Astronomy and Stargates [Pure & Arkaniel]
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				Title: <strong>Astronomy and Stargates [Pure &amp; Arkaniel]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PureImagination</strong> on <strong>02-06-2010, 15:45:56</strong>
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				Colorado wasn’t exactly the first place she would have picked to move to. Sure, the college she would now be attending was the only one in the United States with an excellent astronomy program, but it would be so damn hot! She was used to cooler climates since she had lived in Alaska most of her life. Slender fingers ran through locks of frizzed out red hair as the bus stopped just a block from where she would be staying. Stepping off the bus, Ryder wondered if pursuing this astronomy degree would even be worth it. She knew the nearby military base worked on deep space telemetry and if she could get in on that, well, she’d be set for life. <br><br>Her father hadn’t liked this idea one bit. He had wanted her to take the military route he had taken. Then again, he had always wanted a boy. He divorced her mother when she was three because she wasn’t able to have children anymore. He took Ryder and treated her like a son instead of a daughter. She had short hair and wore boy clothing for most of her life. When puberty hit, she was forced to tape her breasts down and speak in a deep voice when spoken to. It wasn’t until she was seventeen that she was able to emancipate herself from her father so she could finally be a girl for once in her life. They didn’t speak until she turned twenty one and got accepted to the astronomy program at Colorado Springs University. <br><br>Ryder shook her head to rid herself of thoughts of her father. Sighing softly, the female began to walk towards her new house. The rent was cheap despite it being in such a nice neighborhood. She had the money to pay it off now, but the thought of owning a house scared her. Everyone who knew her knew about her commitment issues. That was why she was never able to keep a boyfriend for very long. Sure, she wanted to settle down one day and have kids, but the thought of being stuck to one person for the rest of her life scared the mess out of her. She blamed her father for this as well as other issues she had. Lost in her thoughts, Ryder barely noticed that she was standing in front of her new house. It was a cute house with blue paneling and a white picket fence out front. Taking in a deep breath, the red head walked up the walkway and onto the porch. She put her key in the doorknob and twisted until she heard the click of the lock. This was it. Opening the door, Ryder stepped inside and closed the white door behind her. This was the first day of her new life.<br><br>Unpacking had only taken a few hours since she hadn’t brought a whole lot with her. She knew most of her time would be spent at the school anyway. She worked too hard and played too little. She found herself standing in her new bathroom looking over her face in the mirror above the sink. Fair and pale skin covered high cheek bones and a strong nose. There was a scar on the inside of her nose from a piercing she once had. Those pretty gray eyes attracted all sorts of attention and they happened to be her favorite part of her body. Ryder touched her face softly before the sound of her cell phone pulled her from her trance. Looking down at the little device, she saw it was her step brother calling her. Turns out Mom could have children still; she just refused to have them with Ryder’s father. <br><br>“Hello? Hey Jason. Yeah. I’ll see you in two weeks.” She hung up the phone and sat it back down on the counter. <br><br>Jason had just turned seventeen and he wanted to visit Ryder at her new place. She hadn’t been allowed to see him after he had been born so she had never even known she had a brother until her mother had contacted her and told her. They met up after Ryder moved away from her father and they get along rather well. The sound of the shower running reminded the red head of what she had been doing. She let the towel that had been around her body drop to the floor so she could step into the shower and wash up before heading out for the night. There was a local bar nearby and she knew a few drinks would help her really relax.<br><br>The time was now nine thirty as she stepped out of her house and walked down the sidewalk. The stars were out tonight and she couldn’t help but look at them as she walked towards the bar. Normally she would have taken the bus, but she wanted to be familiar with the town and what better way to do that then to walk its streets. A few people said hello as she passed them by. Their hellos were returned with fake smiles and small waves. The heels of her boots clicked against the pavement and she wished this place had been closer to her home. These boots were definitely not made for walking, but they completed her ensemble. The rest of her outfit consisted of a normal black t-shirt and rather tight jeans. The boots just made it look a little less…boring. Her hair was back in a loose ponytail and she wore very little makeup. <br><br>Her looks were apparently good enough for this place since it seemed everyone stopped to look at her as she walked into the bar. Flustered