Ann arrives in Emon to assist Dr. Lucy Prism in her preparations to strengthen the ERM, and interact with the URA.
THE GOD GAMES: Legend of Kor...Chapter Thirteen
ANN:
I arrived at Lucy's office at 1:00 p.m. on the Monday afternoon following our first business meeting and Alice greeted me with a hug. We entered Lucy's office to find her hard at work.
"Oh, Ann! How good of you to come. What brings you here today? I didn't think I'd see you until Sunday," exclaimed Lucy.
"All of us decided that we'd like to offer our Korian friends our services in any way we can be of help. I'm at your disposal until next Sunday morning, when we return to the ship," I replied.
"I'm overwhelmed with joy to have you with us. I could really use your help.
"Right now, I'm working on a speech I'm giving on the radio tonight. I'm asking for volunteers to enter the URA. I'm closing the college until the war is over. I'm asking the professors who can, to become temporary officers in the URA, and the students to become soldiers.
"I'm also asking the citizens not to do business with the Selves until the war is over. That should give everyone something to think about."
"Well, that sounds like a great speech," I responded, "and I like your idea about the students and professors joining the URA temporarily. We can really use them."
"I am making sign-up posters to post around Delta," said Alice, "and the campus. I am also preparing the serviceman's record jackets for a hopeful 5,000 that will sign up."
"Well," I said, "how about if I go out with Alice to hang the posters and then come back and listen to your speech?"
"That sounds fine for now. I have a lot of work to do in able to close the campus. This evening we can go to an early dinner and when we get back I'd like to go over some service records and decide who to put in charge of the platoons of men.
"Then we have to think about transportation of the Special Forces troops to the armory. We have a lot of trucks, buses, and carts, and we'll have to organize them so that we can take care of first priorities, first, and yet get everything necessary done in time."
I let Lucy go back to writing her radio speech, and I helped Alice finish making posters. By 3:00 p.m., Lucy had finished her speech and Alice and I had a large stack of posters.
"That's it girls," yawned Lucy. "It's time for a break and some food and drink. Dibs on the restroom first, but I'll be quick."
We all washed up, and then went for a walk to Le Span. We were seated at Lucy's favorite table and ordered glasses of blackberry juice. We ate broiled blue fish steak and kelp, roast acorn squash, tossed garden salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and for dessert, we had triple blueberry deep-dish yogart, and apple juice and water to drink. There were also big puffy biscuits on the side.
We finished eating and then had a cup of green tea as we relaxed for a few moments.
After dinner, we walked back to Lucy's office. Lucy practiced her speech, and Alice and I took a load of posters and placed them around the college campus. We had several people come up and ask what was going on. We simply told them that they should listen to the radio at 8:00 p.m. for some very important news.
When we had hung up all the posters we had made; we returned to Lucy's office to see what else needed to be done.
Lucy had us sit down while she read us her speech. We gave her a few tips, which she graciously took, but it was an excellent speech overall.
"Let's go to the gym and exercise for a while," said Lucy, "and then take a quick shower and get ready for the broadcast. Alice, you feel free to go home and play with your baby and we'll meet you back here at 7:00 in the morning.
Tomorrow we hear Lucy's radio speech and her challenge to the Emon people.
THE GOD GAMES: Legend of Kor...Chapter Thirteen
ANN:
I arrived at Lucy's office at 1:00 p.m. on the Monday afternoon following our first business meeting and Alice greeted me with a hug. We entered Lucy's office to find her hard at work.
"Oh, Ann! How good of you to come. What brings you here today? I didn't think I'd see you until Sunday," exclaimed Lucy.
"All of us decided that we'd like to offer our Korian friends our services in any way we can be of help. I'm at your disposal until next Sunday morning, when we return to the ship," I replied.
"I'm overwhelmed with joy to have you with us. I could really use your help.
"Right now, I'm working on a speech I'm giving on the radio tonight. I'm asking for volunteers to enter the URA. I'm closing the college until the war is over. I'm asking the professors who can, to become temporary officers in the URA, and the students to become soldiers.
"I'm also asking the citizens not to do business with the Selves until the war is over. That should give everyone something to think about."
"Well, that sounds like a great speech," I responded, "and I like your idea about the students and professors joining the URA temporarily. We can really use them."
"I am making sign-up posters to post around Delta," said Alice, "and the campus. I am also preparing the serviceman's record jackets for a hopeful 5,000 that will sign up."
"Well," I said, "how about if I go out with Alice to hang the posters and then come back and listen to your speech?"
"That sounds fine for now. I have a lot of work to do in able to close the campus. This evening we can go to an early dinner and when we get back I'd like to go over some service records and decide who to put in charge of the platoons of men.
"Then we have to think about transportation of the Special Forces troops to the armory. We have a lot of trucks, buses, and carts, and we'll have to organize them so that we can take care of first priorities, first, and yet get everything necessary done in time."
I let Lucy go back to writing her radio speech, and I helped Alice finish making posters. By 3:00 p.m., Lucy had finished her speech and Alice and I had a large stack of posters.
"That's it girls," yawned Lucy. "It's time for a break and some food and drink. Dibs on the restroom first, but I'll be quick."
We all washed up, and then went for a walk to Le Span. We were seated at Lucy's favorite table and ordered glasses of blackberry juice. We ate broiled blue fish steak and kelp, roast acorn squash, tossed garden salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and for dessert, we had triple blueberry deep-dish yogart, and apple juice and water to drink. There were also big puffy biscuits on the side.
We finished eating and then had a cup of green tea as we relaxed for a few moments.
After dinner, we walked back to Lucy's office. Lucy practiced her speech, and Alice and I took a load of posters and placed them around the college campus. We had several people come up and ask what was going on. We simply told them that they should listen to the radio at 8:00 p.m. for some very important news.
When we had hung up all the posters we had made; we returned to Lucy's office to see what else needed to be done.
Lucy had us sit down while she read us her speech. We gave her a few tips, which she graciously took, but it was an excellent speech overall.
"Let's go to the gym and exercise for a while," said Lucy, "and then take a quick shower and get ready for the broadcast. Alice, you feel free to go home and play with your baby and we'll meet you back here at 7:00 in the morning.
Tomorrow we hear Lucy's radio speech and her challenge to the Emon people.
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