... wanted to make sure we didn’t mess anything up between us before!’I smiled at him, ‘Yeah, I don’t think I could really talk about that eit...er but I think we are cool’He seemed very relieved at my words and it gave him the nerve to carry on, ‘It’s just .... it’s just that you are so cool and fun to be around and I don’t want to screw it up!’‘WE won’t mess it up Mike, I promise! You are pretty cool yourself and I love hanging out with you!’The relief was even more visible and he flung his. After a while I came back up and they were all worried and shit, looking around, searching for me. Now it was my time to laugh at them.We headed back to the tents to dry ourselves up. The guys came to the conclusion that they had forgotten one thing, alcohol. That was something we couldn't miss on a trip like this so Eline and her boyfriend and the other two guys decided that they were going to the local grocery shop in a city nearby. It was only a 15 minute walk there - and 15 minutes back,. Think of the model like an artist’s paint: she is your medium, and the camera, your canvas.”“Okay. Where do we begin?” I asked.Marika opened her robe and tossed it aside. I gasped as she stood before me in a black corset, with garters, nylons and high heels. The top was cut so tight she was almost spilling out of it. I could only choke out, “Wow!”She grinned and seemed to blush before saying, “Thanks, but you need to focus on how you’d like me to pose. Remember, this isn’t for a family photo. “Guess so, I figure we’ve seen more planets than the average subject,” she smiled.“Seen and secretly scanned,” Janta chuckled.“True,” she agreed. “Got more data coming in. Looks like that base is also a shipyard.”“OK. Any clues as to how big and what for?”“Not yet, not for a couple of hundred rotations.”“Oh well, nothing for it other than to be patient,” Janta sighed.“Practice your meditation mantra; I’ll alert you for anything important or interesting.”“Base and shipyard,” Mutra finally.