[Kalen]
Kuro and Remi pause in a corridor, looking down at the subspace
rodents folding in and out of the corridor, slightly surprised. Just
then Raith, sounding rather tired and irate, taps in and gives the order to hunt down and purge the rodents.
Tr`Kuro>::turns to Remi:: Orders are orders
Tr`Remi>::shrugs, showing their general acceptance of truly bizarre
occurrences:: I love this job
Kuro lunges forward planting his boot square in the space that a hamster used to occupy. Unfortunately, it folded into itself, reappearing just in front of Remi. Remi responds with a swift kick, spattering in mid air.
Tr`Kuro>::frowns a bit:: that one was mine
Tr`Remi>::nods happily:: I know ::tromping into the swarming mass of
rodents::
tr`Kuro>::follows avidly trying to dispose of the creatures as quickly
and messily as possible::
[Ten Sauren Later]
Both men stand panting, covered in hamster portions from head to
toe. The hall is covered in pretty spatter patterns, dispersed across the floor, the walls and occasionally the ceiling.
Tr`Remi> ::grins, clearing the remnants from his boot:: Twenty nine
Tr`Kuro> ::grins wider:: thirty six!
Tr`Remi> Eww! thirty seven? Was that including the last on or not?
Tr`Kuro> �.well�thirty seven!
Tr`Remi> ::shakes his head:: well the rest will be a bit harder to
dispatch, we should pick up some disrupters
tr`Kuro> Won't that damage the ship?
Tr`Remi> Nah, just use the stun setting
Tr`Kuro> Stun setting??
Tr`Remi> Yeah, you can lower the power output on a disrupter you know
Tr`Kuro> ::looks slightly impressed:: Lower? That's new. Good thinking!
You engineers ::slaps him on the back::
[Approximately a minute later]
Remi and Kuro split up, fully armed and combat ready. Remi walks down
toward engineering as Kuro leaps into a Jeffreies tube. Kuro stops suddenly as a creature shifts into reality directly in front of his face. He swings at it instinctively with the butt of his rifle barely missing it. It titters happily and performs an odd subspace slide along the grate. Kuro growls and gives chase on his elbows and knees, finding it very difficult to get a good aim at the thing. Just as he draws a bead on it, it slips through a solid wall. He sighs, realizing how difficult this will be. Kicking out a hatch and rolling into the room, he swings up his rifle, cutting loose a charge.
An odd sizzle is heard as it dissipates and a slight squeal. Lowering his disrupter, Kuro looks up seeing, t`Kethry over a patient, staring up at him. Pranara was just leaving the room so he didn't bother to cause any more trouble. He looked a bit apologetic and backed into the Jeffrey's tube.
Meanwhile, Remi had gone off to insure his new supply of Rhinnesh was
still pure. Finding a hamster circling his favorite mug he whips out his Kalen and jabs at it, missing only once. Immediately he fills his mug and sips it. "Still Pure" he says with a grin.
Kuro peeps through a grate, seeing tr'Elq pop the head off of a
hamster with style. He grins and crawls off.
Raith lays in bed trying to sleep finally. He seems a little disturbed,
But calming down. His quarters are lit briefly by a few flashes and all is silentagain. A slight fried odor wafts through the room, which one might mistake as pleasant food. Farther away, Kuro had found another hoard and set to dispatching it by hand. Noting the location being just below Ragarok's quarters, he decides to visit the science officer.
Tr`Kuro>::climbs into the room::
Tr`Ragarok>::mumbling to himself quietly over some device::
Tr`Kuro>::grabs a hold of his shoulder firmly and turns him around, leaning in close to him::
Tr`Ragarok>::starts, his limbs flailing briefly at the sight and grasp
of the large, blood covered officer::
tr`Kuro>::growls::I`ve been killing your pets all day and frankly, I`m
not cleaning it up, You are. ::releases him giving him a stern angry look before climbing back up into the tube about eight feet off the ground::
tr`Ragarok> What an odd creature he is, as long as he didn`t see my
experiment. ::turns to the device again::
[About an hour later]
Tr`Remi walks down the hall whistling happily. As he passes a
hatch, he sees Kuro unfolding his massive body as he emerges. He grins upon seeing him.
Tr`Remi>Hey, Ku
Tr`Kuro> ::standing:: Sixty four
Tr`Remi> Oh? ::smiles:: Seventy two
Tr`Kuro>::winces:: Good show! I guess we`re even now after that last
unfinished drinking bout!
Tr`Remi> I still say that didn`t count!
Tr`Kuro> Its not my fault you got--
The two officers continue to argue as they head toward
ten-forward << or the equivalent >> Preparing for the chef`s furious return to his other calling in life. Eventually preparations are made, they each change clothes and wash up, and the crew is informed of the event.
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