by the sudden stares, Ryder quickly looked down to hide the blush forming on her cheeks. Did these people have to stare? She sat down at the bar and ordered Shocktop in a tall glass. She wasn’t a big fan of beer, but Shocktop had a nice orange-y hint to it that made it rather bearable. The TV was on and playing the news for some reason. She had almost expected there to be some sort of sporting event on. A few men were playing pool while women watched them. Others were drinking and having fun. She seemed to be the only one at the bar besides a brunette haired man who seemed to be really into the glass that sat before him. It looked like he was lost in thought or something. Ryder looked him over carefully before she took another drink of her beer. He was cute, but he didn’t seem much like her type. Shrugging her shoulders, she scooted over a seat to sit closer to the guy. It would be nice to know someone from around here at least. <br><br>“Uhm…Hi. I’m Ryder. I just moved into town.”&nbsp; The heat in her cheeks made her want to run as fast as she could. What was she thinking just talking to some stranger like this! Ryder’s shyness was coming out but she was trying hard to hide it. The guy seemed innocent enough and no one else seemed like they would sit long enough to even learn her name. <em>Please don’t let this be a mistake.</em> <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Astronomy and Stargates [Pure &amp; Arkaniel]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arkaniel</strong> on <strong>06-06-2010, 11:47:18</strong>
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				Colorado Springs was a typical American town. It was a top fifty American city even, with over three hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants. Many of those were in some ways related to the military. There was a large military base, a military airport and the NORAD facility in Cheyenne mountain. Many of the families of the soldiers lived in the city, as well as thousands of researchers, scientists and other employees of the high tech industry and the advanced military airport. Over the last ten years, ever since the inception of the Stargate program, the town’s industry had started to boom, secretly fuelled by some of the more mundane discoveries made through the Stargate. Plus, hosts of special forces squads were stationed in the vicinity of Cheyenne mountain, to reinforce the secret SG-teams and to contain possible alien foothold situations.<br><br>Another fact that kept the secret of the Stargate being more of a ‘public secret’, was the three squadrons of F-302’s stationed at the airbase. Even though everything was still under wraps, and no one knew about the SGC, most people in the city were starting to have an inkling that Cheyenne mountain was used for more than just ‘deep space telemetry’, especially when all NORAD personnel was transferred to another, nearby base. After all, with the SGC expanding, they had laid claim to the entire mountain, converting it to more laboratories, a larger armory, barracks and a larger medical wing, due to the recent Ori threat.<br><br>The fear remained unspoken, but most of the Stargate personnel was aware the secret, the very focus of their lives for the past few years and the most important asset and base on Earth, would not last for much longer. In the last few years, earth had been the victim of unaccountable and unexplainable plagues, alien invasions, a growing space armada and even cloned Goa’uld operating right here in the business world, alongside a bunch of greedy entrepreneurs that stopped at nothing to get more power and money for their ‘Trust’.<br><br>It was under these circumstances that one found Colonel Cameron Mitchell, Commander of SG-1 the flag ship exploration team of the Stargate Command, in a local bar, or a pub really. O’Malley’s was a popular bar/pub amongst the military personnel of Cheyenne Mountain. Cheap beer, reliable customers and great steak. What more could a man and his friends want? Except that Cameron was here alone. He was on leave, still recovering and resting from the injuries he got in the Ori galaxy, fighting both Priors and that idiotic CIA agent the fused with a replicator aboard the Odyssey. Yep, those punches had hurt a lot, and he had even broken his leg and a few ribs. Luckily, he was out of his cast now, but they had given him leave to rest still. It was not like he was currently needed much anyway. His team had fallen apart again. <br><br>Samantha Carter had taken up leadership of Atlantis, now that most threats in their home galaxy had been solved. She was a valuable asset, with a frightening intelligence, and a lot of experience, best used now in the current hotspot, the city of the Ancients in the Pegasus galaxy. Daniel Jackson had gone with her, finally getting his wish to visit the Ancient City. Teal’c had left earth, too, needed by the Jaffa Council to bring affairs into order again after the mess left by the Ori incursion. Vala was another matter all together. She had simply left earth, pursuing her own interests like she did before.