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Quoting Eris Reddoch :

> >>>>> "Coffee." Jac says, "And you don't have to wait on me. I'll
> >>>>> pour the coffee. Mira would you care for a cup?"
> >
> >>> "No please, allow me," April then explains,"I'm a little out of
> >>> practice and I'd like to get back into the swing of things
> >>> before we actually take on passengers. If that's alright."
> >
> > "As you wish.' Jac laughs sitting down." I'll take mine black, if
> > you please."

>  April smiles. "Sure coming up. Mira? How do you take yours? Or
>  would you like something else? Once Mira answers she goes in and
>  prepares their coffee to their taste, serving it to them.

The group is sitting around the table chatting with the ship's intercom 
buzzes. It is Arvitis from the Bridge.

"Are Mira, Lysia, Shawn and Kelly back there?" he asks, "I've taken 
several calls in the last few minutes. One was from Rosco Ollis saying 
he has cargo trucks on the way over and to expect them to arrive at 
1030. The second was from the Starport wanting to know when Kelly wants 
them to run the hose out from the tank and start pumping unrefined fuel 
into the tanks. The two were from package delivery services asking for a 
confirmation that Lysia David and Mira are aboard, they have a packages 
for each of them that requires their signatures and they don't want to 
send their vans out here unless they are here to sign for them."

"Oh, and good morning." he says sounding more cheerful than usual.

Eris
AKU GM

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>The group is sitting around the table chatting with the ship's intercom
>buzzes. It is Arvitis from the Bridge.
>
>"Are Mira, Lysia, Shawn and Kelly back there?" he asks, "I've taken
>several calls in the last few minutes. One was from Rosco Ollis saying
>he has cargo trucks on the way over and to expect them to arrive at
>1030. The second was from the Starport wanting to know when Kelly wants
>them to run the hose out from the tank and start pumping unrefined fuel
>into the tanks. The two were from package delivery services asking for a
>confirmation that Lysia David and Mira are aboard, they have a packages
>for each of them that requires their signatures and they don't want to
>send their vans out here unless they are here to sign for them."
>
>"Oh, and good morning." he says sounding more cheerful than usual.

"I'm here, Arvitis," Mira replies, "I don't know about Lysia, though."

Mira 

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> > The group is sitting around the table chatting with the ship's
> > intercom buzzes. It is Arvitis from the Bridge.
> >
> > "Are Mira, Lysia, Shawn and Kelly back there?" he asks, "I've taken
> > several calls in the last few minutes. One was from Rosco Ollis
> > saying he has cargo trucks on the way over and to expect them to
> > arrive at 1030. The second was from the Starport wanting to know
> > when Kelly wants them to run the hose out from the tank and start
> > pumping unrefined fuel into the tanks. The two were from package
> > delivery services asking for a confirmation that Lysia David and
> > Mira are aboard, they have a packages for each of them that
> > requires their signatures and they don't want to send their vans
> > out here unless they are here to sign for them."
> >
> > "Oh, and good morning." he says sounding more cheerful than usual.
>
>  "I'm here, Arvitis," Mira replies, "I don't know about Lysia,
>  though."

"I"ll call that package service back and tell them you're here then." 
Arivits says, "I tried the comm in Lysia's cabin and she's either not in 
or isn't answering. I don't suppose you could look around and try to 
find her for me could you?"

Eris
AKU GM

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> >  "I'm here, Arvitis," Mira replies, "I don't know about Lysia,
> >  though."
>
>"I"ll call that package service back and tell them you're here then."
>Arivits says, "I tried the comm in Lysia's cabin and she's either not in
>or isn't answering. I don't suppose you could look around and try to
>find her for me could you?"

Mira is in too good a mood to be irritated as she eyes her uneaten 
breakfast, "I'd be delighted to, Arvitis."

She gives April an apologetic look, "Can you keep it warm for me?"

"Jac? Do you want to stay here and eat? And we might want to be concerned 
about these packages, I think, since it is only the two ladies present at 
the ball receiving packages. I'll sign for it, but I think I'm going to be 
leery of opening it."

