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From: Eris Reddoch
>
> > "Not a problem," Lysia says hanging a hard left in front of an on
> > coming lorry, "anything for a friend."
> >
> > She guns the motor and the large convertable launches down a side
> > street at a furious pace.
>
> > After Lysia answers, the ex-dancer turns to Shawn. "Would you like
> > to come with me Shawn, or would rather meet me at the ship?"
> >
> > "Certainly."
>
> Lysia stops outside Mama Kent's and pauses for a minute while
> Ilane and Shawn get into the van and start it up. They follow
> her to the Star port.
>
> Lysia drives the car...Right up to the ship, saying "we've got a
> trunk load of goodies."...she parks it beside the open forward
> cargo hatch.
>
> Ilane follows her and parks the van next to the car.
>
> This is the first look Ilane and April have really had of the
> ship. It is very large, much larger than they expected, the size
> of a four story building with a blocky rounded nose and stubby
> wings sticking out from the sides. The nose hatch is open, dropped
> down to the ground like a gaping mouth exposing the dark interior
> of the cargo hold. Over all, it looks to be in pretty good
> condition, but there are visible scars on the surface where the
> paint doesn't *quite* match. It's ugly and beautiful
> both at the same time.
Lysia leans over to April, "It's ugly in the kind of way only and engineer or a mother could truely love. Typical Zeristru design asthetics, substance over style."
> There is a vargr in a coverall standing inside the cargo hold. It
> looks like he is mopping the deck. He looks up as the two vehicles draw
> up outside and waves. Lysia and Shawn recognizes him as Ukanav, April
> and Ilane haven't met him yet so they don't know him.
>
> The vargr walks forward carrying mop in one hand and a bucket in
> the other. He calls out, "Good morning Boss Jez, Si Smith!"
Lysia grin and switches to vargr withought a thought, "Good morning Ukanav, how are you doing on this glorious morning? The air smells wonderfully fresh today does it not?"
She continues on in Vargr, "Ukanav I'd like to introduce you to April and Ilane, they're going to be staying with us and I'd say they know a fair amount more about starships than we do. Of course everyone knows more about starships than me."
Lysia chuckles a second and heads around to the trunk, she switchs quickly back to anglic, "April, Ilane, this is Ukanav. He's a good man and smart as a whip."
Lysia David
