"Blackout"

Nicholas Florentyn
Drinker Extrodinaire
A bar on deck 5
About one minutes before the blackout
Nik was sitting on one of his favourite barstools (anyone next to a bar
which served him) and drained his third bottle of Venusian Whisky.
"Barkeep! Get me anofer one of des prontoisticicically!" he ordered at the
slimey looking person behind the bar.
"I think you've had enough sir," said Slimey.
"I'll tell you when I've had enough!" yelled Nik, although it came out a
little strange as his brain was trying to get his mouth to start singing "To
Ganymede and Triton" loudly and tunelessly, when everything went black.
Moments later the emergency lighting came up on Niks former barstool as it
span gently to a stop, acompanied by the sound of running feet dissapearing
rapidly down the corridor.
Slimey the bartender picked himself up of the floor and studied the now
almost empty bar behind him and began to swear loudly.
Nik ran on down the dimly lit corridor, trying to work the top off another
bottle of whiskey while trying not to drop the dozen other bottles he had
stolen, chortling in joy.......
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