Hard Time
Title: Hard Time
Author: tjonesy
Word Count: 300
Rating: T
Challenge: All dialogue and in the dark
Summary: Practical jokes lead to creative solutions
Thanks to icedteainthebag, somadanne and larsfarm77 for the beta.
“Bill?”
“Yeah, over here.”
“What are you doing alone in the dark?”
“Nothing. Go away.”
“I’m not ‘going away.’ What is wrong with you?”
“Nothing.”
“Right. I’m turning on a light.”
“Don’t turn … Why the frak did you do that?”
“Quit whining and tell me why you canceled your shift in the CIC?”
“Because I’m … sick.”
“Sick, huh? So you called Cottle?”
“No, I’ll be fine.”
“How can you be so sure?”
“Because I can.”
“Bill, just … gods, you’re trembling.”
“Don’t touch me, okay?”
“Your shoulder? I can’t touch your shoulder? What is wrong with you?”
“I’m the ... ”
“Go on, I’m listening.”
“I’m the ‘victim’ of a very unfunny practical joke.”
“A joke?”
“I’m sure Saul sees it that way.”
“Saul?”
“He said I was taking too many pain pills.”
“Well for once he and I actually agree on something.”
“Cute.”
“What did he do to you?”
“He replaced my pills with … other pills.”
“Other pills?
“Yes.”
“Are these the pills?”
“…Yeah.”
“So, he replaced your pain meds with Vinagro?”
“Yes.”
“Interesting.”
“That’s one way of putting it.”
“Is it … working?”
“What do you think?”
“My gods, Bill! What the frak? How many of these things did you take?”
“Just three.”
“Three?”
“It was a bitch of a headache.”
“Do you still have the headache?”
“Yes!”
“So what are you going to do?”
“What can I do? I can’t exactly walk into the CIC like this.”
“Like that? No.”
“Wish I could throw Saul’s sorry ass in the brig for a week.”
“So, do it.”
“Unfortunately, I don’t have the luxury of losing my XO for seven days.”
“Make him take what’s left of the bottle, then.”
“You’re kidding me, right? There’s got to be thirty pills in there.”
“Perfect.”
“Perfect?”
“Sure. He’s out of the brig and still serving hard time.”
Author's note: In case anyone is confused, "Caprica" recently introduced Vinagro as the Colonial equivalent of Viagra.
Author: tjonesy
Word Count: 300
Rating: T
Challenge: All dialogue and in the dark
Summary: Practical jokes lead to creative solutions
Thanks to icedteainthebag, somadanne and larsfarm77 for the beta.
“Bill?”
“Yeah, over here.”
“What are you doing alone in the dark?”
“Nothing. Go away.”
“I’m not ‘going away.’ What is wrong with you?”
“Nothing.”
“Right. I’m turning on a light.”
“Don’t turn … Why the frak did you do that?”
“Quit whining and tell me why you canceled your shift in the CIC?”
“Because I’m … sick.”
“Sick, huh? So you called Cottle?”
“No, I’ll be fine.”
“How can you be so sure?”
“Because I can.”
“Bill, just … gods, you’re trembling.”
“Don’t touch me, okay?”
“Your shoulder? I can’t touch your shoulder? What is wrong with you?”
“I’m the ... ”
“Go on, I’m listening.”
“I’m the ‘victim’ of a very unfunny practical joke.”
“A joke?”
“I’m sure Saul sees it that way.”
“Saul?”
“He said I was taking too many pain pills.”
“Well for once he and I actually agree on something.”
“Cute.”
“What did he do to you?”
“He replaced my pills with … other pills.”
“Other pills?
“Yes.”
“Are these the pills?”
“…Yeah.”
“So, he replaced your pain meds with Vinagro?”
“Yes.”
“Interesting.”
“That’s one way of putting it.”
“Is it … working?”
“What do you think?”
“My gods, Bill! What the frak? How many of these things did you take?”
“Just three.”
“Three?”
“It was a bitch of a headache.”
“Do you still have the headache?”
“Yes!”
“So what are you going to do?”
“What can I do? I can’t exactly walk into the CIC like this.”
“Like that? No.”
“Wish I could throw Saul’s sorry ass in the brig for a week.”
“So, do it.”
“Unfortunately, I don’t have the luxury of losing my XO for seven days.”
“Make him take what’s left of the bottle, then.”
“You’re kidding me, right? There’s got to be thirty pills in there.”
“Perfect.”
“Perfect?”
“Sure. He’s out of the brig and still serving hard time.”
Author's note: In case anyone is confused, "Caprica" recently introduced Vinagro as the Colonial equivalent of Viagra.