FLEX-Thread
----> Rec Dec, day before Bura training
After entering the observation dec, Izzy would offer Arnie and Slavic a friendly smile as she led Lizzy over to a quiet corner where they could not only have a degree of privacy but also not disturb anyone else "Are you even going to be able to do tomorrow's survival run?" Izzy asked, pointedly looking at the brace on her ankle.
After finding a seat she would put a call through to SEC to let them know that she would be putting a call through to her mother on Earth so as not to set off any alarms, before dialling her mothers number and putting the call through.
Nervously tapping her fingers against the table as she waited for the call to be connected, with her holding up her comms unit so that the camera would get both her and Lizzy in shot as her mothers face appeared on the screen as she accepted the call "Hi mom it's me and Lizzy I hope everything is going alright with you, did you get my last payment?" she asked before nervously tapping her fingers again as she waited for her mother to respond, with her feeling slightly frustrated by the lag between the Hermes and Earth, though that was to be expected as there wasn't much in the way of infrastructure in the middle of deep space.
"Oh Isobel it's so lovely to hear from you, and you too Lizzy I hope you are keeping well though you really should dress a little more sensibly dear, I saw the pair of you at some ball or other and you must have been frightfully cold in that dress you were wearing, Oh and Isobel you really don't need to be sending me money I am doing just fine I promise"
Giggling at her mothers comment concerning Lizzy's dress she would give Lizzy chance to respond and say hi before speaking herself "Oh mom don't worry it's fine, honestly sending you a little money is the least I can do after everything you and dad did for me, besides the Navy covers so much of our expenditure anyway, but anyway...um...mom there's something I need to tell you...I...um...kind of asked Lizzy to marry me and...well...she said yes"
It was at this point there would be another agonising wait as they waited for their message to reach Earth and for the returning message to reach them, with Izzy anxiously biting her lip as she waited.