#Great A'Tuin II

[satureja13]

Since the Boys boarded Great A'Tuin II, Lenny had been part of the household and photobombed a lot 🐈 I collected all the pics with a part of him below. Can you spot him?

In -> this post, he even could be found in three screenshots ;)

(Solution of the 'spot the cat - thing' below the cut)

Outtakes

He'd been watching over them :3

And he's so sad that B.D had been arrested while searching for his vaccuum bot... and got separated from his kids. Lenny will make it up to them and rescue him.

That was when Ji Ho and Vlad found their plates licked clean ^^'

The Little Ones saying hello to the new crew member :3

Solution:

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PaulKidby "Turtles are amazing, and elephants are quite astonishing. But the fact that there's a big turtle is far less amazing than the fact that there is a turtle anywhere.” Happy #WorldTurtleDay Here I am painting Great A'Tuin II in 2013. #discworld #illustration #terrypratchett https://t.co/WxaOc6DNUB https://t.co/WxaOc6DNUB

[reaperneko]

"Turtles are amazing, and elephants are quite astonishing. But the fact that there's a big turtle is far less amazing than the fact that there is a turtle anywhere.” Happy #WorldTurtleDay Here I am painting Great A'Tuin II in 2013.#discworld #illustration #terrypratchett pic.twitter.com/WxaOc6DNUB

— Paul Kidby (@PaulKidby) May 23, 2020

[readbookywooks]

The last wisps of magic, now somewhat slowed, were disappearing into the ceiling. 'To the Great Hall!' The stairs were much wider here, and better lit. Panting and pineapple-flavoured, the fitter wizards got to the top by the time the fireball had reached the middle of the huge draughty chamber that was the University's main hall. It hung motionless, except for the occasional small prominence that arched and spluttered across its surface. Wizards smoke, as everyone knows. That probably explained the chorus of coffin coughs and sawtooth wheezes that erupted behind Galder as he stood appraising the situation and wondering if he dare look for somewhere to hide. He grabbed a frightened student. 'Get me seers, farseers, scryers and withinlookmen!' he barked. 'I want this studied!' Something was taking shape inside the fireball. Galder shielded his eyes and peered at the shape forming in front of him. There was no mistaking it. It was the universe. He was quite sure of this, because he had a model of it in his study and it was generally agreed to be far more impressive than the real thing. Faced with the possibilities offered by seed pearls and silver filigree, the Creator had been at a complete loss. But the tiny universe inside the fireball was uncannily – well, real. The only thing missing was colour. It was all in translucent misty white. There was Great A'Tuin, and the four elephants, and the Disc itself. From this angle Galder couldn't see the surface very well, but he knew with cold certainty that it would be absolutely accurately modelled. He could, though, just make out a miniature replica of Cori Celesti, upon whose utter peak the world's quarrelsome and somewhat bourgeois gods lived in a palace of marble, alabaster and uncut moquette three-piece suites they had chosen to call Dunmanifestin. It was always a considerable annoyance to any Disc citizen with pretensions to culture that they were ruled by gods whose idea of an uplifting artistic experience was a musical doorbell. The little embryo universe began to move slowly, tilting . . . Galder tried to shout, but his voice refused to come out. Gently, but with the unstoppable force of an explosion, the shape expanded. He watched in horror, and then in astonishment, as it passed through him as lightly as a thought. He held out a hand and watched the pale ghosts of rock strata stream through his fingers in busy silence. Great A'Tuin had already sunk peacefully below floor level, larger than a house. The wizards behind Galder were waist deep in seas. A boat smaller than a thimble caught Galder's eye for a oment before the rush carried it through the walls and away. To the roof!' he managed, pointing a shaking finger skywards. Those wizards with enough marbles left to think with and enough breath to run followed him, running through continents that sleeted smoothly through the solid stone. It was a still night, tinted with the promise of dawn. A crescent moon was just setting. Ankh-Morpork, largest city in the lands around the Circle Sea, slept. That statement is not really true. On the one hand, those parts of the city which normally concerned themselves with, for example, selling vegetables, shoeing horses, carving exquisite small jade ornaments, changing money and making tables, on the whole, slept. Unless they had insomnia. Or had got up in the night. as it might be, to go to the lavatory. On the other hand, many of the less law-abiding citizens were wide awake and, for instance, climbing through windows that didn't, t belong to them, slitting throats, mugging one another, listening to loud music in smoky cellars and gener,erally having a lot more fun. But most of the animals were asleep, except for the rats. And the bats, too, of course. As far as the insects were concerned . . . The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entireliy accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II is Patrician of Ankh some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to put a stop to this sort of thing and introduce some honesty into reporting. Thus, if a legend said of a notable hero that 'all men spoke of his prowess' any bard who valued his life would add hastily 'except for a couple of people in his home village who thought he was a liar, and quite a lot of other people who had never really heard of him.' Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like 'his mighty steed was as fleet as the wind n a fairly calm day, say about Force Three,' and any loose talk about a beloved having a face that launched a thousand ships would have to be backed by evidence that the object of desire did indeed look like a bottle of champagne. Quimby was eventually killed by a disgruntled poet during an experiment conducted in the palace grounds to prove the disputed accuracy of the proverb The pen is mightier than the sword,' and in his memory it was amended to include the phrase 'only if the sword is very small and the pen is very sharp.' So. Approximately sixty-seven, maybe sixty-eight per cent, of the city slept. Not that the other citizens creeping about on their generally unlawful occasions noticed the pale tide streaming through the streets. Only the wizards, used to seeing the invisible, watched it foam across the distant fields. The Disc, being flat, has no real horizon. Any adventurous sailors who got funny ideas from staring at eggs and oranges for too long and set out for the antipodes soon learned that the reason why distant ships sometimes looked as though they were disappearing over the edge of the world was that they were disappearing over the edge of the world. But there was still a limit even to Galder's vision in the mist-swirled, dust-filled air. He looked up. Looming high over the University was the grim and ancient Tower of Art, said to be the oldest building on the Disc, with its famous spiral staircase of eight thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight steps. From its crenelated roof, the haunt of ravens and disconcertingly alert gargoyles, a wizard might see to the very edge of the Disc. After spending ten minutes or so coughing horribly, of course. 'Sod that,' he muttered. 'What's the good of being a wizard, after all? Avyento, thessalousl I would fly! To me, spirits of air and darkness!' He spread a gnarled hand and pointed to a piece of crumbling parapet. Octarine fire sprouted from under his nicotine-stained nails and burst against the otting stone far above. It fell. By a finely calculated exchange of velocities Ga.cer rose, nightshirt flapping around his bony legs. Higher and higher he soared, hurtling through the pale night like a, like a – all right, like an elderly but powerful wizard being propelled upwards by an expertly judged thumb on the scales of the universe. He landed in a litter of old nests, caught his balance, and stared down at the vertiginous view of a Disc dawn. At this time of the long year the Circle Sea was almost on the sunset side of Cori Celesti, and as the daylight sloshed down into the lands around Ankh-Morpork the shadow of the mountain scythed across the landscape like the gnomon of God's sundial. But nightwards, racing the slow light towards the edge of the world, a line of white mist surged on. There was a crackling of dry twigs behind him. He turned to see Ymper Trymon, second in command of the Order, who had been the only other wizard able to keep up. Galder ignored him for the moment, taking care only to keep a firm grip on the stonework and strengthen his personal spells of protection. Promotion was slow in a profession that traditionally bestowed long life, and it was accepted that younger wizards would frequently seek advancement via dead men's curly shoes, having previosly emptied them of their occupants. Besides, there was something disquieting about young Trymon. He didn't smoke, only drank boiled water, and Galder had the nasty suspicion that he was clever. He didn't smile often enough, and he liked figures and the sort of organisation charts that show lots of squares with arrows pointing :o other squares. In short, he was the sort of man who could use the word 'personnel' and mean it. The whole of the visible Disc was now covered with a shmmering white skin that fitted it perfectly. Galder looked down at his own hands and saw them covered with a pale network of shining threads that ollowed every movement. He recognised this kind of spell. He'd used them himself. But his had been smaller – much smaller. 'It's a Change spell,' said Trymon. The whole world is being changed.' Some people, thought Galder grimly, would have had the decency to put an exclamation mark on the end of a statement like that. There was the faintest of pure sounds, high and sharp, like the breaking of a mouse's heart. 'What was that?' he said. Trymon cocked his head. 'C sharp, I think,' he said. Galder said nothing. The white shimmer had vanished, and the.first sounds of the waking city began to filter up to the two wizards. Everything seemed exactly the same as it had before. All that, just to make things stay the same? He patted his nightshirt pockets distractedly and finally found what he was looking for lodged behind his ear. He put the soggy dogend in his mouth, called up mystical fire from between his fingers, and dragged hard on the wretched rollup until little blue lights flashed in front of his eyes. He coughed once or twice. He was thinking very hard indeed. He was trying to remember if any gods owed him any favours. In fact the Gods were as puzzled by all this as the wizards were, but they were powerless to do anything and in any case were engaged in an eons-old battle with the Ice Giants, who had refused to return the lawnmower. But some clue as to what actually had happened might be found in the fact that Rincewind, whose past life had just got up to a quite interesting bit when he was fifteen, suddenly found himself not dying after all but hanging upside down in a pine tree. He got down easily by dropping uncontrollably from branch to branch until he landed on his head in a pile of pine needles, where he lay gasping for breath and wishing he d been a better person. Somewhere, he knew, there had to be a perfectly logical connection. One minute one happens to be dying, having dropped off the rim of the world, and the next one is upside down in a tree. As always happened at times like this, the Spell rose up in his mind. Rincewind had been generally reckoned by his tutors to be a natural wizard in the same way that fish are natural mountaineers. He probably would have been thrown out of Unseen University anyway – he couldn't remember spells and smoking made him feel ill – but what had really caused trouble was all that stupid business about sneaking into the room where the Octavo was chained and opening it. And what made the trouble even worse was that no-one could figure out why all the locks had temporarily become unlocked. The spell wasn|t;sa demanding lodger. It just sat there like an old toad at the bottom of a pond. But whenever Rincewind was feeling really tired or very afraid it tried to get itself said. No-one:knew what would happen if one of the Eight Great Spells was said by itself, but the general Agreement was that the best place from which to watch the effects would be the next universe. It was a weird thought to have, lying on a heap of pine needles after just falling off the edge of the world, but Rincewind had a feeling that the spell wanted to keep him alive. 'Suits me,' he thought. He sat up and looked at the trees. Rincewind was a city wizard and, although he was aware that there were various differences among types of tree by which their nearest and dearest could tell them apart, the only thing he knew for certain was that the end without the leaves on fitted nto the ground. There were far too many of them, arranged with absolutely no sense of order. The place hadn't been swept for ages.

