Lizzy smiled and replied," Thank you Izzy but I am far from the prettiest girl in the fleet but I am so glad you think so." Lizzy got her purse and then took Izzy's hand and said," Yes lets go meet the others and have a great time."

 Lizzy and Izzy went down to the lobby to meet the others, Lizy saw Sam talking to some of the drivers.

 NA-CE walks down into the lobby and walks over to Izzy, Lizzy and Sam, she then says," Wow you three look amazing I think we will have a lot of heads spinning tonight."

Madison saw NA-CE, Lizzy, and Izzy the moment she stepped off the lift. She pranced over there, with a short shriek of excitement. "All my Gods, you guys look fantastic. Wow!" She spun NA-CE around to get a look. "That's such a beautiful dress. I'm so jealous. Where's Sam? I can't wait to hit the town." She started to dance in place to the music in her head.

 Sam had set up a ride to the local club area, she walks over a few seconds after Madison shows up. " We are set ladies, and you all look amazing, when we walk in the place should go silent." Sam giggled the added," Ok ladies follow me."

 Sam led them to the VIP entrance and a car was waiting for them, Sam said," Ok Ladies here is our ride, go ahead and get in and lets get this party started." Sam made sure everyone was in the car, she got into the front with the driver and they headed off into the City.

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from Bura

 Dusk and Roy walked into the Palace , they were shown  which dining  room had  food  and  drink.. and there were  drinks in the study, that lead to the library

Roy grimaced as they walked into one of the studies that had been pointed out.  "Hmmmmm...last time we were here, I had a sit-down with Sakura about what she wanted to do on the Hermes and how best to get integrated..."  He scowled slightly, and added, "Didn't turn out so well as I had hoped.  She managed to ignore at least half of everything I told her."

He shrugged.  "But it sounds like she's found her niche, somewhat.  It'd be nice if she showed half the enthusiasm for wrapping up the war that she seems to have for rolling in the sheets with her pilot, but sometimes people come at things from weird angles.  Maybe that's the anchor she needed to connect her to everything that's going on."

He shook his head, looking at Dusk with an apologetic grin.  "Right now, she's not my problem.  Sorry...I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to utilize my personnel, and most are easier to puzzle out than she's been.  Did you get enough to eat at the faire?  Drinking on an empty stomach is bad for you..."

 NA-CE smiled at Madison and spun for her, and replied," Oh thank you Madison it is Angel silk it was a gift from my mother when I graduated Special Forces training 100 years ago." NA-CE smiled at Madison and then Sam showed up and brought them to a car she had set up.

 NA-CE was happy she decided to join this group with Sam's connections they were getting very special treatment and she was enjoying it. She was worried being a full Angel she might have problems with a human crew, but the Hermes was different, and she felt at home right away and the wway the ladies were treating her she felt like a part of the family already.

 NA-CE followed Sam and then got into the car, and when everyone was in they headed off to the city.

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"Oh wow you guys look amazing! Maddy those bracelets are so pretty!" Izzy gushed as the others joined them, taking a moment to admire the outfits and jewellery on display before following Sam out to the waiting car. Carefully sliding into the back of the car so as to avoid rucking up her dress, Izzy would sit besides Lizzy and hold her hand as the driver took them towards the city and it's bright lights and clubs.

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 Lizzy saw everyone show up and replied," Wow you ladies look amazing, beutiful dress NA-CE, and Madison wow you look like a million bucks, ok ladies lets go have some fun." Lizzy got into the car with Izzy and took her seat and then they headed off to the lights of the city.

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  Dusk  points to the  Dining area, as Roy  speaks of  food.<Pink> Yes?   maybe   see  what kind  of  meat things they have? I think i could use  more  protein?, then we  go  on the   balcony, by the library </Pink >

 there were  some  meatball things ,  with noodles and a  gravy, she  took a bowl of that and  some rolls .

 They sat at the table, there  were a few Hermes folks there.. Frans  was By herself  eating a salad and  taking a drink of...something.
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"Do you want to go out on the town or shall we take an early night?" Henry asked Val.

 Val   shook her head,we had  enough excitemtn for one  night..we should enjoy the palace, and , after you meeting  tomorrow, maybe  we  can see the City.

For his own part, Roy had been relatively content with the fare from the carnival booths...for all that they were nowhere close to gourmet dining, carnival hot dogs were still a massive step up from field rations...hot, loaded with fresh fixings, and with plenty of flavor thanks to liberal applications of ketchup and mustard.

