The Sereni-Tree: Phoenix
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Sunday, January 17, 2010 23:35
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"Whoo!"
*walks upon the beach, and sits down on a log*
Okay. What should we do now? I'm thinking, "Find some grub."
Mrs. Universe
MR. UNIVERSE----> 
<----MRS. UNIVERSE
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-steps in front of the dragon- No eating it!! -cries- 'Where is the rum gone?"
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Really, ladies, pepsimilk is not so bad. I'm sure you've had rootbeer floats, where you put ice cream in rootbeer?
Pepsimilk tastes something like that, except you have Pepsi instead of rootbeer and milk instead of ice cream.
Not that I've had the nerve to try it...
But from what I understand from ThatWeirdGirl, you fill a glass about 2/3 full of Pepsi and top it off with milk. Then drink! You sort of have to be quick about it because I understand that the milk...
...curdles.
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I really ought to get around to trying that.
Ooo, the stars are pretty tonight.
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**OOC: So, is there any reason for me to be hanging out apprehensively in the gun turret? What happened on the bridge when one of the brides mentioned trouble? That story line seems to have evaporated into thin air...and I've been waiting for it to be picked up again.**
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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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Sorry, Jake7. We sort of got distracted by our 5th anniversary and Pepsimilk. I'll see what I can do.
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**OOC: Thanks. I just couldn't figure out if I should leave the turret magically or wait for the issue to be brought back up again or not! 
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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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Back to our earlier peril:
After hopping up and down on various controls on his bridge console, TheRealMe’s shrunken form steps back to look at the holographic sensor displays. “It seems that there are a large number of unidentified fighter craft attacking the Persepolis 8 space station! Bride5! Evasive maneuvers! Bride4! Prepare to Jump! SimonWho, prepare to receive injured! Jake7, Bride6, and other gunners, FIRE AT WILL!”
Bobby Sue, strapped into the gunnery turret next to Jake7, furrows her brow. “Which one is named Will?”
In the pilot dome above the bridge, Quincey touches some controls before her and twists the hand grips on either side of her chair. Sereni-Tree responds by a slow and steady turn. The nearby space station can be seen sliding across her field of view. Then she kicks a control with her right foot. For a few seconds, Sereni-Tree’s main drive flares to life, imparting a large number of gees on the passengers. TheRealMe falls from the console down into his chair. She turns the ship again, and activates another quick burst from the engines. She continues these maneuvers, making everyone inside somewhat dizzy.
Sereni-Tree lurches again in response to a near-by explosion.
From main engineering, Jet’s voice comes over the intercom: ”I repeat, we have a problem! The Somebody Else’s Problem field is draining too much energy! I can’t get the capacitors charged up to full strength in time for…”
TheRealMe climbs back up to his console and kicks at another control. “There! SEP Field is down! But now we’re exposed! Get us out of here!”
”Roger!” A low hum permeates the ship as the FTL drive spins up.
No longer cloaked by the SEP Field, Sereni-Tree is seen and targeted by a squadron of fighters that split off from their fellows. The fighters scream toward Sereni-Tree, guns blazing.
TheRealMe gulps. “If anybody aboard has Shepherd credentials, now would be a good time to start praying!”
The ship shudders again.
"Have we been hit?" TheRealMe asks.
"No," replies Quincey. Someone just launched the Nandi from our hanger."
"Seryn's fighter? But who is flying her?"
TheRealMe, Captain
Jet, Bride4, Engineer
Quincey, Bride5, Pilot
Bobby Sue, Bride6, Gunner
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**As TRM's words to fire at will come over the comm, Jake7 swings her turret around and begins blasting at the oncoming fighters. At Bobby Sue's words, she rolls her eyes and yells**
They're ALL named Will. Just FIRE!!!
**To herself she mutters**
Man, I wish Grey were here!
**The controls alert her to the next wave of attacking fighters. As the SereniTREE swings around wildly, she barely manages to hang on to her gun controls. She begins firing and barely misses the shuttle flying by.**
GORRAMIT!
**jake7 hits the comm control**
TRM! Who's taking the Nandi? I almost blasted it! These fighters are swarming like locusts! Have you been able to figure out who they are?
**She sends off a few more blasts and manages to hit two, sending them spiraling toward the planet. As they hit atmo, they burst into flames. She smiles in satisfaction.**
That's more like it!
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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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"Jake7! It seems as if... " TheRealMe cannot finish answering Jake7, because his shrunken form has once again been tossed off the bridge console that he was standing on, due to Quincey's wild piloting.
"Sorry!" she says from the pilot dome above.
Once Bobby Sue starts shooting her plasma cannon, she is amazingly accurate with very few misses. "ALL named Will? That's silly! How in the world do they carry on a conversation?"
Meanwhile, the Nandi positions itself between Sereni-Tree and the lagrest mass of enemy fighters. It speeds toward them, shooting some with its triple-turret lasers and playing chicken with others trying to get past it.
Jet's voice comes over the intercom from engineering: "Five minutes to Jump!"
TheRealMe, Captain of Sereni-Tree
Jet, Bride4, Engineer
Quincey, Bride5, Pilot
Bobby Sue, Bride6, Gunner
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