Mira heads off with or without Jac at the gentleman's preference in search 
of Lysia.

Mira 

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oog - I think I just dragged my boney white backside into the room unless
the gm rules otherwise.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mira Hasta-Rur" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: [akus] 997.274.1000: Arrivals


> > >  "I'm here, Arvitis," Mira replies, "I don't know about Lysia,
> > >  though."
> >
> >"I"ll call that package service back and tell them you're here then."
> >Arivits says, "I tried the comm in Lysia's cabin and she's either not in
> >or isn't answering. I don't suppose you could look around and try to
> >find her for me could you?"
>
> Mira is in too good a mood to be irritated as she eyes her uneaten
> breakfast, "I'd be delighted to, Arvitis."
>
> She gives April an apologetic look, "Can you keep it warm for me?"
>
> "Jac? Do you want to stay here and eat? And we might want to be concerned
> about these packages, I think, since it is only the two ladies present at
> the ball receiving packages. I'll sign for it, but I think I'm going to be
> leery of opening it."
>
> Mira heads off with or without Jac at the gentleman's preference in search
> of Lysia.
>
> Mira

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mira Hasta-Rur" 


> >The group is sitting around the table chatting with the ship's intercom
> >buzzes. It is Arvitis from the Bridge.
> >
> >"Are Mira, Lysia, Shawn and Kelly back there?" he asks, "I've taken
> >several calls in the last few minutes. One was from Rosco Ollis saying
> >he has cargo trucks on the way over and to expect them to arrive at
> >1030. The second was from the Starport wanting to know when Kelly wants
> >them to run the hose out from the tank and start pumping unrefined fuel
> >into the tanks. The two were from package delivery services asking for a
> >confirmation that Lysia David and Mira are aboard, they have a packages
> >for each of them that requires their signatures and they don't want to
> >send their vans out here unless they are here to sign for them."
> >
> >"Oh, and good morning." he says sounding more cheerful than usual.
>
> "I'm here, Arvitis," Mira replies, "I don't know about Lysia, though."

"Present," says a horse voice from around the corner just before Lysia
arrives.

Lysia David

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> > >"Oh, and good morning." he says sounding more cheerful than usual.
> >
> > "I'm here, Arvitis," Mira replies, "I don't know about Lysia, though."
>
>"Present," says a horse voice from around the corner just before Lysia
>arrives.

Mira swivels around and slips back into her seat, retrieving her breakfast 
from April.

"Well, good morning, Lysia! Arvitis says that packages are being sent to 
you and I. Shall he have yours delivered, as well?"

Mira 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mira Hasta-Rur" 


> > > >"Oh, and good morning." he says sounding more cheerful than usual.
> > >
> > > "I'm here, Arvitis," Mira replies, "I don't know about Lysia, though."
> >
> >"Present," says a horse voice from around the corner just before Lysia
> >arrives.
>
> Mira swivels around and slips back into her seat, retrieving her breakfast
> from April.
>
> "Well, good morning, Lysia! Arvitis says that packages are being sent to
> you and I. Shall he have yours delivered, as well?"

Lysia grins a little as she pours herself coffee, "Probably gifts from our
many admirers."

She takes a drink, "By the way Doctor, Galina Zorn, Yummm."

Lysia David

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> > "Well, good morning, Lysia! Arvitis says that packages are being sent to
> > you and I. Shall he have yours delivered, as well?"
>
>Lysia grins a little as she pours herself coffee, "Probably gifts from our
>many admirers."
>
>She takes a drink, "By the way Doctor, Galina Zorn, Yummm."

"Why thank you, Lysia," Mira says, not bothering to deliberately 
misunderstand, "I'm actually a bit reluctant to take the packages at face 
value, however. Its certainly no coincidence that the packages are to the 
only ladies to attend the ball. The question is how well-intentioned the 
packages are."

