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It was nearly the end of a long, hard day for the crew of the emStarship Voyager/em, and everyone was starving. They filed into the conference lounge, whining and moaning. "Can't we have dinner first?" grumbled Paris, as he stepped into the lounge. He was instantly silenced by a sharp glance from his captain.P
Neelix's eyes suddenly widened. "Are those peanuts I see, Captain?" he asked, gesturing to a red dish on the table.P
"Those are emmy/em peanuts, Mr Neelix," said Janeway in irritation, "and nobody touches them. emNobody./em" She glanced pointedly at the rest of the crew at this. Unhappliy, the crew filed into their seats as the captain began droning on about a new mission to explore some interesting nebula somewhere. Nobody was paying attention, although Tuvok tried to pretend that he did, nodding at appropriate pauses in the captain's speech. Everyone's focus was the red plate of peanuts lying on the table.P
Finally, Chakotay couldn't resist the temptation anymore. He sneaked his hand over to the plate of peanuts beside him. emJust one/em, he thought, emjust one..../emP
Janeway glared at him. "I emsaw/em that, Chakotay..."P
Chakotay quickly withdrew his hand as if the peanuts had turned into a snake.P
On the opposite side of Chakotay, Seven too was contemplating the plate of peanuts. However, unlike Chakotay, she was actually emthinking/em. You could practically hear the cogs in her head clicking. Under the table, she lashed out at Chakotay's chair with enough force to knock it sideways, which, incidentally, it did. Chakotay went flying out of his chair and into the captain's arms. Seven took advantage of the momentary distraction to whisk the plate of peanuts out of sight.P
Janeway pushed him away in disgust. "Commander! What in the world do you think you're doing?"P
Seven took some of the peanuts and passed the plate to the Holodoc. He didn't take any, not having a stomach, but instead passed it on to Neelix.P
"Erm... I fell out of my chair?" replied Chakotay.P
Neelix took some and passed it to Torres, who then passed it to Paris, then Harry.P
Janeway glowered at Chakotay. "You better not have been trying to take my peanuts. Return to your seat."P
Chakotay sat back down, glaring at Seven, as the captain turned her back to them and continued mapping out portions of the nebula. Then he noticed that the peanuts were gone. emYou evil devil!/em he mouthed at her. Seven merely raised her eyebrow archly.P
Harry took the peanuts and passed the plate to Tuvok, who refused to look at it, trying to look disapproving. The crew waited with bated breath. Would Tuvok tell on them?P
Finally, Tuvok accepted the plate, took a couple of peanuts and passed it to Chakotay.P
The crew let out a silent cheer.P
There were only a handful of peanuts left: the plate had come full circle, and Chakotay faced the task of replacing the plate. He took the rest of the peanuts and waited for right moment, then he lunged forward quickly and replaced the plate. "Well done," muttered Harry.P
Janeway, however, chose that moment to turn around. She suddenly noticed that the plate of peanuts on her table was now empty. Shocked, she glared at the crew. "Who took my peanuts?" she demanded.P
Silence.P
Janeway stared at Chakotay. "Did you take them, Chakotay?"P
Chakotay winced, unable to lie to his captain. "Err... some..."P
Janeway placed her hands on her hips and fried Chakotay with a formidable Death Glare. He shrank in his seat. "I want to see you after this meeting," she drawled dangerously. She turned around and resumed her lecture.P
Chakotay glared at Seven. "This is all your fault!" he mouthed to her. Seven shrugged.P
"We're sorry," Paris mouthed as well as he could, stuffing the peanuts into his mouth.P
Janeway turned around and noticed that they all seemed to be chewing on something. She rounded on Paris. "What are you eating, Lieutenant?" she asked.P
Every jaw in the room instantly stopped moving.P
Paris withered under her glare. "Peanuts, ma'am."P
"MY peanuts?!? What the-" She turned a level-10 Death Glare on Paris. "What did I last say?" she asked.P
"MY peanuts?!? What the-" he replied.P
Janeway gave him the look universally recognized to mean, Boy, Paris, are you EVER stupid, and said, "About the nebula, Mr Soon-to-be-Ensign!"P
Paris gulped. "Uh... that's it's full of gas?"P
Janeway threw up her hands in frustration. "Did any of you actually hear what I said about the purple sentient cloud nebula?"P
Nobody moved.P
