The Tinker and The Flame

[Thyrzul]

Monsieur Tukker, it is nice to meet you finally. - came the response over comms - I bet your ship is well prepared indeed, but given we have a lot of things to discuss as well as a tight schedule to do so I hope you won't mind heading to Shasta first to deal with business. Of course after that I would gladly take a tour on the ship, I can't say I'm any familiar with this kind of shuttle.
It's all fine, General. I would also recommend discussing the details of the race event once we got to Shasta, followed by a delicate jet discreet lunch, maybe a meeting with our Discordian friends, then heading over to the Shrine to close the day with a tour around the station. Alternatively we can stay on the Skyhook for the night and take the tour tomorrow, up to your desires, either way I can show you the interior of the Tinkers Pinnance too on the way to Brunswick if you insist joining me to there.
Your offers sound splendid, Monsieur, I will think about them.
Oh, and before I forget, I'll send over some brief information about the status of Brunswick and the main improvements of recent times. Lastly, I took the liberty to reserve and prepare Docking Bay 23 of Shasta for your arrival, General.
Oh, franchement? - at this point Pierre was genuinely amused. - Merci beacoup, Monsieur Tukker, we'll proceed there then.
I already like this man. - he thought with a half smile slowly appearing on his face. - If he conducts business like this, I feel we won't have any problems.

Nothing much else happened until the arrival to Shasta. Docking Bay 23 was indeed well prepared for the arrival of Pierre, yet it still lacked the usual unnecessarily overdone ornamentation and other pointless additions some other military leaders get at other places. Here it was nothing (okay, maybe a slightly bit) more than what was necessary, and that spoke of aims at efficiency during planning. At least to LaFlamme. After landing one guard stayed with the two pilots in the CLT Petit Lapin while the rest escorted the General out. A security officer arrived in front of them to greet the delegation and provide instructions for proceeding.

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