Fvadt Cabbage

[Arrenhe tr'Khev 0]

Fvadt Cabbage

Arrain Arrenhe tr'Khev

 

His stomach finally settled itself into some semblance of normality. The vicious gurgling, painful cramps, and most notably the loud, malodorous flatulence had finally settled down, though the smell of the cabbages emanating from the crates he was unceremoniously dumping into the black ship was hardly making him feel better. It had tasted wonderful at the time, but his quite refined gastrointestinal system revolted from the new, simple fare and the high quantities of roughage. At this rate, he doubted whether he'd want to eat cabbage ever again, even if someio held a disruptor to his head.

 

All in all, this had been a disastrous mission for him: first, trudging through rain and enormous mud puddles for a night; second, being spotted through the narrow window and then having to pick the fvadt cabbage; third, having to move out with only a minute quantity of rest after his hard labor; fourth, the backfiring of his lunch; fifth, and probably na last, playing dock-worker in a highly secure, secretive spaceport, loading cargo in a ship full of dangerous people, all to find a kllhe fighter thief. His reputation, albeit na-existent prior, was certainly taking a hard hit at the moment, and Arrenhe wondered if he'd ever live down the humiliation of passing foul gas amongst his crew-mates.

 

He hoped, quite sincerely, that they'd find what they were looking for soon, before any number of dreadful things happened. First on the list, however, was him dropping from fatigue. The stimulant drink that S'Bien had provided him as they approached the spaceport had worn off, and he had been obliged to leave the rest behind as he changed into the rather clingy one-piece jumper that the port workers wore, having instead to stow his disruptor and multicorder. Thankful that his suit color had meant that he could use the anti-grav units rather than having to manually move the crates, he took advantage of it by using the handles to support himself through the labor. Keeping as much an eye out for the others, na wanting to be separated and left behind on this Areinnye planet, he struggled through, hoping that this was over sooner rather than later.