[color=bc8dbf][h2][centre][b]Dr Katrazyna "Katska" Nadezhda Kowalewska[/b][/centre][/h2][/color] [h3][centre][b][color=bc8dbf]Main Island BNB[/color][/b][/centre][/h3] Her phone buzzed, normally Kat would have left it but the fact it buzzed when she was on quiet mode said it was probably important or someone who mattered. [color=bc8dbf]“Excuse me a second”[/color] As she reached into her handbag and opened her phone to see a message. [i]“You probably wanna see this Kat before it breaks on the island. Just hit Twitter, island time means it can be seen in the morning or after that Azul day you called me about. Lilly. X”[/i] Kat followed the link and yes… Plans had changed and from the little she saw was not entirely surprised and quickly skim read it before returning her phone. The Island seemed composed of two main families, each with their own aims and one was showing potential weakness after seeming like years in prominence of the two. The other would naturally move when they found a chance to gain standing… It was all very much like a back plot to a cheese romance that bridges the families that are natural enemies. That was the very surface understanding anyway. [hider=Offical Statement.] [i]Statement. Azul. SS Vika location expedition base of operation changes. Linked to Project Sea Guardian under United Nations Clean Seas initiative. Olympus Marine Recovery. Amphitrite House, London, United Kingdom. Due to the current situation on the Islands of Azul, the death of its elected leader and unpredictability of future governance it has been decided to relocate the planned logistics base to secondary location and more information will be announced when it is established. The logistics team, communication and dock for the main research vessel is to be relocated with only a local research role on Azul. We have cancelled our agreements and in good faith will not challenge deposits or advance payments. Donations to several local initiatives will go ahead as originally planned including the Azul hardship fund, The Heritage maintenance fund and the Wildlife sanctuary as well as the Azul Dolphin charity. The goal and confidence in locating the SS Vika has not changed and we will not be changing our aims in regard to locating the wreck. Olympus Heavy Engineering USA division will be aiding us in establishing and upgrading local infrastructure at new sites to be suitable for temporary operations. Signed. Xia Chang. Chief Communications Officer. Olympus Marine Recovery. London. [/i] [/hider] … In London overlooking an overcast sky of grey in an office block looking akin to many others in the city the decision had been made, agreed and sent. Local information was saying things tense and unsure, changes of leadership and two families who were potentially feuding for control of the islands. The decision was made and it had been a long meeting, many arguments were made. “As for…Dr…Dr Kowalewska. Let her know we have all support available, I do not at all expect to need it. Milo, Mike, make sure local Embassy contacts are good, and confirm who we need to talk to if anything goes bad. Double check it ASAP.” She said closing the meeting and nodded to the two men who she had called in when the topics of safety and risk assessments came up. They considered it over the top but no one wanted to be caught out and said they were negligent, never assume. Always verify. “Got it, Amelia. day…maybe 2. I have to call a contact in Mexico to confirm who is local for Poland exactly.” He said with an easy confident term and nodded along writing quick notes into a notebook. They were over thinking and over planning but plan for the worst… expect the best. “Put me on double time for Over and I reckon day rather than 2” Mike said and he backed it up with a reputation for getting work done. “Just sort it out, let me know if you need anything.” Amelia said before they got going and talked her into something else. … [color=bc8dbf]“Looks like my job got Interesting…”[/color] Kat said under her breath as she closed the clasp on her handbag and left on the counter. She had found it an independent little goth shop and was advertised as “corporate Goth”. Kat had got it there and then and that shop was a favourite haunt of hers in London. [color=bc8dbf]“If you sell drinks I might not say no”[/color] Kat did not want to have to think about how the pull out would affect her situation right now. Also how much money in contracts had probably been closed. Kats mental distraction caused her to look over at the taller man, commenting on her great battle with the rock. She lost to a rock, there was no way to look good. [color=bc8dbf]“As I said, I'll take it easy for a day or two and skip my run, I grew up on a farm.”[/color] Kat said casually, she was used to minor and seeing minor injury and just having to shrug it off and carry on, Farms never stopped for you, just made you have to work 3 times as hard to catch up. He seemed to perk up when he heard about the environmental aspect of her role though maybe seeing things, truth be told it seemed to be a major point here, a line even. One side was the island's nature, the other its future and where it lay. Even an outsider could pick up a lot of everything riding on what those things were. [color=bc8dbf]“What can you say, best fruit ever”[/color] Kat said with a smile and a little grimace when she put too much weight on one foot by mistake, yup she would be taking it easy tomorrow and not doing her run. [color=bc8dbf]“I'm not after the diamonds, mine sank in 1944 not 1744. We are trying to clean up the mess so future generations are not impacted. My last find was more baggage than dangerous cargo though. We ignored the problem too long.”[/color] She said with reference to the local obsession with that ship among some. She had been shown to a well run through section at Library before she remembered it was after a different era of history. Maybe it was recent events that made the islands a little weird. She noticed his return a few minutes later and she… Well Kat paused a little awkwardly. Had she interrupted some kind of date night between the two, she would say that this lady had good taste. If it was handsome and handy about the house, the tool box was worn from use. Kat just tried to avoid getting in the way. Kat looked at her nail, she really had to find a place at some stage, no time to book an appointment in London. [color=bc8dbf]“I can take it to go, if you have a thing. Just tell me which is the easier path back to Marina”[/color] Kat said softly with a little hope she didn't have to walk straight away, it would be better if she could wait a little time farm background or not. Her head turned and looked out the window when she hered the loud engine of one of the islands few aircraft, an drone echoed out until it ended when the distant sounds reduced and then ended. She recalled it might be the same one that flew her in, a crampt and noisey smaller float plane but she had ended up on what must have been one of the "busy" flights. That float plane must be based locally, it made sense. The Marina where she was likely too busy to safely take off and land regularly, this side of the island was more sparsely populated. [hider=Hand bag] [img]https://i.imgur.com/TZFzBZQ.jpeg [/img] [/hider] [b]Mentions[/b] [@Pilatus][@Days][@Sadie]