"Okay. I'll try this. How many of you are eating my peanuts?"P
At first, there was silence in the room. Then slowly, a couple of hands came up around the room: Harry and Paris, trying to look innocent, not looking at the captain. Finally everyone more or less had a hand up in the air, even Tuvok, who looked less implaccable than usual. The doctor, on the other hand, just sat calmly where he was with a smug ha-ha-I'm-invincible look on his face.P
Janeway sighed with all the pomposity of a Math teacher finding that her class had, as usual, skipped half the lectures and burnt all their tutorials. She headed back to the front of the conference room, and as she passed Chakotay, she dug her index finger into his shoulder and muttered sotto voce, "You are emso/em going to get it from me." Chakotay shrunk in his chair to the point where only his tattoo was showing. P
The captain glared sternly at the crew. "I can see that talking to any of you now is a totally pointless exercise and nothing is going to get into your thick skulls when you are hungry." With a martyred look, she added,"You are all dismissed...", and Chakotay heaved a sigh of relief.P
"..except for Commander Chakotay." she added, casting Chakotay a sharp glance.P
Chakotay's heart sank. He knew it was too good to be true.P
The crew tried thier best to keep a straight face as they filed out of the conference lounge. As the doors slid shut, they could hear Janeway beginning to rant to Chakotay.P
The moment the door had slid fully shut, the crew couldn't stand it anymore. They exploded into racous laughter. Harry and Paris were laughing so hard they nearly knocked Torres over. Even Tuvok was looking amused.P
"Did you see the look on her face!" exclaimed Harry.P
"Did you see the look on emhis/em face?"countered Torres, and they all exploded in laughter again.P
The doctor patted Seven on the back. "That was pure genius!" he told her. Seven beamed wickedly.P
"Well, but I must admit, it was being a little mean on Chakotay..."said Paris thoughfully. Then he grinned. "But heck, we don't care, do we?"P
Harry leaned against the bulkhead, winded from laughing too hard. "I'd say it's sweet justice,"he said, and this started the crew cracking up again.P
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It was nearly the end of a long, hard day for the crew of the emStarship Voyager/em, and everyone was starving. They filed into the conference lounge, whining and moaning. "Can't we have dinner first?" grumbled Paris, as he stepped into the lounge. He was instantly silenced by a sharp glance from his captain.P
Neelix's eyes suddenly widened. "Are those peanuts I see, Captain?" he asked, gesturing to a red dish on the table.P
"Those are emmy/em peanuts, Mr Neelix," said Janeway in irritation, "and nobody touches them. emNobody./em" She glanced pointedly at the rest of the crew at this. Unhappliy, the crew filed into their seats as the captain began droning on about a new mission to explore some interesting nebula somewhere. Nobody was paying attention, although Tuvok tried to pretend that he did, nodding at appropriate pauses in the captain's speech. Everyone's focus was the red plate of peanuts lying on the table.P
Finally, Chakotay couldn't resist the temptation anymore. He sneaked his hand over to the plate of peanuts beside him. emJust one/em, he thought, emjust one..../emP
Janeway glared at him. "I emsaw/em that, Chakotay..."P
Chakotay quickly withdrew his hand as if the peanuts had turned into a snake.P
On the opposite side of Chakotay, Seven too was contemplating the plate of peanuts. However, unlike Chakotay, she was actually emthinking/em. You could practically hear the cogs in her head clicking. Under the table, she lashed out at Chakotay's chair with enough force to knock it sideways, which, incidentally, it did. Chakotay went flying out of his chair and into the captain's arms. Seven took advantage of the momentary distraction to whisk the plate of peanuts out of sight.P
Janeway pushed him away in disgust. "Commander! What in the world do you think you're doing?"P
Seven took some of the peanuts and passed the plate to the Holodoc. He didn't take any, not having a stomach, but instead passed it on to Neelix.P
"Erm... I fell out of my chair?" replied Chakotay.P
Neelix took some and passed it to Torres, who then passed it to Paris, then Harry.P
Janeway glowered at Chakotay. "You better not have been trying to take my peanuts. Return to your seat."P