[satureja13]

After eating those strange alien vegetables and fruits, Jeb left the crew mess. Jack and him are still alive. That's a relief. And it will help them to overcome the time until they are able to stock their supplies. Let's hope the cat creature likes the new diet too ö.Ö Since the communication system and some other crucial components are still not working, they just stayed on their route to Batuu. They have no access to their map data either and can't take any detours to buy what they need.

Sai was just caring for the Little Ones, when he spotted Jeb. They'd been avoiding each other since Jeb dropped the bomb that he'll never be able to properly woohoo Sai... But Sai is no one who gives up that easily: "Jeb. Wait!"

Sai: "We're not caged at the bridge anymore so we could resume our yoga practise in the 'meadow', what do you think?" Poor Jeb doesn't think at all. He doesn't even know if they are still resuming their relationship...

A little yoga didn't hurt anyone so he just went over to the meadow with Sai to meet the others. But there aren't any others... Two of them are always supposed to be on duty at the bridge and the other two are probably sleeping to be fit for their duty on the bridge... So it's only the two of them.

They silently started their practise. Silent until Skully started his record player:

'Whenever blue teardrops are fallin' And my emotional stability is leaving me There is something I can do I can get on the telephone and call you up, baby'

Sai didn't remember this song but he was delighted that Skully played something relevant and sweet for once.

'And honey I know you'll be there to relieve me The love you give to me will free me If you don't know the thing you're dealing Oh I can tell you, darling, that it's sexual healing

Let's make love tonight (Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up) 'Cause you do it right'

It's 'Sexual Healing' from Marvin Gaye! Delighted too early... Sai sighed. Why didn't they just leave Skully in that cave in the Therapy Game?!

