04/27/2025 Snippet, THE ICE AWAITS.

Getting there.

Dammit, I was sure that everybody on the crew who knew how to throw together a still was off with Budi. I was able to stop them from making hooch during the job — rush deadlines and moonsshine don’t mix — but slushfitters will drink. We’ve already gotten people blowing off roll call, and what am I gonna do about it? Job’s done, and I already used up the make-work stuff. I’d stop running roll call altogether if Ilga hadn’t pointed out that we’d want to know if somebody missed it two days running.

Ehh. She’s not wrong.

Yeah, she wasn’t wrong. Most of the missing crew showed up for next roll call, looking green and bleary-eyed, but we got three missing. Two from yesterday, and one more today. Let’s just say I’m not surprised that these three went out on a bender, either. I just want to know where they’re getting the booze. At this point I wouldn’t mind having a snort of the evidence myself.