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The Alexandria readied itself for it's final decent, it was home. A crowd was gathered around the landing strip, bringing it home with cheers and signs. Every single passenger had been arranged to be picked up and driven home in a limo, courtesy of the Alexandria's captain. Behind the crowd there was a lot full of limos with drivers standing next to them, each holding a sign with their passenger's name.
A young limo driver, in his early twenties, wasn't wearing a full suit, which was a strange site, but the stranger site was the name on his sign. In fact, the name on his sign was precisely why he wasn't wearing a suit. Nobody thought twice about the name his sign bore when they saw the driver out of costume.
Shiro bowed his head and held his necklace up to his lips. "Please." He whispered to himself. He cautiously made his way out of the hold.
"Excuse me sir!" Shiro paused and turned toward the voice. "I'm sorry, I know you must want your baggage, but that really is our job sir."
Slowly Shiro brought himself to speak. "Oh, I just needed to grab my necklace from my suitcase." He smiled at the baggage boy, showing him the necklace.
The boy bowed in front of him. "Sorry sir, I could get in trouble if they found out you were down there."
Admiring the boys dutiful nature Shiro started toward the main lobby. "Then I'll make sure they don't find out."
The boy shot up. "Thank you, sir. Thank you."
Shiro slipped out of the room, and into the hallway. The main lobby was on the other end of the deck, and until he made it there he couldn't be sure he was safe. He passed an open door on his right, and couldn't resist looking in. "This has to be first class." His eyes lingered a second too long, and the inhabitant of the room stuck his head into sight.
"Who are you, and how did you get aboard my ship?"
"Of course it's the captain's room."
"I said, how did you get on board! I have seen every face on this ship in the last few weeks, but never yours!"
"Ummmm..." Shiro's mind raced. "You see, my mom forced me to go on this silly trip," glancing at the captain, "not that I still think it's silly, just I wasn't excited about it so I made sure to bring all sorts of books to keep me busy. I haven't left my room very much, and, to be honest, I only stepped out to see the Great Wall, but don't tell my mom."
The captain was convinced, and waved him away. Shiro quickly left the sight of the captain, relieved to have made it past the captain without any further inquiries. He was finally there.
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