Transmission #24 - Jupiter Diaries 4
Transmission from: Drew MacAdmin, J-00023 Medical Wheel Asclepius
Earth Received Time: 21 July 2153 17:42:21 UT
another day another illusion of a day another
on-shift, off-shift and sleep-shift
there’s nothing here in Jovian space espouses
the twenty-four hours of old Earth, except us: drifting
among the Jovian days (not quite ten hours)
down on the surface-there-is-no-surface
but that damned Red Spot glowers up at us
twice an artificial day and the Jovian year’s relaxed pace
is useless too, time is a construct
and yours too, it’s just that ours is in our face
another day another language another
server which I have to say is nenadez and shrug
that’s Jenglish for low-maintenance-until-it-explodes
of which the opposite is ordugh
meaning needy-but-reliable and I can boast
I am nenadez, wandering lonely through this vacuum desert
for years, until I got this kidney stone
but others – like Fumiko – are ordugh for cert.
and cannot spend so many days adrift
although none of us is exactly extrovert
Drew MacAdmin was born at Olympus Mons Medical in 2117, where his parents were working on the construction of the advanced orbital launch rail. Taking after his gene mother, Alison MacAdmin, rather than his birth mother, Bianca della Luna, he went into computer administration. After joining the 2127 second wave Jupiter colonisation transfer, he was briefly famous for submitting a last-minute critical bug fix to the Copernicus 7.3 autonomous orbital manoeuvring package while a light hour from the core servers.
Transmission received via Ian Badcoe
Love the concept! What fun. :)