Shireroth

Meadows. Rolling hills. Green grass. Ass cheeks. Huh?*Bzzz*Octavius burst to life. As vision, real vision, came back to him, his quarters appeared before him. Mounted on the wall nearby, the phone was making its loud buzzing. Octavius stood and walked over to it, and picked it up. He looked at the clock on the wall. 04:17 local time."What is it?" He said, once the receiver next to his mouth. He wiped around his eyes with his free hand. "Is that so?... Alert Captain Bobritzky that I will be aboard ship by six bells on the morning watch... Yes... Yes, and ready me a flight." Octavius swiftly returned the phone to its base. He sighed. He had rather not go to war with Shireroth, at least not so early in the morning.In the predawn, the ringing of the local bell tower noted that it was 4:30 on the dot. Octavius made his way toward the military railstation in east Aquilaria. Over his normal dress uniform he wore an overcoat. The strangely warm weather had given way to another cold front yesterday afternoon, and now as Octavius made his way along deserted streets under a starry sky, wisps of vapor formed a light trail from his head. Forming a wide box formation around him was the Personal Guard of the Morning Watch. They each were also dressed in their overcoats. Walking quickly next to Octavius was his young adjutant, Junior Lieutenant Lee, trying to keep up. The group swiftly and silently made its way eastward. The train Octavius had prepared stood waiting at the rail station. Half of his Personal Guard entered before him, the other half after him. They took seated and standing positions in the car. The Admiral sat at the small booth, while the Lieutenant gave the OK for the driver to start the train up. Lt. Lee sat adjacent to Admiral Me. He opened the file he had carried with him and passed Octavius some documents, lists, and maps to look through during train ride to Liminias.The helicopter landed in Nafticon around 5:53am, and the Admiral quickly made his way to the Combat Information Center. He stepped in at the upper level, and found it near empty. The Lieutenant heading the watch in CIC saluted him, and he returned in kind. In Octavius's left hand was a timechart."Set Condition 2 for the Fleet. Get me the Commodore of the Naval Infantry immediately, and get me the Commander of the Second Flotilla on the phone." Edited by: Gryphon the Pure at: 5/15/05 0:03

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