Leaving

Seymour Niples and Katrina Swete joint post
**Katrina's quarters**
After Katrina's present giving session, Seymour returned the
favour. "I've also got a surprise for you..." he said mysteriously,
backtracking to the door and winking. "Meet me in my quarters in 2
hours time..."
**2 hours later**
Katrina was dressed in the most beautiful dress she could find. Blood-
red silk with black embroidery. It perfectly shaped her body and had
already caused a few heads to be turned (as well as a few accidents)
as she walked to the captains personal quarters.
The door opens automatically. At first Katrina thinks the room is
empty and dark, but in the darkness she can see tiny specks of light
which cast a slight illumination across the room. With her wits about
her, she enters the darkened room.
She didn't know what to expect, either Seymour was going to be
waiting for her in his Captain-sized double bed or he was going to
jump out at her wearing a monkey costume and scare her half to death.
Either way, she was sure the rest night should be interesting.
She gasped in surprise as the sound of a popping cork came from
behind her. She turned to see Seymour wearing a smart tuxedo and
holding a bottle of not-to-cheap wine. (Actually he got the wine for
half price as Owen Numan owed him a favour for nearly getting him
addicted to the milkshakes, but he wasn't going to tell Katrina that.)
Katrina leaped into his arms as if she'd had a mind-swap operation
with her cat "PITA". After exchanging saliva for a few seconds,
Niples pulled free of Katrina's lucious lips.
"I've prepared all this for you. I hope you like it," he gestured
towards the table for two.
Katrina looked all around. "It's perfect," she beamed.
Seymour bounded into the adjoining kitchen area to finish preparing
the meal he was going to serve. He'd been slaving over this meal for
about 2 hours and he hoped it was going to be a hit. He really wanted
this relationship with Katrina to work and hoped that they'd not do
any damage to be apart for a few weeks.
He served the meal, the soup was a bit gritty and the chicken tasted
suspiciously like turkey, but non of the pair complained as they
stared into each other's eyes. Katrina beamed all through the meal,
Seymour's face almost as bright.
"Seymour," Katrina finally broke the silence, "I just have to say
that I have never been as happy in my life as I have been here aboard
Blue Dwarf."
"Since being with you, I have to agree," Seymour added.
Katrina reached out and grabbed his hand. "I hope we never find Red
Dwarf and this mission goes on forever." She paused, licking her
lips. "But, for now, whaddaya say we finally cash that rain-check for
the back of Starbug?"
Seymour laughed. He stood and pulled a remote out of his jacket. "I
think you'll like this even better." He pressed a button and the
room's atmosphere changed. It was now bathed in soft red light and
soft music played from an undisclosed location.
Katrina stood and grinned. "Naw, I'd prefer the back of Starbug."
Seymour held out his hand and the two….well, I think you get the idea
of what they spent that night doing.
**The next day, 11:05AM**
***Blue Dwarf Flight deck***
Captain Seymour Niples threw his last suitcase into the back of the
SpaceEagle. Katrina had packed the suitcases for him as it turned out
that she was an expert at it, she fitted twice the amount in that
Seymour would have packed- and still didn't have to sit on it to
close the zip.
He was wearing the suit that Katrina had given him, he felt guilty
that he hadn't actually given her anything physical (like an object!)
to her, so he'd given her the lava lamp which usually sat on his desk
in the captain's office.
That was the last bag packed. He turned, ready to say goodbye to
Katrina. He had wanted it to be a quiet getaway as everyone else had
important duties, Whitewolf and Harris had to settle into their new
jobs and everyone else had to adjust.
As he turned he never expected to see so many people. Whitewolf,
Harris, all of the drive room crew (except Allie who was still fuming
in her cell) and half of the command staff had turned up to say
farewell (members of the Seymour Niples fan club had also turned up-
which consisted of two elderly gray-haired ladies who apparently
worked in flight deck control.)
He turned to Whitewolf and shook his paw.
"Well Mr. 'Acting-Captain' Whitewolf, I hope you look after this crew
until I get back. Don't find the Red Dwarf without me!" And then he
whispered in Whitewolf's ear, "Watch out for Harris, he gets a little
bit aggravated at times."
Seymour then turned to Harris and shook his hand. "When I get back, I
expect to see the ship practically gleaming with cleanliness, the
McDonalds rebuilt, and all the trouble-makers, muggers and thieves
strung up outside in a towboat."
Harris nodded, the Captain was only joking but it was unsure whether
Harris understood that or not.
After saying his goodbyes, he hugged Katrina and kissed her. If there
was anyone who didn't know about this affair then they did now.
Seymour turned and pulled his jacket straight. He clambered into the
cockpit of the SpaceEagle and the glass dome closed shut. The roar
from the engine almost blew the crowd away. Slowly the green ship
lifted of the ground and moved out of the huge opening airlock door.
Seymour looked back as the Dwarf got smaller and smaller. He wondered
what his training would be like on Earth, and if it would be too
hard......
Katrina watched the SpaceEagle soar away with a solemn face until it
was just a green dot against the black sky. She was extremely sad,
but also worried that she might have accidentally packed a pair of
her underwear in his suitcase.
(OOC- Well everybody I'm leaving in real life too, but only for a few
weeks while I finish my college course. I should be back by about 6
weeks, maybe less. I wont have time to read your posts unfortunately-
but I might be able to post a few of my own. If anyone has any
burning questions they need to ask me- I'll still be using my e-mail
account and ICQ so just message me. Bye to all!)
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Lt. Cmdr David "Onion" Ball
Assistant Helm officer/ Pilot USS Endeavour-A
Captain Seymour Niples JMC Blue Dwarf
WWW.Home.JMCBlueDwarf.com
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