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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maerdwyn" data-source="post: 1265114" data-attributes="member: 835">Day 5 - Evening.As he arrives at the captain's dining room, Quinn recognizes Vice President Nells-Corzin leaving, and he passes Capt. Darius without acknowledgement. The captain greets Quinn, and each of the arrivals who follow, somewhat stiffly. Her face is stoic, but it's clear she's on edge, and perhaps looking for a reason to blow up at someone. Within a fe minute of the scheduled time, everyone (except, Ktarlewaweikye notes, Vyrkris) has arrived, and the Captain asks them to take their seats. When everyone present is seated, she continues: "Good eveing ladies and gentlemen, I thank you for coming tonight as we celebrate our arrival in Tamandere system. We're just waiting for one more guest and then dinner will be served." Silence descends upon the room for a few minutes, with the Captain cutting off any attempts at conversation. Finally, escorted by an armed security officer, a very dishevelled Vyrkris arrives. The captain rises to greet her, a severe expression on her face "Welcome Vyrkris, I hope -" Vyrkris interrupts in a sarcastic tone: "I thought I was confined to--" "You were, and will be sent back there just as soon as I have finished reprimanding you. While you are here, I trust will both we will both remember the orders [she sneers the word] we were given earlier?"  "I most certainly will NOT--" "You WILL. And *that* order comes from me. Unless you want to serve out a term in the brig for insubordination, you will close. your. mouth." "I CAN'T BELIEVE --" "Enough. There will be no mre discussion about this. Instead, young Vyrkris, let's go back to a few minutes before you began your lessons on the bridge today. Do you remember what you talked to me about?" "Uh...I said I was interested in learning some more about astrogation, and how I couldn't have hoped for a better opportunity than spending so much time on the bridge, and then I asked if it was okay to record some of my lessons for Felin to watch later ---" She stops, and the captain goes on. "Now Vyrkris, you never received an order to turn off your datalink, is that correct?" [Vyrkris nods] "And you never received an order to erase its contents, it that correct?" "No - I mean yes - I mean, I don't think he even knew I had it. But I don't think I could play it back 'because of that other--" "But you never received an order that would prevent you from granting access to your datalink to someone, say your roommate, for some purpose unrelated to orders we may have been given earlier on the bridge today. Is that correct?  "Yes, I guess - "Fine. [the Captain's tone changes, and is suddenly harsh] Vyrkris, if you ever want a career in space, you need to learn proper respect for authority. Your behavior was disgraceful this afternoon, and must be dealt with, if only for the sake of discipline among my crew. Take her back to her quarters. In fact, I shall escort her myself. She gets up and jerks Vyrkris up, knocking the vargr's datalink out of her front pocket and onto the ground. "Let's go." The captain, Vyrkris, and the guard all leave the room, closing the door behind them.  Silence.</blockquote>

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