<br><br>Cameron, a tall, attractive man with light brown hair, light eyes and a strong, rugged face, yet a slightly mischievous smile,&nbsp; sat at the bar, nursing his beer, slowly, contemplating his life. In his thirties already, he was a heavily decorated air force officer of high rank, though most of his accomplishments and commendations were classified. To all public appearances, he was just a junior officer assigned to Deep Space Telemetry, a boring desk job that only the most worthless soldiers got. Why else would he sit at his desk the whole day and listen to sounds of space that weren’t there. Of course, no one but his team mates and fellow Stargate officers knew that their jobs were the exact opposite. Still, he wondered what he would be doing now. Reform a new SG-1? Or should he redeploy back to the F-302 squadrons? Or apply for a commanding position aboard one of the new Deadalus battlecruisers? They were building several new ones, faster and better than before, thanks to the knowledge the Asgard had given to Earth.<br><br>Or would he settle down? The girl he had fancied for a long time, and met again at the recent, busted, high school reunion, had turned him down, not wanting to mix with the oddness that was his inexplicable job… No, settling down was not an option. He was a man of action. Yet, he was distracted completely when a young redhead sat down next to him and suddenly addressed him, taking him completely off guard. She was significantly younger than him, at least by ten or more years, yet, he was quite taken by her timid blush and her shy greeting. Turning towards her completely, he gave her a charming smile, revealing straight, pearly white teeth and sparkling, light grey eyes, before he greeted her, “Hello there. I am Cameron. Pleasure to meet you, Ryder. So, what brings you to this neck of the woods?”<br><br>He was genuinely curious, as while she was definitely attractive, and dressed just so she would definitely draw some attention with her looks and curves, she looked a bit out of place in a pub where the majority of the customers were slightly older and in some way involved with the military.<br>
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				Post by: <strong>PureImagination</strong> on <strong>07-06-2010, 23:30:22</strong>
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				Ryder was completely taken aback by his smile and those eyes of his. Dear lord he was handsome! Of course, he looked to be older than she was and that made the female slightly uncomfortable. She readjusted how she was sitting a bit to try to make herself relax a bit more. "Cameron huh? I like that name." A sweet smile and she continued speaking. "School dragged me out here. I'm majoring in astronomy so I figured the university here was the best choice to finish up my degree." Her own gray eyes met his causing the blush in her cheeks to darken. Oh she probably looked like some teenager who was talking to the cutest guy in school at the moment. She looked around the bar for a second, trying to distract herself from Cameron. She had no idea he was going to be that good looking when he had turned to face her.<br><br>Her palms felt sweaty or maybe they felt that way because of how tight she was holding onto her beer now. Ryder took a drink to calm her nerves, but all it did was make her even jitterier. It wasn’t until an older gentleman turned the TV up that Ryder was able to divert her attention somewhere else. As she looked at the screen from where she sat, she was shocked to see what looked like two planes fighting. Upon squinting her eyes to get a better look, the woman realized those weren’t military ships. Hell, they weren’t even commercial planes. Those had to be UFOs because nothing else explained it. The quality of the video was horrid but everyone seemed to be transfixed on the image. What the hell was going on?<br><br>She had heard of some weird things happening around the base before she moved into town but she had thought nothing of it. “Man, you don’t see stuff like that every day. I just wonder if its real or not.” Looking to Cameron, she tried to read him for what he was thinking on the images that were looping over and over again while a reported talked about them. The man speaking called it a very good hoax put on by a few college kids. A few in the pub seemed to buy it and for now, Ryder was one of those people. “You’d think college kids would have better things to do.” She said, frowning a bit before taking another drink of her beer. “So Cameron, do you live around here?” Her head tilted to the side slightly as she asked him the question. Hopefully she wasn’t prying too much into this random guy’s life.<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Arkaniel</strong> on <strong>08-06-2010, 21:01:14</strong>