Chakotay sat back down, glaring at Seven, as the captain turned her back to them and continued mapping out portions of the nebula. Then he noticed that the peanuts were gone. emYou evil devil!/em he mouthed at her. Seven merely raised her eyebrow archly.P
Harry took the peanuts and passed the plate to Tuvok, who refused to look at it, trying to look disapproving. The crew waited with bated breath. Would Tuvok tell on them?P
Finally, Tuvok accepted the plate, took a couple of peanuts and passed it to Chakotay.P
The crew let out a silent cheer.P
There were only a handful of peanuts left: the plate had come full circle, and Chakotay faced the task of replacing the plate. He took the rest of the peanuts and waited for right moment, then he lunged forward quickly and replaced the plate. "Well done," muttered Harry.P
Janeway, however, chose that moment to turn around. She suddenly noticed that the plate of peanuts on her table was now empty. Shocked, she glared at the crew. "Who took my peanuts?" she demanded.P
Silence.P
Janeway stared at Chakotay. "Did you take them, Chakotay?"P
Chakotay winced, unable to lie to his captain. "Err... some..."P
Janeway placed her hands on her hips and fried Chakotay with a formidable Death Glare. He shrank in his seat. "I want to see you after this meeting," she drawled dangerously. She turned around and resumed her lecture.P
Chakotay glared at Seven. "This is all your fault!" he mouthed to her. Seven shrugged.P
"We're sorry," Paris mouthed as well as he could, stuffing the peanuts into his mouth.P
Janeway turned around and noticed that they all seemed to be chewing on something. She rounded on Paris. "What are you eating, Lieutenant?" she asked.P
Every jaw in the room instantly stopped moving.P
Paris withered under her glare. "Peanuts, ma'am."P
"MY peanuts?!? What the-" She turned a level-10 Death Glare on Paris. "What did I last say?" she asked.P
"MY peanuts?!? What the-" he replied.P
Janeway gave him the look universally recognized to mean, Boy, Paris, are you EVER stupid, and said, "About the nebula, Mr Soon-to-be-Ensign!"P
Paris gulped. "Uh... that's it's full of gas?"P
Janeway threw up her hands in frustration. "Did any of you actually hear what I said about the purple sentient cloud nebula?"P
Nobody moved.P
"Okay. I'll try this. How many of you are eating my peanuts?"P
At first, there was silence in the room. Then slowly, a couple of hands came up around the room: Harry and Paris, trying to look innocent, not looking at the captain. Finally everyone more or less had a hand up in the air, even Tuvok, who looked less implaccable than usual. The doctor, on the other hand, just sat calmly where he was with a smug ha-ha-I'm-invincible look on his face.P
Janeway sighed with all the pomposity of a Math teacher finding that her class had, as usual, skipped half the lectures and burnt all their tutorials. She headed back to the front of the conference room, and as she passed Chakotay, she dug her index finger into his shoulder and muttered sotto voce, "You are emso/em going to get it from me." Chakotay shrunk in his chair to the point where only his tattoo was showing. P
The captain glared sternly at the crew. "I can see that talking to any of you now is a totally pointless exercise and nothing is going to get into your thick skulls when you are hungry." With a martyred look, she added,"You are all dismissed...", and Chakotay heaved a sigh of relief.P
"..except for Commander Chakotay." she added, casting Chakotay a sharp glance.P
Chakotay's heart sank. He knew it was too good to be true.P
The crew tried thier best to keep a straight face as they filed out of the conference lounge. As the doors slid shut, they could hear Janeway beginning to rant to Chakotay.P
The moment the door had slid fully shut, the crew couldn't stand it anymore. They exploded into racous laughter. Harry and Paris were laughing so hard they nearly knocked Torres over. Even Tuvok was looking amused.P
"Did you see the look on her face!" exclaimed Harry.P
"Did you see the look on emhis/em face?"countered Torres, and they all exploded in laughter again.P
The doctor patted Seven on the back. "That was pure genius!" he told her. Seven beamed wickedly.P
"Well, but I must admit, it was being a little mean on Chakotay..."said Paris thoughfully. Then he grinned. "But heck, we don't care, do we?"P
Harry leaned against the bulkhead, winded from laughing too hard. "I'd say it's sweet justice,"he said, and this started the crew cracking up again.P
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