Alicia didn’t seem to react too much more than a sigh at the mention of the booby traps in the vents.  “Of course.  This planet sucks, so of course there are things that require traps in the vents.”  She grumbled barely above a whisper.  Pretty sure that this would be nothing but trouble.  After another moment she couldn’t help but glance up at the vents that they passed.<br/><br/>“Tinkering?  Great… That doesn’t give me much hope for anything being in good condition.  I hope you are just seriously underestimating her intelligence and skill.”  Alicia replied as they moved along towards the ‘Hearth’.  Interesting name for the core of a base.<span style="color: #00b300">“Hearth huh?  Interesting.  Wouldn’t expect that from a research base.”</span>She said, musing over the definition and usual use of that name.  Why would anyone think of this base as a home on this hellhole?<br/><br/>At the man’s question, Alicia looked over at him, to catch his eyes roaming over her before he realized and looked away.  She did the same, glad her helmet was on so that the blush from the attention wasn’t visible.  She knew what he was looking at.  Her suit was one of the best she could get her hands on so it actually followed the curves of her body very well to allow easy movement.  Of course it wasn’t skin tight, there needed to be room to allow all the systems for vaacume survival, but her curves definitely were obvious.<br/><br/><span style="color: #00b300">“Um, well… You guys went completely out of contact.  We were sent here to find out what happened, and restore contact.”</span>It seemed to her like that was a stupid question through the normal conversation.<span style="color: #00b300">“Why else would we be here?  This planet sucks. And I’ve only been here less than a day.”</span>That statement of course brought up memories of the damn felines at the rest stop they took on the way down here.  Alicia shivered at that.<br/><br/>After a few moments she had to speak up a bit.<span style="color: #00b300">“So, how long till we get to this Hearth of yours?  I want to get to work so I can get to bed sooner.”</span>She said, looking at the dark halls, both of their suit lights cutting through the gloom as they walked.  As soon as they got to the place, Alicia would immediately fall in love with the room.  She was an expert hand with that type of work.  And could identify what most of the equipment was, even if it was all more high tech than anything she had ever worked on.<span style="color: #00b300">“I’m in Love!”</span><span style="color: #000000">  Under her mask, at the sight of the Hearth, her eyes would light up brighter than any lust fueled look at any man at the sight of the most beautiful thing she had ever seen to her engineer eyes.</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>