It was hard letting go of all the thoughts and feelings that where torpeding them - just like letting clouds passing by... A new wave of Romantium permeating the air didn't make it easier either... But the Boys are practising yoga, meditation and tantra for so many months now, Sai and Jeb managed to remain in their realm of serenity even though the goats were also couriously gathering around them 🐐probably having their usual inappropriate chitchat about the Boys and their love life...

Jeb was aware that Sai also initiated a few of their tantra exercises. And so it was awkward again after they'd finished. How can Sai still want him after he destroyed his dream to loose his virginty to him? Or was it just one of their random exercise sequences and Sai didn't think anything by it? Sai: "You can shower in our quarters, I'll go over to Jack's."

Jeb was confused. Does that mean Sai moved out? He always wanted Sai to move in with him when they had their own places at their home. But Sai always refused. He needs a place of his own. And Jeb tried to understand. So it was to expect that Sai felt uncomfortable to live here together with him. Did Jeb make the right decision to start all over again with Sai. After all those times they broke up and got together again? It's all too painful for him. But how is he supposed to live without Sai? Wouldn't it be easier if both of them found someone who matched better?

If it only weren't so hard. Jeb shed a few tears and when he finally regained his composure and stepped out of the bathroom, Sai was standing there. Very close. Right before him. All beautiful and gorgeous. How could he have thought of leaving him just a few minutes before?! When he would gladly take each stab in his heart just to be near him.

Jeb: "Sai..." Saiwa noticed that Jeb doesn't call him 'Vanië' anymore for a while now, his term of endearment for him. (And the part of Sai's overly long name that means 'beauty/beautiful') Sai: "I'm sorry I freaked out. Jack and Ji Ho told me a while ago that you don't want to hurt me. I just didn't want to realize the full extent of it. But we can still make this so good for us, hm?" Jeb: "So - we don't break up again?" Sai: "What? No! I told you that I won't fail you again and we will make this work. I did everything I promised you and I improved. A lot. Look how I didn't complain once about being the captain of this crazy mission, hm? I improved." Jeb: "But I failed you. I can't give you what you crave."

Meanwhile the AC was doing a good job spreading the Romantium all around.

Sai: "Can we please stop overthinking this - us? I love you more than anything and I know you love me too. Let's just make this good for us. As good as we can. We are going to put all our effort in and be our best selves and that will do." Jeb: "Do you think this will be enough for you?" Sai: "I do and it will. I just want you. And I will show you how eager I am to make us work." Jeb was dazed. Maybe because of the Romantium. Or because Sai has this intoxicating effect on him.

And Skully turned the record player louder:

'Baby, I got sick this mornin' (heal me my darling, heal me my darling) A sea was stormin' inside of me Baby, I think I'm capsizin'(heal me my darling, heal me my darling) The waves are risin' and risin'

And when I get that feeling I want sexual healing Sexual healing is good for me Makes me feel so fine, it's such a rush Helps to relieve the mind, and it's good for us

Come take control, just grab a hold Of my body and mind, soon we'll be making it, honey I'll be feeling fine You're my medicine, open up and let me in Darling, you're so great, I can't wait for you to operate (Heal me my darling)

I can't wait for you to operate'

Sai started to kiss along Jeb's neck: "We will *kiss* work *kiss* so hard *kiss*. And it will *kiss* make us sweat."

And Jeb stopped thinking again. No thoughts about how weird it was. Sai going from 'NooooOOOOoooo!' to 'Don't worry, we will make it work' ... (You can thank Jack later ^^')

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[satureja13]

After Dayn had left, Jack and Jeb went to the security office to check these ominous letters from Jasmine Holiday. Seems the winterfest season has begun (!) and she has a few tasks for them. The Boys totally missed it - they completely lost track of time out here in space! They aren't even aware of if it's night or day. Every time is night time out here... One of the first tasks was stargazing. Now, that was easy. They hadn't started the engines yet so Jeb and Jack were able to gaze at a lot of stars! Then they went down to the crew mess to cook Japchae, as requested. Jack already was excited about winterfest in September, so he urged Jeb to put on their winterfest sweaters. Jeb: "Are you sure this goes conform with the starfleet protocol?" Jack: "Of course it does! We still wear our uniforms. Just beneath the sweaters ;) And since our communications system still doesn't work, no one sees it anyway."

Jack already hung up the wreath they got as reward for stargazing :3 With the galaxy freezer boney in front of it. To protect Kiyoshi's cheese from Lenny.

Meanwhile Saiwa and Ji Ho had started their shift. They can't really contribute to the ship's repairs or research for a cure for Ji Ho, so they are cleaning up a bit. (They'd made a mess when they lived here at the bridge with the Little Goats and Malfoy.) Scrutinized by the gardening bot, Lenny and the Little Goats. The Boys had searched thoroughly for the Romantium ore, but the Little Goats seem to have hidden it well this time. Little Goat: 'They are going to keep an eye on the ventilation openings in the future. No chance to place it there again...' Little Goat: 'We could hide it in their rooms again. Not as effective but still better than nothing.' Little Goat agreed: 'Which room first?'

As soon as Vlad and Kiyoshi confirmed the new route to the outpost in the astrometrics lab, Sai and Ji Ho are going to start the engines to take their detour to gather the missing pieces for the repair of the communication system and the other devices... Vlad and Ji Ho's meteorites were glowing and humming in their container... They hover so close together, it almost looks like it's one piece.

After the route was set, Vlad and Kiyoshi were supposed to sleep to take over one of the next shifts. But they went to the other engine room first. Kiyoshi briefed Vlad (since he and Jack were on duty at the bridge when Dayn showed it to the others). He also told Vlad Dayn and the former crew used the cooling basin as a hot tub and that he can't wait to try it out with Jack. Kiyoshi: "Or shall we two dive in before bed?" Vlad: "Uh, maybe another time. I'm too tired after all that commotion over the last days." Vlad is a loner and after being caged at the bridge with all the others for who knows how long, he's craving his alone time.