But he remembered the food at the palace, from the last visit...he could find room for a few more bits and pieces...  He loaded up a small plate with what was, effectively, finger foods and appetizers, something to snack on in an appropriately social manner while Dusk got the meal she wanted.

They sat down, and he noticed Frans eating alone.  "Flying solo tonight, Lieutenant?" he asked, with a slight grin.

"Sounds good to me, my love."

Henry settled down to enjoy his sandwich.

  Frans Gave  Roy a wry smile. yeah, more or less.. Eck is running wild  with Mara NO-CA. I'm burned out.. I'm looking forward  to that   Palace Bed and a good night's sleep when i'm done..it was nerve  wracking,  we had  Shadow   and Shade i one spot.  You and the  Admiral somewhere  else, and   Nivarians, running through the  woods like a lemming stampede...wouldn't have been so bad  if  we could have  just strafed  them all..

 The Faire helped  ease  that a bit, that was fun..but i didn't need to  'go hunting' tonight.

 Dusk Looked at Roy..go hunting?

....................

 Val and henry sat, relaxed.   there were fewer people  by the Minute  as they left for thier rooms.

 I think it is  time  to see to our room? she smiled a bit.

"Certainly, darling. It's this way I think..."

And off they went, hand in hand.

Roy choked slightly on the morsel he'd been chewing at the question, a grin crossing his face.  "For overnight companionship, I believe was her reference..." he replied, loud enough that Frans could hear him, but not loud enough to carry through the room.  It was one thing to potentially embarrass her in front of Dusk...it was another thing to tell the entire dining area that Frans sometimes scoped out someone to sleep with when Fate didn't set someone on her tail first.

He looked back at Frans.  "It was a pretty crazy way to start a shoreleave.  If I'd had time to say anything about it, I'd have told you all to go after the Admiral.  We had Larry and his pack with us, minus the smallest one, and I don't feel like we were ever in any particularly serious danger."  It said something about the situations he'd faced in his time on the Hermes that he sounded completely serious about having a significant percentage of the larg masters on the planet hunting them and not considering it 'serious danger'.  "And if the Nivarians...well, those that rebelled, at least...had any real sense of strategy, they'd have known that getting Admiral Hack would have been a much bigger prize than us, no matter how much they hated our handling techniques."

He paused, looking at something that resembled a cherry tomato before he popped it in his mouth and chewed it, nodding in appreciation of the flavor.  "I do have to wonder at what point they realized they were going to have to come after us directly, as their attempts to stick us with the most heavily populated terrain in the exercise zone were repeatedly failing spectacularly.  And damned if it didn't feel good to look around that whole area and see that we had more smoke markers out than the whole rest of the larg force combined..."
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  Frans was finishing up. she  wiped her  mouth  and  Picked up her dishes. a  Burian servant   popped up  and took the  thinks with a look of  some one who was  offended by her actions.

 Smiling a bit  as she walked to th  entrance, You two have a good Night, and   SM? There is shore leave  tomorrow, but that doesn't mean we are guaranteed a 'next' shore leave... she  smiled at  him and left..

 Dusk   said,..we can take out  drink  and go on the balcony now? her food  wasabout gone, she  still had  half of her drink

Roy waved a dismissal of Frans' words.  He understood what she was saying...he merely chose not to think about life in those terms.  Not even while on shore leave...

He turned to Dusk when she spoke.  "Lead the way," he answered with a smile.

  Dusk and  Roy  moved  to the Balcony , outside the Library.  perhaps the  books  were enough to scare most shipmates away!

   they    sat on a   double lounge, , Massive trees  as  far as they could see, with a few lights  telling them , that some of those 'trees' were   building  , build along with the trees, instead of , in spite of them.

  Dusk  leaned against Roy, her drink almost finished. her metallic  voice a bit  quiet as she started to doze...

  <..i hear some ship mades, Mostly the   Udinese...and  now and then father..and some tohers... Talk of  'child hoods'... Shade  and I , did not have childhoods?  we were born...and there we were... most memeories given  to us  By Mother, with.I am sure...some  of Father's in there..Shade, was able to spend more time with Father...to ..'grow up'..i was  with Evertt and Adem... that was not a good time for me....I  wonder...if   i would have been different...if...i would have  stayed...on..the Hermes...  her head relaxed against his chest..and she was asleep.

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 Henry   and VAl reach their apartments, that were in the VIP section. Their luggage  and   prize winnings  waiting for them.

