Make a plan

"We might be here for a while." You said a bit louder as too grab the attention of both girls. "The colonists from the other ships are probably going to have their hands full dealing with the aftermath of the Skid so it might be some time before we get rescued."

"The Skid?" The both of them asked, looking somewhat bemused.

"The Skidbladnir. It's a nickname I came up with... cause you know, Skidbladnir doesn't really roll off the tongue... so I thought; Skid right?... No?..."

"..."

Okay maybe you weren't being as clever as you thought.

"Anyway. The point is that we should come up with a plan in the mean time if we want to survive out here."

You waited a little bit, but as they remained silent you decided to take the initiative.

"Okay. So I think I saw some stuff in the cargo hold. Emilie, why don't you go in there and sort through what we have. See if you can find anything that could be useful in our situation in there." She gave you a nod. "Jessie, see if you can't get on the shuttle's radio and make contact with the other ships or any other survivors."

"Okay. Yeah. Good. Except!... I have a counter proposition."

"Go ahead..."

"I don't know about you but I'm fucking knackered from the crash, its so fucking hot in here might as well be in a braai and none of us have showered in literally over a century! I say we go outside take a walk, relax for a bit, and see if we can't find a stream or some shit to wash in."

"That hardly seems like a productive use of our time right now."

"Bah! You said it yourself, we got plenty of time. We can do the boring stuff you want after we've recharged for a bit."

"I really don't think that's a good idea..."

"Well I do." Jessie stood up and made her way towards you. She stopped only a few inches in front of you staring you in the eyes. She crossed her arms below her chest, pushing it up in the process and giving you quite a view of her cleavage. You were pretty sure she did it on purpose, either to fluster you or discredit you in front of Emilie by having you stare.

You got to admit it almost worked.

"Besides..." She said slowly with a smile. "Who put you in charge here?"

"Well, technically I AM the highest ranking officer here." You countered calmly. You thought about bringing up what the ship's computer said, about you being captain, but figured it was better to wait. You weren't sure what happened aboard the Ark and you didn't want to say anything until you figured it out.

"Yeah sure whatever. But we want to go outside right now, right Ems? Back me up here babe."

"Please don't involve me in this."

The next 30 seconds were just you and Jessie having a staring contest, waiting for the other to give.