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TREVER: Dutch and I hang out in the marquee to help Liam with the rest of the tournament, so that it can go a bit quicker, as far as transitioning times. But during the actual game times, Dutch and I are checking the ingredients of the salad. And the smoothie, once we have everything identified, I put them into a database and ask what they are. It comes back as aphrodisiacs. I just about dropped my phone. I show it to Dutch. “Oh damn” he says, I nod my head, and I head to the alpha’s office. I know he is having meetings, but he still needs to see this. I know that it won’t make a difference as to whether or not Jessie gets a punishment, but he still needs to know.
DRAKE: I am in the second round of the same meeting that I had this morning, just with the next batch of alphas, and I get a knock on my door. “Excuse me, one moment, gentlemen.” I get up and go to my door and open it to see Prince Trever standing there. “I am in a meeting right now, Prince Trever,” I say to him. “Yes, I know, but you need to see this; it is concerning the other issue you have.” He says to me. “What is it?” I ask as he hands me his phone with a picture of what looks to be some kind of salad and something pink poured all over it in the garbage. “So, what am I looking at?” I ask him. “This is what Kes has been eating for the last 2, maybe 3 meals other than breakfast today, after identifying every single thing in that salad, I put them in a database and it came back as aphrodisiacs, even everything in the smoothie.” My mind isn’t working correctly because I can’t seem to wrap my head around why Kes would be eating aphrodisiacs. And I guess it was showing on my face because Trever says, “Jessie has been giving it to her, Mackie just caught her throwing it out.” “Damn. Go talk to Dr. Grant at the clinic and find out if she is in any kind of danger from any of this.” I tell him. He nods and leaves. I head back into my meeting, with my mind going in so many different directions, I have James and Camron take the lead, as I just can’t think straight right now. I want to strangle Jessie. Why couldn’t she leave well enough alone, and why can’t this be Wednesday?
TREVER: I link Dutch as I head out and over to the pack clinic. *“I am heading to the clinic to talk with their doctor. Don’t panic, I don’t believe that it is anything serious, but the Alpha said to talk with the Doc just to make sure that there aren’t any side effects or issues with how much Kes may have eaten.” “Ok, I will be in the marquee, just link if you need anything.” “Will do.”* I close the link. And walk into the clinic and ask to speak to Dr. Grant. “I am Dr. Grant; how may I help you, young prince?” “Well, for starters, call me Trever, but I need to know if there are any side effects to someone eating aphrodisiacs for 2 to 3 meals in a row?” “Well, that would depend on just how much was ingested and if there were other things, other herbs, and in what concentrations with it as well.” “I don’t know. But here, see for yourself.” I hand him my phone and let him look at the mess in the garbage. “I suppose I could run a few tests to find out how much other herbs are in there. Where is all this now?” He asked me. “I believe in the garbage in the pack house kitchen.” Well, let’s go; the longer it stays there, the more contaminated it gets, and I won’t be able to get anything from it.” We rush back to the pack house and into the kitchen, startling the staff. “Sorry, everyone, but I need to get to the trash.” The Doc. Says. We find the container that has the salad and smoothie in it, and he is careful as he pulls the bag out. We were lucky enough that there was nothing else thrown on top of it, and we headed back to the clinic where he could run his test. “This will take a few hours to get the results. Why don’t you go do whatever you were doing, I will call you when I have the results.” I write down my number for him and head back to the marquee. I get a link from Dutch as I come back in. *“What’s the verdict?” “Won’t know for a few hours, that’s how long he said it would take to run the test.” “What’s he looking for?” “To see if there were other herbs, and at what dose, and concentration.”* He closed the link. “So, where are we in the standings? I asked as I got to the table to take my seat. “We should be able to finish with the pool after dinner,” Dutch says. “Who’s on the leader board?” I asked. “Delta elite Thorne, from Ranier Lake, your brother Trent, Rachel’s sister Renae from Burning Ember, and Alpha heir Vance from Black Crescent.” Dutch tells me. “Well, no offence to my brother, but I hope that Thorne takes this thing.” I say. He just nods. Mackie comes to join us at the score table. “Who’s winning?” she asked. “For this particular game, it looks like we could lose Renae.” I say watching the game with some interest.” “Who is she playing? I haven’t seen her before.” she said. I check the sheet and see that she is another Delta elite from Black Waters. “Max, I’m assuming it’s short for Maxine, Delta elite, Black Waters.” I say.
KESKA: I am feeling a little antsy, so I take my sketch pad and go through the cabin, making a diagram of each room and what’s in them. Once I have that done, I sit down at the laptop and type interior design into the search bar. Well, that gets me to a whole bunch of companies that do interior design. Oops, I modified it to say interior design apps. And now I get closer to what I actually want, but I still am a lost cause. I finally gave up and closed out of the search. I then just open up to some of the games I play, I like match 3 games, especially ones that have some kind of story base to them. I play for a while, just getting more and more bored and antsy. \[Corla?\] \[yes?\] \[Do you want to go for a run?\] \[Sure, we can do that, beats sitting around doing nothing.\] \[Well, if I were better with the computer, we would be getting designs for the cabin.\] \[Wait for Mackie, she will help.\] I strip down, go outside and close the door, and shift. I let her go where she wanted, with a reminder that we do need to be cautious of the border patrol guards. We run and explore the whole of the northern border and see if there’s anything we can recommend improvement-wise to Father for the next time we talk. We chased a few rabbits, and squirrels watched a porcupine waddling around, and an opossum, and we even came across a few skunks. Caught the scent of a black bear and a deer, but didn’t actually see them. It was a fun run, and it seemed to help calm whatever it was that was making me antsy. I get back to the cabin and shift back, go back inside, I get dressed, and start my dinner. Checking the fridge, I notice there is only hamburger, bacon, and ground pork for protein. I link Mackie. *“Hey.” “Hey, what’s up?” “James, he didn’t think things through, so could you stop and pick up a turkey loin, and a small ham, and maybe a few steaks, all he got us was hamburger, bacon, and ground pork.” “Sure, I will let the guys know.” “Thanks.” “Welcome.”* I close the link and start grilling some burgers, and I shred up some potatoes for hashbrowns. I like mine a little more brown, and a little crunchy, and slice up some tomatoes to put on the burgers, shred up some cucumbers, broccoli, and baby asparagus stems to make a slaw. I make enough for all of us, not sure whether they’re coming back here or not to eat. Once everything is done, I sit down to enjoy my dinner.
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