Manhattan Bar and Lounge

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The 106th battlegroup had been on active duty since months, and this was the first week of relief (less or more) she had given to her men. As such, the Citadelle was manned only by a skeleton crew, and passed most its day in Norfolk for extended maintenance, while doing small patrol from time to time to support local naval units.

All in all, the men were happy, as they were relayed every 12 hours to take their time off, and enjoy the various entertainment available in New York system.

A good thing this bar wasn't too frequented by her own men, Isabelle thought, as she pushed open the door. She reflected it would have been nice if Jimmy came with her, but decided against waking up the younger man who was still asleep in her naval shuttle craft. No need to break the sleep of her lover, she could enjoy entertainment alone after all.

Isabelle entered the bar for the first time since a very long while, and smiled to see the same bartender of service that night. Not too unexpetedly, some of the men - mostly pilots, turned their head to look at the newcomer, a superisingly young female general in her black and dark blue uniform. She looked around, ignoring the stares, and saw nothing much has changed from her last visit.
She also saw Copperfield, and smiled as she walked toward him.
"Hi David, how are you?" she asked pleasantly, as she ordered a light drink, sitting next to him. The man definitively seemed to need some company, she thought, and beside, she did talked to the man many time, hence decided to adopt a more familiar speech pattern.

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