New here? Let’s set the scenario:
You’re a woman who’s woken up out of stasis and you find out you’re onboard the spaceship Aubade. Last thing you remember is going to bed. On Earth. What is going on?
After I published the first chapters of Aubade I received some encouraging “What happens next?” I listen to you and here’s the next chapter.
Want to know the truth? This is probably my declaration of love for all sci-fi and action movies I’ve seen throughout the years — all distilled through a strangely romantic and perhaps pulpy lens.
So, you’ve been warned. We’re entering sci-fi land. Which can be a divider. Which in itself also is an invitation to all of you who also love “Alien”, “Terminator” and all sci-fi movies we’ve forgotten the names of but loved (and hated), and hundreds of trashy romance novels, and technology we barely understand, and strong and weak characters we end up sort of liking, or hating. I’ve tried to include them all, because I love that kind of stuff. Even if I’m lightyears from that teenager, she’s still here on the other side of the time membrane.
I don’t know how keen I am to publish another serial but let’s give it a try. You have to tell me when you’ve had enough. There’s a lot of Aubade material in the crypt.
If you haven’t left yet — you’re welcome onboard the spaceship Aubade. Yes, there are those beeping sounds you always hear in a good space movie. And the blinking lights. Yeah, I’ve got those too.
A friend
Dr. Renni scanned her every day, and after a week concluded that she was healthy and also mentally stable. Sara found that to be somewhat intriguing since she cried herself to sleep every night, but she didn't protest. Captain Meadows was eager to employ the historian, and so she began providing him with historical information that the colony would soon need.
She spent most of her time in the library gathering information, creating comprehensive handbooks for people who had never known much about life of the Old. She tried not to think too much about what she had left behind, at least not yet. The survival of everyone aboard also rested on her shoulders.
Old books made of paper lined an entire wall in the library. The vast majority of information was stored on the main computer of course, but Sara felt the paper books encapsulated the wisdom of humanity. It gave her a sense of peace after the shock of waking up on Aubade.
She appreciated the formal but mild voice of the AI. All the applications ran smoothly and Sara only had to act as a director of an orchestra. She was the designer but the AI did the rest of the work for her. It was relaxing and satisfying to see the layers of information settle in and find the most logical place. Sara took pride in making the information easy to understand. She liked to build multilayered presentations that unfolded themselves as flower petals.
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