Henry and Val will enjoy their night without any children or animals around, thank you. See you in the morning :)

Roy smiled sadly at the question, the sadness growing a little as she dozed off and wouldn't see his reaction.  "Yes...you would have been different," he answered softly, knowing that she wouldn't be consciously listening.  But sometimes, it was the subconscious that needed to hear something.

"But you wouldn't have been you.  You wouldn't have had to find the fortitude to break out of Evert's shadow in that first battle, where you took command.  You would still have been fierce and determined...but it would have been something that you grew up with, instead of something you had to find on your own."  He let his hand rest on her shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze of support and fondness.

"They put you through some shit, that nobody should ever have to go through.  They tried to break you, make you subservient and obedient and unquestioning...and even though you were there without anyone for support, you still found a way to rise above it.  And that's a strength you would never have had to find if you'd grown up the way Shade did."

He leaned back, letting her sleep, as he settled into the lounge and let his head tilt back, so he could look up through the trees and into the night sky.  "It's a damned shame that neither of you got a chance to be children, though.  But, truth be told, I don't know where the war would be if you had.  You wouldn't have saved Vera by taking command of the ship.  Shade couldn't have been selected as the ambassador for Vera and later Uden, when it became apparent that they were not on the same side.  That would have left Adem and Evert with positions on the Delta Fleet Board and the APF...and we can only guess where that would have led us."

He lapsed into silence, letting her sleep for a while undisturbed, until he felt himself starting to drift...at that point, he got up and lifted her, carrying her back inside, until he found someone who could tell him where her quarters were.  He got one of the palace attendants to pull back the covers on her bed, so he could lay her down and pull a sheet up over her, pausing a moment to rest a hand on her head gently in a moment of benediction.

Then he got up, gesturing for the attendant to follow him out quietly, and then got directions to his own quarters.

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 Sam relaxed as the driver brought them to the Palace, she was exhausted but very happy, if she didn't have to be ready and presentable by noon, she would have stayed much longer but it was already early.

 When they got there Sam got out and talked to the driver to have someone on call in case Madison used the number. Sam smiled at everyone and Headed into the Palace VIP entrance.

" That was awesome ladies thank you for a fun time see you later today I have a meeting at noon but will be free after." Sam gave Izzy, Lizzy and NA-CE a hug before she went to her own room.

 Sam got to her room she was exhausted but they had an amazing day and she actually won herself a prize at the carnival. Sam got undressed put on a silky white night dress and crawled into bed, she was asleep before her head fully rested into her pillow.

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 NA-CE enjoyed herself immensely, and this was something she wanted to do again. She did feel bad about leaving Maison, but she would be fine, and she was having fun. NA-CE was tired it had been a long, fun, eventful day and night, one thing for sure Burians and Humans knew how to have fun.

 NA-CE got out when they arrived at the Burian Palace, it was nice to have good connections to Bura with Sam with them. NA-CE wasn't exactly sure what Sam's job was in the Burian Fleet, but she knew it was communications and tech orientated she did pick that up.

 NA-CE hugged Sam and then Izzy and Lizzy who seemed very close and of course NA-CE had no problem with that, they were both very beautiful for humans. " I had a great time thank you everyone, and yes see you all later today." With that NA-CE made her way to her VIP guest room.

 Once NA-CE got to her amazing room, she made quick work of getting out of her fancy Angel dress and carefully stored it and then went right to sleep, she didn't have to be up at any time so she would sleep until she awoke unless she was comm'd which she had close to her.

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 Lizzy held Izzy's hand as they drove back to the Palace the Burian Fire Fruit drink she finished right before they left was kicking in and it was going to be a fun night for sure.

 When they arrived everyone got out, Lizzy took Izzy's hand and helped her out of the car. They all hugged and then Sam and NA-CE headed for their rooms. Lizzy said ," Yes that was amazing, I had a great time and I hope we can spend more time with you NA-CE. Thank you again Sam that was amazing."

 Lizzy smiled and then led Izzy by the hand to their VIP guest room. Once in the room, Lizzy smiled and then carefully put her dress away, then kicked off her shoes, and stood there in her sexy red mesh see through lingerie set. Lizzy then went to a box she had in her packed stuff, she placed next to the bed and then said to Izzy," That was amazing and we had a great time, now for the cherry on top of a great day."

 Lizzy waited for Izzy to get ready for bed and then she slowly took off her bra and panties and dragged Izzy into the very large, amazing, comfortable bed. Izzy and Lizzy would have a wild, exciting, fun and very pleasurable evening together, and they opened the box of goodies and used almost all of them as well. It was dawn before they slowed down and finally passed out in each other's arms.