The One With The Hostage Situation: Video

[twoheadsofcabbage]

[For once, they are not broadcasting from inside the last rent controlled apartment in Manhattan: they are in Prefect's quarters. As is Prefect. And this does not appear to be a social call. Scrad keeps his eyes, and the gun-shaped object in the pocket of their hoodie trained on Prefect, as Charlie addresses everyone, stretching forward on his stalk to peer into the comm's camera.]

Okay. Here's the deal: we want off this boat, and we want off it now. So unless you wanna see something unpleasant happen to this guy-

[Charlie jerks his head in Prefect's direction. Scrad nods.]

-...I'd suggest somebody get with the getting.

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[love_slave]

[Oh no! Poor Prefect! Whoever he is that she doesn't know so well.]

Is there anything else you would take instead? I don't want something unpleasant to happen to him. That's not fair.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Sorry, lady: it's offa this wreck, or nada.

[Charlie tells her.]

[Useless Comment]

[substandard_parts]

[Time to run over to Kozak's and have some popcorn and watch the network!]

[Useless Comment pt2]

[sharpsuitfluffytail]

[Best way to spend the evening. Bringing the coffee too?]

[Useless comment pt 3]

[omar]

[Normally, Omar would be On This, but he's pretty sure this is a fake threat and now he's just amused. In other words, why doesn't he know there's a viewing party. :( ]

[can_has_vodka]

[This is Arkady's Disappointed Face. It doesn't get seen very often.]

Scrad...Charlie...this is a giant mistake. Very, very big one. Have you even bothered to think this through?

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Yeah.

[Scrad insists.]

...No.

[Charlie admits.]

But so what? Thinking is what landed me here in the first place!

[Scrad says.]

[Video]

[hungryanhorny]

You wanna tell me what's going on? [She kinda liked you guys. Sort of. In a way.]

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[twoheadsofcabbage]

Sorry, babe, but we've had it with this place.

[Charlie tells her.]

Nice knowin' you.

[Scrad says, more politely and less enthusiastically than Charlie would have.]

[timesbureaucrat]

[In Kay's absence, Narvin feels that Scrad and Charlie are his responsibility, since the universe they came from is his universe-in-law. Unfortunately, he's been in a bit of a mood since Kay left, so instead of approaching the problem with diplomacy, he immediately charges his staser and storms off towards Prefects quarters, speaking into his communicator as he goes.]

If you think for one nanospan that I am going to negotiate with a kidnapper, let me assure you how very wrong you are.

[buywithme]

What? What are you going to do other than negotiate?

[Prefect has so many reasons for being uncomfortable with Narvin not wanting to negotiate.]

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[surfaceshine]

[Somehow, Dean has just never gotten the "dangerous" vibe off of these two; the pirate flood didn't exactly help. This isn't either, really.

Nonetheless.]

The entrance to the bridge is in the engine room.

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[buywithme]

People get blown up looking for the bridge through there! They're not going!

[Banned by their own hostage...]

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[twoheadsofcabbage]

You can keep the bridge.

[Scrad says.]

We aren't looking to take this hunk of junk or any of you with us.

[Charlie explains.]

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[breakingmyheart]

I would like to state unequivocally that that is not true.

Given that the Admiral seems to make a particular route to the bridge inaccessible after use, if anything after Kirk's escapade I'd say it was less true than it ever was.

[lastmanstanding]

You both are idiots.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Idiots like a fox.

[Charlie counters.]

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[i_like_your]

Your threat is futile.

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[twoheadsofcabbage]

Your face is futile.

[Says Charlie. Even Scrad does not seem to understand what that's supposed to mean.]

[onceandfutureprat]

This won't get you anything.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

We got nothin' now.

[Charlie says.]

[bringsbadnews]

Let him go. The only thing you're accomplishing right now is angering people in a boat you can't escape. Not what I'd call a good idea.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Here's a thought: us being gone could help you all get over that.

[Charlie suggests.]

[Blagh Pretend I'm Note Late as Sin to this]

[impure_tale]

That's not going to work. What makes you think anyone receiving this has the capability to let you leave?

[Never late. Never surrender.]

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Thinking's got nothing to do with it!

[Scrad says.]

[sharpememory]

Dude, what the fuck. That's my warden. Let him go, now, or else there are gonna be serious consequences.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

We're gonna let him go.

[Scrad says.]

When you all let us go first.

[Charlie clarifies.]