Re: Pancake\'s Day

OOC - Sorry for not posting this earlier. I don't like leaving posts on
cliffhangers.
Who: Justin Pancake, and William Eckerslike, boss of the JMC
Where: Corridor
When: Just as they arrive at Fourth Base
<snip>
"It's William Eckerslike, head of the Jupiter Mining Corporation." Said Seymour
sounding most bored. "I'm not sure what he wants with a cretin like you. Did you
steal his wallet or something?"
"He's a friend of mine." Justin said.
"No he isn't don't lie." Seymour replied.
"He is, just put him through!" Justin said. He heard the noise of Seymour
hanging up the phone, and looked at the message written on the wall. His time
travelling acquaintance "Potential" has admitted to writing messages to him
whenever something important in his life was about to happen. "This is more like
it!" Said Justin to himself.
"Hello? Mr Eckerslike?"
<end snip>
Justin's voice cracked with nervousness. The voice he was about to hear belonged
to the man who owned more than a hundred massive spaceships, a man who was
almost as rich as God. A man who Justin had once met and was actually a bit of a
slob. He played Xbox all day in his expensive apartment on New Tenerife. What a
life! Justin admired him greatly.
"Pancake. I have a mission for you." Said the booming boss of the JMC through
the phone.
"Yes sir." Justin said.
"It's top secret, and I don't want anyone else to know. Do you understand?"
"Not even the Captain?"
"NO!" Said Eckerslike. "Not even your Captain. I'm not sure he can be trusted."
"What?" Justin said. "He's the Captain of one of YOUR spaceships. You don't
trust him?"
There was silence. Justin wasn't sure if he should have asked that question.
"Jay Chrysler has personal feelings about a certain alien species." Eckerslike
said. "I'm not sure if I can trust he'll do this job for me without those
feelings getting in the way."
Justin's brow furrowed. What was this all about. Why was the big boss of the JMC
saying these things, and what did he mean about a "certain alien species"?
Then it clicked. "You mean the Hymenoptera?" Justin asked.
"Shhhh!" Said Eckerslike down the phone. "This isn't a secure line. I'll call
you in the video comm in your quarters. It's more secure there. I'll call you in
2 minutes."
"Yes sir." Justin agreed and waited for Eckerslike to hang up.
Justin felt dazed. He felt proud that the boss of the JMC would ask him to do a
top secret mission, but just wasn't sure why he would choose him.
"Why me? I'm the lowest form of life on the entire ship!" He said out loud.
Rosette's voice came from around the corner. She was obviously still playing
wargames with Chris. "That's right!" She said.
Justin poked his head around the corner to see her. "Were you listening?"
"I tried not to. The sound of your voice makes me almost physically sick." She
said.
"The boss of the JMC wants me to do a secret job for him!" Justin said, ignoring
her last comment. "Why me?"
"Best guess..." Said Rosette. "Is that it's something highly dangerous or
illegal, and if it gets revealed to the public then Eckerslike will frame you."
"I'll just say he send me on a top secret mission."
"He'll say he'd never heard of you." Said Rosette. "And everyone will believe
him. Nobody will believe a scumbag like you."
Justin bit his lip. "Smeg." He said. "You're right." He thought for a moment.
"Will you help me?"
Rosette laughed loudly. "No! Go and do your highly illegal mission yourself."
"Oh please?"
Rosette was conveniently distracted by a new creature which materialised in the
corridor nearby. Instead of being a holographic Krylon, this was a large
ape-like creature with an exposed brain. "That's not a Krylon." Rosette said,
then shrugged. "Chris must have changed the program." She started shooting at
it, and Justin walked away.
"Smeg!" He said as he realised Eckerslike was going to ring him in two minutes,
but he'd already spent one minute talking to Rosette, and it took another two
minutes to get back to his quarters from there. He started running really fast.
As he rounded a corner he bumped straight into someone, and sending them flying.
<Tag – who have I bumped into? Post yourself here!>