’ He laughed. ‘Then I guess I’d better get you dried off. Stand up.’ She took the hand he offered and pulled herself out of the water. She st...pped out of the tub carefully, not wanting to disturb the candles. ‘It’s so pretty in here.’ ‘A nice candlelight bath with rose-scented water. Very romantic.’ Tucker wrapped her in a bath towel and his arms. ‘You don’t get enough romance. I’m too far away.’ ‘Everything you do is romantic, because you do it for me.’ He kissed the tip of her nose. ‘You. He took another quick look at his watch, then he stood up beside her. Reading his lips was easy when he said, “I’m so sorry, but I have to go right now”. Rod hurriedly rushed out of the casino.Ann would tell me later, that she didn't find out very much, other than him telling her that he, and his wife do a lot of things separately, but how pissed off she got when he was late for something they planned to do together. It was reminiscent of the pool scene she made earlier that day, when he was. The women whipped up a delicious stew in short order, and we had an excellent lunch.After the meal, the other group's shaman drew me aside and asked, "How do you do that trick with the smoke? It is very impressive, I would like to learn it for when I need to put pressure on my people."I didn't like the man, but I decided that I may just be applying 20th century standards that weren't appropriate to the Stone Age. Anyway, I thought that I would extend professional courtesy and show him how it. Basically, grant me a powerful A.I. for story purposes and from that I try to build the rest without violating any laws of physics or reality or relying on unknown future science.Starting with Chapter Three, I plan to bring one character (or set of characters) into my world in most chapters. I'll try to include a basic wikipedia link for easy character reference for anyone who is unfamiliar with someone in particular. The chapters will be of wildly varying lengths, depending on where the.