Niples "Natter"

Captain Seymour Niples + Commander Whitewolf
Captain's office
Blue Dwarf
Just after Whitewolf brought Niples up-to-date
 
 
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As the huge hamster finished, and Niples asked, "Did you give any orders for Major Harris not take command of the Blue Dwarf, or not to commence a search operation for you?""No, I did not give any such orders. And I know what your thinking. I can't speak for Major Harris's dereliction of duty as acting first officer and failing to start a search party as a commander of the Dwarf while I was marooned on the planet, Seymour. The Major will have to explain that to you himself. Though, I suspect he probably knew about my whereabouts due to his involvement with the STCP. But, that's all I know."
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Seymour was slightly puzzled by the events that had happened in his absence, he interlaced his fingers as he propped his head up on his desk.
 
"So why did Harris leave you there? You could have died for all we know. Its not as if he wanted to take control of the ship because he hates command." Said the Captain.
 
"He's a wierd man, sometimes you just can't reason with him..."
 
Niples reached for the brandy and offered some to Whitewolf. The hamster took the glass but didn't quite know what to do with the liquid.
 
"I think I've picked up some bad habits from the so called 'training'." Niples explained. "I swore not to become anything like those musty old fools, but now I've started drinking brandy and the same wines that they've been forcing me to drink all month."
 
"So was it really that bad?" asked Whitewolf, noticing that the captain did seem to have a new air of class around him. He seemed a bit more posh as if 'class' had been forcefully absorbed into his body.
 
"No, it was alright really. I managed to bring back a crate load of fine wines, I've got a 2001 Chardonnay saved especially for when I see Katrina again. I'm hoping to take her for a romantic picnic on one of the desserted lower decks."Whitewolf chuckled lightly as he sipped the brandy. Now they were both acting like posh old men sipping brandy and chuckling about things insignificant.
 
Niples' brow furrowed again. "So tell me about all this time travelling business again. Why was there two escape pods when we only found one Chen? And this Chen obviously wasn't a few hundred years old, neither is the Red Dwarf."
 
Whitewolf rolled his bulging hamster eyes. He knew that time travelling was going to be hard to explain.
 
<Over to you WW, sorry its so short. Sorry I missed you out Harris, Niples will speak to you later :-)> 
 
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