THE FELLIP NECTAR STAND Birthday Edition: Gigi parties in the UT

Author: LeatherGirl

This edition is dedicated to Gigi Edgley in honor of her birthday.

Disclaimer: I do not own Farscape or anything associated with Farscape L. I had no permission to use Gigi in this story so please don’t send D’Argo or anyone else from the UT after me! (Except for maybe that John Crichton sporting his sexy leather!)

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Voices in the Dark: “SUPER EYES!” [Festive low energy lighting flickers on in bar to reveal a large white sheet of metal with the words Happy Birth Day written in some strange dripping goo leaning on the bar. Several strange aliens are standing beside it, joined in the company of Pilot, several DRDs, John, Aeryn, D’Argo, Zhaan, Chiana, Rygel -who’s already had enough to drink, Crais, Scorpius, and even Nerri. Moya and Talyn are hovering just outside the bar.)

Gigi: [Startled but smiling happily at the doorway.] “Thanks, I think.”

[Aliens begin to mingle and break away as Gigi approaches the Farscape Crew.]

John: “Happy Birthday Uncharted Territories Style, Gigi. I tried to explain to them how this all works but they just couldn’t get it quite right. Maybe better luck next time! In the meantime, here’s one on me!” [John kisses Gigi on the cheek and hands her a flask of Raslac.]

Gigi: “That’s okay. Chiana’s not too secretive when it comes to surprises. I kinda figured something was going on.” [Takes seat at bar next to John.]

Chiana: “Hey, I couldn’t help it. I’m a snurch, what do ya expect? Barkeeper! A round of Raslac for everyone…oh, except maybe for Frog boy here. He seems a little frelled at the moment!” [Chiana raises hand to get Bartender’s attention. Laughs at Rygel as he allows a burp to escape his froggy lips and then turns attention back to Gigi.] “So, want to open some presents?”

Zhaan: “Are you sure you didn’t already spoil the surprise for her by telling her what we got her already?”

[Chiana glares sideways at Zhaan and then looks to Gigi expectantly. Gigi takes swig of Raslac and nods.]

Gigi: “Of course I want to open presents! That’s half the reason I’m here! Gimme!” [Reaches out and wiggles fingers towards the staggering wall of oddly wrapped gifts towering in a near corner of the bar. One more rounded gift falls to floor and plops with a gooey splashing sound. Gigi frowns with disgust but smiles once more as D’Argo reveals a small delicately wrapped gift to her with a proud smile.]

D’Argo: “I really out did myself this time.”

Gigi: [Gives D’Argo a strange look.] “This wouldn’t be another sculpture of Talyn carved out of food cubes, would it? Lani just showed me his.” [D’Argo’s smile disappears and Gigi looks on in disbelief.] “Noooo! D’Argo! The thought was nice but really, try to be a little more personal next time, will ya?”

D’Argo: “But it wasn’t food cubes…it was leftover mind-cleansing materials.”

Rygel: [Burps once again and lets out a giggle.] “Here, Gigi, or Chiana, or whoever you are. Open mine next.” [Hands Gigi a small holo device. Gigi places it on the counter of the bar and up pops an image replicating Rygel down to the very hairs on his head.]

Gigi: [In a frustrated tone.] “Rygel, what’s this?”

Rygel: “Hmph! A little reminder of me. In case you get lonely, you see! Ha Ha! Barkeeper, another round of drinks for my fellow companions here! Add a little Kylian Fectar while you’re at it!” [Laughs some more and hovers off. Gigi rolls eyes.]

Gigi: “Strange little creature. Who’s next?”

[Scorpius steps up to Gigi and smiles down at her, making her uncomfortable under his inquiring stare. He holds out a very small black box, wrapped complete with a pretty red PeaceKeeper symbol on top.]

Scorpius: “A little something to remember me by….”

[Gigi opens gift carefully, keeping a weary eye on Scorpius.]

Gigi: “My, Scorpius. A neuro chip…how thoughtful.” [Grins and as soon as Scorpius turns away, throws the chip, box and all, behind the bar.]

