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Remember, Remember the Fifth of November

Nov 05, 2009 17:15

It was much easier to organise the second time round. Even if Evey seemed less than excited about the party aspect, last year's Bonfire Night had been enough of a success to do it all again. Which was good because somehow it wasn't the 5th November without fireworks and they were something you never grew out of ( Read more... )

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shot_my_shoes November 5 2009, 17:18:42 UTC

Watching fireworks sounded like a better thing to do than anything else Harry could think of. So after his evening clinic shift had finished he headed over to the Bonfire just in time to see the firework display. It did remind him of home a little, but there had been fireworks on the island too, enough times that he admired the ingenuity of the people who made the fireworks. He was content to watch with the rest of the crowd with a smile on his face.

2ndtechnician November 6 2009, 02:13:43 UTC

"Greetings my good man," Arnold said by way of introduction. "Enjoying the bonfire? I helped build it you know." He sounded quite pleased with himself.

shot_my_shoes November 6 2009, 12:29:12 UTC

"Good evening," Harry replied amiably. "I am. It's a good bonfire, although we don't need it for the heat so much here."

2ndtechnician November 6 2009, 20:32:53 UTC

"No, there isn't much call for that here, is there? Still, it makes a splendid light show, don't you think?" Arnold took a deep breath, his nostrils flaring, then let out a satisfied sigh as he admired the bonfire. "I haven't been to a Bonfire Night celebration in simply ages," he remarked. "One is disinclined to start a fire when one is trapped on a ship in deep space."

shot_my_shoes November 7 2009, 09:33:51 UTC

"It is," Harry agreed, still looking up at them. At least until the other man mentioned something about a ship in deep space, then Harry frowned at him. "You were on a space ship? When are you from?" He looked human, and Harry's default was still to assume everyone was human.

2ndtechnician November 9 2009, 20:03:13 UTC

"Indeed I was," Arnold confirmed with pride. "I served aboard the Jupiter Mining Corporation vessel Red Dwarf. As for when I'm from, I'd say it was 'round about 3 million AD." He looked smug for a moment, then his expression turned apologetic and he added in a conciliatory tone, "Although I suppose it would be more accurate say that I'm from the 23rd Century, as I spent most of those 3 millennia as dead as a can of spam."

shot_my_shoes November 9 2009, 21:05:46 UTC

"Ah," Harry said, sounding like he understood, but he frowned because he didn't quite. "That's quite a way in the future." Not 10,000 years, but still far enough that it's almost unimaginable. "What did you mine?"

2ndtechnician November 11 2009, 17:17:34 UTC

"Oh, we mined all sorts of things from all over the solar system, like..." Arnold's voice trailed off. He realized that with all the time he'd spent on Red Dwarf he actually had no idea what it mined! Not wanting to look like a fool he quickly improvised. "Mainly rare minerals and precious metals; that sort of thing." There! That sounded sufficiently impressive.

shot_my_shoes November 11 2009, 20:31:16 UTC

"I see." Harry supposed that whatever happened on Earth just moved out into space, once man made it that far. "I suppose it must be a lot like being in the Navy, serving on a ship, just in space, but a long way from home. Do you miss it?"

2ndtechnician November 13 2009, 14:13:58 UTC

"Yes, I suppose it rather was." Arnold had read enough historical war texts to guess that Harry was referring to the old Royal Navy of Great Britain. "Although it was called the Space Corps since its members served exclusively in, well... space..." he finished lamely.

He thought about Harry's question a bit before answering. Oddly enough he didn't miss being on Red Dwarf. At least not the Red Dwarf he'd been on before finding himself here.

"Not really, no," Arnold admitted. "My life there had been rather depressing actually. The only people left on board other than myself were the world's slobbiest man, a supremely self-centered cat, and the ship's senile AI computer." He grimaced. "And to top it all off I was dead and existing as a hologram. Not the most pleasant of circumstances!"

shot_my_shoes November 13 2009, 16:25:15 UTC

Harry nodded. The name 'Space Corps' made sense. He hadn't come across it before, but then the group of people serving on Nerva Beacon hadn't said what unit they were attached to.

"If there were just a few of you then I'm not surprised you didn't enjoy the experience. I think being stuck with a small group of people for any length of time would end up with you all driving each other mad."

He frowned when Arnold said he was dead. He'd heard of people coming back to life when they arrived here, but hadn't yet come across anyone that had happened to. Or if it had they hadn't said. "What's a hologram?" He'd heard the term, but never applied to a person like that.

2ndtechnician November 13 2009, 21:57:25 UTC

"You've no idea how trying it was," Arnold replied with a roll of his eyes. "You've hit the nail on the head there. Even on a ship the size of Red Dwarf we were still in each others hair so much we very nearly killed each other on multiple occasions." At least when other things weren't trying to do it for them ( ... )

shot_my_shoes November 14 2009, 10:54:48 UTC

Harry was, frankly, completely confused. But he chalked it up to one of those futuristic things he was probably never going to understand and just nodded at the explanation. "So what do you do here?" he asked. "There's not a lot of mining going on here." There wasn't really anything they needed to mine for, he presumed.

2ndtechnician November 16 2009, 18:24:01 UTC

"Probably not much worth digging up here even if there was," Arnold muttered. "So I've found employment with IPD. I've been trying to revamp their filing system to improve efficiency. Still working on that one..." His last attempt had been a bit of a disaster, but he was pretty sure he knew where it had gone wrong.

"I'm also the doorman at the Jazz club. I'm on the Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday shift." He had some ideas on how to improve procedures there too, but he hadn't mentioned them to Helen yet as they were still in the planning stages.

shot_my_shoes November 16 2009, 20:05:08 UTC

"I can't say I've been to either of those establishments." Harry smiled apologetically. "I have heard good things about the jazz club, though. I should probably visit sometime when it re-opens."

2ndtechnician November 17 2009, 21:24:36 UTC

"The music there is quite good really. It may not be Reggie Wilson but it's still worth a listen. You should definitely pop 'round sometime." He was quiet for a moment.

"Poor Helen. She's taking her partner's disappearance rather hard. I don't know when she's likely to re-open the club again." A strange thought then occurred to Arnold. "You don't suppose she and Warrick were more than just business partners do you?"

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