THE FELLIP NECTAR STAND Super Special Edition: ScaperCon 2001

 

Author:  LeatherGirl

 

Disclaimer:  I do not own Farscape or anything associated with Farscape.  And I’m not at ScaperCon even though everyone thinks I am!  Hehehe.  If your name appears in this edition and you have a line, please realize that this is all fiction and I borrow you for only a microt.  I put words into your mouths and had no idea if these actually fit your personalities or not.  But either way…at least you got to be in an edition and interact with the Farscape characters, right??? ;)  No pun was intended on any of your behalf—unless you can take a joke!  Just remember…nothing’s serious here!  Blue Goo is a beverage of NIBB-fizz.

 

Web Site: http://www.oocities.org/fellipnectarstand

 

Info on FNS Regulars if you’d like to join:  http://www.oocities.org/fellipnectarstand/regulars.html

 

Setting:  ScaperCon 2001, Ohio

 

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[The crowded parking lot of the hotel where ScaperCon resides this year suddenly grows dark.  The sun is being blocked.  Scapers meandering about glance towards the sky and their eyes widen and their mouths drop open.  Hovering above them is, you guessed it, Moya and Talyn.  A few Scapers while a few others jump up and down in excitement.  Yet even a few others try to look nonchalant.  Hey, it’s what John Crichton would do, isn’t it?]

 

John G:  “Holy Frell in a Hand Basket.”

 

[Other crewmates aboard Moya look to him only briefly and then back to the view screen showing the parking lot below.]

 

Rygel:  [Speaking over open comms between the two ships.]  “They look like a bunch of Hynerian Mojule Larvae scurrying to find their mother.”  [Laughs.]

 

Jool:  “Ugh!  Fantastic analogy.”

 

Aeryn:  “Is this the correct location?”  [Sternly glances over to LeatherGirl, who is gawking at John T standing beside her on Talyn.]

 

LeatherGirl:  “Ah, er….”  [Takes a step forward to glance out Talyn’s view screen.]  “Yep…hey, I can see my house from here!”

 

John T:  “Isn’t it in Wisconsin?”

 

D’Argo:  [Over the comms.]  “The cheese colony?”

 

LeatherGirl:  “Hey…wait, how did you know that?”

 

John G:  [Over the comms.]  “We’ve had a lot of time to chat around here.  Hey Moya, park her here, will ya?”

 

Pilot:  “Park?  I do not understand the meaning of…”

 

John G, John T, and LeatherGirl:  “Dock!” 

 

[Crais and Aeryn immediately duck to the ground, their weapons drawn.  LeatherGirl and John T roll their eyes and shake their heads.]

 

Pilot:  “Oh.”

 

[Both Moya and Talyn hover close to the hotel, squeezing themselves between another building and a nearby patch of trees.  A hotel concierge on a lunch break sees the two ships and keels over into the water fountain outside the hotel.  The crews of Moya and Talyn slowly clamber out, with Scapers already rushing up to greet them.]

 

Anonymous Scaper:  “Frell, this is just like Galaxy Quest!  Are you here to save the planet?  Oh wait, I have to get my friends over here for a picture…Pose by the ships, will ya?”  [Exasperated Scaper rushes away towards the parking lot.  LeatherGirl ushers everyone to keep a low profile and follow her closely.]

 

LeatherGirl:  “Hurry up, guys!  If we’re lucky, we can enter through the back without anyone noticing us.”

 

Chiana:  “Ah, I think it’s too late for that.”

 

John G:  “Why?”

 

[Chiana points and the rest of the group glance over towards the front of the hotel.  Rygel is surrounded by a crowd of screaming fans; all of them wanting an autograph.]

 

Stark:  “Frell.  Should we go or should we stay?”  [Jool slaps a hand onto his mouth before Aeryn has a chance to.]

 

Aeryn:  “And you haven’t even been staying on the same ship with him.”

 

LeatherGirl:  “Come on guys, I think I see a way in.  See those clothes racks over there?  We can hide behind them and…”  [Aeryn walks past with a gun raised.]

 

John T:  [Following close behind, winks at LG.]  “Can’t argue with a pulse pistol.”

 

LeatherGirl:  [Shakes her head.]  “I knew this was a bad idea.”

