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Warrant Officer Patrick, or 'Pat' to his friends, was having a long day - While most of the Am Fluchtig's crew had departed the ship for shore-leave, Patrick had drawn the short straw and been put on watch duty, awaiting his own time off in a few days time.
After hours of gruelling shift coverage and unpaid overtime - The young man curled up in his sleeping cubicle, ready to at-last call in a night, or morning - It was after all quite late. He drank a cup of his favourite hot coco, watched an episode of his beloved soap-opera and tucked up tight for sleep, counting fluffy clouds.
Then his communicator rang...
Half an hour later, having had a stand-up row with the dock guards over why a military jeep was leaving the compound so late at night - Patrick arrived at a pub in the city.
To his surprise Patrick was faced with not one or two, but three of the Tristian Flotilla's highest ranking officers, all plastered drunk - Oh and some very grumpy pilot called 'Sabban' too.
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The ride back had been a mess, crying, snoring and worst of all - Vomiting.
After finally helping the officers into the ship's break room, Patrick had needed to return to the jeep just to clean up the mess.
But finally, at well gone 4 o'clock, Patrick groggily slunk his way back to his bunk - Even if it was St.Aardig's week, surely there would be no more officers still out on the town this late?
No public house would still be open at this hour, even with the festivities?
Patrick lay back, sound in the knowledge he would be drifting to dream land in mere seconds, happy to be done a good day's work-- "Pat? Bridge here, You'll never believe this - You know that elf magi lady ya?
And better yet Thee Scarlet Scourge or how about the daughter of the 'Hero of the East'?
Well ah, err, you're never gonna guess this, they all went drinking together and err - They need a lift back to the ship - You don't think you could maybe make one more trip... Pretty please?"
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