(#1) No Flying Away (Exiles Saga and Galactic Milieu)

[imhilien]

Title: No Flying Away
Author: Imhilien
Fandom: Exiles Saga and Galactic Milieu
Rating: Teen
Category: Gen
Character(s): Elizabeth Orme
Word Count: 203
Spoilers: Yes
Summary: Elizabeth hadn't minded the lack of starships on Elder Earth until she was well and truly stuck there.
Notes / Warning: None

Elizabeth Orme had travelled to Earth on a one-way ticket from Denali and departed through the time gate with fellow misfits to the deep past of Europe.

She had made peace with the fact that she would never see a starport or travel in space again. Yes, there was bound to be some civilisation on the other side of the one-way time gate, but no one was going to be building spaceships there any time soon.

Now, after all that she had been through and being well and truly stuck in the past, Elizabeth wished she wasn't so earthbound after all.

Not that having her own spaceship would do her any good. At this point in time there was no galactic civilisation and the rest of the solar system was untouched by human achievements.

She had even been guilt-tripped into giving up her own balloon she had wanted to fly away in, and look what had come of that.

Elizabeth had been obliged to become the Dirigent of Elder Earth - the planetary overseer - and the role was becoming more of a prison with every fresh crisis she had to deal with.

She was earthbound, with the stars closed to her forever.

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