Kiyoshi left, he's tired too and no one knows how long they are allowed to sleep until the next madness happens... He hopes Jack will join him soon. He's missing having him in his arms and being close to his mate. Vlad looked at the basin. Now that the Romantium wasn't permeating the air of the ship anymore - will Ji Ho and him ever end up here together? He hopes Ji Ho will at least join him in their bed later, when he finished his shift. Vlad relived their picknick at the 'meadow', when he'd kissed Ji Ho. It had felt so easy then - by courtesy of the Romantium? Vlad almost wishes it back. But he has to find ways to be close to Ji Ho without it. He doesn't want Ji Ho to just want him because he's under the influence of an ore...

The Little Ones are sleeping too. Only Skully is still awake. He already decorated a bit for Winterfest! And he switched to his Winterfest playlist.

Currently it's playing: 'Do they know it's Christmas?' by Band Aid (TMI: I laughed and I cried when I watched this video again. I haven't seen it for 40 years! This was a project to raise funds for starving children in Africa by Bob Geldof and so many amazing musicians had joined him! Bono, Paul Young, Boy George, George Michael, Simon LeBon, Phil Collins on the drums and so many more!)

'… It's Christmas time, and there's no need to be afraid At Christmas time, we let in light and banish shade And in our world of plenty We can spread a smile of joy Throw your arms around the world At Christmas time

… But say a prayer and pray for the other ones At Christmas time, it's hard but while you're having fun There's a world outside your window And it's a world of dread and fear Where a kiss of love can kill you And there's death in every tear And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom Well tonight we're reaching out and touching you'

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[satureja13]

Dayn has to leave soon, his clients are hungry and waiting for him. Jeb and Kiyoshi quickly dragged him over to the astrometrics lab, where they'd stored Vlad and Ji Ho's meteorites, to ask him if he knows anything about their strange behaviour - only to find out that they now even started to float ö.Ö' And Dayn has no idea either what might have caused the glowing and floating stuff...

He also delivered their mail to the security office. A few letters form a certain Jasmine Holiday? Jeb: "I don't think we know her? Is this spam?" Dayn: "Uh - maybe? I've delivered quite a few of them." Jeb will check them later.

And when Dayn just wanted to head to the bridge, he sensed that this odd sensation, he noticed since he came on board, grew stronger again. Dayn: "Do you mind if I make a quick scan? There is something unusual here..." Saiwa: "Sure, go on."

Little Goat to Little Goat: 'Omg! They are going to find the Romantium!' Little Goat: 'Oh no! They are going to take it away!' Little Goat: 'Ach! And we had so much fun with it...' Little Goat: 'At least we have the hot tub now.' Little Goat: 'But who's going to use it without the Romantium?' Little Goat: 'Ach dammit!'

Dayn: "The source is in the engine room, let's take a look."

Dayn: "This is a Romantium ore. Why did you put it beneath the ventilation? It's permeating the whole ship. Oh, I see! Clever!" *Dayn winked at Saiwa* Saiwa: "A Romantium ore? I don't know why it's here. Strange. Though - I noticed something was... uh 'encouraging' us ^^' " Dayn, eagerly: "If you want to get rid of it?" The Little Goats stepped into Dayn's way, a hostile look on their cute little faces.

Saiwa shooed them back to the meadow and looked at the ore. It has potential... Saiwa: "Oh, that won't be necessary. We can handle it." Dayn laughed: "I see."

Vlad and Jack at the bridge overheard them. Vlad: "You know something about that ore?" Jack: "Why do you ask me?" Vlad: "Do you?" Jack: "Eh... I found it beyond the veil. The lightning that hit me left it behind. And I kind of know about its eh - romanticizing effect. But I didn't put it under the ventilation! I swear!" Vlad hissed: "And I swear - one day..." All that kissing and stuff with Ji Ho. It just happened because of that ore?

Luckily Dayn came upstairs just in time to show them which button to push to ignite the beacon so they can be found by the outpost, should they get lost.

Jack's finger hovered over the button: "It's this one, right?"

Dayn: "Yes. But don't get so close to it. There is only one beacon. If you accidentally push it and you get lost afterwards - you're really lost... The outpost won't find you and no one will know where you are because the GPS still doesn't work. Just let the autopilot follow that detour to the outpost - and don't push that button if it isn't necessary." Jack:

(Iconic scene above is from Guardians of the Galaxy 2) Then it's time to say farewell to Dayn. He hugged Lenny one last time: "Good luck Boys! Take good care of our Lenny!" The Little Goats were so glad he's finally leaving and that the Romantium's going to stay: 'That was close! Let's hide it before they get a grip on it!'

'The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding In all of the directions it can whizz As fast as it can go, of the speed of light, you know Twelve million miles a minute and that's the fastest speed there is

So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure How amazingly unlikely is your birth And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space 'Cause it's bugger all down here on Earth'

Galaxy Song from Monty Python's 'The Meaning of Life'

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[satureja13]

Despite Jack's flying experience from his coma, it took him and Vlad quite a while to maneuver B.D's stolen borrowed shuttle into Great A'Tuin's belly... The droids are almost finished unloading and about to head back to the outpost, and Jeb and Kiyoshi started the repairs.

Jeb is a bit nervous to go back to his and Sai's quarters. Last time, after their tantra practise, Sai and him had been in a such state of pure bliss, he almost forgot how much he fears to hurt Sai. And he totally would have woohooed him - almost! So he tries to avoid it... Jeb: "Hey, we could try out the hot tub after we finished. I still feel the chill of that icy outpost in my bones." Kiyoshi: "Oh, maybe later? I already promised Jack to massage the cold out of his bones when I'm done here ^^' " Jeb: "Oh - ok..."

And despite Vlad's efforts with that unforgettable kiss, Ji Ho felt unwell. But by far not as worse as before. Two rides in a short amount of time just took their toll on him. So Sai sent Ji Ho to their quarters to take a shower and rest until Vlad is on board to take care of him.

Eventually Vlad and Jack are finally back on board - the shuttle secure in Great A'Tuin's belly. Captain Sai: "Vlad, take care of Ji Ho. He needs you. And since the communications are finally working again, Jack and I are going make some calls and reassure Rubyn and Noxee we're ok." Vlad hissed and just wanted to start ranting about how wrong it is Ji Ho and him have to perform physical intimacy to make the bond happy and how much he loathes taking advantage of Ji Ho's weaknesses and... But before he could even start, Sai said: "Stop it, Vlad. It gets tiring. Ji Ho can feel your disgust and he'll think you're disgusted by him. You love Ji Ho - and he loves you, and nothing is holding you back. So will you just stop yourself from avoiding to let yourself be happy? If you can't do it for yourself, do it for Ji Ho, dammit." Jack nudged Vlad: "Just go."

