Back to the cushy life...

[Tom Servo 0]

On the shuttle trip back from the surface, all Tom could think about was a nice hot meal. Going through his mind on what exactly he was going to eat, maybe a hearty breakfast, a light lunch, or a full and complete dinner. He eventually settled on a breakfast and after they docked, he went straight to his quarters and got out of the filthy clothes he had been in for the last few weeks.

 

"Computer, activate the sonic shower."

 

As Tom got undressed, he took the note that he had written up, looked at the folded piece of paper, and placed it on his night stand before disposing of the tattered uniform into the recycling unit and getting into the shower.

 

He sat in the shower enjoying the feeling of getting clean and sat there for an hour, just enjoying being somewhere that did not smell like decay and put the events on the planet in the back of his mind for the time being.

 

Once the shower was done, Tom got dressed into some comfortable clothes, and replicated himself breakfast. "Computer, three eggs, scrambled, hash browns and bacon." The food appeared before him, and he took in the aroma and looked at the steam coming from the freshly replicated food before taking it to his desk and enjoying it as he read the mission from the Arcadia's point of view.

 

With his breakfast and reading done, Tom disposed of the dishes, and decided to go for a walk around the ship, reacquainting himself with day to day ship operations, having brief discussions with various crew mates during his explorations.

 

He eventually made his way to the mess hall, and took a seat near the view ports. Despite all the time he has spent looking up at the sky when he was younger, and all the time he has spent looking out the view ports, the awe and mystery of space travel was still astounding to him. As he sat there, he began to relax, sinking into the lounger slowly falling asleep. After weeks of sleeping in cold and uncomfortable bunks, it felt good to be home.