Aboard the Astral Queen

[Heraklion]

Several days have passed since they ran into Flint. The past few days haven't been much of an adventure, Shizuma is sitting on the foot end of her bed as she tries to remember the dream she had last night. She closes her eyes hoping it would make it easier to remember, she dreamed about her family, but why? Are her memories returning or is her mind playing tricks on her? These dreams started after Ana had given her a picture of Kiriko and Hera, maybe she is just to desperate to remember something. Shizuma grasps her head with both hands, mad at herself she repeats the same phrase several times "You'll remember eventually..."

A sudden knock on her bedroom door startles her "Senora Sakuragi, there is someone here to see you." she sighs in relief and cleans herself up a bit. A man is waiting for her as she enters the livingroom, he is wearing a zoner uniform and greets Shizuma kindly "Kallisti miss Sakuragi, the commander has sent an invitation to join him in his office." he hands her a handwritten letter and Shizuma couldn't help but stare at it. Even in a time like this with all the technology we have the commander decides to have a courier deliver a handwritten letter to her. She slowly reads it and looks up at the courier again, not sure what to do next. Apparently he could read the hesitation on her face "What shall I tell the commander miss Sakuragi?" She looks at the letter again and takes a deep breath "You can tell the commander that tomorrow afternoon fits perfect for me." With nothing more then a small bow the courier leaves again. Ana steps in front of Shizuma with her arms crossed "Senora, you aren't really considering to take a job that would force you to be around that idiota that burned down your house, si?" Shizuma merely shrugs "I know his type, I could see it in his eyes. He only wants one thing and that isn't a good conversation!" Shizuma smirks "I know perfectly well what he wants, I may have lost my mind but i'm not stupid." "And you have no problem with that?!" Shizuma laughs "I want to have something to do on this ship and you should not worry about Flint, he's not my type." After she said that she hesitates for a moment, is she really sure that he isn't her type or is her mind playing tricks again?

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