And so Vlad tried to just think of nothing and went to their quarters. Where Ji Ho already waited for him, even though he felt so weak. Vlad embraced him and Ji Ho shyly sneaked his ice cold hands under Vlad's cardigan. He needs a bit more of his bonded to recover...

Vlad is an undead vampire and he has not that much body heat, but still more than his cold-blooded, deep frozen mermaid. They went over to their bed. Ji Ho: "You don't have to do this. I could take a hot bath or..." Vlad, trying hard to not show Ji Ho his feelings: "Don't worry."

They undressed and Vlad tucked Ji Ho under their warm blanket - close to him. Ji Ho still shivered, but not as much as before. Vlad: "Better now?" Ji Ho snuggled even closer and whispered: "Mhm. Thank you." And soon he fell fast asleep in Vlad's arms.

Meanwhile at the bridge. So good to be able to finally contact their friends again! They'd already called Rubyn to fill her in but Dayn and Kesuke had already told her everything so that had been a short call.

Then they called Noxee. Noxee: "Babies! I already heard everything but it's so good to see you!"

Noxee: "The staff of the Bunker is having a christmas party tonight and the sexy elf will soon join me to ... erect my christmas tree - if you know what I mean?" Noxee winked twice and Jack felt his anger boiling up again. The 'staff' of the Bunker only consists of 2 employees in total - so Jack knows exactly who that elf is!

In the background, 'Rockin' around the Christmas Tree' was playing:

'You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear Voices singing, let's be jolly Deck the halls with boughs of holly Rockin' around the Christmas tree Have a happy holiday Everyone dancin' merrily In the new old-fashioned way'

And a few seconds later, Jack saw that damn 'elf' appear on the screen! Noxee: "Aouww there he is! Look at all those muscles! He'll raise that tree in no time! Babies, I gotta go! Love you, bye!"

The sexy elf dragged hot santa away and they melted into a festive hot and sexy kiss... Jack: "They've forgotten to disconnect again! He does that on purpose! Showing me what I can't have - because he'd stolen it from me!"

Jack stomped off the bridge. Saiwa took a last look at the screen, disconnected the call and sighed from the depths of his soul. Will Jack ever stop hating Greg for being with Jack's first love?

When Jack entered their quarter, Kiyoshi and his magic hands knew exactly how to make his mate forget his anger. Jack moaned: "Don't stop... Just - a bit deeper... Ohh that's the spot!"

And after a long shift and finally setting course for Batuu to rescue B.D, Sai and Jeb set course for another visit in the land of bliss... (In their outfits from the 70s Party.)

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Cat in goat's clothing ö.Ö

Saiwa is so fed up with their shenanigans ^^' Ji Ho still thinks they're cute 🐐💞🐈

It's even Saiwa's Little Goat!

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Pic above: Noxee is upset because the game took away her teeth! Even in her dark form -.-

But the sexy elf will make her forget about it :3 I cought Greg in the basement of the Bunker, dancing. There is still the party scene set up from our half year anniversary ^^' (and now it's almost two and a half years! omg)

And Ji Ho couldn't take his eyes off of Vlad :3

When I logged in to the bunker, Grim tried to take the Little Goats again!

They still haven't fixed it! Screenshot below is from right after the patch -.-

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It's already early morning on the ice planet. The droids are almost finished loading the outpost's shuttle with the supplies and components to repair Great A'Tuin's communications system, scanners and all the other stuff Lenny had destroyed.... The shuttle will dock Great A'Tuin, unload and return back to the outpost. Jack and Vlad will board the shuttle B.D had stolen borrowed, so they can (try to) bring it back to Batuu and - hopefully - start negotiations with the First Order to get B.D free ö.Ö'

Before they had to leave, Jack asked Kesuke if he could scan for Vlad and Ji Ho's vanished meteorites, but the ice planet is surrounded by an asteorite belt -.- So no luck here. Kesuke: "Don't worry. You can try yourself when Great A'Tuin's scanners work again, hm?"

Jeb and Kiyoshi also had some bad news - for Vlad. The effects of the potion preventing Ji Ho's travel sickness had already faded. And they'd forgotten to stash a second one for the way back... Vlad: "Are you kidding me? Is he going to be sick again?" Kiyoshi: "We're sorry. But - to prevent this - you could - eh... maybe enhance the 'precautionary embrace'?" Jeb: "So Ji Ho gets a bit - eh... distracted? And we could hope for a kind of placebo effect?" Kiyoshi: "We haven't told Ji Ho about the potion yet. Better keep calm to not make him wary, hm? We could practise before?" Vlad: "What? No!" Vlad surely won't hug Jeb and Kiyoshi again, let alone an enhanced version of that! It had been embarrassing as hell! He'd do everything for Ji Ho - but he won't do that. Instead, Vlad started a walking meditation through the snow and mentally prepared for the 'enhanced precautionary embrace' that would make Ji Ho forget everything!

Meanwhile Ji Ho did the research for Jasmine Holiday, which was exhausting - as always... Feeling Vlad's turmoil through the Bond didn't help lifting his mood. Vlad was probably upset because he had to hug him again... Tch.

TMI: This is Kesuke's small apartment above the cantina. I love it so much <3

And poor Saiwa is also on a task for Jasmine. Listening to the 'Winter Holiday' channel... (He looks like 13 year old me when there was no escape from 'Last Christmas' ^^')

Eventually, they were all ready to leave and Vlad and Ji ho went behind the shuttle for a little privacy - in vain...

Little Goat: 'I think there's something going on behind the shuttle. Call the others - quick!' Little Goat: 'Ok!'

Vlad wanted to get it over with before his feelings gave him away and so he hauled Ji Ho in his arms for a kiss none of them would ever forget...

Little Goat: 'Man - this Boy can kiss!' Little Astromech beeped ecitedly in agreement and Ji Ho let out a soft moan.