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				“Ah, lured in by the promising presence of NORAD, I imagine? How curious”, he replied, enigmatically, his smile still charming and boyishly handsome, despite his age, yet his eyes became more guarded, as they always did when conversations in public approached topics that were classified. He oh so disliked lying, the vice, the very sin almost torn out of him by his God-fearing grandmother. She had drilled him on the Bible, and turned him into a typical All-American Christian. So, lying fell him hard, but given his occupation, the one he had fought for to obtain, the one he had risked his life for multiple times, it was inevitable.<br><br>As he was about to expand on exactly why this was curious, a whole line of conversation planning out in his mind, to break the depressing thoughts he was having before she broke his aura of silence and typical broodiness, his mind came to a screeching halt as all attention turned towards the television screen flipping on and showing a newsflash. This was bad. Oh so very bad! It showed a Death Glider dogfighting with a F-302. From the scenery, it appeared to be above the Arctic ocean. Oh bloody hell! Had there been some kind of ship down there, close enough to witness the battle above Antarctica? And why hadn’t they caught on to this earlier? Such a breach of security and secrecy ought to have been detected much, much earlier and nipped in the bud!<br><br>It was too late now.<br><br>Luckily, the reporter was of the conviction this was a hoax, a sentiment that seemed to be shared by all in the pub that didn’t know this was actual footage from the battle above the South Pole, about two years ago. Strange that that tape only surfaced now. His attention was drawn again by the younger lady by his side. The pretty redhead turned back towards him, commenting on the video and its veracity. She doubted it, while Cameron hoped he had schooled his face well enough to hide his shock. He would probably be called in soon enough, and already his hand slipped inside his pocket, ready to pick up his phone the first moment it rang.<br><br>Meanwhile, he just gazed at his companion and told her, “Yea, whatever it is, I doubt it is real aliens. I should know. I work in Deep Space Telemetry, as a part of NORAD, and I’d like to think we would have caught on to something like that. So far, space is empty…” Again, he cursed his dislike for lying, as it meant he was not good at convincingly lying, but it was all he could do. Already, his special forces training kicked in and he could tell most of the officers and soldiers that were aware of the Stargate in some form were all ‘suddenly’ remembering they had other obligations, and were leaving the pub.<br><br>For now, all Cameron could think of was to distract the girl, so she would see through his façade. Besides, it wouldn’t exactly be a chore, as she was very easy on the eyes. “Yes, yes, I do live around here. Just a few blocks over. But I don’t think you are interested in wanting to see my Bachelor’s pad. It is not fit for visitors”, he winked at her, laughingly, before he continued, “Though, what I can show you, is the rest of town, assuming you only recently arrived?”<br>
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				Post by: <strong>PureImagination</strong> on <strong>11-06-2010, 16:35:34</strong>
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				She had simply nodded to his question about NORAD luring her in. It would be an awesome job if she could ever get a position there. Ryder had watched Cameron as he looked at the dog fight on the television screen. He seemed a little shocked to see it. Her brows furrowed as she wondered why he would be so shocked by something. There was a new alien conspiracy coming out just about every day. Shaking her head slightly, Ryder just took another drink of her beer, which was starting to get a little warm, before she listened to him speak of him working in Deep Space Telemetry. At those words, her pretty eyes got wide and her lips parted slightly. "You work in Deep Space Telemetry? That is kinda cool." Well, in her mind, it was amazingly cool. Sure, it seemed like a boring desk job to most, but that was something Ryder would love to do, no matter how boring it got. Yes, she was a nerd and it would probably start showing sooner rather than later.<br><br>She blushed at the thought of visiting his house. She had just wondered if he lived close by! Oh lord! So many thoughts were running through her head and that wink he had given her hadn't helped one little bit. "Well. Uhm...I just rolled into town today. I'd like it if you showed me around." Ryder smiled at him as best as she could while the dirty thoughts worked their way into her mind. Ugh. She had to stop being such a pervert sometimes. Taking a few dollars from her pocket, she placed them on the bar for her drink and a small tip for the bartender as well. "Maybe you could tell me more about this job of yours huh?" Her shyness was getting the best of her and she hoped Cameron wouldn't run off or anything after he showed her around. She liked him, as a friend, for now. He seemed like a really nice and genuine guy, which was rare to come across at all anymore.<br><br>Ryder stood up and made sure he outfit looked okay. She pulled out her cell phone and sent a quick text to her brother, telling him not to call her for a while. He always called her late at night to talk. It was a habit they had gotten into and it was hard for either of them to break. With that done, she pocketed the phone and waited on Cameron to lead her out. After all, the only part of the town she knew was here and the way back home. Maybe he could walk her home tonight if it wouldn't be too much trouble. Oh that would be romantic. Ack! There she went again, thinking things she really shouldn't be thinking about someone she just met. Ry bit her lower lip as she tried to make herself think of something else besides how good of a kisser this Cameron guy might be.
