Bonjour New Orleans, mes amie

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Personal log, Daryus Williams, September 6, 2154:

 

I strolled down St Charles towards Canal St. A streetcar lumbered past filled with happy tourist's. I was woken up early this morning by my personal comm station. It was a message from Starfleet's Quartermaster. We are to show up to the Mars drydock on the 8th to move all of our belongings into our quarter's and become aquainted with the ship and our duty's before the launch on the 12th. That's ok, I'm looking foward to crawling around the Challenger's inside's. I'm going to be like a kid in a candy store. I called my parent's and my brother and sister and told them I would be leaving in the morning for the transport to Mars. We're all meeting at Messina's for a celebration dinner tonight, then I leave on the transport.

Zephram's ready for his first space flight, poor kitty. I hope he's ok with it. I'm going to miss New Orleans, but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. To explore the uncharted reaches of space. I cross Canal and up to Decatur to Messina's. One more huge seafood platter before I leave. I'm sure the Challenge's mess crew Won't have fried alligater and frog's legs, so I have to enjoy them while I can.

My family is waiting for me in front of Messina's. We eat, drink, laugh and cry about my upcoming adventure. My father gave me a gift, an antique compass so I'd alway be able to find my way as he said. Afer mass hugs and sniffles all around, I head home to finish packing my things and get Zephram ready for his adventure. He's not very happy about it, has never liked cat carrier's but he'll live. He's going to have kitty treats and his favorate squeaky toy with him. Well, time to go to bed. The transport leave's out of the spaceport at 0900.

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Edited September 7, 2004 by DaryusWilliams