Helm


"Arrr!" Chip roared thrusting his small plastic sword in the air as Madison attempted to get her giant gold hoop earrings to stay on.

It was the release party for a local group called "The Pirates" whose bass player was a good friend of Toby's, thus the reason the party was being held at the Rockporium. The trick was, to get in, you needed to dress up, and Toby had gone all out with decorations and made sure his employees were no exceptions to the rules. He'd called them all in early to inspect their costumes and get them to help finish setting up.

"Ugh! These things won't stay on!" Madison groaned as Nick leaned in closer to her face.

"You're missing the connector thing, here, let me help." He reached out and clipped the earring together properly on the side.

Xander watched in amusement as Toby paced back and forth mumbling to himself as Vida attempted to pin a banner across the front of her turntables to make it look like the front of a ship. (Or should I say bow?)

"Calm down mate, things look great." Xander laughed adjusting his eye patch as Toby nearly smacked into the counter. "I'm sure Rodney will be pleased."

Toby let out a sigh as Chip hopped into Vida's DJ area.

"Hoist the Colours! Yo-ho!" He shouted at the top of his lungs causing Vida to smirk in amusement until he picked up a record and pretended to use it as a steering wheel.

"Hey! Don't scratch those!"

Chip pouted, "But I wanted to be at the helm…"

Vida lugged a box of decorations up and handed them to Chip. She smiled and batted her eyes suggestively, "Could I be the first mate?"

Chip's eyes widened as she pecked him on the forehead, "Uh… sure…"

"Somebody's getting suggestive" Xander joked as he watched the two, smirking.

Annoyed at Xander's intrusion she nudged Chip over so she could access her headphones, dropping her flirtatiousness. As soon as the party started hopefully he'd focus his attention elsewhere and she could tease Chip in peace. "Just put up the decorations Xander." Then suddenly Vida smiled overly sweetly, "And Chip…"

"Yes?"

"If you ruin my records you'll be in Davy Jones's locker, got it?"