 

D’Argo:  [Pats LeatherGirl on the back and walks along with her as they follow Aeryn.]  “Hey, at least you got us here in one piece.  And as far as I can tell, you haven’t frelled anything up like Crichton has.”

 

LeatherGirl:  [Side glances to D’Argo.]  “Ah, gee…thanks D’Argo.”

 

D’Argo:  “Any time.”  [Walks ahead.]

 

Crais:  “Rygel!  Get your eema out of there now!”

 

Rygel:  [Giggles at all the girls swooning over him.]  “There’s plenty more time for us to get acquainted, girls!  But I must leave now…I’m needed for a much more pressing matter.   Being a Dominar isn’t all fun and krabbage now is it?”  [Zooms away from crowd of fans and meets up with the crew as they enter into the back of the hotel, presumably unnoticed.]

 

Chiana:  “Why are we here and not at the one in this California you mentioned earlier?  Isn’t that supposed to be the biggest party on the planet?”

 

LeatherGirl:  [Hushes Chiana.]  “Quiet!  The Burbank con is the biggest, but I think that the ScaperCon is the best…all the Scapers are here to have fun together.  If the actual actors were here, they’d be pining over them all frelling day.  They’d be competing with each other just to get a whiff of Ben’s cologne as he passes them by.”

 

Jool:  “Ever heard the word obsession?”

 

Aeryn:  [Smirks.]  “It’s a common trait in humans, I’ve decided.”

 

[Loud thundering applause interrupts the crew as they sneak through a darkened hallway.  Aeryn trains her pulse pistol on the wall with John T, John G, Crais, Chiana, and D’Argo following suit.  Jool places her hands on her hips and begins to pick her teeth.  Stark paces back and forth, fretting.  Rygel finds a spare Hynerian Mojule in his throne sled and begins to munch on it loudly.  LeatherGirl’s comms crackle and she jumps.]

 

LeatherGirl:  [Hisses into comms.]  “Pilot, not now!” 

 

Pilot:  “But…but someone has…”

 

Stark:  [Whispers loudly into his comms.]  “NOT NOW!”

 

[The thundering applause through the wall begins to quiet down and a single voice can be heard, announcing the opening ceremonies of ScaperCon 2001.]

 

John G:  “2001?”

 

John T:  [With a smirk.]  “Frell, I guess the Apocalypse never did happen, huh?” 

 

LeatherGirl:  [Finds a small pinhole in the wall and peers through it.]  “I wonder if jedikatie got here okay…she’s supposed to be representing me.”

 

Jool:  “You’re here aren’t you?  Why don’t you just go in there and announce your presence?”

 

[LeatherGirl instantly grows a shade of red and backs away from the wall.]

 

Crais:  “Now what?”

 

LeatherGirl:  “I’m shy.”

 

John G:  “Could’ve fooled me.”

 

LeatherGirl:  “No, really, I’m shy…like as in, afraid of large crowds…as in cannot speak.”

 

Rygel:  “Here, have some punch.”  [Hovers over and gives LeatherGirl a cup of red liquid.  She peers at it questioningly, shrugs and takes a drink anyway.]

 

Chiana:  “Hey, where’d you get that?  I want to try some!”  [Reaches over and takes the glass from LeatherGirl, who is now smiling from ear to ear.]

 

John T:  [Notices the change.]  “What’d you do, Sparky?” 

 

Rygel:  [Laughs mischievously.]  “You said I could easily fit into small spaces…so I crawled into the next room, slipped underneath the beverage bar and helped myself to this large vat of red liquid.  It was quite bizarre, so I added a few things to it.”

 

John G:  [Steps forward in alarm.  LeatherGirl and Chiana are now bouncing off the walls, literally.]  “What did you put in that stuff, Rygel?”  [Points his pulse pistol in Rygel’s face.]

 

Rygel:  [Emits a small odorless squeal of gas.  John G backs away as do the others.  Rygel responds in a falsetto voice.]  “Raslac…Fellip Nectar…maybe a little Kylian Fectar.”

 

Crais:  “Kylian Fectar?  You put Kylian Fectar in it?”

 

Aeryn:  “Frell.”  [Shakes head.]

 

D’Argo:  “I knew I should never have let Chiana get that stuff.”

 

Stark:  “We would have run into it sooner or later.  We like danger.”  [Eyes D’Argo spookily with his one eye.]

