EXETERNRPG: EXETERRPG: (The roadhouse - CSO Lt JG Erin Cortez - 0103)

[Mark Howard]

Lovely post hun x

On Thu, 11 Mar 2021, 12:33 Jaclyn Smith via exeter-rpg, <
exeter-rpg at startrekfreedom.com> wrote:

> Mission: Murder on the Exeter Express
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> Day: 3
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> Stardate: 2445.12.03
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> (The Roadhouse - CSO Lt Jg Erin Cortez - 0103)
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> Leaning on the bar, Jo looked at Erin in her eyes and said, “Something is
> happening you know. Back there.”
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> “Back….” she tilted her head a touch, “You mean there is still a chance i
> could go back.”
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> Jo laughed heartily, “hunny that was always an option. The question is
> and, in a way it’s why you are here…. Do you want to go back?” Jo stood
> back and looked at her, “Look, best way i can explain it. It seems that you
> have a choice. Out there, you are running. I mean you welcomed this turn of
> events. You actively didn’t try to stop that mad bitch from killing you.
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> Rather than fight, you let it happen. Some part of you thinks that you
> deserve this.”
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> Erin closed her eyes, “I could have saved him, both of them…..” her voice
> trailed off as she fought down the visions of Nix and Clarke lying dead.
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> “It was their time. Nothing you could have done to save them hunny and
> somewhere in that mess of a mind of yours, you know that. That’s not the
> real issue here is it?”
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> Opening her eyes, Erin looked at the woman behind the bar and shook her
> head, “How can i go back there, knowing that because of a choice i made, a
> rash and foolish choice, she died. He is never going to be able to forgive
> me. I killed his cousin.”
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> “Honestly, what is it with you, chick?” Jo replied taking Erin’s hands in
> her own. “You feel guilt to easily. Sure, if you had not had shouted and
> done what you did there is a chance she may still be there. But, it’s like
> any choice you make in your life. You deal with the consequences. So tell
> me. Why are you here right now? What is it that is keeping you from making
> the choice you know you need to?”
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> “I….. “ Erin sighed heavily, “.... can’t face it. Not again. I’ve been
> down that road too many times…”
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> “And yet you are still here. Well, not there exactly but you know what i
> mean. You are stronger than you give yourself credit for. Listen to me. You
> don’t have a lot of time to make your choice. The doors will open soon,
> both of them. So, there’s someone that might be able to help you.”
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> Erin looked at her, eyebrows raised. “What….”
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> Then she heard the voice, the one that had saved her once.
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> “Yhhau, elhs'hswiehv daehlen.”
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> (Reply none)
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> (Posted by Jackie)
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> NRPG: There is a part 3 coming soon. That last line is romulan for “Hello,
> old friend.”
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