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				Post by: <strong>Arkaniel</strong> on <strong>12-06-2010, 12:22:51</strong>
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				If she wanted to be shown around, he would oblige, more than willingly. The walk or even ride around town would relax his mind again, and give him a bit of time to straighten his thoughts before he would have to face the fanfare tomorrow morning about these revelations on the news. As he hadn’t been called in yet, he was pretty sure he would not be called in tonight at all. And why would they? His team was across two galaxies and despite him being a senior officer and the commander of the now rather defunct SG-1, he was still a rookie in SGC terms, not as familiar with the comings and goings as the other senior officers. And, in public, his voice would be irrelevant, as since joining the Stargate Program, his rank had been altered. While he was a full-fledged Colonel, which was quite the high rank, the highest possible while remaining in active duty, his records had been altered, so right now, anyone out of the SGC and the top layers of the Pentagon only knew him as a Sergeant-Major, nothing impressive at all. And a desk-drone at Deep space telemetry to boot!<br><br>Surprisingly, his young, female companion, one which drew many approving looks from the crowd, thought that to be interesting! She must really be into Astronomy, to think his job was cool. If only she knew the truth! She would most likely burst with excitement, knowing he had visited many other solar systems and had even been in no less than three other galaxies outside of the Milky Way. Yep, Cameron Mitchell, All-American boy from good old Kansas, was an intergalactic traveler. He had flown space fighter, fought and killed various brands of aliens, commanded battle-ships in space and had even travelled through time!<br><br>For now, he just smiled at his lady, when he stood up from his stool and waved her over. “No time like now to show you around. Colorado at night is a nice view, and with there still being a hint of sun outside, we will be properly able to see your campus, and perhaps catch a glint of both NORAD and my own base. I work at Cheyenne Mountain, where NORAD used to be based, till they got new, state of the art facilities nearby. Now, only the DST, my department, is still based in Cheyenne, together with hundreds of computers and servers for the NORAD back ups and facilities.”<br><br>As he was talking, he led her outside, into the night’s air that was slowly turning chilly as the sun disappeared under the horizon. As he noticed his own skin forming goosebumps under his short sleeves, the chill affecting even him, while he was used to quite a bit, having visited almost a hundred different planets already, he stopped walking for a moment and pulled his companion to him, holding a strong, muscled arm around her slender frame, their closeness, their touch generating a bit of welcome warmth, even as he started walking again, guiding her from the pub to her faculty, the one where plenty students were following Astronomy courses, with a faint mixture of astrophysics and telemetric physics, all aspiring for the well-paying and highly important jobs at NORAD. The faculty was in typical American college style, with reddish bricks, large windows in wooden frames and dark tiled roofs. Standing before the building, that was now lit up with some spotlights in the darkening sky, he pointed further down the street, as he told her, “I work about a mile down that road, with NORAD just less than a mile that way. Want to do a moonlit walk? Or would you prefer to go home for the night?”<br>
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				Post by: <strong>PureImagination</strong> on <strong>12-06-2010, 19:03:30</strong>
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				Ryder walked at his side as he led her out into the fading sunlight. He mentioned showing her the campus and she was glad for that. It meant she wouldn’t have to get up early to find the place. So he worked at Cheyenne Mountain huh? That was pretty cool. “Oh? I bet it’s pretty cool getting to work in a mountain and all that. I figure it’s nice and cold underground.” Just the thought of being in a cool environment once more made her smile to herself. Colorado was nice and all, but it got too hot for her tastes during the day. It was the chill of the oncoming night that got her attention once they were outside.