Mira 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mira Hasta-Rur" 


> > > "Well, good morning, Lysia! Arvitis says that packages are being sent
to
> > > you and I. Shall he have yours delivered, as well?"
> >
> >Lysia grins a little as she pours herself coffee, "Probably gifts from
our
> >many admirers."
> >
> >She takes a drink, "By the way Doctor, Galina Zorn, Yummm."
>
> "Why thank you, Lysia," Mira says, not bothering to deliberately
> misunderstand, "I'm actually a bit reluctant to take the packages at face
> value, however. Its certainly no coincidence that the packages are to the
> only ladies to attend the ball. The question is how well-intentioned the
> packages are."

Lysia winks, "I'm certian it's harmless, unless it says from Lord Geoff in
which case run it through the xray machine first."

She takes another sip, pulls her robe closed and looks at the clock.  "As it
is ten now and the courier will be here within the half hour I'm thinking a
shower and change of clothing is in order."

"Of course I could just check out the package in nothing but a bathrobe."

Lysia David

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> "Are Mira, Lysia, Shawn and Kelly back there?" he asks, "I've taken
> several calls in the last few minutes. One was from Rosco Ollis saying
> he has cargo trucks on the way over and to expect them to arrive at
> 1030. The second was from the Starport wanting to know when Kelly wants
> them to run the hose out from the tank and start pumping unrefined fuel
> into the tanks. The two were from package delivery services asking for a
> confirmation that Lysia David and Mira are aboard, they have a packages
> for each of them that requires their signatures and they don't want to
> send their vans out here unless they are here to sign for them."
> 
> "Oh, and good morning." he says sounding more cheerful than usual.

"I'm here, Arvitis. I'll be ready for the shipments."

He looked at Ilane. 

"I'll need a second person to help. Want to?"

Shawn

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Quoting Terry Mixon :

> He looked at Ilane. 
> 
> "I'll need a second person to help. Want to?"

She gives him a warm smile.  "Sure, I'd love to!"

-- 
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> > "Oh, but what could I add?" Kelly says sotto voce.
>
> Lysia is part way across the room when she mutters, just loud enough
> for
> everyone to hear, "I can see I'm going to need another page for my
> list."

"I'll be in Engineering - with all the hatches locked." Kelly grins as 
he refills his cup. He walks over to April. "I'll see you later?"

JR

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> She pounds back her black coffee before looking at Arvitis.  "You
> still hate
> me right?  I mean the universe hasn't turned into some sick demented
> Mirror
> Mirror reflection of things has it?"

Kelly looks at April as he grins. "Nope, it sure hasn't."

JR

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Quoting JR :

> > She pounds back her black coffee before looking at Arvitis.  "You
> > still hate
> > me right?  I mean the universe hasn't turned into some sick demented
> > Mirror
> > Mirror reflection of things has it?"
> 
> Kelly looks at April as he grins. "Nope, it sure hasn't."
>

April chuckles and shakes her head.



-- 
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Quoting JR :

> > > "Oh, but what could I add?" Kelly says sotto voce.
> >
> > Lysia is part way across the room when she mutters, just loud enough
> > for
> > everyone to hear, "I can see I'm going to need another page for my
> > list."
> 
> "I'll be in Engineering - with all the hatches locked." Kelly grins as 
> he refills his cup. He walks over to April. "I'll see you later?"

"Indeed you will," April smiles and gives him a soft kiss on the lips.



-- 
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----- Original Message -----
From: DEREK STANLEY 
> > 
> > > None of you have ever seen her in shorts before, except April 
> > > who's seen her in nothing at all, but you quickly notice her right
> > > thigh is a mess of little and big scars.
> > > 
> > > "Not one word" she says holding up a finger to silence 
> > > everyone, "until I get a half cup in me and I'm ready to
> > > defend myself."
> > 
> > April chuckles, "How do you take your coffee?  Better yet I'll 
> > back you up with one. I'll bring you a plate too."
> 
> "Black, no sugar, and strong.  If you can't stand a spoon up in 
> the cup it's not ready yet."

Lysia smiles, "I'm working on my second or third ulcer."

