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RE: St. George Pub - Victor Steiner - 06-04-2017
''Tell your brother I send my regards in kind.'' he said finishing his beer. ''As for telling me, Start from the begining'' he smiled at her, unwilling to force her to speak her mind, he had to try and convince her.
RE: St. George Pub - DarkTails - 06-04-2017
"Well, I suppose I could start listing them off. Let's see, I start the day doing Navy duty, patrol, paperwork, usual battles. Smugglers. More office work and locking away contraband. Standard Navy stuff really. Then there's that special project of mine, but I can't let you know on it yet, classified. After that, it's been about 16 hours. Then I go home to the family democritus, help my sister Amy with her fighter and making the engine pink for her, maintain the engine of the ship, fix anything that might be broken, clean up the ship, take care of the papers for our security detail, guide the ship around, sleep for like half an hour to an hour, and repeat. That's most of my routine." Nicole sighed and leaned back, looking down, reflecting on her busy days.
"Sometimes I don't really sleep well, or at all.. it's killer. But someone has to, Miles is deployed on the California gate to Magellan, some days he sleeps in his quarters on Miasma, so I have to watch over things at his office too. It's tiring.. honestly.." She took another drink, visibly exhausted just thinking about her daily tasks.
RE: St. George Pub - Victor Steiner - 06-04-2017
''You need a holiday. But I am curious as to why you work so much.''
RE: St. George Pub - DarkTails - 06-04-2017
"I've.. never known anything else. Father always said those get what they work for, but I don't see much to show for my hard work.. I get what father was saying, but working this hard, without breaks is making me old. Heh... I'm only 24 and I feel 50.. But getting out, having a drink every so often, reminds me I'm still young and can enjoy life, y'know?" Nicole stared into her glass, not really knowing a true explanation as to why she works like she does.
"Navy work isn't always bad, one of my CO's, Captain Bradley, he's fun to be around. Even though he's a little mean to Miles, he doesn't mind much because it makes me laugh and Miles loves it when I'm happy. We bicker a lot in front of him, but most of it is really just a show. We get along great, he does it to Bradley does things that make me laugh and be happier than a depressed, working, cranky woman."
RE: St. George Pub - Victor Steiner - 06-04-2017
He nodded why she she spoke, fully understanding what she was trying to say. ''The Military often rewards hard workers, however, you should remember that quality of work is always better than the quantity of work. You don't need to do everything, and you certainly don't need to deprive yourself of the reccomended amount of sleep. I'm not one to give advice often, but you should consider easing off yourself. But then again, if you're happy you're happy, and that's a good thing.''
RE: St. George Pub - DarkTails - 06-04-2017
"The amount of work doesn't keep me happy, but Bradley messing with Miles certainly does. You're right, I should back off a little bit.. maybe I'll stop letting my pay burn my pockets and hire some crew to maintain my ship. Well, more than the bare bones crew to keep it going. I do need my sleep. Getting out like this also makes me happy, reminding me I'm not just some faceless, pawn on a chessboard of my commanders in the field of battle, but a human being, who enjoys being more than a listed name in a battle registry." Nicole seemed to perk up a little bit, finishing her glass.
"I know what I'll get is either classified, or a well-versed fabricated past, but what about you? How do you spend your free time?" Nicole seemed genuinely interested, despite knowing what she's told may not be the truth.
RE: St. George Pub - Victor Steiner - 06-04-2017
The fact that she already assumed he'd lie made him smile, but also slightly sad. The latter feeling was quickly dismissed. ''I play chess, or read. Little else really. My personal life is bland and common.'' He opened the bottle she had bought for him and poured it into his glass, letting it breathe for a few minutes. He directed the conversation back to her ''Takeing responsibility is good, knowing when to let others take responsibility is better. No one said you had to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders all by yourself.''
RE: St. George Pub - DarkTails - 06-04-2017
"Yea, I guess I was putting too much on myself than necessary. That's a pretty normal life honestly, sorry for assuming you'd lie, just, being intelligence and all. That's all we ever see in Liberty, false names, fabricated backgrounds. I suppose things may be different in Bretonia. Then again, I'm too familiar with it all. I see it every day, things I do more often than normal involve R&D operatives, so I kinda have this 'take everything with a brick of salt' mentality. Didn't mean anything by it, just seemed like that's what it'd be." Nicole briefly looked away, hinting there might be more behind the R&D thing than she's telling.
"But blah, I think too much into things too, that I know runs in the family. All my siblings always go through every possible thing, from best to worse case. It's both an omen and a blessing."
RE: St. George Pub - Victor Steiner - 06-04-2017
''I have no reason to lie to you, although I do understand your point. Bretonia isn't like Liberty, oh we have secrets, sure. But it is best to avoid talking about them all together. In regards to personal life, I have no reason to fabricate a story.'' He took a slow sip of sake, which he quite enjoyed, much to his surprise. All the while observing her looking away when she mentioned the R&D opertions. Against better judgement, he decided against asking about it for now.
''Nothing wrong with examining a situation, just don't over think it.'' he replied ''I do believe you have a tendency to overthink things, I would discourage that. Often times it causes more harm than good.''
RE: St. George Pub - DarkTails - 06-04-2017
Realising she had hit the line, she knew anything else about R&D she had to stonewall, unnerved, but calm and cheerful on the outside. "Yea, it does get me into some spots sometimes, but has gotten me out more than I care to admit. Miles is the same, always so uptight.. mean.. stressed. Unlike me." She poured herself another glass so she'd get a little less sober and thus instinctively lock up her secrets, as per training.
"Who am I kidding, it'd take hitting my back with a tenderising mallet to relax my muscles. I should try a massage sometime, you happen to know a good place to go? You seem more of a laid back man." She was genuinely curious, wanting to know more about Bretonia, and leisure in general.