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[berrynooboos]

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Laurel set down her things, and together both girls headed down a level to the conference room, where everyone was already waiting.

"Glad to see everyone is on time." Their XO addressed them from the front of the table. Like the XO of every ship for their kind, their XO was a robot. Built by the Crystals to take up that position on the ship, as it could not be trusted to any one of the colors, that is without giving one more responsibility than they other.

"You each may call me by my designation, BOT-GN, or..." Before the XO could finish, Dragon chimed in from the end of the table.

"How about Boss? It's nice and simple." A few of the others around the table nodded in agreement. BOT-GN seemed to process the idea for a moment before responding.

"Fine, you may call me boss. We recognize this as subtle nickname."

[teamlarl]

Cracking the Mantle (2/2)

[berrynooboos]

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Leaving the mess hall behind, Laurel headed across to the next room, hoping it was her destination. Thankfully it was.

"Laurel?"

"Cinder!" Laurel was surprised, but in a good way. She immediately gave orange a hug. "I'm so glad someone I know from the academy is on my team. I was afraid I wouldn't know anyone!"

"I think the admiralty board does that on purpose. I'm sure they monitor us to see who we befriend so they can build a stronger team or something. But what do I know, I'm a doctor, not a psych major." Cinder gave a small shrug as they pulled apart, the statement caused Laurel to laugh.

"Anyway, you should set your stuff down and we should head to the conference room. You know XO's, they don't tolerate being late."

[teamlarl]

Cracking the Mantle (1/2)