Re: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf] Katrina + Niples \"What\'s that in the air?\"

"Um, tell me why you hated Cannon so much." she finally asked. "I've always wanted to know."Niples' hand started to shake as he heard the name of his former Captain. He was currently holding a drink to his lips, which started to splash all over. He brought his other hand up to steady the trembling wrist and put the drink back onto the firm table. Katrina watched with interest.
 
"Well you see, me and Captain Cannon... we used to be friends..." He paused at how he instinctively called the man 'captain' rather than by the first name as friends should do.
"We actually grew up in the same town, we used to play together as children. We used to go for long walks in the countryside and spit at people from bridges, all the usual stuff that children do.
 
Katrina listened with interest.
 
Seymour lowered his voice to a whisper and leant closer to her. "I've never told anyone what I'm about to tell you before, and you swear never to tell a soul?"
Katrina nodded, swearing to keep it between them.
 
"Well when we were kids, about 10 or 11 years old, we were sitting up in a tree..." Seymour's eyes started to glaze over in recollection.
"It was an old tree, and very high off the ground. We were both sat in the highest branch watching the world go by... and we started to argue..."
 
Niples' voice was a mere whisper now, he was choking on his own words as if it hurt too much.
 
"And Will, I mean Captain Cannon told me-"
"-Excuse me Captain, can I have a word?"
 
Niples was snapped back into the present, Phil Febuggure was standing near him wondering if he was supposed to salute at this exact moment.
 
Seymour glanced alologetically at Katrina, who gave him an understanding shrug.
Niples got up, and walked out of the bar into the Men's toilets where they could talk in private.
 
Phil started talking straight away as Niple made use of a urinal.
"What's this talk I heard about using another bloody hologram to host the Robot wars competition? If we use another hologram then it means that I have to be turned off!"
 
Seymour zipped up and washed his hands. "Well you know how it is with power on this ship, it's limited and we can't have three holograms running at once. I'm afraid for the competition we can turn you off- and for no longer, I assure you."
 
"But I don't want to be off- I WANT TO BE TURNED ON!"
There was a flushing and Larry Trisees walked out of one of the toilet cubicles at this precise moment.
He stared at the two men and said "I don't want to know!"
Seymour tried to explain but the shakesperian doctor was already making a break for it, looking very confused.
 
Niples turned his attention back to Phil. "Ok look, heres a compromise- we need three holograms, yes?"
"Right."
"And we can only have two, right?"
"yes"
"And you want to see the competition, correct?"
"Indeedy."
"Then why don't you be the host for the competition?"
 
Phil scoffed. "How can I be? People won't respect me, they want an impartial host who isn't swayed by either side of the competition!"
 
"Then why don't we change your holo-matrix so that you look like this other guy... Dave Limper or whatever his name is."
 
Phil thought about it and shook his head. "It's just not right..."
"People won't know it's you...." NIples insisted. "They'll just assume we've turned you off."
 
Phil thought about the idea.
 
****Meanwhile****
 
Alotta, being to tired to wait for Phil on her own came and sat down at Katrina and Seymour's table and started chatting with Katrina.
"I want to know details!" she said giggling.
 
<<So Phil, what do you think? Be Craig Charles/Lister for a day?>>

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Subject: Re: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf] Katrina + Niples "What's that in the air?"
Katrina and SeymourThe new couple walked hand-in-hand into Parrot's bar. As they entered, a song began to play overhead. "Why do birds suddenly appear everytime you are near?"Seymour and Katrina grinned at each other as they sat down. Katrina grabbed his hand and held tight. She had never felt so damn good."So, uh, whaddaya wanna know about me? I'm 25, have two sisters," she began, "and I'm not sleeping my way to the top," she joked.Seymour grinned back at her. "That's good to know. Anything you wanna know about me?"Katrina's heart raced. She wanted to know everything and tell him everything."Um, tell me why you hated Cannon so much." she finally asked. "I've always wanted to know."<over to you Seymour>The continuing adventures of the Blue Dwarf...www.geocities.com/bluedwarf2000To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:JMC_Blue_Dwarf-unsubscribe@egroups.comYour use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.