Hello everybody! Glad you're back! Sorry for the long wait. I was winding
up White and Black. Hopefully I'll alternate submission of How to Impress a
Girl 101 and Fire and Magic over this summer. ^^ All of you can thank
Beko for getting me back to writing this.
Starting from around this point, I'll be presenting BC as, well, what BC really is. ^^ I will keep the pronouns for safety purposes, though.
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"Well? Who is responsible for the communication breach?"
A deathly silence descended over the Nirvana. Parfet was gesturing to the crew in general and to Jura in particular. Jura looked at Barnette and Dita and Amarone. Amarone bit her lip as she looked at the rest of the crew. Cold beads of perspiration dotted Misty's forehead. "This is not good, kero-kero!" Paiway commented.
"Meia, acknowledge!" the vice-captain commanded over the system.
The chief pilot eventually appeared on screen, with slightly rumpled hair and rubbing her eyes. "Hai, vice-captain," she acknowledged, with her usual calm.
"Meia, could you explain what the ringing noise was a few seconds ago?"
"They were fixing the communication cables this evening," she quietly explained.
"Who were 'they'?" the vice-captain inquired. The main accomplices began to quiver in their shoes.
"I did not bother to know, vice-captain," she answered simply.
"Alright. All of you, as you were," BC ordered. "Go to sleep!"
A united sigh of relief, on all sides. Communication to the room was cut for the night.
Back at BC's quarters, a very relieved navigator had fallen to his knees. "Yokatta! I thought Meia found out about this meeting too!"
"Women, they're an annoying lot sometimes...." BC murmured with a slight smirk. To which Bart nodded.
"I wonder how much those girls heard. I do want to make a good impression, you know."
"I would not worry too much, Garsus. Your first attempts were horrible, but the last speech would make even the hardest-hearted woman relent a little. You made good progress. Like I said, come back tomorrow. I will see what I can do with Amarone."
Bart shrugged, and exited the vice-captain's quarters, a little flustered, but still the easy-going optimistic pill salesman.
On the part of the women, they were definitely coming back for more. As Dita said, in Meger this kind of thing was normal, but this was the first time they encountered it in the Talark residents. They wanted to find out how they went about it. They definitely wanted to found out how BC, of all people, went about it.
"Alright, Bart Garsus, spill," Hibiki ordered, as the three men faced each other in their quarters.
"'Bout what?" Bart confidently and nonchalantly crossed his arms and legs.
"Exactly WHAT did you and BC do? What were you telling BC? You know it won't look good for either of you if this goes on...." Duero continued.
Initially the navigator raised an eyebrow, then understood what the doctor was asking, and fell off his bed. "WHAT are you two talking about?! Nothing's going on between us!"
"Tell that to the marines!" Hibiki snorted. " 'I could show you, I could tell you. I like you very much.'?! Puh-LEEZE!"
While Bart was relieved that that was all the crew heard, he had to explain himself. "No! NO! You don't understand! Role-playing, that's all that was! I was trying to talk to give my feelings....to...to ...."
"Meia?"
"YES!"
"Yeah, RIGHT!" Hibiki rolled his eyes at him. "That's just a cover. Admit it, Bart! You really like the vice-captain, even after all THAT..."
"Garsus is telling the truth," a deep voice defended from the far end of their joint cell. He leaned on the wall, with a foot on it and arms crossed in front. "He really is trying to court the chief Dread pilot."
"Omoshiroi," was all Duero noted. "What for?"
"There will be a dance in a few days, if you not already aware," the new man explained. "The women are preparing that. Most of them have their partners. Hibiki has Dita, you have Parfet. Rebecca will be back for Ezra, and so on. Never mind me. Now the main person for all these festivities is Meia Gisborn. While she is indeed aware of the preparations, as she always is, she does not expect to be escorted and asked to dance. That, gentlemen, is what Bart Garsus will try to do."
The doctor stroked his chin. The Vanguard pilot whistled in disbelief. Bart looked at the man like he was a traitor. The man just tossed his head and brushed his long platinum hair back.
"This information is to be kept between us. The women should not know until then. You gentlemen should already know how dangerous information could be in the hands of inquisitive women," he warned.
"Don't worry about us! None of them would believe us, anyway!" Hibiki harumphed. "The snow queen?"
