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PART TWO: DECISION TIME
"So." said Renais, "what now?"
"We need to find a way back!" replied Gai anxiously, "What do you think?!"
J shook his head slowly. "Not that simple. Look at us. You may enjoy living up to your name, but I would rather deal with the greater problem at hand. Computer!"
A bleep sounded from behind, "Yes sir!"
"Damage report!"
Tomoro's voice did not sound encouraging. "Not good. This is not good. Shields down completely, and -"
"What?" said J, his authoritative tone unaffected by any possible sense of worry. "What's wrong?"
"Our wormhole generator is - well - should I say - beyond repair. And as for our location, it cannot be confirmed. All that is certain is that J-ark is now millions of light years away from the Sol system."
"Yeah, yeah, that's all very well," groaned J, "but can you please give some clue into why we're all animals!"
"Unconfirmed," replied Tomoro, "Only assumption is the wormhole's radiation has some effect on the arrangement of DNA, though the accuracy of the mutation is inexplicable."
At that moment, Mikoto opened her eyes and stood up. "Hey guys," she said cheerfully, "What's going on?"
They all stared at her in great irritation, even Gai.
"Look at yourself."
"Wha- oh. And you're all - also - what? Is this some kind of joke? You all look awfully funny!" she giggled.
Renais' look turned from irritated to murderous. With J it was impossible to tell, partly due to the solid beak in his new avian form, as well as the dense fringe obscuring his eyes, though he appeared to be twitching at the side of the face.
"So then," began Gai, sensing the fury slowly building up within the other two, "What should we do now? Are we near any planets at all?"
J folded his wings and turned away in thought. After a few seconds' total silence, he turned back to the others. "There does appear to be a planetary system nearby. I will now go and find what information I can on this area. You can all go do what you like - within reason. Renais, you should remember that room I showed you earlier - that's your quarters. Utsugi's is next door. Shishioh, I've converted the brig for you. I'll inform you in a while after further investigation into that system. You are dismissed!"
Gai lay incredibly bored in the cramped space designated as his 'quarters'. There was no décor anywhere on this ship, no area of recreation or anything else to keep him occupied. Perhaps, he thought to himself, that was why J was such a severe killjoy all the time. Or perhaps that was the reason the ship was so dull. He looked around. It seemed that what J called 'converting' was merely adding a small temporary display panel to the side with strongly filtered access to the ship's main database and adding a two-foot high gap at the base of the forcefield for him to crawl in and out of. And the fact that there was nothing indicating its exact position did not help. With a loud sigh, Gai turned to the panel and brought up some translations of ancient periodicals from Aka no Hoshi, looking for a rumoured column called 'The Lighter Side of the Soldat Special Forces'. On finding it, he quietly read out, "After somewhat unwanted feedback from the awareness presentation, Abel resorted to taking in all thirty-one units for extensive re-programming in order to prevent further cases of reverting to homosexuality." At this, Gai gave a loud cackle. "Oh man, if I knew all this back when-
"Enjoying yourself?"
Gai froze in shock, and turned round. Facing him was J, who had changed from the wrecked uniform he was in earlier, and now looked more like the Zonderian he remembered from all those years ago. Gai did not like the sound of his voice.
"Yes, I remember that one from long ago. That particular publication took special delight in digging up the dirt on the defence department. The worst part of heroism must be the horrific celebrity reputation one gets in time. Well, I was going to call you to a very important brief - but it looks like there's something much more useful I have for you."
"So," said Renais, leaning heavily against the table like a student in a particularly boring lesson, "you've found out something interesting?"
J looked up at them, and began to speak. "The system has several planets inhabiting intelligent life, and appears to be under some kind of war, as all planets are heavily armed and greatly damaged. Probably the best option is-
"Hang on," cut in Mikoto, "What's the name of this system?"
"Lylat." Replied J. "As I was saying, we should - What are you doing?
Mikoto had fallen into a sharp spasm of giggling. Renais sniggered for a moment.
"Would you mind telling me WHAT is so funny?" said J.
Renais, still smiling, whispered something into the ear of Mikoto, who responded with merely a gormless look. She then turned to J, fighting to keep herself from laughing further. "Well, nothing really. Heh, it's just, well, Lylat sounds like one of those - you know - funny words. Say it a few time over and it stops making sense."
"What?" replied J, confused. "You mean, like, Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat - What? WHAT? What the hell are you laughing about? Is this a joke to you?"
By now both the females were on the floor, laughing uncontrollably. After five tedious minutes, they managed to restrain themselves.
"Now what was that about?" asked J.
"Never mind, never mind." Replied Renais. "So you were saying-?"
"Now what was I.... Ah yes. The system is at war, and considering our level of-
"Wait a moment." Cut in Mikoto again. "What are the people here like?"
"As I said earlier, at war," replied J impatiently, "so we shouldn't be too-
"But what do they look like?" cut in Mikoto for a third time.
