Pancake in a jail cell

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Justin fell back against the table.
"Security!" Jay said into the comm. "I want Pancake arrested......maximum
security...."
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Who: Justin Pancake
Where: Jail cell, Blue Dwarf
When: After Justin was arrested, and Dave the dragonfly was caught by Keto
Justin whistled a very annoying tune to himself. He hoped that it would bother
the guard enough so that he'd let him free.
He'd hoped that at least his new pet "Dave" the half-Hymenoptera dragonfly would
have come and kept him company, but the shimmering forcefield at his door
stopped everything from coming in. Even insects.
Justin looked around for various methods of escape, but couldn't really find
any. There were some pipes running through the top of his cell, he thought about
trying to break one open. But as he was an Engineer he knew that the pipes
contained highly noxious gasses which would kill him before the guard even
noticed what was wrong, and helped him out.
The guard might have liked to see him suffer and die anyway. Maybe whistling
that annoying tune wasn't such a good idea after all.
Then he looked in his pockets, just hoping he has something in there. Possibly a
really long book to help him pass away the hours of his incarceration. He turned
out his pockets. No such luck, but he hadn't expected to have War and Peace in
there.
He did find however a note and a small piece of broken turtleshell. The
turtleshell was a weird thing to have in his pocket for a start, as it would
have had to come off a dead turtle. He thought back to a few weeks ago when they
had been shrunk, and they had to fight these weird turtles that seemed to have
the ability to pause time.
He turned the shell over and saw a small piece of machinery strapped to it. This
was weird, but he decided to read the note first. Maybe this would make more
sense after he read it.
"You have so much potential." He read out aloud. "Don't risk it."
He pulled a face. "What does that mean? Sounds like it's from my mum!" He turned
the note over and it said "From the Corridor of Infinate Perversions."
He felt hairs stand up on the back of his neck as he read that line. Those were
the words he'd been seeing all over the place, from the secret door in Willy
Eckerslike's house, to a tree in Sherwood forest. He'd even seen it translated
into Polish on a Starbug from a parallel universe.
"What does it all mean?!!" He cried.
He heard the guard coming. The forcefield disappeared, and he quickly picked up
the turtleshell again to hide it in his pocket. The guard was Jayne Chrysler,
female clone of the Captain.
She walked in, still looking uncomfortable in her security uniform. The first
thing she did was sigh, and ask:
"Space Corps prison regulations state that every 45 minutes I have to come in
and ask you if you need a shit."
"Oh great." Said Justin. "Liking your new job then?"
"This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I joined Security, no." She said.
"Oh well. Gotta start somewhere eh?" He said with a grin.
She ignored him. "So do you?"
"What?"
"Need a shit?"
Justin thought about it for a moment. "No. I think I'll last a bit longer. I'll
make sure I'm ready for next time you come in though." he said.
She groaned. "Thanks."
"Oh wait." Justin said. Then for some reason, his fingers fell upon the
turtleshell in his pocket, and the strange device attached to it. It activated.
Time froze.
Justin wasn't sure what had happened at first, but everything went really quiet.
The pipes above weren't gurgling, and there were no vibrations of the ship's
engines coming through the floor.
Jayne just stood there, absolutely still.
Justin brought the gadget up to his face for a closer look. "This must be one of
the Temporal Terrapin's little devices!" he said. "I've frozen time. Wahoo!"
He walked past Jayne, and the open forcefield. "Be seeing you!" he said to her
frozen body, and walked out of the door. Then he came back in with a cheeky red
face. "Sorry... but I always wanted to do this..."
He squeezed her boob. Then felt uncomfortable and a bit ashamed of himself, so
he ran away.
<Tag – Does Pancake meet anyone else along his way. Maybe he'll play a trick on
you!>