Pancake has a piss with the Captain

Who: Justin Pancake, and later Captain Chrysler
Where: Toilets, Level/Nivelo #388
When: When things have got back to normal
Justin had been drinking in Parrotts with some people he had found. He knew that
most people had found out his secret that he was a Hymenoptera sympathiser, and
at first it made things very awkward for him. He forced himself into a social
group with Chris Harris, Dean, Rosette and Phil who were all sitting down in
Parrotts and chatting.
It took a long time for them to finally accept him into their little social
circle, at first they were ignoring everything he said, and Rosette especially
was blanking him, it was clear she thought he was a freak. Maybe she was right.
But after a while he bought everyone a round and finally their own sense of
common decency forced them to at least talk to him. He cracked a few jokes and
did a stupid dance that made everyone laugh, and finally they started to warm to
him. Although they probably still thought he was a freak, at least they were
accepting him somewhat.
Luckily the conversation about Hymenoptera never came up. Well, it did come up
once, when Harris mentioned he was glad to see the back of the "Hymenoptera
scum".
Justin started to fume under his skin, but decided to not say anything, or it
would just cause a huge argument where everyone would hate him for "liking the
Hymenoptera too much". He decided to wait.
He knew the day would come where he would rule the Hymenoptera. He had seen it
in the future.
After drinks, he staggered back to his quarters. The desperate need to urinate
suddenly crept up on him and gripped his bladder tightly. Justin held his crotch
and ran for the nearest loo.
As he pushed the door open, the sickening smell of a public toilet slapped him
in the face like a urine-smelling fish. He walked over to the urinal on the far
corner and unzipped. The urinals were slightly smaller than usual, meaning he
had to bend his knees slightly or ended up with splashback over his trousers.
Warm urine splashed into the bowl, and Justin kept the stream pointed directly
over those weird blue things shaped like Weetabix-minis.
Aware of a presence behind him, Justin turned. Using the other urinal next to
him was Captain Chrysler.
Justin remembered that he hadn't really apologised about the trouble he'd caused
Jay. Justin had practically betrayed the Blue Dwarf crew to the Hymenoptera, and
Chrysler hadn't been very happy about it. And now they were alone, just Justin
and the Captain.
"Shit!" Justin mumbled.
The Captain turned from his urinal, locking eyes onto his. "Sorry Ensign?"
"Oh erm... nothing." Said Pancake. Embarrassment flushed his cheeks with red. "I
just thought... I needed something."
"You needed something?" Jay said. The Captain stared forward, something you
should always do when you're at a urinal to avoid the horrendous misfortune of
accidentally looking at someone else's willie.
"Shit. Erm... I said shit didn't I?" Justin mumbled. Alcohol and embarrassment
weren't a useful combination. "I didn't mean that I needed a shit. Otherwise I'd
have gone in there!" He pointed to the cubicle, which had graffiti all over it
and looked like the toilet had exploded.
"Jesus, I don't WANT to go in there!" Justin said as he saw it. Then he looked
back at Jay. "This ship has some terrible places, but a public toilet on the
Blue Dwarf... they're horrible."
"What?" Said Jay.
Justin panicked again. He realised he'd just insulted the ship, to it's Captain.
"Oh. I didn't mean that this ship is horrible. It has nice places! Honest!" He
said, and tried to think of a single place onboard which wasn't run down, rusty
or full of smelly tramps or aliens who came aboard once, tried to invade and
then just got bored and opened up a crap Cantonese restaurant.
Jay said nothing. Just sighed deeply. They both continued with their long
urinations.
An awkard silence followed.
"I'm sorry." Justin said. This startled the Captain so much that he almost
turned around to face him (Justin was glad he didn't).
"I know that I caused you some trouble with... the Hymenoptera..." Justin said.
Jay was still silent, and allowed him to continue.
"...I just like the Hymenoptera. I think... well I know... that the Hymenoptera
will one day make allies with the JMC. I saw it, I saw the future."
Jay broke his steely silence. "The Hymenoptera killed my wife." He said.
Justin was stunned into silence. "What?"
"A man, an evil version of me, he became the leader of the Hymenoptera..."
Started Jay.
"Oh?" Said Justin, curiously. This sounded a lot like his vision of the future.
"...He was evil, he lead the Hymenoptera to Earth. We had a big battle, and my
wife died."
Justin hung his head sorrowfully. "I...didn't know."
"So don't you even so much as talk about an alliance with the JMC and the
Hymenoptera!" Jay said. "It's bollocks! It'll never happen!"
Jay zipped up, washed his hands and left. Leaving Justin alone, still pissing.