The WASH continues--VFF
POSTED BY: CommanderZero
UPDATED: Saturday, July 12, 2008 02:31
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*Upperson and Tater carry the heavy cooler from the shuttle to the med bay* Tater: Doc, is she gonna be allright? BRG: If I can do my job, her chances of being allright are excellent. However, I need you to do your part, which is bringing all the meds, so I can do my part. *Tater and Upper leave the medbay to go and collect another load*Upperson: What happened, tater? Tater *looking a little pale*: We ran into some trouble... an explosion. But it all happened so fast. I'm really worried about Tillie, you should have seen her in the shuttle.
Upperson: Well, the doc knows what he's doing, and he's sure to fix her up! Let's just do our part and get these supplies to the medbay asap. *After several return trips of tater, upper and the captain they finally finish unloading the shuttle* Upperson: You guys sure bought back loads of stuff! Except for the med supplies I mean.
Tatertot: Yes. No offence, but I think Tillie must discuss that with the captain first.*tater looks uncomfortable* Upperon: Not a problem. I understand. *Sees spinebite coming from the crew quarters after helping BRG with Tillie* Spinebite: Get down to the cargohold asap! We got more training to do.
*Upper looks at Tater and grins*:Work, work! I wonder if this job really needs an extra gunhand, or if he's just really pissed! Better go get on his nerves! Tater: Don't piss him off so bad...*Tater trails off as she sees Upper is already out of hearing range*
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*BlueRedGreen is busy stitching Tillie's wounds, only pausing when he hears a hail of gunfire, a gasp, and a thud. He goes out to the hatchway, peers out at the cargo area, and sees Spinebite standing over Upperson laughing. He watches her get up, touch her belly tentatively, and grimace. There's no blood, or even holes in her clothes. Assured that she's not in any immediate danger, he returns to the infirmary, only to discover that Tillie is regaining consciousness. She moves her head and looks as if she's trying to speak, and her hands open and close*
BlueRedGreen: Tillie. Are you back with us? *a tear rolls out of the corner of Tillie's eye* You must be in pain. I couldn't risk anesthesia while you were--
Tillie: Why?
BRG: You were uncons--
Tillie: How come you don't like me? *BRG doesn't know what to make of her outburst* Is it 'cause I talk like a rimworlder? 'Cause I work with my hands, got dirt under my nails?...man don't condescend to acknowledge...beneath contempt...think I'm too thick to notice... *her words become mumbles as she thrashes around in a nightmare*
*BRG checks her vitals; nothing seems to be wrong; is this delirium?*
Tillie: Ruttin' games...so tired...méi yòng waste of time. *suddenly she sits up on the table and grabs BRG's forearm above his glove* Got no time to waste! Zero needs me to get Wash in the sky mǎ shàng! You done yet?
BRG: I think you need just a few more minutes, and just a few more stitches.
Tillie: Okay, whatever you say... *she lies back on the table and releases his arm. Her eyes closed, she starts mumbling again as he completes his surgery* ...Make you happy -- or not, I don't care...provisioned better than in all her fifty years...stocked as well as any Core hospital...shēng rì kuài lè...
BRG: *is finally finished. He looks over his work: Tillie's torso fairly bristles with stitches, as do her arms and thighs. He covers her with a sheet and gets the pile of clean clothes Tatertot brought in for her* Can you open your eyes? How are you?
*this time Tillie sits up slowly, feeling her aches. She lifts the sheet and looks down at her body. She stretches out her arms, makes fists and spreads her fingers wide, and shrugs her shoulders up and down. She grins at him, once more her cheerful and forthright self*
Tillie: Duō xiè. Gotta hand it to you, Doc Alex. *she gingerly eases herself off the table, then slowly and carefully twists side to side. She lifts one leg and then the other, sees how far they will go without straining* I was right about your sewing. *she pats her bicep* How much load you think I can bear? I got work to do. *she matter-of-factly puts on her clothes, testing all the time what directions she can stretch with ease, which movements hurt and which are bearable*
BRG: You can't lift anything too heavy---
TIllie: Don't worry, I promise I won't spoil your work. *she bends to put her boots on* Okay, that's a bit of a challenge. *all dressed, she turns and winks at the doctor* Have fun opening your presents. *she grabs her tattered, bloody clothes and leaves the infirmary*
*BRG watches as she navigates the stairs up to the shuttle one step at a time*
méi yòng = useless
mǎ shàng = at once / right away / immediately
shēng rì kuài lè = Happy birthday
duō xiè = many thanks / thanks a lot
"Terse, I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic."
