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"The Investigation Starts"
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Setting: VALLA ROYAL, Gaolbreak street
Stardate: 63076.2145
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Elliot followed the other two starfleet officers out of the room as he could still hear them chuckling. As they walked out of the room, it wasn't what Ensign Thomas was expecting at all, it was actually a nice looking streets, and if ET was correct the stone all looked like a marble stone, shiny and clean ::Well I thought from the stories of this place that it was going to have dusty streets and rather dodgy characters walking around, but it's none of that. The streets look great and the people look so nice:: the more the COO looked around the place the more he had a bad feeling and became uncomfortable ::It's too nice::.

As Elliot walked beside the other two in the street, he softly whispered when there was no one in close proximity to them "Aki, Eve is it me or are any of you two having a bad feeling about this too". The two ladies looked at him with the same concerned look that he had expressed upon his face, "Yes, there is definitely a weird feeling around here, one I believe to be of submissiveness, like they are obeying because they have to and are too afraid to do anything about it or don't want to do anything about it" the councillor softly agreed to Ensign Thomas.

Ensign Mitshiba had remembered from the images they had studied that the promenade was just down the next street, and let the other two know that they were to head down the next street on the right by nudging Eve slightly and glancing to the following turning on the right. The COO had watched this interaction and quickly headed to this junction. As they walked down the street ET could not believe how nice the place looked, although there was a kind of unnerving feeling within the place the quality of buildings and streets, kind of made it worth being here, or at least helped him understand why people would stay in this place.

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Setting: VALLA ROYAL, Promenade
Stardate: 63076.2205
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The aCSciO memory was as perfect as the work she does at all times, they arrived at the promenade and Ensign Dalziel noticed a small bench at the far side, where they could sit and work out their next step.

They all sat on the bench, which was nicely placed so they could see the whole promenade and very little chance of anyone coming from behind them unnoticed.

"Right Eve I think think this will be the best place for you to stay put, until you hear from Hex. I think ET and I will have a look around, see what we can find out. There must be someone here that saw something, besides I've been studying the images of maps and places that were given to us and I think we may be able to get some information from some of the bars in the area where the Dabo girl was last seen with the drunken Klingon" whispered the aCSciO to the other two officers.

Ensign Thomas and Mitshiba got up from the bench, Aki cuddled Elliot playfully, then looked at the only officer left on the bench "OK Auntie June, we'll meet you back here later after me and my new wonderful hubby have experienced some of the wonderful hospitality in the taverns around her". Eve smiled and chuckled "If you don't behave in them taverns your still not too old to go over my knee young lady" they all laughed and the all to realistic couple walked off.

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Setting: VALLA ROYAL, Zeiliin Street
Stardate: 63076.2230
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Ensign Mitshiba was snuggling into the COO as they walked the streets, Aki knowing and guiding them as they walked, she had the map in her mind to where the Dabo girl was last seen. Elliot smiled at the aCSciO and admitted "You know you were quite brilliant back there, to think of trying the bars or taverns in the area from where the Dabo girl went missing was amazing, only after you had said it I realised that you were banking on the Klingon drinking in the area of where she had gone missing, that was just brilliant".

Aki looked at ET "Well there is that and the fact that maybe one of these taverns may have a spare room for an hour" she winked teasingly. Elliot started to turn red a little and could not help but become aware that he was in fact getting slightly aroused by this warm woman snuggling into him.

ET adjusted his position with the young Ensign and instructed softly "We're here on a mission not a honeymoon yet!"

The beautiful starfleet officer looked the COO up and down, "mmm well that's not what your body says, but I'll settle for the not on a honeymoon *yet* " she laughed then continued in a more serious tone "OK, lets get down to work, we're just about 500 yards from where the young Dabo girl went missing from, so I think we should try the tavern that is just around the next corner, I think it is called Aswerbolw".

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Craig Mitchell
Ensign Elliot Thomas
Chief Operations Officer
USS ANUBIS, NCC-18501