<br><br>She welcomed the cool feeling that now enveloped the pair. The red haired girl was just about to move a little ahead of Cameron when he stopped walking, causing her to stop as well. His strong arm was suddenly around her waist, pulling her in close to him. She had never had a guy hold her close like this, even if it was just for the warmth they would share. Ryder fought of a very heavy blush as the pair walked to the campus where she would be doing all her studies. This place was like a breeding ground for nerds and she loved it. With a goofy grin on her face, Ryder couldn’t wait to start school Monday.<br><br>While they were stopped at the campus, she felt herself press against his sturdy frame more. To most they probably looked like a couple and that brought color to her cheeks once more. He asked if she would like to take a moonlit walk or if she wanted to go home. “I’d love to go for a walk with you.” Oh lord! Had she really just said that with an “ohi’msuchahopelessormanticandyouarejustperfect” tone to her voice? Yes. Yes she had. Ryder mentally face palmed as they began to walk once more. She rested her head against him as they walked slowly. The sunset was finally over and only the dim lights around them lit their way. She wondered what Cameron was thinking as they walked along.<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Arkaniel</strong> on <strong>14-06-2010, 16:32:49</strong>
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				Cameron was thinking many things at that moment, and surprisingly few of them had to do with his earlier worries about the revelations shown on television. Those scenes could be proven to be genuine material, and then the puppets would be dancing, as they said back home. Yet, it would take some time, and the Pentagon, as well as the Russian, the Chinese and practically every government in the IOA would do its best to delay public disclosure of the SGC as much as possible. Not because they so desperately wanted to keep it close to the chest. No… there were plans ready for disclosure, but they kept being delayed, as rational fear about the public’s reaction and ensuing mass hysteria scared the political leaders off.<br><br>Now, though, he was more thinking about the young lady, the lively, yet somehow shy redhead he had so instinctively taken into his arm, holding them close together for warmth… and maybe something more. Who could blame Cameron? She was drop dead gorgeous to his eyes, a fascinating combination of shyness, yet, with hints of rebellion his special Forces trained eyes could catch easily. Oh, to most people, it wouldn’t be obvious, but part of his training had been to see every little detail, like the faint discolored pinpoints at her nose, alerting him to the fact a piercing might have been there not too long ago. While he was not a fan of piercings, he did admire the fact she was now mature enough not to wear it any longer, plus, he always like a bit of fierceness in his women.<br><br>So, he was now walking under the moonlit night’s sky with a very pretty girl in his arms, one that obviously seemed to like him, judging from her reactions to his presence, and the tone of her voice and he was one lonely Air Force officer. Do the math. As he guided her down the long avenue, that soon went into a forested area, a safety perimeter around NORAD and Cheyenne Mountain, the twinkling stars and the shining moon made for a very romantic décor. Oh, he wasn’t planning anything, but he wasn’t averse to the idea, either. There were just a few complications, like his job, his need to keep secrets, and probably the age difference as well. He wasn’t too bothered about it, himself, as she was obviously an adult, but it might be hard for her, and how she was looked upon by her family and friends if they had anything more long term. And Cameron was not interested in something short term, or even one night stands. He could get those easily, and they always left him dissatisfied.<br><br>For a few minutes, they walked in silence, as the Colonel was plagued by his thoughts. In the end, he decided to leave things up to her, as he found he enjoyed her company. Despite her great looks, she was not some empty-headed chatterbox, seemingly loving Astronomy and being serious about University studies. She also seemed to like some sort of companiable silence, which he found he liked, too, as they just walked together, enjoying being together. Plus, she might be more than excited if she ever learned of his real job, which she would only if something very long term came to fruition. So, he would be approachable, and more than agreeable even to anything happening, but he would over-actively seek it. He had gotten burned too many times.