I'm still alive. I've just been busy with writeups and White and Black.
I'm back. ^^
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WE HAVE NO AUDIO?!"
If such a thing as virtual strangling was possible, Jura Basil Elden would have reached out through her monitor and grappled Parfet Balblair.
"I don't know why, but I can't get audio out of the link!" Parfet was furiously punching buttons and checking all connections.
"WELL, DO SOMETHING!!"
"Check at your end, too, Jura! Check the cables!"
Meia was the only one on the whole Nirvana who was not freaking out. As it was, it seemed like Bart and BC were only talking business. Nothing interesting. She shut off the transmission, and tried to sleep.
"DITA!! You tripped on some cables again, didn't you?!" Barnette accused.
"You are not being fair to Dita!" Dita herself protested. "Dita hasn't been down to the engine or to the electronics room all day! I've just been fixing the decorations for the party, remember?"
The overbearing presence of the okashira suddenly appeared on the main screen of the rec room. "What is all that noise down there? I can hear all the shouting from my bedroom!"
"BOSS! We thought you were asleep!" Jura stammered. "Parfet!! The rec room's connected to the main line!!"
Just then the artillery manager walked through the rec room's door, calmly chewing on a piece of straw. "Nobody in the whole ship could get any sleep with all that racket. Now will you all please calm down....and repeat after me..."
"Smile....smile...yes, we know, Gasco-san," Barnette sighed.
Misty Cornwell appeared through the main screen. "WHAT is all that noise?! I wanna hear Bart talking! You're all so noisy, I can't get these cables right!"
The blue-haired girl was tangled around wires and cables slithered all over the floor.
"MISTY! So you're the one at communications! Fix the cables, hurry!!" Parfet ordered.
"WHICH ONE, Parfet?!"
"Try them all!"
Meanwhile, Amarone was still glued to the small room where BC and Bart were talking. She was unable to make out any of Bart's words, or his dramatic flourishes and gestures. He even kneeled before BC now.
"Guys, I think you might want to take a look at this...." she slowly announced.
Everyone stopped what they were doing or panicking about, grew silent, and focused on the main screen.
The chief pilot was still kneeling, holding the vice- captain's hands inside his. His eyes were imploring, begging.
"He's PROPOSING?!" someone asked.
"Dita doesn't think so; Dita hasn't seen a ring," that worthy redhead noted.
"What's the ring for, Dita?" Hibiki innocently asked.
"You mean, you don't know?!" Misty found it hard to believe.
"You can tell him later," Jura ordered. "Now hush! And FIX those cables!!"
Whatever it was that Bart was saying and gesticulating, the vice-captain was shaking her head to it consistently. BC's arms were now folded over that full chest, and her arms assumed a stern look.
"Rejected!" Misty anchored from the communications deck.
"WHERE IS THE AUDIO, MISTY?!" more than fifty voices chorused.
"I'm working on it, but there are too many cables and too many connections!"
"Dita will help!"
"You will do no such thing, Dita!" Parfet stopped her.
"Will everyone keep quiet please, I'm watching!" Celtic sweetly asked from inside a bear costume. They all piped down.
The vice-captain stood up, rather forcefully, and pressed on the brooch on her neck.
General "uh-oh" from the virtual audience.
With hands on hips, BC evidently gave the pilot a good long sermon, on something. The vice-captain paced the floor, as the pilot's desperately, well, desperate, eyes looked at her moving left to right. It was the interrogator hunting down the guity interrogated.
"I think the vice-captain is saying, 'Why can't you do it yourself?' " Barnette tried to translate the lip movements.
The artillery manager leaned on a post and amusedly observed the motley crew. "It's not my problem," Gascogne began, "but it isn't any of yours, either, so why don't you all just go to bed?"
Bart in the meantime had thrown himself down at BC's feet, almost kissing the vice-captain's shoes. He bowed reverently before BC, and maintained the position for over five minutes.
"I finally have the cables fixed!" Misty announced. She plugged two wires together. "There, that should do it!"
