'tis the Season...

Posted on Fri Dec 4th, 2009 @ 8:54am by Commodore Samantha York

269 words; about a 1 minute read

Mission: The Devils Snare
Location: Arboretum
Timeline: current

ON

Lizzie arrived in the arboretum bright and early the following morning. She checked on her hybrids, happy to see that Samantha had fed and watered them as promised. Not that she doubted the Chief, but she was very protective of her ‘babies.’

She checked them over carefully, then went into her back room where she’d stored her mistletoe. One large tree had been ‘infected’ with the parasite, allowing Lizzie to grow enough mistletoe to create a number of decorative sprigs.

Nearby she was growing holly. Both the holly and the mistletoe were ready to harvest.

Whistling Christmas tunes, Lizzie began to harvest them so that she could create sprigs of holly and mistletoe to hang throughout the arboretum and science labs.

When she had a nice pile of mistletoe, she went out to the main arboretum and began to hang sprigs in strategic locations. She put one behind the waterfall, over a favorite bench, under and arch… Anywhere it might come in ‘handy.’

She’d spent the previous month hanging tiny lights on the trees near the walkways. The mistletoe was an added touch just because she wanted to see if anyone would actually make sure of the ancient tradition.

Lizzie waited for the arboretum lights to dim to ‘night’ and then turned on the Christmas lights. Several people gasped as she hadn’t told anyone what she planned, but the effect was exactly as she’d hoped. The arboretum looked... magical.

With a grin, Lizzie climbed into her favorite tree to observe how the crew reacted to her surprise.

OFF

Ensign Elizabeth Jackson
Botanist
USS Orion

 

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