"This....is different..." She thought -- Starbase Rugby: Docking Bay

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Date Posted: 22:06:30 07/27/02 Sat
Author: Kathryn Hanes
Subject: "This....is different..." She thought
In reply to: Chester Mann 's message, "Manches, Interrupted" on 19:55:47 07/22/02 Mon

"Poor Walter....I don't think I've ever seen him away from his desk in the brig...maybe in the halls once or twice. He really should get out more. Then again, I was pretty bored without Molly in the library lately, so who am I to judge?

I should be scared of this thing....but I can't help feeling responsible for this mess...that was a pretty thin facade in retrospect. Now poor helpless Walter is suffering too....okay then."

She cleared her throat and spoke, surprising even herself with the calmness and clarity of her voice. There was no hint of a quaver or hesitation, just the soothing melodic tones of a competent intellectual woman.

"You don't need him; he's just a desk clerk in the brig. I don't know where that place is but I know research and I know this station's computers. Why don't you let my friend go and I'll tell you how you can find what you're looking for...."

Kathryn blew a strand of blond hair aside from her lower lip and bit it lightly, waiting to see how "Chester" would respond. She glanced over at the navigation consoles dotting the walls of the docking bay. If the right starchart existed then that's where it'd be found. She'd tell the creature what it needed to know and get it out as quickly as she could. Getting Walter to safety was first priority, and then she could do what she did best: her job.

"I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave."
-E.M. Forster (1879-1970) as a small child

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Replies:

Cereal Killer -- Chester Mann, 13:25:54 07/28/02 Sun
- Walter felt sick.... -- Walter Patterson, 21:50:10 07/30/02 Tue
  - Chortle -- Chester Mann, 12:40:19 07/31/02 Wed
    - Jabberwocky -- VertiCal & HorizontAl, 13:15:31 07/31/02 Wed
      - Malas Palabras -- VertiCal & HorizontAl, 16:48:07 08/04/02 Sun
        He had the oddest feeling that he wasn't even supposed to be here today... -- Walter Patterson, 21:23:45 08/04/02 Sun
        Cal & Silent Al -- "Not so fast!", 00:01:36 08/05/02 Mon