Posted by Civilian Allison Fleet (Civilian) in Rovan Moor: Arrival to the Athena

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Rovan Moor (Engineer/Pilot) in Rovan Moor: Arrival to the Athena

Posted by Civilian Allison Fleet (Civilian) in Rovan Moor: Arrival to the Athena
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Allie woke up once more to the blare of her alarm going off, and drowsily got up. “Why’s it so early…?” she grumbled at the clock before she noticed the blinking light on her console. Of course! She had set her alarm a little earlier just so that she could take the time to send Rovan a decent message this morning and take the time to really listen to his message. “Computer, play message,” she said as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes, starting to get dressed while she listened to the audio of his words.

Allison laughed at the beginning of his message and sighed happily at the end, quietly sitting down at her console and listening to the last couple sentences. “Computer, start recording a message for Rovan Moor. Hey, Rovan. Good morning! I hope you had a great sleep, and I hope that Grappa doesn’t give you a hangover,” she chuckled. “I’m going to be doing some combat testing today, according to my schedule. It’s only three days till my final assessment, so we’ll see how that goes. I’m so glad to hear that the Athena has arboretums, that makes me really happy. I can’t wait to see them all and explore every inch.”

Allison leaned back slightly. “Something that has helped my assessment is my strange memory. I’m not sure if you remember, but those aliens did something to my brain when they made me live for way longer than a human should be able to live, and I can’t really forget anything I learn. So, all the tests that have had to do with my ability to know things about the current galaxy have been cakewalks for me. I’ve passed my health assessments with flying colours as well, and the physical skill tests haven’t been super easy, but so far I’ve managed pretty well. I think the thing I’m most worried about is my psychological profile. You know how much I have nightmares about all the people I used to know and love. I’m glad the nightmares of you are gone, now that I know you’re still alive!” she chuckled lightly.

“I miss you loads. I love you too. I wish I could talk more, but it’s time for me to go,” she said, glancing at the time. She was already dressed in her uniform, although something that was notable was the lack of rank pins. Right now, she was not an officer, so she had no rank. When she got back into the program, they would give her back her ensign rank, but until then she was still a civilian. “Love you, Rovan. Have a great day at work,” she smiled, then ended the message.

Allison Fleet

Two more days had passed, the messages between them continuing like clockwork. Rovan would come home, shower and get his dinner. Then he would sit and have dinner as he watched Allison’s message. To him, it was as if he was having dinner with her every night, then tell her about his day and settle in to watch a vid of something. On this particular day, Rovan had come home and followed his regular routine, but his heart was troubled.

“Computer, begin recording.” He said, and smiled as the light came on. “Hey Allie, guess who? I loved your message, I’m so happy to hear your tests went well, just a few more results tom come back now.” Rovan took a deep breathe and leaned forward into the camera, “I haven’t heard from Harris yet. It’s not surprising in his line of work, but I was hoping to have heard something, at least. Allie my love, I’m not doubting that we are going to see each other, soon, but we are readying the Athena to leave space dock here. The scuttlebutt is that our next mission has been received, and we have been making sure everything is in order the past two days, more so today. Nothing official has come down but, we’re engineers love. We know when we are making the ship ready to sail.”

His plate of dinner had been pushed aside, that was unusual for him as he normally cleaned up before sending her a return message. He wasn’t hungry. “We both know that means we could be heading anywhere, and with the amount of time it takes to get here from Sanfran, well. You can guess my worry.” He smiled again now, and ran his fingers through his hair, “Let me know how your tests have gone, I’m sorry this is shorter, but I need to go get sleep. We are up early tomorrow, more preparation to do. I miss you, Allie. With everything I am I do.” This time, Rovan’s yellow eyes looked straight into the camera as he kissed his fingers, then touched the screen. “Goodnight Allie, have a fantastic day. Love you.”

Lt j.g. Rovan Moor.
Engineering/Pilot.