ILLUMINARRPG: Temerity 4 at 1205

[Charles Raschen]

Mission:  Exogenesis
Day: 4
Stardate: 2446.06.04



(U.S.S. Hillary – Flight Deck - Marine - 2LT Charles Temerity - 1205)



Steven looked up from the panel as Commander Solice's order came
through the Edmund Hillary rose from the surface of the charnel house
planet holding a building stuffed with decaying Tellarite corpses and cast
a glance at the viewscreen showing the landmass below. He hadn't taken off
the suit due to the biohazard danger many of the landing party were in from
an unknown contagion. To leave it meant exposing himself and later Alaya.



"We could use the phasers to collapse the building and give them the burial
we couldn't by hand. They deserve that at least."



Temerity didn’t even turn to look at Hammons, “I think we may have finally
found something we can agree on.”



Turning toward Hammons, Temerity just started speaking, “On Grayson V, it
was day two of the Doers dying spree, we had stacked up the bodies of our
dead brothers and sisters and burned the piles.  Those of us that had
survived up to that point felt ashamed of ourselves for standing close to
funeral pyres for warmth.”



He turned his head to Temerity. "I just smile on the outside Lieutenant,
it's a self-defense mechanism. I've never seen a marine smile, but it would
probably look good on you."



Temerity just snorted and replied, “I lost my smile on Grayson V.  Perhaps
I will genuinely smile again once I learn how to live with what I’ve done
since that day.”



(Reply: Hammons iyw, Any iyw)



(Reply: Hammons iyw, Any iyw)

(Posted By: Chuck Raschen)



Charles Raschen



*"Life is a Gift That Everyone Cherishes,*

*But has to Eventually Return" -Mandalorian Proverb*



*"Under the Bludgeonings of chance;*

*My head is bloody, but Unbowed." -Invictus*



*"Sometimes Bad-Guys Make the Best Good-Guys." -Leverage*
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