A bit dizzy - the good kind of dizzy, not the pre-travel-sick kind of dizzy - Ji Ho boarded the shuttle with Jeb, Saiwa, Kiyoshi, Lenny and the Little Ones and it took off after they'd paid and said their thank-you's and good-bye's to Kesuke. He wished them 'Good Luck' - because they're gonna need it ö.ö'

Vlad and Jack are so excited - a dream is coming true for them! They went over to the stolen borrowed shuttle Lenny and Jack found. Jack: "This is really happening, my friend!"

Vlad only ever gets this excited when it comes to Star Wars and science fiction ^^

Jack: "And don't you worry. I've spend weeks flying this shuttle when I was in my coma." Vlad: "That's so awesome! I wouldn't even know where to start with all those buttons and switches around!" Jack laughed: "Ok - ready to take off?" Vlad: "As ready as I can get!"

Vlad: "So where is the button to defrost the windows?" Jack: "..."

At least Jack's puppy energy made Vlad forget the anger and worries about that forgotten potion and Ji Ho. So Ji Ho was able to linger in that kiss and reached Great A'Tuin without getting travel sick :3

Eventually, they found the button to defrost the windows and they followed the others back to the orbit. Where Great A'Tuin patiently waited to finally get repaired...

Outtakes

Jack still loves his bike from the Grim Reaper :3

TMI: This exact the same lot where the Boys had spent their first Winterfest together! Sadly, this is the only snow covered 50x50 lot in Mount Komorebi and I have to switch between the 3 lots I've built for it. The Tavern where the Boys had spent their first Winterfest, Tae Yang Monastery and this outpost.

'Once bitten and twice shy I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye Tell me, baby, do you recognise me? Well, it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me "Happy Christmas," I wrapped it up and sent it With a note saying, "I love you," I meant it Now I know what a fool I've been But if you kissed me now, I know you'd fool me again'

Last Christmas - WHAM!

More about the Boys spending Winterfest together and this song -> here

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The old Twi'lek, Kesuke, lead them over to one of the buildings. Kesuke: "Let's warm up in the cantina while the droids are loading your supplies and components into the shuttle."

Jack is so confused - and worried: "How is it possible I was here when I was lying in that pod in Copperdale in a coma? Is all this here even real then? I'm really afraid my mind is spiraling downwards into utter madness again, you know?"

Kesuke laughed: "What is real anyway? Don't worry, Jack. You're just as sane as I am. Even a tiny little quantum can exist in two states at the same time, right?"

'Don't worry'... That was the second thing Kesuke had said to him when he was here for the first time...

Jack has no clue of quantum mechanics, but of course he'd heard of Schroedinger's Cat... Saiwa: "Kesuke has a point, though. All the crazy stuff we experienced. The meteorites, the Bond, being Fated Mates, Vlad going to hell, Luci, horses from and a home in the Otherworld... Jeb and I even knocked on DEATH's door! More then one time we thought all that was too weird to be real. You shouldn't worry too much, hm? On the other hand - The Therapy Game, for example, it felt real for us too. And even though it was just a game - we even knew it and it didn't really change anything - we had to go with the rules of that game. So even if this were not real, we still have to rescue B.D and find Tiny Can to go on, right? Maybe this is just a different save file of the same game?" Kiyoshi got lost in his own thoughts. Same was when he'd spent all those decades in the tree. Had that been real? It had felt real for him. And he had to endure it - and he was glad he did. Because it brought him back together with Jack. And he would endure it all over again - for him. He'd never had left the tree if it hadn't been for Jack. Jack had been the beacon that had lead him back to humanity when his demon had taken over and the tree was about to consume him.

Vlad: "Or maybe it's like a dream? While dreaming, you don't know it's a dream and you play along, no matter how weird it is, because your brain tells you it's supposed to be like that. You'll only ever know after you wake up."

Jack was even more confused than before. Was that supposed to be reassuring? He shouldn't even have asked! ö.Ö' Kesuke has a weird way of giving advice anyway. Jack already learned that when he was here before - in his coma... Jack's head is about to combust: "I think I'm going to take a walk to cool down my poor brain ^^' " ... before Jeb and Ji Ho added their two credits...

Lenny left the cantina too. Seems he wants to show something to Jack. He ran over to what looked like a ship graveyard...

This shuttle looked oddly familiar...

And as Jack followed Lenny inside, he knew it. Kesuke and him had spent a lot of time flying this shuttle!

Kesuke: "Albaleyh left this shuttle here after B.D got arrested. She's a diplomat and couldn't get involved with it." Jack: "You mean this is the shuttle? The shuttle B.D had stolen borrowed? The reason why he got arrested?" Kesuke: "The main reason, yes. I would be in great trouble if the First Order found it here, you know? This is the nearest outpost to Batuu - and I have to stay neutral." Jack: "..."

Jack: "But we don't, right? We could bring it back and try to restore B.D's reputation!" Kesuke: "That's my Boy! Gladly the other shuttle he stole is already back in the possession of the First Order."

Kesuke and Jack went back to the others. It's so cosy in the outpost's cantina <3 Now they finally had a plan to rescue B.D. Well, a part of a plan at least. But who says they wouldn't get arrested for owning a stolen shuttle? ö.ö'

'The word is out About the town To lift a glass Oh, and don't look down

The party's on The feeling's here That only comes This time of year Simply having a wonderful Christmastime Simply having a wonderful Christmastime'

by Paul McCartney

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Great A'Tuin finally reached the outpost! Dayn had organized an unmanned shuttle for them, waiting for them in the orbit. And the Boys are getting ready to set foot on their first alien planet! (In fact, Sai and Little Goat had already set foot on Otherworld's Sixam when they'd stepped through the portal to meet Tyalindo, their horse.) (TMI: The pic above shows Hoth in my Star Wars - The Old Republic game. I love this game so much and you can play it for free! I play for over ten years now and when I quested on Tatooine yesterday, I was standing there again, looking around in awe ^^')

Sai called for them to get ready. Jack was just about to finish knitting a pullover for Lenny. Dayn had told them that the outpost lies on an ice planet, so Jack had started knitting right away after Dayn had left :3 Jack: "You will like it!" Kiyoshi: "Hm?" Jack: "Ah never mind. I was talking to the cat ^^' " Skully, busy having an eye on Jack's knitting attempts: "No, two left first - then two right!" Jack: "Oh..." Knitting is so, so hard when your brain is so busy all the time! ö.ö

Jack finished Lenny's pullover just in time and helped him putting it on. Jack: "Look how cute you are! You love food just as much as I do, do you? Yes, you do!"