"Animals." Replied J, sounding ever more irritated. "Now where was I again? Ah yes. With this system at war, we could take-
"Where's Gai?" cut in Mikoto, in a childish, inquiring voice.
"Mr Shishioh is currently on highly important duty, and I do not think he is to be distracted at the present moment." Answered J.
"What duty?"
Even though he was a bird, Mikoto could have sworn he was grinning. "Cleaning the sanitation system."
"What!" Mikoto squealed. "How... how could you?"
J was surely smiling now. "If you understood the context then I am sure you would not complain. But if you are so concerned, or should I say outraged, by all means accompany him. But if you must, take this."
He threw her a mop, along with a bottle of cheap, supermarket-grade disinfectant. Grumbling, she walked off.
"Well, now that's sorted," J continued, "Shall I-
"Which way is it?" cut in Mikoto.
"Urrgggh... Take the second-nearest elevator to deck fourteen, Take a right, go along until you reach the first corridor off and take the thirteenth trapdoor. Continue along the tunnel until you find the doors and down there it's the third on the left. Now go."
Mikoto stood there looking perplexed.
"Tomoro," said J, exasperatedly, "Take her there." A panel appeared on the wall with a large arrow and the text 'This way' appeared. Mikoto followed. J then turned back to Renais. "Got her off our hands. Now, about the system, there appears to be some kind of terrorist by the name of 'Andross' threatening several planets within the system, and has a substantial amount of armaments himself. As we all know well, our greatest area of skill is in combat, so I was figuring we could go and help fight on one side."
"You are thinking of fighting against Andross, right?" replied Renais.
"Actually it didn't really matter which side, as we are not involved with the politics of this system. It was just for getting some cash so we could afford a hyperdrive out of here."
"Sounds good. But if we are to join any particular army, it may mean we are stuck."
"Then we'll go as mercenaries. We'll just sign a short term contract with the Cornerian army and then on with the carnage."
"So you've decided on Corneria? You'd better contact them. And we will have to tell the Morons about it later."
"Consider it done. Literally."
A few hours of completely unawkward silence later, the lion returned, his formerly majestic mane now mangled and filthy. Mikoto followed.
"Ewwww! You really need to take a bath." Exclaimed Renais.
"What?" said J. "I don't smell a thing!"
"THAT's because you don't have a NOSE!" Retorted Renais.
"Huh? Never heard that one before." Replied J.
END OF PART TWO
The next instalment will come eventually. Please feel free to review; I wouldn't mind a little constructive criticism. But please do not flame, it doesn't do anyone any good.
PART TWO: DECISION TIME
"So." said Renais, "what now?"
"We need to find a way back!" replied Gai anxiously, "What do you think?!"
J shook his head slowly. "Not that simple. Look at us. You may enjoy living up to your name, but I would rather deal with the greater problem at hand. Computer!"
A bleep sounded from behind, "Yes sir!"
"Damage report!"
Tomoro's voice did not sound encouraging. "Not good. This is not good. Shields down completely, and -"
"What?" said J, his authoritative tone unaffected by any possible sense of worry. "What's wrong?"
"Our wormhole generator is - well - should I say - beyond repair. And as for our location, it cannot be confirmed. All that is certain is that J-ark is now millions of light years away from the Sol system."
"Yeah, yeah, that's all very well," groaned J, "but can you please give some clue into why we're all animals!"
"Unconfirmed," replied Tomoro, "Only assumption is the wormhole's radiation has some effect on the arrangement of DNA, though the accuracy of the mutation is inexplicable."
At that moment, Mikoto opened her eyes and stood up. "Hey guys," she said cheerfully, "What's going on?"
They all stared at her in great irritation, even Gai.
"Look at yourself."
"Wha- oh. And you're all - also - what? Is this some kind of joke? You all look awfully funny!" she giggled.
Renais' look turned from irritated to murderous. With J it was impossible to tell, partly due to the solid beak in his new avian form, as well as the dense fringe obscuring his eyes, though he appeared to be twitching at the side of the face.
"So then," began Gai, sensing the fury slowly building up within the other two, "What should we do now? Are we near any planets at all?"
J folded his wings and turned away in thought. After a few seconds' total silence, he turned back to the others. "There does appear to be a planetary system nearby. I will now go and find what information I can on this area. You can all go do what you like - within reason. Renais, you should remember that room I showed you earlier - that's your quarters. Utsugi's is next door. Shishioh, I've converted the brig for you. I'll inform you in a while after further investigation into that system. You are dismissed!"
Gai lay incredibly bored in the cramped space designated as his 'quarters'. There was no décor anywhere on this ship, no area of recreation or anything else to keep him occupied. Perhaps, he thought to himself, that was why J was such a severe killjoy all the time. Or perhaps that was the reason the ship was so dull. He looked around. It seemed that what J called 'converting' was merely adding a small temporary display panel to the side with strongly filtered access to the ship's main database and adding a two-foot high gap at the base of the forcefield for him to crawl in and out of. And the fact that there was nothing indicating its exact position did not help. With a loud sigh, Gai turned to the panel and brought up some translations of ancient periodicals from Aka no Hoshi, looking for a rumoured column called 'The Lighter Side of the Soldat Special Forces'. On finding it, he quietly read out, "After somewhat unwanted feedback from the awareness presentation, Abel resorted to taking in all thirty-one units for extensive re-programming in order to prevent further cases of reverting to homosexuality." At this, Gai gave a loud cackle. "Oh man, if I knew all this back when-
"Enjoying yourself?"