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*tatertot see's tillie stummble out of the infirmary and tatertot rushes over to her*
Are you ok jie jie?
Tillie: I'm just fine mei mei.
You look alittle upset...
*tillie's looks alittle surprised*
Tillie: Oh no no, I'm not! What do I look upset or something?
*tatertot nods*
Tillie: Well, I'm not, don't worry Jordyn honey. I need to fix up my ole girl here. Why don't you give Zero her gift.*she smiles as she wobbles away*
*tatertot sighs then walks to the shuttle and receives zero's gift. she walks out and finds Zero outside the infirmary*
Zero I uh got you something when I went shopping on Greenleaf. Its not real fancy or anything...but here you go. *tater hands the gift to zero, she looks a bit surprised*
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*Zero is walking past the infirmary when Tot comes up to her with a gift.*
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Tatertot:Zero I uh got you something when I went shopping on Greenleaf. Its not real fancy or anything...but here you go. *tater hands the gift to zero, she looks a bit surprised*
What's this? *Looks at the necklace Tot handed to her. Zero is somewhat flabbergasted by Tot's kind gesture.* Um... thanks, I guess. It's um, it's nice.
*Zero is a bit confused at the moment but quickly changes the subject as she looks at the red stone on the necklace. She speaks with a slightly worried tone.*
What in God's name happened to ya'll out there anyhow? My mechanic was sitting there bleeding to death. After you lift us off and get us on track to Beaumonde, I'd like to hear about you're little adventure.
*She looks back at Tot and then walks past her and into her quarters. She looks at herself in the mirror and holds the necklace up to her chest. After she positions it correctly, she clips the back of it together and let's it dangle neatly from her neck. A small smile crosses her lips.*
*Thinking to herself:* Kid's nice. Don't know why she'd do something like this for me, though. I ain't no one special...
*She shrugs as Tot comes over the comm*
Tot: Captain, five till we're out of atmo. Setting course for Beaumonde. Should be around 8 to 10 days depending on if it's a smooth ride or not.
*Zero smiles as she looks in the mirror again and then heads over to the comm* Copy that, Tot. *Heads up the ladder and onto the bridge*
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*BRG finishes opening and organizing the last of the crates' contents and heads up to the bridge just as the Wash breaks atmo* Captain, I'm going to contact my friend now, the one who will purchase Upperson's money, and I was just wondering, how long would it be before we could go to Osiris? Any estimation would be nice...
CommanderZero: I dont know, doc. Might be a while.
That's fine. I'm sure she'll be patient. By the way, that doctor you're going to kidnap? If you'd like, I brought a little chloroform from the one of the hospitals on Persephone. I... borrowed it. If it'd help, I suppose I could give you the bottle. But I'm not going to do anything else. Hopefully I wont have to do my job, that's bad for everyone. *BRG grins and walks off of the bridge. 
Wuo duh ma...
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Originally posted by Blueredgreen:
That's fine. I'm sure she'll be patient. By the way, that doctor you're going to kidnap? If you'd like, I brought a little chloroform from the one of the hospitals on Persephone. I... borrowed it. If it'd help, I suppose I could give you the bottle. But I'm not going to do anything else. Hopefully I wont have to do my job, that's bad for everyone. *BRG grins and walks off of the bridge.*
*Gets up just as Tot is about to tell her story.* Err... hold that thought. *Follows BRG down from the bridge.*
What exactly do you mean by "borrowed" Doctor? You mean you stole if from Alliance med facilities? Are you crazy?!
BRG: Relax, Captain. They don't have enough time to go around the worlds and sniff out those who are stealing from their medical supplies. Besides, an Alliance medical facility would be restocked within a few hours.
*Zero looks irritated.* You're one hell of a trippy fellow, Doc. Now you want to go to Osiris to sell Upperson's artifacts and such, if I understood correctly. Did you make sure it was alright with her first?
BRG: Yes, ma'am. She agreed.
So you do understand this is her money, then, doctor. She can do whatever she wants with it and since you found someone to sell it to, I'm sure she'll be kind enough to give a share to you. But if she doesn't want to give you nothing, don't force her to do so.
BRG: I understand.
It's no so much that I would mind if you did, it's just that there's something... off... about that girl. Seems like she could kill you without breaking a sweat despite her petite size. That's what's scary about her. Maybe I'll do a cortex search on her. See what I can find... *Changes the subject.*
So doc, how's my mechanic? She okay?
