{"id":24,"date":"2008-05-22T16:09:42","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T20:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.auroraforce.org\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2009-04-18T00:19:58","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T04:19:58","slug":"vong-war-annals-wedding-presents-52208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.auroraforce.org\/blog\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"Vong War Annals – “Wedding presents” 5.22.08"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twelve hours earlier<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “General,” Jim said, carrying his own glass of champagne, “they’re looking for you downstairs.\u00a0 Something about needing more pictures with the families.”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Derik managed a hint of a smile behind his long-grey beard.\u00a0 “Is Aly Drake still holding onto Davil’s arm in a submission hold to keep him from running out?”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim smiled and nodded, stepping beside the older man at the viewport.\u00a0 “For the moment.\u00a0 It’s a nice little party going on down there, despite…”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Derik just nodded.\u00a0 “I promised Cay I’d behave myself.\u00a0 Take a look at this.”\u00a0 He handed a datapad to the Dashan’s commanding officer, the back of it emblazoned with the 4th Fleet logo.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim read what was on it and the color drained from his face.\u00a0 “What….how….?”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Derik took the datapad back and slipped it inside his uniform jacket.\u00a0 “About thirty minutes ago.”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Then why haven’t there been alarms going off?\u00a0 We should be on red alert.”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “We will be, in time.\u00a0 My people intercepted it first.\u00a0 Don’t worry, Karen knows about it.”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “But…four combined battlegroups….”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Derik nodded.\u00a0 “Comprising sixty-five percent of our fighting force, and our wayward general.\u00a0 The war just turned really ugly, Jim.”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim heaved a heavy sigh.\u00a0 “Then why are you sitting on it?\u00a0 We need to do something.”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Derik turned and looked back out at the stars.\u00a0 “Because tonight is their night, and I’m going to make sure it stays that way. But that doesn’t mean we’re not doing anything.”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim turned and looked where Derik was looking, and his eyes widened.\u00a0 “You’re already re-deploying the fleet.”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Derik nodded.\u00a0 “And doing it quietly.\u00a0 In the morning, we’ll be ready to do something about it.\u00a0 But for tonight…”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Tonight is their night.”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Derik smiled and nodded, finishing the last of his champagne.\u00a0 “If you’ll excuse me, I believe it’s time to go continue to pretend I like Mike Bullian.”<\/p>\n

– General Derik Bel Iblis, the Wyvern
\n\u00a0\u00a0 Father of the groom<\/p>\n

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