AJK - 'Explode you from space'
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"Co-ordinates?" Johnny gave a short barking question.
Andy was already ready for the question. "Co-ordinates are, ten point
nine six degrees right, 1000m kilometres forward. Make adjustments for
supernova at 30M Kay-M."
"Understood, engaging warp in three...two...one-."
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Who: Krylon squad
Where: Planet Mollopod
When: Indeterminate time after previous post
(The following Krylon phrases have been translated for your reading
pleasure.)
"It is a rough job being a merciless Genocidal war machine." Unit
A-5928 stated astutely. Standing in a plain, blank, field a two-man
squad of Krylons conversed on the meaning of life.
"Genocidal? I thought we agreed on 'Sarxcidal', for our generic
descriptor." His assistant, unit D-18234 responded in a confused tone.
Unit A turned to D while emitting high-pitched frequencies of
frustration. "Sarxcidal? What the hell is that?! Are we out to keep
sarcastic people or something?"
"No!" Unit D replied. "Genocidal, it comes from the Greek word.-"
(Apologies for this morbid error. As you can see, not every phrase can
be translated to perfection. We at Blue Dwarf understand that some
purists believe this to be insulting to the Krylon way. However we are
out to serve the greater audience. So kindly go screw yourselves.)
"-'Genos', meaning people group or family. We're not out to kill a
people group, we're not even out to kill JUST Humans or JUST
Mollopods! We're out to kill all physical beings. Therefore 'Sarx',
meaning flesh, is a much more accurate description."
"Hey, you know what?" Unit A asked blankly.
"What?" Unit B returned testily.
"Chicken butt." The merciless Genocidal war machine stated blankly.
"I don't even know why I bother!"
"-Neither do I."
Fortunately for both, they wouldn't have to argue any more. The giant
yellow beam of light that just vaporised them moments before had made
sure of that.
~~
Who: Andy, Kara, Johnny
Where: Starship Axolotl
When: Two minutes after the jump
"Direct hit! Two points!" Kara yelled out at the two (and one
unconscious) men. The only one that gave any real acknowledgement to
her achievement was Andy who slipped her a grin and a wink.
After giving Kara that small but important bit of encouragement, Andy
continued to sort through ravaged first aid kit.
Almost half mechanical, it was clear that anything that was meant to
use it didn't really have any hand-like appendages to speak of. The
real trouble of making sure that anything that he DID use on Eric
wouldn't kill him.
The janitor's limited first aid training did do him wonders here. Like
his ability to clean it was clear that he took pride in doing it.
Mostly because it was something he KNEW that he learn with his own
sweat and blood (replacing 'blood' with 'other people's blood).
Eric was pock-marked with small injuries and abrasions all over.
Although nothing serious, anything could be serious with a tenuis
shot, lots and lots of tenuis.
Johnny was still as serve as before. Looking more like the captain of
the titanic taking the ship down to its final resting place. Although
he was badly scared, there was something peaceful about the way he
continued about his way without trepidation. No, it wasn't the face of
a man that had accepted his face. Johnny's face was one that didn't
fear his fate. No matter what his fate may be.
Kara nodded to herself before he turned back to gunnery screen. Black
targets flesh, Red targets Krylon, it didn't take long for the pilot
to manoeuvre the controls into her own designations.
She punched in the scanner for any human targets but still didn't
manage to find any yet. Although Kara knew that Andy would be somewhat
disappointed if she didn't at least take out a few Mollopods. She had
been a 'Dwarfer for far longer than she knew that anytime she was
blowing up something... chances are it was simply better to be safe
than sorry.
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