John: [Whispers into Gigi’s ear.] “It tends to be the theme from him lately. Can’t wait to see what he’ll get Ben.”

Nerri: “Gigi, here’s a gift from both Chiana and I. We decided to go together for something special for you.” [Presents Gigi with a large, flat object wrapped in thin blue silk.]

Chiana: “It took a lot of snurching to find just the right things. Nerri has a lot of connections…he finally found what we were looking for.” [Places an arm around her brother and they snicker.]

Gigi: [Eyes the two Nebari’s with a smile and carefully opens gift.] “Whoa! What is this?” [Lifts off cover of box and is almost queasy from the smell. Three long, eel-like translucent fish lay in a row, along with several slabs of a flat greenish black material and tiny white threads of food.]

Nerri: “Something John described to us called what was it? Oh yes…sushi? He said it consisted of raw water animals, sea plant, and those white things….”

John: [Snickers at the gift, not believing they actually found the ingredients used to make the stuff.] “Rice, Nerri. Wow, you guys did a pretty good job. Gigi only has to assemble the gift!”

Gigi: [Shares a look with John and then turns back to Nerri and Chiana who are smiling proudly.] “Thanks guys. I didn’t think the Uncharted Territories actually had half this stuff. But I don’t know how trustworthy that fish is!”

[Rygel is heard singing in the background, his words beginning to slur. Farscape crew rolls eyes at each other and John throws one of the fish at Rygel. The fish lands conveniently in his mouth and he swallows it whole. Rygel smiles pleasantly and continues to sing. Pilot approaches Gigi with a shiny metallic box.]

Pilot: “This gift is from Moya, Talyn, the DRDs and I. We hope you like it.”

[Gigi opens the box to find a small version of a DRD cast in bronze. The DRDs settled on the bar begin to buzz around in excitement.]

Gigi: “I bet Moya had a hand in making this.” [Pilot nodded with a smile, almost knocking out Crais with his big shell head, who was standing impatiently behind him waiting to give Gigi his gift.]

Crais: “Watch it, Pilot.” [Pilot frowns and backs away from Crais. Goes over to a booth and sits down to four drinks waiting for him.]

Rygel: [Approaches Gigi and tries to kiss her. She jeers away quickly.] “Another round of drinks for my fellow shipmates, please!” [Breathes heavily on Gigi and hovers away once more, humming to himself.]

Crais: “I’ve never seen a creature get more intoxicated in just a few microns. Here, Gigi, a special ident chip courtesy of me. Whenever you would like to board Talyn, unannounced, that is, you have a special key to the entrance.” [Hands Gigi the ident chip and smiles at her in a flirtatious way.]

Gigi: “Isn’t this something you’d give Aeryn?”

Crais: “Shhhh. What she doesn’t know….”

[Aeryn approaches and Gigi quickly shoves the ident chip into her back pocket. Crais edges away and joins Scorpius who is staring intently at Rygel.]

Aeryn: “Here. You’re a girl. I figured you’d like this sort of thing.” [Hands Gigi a small weapon, resembling a pulse rifle, but tiny enough to slip into small spaces on the body.]

Gigi: “I think this’ll come in handy around here!” [Aeryn smiles briefly but walks away before Gigi can thank her. Aeryn joins Pilot at the booth. Gigi steals a drink from her flask before being approached by Zhaan.]

Zhaan: “Some herbs. John has informed me that you humans use these in liquids to drink. I handpicked these from an asteroid so they’re quite rare. I do hope you enjoy them as much as I have.” [Zhaan smiles and turns away. Gigi’s eyes widen in surprise as she observes a small tail protruding from Zhaan’s back end. She immediately ditches the herbs. Most of the Farscape crew joins Pilot at the booth leaving Gigi alone with John.]

Gigi: [Another flask of Raslac is placed before her. She eyes Rygel in the corner of the bar, now out of his throne sled and dancing on a decorative railing.] “So John, what did you get me? Of all these strange beings, I’m sure you’d be the one to get me the most earthly gift.”