The Boys all gathered in the cargo bay to board the shuttle waiting for them. And since it's freezing down there, Jack thought they all should wear their winter sweaters (with their uniforms below - to go conform with the starfleet protocol :3 ) Vlad and Kiyoshi are as 'festive' as they can get ^^' And Sai just agreed to wear his because it's matching Jeb's (after Jack made Jeb wear his hahaha) (TMI: Vlad and Kiyoshi already refused to wear colourful sweaters on last year's winterfest...)

Ji Ho was just gulping down the most promising of the potions they'd tested. Skully: "Until the last drop - that's my Boy!"

Then it was time for the 'precautionary embrace'. Let's hope all this will prevent Ji Ho from getting travel sick again! Ji Ho didn't sense much nervousness from Vlad over the Bond, which made him nervous ö.ö What had happened at the sickbay when Vlad had been alone with Jeb and Kiyoshi? Did they make him swallow - potions - too?

Sai kicked Ji Ho out of his worrying thoughts by telling Vlad: "Do it thoroughly!" Poor Vlad, Sai has no idea how awkward and embarrassing this is!

And he did. The Little Goats sighed in awe: 'Aouwwww!'

Vlad tried everything to hide his feelings to not taint the 'preventive healing embrace'. So Ji Ho could just concentrate on getting down on the planet's surface in that shuttle without getting travel sick. Which wasn't an easy task. Holding Ji Ho's body close to his felt so good. It was hard to let go of him again...

Eventually, the Boys, Lenny and the Little Goats boarded the shuttle, and it took them down to the planet's surface!

It was an older shuttle and the ride was a bit wonky, but Ji Ho took it very well! Vlad was so relieved that their - inconveniences - had been of success! Though, it still means they need to have physical contact for 'the greater good' - and oh how he hates that! He wants to touch Ji Ho - and Ji Ho to touch him - because he wanted to and not because he has to -.- Not anytime soon - anyway - but still...

They stepped around the shuttle to take the outpost in. Wow!

Even Sai was amazed: "Now Jack and Vlad - this is just your style, huh?" But Vlad, Jack and Kiyoshi are taken aback. Worriedly Vlad looked at his friend: "Jack..."

This is exactly the place where Jack's mind had wandered to when he fell in his coma. (TMI: Jack has severe mental issues, but back then it was far, far worse. He believed Kiyoshi had been at the Lab to torture Saiwa and him (which he even was in the first place...) and Jack was just about to kill the wire-pullers when he collapsed and fell into a coma from all the turmoil inside of him. Kiyoshi and Vlad know this place too. They'd entered Jack's coma and came 'here' to bring him back.)

Jack: "How is this possible?" Saiwa: "Maybe you saw this place in a movie or documentary and your mind just chose it? Like in a dream, you know?" But there is also the old Twi'lek Jack had met in his coma - and he greeted him! Old Twi'lek: "Jack! Now that's a surprise, huh? How are you doing?"

Jack wasn't prepared for this - at all: "Eh..." Old Twi'lek: "Now, don't you worry, hm? We are going to repair that old turtle in no time and you can leave again soon to rescue B.D - won't we?" Jack: "Eh - sure."

(TMI: B.D, his kids and Albaleyh had been here when they searched for Lenny's vacuum bot.)

And from somewhere they heard Skully hum the X Files theme o.o

to be continued... ö.Ö'

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The potion Ji Ho swallowed was the healing potion from the Get to Work pack. Afterwards, he immediately fell asleep ö.ö The Little ones too ^^'

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Vlad just wanted to leave the bridge - still upset. But after a short telepathic conversation, Jack and Sai stopped him. Jack: "So - we take it you're still uncomfortable hugging Ji Ho to heal him? And he can feel it, right? And this will make him uncomfortable - on top of all the stress of getting travel sick, landing on another planet for the first time, the meteorites gone..." Vlad: "So what?" Sai: "We thought you could practise hugging and touching so you can get comfortable with doing it. Making it a natural habit without thinking too much about it. And since we don't want to cause Ji Ho any further inconveniences, it's for the best you practise with us." Vlad: "What?" Sai: "It would help Ji Ho." Vlad mulled it over. They are right. And he already hugged Jack, they'd even kissed (also to help Ji Ho...) Vlad: "Ok." Jack: "Ok! Best you head over to the sickbay right away. Jeb and Kiyoshi are waiting for you :3" Vlad: "WHAT?" Sai: "Well, you're not exactly uncomfortable hugging us, right?" Vlad gritting through his teeth: "From now on I might be..."

Vlad went over to the sickbay. Ji Ho is still there. Why is he still naked? Why does he even have to be naked to just drink some potions in the first place!? Jeb: "Ah there you are. Ji Ho, go to your quarters and rest for a while. It was an exhausting day, hm?"

Ji Ho got dressed and left with Lenny. And Vlad could feel his insecureness and worries. That's when he was convinced it was the right thing to do. Better him uncomfortable with Jeb and Kiyoshi for a while - than Ji Ho with him when he's already stressed...

Ji Ho wonders why Vlad is at the sickbay. Alone with Jeb and Kiyoshi, feeling uncomfortable... What are they doing with him? Is he sick? ö.ö' But then Lenny told him what he'd overheard at the bridge. Vlad feels uncomfortable hugging him and therefore he has to practise with Jeb and Kiyoshi? ö.Ö' A mix of emotions hit Ji Ho, who still isn't prepared for these kinds of overloads. He felt rejected/jealous/sad/worried...

Meanwhile at the bridge. Sai and Jack wondered what might have happened to the meteorites. And why they left them after all those months. Sai: "At least they used the transporter beam and didn't break the hull. That could have killed us ö.ö' " Jack was so sad they'd left. The connection between Val and Jino and Vlad and Ji Ho was an epic occurance of eternal love and romance! Sai tried to comfort him: "We could ask at the outpost if they could start a search scan for them? Or maybe upgrade Great A'Tuin's scanners?" Jack: "Sai, we don't have the time to search for them. Who knows where the transporter beam might have taken them? We need to rescue B.D - and then we're on our way to find Tiny Can. We've already lost too much time since the ship broke, and now, with the detour to the outpost to get it repaired." Sai: "Right..." He almost forgot about the treacherous tin can. The actual reason why they are out here...

