Mine eyes hath seen enough for one week. I shall retire.
It has been our honor to be in your presence, T’Pau.
Was it the butter? Or the ripped shirt?
kisses Lt. Marlena Moreau again
Live Long and Prosper, T’Pau.
** steps into the scalding chamber of melted butter and stuggles to remove the blockage. I suceed and the indictor on the bridge says BUTTER MACHINE RESTORED. But it’s too late. I’ve been fatally burned. I have minutes to live…but I …slowly crawl to the glass barrier …through the glass I hear Mr Scott saying “NO!! You’ll flood the whole compartment with butter!!!” ***
Retire? About time, you old crone.
Still, she makes a good point. A good night’s sleep is the best medicine.
Take two, and call me in the morning.
I think I’m going to be sick. Fortunately, a little cordrazine will take care of that. :eek:
I can fix it!
the comm chirps
Kirk here.
An Engineering ensign tells the Captain, there’s been an accident in Engineering
Kirk turns to Bones
Let’s go.
dramatic musical interlude
Kirk reaches Engineering. The smell of burnt popcorn and searing butter everywhere
He sees Spock
No.
SPOCK!!!
** I’m blind, but I know Jim Kirk will be along soon. I keep croaking in my remaining shattered voice " Jim…Your …Popcorn …Is …it …out of …danger ?? Danger of …being …unbuttered I mean?" ****
Already there. He’s fine. Apparently Vulcans evolved in seas of molten butter and have a second skin that protects them from burning. Why Spock has never bothered to mention this before, I have no idea.
*** I try to stand…wipe the butter stains off my scalded skin …before I turn I face my captain, my friend ***
Are you sure, Bones? He looks like burnt bacon.
Spock. I’m here.
You know, for a man so controlled by logic, you sure know how to milk a death scene.
Obviously this is why you never mentioned the second skin or the extra eyelids or the katra safekeeping, so you keep pulling this crap.
Damn it, Spock! I’m a doctor, not a theater patron!
Not likely. You know he’s Jewish, right?
**in a horse, croaking voice *** Jim…I …Never took …the…Orville … Redenbacher test. What do …you think …of my …solution?
Shhhhh…Don’t tell anyone about the katra I stuck in your head…It’s more dramatic to reveal that plot point in a later film.
sobs places hand on the greasy glass
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Jim…I have been…and ever shall …be …your friend…
…live…long…and…prosper…
…and …enjoy …that popcorn …you…frakker…[/i]
crunches popcorn
Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels. His was the most harumph buttery. Of those hurp