"They would believe anything, trust me," he returned. "Haven't YOU had enough of their attempts to pair you with the aforementioned snow queen?"
"Well, now that you mention it...." the Vanguard pilot scratched his head in embarrassment.
"I agree. They can assume plenty out of a little information," Duero added.
And assume they did.
As the men discussed the situation below deck, the women were holding a conference in the rec room.
"There, at that point, they were fighting about something, right?" Dita asked.
The video showed the Nirvana pilot hold the vice-captain by the chin, and bring his head nearer and his lips closer to her. She suddenly pushed him away, and wag an index finger. The pilot then went on a rampage, shouting and waving his arms in the air at her.
"Hmmmmm...Bart was making an advance, but BC wasn't ready, so BC pushed him back." Barnette assessed.
"He was moving too fast...." Amarone analyzed as well.
"Ewwww, really," Misty cringed. "I can't get used to this kind of thing, even back on Earth before." Q nodded on her left shoulder.
They returned toward the end of the recording, where BC smiled at the pilot and told him, rather sweetly, to come back tomorrow.
"What did the vice-captain mean by that, 'Come back tomorrow'?" Jura wondered. "Would the vice-captain let him-----"
"It's too soon," Barnette objected.
"It's too soon for the likes of you!" Jura protested. "The likes of you need the end of the world to get you going!"
"Just what do you mean by that, Jura?!" Barnette took out her pistol.
"Why are you all still here?" Meia suddenly asked from behind them, holding a newly-acquired glass of milk from the kitchen.
"Just t-t-talking, Meia," Jura sweetly stammered in reply, Barnette's one hand in her hair and the other holding the pistol to her head.
"I suggest you all mind your own business. What Bart thinks of BC is his concern, not ours," Meia seriously declared, and exited the rec room.
The Dread pilot returned to her quarters, and was rather surprised to find Bart Garsus by her door, wringing his hands. He still had on his stylish getup. Khaki pants, black shoes, well-pressed shirt, leather jacket.
"H-h-hi, M-M-Meia," he nervously greeted, with a shaky wave of a hand.
"Good evening," she tersely greeted back, still holding the glass of milk.
"Listen, Miss Meia...I....um.....I don't know what you heard from what we talked about this evening....the vice-captain and I...." He kept looking down at the floor, and stole glances at her blue eyes every so often.
"I went to sleep early," she simply said. His eyes lit up, and he looked up to heaven in gratitude.
"Um, Miss Meia....I thought it was nice of you, not to squeal on the girls for the vice-captain." He smiled uneasily.
"It was nothing," she returned a slight smile that sent the Nirvana pilot to 7th heaven.
"I...um.....that's all I had to say, Miss Meia...." He then rubbed his perfect dome and looked at the floor again. "Oh, and I'm sorry for this morning."
"No problem. Have a good night," she pressed on the wall, and made her door slide open.
"Good night, Miss Meia, and thank you!"
The Dread pilot disappeared from behind her door.
He did not care what 149 women and three men thought of him right now.
Meia Gisborn had smiled on him, and greeted him good night.
He had a fighting chance!
..........
For all that I malign the girls here, I am a girl myself. ^^
megane_san87-Hope you had a good night! ^^
Sabbie-Arigatou! For all the support for both fics.
Cinderella_semantan-Thanks much!
Sir G-Oh, gomen kudasai. I hope this chappie clarifies things.
Gundamhardcore-I like Gundam Wing and G too. I didn't like Gundam X too much though. ^^ Longer chapters? We'll see, but I still can't trust myself with my Vandread, the way I can with RK. Thanks for the support!
Aoikachina_KWT-Yup, serve them right! ^^
Alien freak?-Yes, I will continue.
Bringer of Death-Thanks much. I'm writing this because I'm rather pro-H/D, and I never liked Bart and BC together! The age gap is way too steep! And I'm definitely not into that kind of pairing, if you know what I mean.
Zauriel-Thanks! Will continue! Glad to hear from you!
Misty Cornwell and Q-chan-Please take it easy, take it easy. ^^ Bart isn't too bad a guy, and he does look better without hair. You can ask Sabbie, I'm a little notorious for liking unliked characters, and pairing them with unlikely people!
Mister_kungfu--SARS?! No thanks, I wouldn't want to put Bart in that kind of trouble!
Beko-Thanks for putting me in the faves list! Sorry, I'm not so much for shonen ai. ^^ Thanks for liking the fic!
