“Cadet Gamorson Reporting for Duty!”

Dack had heard it before, seen it on Vid shows and the like, and it felt apropriate, so he snapped to what felt like attention and belted it out, “Cadet Gamorson Reporting for Duty!” Sherry was a little shocked, and the other kid looked at him like he was an enigma, but it had already slipped out of his mouth so there wasn't much Dack could do now.

Sherry's smile slipped back into place, and snapped into an attention that put Dack to shame, saluting to boot. “Welcome aboard, Cadet Gamorson. It's good to have you. You're the only Cadet this side of Brittain who reported properly.” Sherry caught the other boy starting to copy Dack, “Too late now, Cadet Conner.” The business tone faded from her voice and the busty redhead let her body ease out of attention, “Now both of y'all Kentucky boys hustle up and get up that ramp. I was serious about needing to make one more stop.”

Both Dack and Conner moved quickly to get up the ramp, but as he passed Sherry he noticed the amount of notes scrawled across her clip board. Some of the areas beside names were nearly blank, other already had scrawled messages. He hadn't noticed her writing before, but she was nearly done a paragraph beside his name as he passed.

Private Ginn followed the boys up the ramp, slapped the door controls and signaled the pilot to take the ship up. She sat in a seat near the door, the Conner had already slipped into one of the last remaining seats. There were three left now, but Dack wasn't sure which one to pick...