Something smells wrong, and I don't mean the midget - A jp between
Who: Tara, Phil
Where: Quarters
When: After the outburst and during the hangover.
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The door to the quarters opened. Phil peeked his head round the door...
"Are the kids there?" he asked MP who he had sent in first.
"eee"
"No...Good..What about Tara?"
"eeee...EEEEe..eee"
"She's on the vid-phone...exccellnt..I can sneak past and get into the shower before she smells these clothes" Tara paced the room with the telephone number on a piece of paper in her hand.
"Look, I can't do this any more. I really need to see you." The person on the other end of the phone was talking but Phil couldn't make out the words.
"Who's she talking to?"
"Eee?" MP made a gesture that basically can be described as "buggered if I know...Do i look like I'm telepathic...I'm just a midget clone okay...not god"
"Look. I was half tempted to kill one of my crew mates. I need to talk about it to someone, and well.... I don't think Phil is the right person." Tara sat down on a chair infront of the vid-phone.
"I'm NOT the right person?...."
Phil lent to MP..."look..I never thought I do this...but I want you to go to My office and activate the internal security program. And be quick...I want to find out who she's talking to..."
"Eee!"
"What you mean you won't do it or can't do it?"
"ee!"
"Ah yes I forgot...you can't reach the computer..Look, lets just listen in"
"I thought you understood about Phil......" Tara said to the person.
*mumbled noises*
"Yes he's my husband. I don't want to hurt him James. You know what happened last time I was in a relationship." Tara put her face in her hands "We need ot talk." She said quietly. Phil's right hand twitched over his holster...luckily enough he'd left his gun back in his office. So...his name was James...intresting...He listened in even more.
"Look, I know it's been a long time...." the voice interrupted and sounded angry.
"Yea, i'm sorry I haven't checked in for ages. You know how I feel about it all though. I've told you before." Tara was getting agitated. Worried that Phil might come back too early. Oh dear...problem....Phil could feel a rather large belch building...he wanted to keep on listening, but knew that sooner or later...there would be a noise..he tried to hold it in. The man on the other end of the vid-phone talked for a bit before Tara interrupted.
"EARTH?!" she said as Phil belched masking out the noise. "I can't come to Earth it's way too far..... but you can't come here." There was silence on both ends of the Phone. "Look James I have to go. If Phil saw me talking to you it could be awkward." The voice spoke softly to Tara.
"Yes. I understand. I will. Bye." And the vid-phone went dead. Tara sighed. "What am I going to do." Phil took this opportunity to walk into the main room rather loudly
"Gooooooood morning my dear."
Tara sniffed
"What IS that sme...oh...MP I should have known...."------