That's all of you great reviewers. Thanks much and hope you keep reading!
Starting from around this point, I'll be presenting BC as, well, what BC really is. ^^ I will keep the pronouns for safety purposes, though.
........
"Well? Who is responsible for the communication breach?"
A deathly silence descended over the Nirvana. Parfet was gesturing to the crew in general and to Jura in particular. Jura looked at Barnette and Dita and Amarone. Amarone bit her lip as she looked at the rest of the crew. Cold beads of perspiration dotted Misty's forehead. "This is not good, kero-kero!" Paiway commented.
"Meia, acknowledge!" the vice-captain commanded over the system.
The chief pilot eventually appeared on screen, with slightly rumpled hair and rubbing her eyes. "Hai, vice-captain," she acknowledged, with her usual calm.
"Meia, could you explain what the ringing noise was a few seconds ago?"
"They were fixing the communication cables this evening," she quietly explained.
"Who were 'they'?" the vice-captain inquired. The main accomplices began to quiver in their shoes.
"I did not bother to know, vice-captain," she answered simply.
"Alright. All of you, as you were," BC ordered. "Go to sleep!"
A united sigh of relief, on all sides. Communication to the room was cut for the night.
Back at BC's quarters, a very relieved navigator had fallen to his knees. "Yokatta! I thought Meia found out about this meeting too!"
"Women, they're an annoying lot sometimes...." BC murmured with a slight smirk. To which Bart nodded.
"I wonder how much those girls heard. I do want to make a good impression, you know."
"I would not worry too much, Garsus. Your first attempts were horrible, but the last speech would make even the hardest-hearted woman relent a little. You made good progress. Like I said, come back tomorrow. I will see what I can do with Amarone."
Bart shrugged, and exited the vice-captain's quarters, a little flustered, but still the easy-going optimistic pill salesman.
On the part of the women, they were definitely coming back for more. As Dita said, in Meger this kind of thing was normal, but this was the first time they encountered it in the Talark residents. They wanted to find out how they went about it. They definitely wanted to found out how BC, of all people, went about it.
"Alright, Bart Garsus, spill," Hibiki ordered, as the three men faced each other in their quarters.
"'Bout what?" Bart confidently and nonchalantly crossed his arms and legs.
"Exactly WHAT did you and BC do? What were you telling BC? You know it won't look good for either of you if this goes on...." Duero continued.
Initially the navigator raised an eyebrow, then understood what the doctor was asking, and fell off his bed. "WHAT are you two talking about?! Nothing's going on between us!"
"Tell that to the marines!" Hibiki snorted. " 'I could show you, I could tell you. I like you very much.'?! Puh-LEEZE!"
While Bart was relieved that that was all the crew heard, he had to explain himself. "No! NO! You don't understand! Role-playing, that's all that was! I was trying to talk to give my feelings....to...to ...."
"Meia?"
"YES!"
"Yeah, RIGHT!" Hibiki rolled his eyes at him. "That's just a cover. Admit it, Bart! You really like the vice-captain, even after all THAT..."
"Garsus is telling the truth," a deep voice defended from the far end of their joint cell. He leaned on the wall, with a foot on it and arms crossed in front. "He really is trying to court the chief Dread pilot."
"Omoshiroi," was all Duero noted. "What for?"
"There will be a dance in a few days, if you not already aware," the new man explained. "The women are preparing that. Most of them have their partners. Hibiki has Dita, you have Parfet. Rebecca will be back for Ezra, and so on. Never mind me. Now the main person for all these festivities is Meia Gisborn. While she is indeed aware of the preparations, as she always is, she does not expect to be escorted and asked to dance. That, gentlemen, is what Bart Garsus will try to do."
The doctor stroked his chin. The Vanguard pilot whistled in disbelief. Bart looked at the man like he was a traitor. The man just tossed his head and brushed his long platinum hair back.
"This information is to be kept between us. The women should not know until then. You gentlemen should already know how dangerous information could be in the hands of inquisitive women," he warned.
"Don't worry about us! None of them would believe us, anyway!" Hibiki harumphed. "The snow queen?"
"They would believe anything, trust me," he returned. "Haven't YOU had enough of their attempts to pair you with the aforementioned snow queen?"
"Well, now that you mention it...." the Vanguard pilot scratched his head in embarrassment.
