The ship contained in the room was tiny only compared to other vessels. It still towered several dozen meters above them. Several robotic arms were unloading the ship, and a woman in captains’ regalia waved her hand over a projection, reviewing times and manifests.
Ethel tapped a screen, and an arm moved to hold a small metal container in front of her. She took the box, and studied the labelling carefully. “Warning: Contains liberated quarks” was stencilled on the side in red pigments, but every other amount of information regarding the package hovered a centimeter above the surface in violet. Holding the box in front of herself carefully, she braced herself before passing through the doorway into the hall once more.
Erik was greeting the captain and had not noticed Ethel disappeared at first. When he did, he took his own package and too returned to the hallway after bidding farewell to the captain alongside a wish to meet up later.
Erik didn’t have a lab to return to. He instead retreated to his own quarters. Erik’s quarters is probably the most colorful place on Seraph. Patterns on plaques and fabrics adorned the surfaces. “Lock the door” Erik whispered, and Seraph complied. He pushed his thumb onto a small surface on his package and it revealed its contents.