Destiny: Mayhem, bugs, and foam...(Episode 7)
POSTED BY: CastIronJack
UPDATED: Thursday, November 10, 2005 17:55
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Oooh, that's some exciting peril!
But for future reference, I would NEVER say "What more could go wrong!" because I know that whenever you say that, EVERYTHING goes wrong.
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The ship is sinking.
Serenity scrounges around for a way out of the bridge. All she can think about is all the unconscious members of her crew that are going to die if she can't get to them. She takes her jacket off and ties it over her mouth and nose, hoping it'll prevent her from beathing in whatever gasses knocked out the rest of the crew.
She sees Soul clamboring up to the Bridge as she begins to slowly try to ratchet the door open (if it worked for the guys in the infirmary it'll work for me, right?)
"Captain! You're awake! We got no power and we landed on a lake. It wouldn't support our weight and we're sinking fast. Can you get me out of here?"
Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
She sees Soul clamboring up to the Bridge as she begins to slowly try to ratchet the door open (if it worked for the guys in the infirmary it'll work for me, right?)
"Captain! You're awake! We got no power and we landed on a lake. It wouldn't support our weight and we're sinking fast. Can you get me out of here?"
Between the two of them, Soul and Serenity manage to pry the door open enough for them to get their fingers in the opening. Soul counts to three, and they pull on the door as hard as they can. Finally, there is enough room for one person to squeeze through, so Serenity steps into the hallway.
"What in God's name is going on?" she asks.
Soul shakes his head. "I'm really a bit clueless right now." He looks over Serenity's shoulder and his eyes widen as he watches the water stream past the viewscreen. "Okay, so I guess we really are sinking." He grabs the intercom mike off of his belt and depresses the button. "Safe, if you can, find out where we're taking in water from, pull free any crewmembers from that area, and seal of all bulkheads leading there. I'll be down to help you in a moment."
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.
Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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[Woah! I was on the edge of my seat! Oh my goodness! Great suspenseful peril there, Jack. And Safe, it's true, I always laugh at your jokes.]
I'm wondering how I an Flechette and Dr. Me and all the other passed-out face-down-in-the-frigid-water crew members are going to make it to the surface alive (as I understand it we're at the bottom of a glacial lake right now) but since I'm passed out I'm afraid I'm no help. Dreaming of juggling geese... cold geese... (Canadian geese!)...
Amylisai
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"So, Captain, got any brilliant ideas to save us all?" Serenity asks as she and Soul lug the unconscious Amy and Trebeck into the infirmary.
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"So, Captain, got any brilliant ideas to save us all?" Serenity asks as she and Soul lug the unconscious Amy and Trebeck into the infirmary.
"See, now there you go puttin' everything on my shoulders, like I'm supposed to come up with some brilliant plan to save us all. Why would you go and do something like that?"
Serenity stares at Soul. " 'Cause you're the Captain."
"Right," Soul nods. " 'Cause I'm the Captain." He pauses, and then looks over at the unconcious bodies. "Well, I guess we could use Trebeck to plug the leak..."
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.
Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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BWahahaha!! That's my captain!! Hahahaha!!
Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny
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It is discovered that the air has lost most of it's effect on the crew. In the after a half hour, Destiny bumps the floor of the glacial lake with a resounding thud that sends everyone to their knees. Safe discovers the leak is in the cargo bay where Serenity skimmed the edge of a mountain. It's cold work, but he manages a quick patch job to slow the leak to a mere trickle. To do a complete job, he would have to go outside the ship.
The ship's skin groaning underneath the water pressure reminds him that that is not necessarily possible at this junction.
No fuel means no power and no heat. While not as cold as space, Destiny temperature drops into the high thirties. The flooding compounds the problems of the electrical nature.
Shivering in the cargo bay with a blanket wrapped tightly around him, Safe watches the water lap against the inside hull.
Serenity comes up to him fully armed, "Where's Jack?"
"Huh?"
"Jack," she reinterates, "Sorta tall, funny ideas..."
"How should I know?" Safe asks her, "I thought he went to bed when the gas hit."
Serenity searches Safe's eyes for any lie and finds none, "We've got a problem."
Safe shivers and looks around, "Only one?"
Serenity describes the scene before the gas flooded the ship. Safe's eyes bulge, "I've been doubled?"
"Didn't we flush out all the androids?" Serenity asks.
"'Cept Jayne, yeah."
"You don't suppose..."
Sorry about the Sereni-Tree, Safe. It seems like I barely have enough time to spike the wheel on this thread. Are your eyes really black?
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*back tracking just a bit*
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Originally posted by SoulOfSerenity:
[ "Well, I guess we could use Trebeck to plug the leak..."
Don't even joke!
*Serenity looks horrified as she gingerly places Trebeck's head on a pillow as Soul helps her get him onto one of the beds.*
Soul: Okay, sorry. *rolls eyes* Well for starters, let's try to find out where everyone is, get them away from the leak.
*Serenity kisses Trebeck on the forehead, whispers in his ear and heads towards the cargo bay.*
Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
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Jack, you wrote pretty much what I was writing when the computer kicked me out. No...not black coloured eyes..black as in black and blue and swollen to the shape of Serenity's knuckles..
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"Have you seen TRM, Jazaf or Flechette around? We left needy still strapped to the table in the infirmary, and I found Amy in the dining area. I've got an idea about getting us topside."
Safe bolts for the engine room muttering something about modified Fireflys used as supply ships for the water planet on the Rim.
In the engine room, Safe wades to the very back of the room. "Please let this be one of the modifieds."
At the back wall Safe pushes some equipment out of the way and lets out a yell as he finds what he hoped was there. Two large compression tanks.
Safe, with considerable effort, turns the valves and is relieved to hear the hiss of gas being released. Looking around he finds the start button and punches it.
Outside, around the lower part of Destinys' hull, panels blow outward as bright orange spheres inflate.
Destiny slowly begins to rise.
Safe jumps for joy, bangs his head on an overhanging pipe, lands on a wrench and falls flat on his back. He lays there rubbing his head and smiling until he notices the tool box falling towards him..."this is going to leave a mark..."
Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny
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A slight well proportioned woman in tight leather catches the toolbox before it hits a flinching Safe.
Safe opens his eyes when the toolbox fails to connect. The woman looks down at him quizzically, "I don't believe that we've met."
Behind her Jayne rubs his neck distractedly, "I kinda made her," he said, "Just don't tell Flechette."
"Are you..." Safe stutters, "Are you Lexa Doig?"
The woman pushes back the toolbox, "If you prefer. I find it odd that I would be based off an actress whose first acknowledged role was that of an android," she helps up Safe, "Being an android now it belays a sort of humorous joke."
Safe looks at the woman and then back at Jayne, "You made her?"
"Yeah, you ain't the only one's that handy with tools," he stood up straighter, "Used my own blueprints."
Lexa looks at him quizzically, "Despite his primary programming, he has the very human mandate of procreation in his underlying processes," she looks down where Safe's eyes had drifted down from her face, "Is there something wrong?"
"Eyes up, handyman!" Jayne commanded, "That's my daughter you're eyeballing!"
hehe! Now is she evil?
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