"I agree. They can assume plenty out of a little information," Duero added.
And assume they did.
As the men discussed the situation below deck, the women were holding a conference in the rec room.
"There, at that point, they were fighting about something, right?" Dita asked.
The video showed the Nirvana pilot hold the vice-captain by the chin, and bring his head nearer and his lips closer to her. She suddenly pushed him away, and wag an index finger. The pilot then went on a rampage, shouting and waving his arms in the air at her.
"Hmmmmm...Bart was making an advance, but BC wasn't ready, so BC pushed him back." Barnette assessed.
"He was moving too fast...." Amarone analyzed as well.
"Ewwww, really," Misty cringed. "I can't get used to this kind of thing, even back on Earth before." Q nodded on her left shoulder.
They returned toward the end of the recording, where BC smiled at the pilot and told him, rather sweetly, to come back tomorrow.
"What did the vice-captain mean by that, 'Come back tomorrow'?" Jura wondered. "Would the vice-captain let him-----"
"It's too soon," Barnette objected.
"It's too soon for the likes of you!" Jura protested. "The likes of you need the end of the world to get you going!"
"Just what do you mean by that, Jura?!" Barnette took out her pistol.
"Why are you all still here?" Meia suddenly asked from behind them, holding a newly-acquired glass of milk from the kitchen.
"Just t-t-talking, Meia," Jura sweetly stammered in reply, Barnette's one hand in her hair and the other holding the pistol to her head.
"I suggest you all mind your own business. What Bart thinks of BC is his concern, not ours," Meia seriously declared, and exited the rec room.
The Dread pilot returned to her quarters, and was rather surprised to find Bart Garsus by her door, wringing his hands. He still had on his stylish getup. Khaki pants, black shoes, well-pressed shirt, leather jacket.
"H-h-hi, M-M-Meia," he nervously greeted, with a shaky wave of a hand.
"Good evening," she tersely greeted back, still holding the glass of milk.
"Listen, Miss Meia...I....um.....I don't know what you heard from what we talked about this evening....the vice-captain and I...." He kept looking down at the floor, and stole glances at her blue eyes every so often.
"I went to sleep early," she simply said. His eyes lit up, and he looked up to heaven in gratitude.
"Um, Miss Meia....I thought it was nice of you, not to squeal on the girls for the vice-captain." He smiled uneasily.
"It was nothing," she returned a slight smile that sent the Nirvana pilot to 7th heaven.
"I...um.....that's all I had to say, Miss Meia...." He then rubbed his perfect dome and looked at the floor again. "Oh, and I'm sorry for this morning."
"No problem. Have a good night," she pressed on the wall, and made her door slide open.
"Good night, Miss Meia, and thank you!"
The Dread pilot disappeared from behind her door.
He did not care what 149 women and three men thought of him right now.
Meia Gisborn had smiled on him, and greeted him good night.
He had a fighting chance!
..........
For all that I malign the girls here, I am a girl myself. ^^
megane_san87-Hope you had a good night! ^^
Sabbie-Arigatou! For all the support for both fics.
Cinderella_semantan-Thanks much!
Sir G-Oh, gomen kudasai. I hope this chappie clarifies things.
Gundamhardcore-I like Gundam Wing and G too. I didn't like Gundam X too much though. ^^ Longer chapters? We'll see, but I still can't trust myself with my Vandread, the way I can with RK. Thanks for the support!
Aoikachina_KWT-Yup, serve them right! ^^
Alien freak?-Yes, I will continue.
Bringer of Death-Thanks much. I'm writing this because I'm rather pro-H/D, and I never liked Bart and BC together! The age gap is way too steep! And I'm definitely not into that kind of pairing, if you know what I mean.
Zauriel-Thanks! Will continue! Glad to hear from you!
Misty Cornwell and Q-chan-Please take it easy, take it easy. ^^ Bart isn't too bad a guy, and he does look better without hair. You can ask Sabbie, I'm a little notorious for liking unliked characters, and pairing them with unlikely people!
Mister_kungfu--SARS?! No thanks, I wouldn't want to put Bart in that kind of trouble!
Beko-Thanks for putting me in the faves list! Sorry, I'm not so much for shonen ai. ^^ Thanks for liking the fic!
That's all of you great reviewers. Thanks much and hope you keep reading!