John was now 6' with dark brown eyes. He keeps his black hair short and works out regularly during and after his job at the gym. His body was quite le...n, having chosen dexterity over strength. You were sure he would have had plenty of girlfriends with a body like his. Roy, on the other hand, was different. He was 5'9" with blue eyes and blonde short hair. He had chosen to exercise his brain over muscle, passing every test that came at him in school and was attending a prestigious technical. .. and, no, it wasn't because Mistress Angel had returned. No, this was just because the Mistress was in a foul mood. Bill had clearly upset her the previous evening for, when I arrived, he was already locked in his coffin, probably having spent his entire night there. I took breakfast up my Mistress as usual only to receive a tongue lashing from Her because Her tea wasn't hot enough. After apologising and grovelling, I was allowed to leave the room and to get on with my duties downstairs.... Missy heard very quickly and went looking for Mark. "Get your video camera," she told him. Few people could resist Missy's newfound enthusiasm, so he complied. Missy led him to a spot where the whole of the section was in the background, then told him to start shooting. She reeled off a plea to Faith, urging her to come.Almost everyone else had gathered round, and one other woman insisted on sending a message, while a few others wanted to conduct a video tour of the place."What are we going to. . closed and the ship lifted and accelerated rapidly towards Base. Romy and I rode back more slowly.The ship was ready – kept fuelled and serviced – and Scott and Gladys were ready. The scientists were not, and it took the better part of a day before they were all aboard with everything they thought they needed.The delay didn’t really matter, as it would take hours to reach a point where they could make a hyper-translation; not too much different to fold-space in that respect. Scott would.