Days of Future Past - Part 3: Future Tense by Van Stry John

Author:Van Stry, John
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

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I was surprised by the condition of the quarters that we were put in, in the VOQ, the Visiting Officers Quarters, apparently housekeeping robots had become a thing prior to the war, and I suspected that there might be other robots as well.

"Well, this is nice," Heather said looking around as we opened the door my room, a small display next to the door was flashing my name on it, though it has stopped once I opened it.

"Why are there rooms for each of us?" Sarah asked, motioning down the hall to where their names were still flashing on displays next to the door.

"I put your status in the system when we were back at the armory," I told her, "I haven't had the chance to update it and tell the system that we're married." I stopped and pondered that a moment. I had two wives now.

"What is the problem?" Sarah asked.

"It used to be illegal to have two wives," I told her, "I don't know if the system will let me set you both as my wives."

"So?"

"Yeah, what's the big deal?" Heather asked.

"There have always been unofficial, as well as official benefits to being the spouse of a high-ranking officer," I told them as I stepped in side the room and looked around. I'd been in VOQ's before; usually it was about the same as a nice hotel room with a standard bed.

Apparently lieutenant colonel's got better quarters than the lowly second lieutenant! I almost whistled as I looked around. We were in a large room with a kitchenette off of it, a rather nice living room. I checked the first door I came to, it was a closet. On the wall to my left, on the other side of the room was another door. Opening that one, I saw the bedroom. It had a king sized bed and an attached bathroom.

"Wow, I wonder how the generals live?" I chuckled.

"Maybe you should get a promotion so we can find out?" Heather laughed and went over and tested the mattress, "Hmm, not bad!" She looked over at Sarah, "How's the bathroom?"

"It has a tub!" Sarah called.

"So?"

"A big tub!"

I heard the water start running then, and Heather went to go look, shedding clothing along the way. I went back to the door to our room, closing and locking it.

"Apollo, can you hear me?" I asked, the only thing I heard were a couple of feminine squeals of delight from the direction of the bathroom past the bedroom door.

I grinned and shook my head and looked around for a phone. There was one in the kitchenette on the wall, and another on the table.

The one on the table had a speakerphone, so I turned that on and pressed zero when I got a dial tone.

"How may I help you?" came a recorded sounding female voice.

"Connect me to Apollo," I told it.

There were a couple of clicks, and then Apollo came on the line.

"Is there a problem, Colonel?"

"No, actually I'm rather pleased by the shape of our quarters.

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