.. if Marcus succeeds in shooting down those missiles..." Tarifa looked at him. "We can not stand against over a million troops Martin." He'll succeed..." Martin told her. "We conducted tests every six months of the grid when I was on EDEN; twenty-three tests and twenty-three successes. We shot down every dummy ICBM that was sent up. The laser weapons grid is computer controlled and targeted, and the minute our missiles make their turn to come back into the atmosphere, he'll blow them out of the. The repetitive tasks soon gave way to ones requiring judgment. At the end of the second week, Patricia spotted a serious error. Things were corrected and the matter passed, but people had noticed and Patricia became someone to watch. Soon, she was promoted to the important Overseas Office.Though still, technically, an entry level, Patrica had arrived. Her hours expanded to full time, then beyond. Patricia's supervisor, recognizing a barrio accent when he heard one, started her primarily in. The music’s different as well. No rap or hip-hop, no hit list songs. There are two dance floors, one with a live jazzband on stage, one with a DJ playing classic rock n’ roll from the 80’ies, which makes the crowd of people ages 25-35 go ‘awwww – THIS one!’ every 3 minutes. Ellenor sticks to the latter. Jazz really isn’t her thing. She dances alone in a corner, enjoying the beat of yesteryears, trying not to think of how long it has really been since these songs were brand new. She’s only 27,. Usually this made her feel very girly, but now theyjust felt... right.Nicky looked back in the mirror and admired the reflection. She tried afew poses, including trying to look sexy, but it didn't really work witha huge grin on her face. She fished her phone out of the bottom of herbag and took some photos. She knew it would be a problem if anyone atcollege found the photos, but she wanted a record of how good she looked.Realising that time was getting on, she went downstairs, gripping.