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