Scramble learn to tend Waithvine's garden while the family waits out the rain storm. Chance is surprisingly deft at picking plants without harming the ones not ready for harvest, and Scramble learns they're really good at properly getting plants processed for storage in the pantries. -- BKF

Out in the proper world, the storm was threatening to erase everything above solid stone. In Wraithvine's portable tower, the garden was always in fine or gentle weather. The noise of the storm outside never reached the gardens where Scramble and Chance were collecting a harvest for the day.

Chance was delicate with their harvest. They were getting quicker at the shears or the knife. What Chance always was, was precise.

Scramble much preferred the preparation. Trimming stems, peeling and chopping. Or, in the case of herbs, tying them leaf-side down in the drying corner. Ze could cut the vegetables for canning or pickling at a perfect width. Or space out the drying herbs at just the right distance.

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Challenge #05011-M262: DIY Entertainment

Unfortunately, the Ship's Human was bored -- InterNutter

Long haul missions are no place for an active Human. Nevertheless, every ship with business in the Alliance is better off with at least one Ship's Human. The best hope is to have enough enrichment strategies to keep their Human or Humans entertained between destinations.

The crew of the Pack Animal Pilgrim had never thought that a Human could get bored with the enrichment.

They had complete access to the Archivaas' digital library. All

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Thursday, Catch-up or Slouchtime?

I have all the foodstuff I need. I didn't write any articles for Alfarell yesterday because making badges with Beloved. Today, she's going to work and I am left alone with my imaginings.

Unless Mayhem wants to talk about stuff and things.

I might focus on finishing my Elf stuff. I might not focus at all. I might stumble into playing Factorio all day. Time will tell.

I am having a lot of fun with A Devil's Tale though, so I might

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Challenge #03288-BONUS014: Break-Downtime

The ship was adrift and would be that way for several more hours. They'd not expected the solar flare to be that intense, and their ship's engine was still unconscious, despite the work trying to restore it. The onboard AI, too, was badly frazzled. Thank goodness for the shielding that had kept the ship from being fried, but that was WAY too close.

To calm frayed nerves, and to cheer up those who were getting upset at the fact they were going

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