For better or for worse, SB049 is now ready for public perusal. Take care! And good luck to whoever is next ;) SB049 Hell in a Handbasket The Patriarch giggled with glee as he poked a finger at Dino's tiny little female. Playfully, she danced side to side, then pounced! Happilly, she informed the Patriarch she was teething now by chomping into his finger. The Patriarch nearly flung her across the room with a stream of curses that would have charred the curtains if Sa hadn't diplomatically restrained both his mouth and wrist in time. The Patriarch struggled, turning a purply red in his shocked anger until Sa pointed to the hatchling "Behave yourself around the hatchlings." Sighing, the Patriarch relaxed best he could giving Sa a chance to coax the little hatchling off the Patriarch's finger. Once off the hatchling hopped, skipped, and jumped over to pounce and tussle with her brother, Sa smiling brightly at them. The Patriarch scowled a bit, muttering "Bah, this will be harder then I thought if the Dinosorceror's inability to play his part in the scheme of things is genetic." Sa chuckled momentarilly, but hastilly hushed herself to somberness when she noticed the Patriarch looking at her. She cleared her throat, deciding to change the subject as she looked to him. "Patriarch. I was just checking the history of the dark dimension on my own. I found something you might find interesting." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dinosorcer was startled out of his reverie on the can by the sound of whining drills and and the other sounds of a workshop. Quickly he finished up and pulled himself together. And poked his nose out. He was relieved to find it to just be Orelious. * Ah, Hello there, Dino! * spoke up hir lioness head as Dino moved to wash his hands. Hir goat head continued to work upon a series of wires within an open panel of the wall. "Um, hello there, Orelious. You startled me," Dinosorcer spoke, turning to wipe off his hands. "Just what are you doing?" The goat head spoke up even as he continued to work, "Oh, just some ideas from a bit back. Since we can land this ship anywhere, I thought I might be able to put the transporters to better use and give us something a bit faster than the warp drive." "Ok, I'll trust you. Um, why here though and not engineering?" "It's a small ship. It's actually easier to reach the transporter wires through here instead." "Ok, I'll leave you to your work then. Um, just of out curiosity, though. Since there's only men's and women's rooms here, what do you and Stormfront use for facilities?" * Oh whichever one is closer. * ~ Or whichever one is going to contain someone cuter ~ Dinosorceror blushed a bit as Orelious scowled at hir snake aspect with a coughed ahem. The snake, for its part, just grinned shamelessly. Dino shook his head, then nodded to Orelious "Alright then, take care." Orelious grinned and nodded "* Take care, yourself *" And couldn't help but chuckle in three part harmony as Dinosorcer waved and stepped out, trailing a stream of toilet paper from a hindfoot. For his part, Dinosorceror quirked an eyeridge at a new addition outside the men's bathroom, a bright and shiny panel clearly labeled . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Upon the bridge of Apothesis, Dinosorceror was greeted with a welcoming chuckle from the rest of the crew as he trailed in a streamer of toilet paper. "How go things?" he asked. Watson replied automatically "Everything fare well in the universe. Nothing of note." Dinosorceror nodded and Jerhevon turned to him. "Hey Dino, shouldn't we be checking in on Jenn soon?", Jerhevon asked, blissfully ignorant. "Um er, why? She should be just fine with your dark half rebuilding their world." Jerhevon sighed and shook his head. "Not for that Dino. Don't you remember? Your eggs! They've probably hatched by now!" Dinosorcerer went as pale as a parasaur could, his lips beginning to make B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B sounds as his mind went into shock. The remainder of the crew looked on and groaned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Patriarch looked to Sa curiously "Surely not more news of that arrogant mecha-apatosaur that tangled with the Dinosorcer and failed?" "Actually no.", she replied professionally. "It seems the dark dimension isn't quite a perfect mirror of our own." "Oh?" "Yes, in that our race never evolved in that realm" That caught the Patriarch's attention. "But they originally had their own Patriarch.. and while this is all interesting, how is it relevant?" Sa paused, to pull herself together. "Their Patriarch was originally human. Before he assumed the position, he'd had a daughter he left on earth. Her name was Jenn." The Patriarch just blinked in stunned silence, "That Jenn?...how interesting..," he trailed off and was promptly interrupted by Kell. "Sire, should they really be doing that?" Kell asked as he pointed to the two hatchlings reaching for the Scepter. The Patriarch and Sa looked up just in time to see both hatchlings touch the scepter at once and all hell broke loose. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alarms rang out all aboard the Apothesis. As the crew rushed to the bridge, Watson was already keying in the telemetry as he spoke and displayed the specifics on the main screen. "Alert with the Dinosorceress of Planet Mobius." The dolphin-man-machine noted. Dinosorcer came in, trailing toilet paper still. "What's the specifics?" Watson just pointed to the report on the main screen. * Alert on Dinosorceress of Planet Morbius * Status: SNAFU Dinosorceress: Name: Cahness Species: Stenonychosaurus Ring Ability: Super Speed Position: Hedgehog Stunt Double Description: 2 Meters long, 1 Meter high, Solid, brilliant blue from her long head and neck crest of sweeped back feathers. Pale peach colored face and belly. Generally wears a belt pouch with belt and bright red sneakers. Situation: *Unknown*Unknown*Unknown*Unknown*Unknown* Dinosorceress requests immediate aid. The Dinosorceror pulled himself away, his mouth dry, and the first time he tried to speak he merely honked. "Watson, how quickly can we get there?" "4 hours, 23 minutes, and 3.27 seconds at maximum speed." replied the android. "Dino, I think we can do better then that" Dinosorceror blinked and looked to where Orelious was rapidly keying in the appropriate coordinates. "Oh, the work you were doing earlier?" The chimaera nodded. "Then make it so, Orelious." Orelious grinned, and turned back to the console, pressing the key button; and then all hell broke loose. --------------------+------------------------------------------------------- Jerhevon | "Breathe deep, Seek Peace" Stegosaur at large | - Customary Dinotopian greeting brefin@cache.cow.net| http://cache.cow.net/~brefin/Sarthia/ --------------------+-------------------------------------------------------