<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6b/Lt_Laura_Alicia_Hicks.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Major Laura Hicks (MSF)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>The Eating Facilities</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> Lots of People.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Finishing her first meal on Mars.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Laura finished the meal of soup and flatbread,using the last of the bread to wipe up the dredges of the soup from the bottom of the bowl. She had enjoyed the game on the big screen for several minutes in the company of her lover, Louise Cotter, but she had taken enough time out of what should be a busy work day; regardless of how pleasurable it had been.<br/><br/>She leaned over and kissed Louise lightly on the lips, “I need to get to work… See you later?” She met Louise’s eyes and sent her a quick message, “come by and see me sometime.”<br/><br/>She nodded at Dr. Gati as he entered the room as she rose with her bowl and trash and went over to deposit them in their appropriate places. She paused at the entry to the kitchens and with a smile, “Great job guys, the soup and bread were excellent.”<br/><br/>She winked at Lou again and made her way across the level to the stairs and used them instead of the lift. Between the low gravity and surface with it’s desire to kill the unwary, she would take all of the exercise that she could find as she made her way down to the 4th level and the connecting corridor to  the Control Center (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148917.0)<br/>