With special thanks to Ruby Nikoi, who read the first few paragraphs of the first draft and said that if I were selling this, she wouldn't buy it. I appreciate her candour - it made me write a much better story. Thanks too to Alisha Ema, for a wonderful brainstorming session, even if it did keep me up all night. I've bugged Alison Bailey-Laronge, Nishiko, Bobbi and Wendy at various times in this fic for advice and looking over and I'm deeply grateful to them. All errors are of course, mine. Nothing here belongs to me. Unless otherwise noted, all times here are given in 24-hour format.
NB: This is a completely linear story, at least in time.