Posted by Civilian Ragna Idun McKenzie (Future Citizen) in Laying Cornerstones

Posted by Civilian Seamus McKenzie (Future Citizen) in Laying Cornerstones

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Seamus looked at her the entire time. Gods above she was beautiful… and gods below she was stubborn! As she spoke, he leveled a look at her and said “Kom tilbake til meg som kvinnen jeg giftet meg med… ikke skyggen av at hun står her akkurat nå.” (Come back to me as the woman I married… not the shadow of her standing here right now.) He paused and held her gaze for a silent eternity. “I love you, Ragna.” and he gestured to the door.

Seamus

Her eyes flashed like he’d slapped her. Who did he think he married? She had always been this way… there was a screaming silent pause in the pounding of her head. Her faze dropped sharply. “Aye, Seamus,” she nodded for lack of anything else to do. “I love you too.” She disappeared out the door and took the lift to the lobby.

Standing outside, Ragna looked up and down the street. Go learn the stories he says, but where to start. Well he also told her to be the Herald, and Ragna knew that stories came from all people. She had duties to fulfill as well. Might as well start there. She had all the paperwork ready, she’d just not taken care of it. She turned toward the city center heading for the building and construction office. They couldn’t build till the infrastructure was in place, and that couldn’t happen without permits. It wasn’t a difficult process, she’d already taken care of it for the meadery, she should have done this a long time ago.

She entered the building and followed the signs for the permit office. Lines, of course there were lines.

Ragna

Lines yes, but to the credit of the Oed V bureaucracy, they moved quickly. She waited less than ten minutes before a voice said “Ragna McKenzie-Edman?” and a tall Andorian male looked around.

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In that time, Ragna heard several people talking. She wasn’t eavesdropping, but it happened in crowds. Most were there for the same reason she was. People moving, businesses starting, expansions being made. It was busy, but efficient. There was the typical attempts of bribery and traded favors. From what she could tell though, the people today at least, were immune to such machinations.

Stepping forward to the counter, Ragna pulled the data chip out of her PaDD where she’d been reviewing the forms one more time while she waited. “Yes Sir. I’m Ragna McKenzie-Edman.” To her credit she didn’t flinch at the Andorian. Oh yes a pair of Andorians had attacked her husband, but Ragna held grudges against individuals, not a community. Well, not usually she didn’t. She’d been doing a lot of that lately for the masses of people on Oed. “I’m applying for permits to run base infrastructure out to the land bought by Clan McKenzie-Edman. The Stoneshaw Aswar properties.” She handed over the data chip.

Ragna

The Andorian smiled and nodded. “Oh yes! That purchase agreement made quite the splash around the office, I can tell you. And might I say that is a pleasure to meet the new caretakers of the sections.” He took the chip and inserted it, reviewed a few rings and then said “Well, it seems everything is in order. The only hiccup I see is your submission of the total area seems to be a typo. But I can fix that, no problem.” His fingers moved across the interface and then he flipped the display so she could see the corrections. Everything was the same except for the map of Clan land boundaries and total area. Instead of the original document she had reviewed, it now read ‘one-million-three-hundred-and- forty-eight-thousand-nine-hundred-and-sixty-four acres’. The change was signed as approved by Michael McKenzie.

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