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Dr Keto
Medibay
6:32 pm (completely random time #4134)
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"Yes, I know you're part of my team," he snapped.
The Big Pink Tree rustled again.
"You've never seen me very upset," said Keto through clenched
teeth.
*
"So, I need to find them, do I?" murmured Keto. The Big Pink Tree
nodded.
"I was being rhetorical!" snapped Keto irritably. The plant wilted
slightly and shrunk back into the corner as the doctor began to pace
up and down the lab.
"They must be hiding somewhere..." mused Keto. "Holly!"
"What now?" sighed Holly, looking chagrined as he appeared on the
screen in the medibay.
"What are Shakespeare and Coffey doing right now?"
Holly smiled slightly.
"I'll only tell you..." he began, but Keto interrupted him.
"You're not *still* doing that damn crossword?" he asked.
Holly sniffed.
"It's complicated," he said, "As I was saying: What's a nine letter
word with third letter 't' meaning 'of the skin'?"
"Cutaneous," replied Keto instantly, "Now where the hell are
Shakespeare and Coffey?"
"...how do you spell that?"
"WHERE ARE THEY?!"
"They're hiding," said Holly, and vanished once more. Keto closed
his eyes and stood very, very still for a moment.
"We don't have time for this," he murmured quietly. As he heard a
rustle he extended one finger to point towards the Tree.
"And I *don't* need your help!" he said, "I can handle this on my
own. I just need to find two crewmembers..."
Keto trailed off as he began to think. He needed to find two
people on a ship *full* of people. Two specific people. That would
mean, since Holly was being his usual helpful self, that he'd need to
actually see them with his own eyes.
See them with his own eyes...
"Ensign Wildflower!" Keto commanded, eyes suddenly opening, "That
creation that Shakespeare injected you with...you say it made the
affected organ mutate?"
"Uh...yes..." murmured Wildflower, not looking at all happy with
Keto's expression.
"It grew larger, correct?"
"...yes."
"Then I know what I'm going to do!" announced Keto, "Where is this
ointment Shakespeare used?"
Wildflower pointed to a small vial on one of the counters. Keto
snatched it up and a faint grin spread over his face.
"Now I've got you, Lawrence," he said.
*
"That's it, just step outside the door and walk along the corridor
a little ways."
The door to the medibay opened, and a rather confused Big Pink Tree
stepped out. It shuffled down the corridor, the door closing behind
it. It heard Keto's voice through the metal of the wall and door.
"Now do something!"
The Big Pink Tree glanced around it, puzzled. Then, performing the
plantlife equivalent of a shrug, it began to turn around on the spot
while bouncing up and down.
"Okay, stop that," came Keto's voice after a few seconds, "You're
making me dizzy."
The Big Pink Tree stopped, but now looked even more confused.
The door to the medibay slid open.
"Yes," said Keto, stepping outside. He turned to face the
Tree, "It worked."
His eyes were glowing yellow.
*
"It should wear off before long," said Keto, marching swiftly along
the corridors, "But at the moment, I can see through walls!"
*Rustle?*
"Any depth. I just need to focus to the correct level."
*Rustle-rustle?*
"Oh yes, I can find them easily," said Keto, stopping marching and
looking around. His pupils widened and constricted as he began
scanning the ship to see where Shakespeare and Coffey were hiding.
"Hmm...they're..."
Keto blinked, then hurriedly glanced away from the patch of wall he
had been looking at.
"No, not there! Uh...they're...AHA! THERE they are!"
Triumphantly, he turned and began to walk. The Tree rustled
quickly, but it was too late.
BANG!
"ouch," murmured Keto from his prone position on the floor. He
struggled to his feet and glared at the wall in front of him.
"Must refocus," he muttered, and walked off down the corridor.
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OOC - has everybody else, like me, completely lost track of in-game
time? :)