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Topic Started: Mar 29 2016, 11:35 PM (1,860 Views)
jlsjlsjls

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"God, yes." Back in gravity, chilled to the bone, and probably as sleep-deprived as he was, she would want that. There was a small room adjacent, part office, part acclimatization lounge, here at the interface of human-side and atevi-side, in an area mostly used by freight personnel and visiting shuttle crews.
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jlsjlsjls

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Gin was exempt from customs, being what she was...although her last transmission had mentioned not knowing where to send her baggage. Tillington still occupied the official stationmaster apartment.

But Gin would manage. Gin knew the station inside and out. And she had the authority to move walls. Literally.
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jlsjlsjls

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She was no bit changed since she and Bren had last parted company: an average-looking woman, gray hair clipped short, wisping out of order, thanks to the static of the hooded cold suit. Makeup wasn't Gin's style, either. Her usual kit was a stretch tee and pants that might be plaid or floral, but today--today, on assumption of office--it was a brown suit and a travel-rumpled blue blouse.
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Neco the Nightwraith
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Plaid or floral print pants? I didn't realize Gin had had a complete fashion bypass! :P
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was that what she was wearing on the first trip? :draugh
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jlsjlsjls

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Plaid or floral print pants? I didn't realize Gin had had a complete fashion bypass!


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was that what she was wearing on the first trip?


There's all kinds of interesting, never-before-mentioned, little details included in this volume ... :atwink
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jlsjlsjls

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The lounge afforded an instant tea dispenser, a box of tissues--noses tended to run, in the change of atmosphere--a round table, and moderately soft chairs for gravity-strained bodies. Chained to the side counter, next to the tea service and water tap, lay a thick, well-worn manual of freight requirements, shipper and customs contact numbers, with a list of major station rules and regulations on the cover.

Gin merited a pass on those. She'd written no few of them.
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How many people are reading this for their only copy of the latest (#17) ? Just curious.
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Neco the Nightwraith
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Me, until sometime in the next two weeks.
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jlsjlsjls

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I'm quite happy to carry this on for a few more days until more people awaiting print copies get their official "fix." To the bottom of the current page will provide four more days of paragraph posts after today, which will take this to next Wednesday. But stopping midweek seems so untidy ... how about if I continue until next Saturday?

And now, today's dose:

They owned this little room for the moment: Bren's bodyguard had the door, proof against any chance intrusion. Gin's staff was handling the logistics of her move. Gin had asked for a conference with him on arrival, a fast one, nothing conspicuous, and this room was the most convenient.
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jlsjlsjls

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Bren started to draw the tea himself, but Tano, of his bodyguard, silently took over, and delivered two utilitarian cups to the table.

"Good trip, considering?" Bren asked.
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jlsjlsjls

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"Smooth, compared to the goings-on here," Gin said. "Are we secure to talk?"

"Secure," Bren said, "as long as Geigi's holding Central. And he is."
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jlsjlsjls

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"I've read the Central log up to the point you transmitted it." Gin took a careful sip of tea, cradling the warm cup. "Tillington's created us a real mess, hasn't he?"

"With no small help from Braddock. It's going to take time and trustworthy change to straighten out."
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jlsjlsjls

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"It's my impression," Gin said, "that Tillington's senior techs in Central may be reliable. I'm not so sure about his administrative staff. My own staff will be shadowing the lot of them, and not just to come up to speed on procedures. Two of my team are intelligence. If we find sabotage, we'll deal with it. Expeditiously. We can manage more shuttle seats on the next downbound if we have to."
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jlsjlsjls

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"Good." Bren nodded. "I'm fairly sure of Mr. Okana's character. I don't have as much experience of the other man, Brown. On the other hand, there was a general sense of relief in the room when Tillington was arrested and your appointment announced. Control of Central has been an ongoing issue in one form and another ever since the news about the kyo went public and the panic broke out in the Reunioner sections. Tillington exhausted his crew, mentally as well as physically, but they've had a full cycle and more to recover. They should be ready to take over, now they've got a sane individual in charge. Still, Geigi will keep Central in his hands until you officially request the handoff. His staff has been working double shifts since he took control. Necessary, considering the Tillington problem, and they'll hold on, no worries. But they'll be very glad to hand off."
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