From: "Benjamin Tate" <boy_devil@hotmail.com>

Day 6 - Evening
{Backpost}

Galen was sitting in the dining hall, munching away, lost in thought. His 
eye refocused on a man crossing the dining room.  He was fairly 
non-descript, but his eyes ... his eyes were completely black.  Galen looked 
closer and he saw such intense, focused rage in those eyes that he was taken 
aback.  His confusion was noticed by the man who suddenly turned charming, 
eyes shielding what had previously been there and smile attempting to cover 
the hatred.  Then he was gone.

Galen quickly excused himself from the table, and followed the man out.  But 
he stopped short once outside the dining hall.  There was no one to be seen. 
  He moved a short distance out into the green and hailed a passing rider.

"Have you seen anyone strange in the last minute or two?"

The rider looked surprised then pointed vaguely backwards and said, "There 
was a man who passed me who had strange eyes, but I don't remember what he 
looked like or where he went."

Galen couldn't quite recall his features either, but that didn't matter.  He 
had memorized those eyes.

He searched for a little while longer, but found nothing and finally gave 
up.  He would keep his eyes open though.

<..>

Day 7 - Evening

He was still staring at the stars when the confusion started.  He had been 
feeling uneasy since seeing that strange man last night and S'ron had talked 
to him and Darrkon earlier, confessing the same sense of uneasiness.  
Something was in the air.

So when the commotion started, Galen's heart doubled intensity in a second.  
K'tarr ran past him and he shouted, "What's going on?"

The hunter slowed enough to shout back "Wraiths!" and then he was gone.  
Galen took off.  He stopped by the MedCentre first, for he knew he would be 
needed there soon.  But Zera shooed him away.

"Love, you'll just be in the way right now.  Come back when the wounded come 
in ... we'll need you then.  You have some organizing to do anyway.  They 
need your tactical brain right now ... I'll get your medical brain later."

So he headed out.  S'ron caught him just as he left.  "Get Beta wing
up and around the crater in case this is a diversion. I'll take Alpha
out to take on the wraiths."

He nodded and ran.  Beta wing was mostly people he had trained anyway, so he 
knew how to get them organized.  As he ran, he cursed his age for the first 
time in a while.  He wanted to do more than just organize Beta Wing ... he 
wanted to fly with them, to lead them himself.  He had all the tactics in 
his head, he knew how to lead ... he just didn't have the dragon.  He had 
felt the absence of a dragon before, but for the first time he really felt 
the emptiness of it.  He knew he wasn't helpless, but that didn't stop him 
from feeling it.

They were already pretty set when he arrived ... he made some last minute 
organizations, told them what to do, gave a brief word of encouragement and 
then sent them off.

Now to find Naomi.  He knew she would be the center of activity and until he 
was needed at the Med Centre, that's where he needed to be.  She was pretty 
easy to find ... just follow the mass of people.

He made his way to her side and smiled at her.

[tag Les]
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NRPG: Les, Galen will stay by Naomi's side and do whatever he needs to do 
until mass wounded start coming in.

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore!"
Ben Tate
Galen

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