Part I
Another Day
"Good morning Fox!" Slippy shouted. "Rise in shine! You will like what I made for breakfast."
"Hi Slippy," Fox moaned, trying to get out of his bed. "How can you get up so early?"
"What are you talking about? It's almost noon!" Fox looked at him half a sleep.
"Oh, well then why are you making breakfast?"
"I thought I'd switch things around a bit today. You know, just for some variety. It kinda gets boring doing the same thing every single day. And it's a beautiful day! We need a change." 'Beautiful day?' Fox thought. 'Space must be getting to you Slippy'. He walked over toward the large window on the left side of the bedrooms. He gazed out toward the blackness and emptiness of space. All he could see was an endless field of stars.
"We haven't had a good exciting mission since that incident with Dinosaur Planet."
"I know Fox," Slippy said. "We went through the same phase before we went to Dinosaur Planet. Something will come up soon I'm sure. Besides, Aren't you tired from your last mission? You did a lot of running around on that planet."
"Tired!" Fox yelled. "That mission was six months ago! I've had plenty of time to rest and now I want to do something!" Slippy stared at him for a second, then slowly turned his head towards his breakfast. "I'm sorry Slippy, I didn't mean to yell at you. It's just I want to do something else besides patrol the same area day after day. I get angry when I'm cooped up in the same spot for a long period of time."
"Fox, you had to wait eight years after the second defeat of Andross. I'm sure six months couldn't be getting on your nerves. And then you beat Andross for the third time! Aren't you tired of him? I mean . . . we still don't know if he is gone for good."
"Yes, I was getting tired of Andross. But at least he gave me something to do."
"Fox," Slippy said in an irritated voice. "Tell me, would you rather have nothing to do and everything be fine, or would you rather have millions of innocent lives at stake and something to do."
"Well..." Fox took a while to answer. "I . . . I don't know. No I guess."
"Fox, it wasn't a 'yes or no question'."
"Well then I don't know. I guess I'd rather have the safety of others then something to do."
"Good fox. I'm glad. Now eat your breakfast and tell me what you think." Fox picked up his eating utensils and dug in. He finished in a matter of seconds.
"Wow!" Fox yelled. "That was fantastic Slippy."
"Thanks Fox. I made it myself."
"I thought ROB did all of the cooking around here." "Yeah, well he's kind of falling apart and he needs some repair. Don't want to find any bolts in your meals do you?" "Good point."
Just then, the mechanical sliding doors leading to the other bedrooms opened up. Peppy walked forward.
"Hey guys!" he said. "Anything happen while I was sleeping?"
"Couldn't tell you," said Fox. "I just woke up a few minutes ago."
"You didn't miss anything," replied Slippy.
"How can you wake up so early Slippy?" Peppy asked.
"I don't know why you guys consider that to be early. I just wake up an hour before you guys do. It's not that early." Peppy walked over to the counter.
"And what may I ask is this?" Peppy said with a puzzled look.
"Try it Peppy," said Fox. "I think you will like it."
"OK." Peppy ate away, and he also finished extremely fast. "That was delicious! But I'm afraid I have to get cracking with those maps."
"Maps of what?" Fox asked loudly. "What can you possibly still be mapping. Haven't you mapped the whole Lylat System already?"
"Fox, do you realize how long it'll take to map the WHOLE Lylat System? It will be awhile before I finish."
"Well, what happens when you do finish? Then what are you going to do?" He stared at Fox for a second.
"Well, I haven't thought of that yet. But I don't plan to think of that until the time comes."
"OK Peppy, whatever."
"Say, hasn't Falco waken up yet?"
"Nope," replied Fox. "And quite frankly, I hope he doesn't!"
"What's wrong Fox? Are you guys having a fight or something?"
"We aren't fighting or anything, but..." Fox lowered his voice. "It's just, from the day he asked to come back on the team, I knew I was going to have problems again. Don't you remember how I hesitated to let him join again. I thought it would be rude if I rejected him joining us right in front of him. You see . . . he's a jerk. There I said it. He's a jerk. He won't listen to me, and he has to do everything his way."
"Well Fox," Peppy began. "That's just Falco's personality. Falco wouldn't be Falco if he acted some other way. Maybe you should try acting like him when you're with him. That's my opinion though. You don't have to."
"Wouldn't acting like him mean I would be getting rid of my personality?"
"That's a good point Fox. I'll just let you confront him however you want to."
"Hey Fox," yelled Slippy. "Why don't you try confronting him while on a mission of some sort?"
"Didn't we just get though discussing how there was nothing to do? I mean, how are we going to find a mission to do that?"
"Easy Fox. I never said it had to be a real mission."
"Ah . . . I see where your going with this now."
"I will assign a mission for you two as soon as he wakes up!"
