She was a space marine, and had no shortage of survival skills and talents, but unfortunately she also had been stripped naked for the trip. It was an... indignity.All of their belongings were taken, from shoes to hair braids, and their nails were trimmed as far as they could go. They had been bound for examination and probed everywhere. Aurora had already had her head shaved, along with the rest of her body, and was grateful in this heat.The terrain was as red as Mars, and for a moment, when they. The following night, when I logged out at midnight, I picked up Patrick and Kathy in the ship's small showroom/lounge. They were dressed in the official 'country club casual' common to small ships like ours. I, having just sent the crowd to the casino or bars, or some to their beds, was dressed in my usual Cruise Director duds. We went to our pied a terre in the passenger section of the ship. Hanspeter was waiting for us, dressed in the formal Captain's uniform that he wore on the bridge. He. I felt grand. Ann was incredibly sweet. Just being around her was a true delight. Ann left to continue packing. Some alone time. I took some time to sit alone in the den. I moved the contents of Ann’s CD to my laptop’s hard drive and looked for the file she said she had written just for me. There was a file named: ‘Beloved.’ Reading it brought tears to my eves. I felt so totally and completely loved. I tracked Ann down and gave her a long soft kiss and a longer hug. We melded together. If we. I just shook my head looking at it all. The next two weeks were spent sorting, packing and throwing away the unnecessary trash. The sleeping arrangements were a bit uncomfortable for me, a lumpy couch in the living room, which no matter how I tried, I was unable to get comfortable on and get sleep. It was after one week, that I discovered how much alike my Dad and Uncle Tim were. I had been showering and changing in the bathroom each night, placing my dirty items in a bag that I left beside the.