On the Fence

[Gar]

Ni turned to her bunk for a moment to casually remove her leathers and slip into a thin, lacy black night gown from her luggage. The hem of the gown went just a little ways past her hip, allowing a full view of her smooth, long legs. As she goes to place the communicator on her bed she sees that she had received a message, though it seemed to be a few hours old. The message was from Gadeon, asking where she was. Her open-mouthed smile of excitement shifts to a frown and, after hesitating a moment, she replies, "In my bunk," biting her lip anxiously and adding, "Sorry about making a mess today."

Ni dropped the communicator on her bed and walked over to Ashla's bunk, her cheerfulness deflated. "Have you seen Gaddy recently?" she asks, sitting on the edge of her friend's bed and looking up at her pensively, "It seems I haven't been much help to him recently, and that makes me a little sad..."