<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">Mission: The
flames of purity</span></p>
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2445.09.18</span></p>
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<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">(USS Exeter –
Nine to Dine – Nurse – CPO – Ewan McDonald -<span>
</span>2106)</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">Ewan looked
over at Yukie who was sitting across the table from him. They had been off duty
for a while now and had not stopped drinking. They had been trying different
types of whisky as well as some strange alcoholic green drink which was quite
good once you got past the color.</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“….and there
he was totally butt naked in front of the boss.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“Ow my how
did she react?”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“She was cool
as can be and told him that he was out of uniform and that he should get back
into one fast.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“That was
lucky I am sure fleet admirals are now know for there sense of humor.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">She giggled
as she took another sip of whisky and then paused.</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“So I looked
up the rime that your organization stands for you do know that they killed the albatross?”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“Yes I do but
its about…”<br>
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<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“No stop,
stop. I am too drunk to philosophical discussion about dead animals in rimes.”<br>
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<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">Ewan grinned.</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“It’s not
like Starfleet does not have their own strange customs.”<br>
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<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“That is
true. To strange customs.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">They chinked their
glasses and drank. He saw her put the glass slightly unsteadily on the table. She
then put her hand up to her face and moved it around as she gave a log sigh.</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“That`s me
done for the night. Thanks, you for keeping me company and competition was
close.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“It was not a
race Yukie.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“It was and we totally need a rematch. Are you heading back?”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“No I think I will stay for a little bit longer.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Okay don`t stay up too late it’s a school night.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Yes mum.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He smiled and gave a wave as Yukie headed out the door. He was sure that
he would be seeing her in the morning like a bear with a bad head. He had been
lucky if she had not had a head start on him it would have been a lot closer
and he might have been then one heading home.</span></p>
<p class="ydpd8a09471MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He leaned back picked up the whisky and sipped it slowly as he looked
out of the view port.</span></p>
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