#4549026 - 12/19/2002:00 PMRe: Deep Immersion DiD campaign -- Player Instructions (UPDATED 28 Nov 2018)
[Re: Raine]
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RAF_Louvert
BOC President; Pilot Extraordinaire; Humble Man
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Joined: May 2012
Posts: 4,879
L'Etoile du Nord
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Carrick - Those Green Tails can be all kinds of trouble. Thorpe was fortunate to make it out unscathed.
Robert - Nice to see you dropping by again. There’s hot tea in the kettle.
KK - I don’t drink anymore either, and I am far far from young, so we’re both in that same group together. Fools is as fools does.
Raine - Congrats to MacAlister on his well-earned and well-deserved gong. Quite the war record in less than a month.
Fullofit - So no pomp and circumstance for Ziggy, eh? Ah well, it's the bling itself that counts anyway. I do wonder though how long HQ is going to hold a grudge against their highest scoring ace.
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17 December 1917 65 Squadron R.F.C. Bailleul, France
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“How did you know I was here Lizzie old girl, or did you just happen by to find me lying here like this and think ‘well there’s a cheeky fellow I should say hello to’. Haw!” Captain Abbott was quite pleased with his little wordplay.
“A cheeky fellow to be sure”, Nurse Ellison replied cheerily. “But no I didn’t just happen by. Nurse Crunkshaw was in the hallway describing an RFC pilot she’d just assisted with; big silly grin; refused morphine for a bullet removal; and joked with the doctor all the while he was working. Couldn’t be two of ‘em like that, I said to myself, must be my darling Freddy. So I told her I’d take care of your dressing, and here I am.” Then, with a mild tone of irritation in her voice, she added, “But where have you been? Haven’t heard a word from you since Abbeville - I thought we had a nice time together.”
“We did Lizzie, but there has been this war on you know”, Frederick remarked as the young woman finished bandaging his wound. “I came to see you on my way home on leave at the start of October, but you were nowhere to be found. All anyone could tell me was that you’d been sent to a forward field hospital near Arras to help out. I worried for you I’ll have you know.”
“Yeah?”, Nurse Ellison questioned, a coy smile on her cleanly scrubbed face. “I worried for you too Freddy - I did. Thought about you a fair bit too, wondering where you were and what you’d been up to. Must have a proper look at you so get yourself dressed, I’m done back here.” Lizzie slapped the young ace on his good butt cheek, giving a laugh as she did so.
“Not funny old girl, it’s all tender back there at the moment”, Freddy scolded while, still on his stomach, he swung his legs off the table, stood, gingerly pulled up his drawers and trousers, then turned and flashed a toothy smile at his assailant as he tucked in his shirt and tidied himself. “Hand me my tunic from the chair there would you Lizzie my dear?”
As she lifted the jacket she saw the extra pips. “A Captain? “, she remarked. And when she then helped him on with it she caught sight of the row of flash beneath his pilot’s wings. “Three ribbons? You are the proper hero now, aren’t you Freddy. You have to tell me all about it!” The young nurse beamed.
“I shall Lizzie, and you can catch me up on all that you’ve been doing!” Abbott beamed back in kind. “How about over lunch, unless you’ve already eaten? I know a place in town that’s good. Not toppers mind you, but fairly decent. Don’t know about you old girl, but I’m famished!”
“Yeah, I am too.” Lizzie paused for a moment then added, “Gawd, it is good to see you again Freddy - I missed you.”
“Missed you too old girl”, Freddy replied, realizing the moment he said it just how much he really had. “So grab your coat and hat then and let’s go!”
“I will, just give me a tick to let Beatrice know I’ll be out.”
“Beatrice?”
“Sorry, Nurse Crunkshaw, the one who tended to you. We cover for each other, she’s a good sort.”
“Haw! Wouldn’t know it from looking at her, she was nothing but annoyed at me”, Freddy laughed.
“Yeah, yeah, she’s like that with cheeky buggers.”