Posted Oct. 25, 2022, 10:19 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Faye Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) (Lindsay B)
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Daggum Hammor (Chief Operations Officer) in Hammor / Calloway Quarters - Calls Home Are Odd When You Never Had One
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Faye Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Hammor / Calloway Quarters - Calls Home Are Odd When You Never Had One
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Daggum Hammor (Chief Operations Officer) in Hammor / Calloway Quarters - Calls Home Are Odd When You Never Had One
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Thirty minutes passed and Daggum hadn’t really moved, letting the super-hot water and steam relax his muscles and ease his mind. “I’m good for company if you still want to!” he yelled through the door.
Daggum
Faye couldn’t help the grin that slipped on to her face. She set her reading and her cat to the side and got up, unzipping her jacket. She draped it over the back of her usual dining chair and moved to the bedroom. She appeared a minute later, devoid of clothes and simply slipped into the bathroom.
Her eyes drank in the swaths of green skin and without a word, Faye simply slipped into the large tub with him, snuggling in against his body, her head nestled in the crook of his arm. I love you,” she said softly.
~Faye Calloway, CIO
Daggum’s head rested back and his eyes were closed as he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. “I know.” he replied, and then grinned broadly.
“Good.” Sometimes everything between them was just so very simple.
“So. When we are finished here do you want to see the file Paul sent? Vid of the place since we took over.” he asked without opening his eyes.
Daggum
“Yeah, definitely,” Faye said, her outwards arm draped over his broad chest, her fingertips barely reaching his other arm. But that didn’t stop those fingertips from tracing a small path up and down his skin. “Has a lot changed already?”
~Faye
“Oh yeah…” Daggum said, although if that was in reference to the arena or her touch was anyone’s guess. “They’ve done a great job.” and he opened his eyes and looked at her and smiled. “You always look so much better in nothing than in clothes…” and he grinned wickedly.
Daggum
Faye chuckled and tipped her head back to gaze up at him. “Dude, don’t you go starting something you don’t intend to finish,” she replied, her eyes alight as her fingers travelled slowly down his side.
~Faye
“Why I would never…” and he grinned as he kissed her.
Several hours, and short nap, later; Daggum looked at Faye and said “So now do you want to see the vid?” and he laughed softly.
Daggum
Languid and rather content, Faye rolled over, pushing herself up above him. She kissed Daggum tenderly on the lips and then rolled off the bed in a smooth motion, grabbing a robe. “Yep,” was all she said as she moved out of their bedroom.
~Faye Calloway, CIO
Daggum watched her go and chuckled softly to himself. “What a woman…” he said and rolled out of bed. After grabbing a pair of underwear, he walked into the living room and sat down at the desk. He pulled up the file Paul had sent and then stood up. “Here ya go, hot stuff…” he said and moved to the replicator and began getting drinks.
Faye sat at the desk and and hit play, bracing herself.
The file was a vid, obviously done by a drone that flew around, over, and through the former gladiatorial arena. Gone were the dingy hallways, pools of stagnant water, and signs of years of neglect. The entire building was now clean and well lit. The trash piles had been replaced by stacks of construction materials and benches of tools. Here and there were the signs of terminals being installed; as well as large vid screens. But the biggest change was the arena itself.
The open forum of the arena, the space where the fights had taken place and individuals… individuals like Daggum himself… had fought to the death for the merest chance at life was now covered. It was the ground floor of the building and now housed classrooms, counseling suites, and a cafeteria… or rather, it would in a few weeks. No longer open to the sky, it was almost unrecognizable as the land where so much blood had been spilt.
Daggum
“Wow,” Faye said, her pale eyes wide. “That’s remarkable. I can tell having Paul onsite has made a huge difference. If you haven’t already planned one, which of course you have, you should consider a memorial plaque, something that honours the ones that never made it out.”
She looked over her shoulder. “I take it he is behaving himself?” It was strange but Faye didn’t feel the strange swirl of emotions that even the mention of Kodell would stir in her. Maybe, just maybe, all that was really in the past.
~Faye
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