The Drive Room... on Mini Phil power?!?

OOC - Sorry about not posting, my RL got so busy these past few
starting on last Friday, that I haven't had time to sit down in front
of a computer until today. (I had to wrap up moving my dad out of the
house into his new apartment, and my work has went into "preparations
for moving" gear, causing several people to run around screaming like
chickens without their heads, demanding me to do this or that.) Plus,
I'm trying to make sure I get everybody (and everything) out of my
hair for my next weeks vacation...
- White Wolf
Oh Yes, I almost forgot - Welcome back Sean! Don't be such a stranger
next time, Huh? :)
Rpg -
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Where: In the gym's fitness center.
When: Way before the Red alert...
Who: White Wolf.
White Wolf walked right on by the dusty exercise bikes, and up to the
heavily cobwebbed closed door of Aerobatics & Fitness classrooms. He
paused a moment to pull the keycard out his vest pocket, and brush
aside some of dust as he swiped the keycard through the doorlock, it
flashed red, he swiped the keycard again, and the doorlock flashed
red again. Just as he was starting to try swiping the card a third
time, he suddenly sneezed on account of the dust he had disturbed,
causing the door crack open a bit.
"Should've known better." he said to himself, while pushing the door
the rest of the way open, walking in and activating the lights. The
fitness classroom was fairly clean compared to the room beyond.
The huge hamster walked accross to the mats, and found cabinet with a
bunch of videos stored in it. White Wolf ran his foreclaw accross
them while reading titles. Then he picked up a folded note taped to
the cabinet door and opened it to read -
"TO whom it may or may not concern:
I've just found out that the love of my live, Arnold J. Rimmer
has been spotted somewhere in Troy, and I must be with him. So I
formally resign my position as the J. M. C. Blue Dwarf's fitness
instructor. I'm sure you can find someone who can replace me on this
short notice, the only qualifications one needs is to be breathing
and know how to program this VCR and play the tapes when somebody
actually does come in to exercise.
Sincerely,
- Gertrude."
"Well, I think this is going to be the third shortest interview in
the history of the Blue Dwarf, right after both captain
promotions..." Muttered the huge hamster to himself as he saw Jasmine
entering the Fitness class room through the window.
"You wanted to see me, Sir?" Asked Jasmine.
"Yes Jasmine, I just wanted to make sure of your qualifications to do
the job with a few short questions." Replied the six foot, one inch
hamster folding the note and pocketing it into his vest, "One of the
job requirements it that you play these fitness recordings on this
video unit, Can you do that?"
Jasmine grabbed one of the tapes and stuck into the slot, and pushed
the button to turn on the monitor.
"Okay, How program the unit?"
Jasmine smirked a little as she changed the flashing 12:00 to the
correct time.
"Uh huh, good. And since your a nurse, I'll assume you know how to
deal with sport injuries..." remarked the overgrown hamster
smirking, "So that leaves me with one last question, will you be able
to provide fitness instruction sessions for subjects not covered on
these recordings?"
Jasmine nodded enthusiastically.
"That's it then. You start tommorrow. Here's the key's." finishes
White Wolf walking towards the door while handing Jasmine the swipe
card.
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Jasmine emerged from the room with White Wolf, she turned to
him,"Thank you so much Captain, I won't disappoint you"
"I'm sure you won't, Miss Starbolt" Said White Wolf while shaking her
hand.
"RED ALERT RED ALERT"
They looked at each other in shock, White Wolf made his way to the
drive room, Jasmine started heading for the Medi-Bay.
"Medical help needed for the Drive Room" came over the speakers
Jasmine turned and ran after White Wolf, not taking long to catch up
with him.
When they got to the drive room, Jasmine looked around and saw a
fainted Comm Officer on the ground in front of a fizzing computer, he
had clearly been shocked.
Then over the comm's ...
<Nested SNIP> "This is Jay to Blue Dwarf, Dean lost radio contact and
control, and did the last ever Thomas Maunever." "Last ever?" "If he
survived that he's smegging lucky."
<END Nested SNIP>
"DEAN!!!" Jasmine screamed leaving her patient's side and bolting for
the closest comm unit.
"Please Miss Starbolt I'm sure he'll be alright" White Wolf said
pulling her back to her patient.
Jasmine was easily moved as she had gone all white and was shaking
all over, she started sobbing, her mothers death flooding her minds
eye.
"Why'd I have to go and date a pilot for"
{End snipalot brought to you by Mcdonalds... >bludgeon<... Happy
Burgermiesters!}
White Wolf simply shook his head, not sure whether he should say
anything to her. But then was distracted by what he saw on the screen
before him. He went over and sat in the Captains chair, and
ordered, "Bring up a instant replay of the past few minutes in the
lower right quarter of the main screen, Holly. I want to see what I
missed."
"Oy! Everybodies so demanding. It isn't like we're watching the
latest Soccer tournament or NFL game..." Remarked Holly as the
instant replay played on the lower part of the screen, White Wolf
order again, "Holly, give me manual video control of the instant
replay."
Holly rolled his eyes slightly, and replied, "Just push those Vcr
like buttons on the side arm of the chair. Noo, not that set. That's
for the Captain's log recorder... Oy! And you people call me dense!"