 

Jool:  [Places hands on hips and avoids LeatherGirl as she bounces into the wall beside her.]  “Are we just going to stand here in the dark or are we going to go in there?”

 

Crais:  “There’s no door.”

 

John G:  [Rolls eyes.]  “You guys are way too spoiled.  You have to open them yourselves where I come from.  Look, see that red sign down the hall?  That’s the entrance.”

 

John T:  “It says EXIT you idiot.”

 

John G:  “They don’t know that!”

 

LeatherGirl:  “Here, let’s just go through the walls, guys.  It’s much quicker!”  [LeatherGirl backs away from the wall and prepares to charge into it.  The crew around her yells and reaches out for her to stop but it’s too late.  Both she and Chiana charge into the wall and come crashing into the large ballroom beyond.  The ballroom filled to the brim with Scapers grows quiet as dust and debris settles and 9 very stunned off-worlders stare back at them from within the collapsed wall.]

 

smushybutt:  [Whispers to her fellow board members on stage.]  “How the frell are we going to explain that one?”

 

DelvianPrince:  “Never mind the explanation…how are we going to clean it up?!”

 

[All Scapers in the room get a clear view of LeatherGirl and Chiana sitting in the debris with John T, John G, Aeryn, Crais, D’Argo, Stark, Rygel, and Jool standing behind them in the darkened hallway.  Again, a few while a few others let out a cry of shock.  The rest just stand in pure silence, pondering on the next course of action.   Was this all truly happening?]

 

Scaper:  “Oh my god!  It’s the cast of Farscape!”

 

[Suddenly, the entire group of Scapers begins to scream wildly and stampede towards the crew.]

 

Chiana:  “Ah, LeatherGirl…shouldn’t we get up now?  By the way, how’s your eema?”  [The two stand up quickly and are already caught in the stampede.]

 

LeatherGirl:  “My wha…”  [At that moment, an anonymous Scaper slaps LeatherGirl and Chiana in the eema.  Both shriek and turn to watch the crew behind them be bombarded by excited fans.]

 

Chiana:  “Whose idea was this again?”  [Rubs eema sorely.]

 

D’Argo:  “Please!  Please, one at a time!”  [Ushers Scapers back so that he and his fellow crewmates can get some breathing room.]

 

[After a half hour of Scapers trying to get all of the crew’s attention at once, the excitement dies down and people spread out in the ballroom.  Rygel resumes his position at the beverage bar with Stark.  Jool and Chiana follow LeatherGirl to find the girls room to freshen up.  Aeryn walks with one arm linked with John T and the other arm linked with John G.  Crais tries to walk around with the twelve females permanently attaching themselves to him.  D’Argo sits on the edge of the stage, telling stories with a few Scapers who have crowded around him.]

 

JulietEcho: [Approaches LeatherGirl as she, Jool, and Chiana exit the girls room.]  “Hey LeatherGirl!  I thought I’d see you here!  Hi Chiana and Jool, I love your outfits.”

 

LeatherGirl:  “An FNS Regular!  Hey, JulietEcho!  By the way, stay away from the punch.”

 

[JulietEcho laughs and then heads off to the beverage bar.  LeatherGirl calls out after her but shakes her head.]

 

Jool:  “I guess she didn’t really understand what you meant by that.”

 

Chiana:  “Maybe she saw Crais or one of the Johns over there.”

 

[All three nod their heads in agreement and continue on their way through the crowds.]

 

Jedikatie:  [Spots Aeryn and both Johns coming towards her.]  “Ben, Claudia!  And er…Ben?”

 

Aeryn:  “Who is Claudia?”

 

John T:  “Ben?  I know I may look like the average Joe but I ain’t no Ben.”

 

John G:  “The name rings a bell, but…”

 

Jedikatie:  “Sure, you guys are from Farscape.  Frell, that’s what we’re all here for, you know.  I had no clue you guys were going to be here though!”

 

grammykins:  [Passes the four by and shakes her fist in the air.]  “Rock on!”  [Aeryn gives her a strange look.]

 

John G:  “We should really be going now…”

 

Jedikatie:  [Gets excited.]  “If you guys are here, is Jonathan Hardy here too?”  [Glances around wildly.]

