From cordray@cchono.com Sat Jun 27 19:53:25 1998 Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 10:37:39 -0600 From: Anna Cordray To: Dante Expeditionary Force List Serve Subject: [INDIGO][DANTEXF]SB ALIGHIERI(NASW716)Next Morning.. [The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] DANTE Expeditionary Force Official E-mail BEGIN TRANSMISSION SD 100612 FMD 06.0630 Scene: Ellery's quarters Robin had awakened some time earlier and noticed she had messages. She was a little reluctant to read them because both of them were from her parents and since she hadn't told them where StarFleet had sent her she was afraid that they had called only to scold her. She sat there staring at the messages and decided to open the one from her mother first. "Hello daughter, how do you feel? You realize there was no reason for you to have not told your father or I where you had been sent. In the meantime, I think you should know that your father was supposed to have contacted me two days ago and has yet to do so. Your father is not usually more than 24 hours late. If he contacts me I will tell you. Live long and Prosper. She held up the Vulcan salutation and the transmission ended. That was her mother blunt and to the point. It was not logical to be otherwise. Robin rolled her eyes. Now, to see what her father had to say. This message was almost two days old. Whereas her mother's had only been a few hours old. She hadn't checked for messages in a couple of days. She simply did not see the need she didn't usually get messages. "ROBIN, I cannot believe you didn't tell at least me where you were. I know your mother would worry too much, though she would be the last to admit it. You could've contacted me through the usual sources. I happen to know that ol' Rosen is on Alighieri, and he is the one who told me he saw you in the docking Ring there. Anyway, enough of your scolding. I am going to be coming out there just to see for myself how big a war zone you got yourself assigned to. I will contact your mother just before I leave for there. Don't go getting yourself killed in the meantime. See you soon. End Transmission. *Great her father was coming here.* thought Robin, just what she didn't want or need right now. She had enough to worry about. What with the CAG down and Cort probably worrying himself sick because of that. There was nothing she could do about her father, Cort was another matter. She would go to his office and start writing letters to the families of the pilots that were lost. That way all he would have to do would be to send them and not be burdened with the task of writing them. FMD 06.1030 Scene: Pilot's Mess Robin sat with Cort while he ate his breakfast. Robin was drinking a bluish colored milk out of simple courtesy. They sat silent for the most part. Cort finished his meal picking at most of it. He sat back and Robin suggested he go to his quarters to get some real rest. "Lass, I 'ave enough rest, in te chair." Said Cort. Robin looked at him and shook her head. "Doesn't count. I have done the same thing, with my ..." she stopped for a second "father and its not the same as a bed." "I'm fine, lass." Said Cort "Is that why you are still wearing the flight suit you just did battle in, how many hours ago." said Robin, making it more of a statement than a question. "Maybe yer right, lass." Said Cort finally giving in. Respectfully Submitted, LTjg Robin Ellery (Brightstar) SB ALIGHIERI sqXO/Naval Combat Squadron 17 annac@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN 397693 Anna Cordray NRPG: Just a little character development. Wendon: Hope I didn't step over any boundaries. Timeline 06.0630 Ellery receives messages from her parents 06.1030 Ellery and O'Wood share breakfast. This message sent by an official member of the Dante Expeditionary Force Are you also posting your messages to the newsgroup?!!! END TRANSMISSION