Another Day
"Good morning Fox!" Slippy shouted. "Rise in shine! You will like what I made for breakfast."
"Hi Slippy," Fox moaned, trying to get out of his bed. "How can you get up so early?"
"What are you talking about? It's almost noon!" Fox looked at him half a sleep.
"Oh, well then why are you making breakfast?"
"I thought I'd switch things around a bit today. You know, just for some variety. It kinda gets boring doing the same thing every single day. And it's a beautiful day! We need a change." 'Beautiful day?' Fox thought. 'Space must be getting to you Slippy'. He walked over toward the large window on the left side of the bedrooms. He gazed out toward the blackness and emptiness of space. All he could see was an endless field of stars.
"We haven't had a good exciting mission since that incident with Dinosaur Planet."
"I know Fox," Slippy said. "We went through the same phase before we went to Dinosaur Planet. Something will come up soon I'm sure. Besides, Aren't you tired from your last mission? You did a lot of running around on that planet."
"Tired!" Fox yelled. "That mission was six months ago! I've had plenty of time to rest and now I want to do something!" Slippy stared at him for a second, then slowly turned his head towards his breakfast. "I'm sorry Slippy, I didn't mean to yell at you. It's just I want to do something else besides patrol the same area day after day. I get angry when I'm cooped up in the same spot for a long period of time."
"Fox, you had to wait eight years after the second defeat of Andross. I'm sure six months couldn't be getting on your nerves. And then you beat Andross for the third time! Aren't you tired of him? I mean . . . we still don't know if he is gone for good."
"Yes, I was getting tired of Andross. But at least he gave me something to do."
"Fox," Slippy said in an irritated voice. "Tell me, would you rather have nothing to do and everything be fine, or would you rather have millions of innocent lives at stake and something to do."
"Well..." Fox took a while to answer. "I . . . I don't know. No I guess."
"Fox, it wasn't a 'yes or no question'."
"Well then I don't know. I guess I'd rather have the safety of others then something to do."
"Good fox. I'm glad. Now eat your breakfast and tell me what you think." Fox picked up his eating utensils and dug in. He finished in a matter of seconds.
"Wow!" Fox yelled. "That was fantastic Slippy."
"Thanks Fox. I made it myself."
"I thought ROB did all of the cooking around here." "Yeah, well he's kind of falling apart and he needs some repair. Don't want to find any bolts in your meals do you?" "Good point."
Just then, the mechanical sliding doors leading to the other bedrooms opened up. Peppy walked forward.
"Hey guys!" he said. "Anything happen while I was sleeping?"
"Couldn't tell you," said Fox. "I just woke up a few minutes ago."
"You didn't miss anything," replied Slippy.
"How can you wake up so early Slippy?" Peppy asked.
"I don't know why you guys consider that to be early. I just wake up an hour before you guys do. It's not that early." Peppy walked over to the counter.
"And what may I ask is this?" Peppy said with a puzzled look.
"Try it Peppy," said Fox. "I think you will like it."
"OK." Peppy ate away, and he also finished extremely fast. "That was delicious! But I'm afraid I have to get cracking with those maps."
"Maps of what?" Fox asked loudly. "What can you possibly still be mapping. Haven't you mapped the whole Lylat System already?"
"Fox, do you realize how long it'll take to map the WHOLE Lylat System? It will be awhile before I finish."
"Well, what happens when you do finish? Then what are you going to do?" He stared at Fox for a second.
"Well, I haven't thought of that yet. But I don't plan to think of that until the time comes."
"OK Peppy, whatever."
"Say, hasn't Falco waken up yet?"
"Nope," replied Fox. "And quite frankly, I hope he doesn't!"
"What's wrong Fox? Are you guys having a fight or something?"
"We aren't fighting or anything, but..." Fox lowered his voice. "It's just, from the day he asked to come back on the team, I knew I was going to have problems again. Don't you remember how I hesitated to let him join again. I thought it would be rude if I rejected him joining us right in front of him. You see . . . he's a jerk. There I said it. He's a jerk. He won't listen to me, and he has to do everything his way."
"Well Fox," Peppy began. "That's just Falco's personality. Falco wouldn't be Falco if he acted some other way. Maybe you should try acting like him when you're with him. That's my opinion though. You don't have to."
"Wouldn't acting like him mean I would be getting rid of my personality?"
"That's a good point Fox. I'll just let you confront him however you want to."
"Hey Fox," yelled Slippy. "Why don't you try confronting him while on a mission of some sort?"
"Didn't we just get though discussing how there was nothing to do? I mean, how are we going to find a mission to do that?"
"Easy Fox. I never said it had to be a real mission."
"Ah . . . I see where your going with this now."
"I will assign a mission for you two as soon as he wakes up!"