[John hides a smile and swallows some Raslac (courtesy of Rygel). He draws in close to Gigi, pressing his body up against hers and reaches behind the bar to gather his gift. He then allows adequate body space between them and presents Gigi with an elegantly wrapped box. Gigi takes the gift and shakes it with her head tilted to listen for any rattling. John hinders a snicker.]

John: “I figured you’d do that. I double wrapped the gift AND sealed it with John Crichton’s fool proof glue.” [Smiles and watches in amusement as Gigi turns the gift around, trying to find a slit of some sort to open the damned thing.]

Gigi: “Someone always has to make it hard on me!”

[Another round of drinks are ordered up and two more flasks of Raslac are placed before Gigi. This time, it’s Scorpius who had ordered the drinks. Gigi avoids his creepy smile.]

John: “Before the night’s over, we’re all going to be sloshed!”

Gigi: “How do I open this? Blast it with your pulse rifle? Or wait, I could use Aeryn’s gift!” [Digs out tiny weapon she had concealed down the front of her shirt. John raised eyebrows at her. She smiles and places the gift on the counter of the bar. John whips his hand out and grabs Gigi’s wrist.]

John: “Whoa! Wait a minute. I thought you were joking. You don’t want to blast the thing. Who knows what that glue would do in reaction with a pulse blast! Very messy. Here, use this.” [John hands Gigi a small knife. Gigi stabs the box and tears open the wrapping. Another wrapped box lies waiting to be torn open. Gigi repeats the process until she comes down to a small box, unwrapped.]

Gigi: “This better be it or we’re going to need another round of drinks.”

Bartender: “Already done. The Hynerian sends his regards….” [Bartender places two flasks of Raslac in front of Gigi and John.]

John: “Hey, if you can’t get to the gift sometime in the next arn, I’m going to have to send you back to Earth. Time is precious here!” [Jokes but Gigi doesn’t laugh. She stabs the knife down between John’s fingers on the bar and picks up the small box and proceeds to open it.]

Gigi: “This better not be a snake waiting to jump out at me, either. Lani already filled me in on all the details of his little party out here. I just came for the drinks, you know!”

[A flask of bluish green liquid arrives in front of the two labeled carefully with the two words Kylian Fectar. John backs away slightly.]

Gigi: “What’s that?”

John: “A very peculiar liquid used to spice up Raslac and Fellip Nectar that seems to have deadly qualities to it. I don’t touch the stuff if I can help it.”

Gigi: “Oh. Well, seems like Rygel wants us to have a little but if you say it’s no good, it’s no good.” [Proceeds with present.]

[An outburst of singing from somewhere nearby brings John and Gigi’s attention to the booth holding all their friends. Pilot has his arms around everyone and they are rocking back and forth, singing a strange tune. Everyone is sloshed. And another round of drinks arrive at the booth and in front of John and Gigi.]

Gigi: “Oh my God! John! Thank you so much!” [Wraps arms around John’s neck and plants a kiss on his lips. John stumbles back in surprise as Gigi holds up a very tiny black leather top with matching bottom up in the air.]

John: “I found them in a PeaceKeeper shop down the street. I got Aeryn a pair, too.” [Winks at Gigi and takes a swig of his Raslac.]

Gigi: “This is one of the strangest but fun birthdays I’ve had…considering I’m in the Uncharted Territories with some of the oddest aliens I could ever imagine. But the alcohol’s good, the partying’s good, and the presents are out of my world! Let’s drink to Farscape, shall we?”

[Holds up flask and taps it against John’s. A spark and cloud of smoke flash between them and John is found standing on the bar, crouched in fear. Gigi looks at her flask to discover that she is holding the Kylian Fectar. Gigi laughs at John and helps him down. They then join the others in the booth and drink the night away. Rygel joins his friends as well and dances on the table for them, singing at the top of his lungs.]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIGI, FROM THE UNCHARTED TERRITORIES!!!