"Razer, what do you call this prank?" Aya asked. Razer was putting the two green lanterns toothbrushes in cups of salt water and dumping out the fresh water in which the toothbrushes were normally placed.
"'Salty surprise'. Now, did you get the dye?"
Aya nodded, giving the red lantern the potent liquid. The latter poured it all in the green lantern's shampoo bottle.
"Why are we pranking the bathroom?" Aya inquired, not understanding the purpose of the pranks.
"We are setting up the bathroom, so that when Hal or Kilowog uses it they'll get pranked," Razer explained before switching the soaps. "I think we are done for tonight." The bathroom didn't look different to the unassuming eye. As an afterthought, Razer put plastic wrap on the toilet.
"Now what do we do?"
Razer turned to Aya with a mischievous smile.
"Now we wait. And remember, try and act clueless tomorrow. This may be a prank war, but until they say 'announced it', also known as pranking us back, we cannot raise suspicions."
Aya nodded after analyzing the information.
"Shall we head to the bridge before the others end there sleep cycles?"
In the morning…
"Gah, who put salt on my toothbrush?" Hal spat before taking Kilowog's out of the cup and using it. "Gah, Kilowog's, too?" Hal attempted to drink the water to get the salt taste out of his mouth before also spitting that out.
"Hal, can I have my toothbrush?" Kilowog asked, banging on the bathroom door.
"I don't think you want it. Someone put salt on them." Hal heard Kilowog mumble about the stupid prank before Hal got into the shower.
"Wait a second, did you use my toothbrush?" Kilowog yelled, bursting into the bathroom.
"I'm in the shower," Hal told him, trying to ignore the other green lantern in the bathroom, while he was cleaning himself
"Tell me, or I'm dropping yours in the toilet," Kilowog threatened taking the pink brush and opening the toilet lid
"Be my guest, it's covered in salt, too." Kilowog dropped the brush, but instead of a splash, it "floated" right above the bowl.
"Hal, what's wrong with the toilet?" Kilowog asked, trying to figure out how the pink toothbrush was floating.
"What do you mean, what's wrong with the toilet? Did you clog it again?" Hal growled stepping out of the shower, earning a surprised look from Kilowog
"What happened to you?" Kilowog asked, forgetting the floating toothbrush for a moment.
"I took a shower. Now what's wrong with the toilet?" Hal bent down and saw his reflection in the water. He jumped up with a girlish scream. "I look like a strawberry!"
"I heard a scream. Is there something wrong?" Aya asked as she and Razer ran to the bathroom. The latter was trying to suppress the snickers that were threatening to sound from his mouth, not wanting to give himself away.
"I'm red, and our toothbrushes have been covered in salt. And mine is floating in the toilet." Hal started waving his hands comically, which didn't help the red lanterns snickers.
"Your toothbrush is floating in the toilet?" Aya seemed confused at the last one.
"Toothbrushes are composted of a material that allows them to float in the water, correct?" Aya asked before seeing that the toothbrush was resting on the plastic wrap. "In addition, my sensors indicate that the brush is resting on some clear plastic." Both of the green lanterns slapped themselves in stupidity.
"Aya, please run a scan for any beings on the ship," Hal ordered, leaving the bathroom. The others followed.
"My scans indicate that we are the only ones on the ship." Even the AI was having a hard time keeping a straight face, especially when the guardians called for the monthly report.
"Green lantern 2814, what are your…holy mother of Aga'po!" Appa yelled, wide-eyed
"Sorry, today we seem to have a few problems with the bathroom" Hal explained to the three guardians, who were staring at him with eyes bigger than dinner plates.
"I can see that. Did your clothes also have problems?" Sayd asked, adverting her eyes. Hal looked confused before he remembered, he went directly to the bridge.
"Um, Hal? Do you want me to get your ring?" Kilowog asked, seeing Hal's face get red, or redder. Aya and Razer couldn't hold a straight face any longer.
"What? You two did this?" Hal yelled, finally putting two and two together
"I get this kind of behavior from the poozer, but you, too, Aya?"
"I wished for more data on a subject, and Razer eagerly complied," she told him before the guardians interrupted.
"I see you have a lot to talk about with your crew, but during this conference I wish you would apply some sort of covering" Ganthet reminded them, resulting in Hal running to his room for his ring. He returned a minute later to finish the call.
"Now, you two," Hal glared, after the call was terminated. He was not in the least bit amused by their actions.
"Do we need to remind you that this is a military vessel and not a party ship?" Kilowog asked, crossing his arms.
"This vessel is me, if I wish, I could turn it into a party ship" thoughts littered the boys minds but were quickly shaken out.
"Lay off the pranks," Hal ordered before asking for a new bar of soap and some non-die shampoo.
"What do we do now?" Aya asked disappointed that they were not successful in initiating a prank war
"We have three , we do as Hal commanded. Two, we prank them until they either prank us back or shoot us out the air lock. Or three, we prank ourselves," Razer listed off, smirking at the AI. Why these childish pranks made his blood run hot was beyond him.
"What do you mean prank ourselves? Wouldn't that be negative to what we are trying to do?" Aya asked turning her head to the left a little, a quirk she had obtained
"I mean do silly pranks. Like drippy, chalk eyes, or maybe one involving your language program, something simple that we can blame them for," Razer said nonchalantly.
"Shall we commence?"