They saw Bart put an end to the bowing and kowtowing. The vice-captain had turned her back on him. They remained motionless for five minutes, as the rest of the crew kept silence for about as long, eagerly anticipating each breath, waiting for the first audible word.
Finally, the pilot raised his head. He looked intently at the back of the vice-captain, and opened his mouth.
It was a manly voice that rang through the ship.
"You know, I'm not good with the dramatic, romantic things. I only know myself, and I know I'm not exactly a lovable person. But give me a chance, I will prove to you, that I could do it. I could show you, I could tell you. I like you very much."
Silence reigned again.
Jaws dropped throughout the Nirvana, male and female alike.
Buzam Calessa pressed the neck brooch once again.
A deep, gentle, womanly voice was heard. "Very good. Come back tomorrow."
Eyes bulged wide.
Just then a shrill piercing din buzzed through the audio system. Everyone had hands to their ears in a millisecond.
"Parfet! What is that infernal noise?!" the boss demanded from her bedroom.
Parfet was too busy checking the controls to reply. Misty was likewise busy, pulling all plugs and cables.
The rest could not reply either. Someone new had appeared on the main screen, and they were scared speechless.
"What is that racket? Who's been tampering with the video and audio links again?"
It was the vice-captain.
"Who is responsible for this breach?"
.........
You're all free to imagine. I'll write out what really happened in the next chappie. ^^
USS Kenji--- Hope you liked the result of the cliffhanger!
Sabbie-I think she is, I'll see what I can do about that. ^^
Megane-san_87---Don't worry, it won't be ending soon! I like Kogure because sometimes he's the only sane person in all of Slam Dunk, aside from Coach Anzai. ^^ And he's the peacemaker by default. I also like Sendoh, by the way.
BKM2K3-Here's the next serving!
Aoikachina_KWT-We'll see, we'll see what I can do.
Cinderella_sematan-Thanks a lot! I'll be continuing!
The untalkative bunny-Well, we'll see about Meia and her reactions eventually. ^^
Mister kungfu-Romantic scene? Maybe over time, but not so soon.
Zauriel-Thanks! I'll be continuing. ^^
Thanks for waiting, and I hope you liked this chappie!
.........
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WE HAVE NO AUDIO?!"
If such a thing as virtual strangling was possible, Jura Basil Elden would have reached out through her monitor and grappled Parfet Balblair.
"I don't know why, but I can't get audio out of the link!" Parfet was furiously punching buttons and checking all connections.
"WELL, DO SOMETHING!!"
"Check at your end, too, Jura! Check the cables!"
Meia was the only one on the whole Nirvana who was not freaking out. As it was, it seemed like Bart and BC were only talking business. Nothing interesting. She shut off the transmission, and tried to sleep.
"DITA!! You tripped on some cables again, didn't you?!" Barnette accused.
"You are not being fair to Dita!" Dita herself protested. "Dita hasn't been down to the engine or to the electronics room all day! I've just been fixing the decorations for the party, remember?"
The overbearing presence of the okashira suddenly appeared on the main screen of the rec room. "What is all that noise down there? I can hear all the shouting from my bedroom!"
"BOSS! We thought you were asleep!" Jura stammered. "Parfet!! The rec room's connected to the main line!!"
Just then the artillery manager walked through the rec room's door, calmly chewing on a piece of straw. "Nobody in the whole ship could get any sleep with all that racket. Now will you all please calm down....and repeat after me..."
"Smile....smile...yes, we know, Gasco-san," Barnette sighed.
Misty Cornwell appeared through the main screen. "WHAT is all that noise?! I wanna hear Bart talking! You're all so noisy, I can't get these cables right!"
The blue-haired girl was tangled around wires and cables slithered all over the floor.
"MISTY! So you're the one at communications! Fix the cables, hurry!!" Parfet ordered.
"WHICH ONE, Parfet?!"
"Try them all!"
Meanwhile, Amarone was still glued to the small room where BC and Bart were talking. She was unable to make out any of Bart's words, or his dramatic flourishes and gestures. He even kneeled before BC now.
"Guys, I think you might want to take a look at this...." she slowly announced.
Everyone stopped what they were doing or panicking about, grew silent, and focused on the main screen.
