[center][h3]Yuna Matsuo[/h3][/center]

  "If I have to sit here staring at the wall for one more hour, I may just go insane." Muttered a nearly upside down Japanese woman. Leaned back in a chair most precariously, Yuna Matsuo blew out one of many sighs for the afternoon. the Rec room was usually bustling with all sorts of enlisted personnel when not on duty, but today, everyone was out celebrating. Everyone except 'essential personnel', which apparently included Yuna. 

  She'd already done everything she could to stave off boredom, including taking as many silly pictures of everyone and thing in the parts of the base she had access to, cleaning her sidearm no less than four separate times, and trying to play foosball against herself. Unsuccessfully. 

  Truth told, she wasn't all that annoyed at having to stay on base today; she could always go celebrate another time. However, the lack of anything to do in the meantime was incredibly vexing. 

  She almost wished that something would happen, just to give her something to [i]do[/i].



[center][h3]Ruby Cloutier[/h3][/center]

  Today was a great day. Not only because it was a celebration of how far humanity had come in establishing colonies, but in particular, because one Ruby Cloutier had zero responsibilities for the day. No tedious paperwork, no repetitive drills, no bunk to keep tidy for some surprise inspection, no [i]anything[/i].

  Indeed, for Ruby, today may just be the best day of the year. Colony Day.

  So it was, on her one day of glorious freedom from military duties, that Ruby found herself wandering the pedestrian-filled streets, happily chewing away at a hot dog she'd bought from a street vendor.