Quiet Time Away....Or Is It?

[Doc Holliday]

Ames Research Station, Kepler System

Kepler had indeed gotten worse. After a medical visit to the Starflier base and Ames itself, Doc got into the cockpit of his old ship, Marshall Earp, and prepared for a few days rest at Noshima in Shikoku. Eventually, his travels would take him to Freeport 5 via Med Force General and Research in Baffin as he was loaded with medicines. But first, rest at Noshima where he would meet up with an old friend, Lady Mariko.

Months ago, they met each other and took in kabuki theater on Kyushu. He actually felt a bit devious with her as he smuggled her to the surface that day. She was, after all, a Golden Chrysanthemum, a terrorist to many. To him, he saw something different. She was quite shrewd, smart and cunning but very attractive. To those who knew Doc, he had a taste for Kusari women and his depression over his late wife, Midori, was no secret either. He had developed some trust with Mariko and didn't want to ruin it. Rather, he wished to build on it.

The docking clamps released, he took the ship to the trade lane where he docked to the lane and started making the fast trip to the Shikoku gate. Jump lanes didn't take a lot of time but he used that time to send a transmission to Mariko.

Konnichiwa, Lady,
I have began the trip to meet you and should be there by days end. I await your response
-Doc

The trip through the Kepler trade lane was quick which was relieving considering the radiation in the system. Luckily, there were no ships at the gate so he was able to initiate his docking sequence to the jump gate. He passed through the gate and the ship shook as he passed through the wormhole to the Shikoku system. Minutes later, there he was in the clouds. He there began the process of initiating the docking sequence to the jumpgate.

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