Starship Sharon: A long, long sleep

Unending BE - episode 960990

As Sharon tugged at the hood of her suit, she sensed something was off. It was definitely not a smooth, near-shaven head underneath. But how much hair? She pulled the hood back.

Her freed locks, black as interstellar space, cascaded down all around her in a filthy, unkempt mess. The rolling waves of hair fell all the way to her ankles. Stunned, Sharon parted the thick curtain that covered her aghast face.

"What the hell?" Wide-eyed, she tried to find a clock or calendar. Something that would tell her how long she had been cryo-sleep. It had to have been years. but how many? Was she supposed to remain asleep that long? What had happened?

In the same room, opposite the cryo-pod, was a shower and toilet. Unable to think of what else she could do at the moment, Sharon staggered under her years of hair growth toward the shower.

1. Sharon strips out of her suit and showers. Fortunately, there's plenty of shampoo to clean her ankle-length hair.
2. *As Sharon strips out of her suit, she realizes that her breasts had grown. But how and why?
3. As Sharon strips out of her suit, she realizes that her belly is showing signs of pregnancy. But if she was in cryo-sleep for a matter of years, how could this have happened?
4. After showering and redressing, Sharon begins to properly explore her surroundings.
5. Before Sharon can climb into the shower, a message of some sort is played over the ship's announcement system.
6. Something Else.

Sat Oct 19 16:08:26 2013

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