Efof - "Need for speed"

<OOC - Sorry guys, I keep promising to write an action to push us
into the next plot but things keep cropping up that I have to do
first. Heres a post that's been sat on my desktop for a while, I
wrote it during the last plot but didnt think it'd fit in at the
time so decided to keep it until now! >
Who: Efof Yuwan¡¦Kar
Where: His apartment
When: While the Blue Dwarf was still docked at Jupiter station
Efof heard a chime and sprung up out of bed excitedly. 8 hours ago
he had ordered a new computer game for his Xbox 36425x10ƒU. The game
had now fully downloaded and the chime told him that the computer
was currently burning it to disk.
He hopped over all the crap in his apartment. While back on Ffion,
his paradise home planet, he¡¦s always had cleaners that would tidy
his room constantly. But now in the harsh realities of the real
universe, he just dumped his stuff anywhere. This didn¡¦t bother him
though, as the fact he now lived in a scruffy hellhole was still a
novelty compared to the serene paradise he¡¦d grown up in.
He¡¦d been on the Blue Dwarf for about 4 years now, and still hadn¡¦t
ever tidied up. It was probably a good idea now not to touch any
mess on the ground that had been there for that long, for risk of
unleashing some parasitic alien that had been hiding under it for
years. In fact the Blue Dwarf had been invaded hundreds of times by
genetic parasites, killer monsters etc, but those that had entered
Efof¡¦s room had not come out again. They probably made a nice nest
in his sock drawer.
Efof went over to the computer and grabbed the computer disk, then
padded over the mess again to his Xbox3625x10ƒU. He had been looking
forward to this game, ¡¥Need for Speed underground, overground,
Wombling free¡¦. It had come first in a game magazine¡¦s top 100
games, and Efof wasted no time in ordering it. Unfortunately if he¡¦d
read the article properly he¡¦d have noticed it was a review of the
top 100 WORST games. He waited for the printed receipt and screwed
it up and threw it over his shoulder. It was addressed to Seymour
Niples, as Efof normally used his name to order products from the
galactic interweb, as he wasn¡¦t sure if anyone on Earth knew who he
was, and he wanted to keep it that way in case anyone wanted to come
and dissect him for alien research.
He excitedly started playing the game, and was playing it a solid
half hour until there was a buzz at the door. MK7 the little legged-
robot waltzed in.
¡§Hey Efof, can you help me, my leg servo¡¦s acting a bit funny, its
making me walk like it¡¦ve got diarrhoea. I was wondering if you
could get a screwdriver and taker a look at it, Kotchanski and
Severn are busy.¡¨
¡§In a minute!¡¨ Said Efof, not taking his eyes from the game. ¡§I¡¦m
almost finished level four.¡¨
If MK7 had eyes, he would have rolled them. Instead he made an
annoyed sigh and walked out.
As MK7 passed a TV screen he listened to the galactic news. ¡§A
Religious group known as ¡¥The Clarkson Brethren¡¦ have striked again,
multiple times across Space Core controlled systems. This time they
have targeted computer games users, causing massive explosions in
computer consoles when certain software is run. Users of the
new ¡¥Need for speed¡¦ game are warned to never ever press
the ¡¥afterburner¡¦ button on level four. This triggers an overload in
the console¡¦s processor.¡¨
¡§Tsk!¡¨ Said Mk7. ¡§How improbable does that sound?!¡¨. Then he paused
in his tracks and quickly ran back to Efof¡¦s quarters, then
shouted ¡§Efof! Have you pressed the key for the afterburners?¡¨.
Efof looked around in surprise. ¡§No¡K but great idea!¡¨
MK7 didn¡¦t even have time to mouth a ¡§Noooooooooo¡¨ before the Xbox
exploded, knocking him out into the hallway, followed by a shockwave
of smoke.
Mk7 looked in the ruined apartment, which was mainly on fire and in
rubble. His first thought was to see if Efof was okay, he peered in,
expecting to see Efof in many pieces.
But Efof came running out, on fire.
He screamed like a headless chicken, flapping his four arms around.
He tripped over the small robot and ran off down the corridor, his
clothes starting to burn away, leaving him naked down to his charred
skin.
He turned the corridor and ran down, passing two screaming women,
who were shocked to see a naked man with genitalia on his head
running around on fire.
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Who: A cleaner
Where: Waste extraction and re-processing dept.
When: Same time
The waste processing plant was central inside the Blue Dwarf. It was
here where all the liquid and solid waste from toilets ended up, and
was re-pumped around this ship as clean.
The cleaner mopped the thin walkway above two huge tanks in the
large room. He was pleased with his job. Despite this department
being where all the crew¡¦s poo came, he managed to keep it very
clean.
He looked at the two tanks, the tank of dirty putrid filthy water
was below, and the one with the recently processed clean water was
further away ¡V with no walkway above, just in case anyone dropped
anything into it from above.
Suddenly an alien on fire ran in screaming. He yelled for the
nearest water.
¡§Oh my god!¡¨ said the cleaner and pointed to the furthest tank.
Efof looked at it and considered the jump. ¡§Its too far!¡¨ He said
panicking.
The cleaner pointed to the one underneath them. It was vile yellow
and had a brown crusty top, with a foamy sloppy film underneath.
Efof felt the pain of the fire on his skin, and looked at the water
underneath him.
¡§You can¡¦t be serious¡¨ Said the man. Efof looked at him with a
pained look. He really didn¡¦t want to do it, but it was his only
choice.
He dived off the ledge.