Lysia David

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Quoting DEREK STANLEY :

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: DEREK STANLEY 
> > > 
> > > > None of you have ever seen her in shorts before, except April 
> > > > who's seen her in nothing at all, but you quickly notice her right
> > > > thigh is a mess of little and big scars.
> > > > 
> > > > "Not one word" she says holding up a finger to silence 
> > > > everyone, "until I get a half cup in me and I'm ready to
> > > > defend myself."
> > > 
> > > April chuckles, "How do you take your coffee?  Better yet I'll 
> > > back you up with one. I'll bring you a plate too."
> > 
> > "Black, no sugar, and strong.  If you can't stand a spoon up in 
> > the cup it's not ready yet."
> 
> Lysia smiles, "I'm working on my second or third ulcer."

April grins, "No problem, one cup of mud coming up."

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> > He looked at Ilane.
> >
> > "I'll need a second person to help. Want to?"
> 
> She gives him a warm smile.  "Sure, I'd love to!"

"Great! After we eat, we can go wait for them." Shawn said with a smile.

Shawn

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Quoting Terry Mixon :

> > She gives him a warm smile.  "Sure, I'd love to!"
> 
> "Great! After we eat, we can go wait for them." Shawn said with a smile.

Ilane gives Shawn a special smile meant only for him.  "Okay, Shawn..."

-- 
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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> >> "I'm here, Arvitis," Mira replies, "I don't know about Lysia,
> >> though."
> >
> > "I"ll call that package service back and tell them you're here
> > then." Arivits says, "I tried the comm in Lysia's cabin and she's
> > either not in or isn't answering. I don't suppose you could look
> > around and try to find her for me could you?"
>
>  Mira is in too good a mood to be irritated as she eyes her uneaten
>  breakfast, "I'd be delighted to, Arvitis."
>
>  She gives April an apologetic look, "Can you keep it warm for me?"
>
>  "Jac? Do you want to stay here and eat? And we might want to be
>  concerned about these packages, I think, since it is only the two
>  ladies present at the ball receiving packages. I'll sign for it, but
>  I think I'm going to be leery of opening it."

"Where you go, I go." Jac says, "And yes, I think we should be careful 
about *everything* that happens until we are out of here."

>  Mira heads off with or without Jac at the gentleman's preference in
>  search of Lysia.

Jac stands, saying "Excuse me, everyone. April, I'm sure your breakfast 
is very good, maybe I'll get a chance to enjoy it later."

"So, were are we looking?" Jac asks.

Eris
AKU GM

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> "Not one word" she says holding up a finger to silence everyone,
> "until I
> get a half cup in me and I'm ready to defend myself."

"Oh, but what could I add?" Kelly says sotto voce.

JR

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JR wrote:

> > "Not one word" she says holding up a finger to silence everyone,
> > "until I get a half cup in me and I'm ready to defend myself."
>
>  "Oh, but what could I add?" Kelly says sotto voce.

Jac still beaming says, "Oh, shush, Kelly! She looks marvelous! Better 
than I've *ever* seen her look, well since she was a little girl."

"I know what has the rest of us so happy." Jac asks reaching out and 
taking Mira's hand, "Lysia, what has you so happy this morning?"

Eris
AKU GM

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> >  "Oh, but what could I add?" Kelly says sotto voce.
>
>Jac still beaming says, "Oh, shush, Kelly! She looks marvelous! Better
>than I've *ever* seen her look, well since she was a little girl."
>
>"I know what has the rest of us so happy." Jac asks reaching out and
>taking Mira's hand, "Lysia, what has you so happy this morning?"

Mira squeezes Jac's had with a smile that lights up from the inside out as 
she looks to Lysia for a reply.

Mira 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JR" 


> > "Not one word" she says holding up a finger to silence everyone,
> > "until I get a half cup in me and I'm ready to defend myself."
>
> "Oh, but what could I add?" Kelly says sotto voce.

Lysia is part way across the room when she mutters, just loud enough for
everyone to hear, "I can see I'm going to need another page for my list."

