<em>Okay, darling, knock it off. Leave the guy alone for a bit, or I'll be leaving you alone for a bit...</em>The threat to Niki was not serious and she would know that, but Anne wanted to get on with things and not be distracted.<br/><br/>Another message arrived in her head:<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Oni has been very busy. He may have some useful information already</span></em></span>Iffie informed her privately.<br/><br/>She looked up just in time to see the Sysop come back into the room. She recognised the way he raised his head, blinking. He raised his hand and asked another very sensible question. He'd been gone only a few seconds of real time. She wondered idly how long he'd been in Cyberspace for.<br/><br/>"Well, yeah, travel to and accommodation in Trinidad are legitimate expenses. If you want to make your own way there, then that is fine. Niki will be leaving on the next available flight as soon as the meeting breaks up. I was considering chartering a private jet for the rest of us, but I have no problem whatever if you guys want to try and get there by yourselves.<br/><br/>"Don't make the mistake of thinking this is some sort of busman's holiday. It's an exotic location, sure, and it's a pretty part of the world, sure, but we are going up against government forces. Getting into the country will be the easy bit. We go in as tourists or whatever. For that matter, I can't conceive a cover for using a private jet so it might be best if we all fly commercial.<br/><br/>"It will be getting out that is tricky. Hopefully, they won't be looking for<em>us</em>, unless things go wrong, but they will be looking for someone.<br/><br/>"Best thing to do might be to just blend with the crowd and have a holiday. Two weeks to allow the hue and cry to die down would be legitimate expenses. After that, you are paying your own hotel bills.<br/><br/>"Oh and if I see one claim for alcohol or rec-drugs, that person has their entire expenses claim voided and pays for their entire trip themselves."