Day 1: Mid-Day Update
"Trapped"
The injured librarian didn't bother to make a fuss when Matsumoto would escort her toward the Medical Bay, but she didn't seem interested in going either.
"I am fine," she flatly stated, reaching up to touch the side of her face. When she did, she would notice a bit of blood left behind on her hand. She almost seemed surprised to behold the sight of crimson on her fingers, but the expression on her face was unchanging.
When they arrived to the Medical Bay, the sight of Minori and Matsumoto was enough to startle the little girl who had been sitting on the ground crying. She jumped to her feet and rushed into the Medical Bay, tripping onto the floor shortly afterwards.
Nurse Goto widened her eyes in sight of the little girl before sighing and looking over to Daren.
"Y-You don't know the half of it. I don't know why it's so busy in here today..."
But despite how busy it was in the Med Bay, a certain Captain over at the Command Station wasn't all that amused. She found things quiet and rather boring. In fact, the noise level seemed to drop so low in Miss Suzumiya's vicinity that she could have fallen asleep. The only visitor they had received so far was Derek, and many individuals involved in their staff seemed to be sick or absent for the day. Either it was just a coincidence, or it was a calm before an inevitable storm.
A very bored, restless Haruhi Suzumiya paced back and forth, a frustrated scowl on her face. She looked like a volcano, ready to blow at any second. Those around her gave the young woman plenty of space, knowing it was dangerous to get in her way while she was like this.
"Man, I'm so bored," the brunette, grumbled.
"Four months into this trip and on calm days like this I really just don't know what to do with myself. I'm tired of sitting around writing up captain's logs and reports. I wish something interesting would happen..."
Almost as if on cue with the Captain's words, a low rumbling could be heard throughout the ship. Suzumiya blinked and glanced to her crew, suddenly looking alarmed.
"What was... that?"
"Uh, please excuse me for a moment," Daisuke said to Derek, moving over to check one of the ship's monitors. Hoping to discover the source of this strange disturbance, he rapidly typed on a keyboard, bringing up a screen that showed a live feed of outer space.
"Miss Suzumiya, this is a picture of what is happening outside of Sagittarius III right now."
Haruhi rushed over to look at the screen, her eyes widening.
"It can't be! That's--"
"--an asteroid field!"
"Right, and it's not just any asteroid field either. Oddly enough, it seemed to appear out of nowhere. Our ship's sensors didn't even detect it until now. It's a large cluster, and the rocks are too large for us to destroy with our phasers. We can attempt to carefully navigate through it, but this is still a very dangerous situation. We only just brushed past one and it rocked the entire ship. I don't want to think of what could happen if we actually hit one. We'll have to tell our crew to take cover. The Social Center is their best bet. It's the safest location in the ship."
The Captain nodded.
"Right, I'll make an announcement."
No matter where anyone was on the ship, they would all hear an announcement from Captain Suzumiya over the ship's loudspeaker.
"Attention everyone, this is not a drill. We have just entered a dangerous asteroid field. For your own safety, it is recommended that everyone calmly and quietly head for the Social Center of the ship immediately. I repeat, this is not a drill. Everyone on board, please head for the Social Center of the shi--"
A loud rumble would cut off the Captain, and everyone would feel the ship violently quake under their feet. Afterwards, all the doors of the ship would lock, causing everyone to be trapped in whatever room they happened to be inside of at the time. The travelers would then hear a loud alarm begin to sound.
"Dammit, what just happened?!" the Captain roared, shooting a look to those around her in the Command Center.
"All of the doors... they're locked," Daisuke stated.
"Its an old emergency feature set in place during the ship's war days. I-I'm not really sure how to shut it off."
Haruhi slammed a fist down against a control panel, her wild eyes emanating with rage.
"Well, figure it out, you idiots! The crew is trapped and they need to get to the Social Center!"
The travelers would suddenly feel the ship rumble again. It appeared as if the only options they had at the moment were to
try and break through the doors or
wait for them to be opened. Once they escaped, however, everyone would need to head to the
Social Center where it was safe.
Leave everything to me. ;)