Lysia David

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eris Reddoch" 
>
> > > "Not one word" she says holding up a finger to silence everyone,
> > > "until I get a half cup in me and I'm ready to defend myself."
> >
> >  "Oh, but what could I add?" Kelly says sotto voce.
>
> Jac still beaming says, "Oh, shush, Kelly! She looks marvelous! Better
> than I've *ever* seen her look, well since she was a little girl."
>
> "I know what has the rest of us so happy." Jac asks reaching out and
> taking Mira's hand, "Lysia, what has you so happy this morning?"

Lysia looks around the room, first at Jac and Mira, then at April and Kelly,
then at Shawn and Ilane and finally at Arvitis.  She closes her eyes a
moment and takes a deep breath.

"Oh - my - god.  I'm not sure I can handle this much happiness crammed into
a single room."  She waves a hand back and forth and looks vaguely ill, "Oh
god it's like shotgunning pixi-stix, my teeth are even starting to hurt."

She pounds back her black coffee before looking at Arvitis.  "You still hate
me right?  I mean the universe hasn't turned into some sick demented Mirror
Mirror reflection of things has it?"

Lysia David

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>Lysia looks around the room, first at Jac and Mira, then at April and Kelly,
>then at Shawn and Ilane and finally at Arvitis.  She closes her eyes a
>moment and takes a deep breath.
>
>"Oh - my - god.  I'm not sure I can handle this much happiness crammed into
>a single room."  She waves a hand back and forth and looks vaguely ill, "Oh
>god it's like shotgunning pixi-stix, my teeth are even starting to hurt."
>
>She pounds back her black coffee before looking at Arvitis.  "You still hate
>me right?  I mean the universe hasn't turned into some sick demented Mirror
>Mirror reflection of things has it?"

Mira chuckles and rubs it in just slightly, "You can have first dibs on my 
stateroom if you like it better. I think there might be one or two other 
vacancies before too long from the looks of things. Less work for the 
cleaning crew."

Mira 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mira Hasta-Rur" 


> >Lysia looks around the room, first at Jac and Mira, then at April and
Kelly,
> >then at Shawn and Ilane and finally at Arvitis.  She closes her eyes a
> >moment and takes a deep breath.
> >
> >"Oh - my - god.  I'm not sure I can handle this much happiness crammed
into
> >a single room."  She waves a hand back and forth and looks vaguely ill,
"Oh
> >god it's like shotgunning pixi-stix, my teeth are even starting to hurt."
> >
> >She pounds back her black coffee before looking at Arvitis.  "You still
hate
> >me right?  I mean the universe hasn't turned into some sick demented
Mirror
> >Mirror reflection of things has it?"
>
> Mira chuckles and rubs it in just slightly, "You can have first dibs on my
> stateroom if you like it better. I think there might be one or two other
> vacancies before too long from the looks of things. Less work for the
> cleaning crew."

Lysia looks at Mira then casts her eyes skyward, "Thank you buddah, there is
a light at the end of this long dark tunnel, and while it's probably a
freight train coming to flatten me I'll take the chance that it's a
stateroom with a real closet."

She gives Mira a quick hug before heading towards her cabin, she stops as
she rounds the corner and looks back with a grin.  "It still makes my teeth
hurt all this happiness you know.  So just stop it now."

"No, wait.  Let me move in first, then you can stop it."

Lysia David

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>She gives Mira a quick hug before heading towards her cabin, she stops as
>she rounds the corner and looks back with a grin.  "It still makes my teeth
>hurt all this happiness you know.  So just stop it now."
>
>"No, wait.  Let me move in first, then you can stop it."

Mira grins, "Could I ask a small teensy personal favor in return for the 
first dibs on my stateroom?"

She says in a loud but conspiratorial whisper, "Ask them to stop it and let 
Jac and I continue in our delirium? I'm rather thinking I'm falling in love 
with him."

Mira 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mira Hasta-Rur" 


> >She gives Mira a quick hug before heading towards her cabin, she stops as
> >she rounds the corner and looks back with a grin.  "It still makes my
teeth
> >hurt all this happiness you know.  So just stop it now."
> >
> >"No, wait.  Let me move in first, then you can stop it."
>
> Mira grins, "Could I ask a small teensy personal favor in return for the
> first dibs on my stateroom?"
>
> She says in a loud but conspiratorial whisper, "Ask them to stop it and
let
> Jac and I continue in our delirium? I'm rather thinking I'm falling in
love
> with him."

