tableau in three parts

“After this, I don’t know if I’ll want a vacation or the opposite of one,” Scotty commented. “I miss my work, but I’m also bloomin’ exhausted…”“Yeah. I know how you feel.” One of the logs that Jim was poking suddenly fell, disturbing the fire with a loud crash, but nothing more. “They’ll be back to get us soon, I’m sure.”The atmosphere felt heavier after that. “You said that last week,” Scotty pointed out, sadly. “They would have been back by now, if they were able—”“Shh, shh. No, Scotty, giving up hope is the worst thing we could do,” Jim said. “We will be rescued, if not by the Enterprise, then the next ship that comes to investigate the same things we did. Even if I have to fight a shipload of Klingons, I will get us off this rock, you understand me?”Scotty swallowed the lump in his throat. "Aye, sir.”--Day 20 of Trektober, "Stranded" + Scirk