Gai froze in shock, and turned round. Facing him was J, who had changed from the wrecked uniform he was in earlier, and now looked more like the Zonderian he remembered from all those years ago. Gai did not like the sound of his voice.
"Yes, I remember that one from long ago. That particular publication took special delight in digging up the dirt on the defence department. The worst part of heroism must be the horrific celebrity reputation one gets in time. Well, I was going to call you to a very important brief - but it looks like there's something much more useful I have for you."
"So," said Renais, leaning heavily against the table like a student in a particularly boring lesson, "you've found out something interesting?"
J looked up at them, and began to speak. "The system has several planets inhabiting intelligent life, and appears to be under some kind of war, as all planets are heavily armed and greatly damaged. Probably the best option is-
"Hang on," cut in Mikoto, "What's the name of this system?"
"Lylat." Replied J. "As I was saying, we should - What are you doing?
Mikoto had fallen into a sharp spasm of giggling. Renais sniggered for a moment.
"Would you mind telling me WHAT is so funny?" said J.
Renais, still smiling, whispered something into the ear of Mikoto, who responded with merely a gormless look. She then turned to J, fighting to keep herself from laughing further. "Well, nothing really. Heh, it's just, well, Lylat sounds like one of those - you know - funny words. Say it a few time over and it stops making sense."
"What?" replied J, confused. "You mean, like, Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat Lylat - What? WHAT? What the hell are you laughing about? Is this a joke to you?"
By now both the females were on the floor, laughing uncontrollably. After five tedious minutes, they managed to restrain themselves.
"Now what was that about?" asked J.
"Never mind, never mind." Replied Renais. "So you were saying-?"
"Now what was I.... Ah yes. The system is at war, and considering our level of-
"Wait a moment." Cut in Mikoto again. "What are the people here like?"
"As I said earlier, at war," replied J impatiently, "so we shouldn't be too-
"But what do they look like?" cut in Mikoto for a third time.
"Animals." Replied J, sounding ever more irritated. "Now where was I again? Ah yes. With this system at war, we could take-
"Where's Gai?" cut in Mikoto, in a childish, inquiring voice.
"Mr Shishioh is currently on highly important duty, and I do not think he is to be distracted at the present moment." Answered J.
"What duty?"
Even though he was a bird, Mikoto could have sworn he was grinning. "Cleaning the sanitation system."
"What!" Mikoto squealed. "How... how could you?"
J was surely smiling now. "If you understood the context then I am sure you would not complain. But if you are so concerned, or should I say outraged, by all means accompany him. But if you must, take this."
He threw her a mop, along with a bottle of cheap, supermarket-grade disinfectant. Grumbling, she walked off.
"Well, now that's sorted," J continued, "Shall I-
"Which way is it?" cut in Mikoto.
"Urrgggh... Take the second-nearest elevator to deck fourteen, Take a right, go along until you reach the first corridor off and take the thirteenth trapdoor. Continue along the tunnel until you find the doors and down there it's the third on the left. Now go."
Mikoto stood there looking perplexed.
"Tomoro," said J, exasperatedly, "Take her there." A panel appeared on the wall with a large arrow and the text 'This way' appeared. Mikoto followed. J then turned back to Renais. "Got her off our hands. Now, about the system, there appears to be some kind of terrorist by the name of 'Andross' threatening several planets within the system, and has a substantial amount of armaments himself. As we all know well, our greatest area of skill is in combat, so I was figuring we could go and help fight on one side."
"You are thinking of fighting against Andross, right?" replied Renais.
"Actually it didn't really matter which side, as we are not involved with the politics of this system. It was just for getting some cash so we could afford a hyperdrive out of here."
"Sounds good. But if we are to join any particular army, it may mean we are stuck."
"Then we'll go as mercenaries. We'll just sign a short term contract with the Cornerian army and then on with the carnage."
"So you've decided on Corneria? You'd better contact them. And we will have to tell the Morons about it later."
"Consider it done. Literally."
A few hours of completely unawkward silence later, the lion returned, his formerly majestic mane now mangled and filthy. Mikoto followed.
"Ewwww! You really need to take a bath." Exclaimed Renais.
"What?" said J. "I don't smell a thing!"
"THAT's because you don't have a NOSE!" Retorted Renais.
"Huh? Never heard that one before." Replied J.
END OF PART TWO
The next instalment will come eventually. Please feel free to review; I wouldn't mind a little constructive criticism. But please do not flame, it doesn't do anyone any good.