After an uncomfortable time at the sick bay, hugging an uncomfortable Vlad, Jeb returned to their quarters. To find Saiwa in his hot student outfit he wore last winterfest! Saiwa Hot Student: "I was hoping to meet the professor..." Jeb: "The - professor - " Saiwa Hot Student: "Yes. I lost the notes from the last lecture and I wanted to ask him if there's something we can do about this."

Seeing Sai like this snapped Jeb's mind back to happier days and he changed into his professor attire. Jeb Professor Harris: "Well, lucky for you I know exactly how to teach students like you a lesson!"

Jeb Professor Harris: "A lesson you won't forget." Saiwa Hot Student: "Teach me thoroughly professor. Don't go easy on me."

And he didn't.

Professor: "You are going to make amends."

Jeb, breathless: "I like your fingernails."

Saiwa: "Wait until you see my toenails." Jeb: "I will?" Saiwa: "Mhmm."

That was exactly where Sai wanted Jeb. By slipping into the role of the professor, Jeb managed to leave his insecure self that tried to avoid woohooing Saiwa to not hurt him. And by - slowly - taking this furter and with help from their tantra practise, Sai is positive he will eventually lose his virginity to Jeb.

Until then, there's so much fun and hot stuff to explore...

Sai was glad things still work out so well without the Romantium!

Do they though? No one - except for the pesky Little Goats - knows where the ore actually is o.o

'A compromise would surely help the situation Agree to disagree but disagree to part When after all it's just a compromise of The things we do for love, the things we do for love'

10cc - The Things we do for Love

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They Boys will reach the outpost soon, means they'll have to use a shuttle to get there (since Great A'Tuin is too big to land on a planet's surface) - means Ji Ho will get travel sick again. To spare him from this, Jeb and Kiyoshi took him over to the sick bay once again, to test some cures they've researched from the alien plants Jack and Jeb had found in the hydroponics. And to spare Vlad (and Ji Ho) from Vlad's overprotectiveness and jealousy, they thought it would be better for Vlad (and all of them) if he just stayed in their quarters and let them do their stuff ö.ö'

And he really tried. He thought he could distract himself with writing. About the crew of a spaceship - with a cute and beautiful mermaid on board... But he found himself staring at the blank page - and tried to contain his feelings - to not additionally worry Ji Ho. The Bond told Vlad how vulnerable Ji Ho felt right now - but also his excitement and hope to finally find a cure... Well, the Bond doesn't show Vlad Ji Ho's thoughts, just his feelings. So Vlad really hopes Ji Ho's excitement isn't directed towards Kiyoshi - or Jeb. Argh! ... and the cursor tauntingly blinked at Vlad...

Until now, none of the potions Ji Ho tested, showed a significant effect. Sure, they'll only know more if tested when Ji Ho actually was travel sick, but the devices of the sickbay are pretty advanced so they were able to winnow a few of the lesser promising cures.

Jeb knows how exhausting it must be for Ji Ho's body to deal with all the new effects - and side effects - of the unknown plants' substances. Jeb worriedly looked at Ji Ho's charts. They are not yet in the we-should-worry-range, but still: "Just tell us when you need a break." Ji Ho: "We'll reach the outpost soon and I really want to get this done. Just a few more, hm?"

About an hour later... Ji Ho: "I - I think I need a break."

Kiyoshi compared the data: "This was the most promising of all of them!" And that was when Ji Ho collapsed ö.ö Ji Ho: "Ouf. That's good, right? I kept it up as long as I could." Jeb: "Gods, Ji Ho! You shouldn't have! We still have time!"

Vlad tried to keep himself down for as long as he could. He also wants them to find a cure for Ji Ho but of course he also felt Ji Ho growing weaker.

And Vlad knows that him touching Ji Ho helps him to feel better again. So he hauled Ji Ho in his arms as soon as he entered the sick bay. Jeb smiled, the best cure for Ji Ho atm is Vlad.

As soon as Ji Ho was able to stand on his own feet again, Vlad went to overprotective-mode again: "Why did you take it that far?"

Vlad turned around to scold Kiyoshi and Jeb for not taking better care of Ji Ho - when his gaze fell to the cures, potions and - probing instruments... Vlad: "What exactly are you doing here with him???"

...

(Guess what happens at the sick bay, stays at the sick bay o.o')

Vlad stormed off to the bridge. Jack: "Vlad, don't overreact, hm? I'm sure Jeb and Kiyoshi would never do something inappropriate with Ji Ho." Inappropriate... Saiwa stopped listening to Vlad's ranting and let his mind wander. Oh, how he wished Jeb would perform some inappropriate probing on him... Though, that was still out of the question - but a boy could dream.

Vlad kept rambling on and at one point Sai had enough: "Dammit, Vlad! Ji Ho is your bonded for over two years now. Nothing is holding you back anymore! You know you touching Ji Ho helps him, so just do it! That last cure looked promising, you said. So when the shuttle takes us to the outpost, Ji Ho will drink it, you will touch him - and we're done!" Jack: "That's actually brilliant... Why didn't we think of that earlier? Charging the Bond - in advance?" Vlad: "..."

They heard Skully starting his record player in the 'meadow' below:

'You ask if I love you Well, what could I say? You know that I do and that this is just one of those games that we play So I'll sing you a new song Please don't cry anymore I'll even ask your forgiveness Though I don't know just what I'm asking it for Oh, whoa, oh, whoa

Hold me now, whoa (Hold me in your loving arms) Warm my heart (Warm my cold and tired heart) Stay with me (Stay with me) Let loving start Let loving start, whoa'

Thompson Twins - Hold me now Good choice Skully! I love this song <3

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Ji Ho refused to drink the potion at the sickbay - he needs more space omg... I mean he's just supposed to drink a potion, how much space does one need for this? -.-

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Breakfast with the alien creature

What Ji Ho doesn't know is that the creature already had breakfast. Kiyoshi's cheese ^^'

Sneaky little scoundrel...

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