<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/1a/Dr._Madison_Chance.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Dr. Madison Chance</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>Suiting up room</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td>Lt. Colonel Louise Cotter; Deputy Commander Stefan Versatile; Major Laura Hicks; Vladimir Gurkov</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td>Mission preparation</td></tr></tbody></table><hr/><br/>The mission to Olympus was one that both intrigued and bored me. Still, orders were orders, so I headed to the suiting room. Everyone else assigned to the mission had a specific purpose, steeped in possible discovery of the unknown. My assignment was simply to observe and assess the rest of the team in action, to measure the psychological reactions of those undertaking a rather unusual endeavour. From a clinical perspective, it was indeed intriguing.<br/><br/>From a personal perspective ... less so.<br/><br/>Which, in its own way, was also intriguing.<br/><br/>I entered the suiting area, where several other crew members already were preparing for the mission. I gave a friendly nod to Deputy Commander Versatile and Mr. Gurkov, and allowed them a small smile, but said nothing. My mind was elsewhere.<br/><br/>Lt. Colonel Cotter and Major Hicks were behind some lockers, apparently getting quite amorous. I respected their desire to seek some form of privacy for their enthusiastic displays of affection, but I could see everything they were doing in the reflection of a mirror located in the far corner of the room. Major Hicks, in particular, seemed rather excited, as the woman's face appeared quite flushed, and her pupils dilated. I couldn't tell if that was from sexual arousal or hormonal shifts. Some combination of both seemed the most likely explanation.<br/><br/>I gave a quick look-around for Lena. To my disappointment, I didn't see her. I hadn't seen her name on the duty roster for this particular mission, but still ... well, one could hope.<br/><br/>Sighing, I sat down on a bench, and took one of the smaller suits. I began my inspections of the suit's seals and pressure systems, running through established safety protocols before beginning to don it.