SGU: Between Air and Darkness
Chapter 1: Kino or Kinko
A/N – This fic is after Destiny solves the Air problem, but before Darkness. The crew start a very important task…making fan music vids for us!
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With his Ha'tak failing, he used an Asgard teleporter to bring as many containers of supplies and clothing as possible to the Ancient ship he now knew to be the Destiny.
He smiled wickedly when he discovered the Ancient globe recorders were all over the ship and can send direct feed to the controls in front of him. With a handsomely arched eyebrow, he initialized the internal cloaking device on one globe recorder to send out into the ship. The first discussion he eavesdropped on was of a member of the crew referring to the recorder as a Kino.
Three Hours Later:
Eli shook his head looking at Young, "I'm trying to tell you that someone is streaming Kino footage. And, I can't stop them."
Young sat down at the table, "Then, we have a problem."
Dr. Lisa Park interjected, "Uuuh, I have been accessing general Kino footage and data. In retrospect, I should have probably obtained permission to do as much." She forced a smile to form on her face.
Young just kept looking at her without speaking, so Dr. Park continued, "I wanted to download my Kino clip for my personal journal. I was unable to gain access, so I just downloaded general Kino footage to make a vid. It's my hobby."
Scott, Chloe, Greer, Wray, James and two male Marines looked relieved knowing that no one had viewed their personal Kino message clips.
Park gestured to her laptop in front of her when no one objected to the ides, "I haven't picked out a song yet. Oh, does anyone have those orientation DVD's of Dr. Daniel Jackson?"
James leaned back in her seat straightening her shoulders, "I can hook ya up. I think I have the one on the Gate where he calls the 9th chevron destination …mythical. I also have the one on the Goa'uld. Banks has Hyperdrive. There are some more. I will look into it for ya. We could even make a dinner theater out of your vid once you get it done."
Dr. Rush's sarcasm could not be contained, "Perfect. You all think this is important. This meeting is wasting my time."
Eli smirked, "Actually, I watched Dr. Park trying to gain access to the Kino central, so I already know about that. I film, Dr. Park edits, and James here can be our Vanna White…McChesty Productions cool." Eli did a little bounce dance in his chair.
James smacked Eli on the back of his head, "No footage of me undressing to get in the shower McLimpy."
With sudden interest in the discussion and with no warning Rush sniped, "Leave me out of the video, or I will corrupt the Kino footage."
Wray had positioned herself off to the side and was saying nothing. But, she did keep changing meaningful looks with Young about the state of the meeting. Young responded by tipping his head and closing his eyes.
Eli ignored Rush and tapped his pen, "Oh look, I have this cool pic we could use for the opening. I have lots of photos. We could make a handout for the vids or even a book thing."
Scott looked at Greer, "We may not have a Kinko, but I might have a way to print the photos. Hope all this works."
Eli passed over a Kino, "If you needed a Kino, just ask. I have lots."
Scott shook his head, "Kinko not Kino."
Eli looked shocked, "Kink Oh? Vanessa James just said we can't use that footage. Do you have other footage from the I don't know about?"
Scott's face flushed slightly when Chloe looked at him.
Dr. Park stated while waving a hand toward Scott, "Scott said Kinko as in the printing store not kink."
Greer smiled inclining his head, "We will need a lot of cooperation for making a video and printing. Nothing we find is going to dock directly to your PC, but I have an idea."
Chloe smiled raising her eyebrows trying to think of a way Rush would let them use footage of him, "We could use a Harry Potter song from my IPod. J.K. Rowling is Scottish right?"
Eli beamed, "I hate to go here, but which character would Rush be in Harry Potter? Ideas?"
Dr. Rush folded his arms, "I don't want to be in any bloody video. Even if it was something as tedious as The Battle of the Birds, I still say no."
Everyone but Scott and a Marine were lost as to the Scottish title Dr. Rush tossed out.
Scott pointed to one of the Marines, "Battle of the Birds where all the animals fight just screams Narnia."
The Marine nodded once remembering a month ago that the topic came up.
Greer turned back to the group, "No Narnia or Harry Potter people.
Young leaned over the table unable to believe how far off track the meeting was getting. Pictures of Rush dressed as the Hogwarts teacher the sniping Snape with a black cloak and black buttoned up vest popped unwillingly into his head. Yes, he was going to have to find a way to stop the Photoshop projects on that.
TJ walked in thinking they were going to watch a movie by that last sentence she heard. "Sorry, I was late. Are we going to watch something? What about a TV show? I have the episode Kiss from Defying Gravity recorded on my phone."
Eli preened, "Cool! That is not a bad idea."
With a piercing glair at Eli, Young turned to Rush being thankful they were unable to access a Kinko store, "Snape, sorry…Rush can you help Eli track down which terminal is accessing the Kink footage…the Kino footage?"
A/N: So, what do you think? Do we need a chapter 2?