 

John T:  [Smiles.]  “Sure he is!  He’s at the punch bowl…have a drink while you’re at it.  You’ll need it when you see him!”  [John G and Aeryn both laugh and the three move on their way, leaving Jedikatie to search for the beverage bar on her own.]

 

Crais:  “I would be happy to show you around Talyn, if you’d let go of me for a microt.”

 

Leah3:  [In awe.]  “You brought along some of the set from Farscape?  That’s too awesome!  How’d you get it here?  Semi?  Cargo plane?”

 

Mreen:  “So Lani, could you do Pilot’s voice for us?”  [Bats eye lashes.]

 

Crais:  [Rolls eyes for the thirty-second time this fine day and shakes hands as he speaks.]  “Once again, I am ex-PeaceKeeper Captain Bialar Crais, now commanding the hybrid gunship Talyn.  I do not know who Lani is and I will not imitate another creature of which I have no desire to sound alike.”

 

Violettefrost:  “Hey, is that the transponder in your neck?!  Wow, you guys went all out for us didn’t you?  I’ve really gotta write a letter to that make-up department for their amazing work!”

 

[Crais rolls eyes and the group pushes on through the crowd.]

 

D’Argo:  [Polishes his Qualta Blade one last time and smiles at the group surrounding him.]  “So I told her not to let the tattoo fool her…it was the only falsehood on my body!”

 

[Group laughs hysterically, though a few passer-bys were left completely confused as to the fact they hadn’t heard the first part of the story.]

 

Shipscat:  “So what other acting projects have you been immersed in lately?

 

D’Argo:  “Acting?  Do you think everything I do is an act?  I’m a warrior…I’ve fought in two battle campaigns and survived with that human for nearly three cycles!  I do not act.”

 

Shipscat:  [Widens eyes.]  “Whoa, Anth, cool it.  I was just asking…”

 

D’Argo:  “Again, who is this Anth?  Do I look like him?  I sure as hezmana haven’t seen any other Luxans around here.”

 

[Instantly becomes quiet when he sees a Scaper dressed in Luxan attire pass them by.  He shakes his head and looks back to the group.]

 

D’Argo:  “I’m sorry, really.  There’s been a lot of pressure lately, and…”

 

Shipscat:  “We understand completely Anth.  Why not tell us another one of your stories?  There are a lot of us taking notes for future fanfic projects!”  [Leans forward excitedly with pen and paper in hand.]

 

D’Argo:  [Takes big breath and plays along.]  “Well…there was this hilarious incident involving Chiana and the Storage Facility…”

 

[Jool, Chiana, and LeatherGirl pass D’Argo by and skim through the crowd.  Already, the three had been mistaken for many other people.]

 

Jool:  “Where do they get Tammy out of my name?  Do your people fabricate things like this all the time?”

 

Chiana:  “I kinda like the name Gigi.  But what’s make-up and where can I get some of this?  I like the sound of it.”

 

LeatherGirl:  “Why does everyone think I’m one of the guest actresses?  I’ve never been on TV before!!  Well, there was this time…oh, well, hey there’s Rygel and Stark.”

 

[The girls head over to the beverage bar where several Scapers are happily bouncing around in circles or off of each other.  Rygel and Stark are laughing mischievously and are even caught spilling another small flask of mysterious liquid into the bowl.]

 

LeatherGirl:  [Peers into the reddened liquid and then back to Stark and Rygel.]  “Better not be any Blue Goo in the mix.  It could have disastrous results.”

 

Stark:  “Blue Goo?  Like Zhaan?”

 

Jool:  [Turns lips in disgust.]  “I sure the frell hope she hasn’t materialized into that!”

 

Chiana:  “Hey, that stuff is great!  Where’s NIBB when you need him?”

 

LeatherGirl:  “Oh, well he’s not here right now…”

 

Rygel:  “Oh, so you know where he is all the time?  Do you two know BamaGirl and _player_?  You should really get some help.”

 

Chiana:  [Slaps Rygel on the head.]  “Hey, Scapers hang together all the time, Ryge.  Not like you’d understand relationships.”

 

Rygel: [Snorts.]  “And you do?”

 

[Chiana glares at Rygel.]

 

Stark:  “This ‘punch’ liquid has become quite popular.  The more we add to it, the more they drink!”  [Laughs insanely and pours in another small flask of liquid.]

