PHASE 02

"All four of them!" Shere yelled as Rick showed the cards in his hand.
"I won again, amigo! That's five in a row!" Rick grinned.
"I've taken more beatings in the past hour then any other time in my life... I don't stand a chance..."
"Wanna play again?"
"Sure."

"Opening new log file..." Mia spoke to herself as she began to update her logbook on a computer.
"We've been heading towards Heliopolis for more then two days now. W should be arriving in about 18:00 hours. No serious problems have occurred so far. Technician Rick Marble seems to attract trouble, however.
The other day, he somehow clogged the entire drainage system after washing his hair.
20 hours ago, he almost set the canteen on fire by trying to fry – yes, fry – chocolate.
Just now, he started to dissemble and reassemble the entire storage crane.
Right now, he has been ordered to stay in the relaxation room until further order.
...I do wonder why Junk Guild was so set on having this guy accompanying us.
Test pilot Nigel Schtauff has proved to be a much...easier person. No bad behaviour has been sighted, except for his attitude towards Rick Marble. ...which is quite understandable.
The Silverwind vessel's functions-"
She paused for a moment. After scrolling upwards, she added "Rick Marble claims that he did all of the above actions out of boredom."
Sighing, she continued her report.

Passing through the hallway, Nigel was rapidly pressing buttons on a small device. After keeping a yellow button, located on the thing's side, pressed for three seconds, he returned the device to his pocket.
Grinning, he continued his way.

"Look who's got four hearts!" Rick shouted, while floating upside-down above his chair.
"DAMN!" Shere swore.
Through the open slide door, Nigel entered the room
Scratching the back of his head, Shere continued: "He's faking it. He must be."
"Another game, then?" Rick asked. He grabbed the seat with his left hand, and turned himself around, still floating upside-down. "Nigel, amigo, wanna join us?"
Nigel took a seat, and looked at Rick. Rick's hair was floating to all sides, which was quite a disturbing sight. With his eyebrows frowned, he said: "You do know that the chocolate is still on the wall?"
"It's not my fault that the darn refused to warm it up! I can fix cooking devices in seconds, but how the hell was I supposed to know that setting it to 'max' was a bad idea? I just wanted some nice, hot chocolate!"
"If you wanted hot chocolate, you should've went to the coffee machine! Instead of placing a big chunk of chocolate, with the vacuum package still wrapped around it!And opening the hatch wasn't such a bright idea either!"
Quietly, Shere left his chair and sat down on the couch in the opposite side of the room. Grabbing a magazine with some guy called T.M.Revolution on the cover, he tried not to disturb the conversation Rick and Nigel were having.
"Well they shouldn't make those things so that they spit out whatever is in it when you open the hatch!"
"You shouldn't open the hatch at al! It automatically opens when it's finished!"
"Then the flaw is that THAT AIN'T INDICATED!"
"IT IS!"

"...this concludes my report so far. Mia Scarlet, Cosmic Era 71..."
Mia stretched herself out while leaning back, and then left her room. In the hallway, she turned right and grabbed the conveyor, which upon touch started to move.
Entering the relaxation room, where Nigel and Rick were now yelling at each other, she asked Shere "Shouldn't anyone be on the bridge right now?"
Shere looked up from the article he was reading, and explained that Nigel had installed a system which would send out a signal to everyone if any object would approach them. "So, if there is something we should know of, we'll get called right away."
"Right. Are those two still talking about the drainage problem?"
"No, Nigel seems to be tired of that discussion. Now, he likes to talk about the chocolate incident."
"...great."

Rick: "Let's deal with this problem in a manly way."
"And what would that be?" Nigel replied.
Rick grabbed his deck of cards. Nigel smiled.
"I'll divide the cards!" both of them said.
Shere and Mia hurried off to the bridge, seeing how both Rick and Nigel were about to go nuclear.

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Phase 03 coming up! In which they arrive at Heliopolis!