BRG: Yes. She's stable for now. As far as I'm concerned she just needs some rest and she'll be fine. There were just some cuts and bruises is all. Nothing too major like broken bones or anything. She'll live.
Well that's good to hear then. Can't have my mech dying on me. I still need her to keep the Wash up in the sky... *looks down at the ground*
BRG: Something on your mind Captain?
*Snaps out of it.* Oh, no. It's nothing. It's just that... things changed so fast. Walker's disappearence and then suddenly I become Captain. It was just so... unfair.
BRG: What was unfair?
Everything. The fact that Walker just left. The fact that I had to become Captain after that and suddenly take up duties that I didn't even know if I could handle. The fact that ya'll-my crew-had to face something that would change things immensely. It was unfair to all of us. And yet, ya'll are still so loyal to me. I guess I should be thanking you guys.
BRG: I guess it wouldn't hurt to hear it once in a while. *chuckles* But it's not your job to thank us. It's your job to gives us orders and yell at us. *smiles* And it's our job to listen. Just the fact that you kept us on this boat after Walker left is thank enough. At least for me.
*Grins* Well that's good to hear then, doc. *Turns and walks away as she says:* And we'll be heading to Osiris after we kidnap that doctor and bring him back to Jiangyin. It should be, at the most three weeks.
BRG: Ok, thanks Captain.
*Zero heads back up to the bridge and sits down next to Tot.* Alright, Tot. I'm here to listen all about you and Tillie's adventure. Go for it.
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*tatertot lets out a small sigh*
Well, when we first got there a strange man came up to us and started talking about Walker and-
Zero: What? Hold on Tot. Strange man? Did he mention what his name was?
No mame.
*zero has a puzzled look, but snaps out of it*
Zero: Go on Tot. What else happend?
Well after that things went smooth. We ate, I saw an indoor waterfall, I spent some time talking to CJ-
*a small smile spreads across zero's face*
CJ? Now Tot I never figured you to be the flirting type...
*tater blushes* C-come on don't tease me about that too!
Zero:*chuckles* I'm sorry, go on.
Well then we went shopping and i don't know it was strange...many of the mechanics tagged along as bodygaurds in a way. Anyhow, everything was fine I got your gift *points to the necklace around Zero's neck* and I got me and Tillie matching bracelets *lefts up wrist and points to the pink bracelet* Tillie got medical supplies and such...then on our way back...*shakes head*
Zero: Yeah...then?
I don't know. It happend so fast....there was an explosion...Tillie got hurt. We rushed out of there so we could avoid the feds...
Zero: Is that all?
I suspect not...you'll have to talk to Tillie.
I don't understand what exactly happend...
*zero gets to her feet*
Zero: I'll do that then. Now I want you to see to getting the WASH into the air.
Will do Captain.
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*Tillie lugs the fuel cells from the shuttle and shoves them into place. She returns to the shuttle, and hauls the boxes of perishable foodstuffs into the galley and stows them. Sighing, she boils water for tea* Best make it strong, got lots to do.
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"Pain is scary."
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Sees Tillie finishing up carrying the foodstuffs and follows her to the kitchen. Sees Tillie making tea.
Upper: Are you allright, Tillie? I don't think you should have been carrying all that stuff!
Tillie: Doc stitched me up real good, 'm feelin' allright.
Upper: Yeah that's probably the painkillers. Wait till they wear off!
Tillie: Mm. Wan' some tea?
Upper: Yeah...ok. You wanna tell me what happened? some extreme excitement?
*Before Tillie can answer BRG comes in*BRG: Tillie, I've been looking for you, just want to make sure that you're not lugging things around, or something.
Tillie: Aww, that's real nice of you, doc, but I'm allright.
*Looks at Upper* What about you?
Upper: Sure doc, except if you have something for bruises? In the shape of smiley faces?
*BRG smiles* Nothing that specific, but I should have something. Let's go to the infirmary.
*They walk to the infirmary*
BRG: Captain says we will be on Osiris in about 3 weeks time. My friend is very interested in the money
Upper: Good. That's good to know. Didn't know how I was going to pay for my passage. Could have sung for my supper, but I'm not sure that you would have enjoyed it! *smiles* This is a real relief, doc! thanks for your help. You have to take your cut. I trust you to be fair.
*BRG nods thoughtfully and hands Upper a container of salve* There, that should sort out your smiley problem.
Upper: Thanks doc. Are you hungry? I'm starving! Let's join Tillie and see what they brought back.
Upper starts towards the kitchen
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