As the huge hasmter punched a set of buttons and set off a high
pitched squirrel-like shriek from a nearby speaker, before turning it
off, and controling the play back video.
White Wolf, Rewound the recording, until he spotted a small ship
seemingly starting the attack coming from the Nebula. White Wolf
rewound it some more, and followed the little ships progress all the
way backward to one of the planets. Which looked very familar to him,
even though the image was very grainy. He began to get worried.
<Begin comingled snip#1>
"eeeeeee!"
"Bloody hell, can't you get a bell for him?" Jumped WW almost
shedding all his fur at once.
"Sorry sir, it's just Saddam told me there was an emergency and I
though you might need me.."
WW did a double take....
"Did you just say.....Saddam? He's back on board is he? Since
When????"
"About 2 days sir, I found him hooked up to the security grid....."
"Am I the only one who see's a problem with this?"
"EEEEEEEEEEE"
"WTF...Sir...it looks like that craft has just lanced what appears to
be a Pant-Filler 5000 class bomb/torpedo!"
<Dialogue insertion #1>
"We've got nukes? I didn't think we had any decent weapons of mass
destruction on the Dwarf... So who the hell got their hands on a
Nuke?" Demanded the huge hamster, then recognising Cerebrums' face
from the quick flash of it through his bugs window on the viewscreen,
he finshed "I should've known! Well, If we all survive this stunt of
his, I'm going to make him our part time Supply officer, perhaps he
can put some of that scanvenging skill of his to good use..."
<end Dialogue insertion>
Every electrical device on the Blue Dwarf powered down, leaving the
ship a drifting hulk.
"It wasn't me!" said Phil reflexivly
"EEEEEEEEEEEEE"
* thud *
"OUCH....Phil you midget just pinched my arse!" cried Ashley
* bang *
"OW......You just trod on my foot!" That was W W.
* Twang *
"EEEEEEEEE"
"No I'm NOT saying THAT to the Captain!"
"What was it Phil?"
"Well two things...One...MP has glow in the dark undewear on and
wants to know if he can drop his trouseres so we can find the
torches..."
"And?"
"He also wants to know does the poo stick to your fur when
you ....you know..."
<End Comingled Snip>
"What?!? Phil, you better hope not. Or I might not be the only one
willing to use the D-gun on MP when the gravity generators go out,
and his 'business' gets stuck to certain consoles, like Jay, Dean, &
Alota's stations..." Remarked the rotund hamster.
"Ahhh! I'm floating off my chair!" Screamed Ashley.
"Oh, Bugger." remarked Phil to himself as he started drifting off the
floor, "Wasn't there some emergency backup power for the gravity
generators in the drive room?"
"Yes. There's a methanol based fuel cell for emergency gravity power
behind the comm station, but I think it got completely drained when
the crew was scavenging for something to drink when Jay dumped the
Alcohol supply while we were dealing with the Enirams. If we had
something alcohol based I could probably rig it to run on a lower
gravity level..." replied the huge hamster in the dim light from MP's
shorts which, happily weren't soiled at all, and neither was him, but
Phil was clearly another matter...
"Ugh!" remarked Phil, seeing his 'brown condition', while MP
sniggered slightly.
"I know just the thing for that!" commented Ashley quickly swimming
through the air into the adjoining briefing room, then a bottle
of 'Old Spice' quickly came sailing towards Phil from the breifing
rooms restroom, which White Wolf quickly caught before Phil did, and
swam over to the comm station.
"Sorry Phil, You'll have to smell better later. We can use this to
bring the gravity generator back online." Explained White Wolf while
uncorking the bottle and quickly jamming into the fuel cell, "After
that, we'll ave to figure out how to restore power to communications
and the rest of the ship."
"Oh great. I'll just sit and stink while you guys sit and ahh...
think.", quips Phil as he gives Mini Phil a real dirty look.
"There, that should do it." remarked White Wolf removing the bottle,
and corking it, then flicking a switch, whereupon they all slowly
drift down to the floor.
"Were you able to save any cologne for me?" Asks Phil hopefully.
"Um, no. But here's a wet nap!" Replies the huge hamster.
"Right. I'll be in the little boys room doing a little bit
of 'tidying up' if you need me." remarks Phil, walking off making
squelching noise as he steps.
"Hmm, All I need is a small amount of voltage to get the
communications system going and then we should be able to talk to
engineering..." Muses the amplitudness hamster, while opening the
consoles hatch.
"EEK! Get away from me, you perv!" Screamed Ashley, making a shushing
motion towards MP who was following her around the drive room and
rubbing his legs together vigorously.
The Huge hamster looked up at the pair and suddenly asked, "Um, Miss
Starbolt?"
"I just had the same idea too; I'll be back in moment." replied
Jasmine.
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A short time later, Jasmine had Mini Phil running on a tread mill
while Ashley sat next to it in a chair doing her nails, and the
prodigious hamster toggled the comm. button and Said, "Come in,
Engineering. This is Captain White Wolf."
Then the immense turned towards Phils, "We need just a tad more power
to transmit. Can you get him to run a little faster, Stinky? I
mean... Phil?" before quickly turning back and calling into the
mic, "Engineering, Do you read me?"
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