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Who: Zack, Cubie, and a roomful of annoyed engineers
Where: The recently-darkened engine room
When: A immediately after the lights went out
WHAP!
"OW!"
"Zack? Is that you?"
"No! It's Chris Zodar!"
"Sorry!"
WHOP!
"AAARGH!!"
Zack? Is THAT you?"
"No, Mrs. Richards. It's me - L'Ontar!"
"Sorry!"
BONK!
"OWCH!!"
"Zack?"
"No, Cubie! It's Walker! Would you quit flailing around in
here?!"
"Sorry! Zack - where ARE you?"
"I'm over here, dear."
"Where?"
"Here."
"Here?"
"Yes, right he-"
WHAP!
"Yeowch!"
"Good. Now that we've gotten THAT taken care of, does anyone
have a light?"
"I HAD one, but I dropped it when you punched me!"
"Look, I SAID I was sorry!"
"Well, try over on that bulkhead. There should be some
emergency lamps mounted there."
Cubie flipped the switch, sending a beam of light into the
center of the room. Dren, Chris, L'Ontar and the rest of the
engineers sat on the deck, nursing black eyes. Zack sat under a work
bench, holding his nose. She walked over to the hole in the deck
where the water had gone. "So what's down here, anyway?"
<Reply - whichever engineer gets to it first>
~Zack & Cubie~
Tough love