Ficlet | Ignoring All The Warning Signs | The Strange Case of Starship Iris

(Later, Violet will blame herself for not noticing the obvious. It won’t matter that the captain’s the one she’s interacted with least, nor will her own exhaustion. She was the last one who could have done something.)

Now, however, she is none the wiser. She rubs her sleepy eyes with a hand and presses the airlock keypad with another. Lets herself in, makes sure everything’s locked behind her even as her mind is occupied with questions.

A sound comes from the mess as she steps further in, and she starts for a second before hearing Sana’s voice.
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