driftfleet | [Smuggling Mingle]

Who: Planned: Tim & Cass, Tim & Stephanie Amell, Tim & Hiro & Ino I think. Not Planned But Still Welcome: Tim and YOU!
Broadcast: Fleetwide Text.
Action: On the moons, or a shuttle in between them!
When: 2/17-2/20!

I'm making some book-buying expeditions to the moons for the next few days - let me know if you have any requests and I'll see if I can find something that fits. For that matter, let me know if you need a ride - we can carpool in one shuttle.

[It's true, but it's also a CYA pretext - if he's going to afford a decent library, Tim thinks, he needs income. Exporting books from all three moons gives him good cover - small items can be hidden in the spines, in the book jackets, in the pages, and might avoid customs, since he isn't planning to take the books themselves off-ship. For that matter, he has a lot of experience layering clothes in subtle ways, and the market value of red silk lingerie and underclothes on Abeo is unreal...

And unbeknownst to Tim, around the time he first starts spending his days cooped up alone in the shuttle, his augment is malfunctioning, upping his pheromones. Mostly, lightly, just enough for a raised heartbeat and a flushed cheek, but it still might make his trips... more interesting than he wants them to be.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

It's just a matter of trade balances. If I take cargo between the moons, and get part of my payment in advance, I can pick up books as I go.

You have any cargo you need help with?

Any a small, unassuming, innocent 14-year-old could assist with?

I don't know what you're talking about.

But there's a free seat in the shuttle if you want to come along.

I'm on my way.

Oh, by the way, do you think they have blank journals at your bookstore?

Actually, I can guarantee it.

Perfect. I need a few.

Give me two minutes and I'll be at the shuttle.

Give me five minutes to fly over and dock.

[Slowpoke, jeez.

Hiro is waiting (im)patiently, picking at the scorches on yet another shirt. He's gotten a few extras on the moons this month, but he's already destroying them. It's not his fault he's dealing with new tech in an old-fashioned way.]

[The airlock irises open, and Tim, expecting a little impatience, doesn't bother getting up to go to the door - instead, he starts his next pre-flight check immediately, reaching out with one hand to swivel the co-pilot's chair halfway around in absent, silent invitation.]

[Hiro is already in and ready to hit that chair by the time it's totally settled. When you are this tiny, doors don't need to be all the way open for you to get inside of them.

[His butt hits it and he swivels back to forward position.]

So! Where're we going first?

I was thinking Adsum. Unless you had any specific travel plans?

Not for today. [Just crossing his legs and leaning back in the chair.]

I was working on the ship, but I figured I could use a little change of scenery.

My plan was Adsum, then Abeo, then Accendo, and hit the Adsum transfer station on the way back.

[Gee, coincidentally, that route would let him pick up contraband at each stop that he could unload at the next stop...]

[gee, look at that..... hiro doesn't notice it at all........]

Sounds like a plan. I need to stop on Accendo to pick up a little extra soil samples; it's better for plant growth than the other two.

Edited 2015-02-26 01:47 (UTC)

What are you planting? I should have plenty of room, unless you're working on alien macrofungus or something.

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