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simon_doctor) wrote2005-08-04 10:35 pm
simon_doctor) wrote2005-08-04 10:35 pm
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It's become a nightly routine, like cleaning his teeth and giving River her medication: checking the listings on the Cortex. He's had to restrain himself from checking them more than once a day in the past week or so, under the growing certainty that there would be a message any day now.
Any day now.
The flag he's set to alert him is blinking, and his mouth goes dry as he calls up the ad.
Now.
Praxed would be the world they were meeting on, then, and Logan the city -- and the date would be encoded in the price, he couldn't remember how but --
First things first. Tell the captain.
Simon pulls his shirt back on and heads for the bridge.
Any day now.
The flag he's set to alert him is blinking, and his mouth goes dry as he calls up the ad.
Now.
FOR SALE BY OWNER: Eagle-class transport vessel The Pride of Praxed. A bit rusty but still reliable. Asking price 10,807.19. Contact Captain-Owner Elijah Logan.
Praxed would be the world they were meeting on, then, and Logan the city -- and the date would be encoded in the price, he couldn't remember how but --
First things first. Tell the captain.
Simon pulls his shirt back on and heads for the bridge.