"I'll make it look like an accident."  Lysia says with a wink.

"Good for you dear, he's definitely a keeper."

Lysia David

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> > She says in a loud but conspiratorial whisper, "Ask them to stop it and
>let
> > Jac and I continue in our delirium? I'm rather thinking I'm falling in
>love
> > with him."
>
>"I'll make it look like an accident."  Lysia says with a wink.
>
>"Good for you dear, he's definitely a keeper."

Mira glances over at Jac, "Yes, now that he's decided to be noticeable to 
me, I do rather agree."

Mira 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eris Reddoch" 

> > > "I know what has the rest of us so happy." Jac asks reaching out
> > > and taking Mira's hand, "Lysia, what has you so happy this
> > > morning?"
> >
> >  Lysia looks around the room, first at Jac and Mira, then at April and
> >  Kelly, then at Shawn and Ilane and finally at Arvitis. She closes
> >  her eyes a moment and takes a deep breath.
> >
> >  "Oh - my - god. I'm not sure I can handle this much happiness
> >  crammed into a single room." She waves a hand back and forth and
> >  looks vaguely ill, "Oh god it's like shotgunning pixi-stix, my teeth
> >  are even starting to hurt."
>
> "Don't let her fool you, she *is* happy." Jac says smugly.

"Happiness is not in my vocuabularly."  She says seriously,  "I...  Oh
wait...  No no not happiness, it rhymes though."  She grins at Jac.

> >  She pounds back her black coffee before looking at Arvitis. "You
> >  still hate me right? I mean the universe hasn't turned into some
> >  sick demented Mirror Mirror reflection of things has it?"
>
> "I never said I hated you." Arvitis says dryly, "Don't trust you, think
> you're dangerous, expect you to kill us all in our sleep, and wish I'd
> been a better shot, yeah, but I don't hate you...exactly. Look do you
> want me to tell that delivery company to send the damn package out for
> your signature or not?"

"I love you two muffin."  Lysia says in her least spiteful voice.  "Yes, by
the buddah's great fat belly send it.  It wouldn't be the first piece of
hate mail I'd..."

She stops suddenly realizing something, "What did you mean when you said you
wish you'd been a better shot?"

Lysia David

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Adunaphell wrote:

> >>> "I know what has the rest of us so happy." Jac asks reaching
> >>> out and taking Mira's hand, "Lysia, what has you so happy this
> >>> morning?"
> >>
> >> Lysia looks around the room, first at Jac and Mira, then at April
> >> and Kelly, then at Shawn and Ilane and finally at Arvitis. She
> >> closes her eyes a moment and takes a deep breath.
> >>
> >> "Oh - my - god. I'm not sure I can handle this much happiness
> >> crammed into a single room." She waves a hand back and forth and
> >> looks vaguely ill, "Oh god it's like shotgunning pixi-stix, my
> >> teeth are even starting to hurt."
> >
> > "Don't let her fool you, she *is* happy." Jac says smugly.
>
>  "Happiness is not in my vocuabularly." She says seriously, "I... Oh
>  wait... No no not happiness, it rhymes though." She grins at Jac.

Jac chuckles.

> >> She pounds back her black coffee before looking at Arvitis. "You
> >> still hate me right? I mean the universe hasn't turned into some
> >> sick demented Mirror Mirror reflection of things has it?"
> >
> > "I never said I hated you." Arvitis says dryly, "Don't trust you,
> > think you're dangerous, expect you to kill us all in our sleep, and
> > wish I'd been a better shot, yeah, but I don't hate you...exactly.
> > Look do you want me to tell that delivery company to send the damn
> > package out for your signature or not?"
>
>  "I love you two muffin." Lysia says in her least spiteful voice.
>  "Yes, by the buddah's great fat belly send it. It wouldn't be the
>  first piece of hate mail I'd..."
>
>  She stops suddenly realizing something, "What did you mean when you
>  said you wish you'd been a better shot?"
>
>  Mira's head jerks around to the sound of his voice, "Arvitis! *You*
>  shot Lysia? Back in the war?"