The chief pilot was still kneeling, holding the vice- captain's hands inside his. His eyes were imploring, begging.
"He's PROPOSING?!" someone asked.
"Dita doesn't think so; Dita hasn't seen a ring," that worthy redhead noted.
"What's the ring for, Dita?" Hibiki innocently asked.
"You mean, you don't know?!" Misty found it hard to believe.
"You can tell him later," Jura ordered. "Now hush! And FIX those cables!!"
Whatever it was that Bart was saying and gesticulating, the vice-captain was shaking her head to it consistently. BC's arms were now folded over that full chest, and her arms assumed a stern look.
"Rejected!" Misty anchored from the communications deck.
"WHERE IS THE AUDIO, MISTY?!" more than fifty voices chorused.
"I'm working on it, but there are too many cables and too many connections!"
"Dita will help!"
"You will do no such thing, Dita!" Parfet stopped her.
"Will everyone keep quiet please, I'm watching!" Celtic sweetly asked from inside a bear costume. They all piped down.
The vice-captain stood up, rather forcefully, and pressed on the brooch on her neck.
General "uh-oh" from the virtual audience.
With hands on hips, BC evidently gave the pilot a good long sermon, on something. The vice-captain paced the floor, as the pilot's desperately, well, desperate, eyes looked at her moving left to right. It was the interrogator hunting down the guity interrogated.
"I think the vice-captain is saying, 'Why can't you do it yourself?' " Barnette tried to translate the lip movements.
The artillery manager leaned on a post and amusedly observed the motley crew. "It's not my problem," Gascogne began, "but it isn't any of yours, either, so why don't you all just go to bed?"
Bart in the meantime had thrown himself down at BC's feet, almost kissing the vice-captain's shoes. He bowed reverently before BC, and maintained the position for over five minutes.
"I finally have the cables fixed!" Misty announced. She plugged two wires together. "There, that should do it!"
They saw Bart put an end to the bowing and kowtowing. The vice-captain had turned her back on him. They remained motionless for five minutes, as the rest of the crew kept silence for about as long, eagerly anticipating each breath, waiting for the first audible word.
Finally, the pilot raised his head. He looked intently at the back of the vice-captain, and opened his mouth.
It was a manly voice that rang through the ship.
"You know, I'm not good with the dramatic, romantic things. I only know myself, and I know I'm not exactly a lovable person. But give me a chance, I will prove to you, that I could do it. I could show you, I could tell you. I like you very much."
Silence reigned again.
Jaws dropped throughout the Nirvana, male and female alike.
Buzam Calessa pressed the neck brooch once again.
A deep, gentle, womanly voice was heard. "Very good. Come back tomorrow."
Eyes bulged wide.
Just then a shrill piercing din buzzed through the audio system. Everyone had hands to their ears in a millisecond.
"Parfet! What is that infernal noise?!" the boss demanded from her bedroom.
Parfet was too busy checking the controls to reply. Misty was likewise busy, pulling all plugs and cables.
The rest could not reply either. Someone new had appeared on the main screen, and they were scared speechless.
"What is that racket? Who's been tampering with the video and audio links again?"
It was the vice-captain.
"Who is responsible for this breach?"
.........
You're all free to imagine. I'll write out what really happened in the next chappie. ^^
USS Kenji--- Hope you liked the result of the cliffhanger!
Sabbie-I think she is, I'll see what I can do about that. ^^
Megane-san_87---Don't worry, it won't be ending soon! I like Kogure because sometimes he's the only sane person in all of Slam Dunk, aside from Coach Anzai. ^^ And he's the peacemaker by default. I also like Sendoh, by the way.
BKM2K3-Here's the next serving!
Aoikachina_KWT-We'll see, we'll see what I can do.
Cinderella_sematan-Thanks a lot! I'll be continuing!
The untalkative bunny-Well, we'll see about Meia and her reactions eventually. ^^
Mister kungfu-Romantic scene? Maybe over time, but not so soon.
Zauriel-Thanks! I'll be continuing. ^^
Thanks for waiting, and I hope you liked this chappie!