Re: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf] Ointment time!!!

"Now Captain, how have you been feeling, nausea, sickness, headaches?" Tara asked.
 
Niples smiled weakly, the word 'captain' being aimed at him made him vary nervous. He felt as if he didn't deserve the title, he felt as if he should only be called Captain if he had really worked for it, but now it had fallen into his lap from the grisly death of the revenge-crazy William Cannon.
 
But he had to grin an bear it all now, the former captain is dead, which means that the command of the ship falls to the first officer unless a better candidate is called in.
Niples realise that there was a firm pair of breasts pointed at him and that he had not responded to the question. He looked up and saw Tara waiting for his answer.
"I've been fine if it wern't for that Dr's ointment it's giving me a headahce" Seymour moaned, wiping the slime off of his forehead.
"Oh right, stop using it and you'll be fine, oh and did you know Alota want's you to ask her out, oh smeg did I just say that out loud?" Tara said so quickly that Seymour barely just caught it.
"Yes" he said. "you did say that out loud....."
 
He could barely believe it. His first reaction was to completely deny it. Girls had told him this before, in his first years at school he had been told exactly the same thing, but he realised the hard way that it was just a bad joke to completely embarass him.
He blinked.
 
"Is....is that true?" ha asked.
 
"Hm-hmm" murmured the nurse as she continued with her work.
 
Tara had said that he would be fine, so Niples stood up and tested his legs. The radiation poisoning had made him a bit dizzy, he was just recovering it now- but it was funny that he didn't notice it before- when he was running for his life on an asteroid which was about to explode. Maybe he didn't have time to notice it.
 
He walked slowly out of sickbay, steadying himself as he walked down the corridor, feeling more surefooted as he continued.
 
The ointment was giving him the most headache, as he walked a few corridors down he suddenly felt dizzy again and stumbled over a scutter which happened to be passing by.
 
As he fell, a rubber-gloved hand caught him and pulled him upright. 
"Katrina" he said surprised to see Katrina Swete, the rather attractive cleaner. He put an arm around her shoulder to steady himself.
"You look a bit ill, are you alright?" she asked.
"Just a bit dizzy, the doc says its radiation poisoning."
"I...I heard what happened." she said. "About the Captain.... that's a bit of a bummer huh?" She helped him walk down the corridor, and called the lift.
 
"Yeah, tell me about it.... it means I get called 'Captain' now. Even though I'm officially still a Commander's rank. I've got so much more to do..."
"How come you're called captain then?" asked Katrina, looking a bit puzzled.
"Well, the highest ranking person in charge of the ship is always called 'Captain', even if you're an ensign.
"Wow," said Katrina. "so if theres an accident and I'm the highest ranking person aboard the ship i'd be called Captain?"
 
"Yeah, but in that circumstance there'd be nobody left to call you Captain!"
Katrina laughed. The lift arrived and the doors opened. They both got in, "Where do you want to go?" asked Katrina. 
"How about to Parrotts? Care to join me?" suggested Niples.
 
"I'd love to but I left my mop...." the elevator doors closed and the car started moving to it's destination.
"...Oh well, why not!" said Katrina, and left he mop behind.
 
***Parrotts 2001***
The bar was fairly empty, but was just starting to fill up with crewmembers coming off duty. Seymour walked up to the bar while Swete found a table. He leaned on the bar, still not feeling completely 100 percent.
 
"What'll it be?" asked Numan, busy wiping a glass.
 
"Two chocolate milkshaked please," he said.
Numan looked at him as if he had just sprouted another head which was pulling rude faces at him.
"You mean....no alcohol? After what you've just been through?"
 
"Nope, I'm afraid not. I'm still feeling a bit queasy from radiation poisoning, I don't think any alcohol would do me any good. Just two milkshakes instead.
 
"it may take a while, we havn't got any milkshakes at the moment..." said Owen. "Have a seat while you're waiting."
 
Seymour sat down with Katrina and they looked around the bar, there were some 100 year old artifacts and scattered around the pub and photographs from the year 2001 lined the walls. After all, that was the theme of the pub.
 
As Katrina was looking at a picture of the Millenium dome being torn apart, Seymour looked at an Eminem CD that was hung up on the wall.
"This place really does have some old things in it." said Katrina.
 
"I wonder where our milkshakes are?" Seymour looked around but Owen Numan had dissapeared, probably scouring the entire ship for milkshakes.
 
<<Anyone care to join in here, Katrian if you're back yet- or Owen? I also need to thank Kayn for saving Niples life!!>>

----- Original Message -----
From: Exxbang@...
To: JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 8:23 PM
Subject: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf] Ointment time!!!
OOC:- (whatever that means!?) This is weird 'coz it happens after Tara has left McKenzies... Tara was walking down the corridors to the science lab to get Phil to go to the AR suit whit her, when she saw WW and Phil come streaming past her into the lab. She walked up to the sliding doors of the bay and then walked into them because quote "Lockdown in effect" end quote. Dr. Keto came down the corridor screaming like a vigilante "Come here you smegging hamster" "But Dr. Keto White Wolf is in the medi-bay?" Tara lied trying to cover the rapidly growing bump on her forehead ... without luck "That's a nasty bump Nurse, let me just put some ointment on it and White Wolf is in there" The Dr lunged for Tara but she ducked leaving Keto to go flying into the  science-bay doors, resulting in a large crash. Tara made a beeline for the other end of the passage leading to the science bay, she had a good lead on Keto so stopped at a comm. terminal and told Alota "Tell WW it's safe to leave the science lab" Tara stepped back to let Dr. Keto fly past and heard Alota say "Urm, right will do" and she cut off. Tara doubled back towards the cargo decks. Dr Keto forgot about WW and was in hot pursuit of Tara now. Ten minuets later Tara was still running and the bump had gone but Keto was still after her. Then she panicked. Harris. Major Harris was storming down the halls in a foul mood, Tara ducked into a side passage leaving Dr. Keto to have a full on collision with the king of bad moods. "KETO, why are you running in the halls" he bellowed like a school master "Tara... bump ... ointment..." he said out of breath "Well she didn't come this way, I think you need to get your memory back in the brig"  and he stormed off wit Dr. Keto in tow making loud protests of innocence. Later that day Tara was in the medi - bay checking up on Captain Niples "now captain, how have you been feeling, nausea, sickness, headaches?" Tara asked "I've been fine if it wern't for that Dr's ointment it's giving me a headahce" "Oh right, stop using it and youll be fine, oh and did you know Alota want's you to ask her out, oh smeg did I just say that out loud?" Tara said "Yes" said the Captain.... <right how do you react to that bit of news Niples>
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