A simple quest for freedom

[Erremnart]

Status quo disturbed

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Virginia was sitting in her quarters aboard INS Dahlonega, her own sloop and gunship. Unlike militaristic cold and metal style quarters aboard INS North Carolina, these were much cozier - warm colors, more modern life support module, more comfortable civilian furniture, less noise and vibrations - this felt more like home than work. She was currently off duty and was wearing her casual attire - red checkered shirt with black undershirt and simple green pants as her more usual uniform was currently in laundry.

She was sitting behind her desk at computer terminal and was scratching her right wrist with watches nervously with her polished short nails. These wrist watches were no ordinary watches, however, as their main purpose was to serve as discrete liquid Cardamine injector to keep her addiction secret. Her fellow officers were no fools and they could easily recognize Cardamine inhaler if she had one.

Yet, her supply for liquid drug were running low. Her freelancer drug dealer had run into some issues and his deliveries were less frequent than usual. Virginia was trying to give him call over the NeuroNET for three hours already, yet he was unavailable, not even responding to messages two days ago. Virginia knew that he had some issues and misunderstandings with Junkers and this made a perfect sense for her even if the timing for this to happen was bad. Extremely bad.

Virginia was spreading her doses thinner to allow her remaining supplies last longer just in case, but she was already experiencing withdrawal as her hands were shaking. Her accoustic guitar, on which she plays when she is in need of psychological relax, was resting on the desk in front her as he was no longer able to play on it at this moment.
She hated it will all her passion. She hated everything at this moment. She would scratch out every molecule of Cardamine from her body if she could to get rid of this goddamned addiction. She would shot every Outcast and burned their planet if she could to get rid of this addition. Instead, she felt trapped. Not only that Stabiline was more expensive, but it was also harder to acquire than Cardamine.

With gentle press of a button on her watches, she calmed her mind with dose of drug into her system. She opened a small round metal box and applied ointment on her scratched and irritated wrist as her hands stopped shaking and she could focus on her own thoughts now.

With tap on a keyboard of her terminal, Virginia has canceled call to her drug dealer Bob 'Fix' Myles. No point of trying to call already dead man or currently on the run from his competitors. She needs a new dealer, but more importantly - she needs to refill her supply fast as she spent too much time waiting for him.

Not an easy task for the former Hellfire officer with a need to keep such things under carpet.