"I think so." Arvitis says still dryly, almost clinically, "From what 
she's said, she was one of the sniper on Cathey that was giving us all 
that trouble. I was in the right place and got a couple before they were 
overrun. I think one was a woman, and it was probably her. If it was I'm 
sorry it wasn't a clean kill. I didn't like to make people suffer like 
*some* people."

Eris
AKU GM

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> >  She stops suddenly realizing something, "What did you mean when you
> >  said you wish you'd been a better shot?"
> >
> >  Mira's head jerks around to the sound of his voice, "Arvitis! *You*
> >  shot Lysia? Back in the war?"
> 
> "I think so." Arvitis says still dryly, almost clinically, "From what
> she's said, she was one of the sniper on Cathey that was giving us all
> that trouble. I was in the right place and got a couple before they were
> overrun. I think one was a woman, and it was probably her. If it was I'm
> sorry it wasn't a clean kill. I didn't like to make people suffer like
> *some* people."

Shawn looked at Jez with concern. This was unexpected.

Shawn

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> > "I think so." Arvitis says still dryly, almost clinically, "From what
> > she's said, she was one of the sniper on Cathey that was giving us all
> > that trouble. I was in the right place and got a couple before they were
> > overrun. I think one was a woman, and it was probably her. If it was I'm
> > sorry it wasn't a clean kill. I didn't like to make people suffer like
> > *some* people."
>
>Shawn looked at Jez with concern. This was unexpected.

Mira looks aghast, "Arvitis! How could you be sorry that Lysia isn't dead? 
That's awful! I don't care what side of the war she was on!"

"And you!" She points at Lysia, "Are going to stop putting me off on having 
a professional look over. I want to take a look at that scarring."

Mira 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mira Hasta-Rur" 


> > > "I think so." Arvitis says still dryly, almost clinically, "From what
> > > she's said, she was one of the sniper on Cathey that was giving us all
> > > that trouble. I was in the right place and got a couple before they
were
> > > overrun. I think one was a woman, and it was probably her. If it was
I'm
> > > sorry it wasn't a clean kill. I didn't like to make people suffer like
> > > *some* people."
> >
> >Shawn looked at Jez with concern. This was unexpected.
>
> Mira looks aghast, "Arvitis! How could you be sorry that Lysia isn't dead?
> That's awful! I don't care what side of the war she was on!"

Lysia looks at Mira, "He's sorry because it was slow, my partner was dead
before he hit the ground."  She looks despirate, "I tried to move him but he
was to big...  he was just to big..."  There's a genuine sadness in her
voice.  "When he hit me...  I would have bleed for hours if that patrol
hadn't found me."

> "And you!" She points at Lysia, "Are going to stop putting me off on
having
> a professional look over. I want to take a look at that scarring."

Lysia just looks helpessly at Mira, "I just couldn't do anything but like
there and bleed and cry like a little girl."

Lysia David

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>Lysia just looks helpessly at Mira, "I just couldn't do anything but like
>there and bleed and cry like a little girl."

Mira wraps her arms around the woman, "Come on. Let's go get you cleaned 
up. When you're ready, I'll tell you about when the /Lucky Revenge/ crashed 
with all hands. There were seventeen hands aboard and only the doctor 
survived."

There's a dark shadow behind the concern on her face for Lysia, and she 
glances over at Jac, knowing he'll be asking soon, "Come on."

Mira 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mira Hasta-Rur" 


> >Lysia just looks helpessly at Mira, "I just couldn't do anything but like
> >there and bleed and cry like a little girl."
>
> Mira wraps her arms around the woman, "Come on. Let's go get you cleaned
> up. When you're ready, I'll tell you about when the /Lucky Revenge/
crashed
> with all hands. There were seventeen hands aboard and only the doctor
> survived."
>
> There's a dark shadow behind the concern on her face for Lysia, and she
> glances over at Jac, knowing he'll be asking soon, "Come on."

