*Action* - "Temporal Terrapins" pt1

Who: Lord Rapido of the Temporal Terrapin Alliance, and Slomo
Where: Somewhere hidden on the Blue Dwarf
When: Just after
When Rapido arrived it caused a wind to blow through Lord Rapodo's room. A scout stood there, where mere seconds ago he hadn't been anywhere near the room.
Both were Terrapin, just like you would see at a pet shop. But they had the intelligence of a 18th Century Military leader, and the inclination to use it. It has been Lord Rapido's intention to take over the Blue Dwarf for months, but he has been waiting for just the right time.
"What do you have to report scout?" Asked the Lord.
"Scout Slomo reports that the enemy have spotted me Sir!" He said very slowly.
Rapido slowly turned his head towards the scout. Terrapins of the Terrapin Temporal Alliance didn't normally do anything fast. Lord Rapido continued chewing on a lettuce leaf before he spoke again. He swallowed slowly. "This is terrible! We have been here for so long without being spotted. You have now endangered the mission."
"I'm sorry Lord Rapido."
"That's not good enough. I chose this ship to invade because it's crewed by the most useless Human in the galaxy. But even still, we need time to prepare."
"But... we've been preparing for months." Said Slomo. Lord Rapido was a little taken aback at this mere scout talking back to him in this manner.
"Good things come to those who... wait." He said. "I'm still building a battle plan and waiting for the best time to strike."
"But..." Started Slomo, who was obviously too stupid to realise he could get in serious trouble by arguing with the Lord. "...but the time to strike is now. Their main Computer is offline, and the Command staff have been shrunken to 3 inches tall. If we don't strike now... when will we?"
"Three inches tall you say?" Lord Rapido slowly dragged his body around the room with his front legs.
"Yes! They are useless!"
"We are three inches tall also!" Said Lord Rapido.
"Yes... but... well."
Lord Rapido chewed on another lettuce leaf before continuing. "But they spotted you Scout Slomo? This is very serious."
"Well not really. To Humans we just look like a normal Terrapin. They might think we've escaped from a pet shop."
"No, no, no. Humans are very smart."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure! Thats why we've waited so long before attacking. Hiding in the shadows... We might HAVE to attack."
Slomo nodded slowly.
But Lord Rapido had something else up his sleeve (or in his shell?). "Slomo I want you to try out this new weapon. It fits to your shell, just next to your temporal deccelerator."
An arm came down from the ceiling and fitted a device to his shell. It looked like a WWII artillery gun facing forwards.
"It's heavy!" Slomo complained. "What is it?"
"It's a weapon that allows us to control the enemy. Fire this at any Human and it will make them show aggression towards the person closest to them."
Slomo nodded slowly.
"Now go back to that bar where the Human Captain is and test the weapon."
"Do I have to go all the way back there?"
"Yes!"
"And all the way back?"
"YES!"
"What if they spot me?"
"You're too quick for them. And like you said, they will think you've escaped from a pet shop."
Slomo slowly turned around, he awkwardly pivoted on the spot, and then vanished.
The Temporal Terrapin Alliance have invented the technology to pause time, so that they can move to their destination without any time taking place. This is handy as it means you can arrive at your destination at exactly the same time you left.
To the casual observer it would look like the Terrapin would instantly teleport from one place to another. But unfortunately the Terrapin still has to make that journey, and Terrapin's don't move very fast. So relative to the Terrapin's point of view, the journey could take hours, days or even months.
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Who: Slomo, Jay, Seymour, Vanessa, Jayne, Admiral Phillips and everyone else
Where: Parrotts Bar
When: Two months later for Slomo, now for the rest of us
Two months later, Slomo reached his destination. And was incredibly bored by the time he did.
Obviously, no time had passed for anyone else, so Jay, Seymour and the Admiral were all stood together in Parrotts bar, with Vanessa and Jayne now helping the Captain to stay upright.
"We need some coffee." Said Vanessa.
"No... I'm fiiiiiine." Said Jay. "What I need issss a kebab!"
"Have some dignity man!" Said Seymour. "You're Captain now. Behave like one!"
"Don'tssssshhhhh tell me how to do my job!" Jay snapped.
"Where's the coffee?" Asked Jayne.
"On the bar." Replied Vanessa. "It's really high up, I'm not even sure how we're going to get to it."
Jayne stepped up to the challenge. "I need some rope... or string... a shoelace?" She headed out of the bar to find something appropriate to use.
"Sssssssshhhoooo, you think you were a better Capsshun than me eh?" Said Jay.
"I know it!" Said Seymour, crossing his arms.
"Gentlemen, please!" Said the Admiral.
"Well I... hold on... what's that?" Seymour pointed over to the pool table, underneath it was a lone turtle.
A pinprick laser hit Seymour in the face.
Immediately he lashed out with his fist and punched Jay across the chin. There were gasps from everyone.
"I'm sorry... I don't know what came over me."
Another laser blast from the turtle underneath the pool table hit Jay. He immediately stood up straight and punched Seymour straight in the mouth. Seymour flew backwards and landed with his back on the floor.
Seymour started to get up, when he caught sight of a laser blast hitting Admiral Phillips. She took a step towards Seymour and kicked him in the ass.
"Hey!" He cried. "Stop it!"
Seymour looked back over to the pool table, the terrapin he saw was gone.
<To be continued>