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"Midnight City" (M83)
Time: 1900 hours
Location: Gallinore, Dimitor City Limits
Opting to fly her own transport, as usual, Ducha Relina Zhan would certainly attend the royal event with her twin sister, Lady Alessandra. While her sister wore a fine cyan evening gown, sparse jewelry, had her hair fixed up in a fine stately updo, and had lovely matching sandals with both sets of nails done, Major Zhan still wore her military dress blues, although she packed an evening gown that was similar to her sister's but in purple. She even had the same shoes. The two women were like mirror images of each other, incidentally.
Yes indeed... Relina was the formal Ducha of Gallinore who lived in the Palace of Saint Clavelle on the other side of town, but was also a Major in the Royal Navy. A professional pilot, namely a combat pilot, flying her own transports set her apart from others of the Hapan nobility who tended to employ pilots as chauffeurs. Of course, this wasn't a starship she was flying, but rather, a classy, expensive hotrod airspeeder... her personal airspeeder, a recent model by a reliable make painted a flawless burgundy purple with chrome trim.
"Chateau Loire'an, this is Ducha Relina Zhan requesting priority permission to land." Relina said over the comm in flawless Hapan.
"Rodger, Ducha Zhan. Transmit ident code and priority clearance." came the reply from a gruff male voice on the other end.
"Transmitting now. Stand by.." Relina said, hitting a switch on the comm system's console. The signal was sent.
There was a brief pause. Then a reply, "Permission granted, Major. Dock at the east gate, Landing pad four."
Relina would grip the control stick and begin maneuvering toward the pad in question, its location lit up on her aircar's HUD. She turned off her radar sensor, the sort that was commonly referred to as a fuzz-buster, as she slowed her vehicle down to a safe landing speed. Once landed, she'd help her sister out of the air-car and gathered her dress bag, handing it and their other needful belongings over to a servant as one approached to meet them. Relina would check her rapier and sidearm shortly before putting her military beret on, double checking her appearance before she was to meet the Queen mother.... fashionably late, as one might say, although the two noblewomen had little excuse as they didn't live that far away.
"You know, Relina, there will be several suitable men here... Maybe this time we can get you a husband." Alessandra remarked, although Relina could intimately sense the sarcasm that wasn't that evident in her tone.
"... Oh sure! And I trust I'll have to fight you over him, too, no less." Relina scoffed, mockingly.
The two women snickered and giggled as they walked in toward the festivities.