Lysia walks like a zombie back to her cabin, her breathing is erratic,
mostly because her heart wants to scream but her head tells her not to.

"I tried to pull him you understand," she looks at Mira her eyes full of
fear, "I couldn't just leave him in the street like that.  That wasn't part
of the deal, we went home no matter what, that was the deal."

She leans against the wall and slides down to the floor.

"So I was trying to pull him," her hands grab something solid in the air,
"there was blood and bits of bone everywhere.  I tried so hard..."  She
looks back at Mira.

"I fell over trying to pull him, I didn't even hear the shot.  I just tried
to get up but I couldn't...  I couldn't understand why, just kept trying to
get up so I could move him.  We had a deal, me and him, we were going home."
She sobs.

"I...  I looked down and my leg was bent all funny, I thought I'd fallen on
a body because my leg shouldn't have been bent like that."

Lysia David

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>"I...  I looked down and my leg was bent all funny, I thought I'd fallen on
>a body because my leg shouldn't have been bent like that."

Mira keeps her arm around Lysia, listening, "He knows. He knows you tried. 
I believe that, I really do. They know."

Mira 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mira Hasta-Rur" 


> >"I...  I looked down and my leg was bent all funny, I thought I'd fallen
on
> >a body because my leg shouldn't have been bent like that."
>
> Mira keeps her arm around Lysia, listening, "He knows. He knows you tried.
> I believe that, I really do. They know."

"I made him a promise though.  I don't go back on my word," she sniffs and
grins, "it's probably my only redeeming feature, well I mean besides a
really cute nose and a backside that's really mine."  She leans her head
back with a sniff, the tears continue to stream across her face.

"I tried to stop the bleeding but I couldn't, it was coming out of
everywhere and there was so much of it.  I couldn't stop it I could just
slow it down, I knew I was going to die and there was nothing I could to
about it."  She sniffs and takes a deep breath that shivvers as she lets it
out.

She pulls her robe back revealing her scarred right thigh, "It was a 11mm
hypervelocity round, fin stabilized, steel jacket."  Lysia thumps her head
against the wall twice.  "I've got one in my room if you want to see it."

"It went in here," she points to a small dimple on the back of her near the
back outer edge of her thigh, "and turned four or five centimeters of my
thigh bone into chalk dust.  The round itself disintigrated and all of the
bone and metal fragments came out here."  She points to the front of her
thigh.

"My suit probably saved my life by pumping me full of stimulants immediately
but it wouldn't have changed the out come."  Lysia sniffs and wipes her nose
on her arm.  "I was dead.  I had finally acheived my life long goal of
releasing my spirit from the mortal coil, but when I finally had to look
death in the face I was to scared.  All I could do was sit there and cry."

"It was over an hour later when the patrol found me.  I was barely concious,
all I could think about was my mother and all the promises to her I'd
broken.

Lysia

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>"My suit probably saved my life by pumping me full of stimulants immediately
>but it wouldn't have changed the out come."  Lysia sniffs and wipes her nose
>on her arm.  "I was dead.  I had finally acheived my life long goal of
>releasing my spirit from the mortal coil, but when I finally had to look
>death in the face I was to scared.  All I could do was sit there and cry."
>
>"It was over an hour later when the patrol found me.  I was barely concious,
>all I could think about was my mother and all the promises to her I'd
>broken.

Mira listens, her own eyes misting with tears.

"It changed you." She says it in a simple quiet tone. "It made you aware of 
what was really important."

Mira eyes her speculatively, "And I think you're starting to actually 
accept what you learned and learning to move forward."

"There is nothing more awful than trying to save someone whose life you're 
responsible for and failing. It is the bane of my existence. But I think 
you learned how precious life is twice over. Its something to be savored."

Mira pauses, waiting to catch her eye, "And, Lysia, there is nothing wrong 
with allowing yourself to be happy. Its a much better goal than being rich 
or famous or even infamous."

Mira 

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----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Mixon 
> 
> "Don't pay that any mind. A house fell on her sister."

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