Aboard of The Ring

[Yannis]

“– Investors are flowing, at the moment. Our deals with the-

– Your appointment has arrived, Herr Gehrig. Conference Room C, deck 5.”

Rupert Gehrig sighed. The meeting took so long that even Christian Burton arrived before it ended.

“ – Alright, I’ll make my way there, then. Gentlemen, I’ll leave you to it and expect a full report once I return.”

The businessman started to make his way to the Conference Room C. While Der Ring was a great centre of activity for Daumann, there was no noise across the corridors leading to the elevator. The calm contrasted with the movement that you could see from the portholes. Rupert stopped for a second at the fountain, and drank a bit. His throat was a bit dry, as he had been talking for far too long for the past few hours.

A few meters away, he pushed the digital terminal to call for the elevator, entered, and pushed the Deck-5 button.

The door shut, and the elevator moved rapidly. Rupert always liked the feeling of gravity in his stomach as the machine went up or down. A robotic voice announced “Deck 5”, and the door opened. The conference room was right in front of him. Rupert stopped and stretched for a second, and cleared his throat. He then opened the door with assurance.

“Guten Tag, Herr Burton. I am Rupert Gehrig, Betriebsleiter of Daumann Heavy Industries. Welcome aboard Der Ring! I hope that the journey was not too harsh and long to Neu Berlin!”

Rupert put his hand forward, and waited for Christian to shake it.