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<span style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Stardate: 2446.03.24</span></p>
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<span style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">(USS Illuminar - Deck 14 - Turbo Lift - SO- Ensign Larry ‘Lucky’ Day - 0548)</span></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Larry stepped onto the turbo lift still a little drippy from sweat. His workout this morning had gone a little hard. It was nice to have a training partner again. Ned had been the first of his
old friends to warm up to the idea that he existed. They had set up a regiment of workouts to help them function better as a team. Ned felt sure the Dusty would be on boards soon. </span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">It had been hard, but it had been fun. He had a towel around his shoulders, his shirt was soaked with sweat and he hurt. But it was a good kind of hurt. For the first time in a long while he
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">“Deck 4,” he ordered the lift. It hummed and he could feel the lift rise. Then it hissed to a halt and the door opened. Larry stepped out of the lift and turned to go to his quarters until he
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">“I don’t remember Sickbay being on deck 4,” he said to himself. </span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">He turned around and went back to the turbo lift. Sure enough, there was a number 5 on the wall. He was very confused. ~Could I have misspoke?~</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">He stepped onto the the lift and spoke clearly, “Deck 4.”</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">[You are currently on deck 4.]</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">“No,” he corrected the computer, “I am currently on Deck 5.”</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">[Negative, you are currently on deck 4.]</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Was the computer arguing with him. He stepped out and touch a wall panel. “Computer, what deck am I on?”</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">[You are currently on deck 5.]</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Larry looked back at the turbo lift with suspicion. He stepped back on and looked at the comm panel with a bit of aggression in his eyes. Then he decided to try something. </span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">“Deck 3,” he said. </span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">The turbolift jumped up and when the door opened sure enough he wa. On deck 4. “What the…?”</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">He tapped his comm badge, “Ensign day to Ops, is there something wrong with the turbolifts?”</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">=^=What do mean, Ensign Day?=^=</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">“We’ll, I’m not sure how to explain it,” he said,”but, we’ll, it’s a floor off.”</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">=^=What?=^=</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">“It’s a floor off,” he repeated. “I asked for deck 4 and it went to fleck 5. When I asked for deck 3 it went to deck 4.”</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">=^=Okay, Ensign, let me look into this. Thanks.=^=</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Larry shook his head as he went to his quarters. Suddenly he wasn’t feeling as lucky as he was minutes before. He’d have to check on the situation later. Right now he had to shower and get ready
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">(reply none, any)</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">(posted by Al Muir)</span></font></p>
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