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Thu 7th Apr 2022 05:12

Cold as Hell, but not my Frikadel!

by Shamus loaded

On our way to planet Surha, in the Kua system, Both Cadir and I praid to our respective icons.
 
At arrival, I scanned the planet to find a landingplace. Sadly enough without any result. Cadir had more luck and was able to find a place to land. It was called Surhani and its representative was named Malva Sarhai.
 
After we landed at the outpost, our ship was moved to a hangar as at night one would not be able to be outside. Obviously, we left the cat behind in the ship and took the environmental scanner with us.
 
Slowly we walked over the terminal, while following the signs. On our left, someone was working on a spaceship.
 
While we checked in, the terminal agent informed us about the planet, how the temperature would be -75 at night while inside it would be a cosy -10.
 
We left the terminal agent 300 bir lighter and not providing us with any information. He did tell us to take the snow crawler to Surhani where we could find a place to eat.
 
For 15 kilometers we drove through a white and windy landscape, before we reached a sign. “Surhani”, but it also read “Hope’s End”. Living quarters, cut out of the edge of the mountain, became visible, but also a large dome. We stepped out in front of it. Three tunnels became visible, each ending at a different building.
 
We were hungry and decided to enter the dome and look for the nearest bar. “Adila’s Cantina”, that sounded promising.
 
Time was between lunch and dinner, it was rather quiet while we walked over to the bar to get some food and drinks.I ordered a frikandel, like I made them when I was young: cut in half, fried with Croma on each side, two slizes of bread, generously covered with ketchup, mayonnaise and onions. Heaven…
 
While I sank my teeth into heaven, a cold chill filled the air. The hair in my neck raised up and my stomach turned. I dreamt about this yesterday and things didn’t go well then. I swallowed and took a zip of my beer. This was going to be a long day.