The last day of July 2012 and he was still a thousand dollars short for the classes he wanted to take come September 2012. He was going to have to hus...le in the month of August, for real. Life wasn’t easy in the City of Ottawa these days, if it ever was. The big and tall young Black man groaned at the prospect of working more shifts at the security company which hired him in mid-2010. Paying for tuition when you only made eleven dollars and seventy five cents an hour before taxes was tough, but. "Now I'mgoing to my room."***Nico took the suit out of the plastic wrap that it had arrived in andlaid it out in front of him to begin the transformation process. He hadalready taken off all his male clothes and donned a waist nipper to bringhis waist measurements into the required level. He laid the suit and maskout on the bed in front of him and smoothed the dark brown mass of hairout to get out any tangles that had formed during shipping. The zip atthe back of the suit was already open and. " So we have no lasers at the moment," Yvette's voice called out."None," Fred replied softly. Exhaustion permeated his voice as he looked up at the ceiling. "Laser two is a twisted ruin. Laser one came off its moorings completely. The laser might be intact, but it can't be used until it's moved back to its original position and all the connections tested. I expect we will be waiting a couple days for the AI to complete repairs once we clear the pods." What about the wounded?" Yvette. Gritting her teeth through a long day of paperwork and phone calls, Aurora sighed in relief when the clock struck 5pm and the socially acceptable time to leave the office arrived. Grabbing her back and suit jacket, she headed for the exits, avoiding the route that passed in front of her bosses office door. She had been fighting her powers all day and an encounter with the gruff boss might be too much for her. Besides…she had a strange feeling and she needed to get clear of the office hubbub to.