<br><br>“So, Riley, why don’t you tell me a little bit about yourself? I wouldn’t mind getting to know you a bit better”, he asked her, giving her his dashing smile, even as he started the getting ot know each other better part by telling her, “for myself, it is easy. You know I work in Deep Space telemetry. That is a military branch, and I am currently a Sergeant Major.” Oh, how he hated to lie, but he had to tell her he was in the military, and warn her about at least some of the complications, at least, “I have an irregular work schedule, sometimes involving a lot of travelling, as we have to check over several telescopes, radars, and sometimes see to the construction of the newest satellites, while also constantly upgrading and refining the telemetry networking. I have seen quite a few parts of the world, but it means I can be away from home often at times, and for undetermined amounts of time, though lately, few assignments I had lasted for more than a few days.” He hoped that broke the ice a bit…<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Astronomy and Stargates [Pure &amp; Arkaniel]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PureImagination</strong> on <strong>19-06-2010, 22:50:36</strong>
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				She listened to him speak very carefully. Military huh? That really didn’t surprise her. Being raised the way she was, it hadn’t taken long for her to figure he might have some military background. Well, that and he had mentioned working in DST earlier and she only figured you had to have some of military something or other to do that. Ryder bit her lip as she took in what he said about his irregular schedule. It would really suck to start seeing this guy and then have him gone all the time. While she was a strong independent woman, she liked being in the company of other people, especially those that seemed slightly interested in things she was interested in. At least he was warning her ahead of time.<br><br>“Well, my name is Ryder Ann Whitlock. I’m twenty one, turning twenty two in about three months. I’m an only child but I have a half brother through my mother. My father was a proud military man and still is to this day. Uhm, I fell in love with the sky at a young age and for years all I wanted to do was travel into space. I moved out of my father’s house when I was seventeen and I’ve been on my own ever since. I’ve never held a steady job and thunderstorms are the bane of my existence.”<br><br>Thinking she had been talking too much, Ryder stopped for a bit and just looked up at the sky. She could name just about every star she saw and knowing that made her feel even nerdier. After a few moments of silence, she started talking again. “I’m just ready to prove to my dad the military isn’t everything. He’s never been proud of me and I intend to show him that I’m better than any son he would have ever had.” The resentment in her voice let Cameron know just how much she disliked her father. Ryder knew that if she ever started dating and he found out, he would have to meet the guy who had stolen his little girl’s heart. She just hoped that if Cameron might be that guy that her dad would be proud of her falling for a military man. Of course, they had just met and neither of them were sure what might happen. If anything happened between them, it was sure to take time.<br><br>Looking up at Cameron, Ryder apologized for speaking of her father like that. “If you knew him, you would understand.” She just hoped it would never come to that. Cam was a sweet guy from what she had gathered so far and she wouldn’t want her past to ruin what might be a good thing. She pulled herself closer to the military man walking along with her as if she were trying to hug him tightly. He was warm and the cool Colorado air was starting to nip at her bare arms. Sharp eyes saw a few scars on his well toned arms but she didn’t ask any questions, even if this did pique her curiosity. How did someone that worked in DST get battle scars? <br><br>Maybe it was the alcohol in her system or maybe it was something else that was making Ryder think she wanted to spend more time with Cameron. “How long are you in town? I’d love to go out again if you wouldn’t mind.” They had been walking for about fifteen minutes and even in the dim moonlight she could see the entrance to the mountain base. They would have to turn around soon and maybe Cameron would walk her home. Ryder also wanted to get his number so they could talk more. “I mean, I understand if you’re busy or whatever. It’s just nice to actually know someone in town.” Smiling up at the brunette haired male, she wanted nothing more than to stop where they were and kiss his lips with her own. He was so attractive and she wondered why he wasn’t already married. She figured it might have something to do with his job, but for now, she could overlook that. She just wanted to go on a real date with the guy and see if maybe this could be something more.<br>
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