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Eaviarya a tall athleticaly built girl with a light green tint to her skin and red tinged hair looked out on the storm torn world she called home. 'I wish I could leave this world go and explore the stars' she said out loud. Her mother heard her. 'Eaviarya darling stop daydreaming you need to revise for your test tomorrow. If you want to join the cadet force you need to do well in tomorrow's exam.'
'OK mother' she replied as she turned and walked over to where her books were. Eaviarya would be able to enroll in the Caciyiu space cadets if she passed tomorrow's exam. She excelled in languages and was hoping to train as a communications officer before applying for the Caciyiu space exploration agencies academy when she was 21. But that was 6 years away. She sat and studied for the next two hours before heading for bed. Eaviarya did not sleep much that night and got up as the sun rose, shining its light into her window. Picking up her book on Intergalactic Linguistics she started to read. 'Eaviarya it's time for you to get ready. Theres some food on the table for you.' 'Coming father.' She replied. Grabbing the clothes she had got ready last night she got ready and headed into the room where her father was waiting. Eaviarya exited her fathers Aerial Surface Runner walked through the unrelenting storm over to the doors of the Space Cadet HQ and entered. she made her way to the reception desk and spoke to the receptionist. 'I'm here for the entrance tests' she said. 'Please sign in said the android manning the reception is it pointed to the interactive screen set into the desk. Eaviarya placed her hand on the palm reader. It scanned her hand 'Eaviarya Dorteocyn Basic Inter-System Linguistics exam. Please take a seat in the waiting area to your left.' said the android pointing to an area where three people were already waiting. Eaviarya walked over to the waiting area and took a seat next to a tall slender young man. She was just about to introduce herself when the screen in front of them burst into life and the face of a middle aged man with short blue tinged hair appeared. 'Welcome to the CSC HQ I'm Noivio Lioth Head of linguistics here at the CSC. You have all been chosen after passing the Basic Academic Astronautics exam at your school and applying to join the Cadets.' As the image on the screen spoke a opening appeared in the wall to the right of the screen. 'Please enter the exam room and take a seat, I'll be with you in just a moment.' They all got up from their seats and entered the room. Looking round Eaviarya saw her name being displayed on one of the tables interactive screens, so she walked over to the table sat down and waited. Once they were all seated the man they had seen on the screen in the waiting area appeared at the front of the room. 'Now that you are seated please place your hand on the palm reader in front of you and the test will start.' as he spoke Noivio watched as the four young people sat at the tables did as he said and started the test.'You have one hour to complete the test. Good luck.' Eaviarya read through the first set of questions then started to answer them. Eaviarya finished answering the last question, jumped back to the start of the test and started to check through her answers. 'Fifteen minutes to go.' came Noivio's voice as the top of the interactive screens turned red and a timer kicked in. Fourteen minutes later the top of the interactive screens started to flash and the timer continued to count down. Eaviarya finished checking her work sat back in her chair and relaxed. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 The count down reached zero and the screens locked not allowing anymore input. 'That it times up. Please make your way back to the waiting area. I will be with you in a moment. The story begins with the passing of a test, climaxes with someone moving to a new dwelling, and ends with someone getting a new job. The story is about an athletic starship communications officer. Intergalactic Studies Basic Academic Astronautics Essential Popular Astronautics Space-Based Studies
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