Never underestimate a human with a really twisted sense of humor, friends in serious danger, a box of jokes, and nothing left to lose. -- Anon Guest
Shouldn't have messed with me, you flakkers. And you really should not have messed with my ship and my crew. You thought you were stealing people, a ship, and all that it came with. You thought you didn't have to worry about a Ship's Human because I was doing EVA maintenance when you attacked.
Bad news for you. This ship has a Human. And I have interesting hobbies.
I finished the maintenance first, then got back inside by the maintenance 'lock. I had to disable the alerts before I cycled the doors, the atmosphere, and the decontamination protocol. I kept the livesuit, and went straight into the maintenance tubes.
There were paths all over the ship. All without much in the way of monitor systems. Not on the people working in them, anyway. The systems are more concerned about what might be going wrong than who might be in there trying to fix it. Or what might be stowed in there for later need.
Every ship or station inhabited by Humans gets a still, and some home-brand hooch as a result. That could be useful, but I have more complicated plans. And a more interesting stash.
Let's just say that there's an ever-growing list of things I am no longer allowed to play with.
And I have ways of getting them on board anyway. Because they're fun.
Make no mistake. I have no plans to unleash them on my lovely little lizards. They're too fragile. But the Halloween Party on Wossamada Station? That's what my plans were for. And yes, for all of my shore leave.
But... needs must as the Space Pirates drive.
You flakkers asked for this.
I've been brewing up gallons of fake blood. I have a whole box of smoke machines. I have some fun little robots that I've reskinned to look like an unholy hybrid of gremlins and furbies.
You wanted to get your money's worth?
Get ready for one flakk of a show.
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