 

[Proving his point, several Scapers line up to get another cup full of punch.  One Scaper actually hits the tall ceiling and bounces back down after taking a sip.]

 

Jool:  “That’s going to hurt in the morning.”

 

[A loud screeching noise interrupts the crowd and all look to the stage.  John T and John G are standing with smushybutt at the microphone, waiting to address everyone.  The crowd hushes.]

 

John T and John G at the same time:  “Welcome...”  [They stop and look to each other in annoyance.  They then proceed to play Rock Paper Scissors to decide who will get to speak.  After the third try, Aeryn shakes her head and rushes onto the stage to speak for them.]

 

Aeryn:  “Welcome, everyone.  We’re just visiting, no reason to get alarmed.  To clarify a few things we are all here on a visit from the Uncharted Territories, we mean no harm, and we’ll be on our way shortly.”

 

John G:  [Shakes head.]  “We were going to say that we were ready to party, Aeryn.”

 

John T:  “Thanks for spoiling our parade.”

 

smushybutt:  “What?  You’re not staying?  But you can’t leave!  You’ve already destroyed half the hall…someone has to help us clean the mess up.  Besides, we all would really love for you to stay.  There’s a Kickbox Aerobics class later on that I know you’ll love Aeryn.  You could teach us all a few PK techniques.  And John…and John…there’s a SACC Presentation later on…OboeCrazy and the rest are gonna want to have you there!”

 

Rygel:  [Yells from the audience.]  “Someone’s hijacked Moya!”

 

[The entire crowd gasps and then rushes out the damaged wall of the ballroom to get to the parking lot quicker.  Smushybutt and DelvianPrince throw up their arms in defeat.  They follow the crowd.  In the parking lot, Moya is indeed flying high in circles around the hotel, while Talyn chases her close behind, trying to help his mother.  The crew of Farscape looks up in horror and tries to contact Pilot on their comms.]

 

John G:  “Pilot!  What’s happening?”

 

Pilot:  [In clearly annoyed voice.]  “I was trying to tell you….”

 

Crais:  [In tune with Talyn.]  “Talyn has informed me that someone is perpetrating rides on Moya.  Look…there’s already a line formed!”

 

[Crew rushes over to find the culprit behind the whole charade and gasps.  Scorpius grins before them and hands an obscenely large ticket to the next Scaper in line.]

 

LeatherGirl:  “Zoiks!”

 

John G:  “You got that one right.”

 

John T:  “What the frell are you doing Scorpius?”  [Pauses and looks to John G for confirmation.]  “Or is it Harvey?”  [John G shrugs.]

 

[Aeryn and D’Argo step forward with their weapons drawn.  A Scaper in the growing crowd around them calls out for everyone to come and look.]

 

Scaper:  “Hey everybody!  They’re going put on a simulated action show for us!”

 

[More Scapers gather around.]

 

D’Argo:  [Annoyed.]  “Again…we’re not really…”

 

Jool:  “Frell!  Then who’s that?”  [Shrieks as she points to a large Scarran battle ship coming into view far over head.  Moya and Talyn hover low to the ground near where they had docked.  The ground shakes as the ship grows closer and several more Scapers .]

 

D’Argo:  “Scarrans!”

 

John T:  “Quick, everyone back on board!” 

 

[As John T refers to his crewmates the crowd of Scapers behind them rush onto Moya or Talyn as well.  John T looks to John G in annoyance and then they both shrug and continue on into their ships.]

 

smushybutt:  [Admiring Moya’s beautiful interior structure.]  “Remind me to rent this thing out next year.”

 

John G:  “Hey Scorpy, we didn’t mean you could come along!”  [Shouts to Scorpy who is ahead of the crowd.]

 

John T:  [Over comms.]  “If you’re with Scorpy on Moya, then who is the Scorpy on Talyn???”  [John T is face to face with another Scorpy on Talyn.  Scorpy grins and the two are then pushed aside as a group of Scapers rush through.]

 

MadCat00:  [Passes John T by.]  “I wanna see Command on this baby!”

 

Crais:  “Just wait!  Talyn’s a little shy!”   [Shouts as a group of Scapers rushes towards Command ahead of him.]

 

[The crew on Moya is already in Command by now as well as a large group of Scapers.  Rygel tries to make his way through the crowd, picking up as many values as he can find hanging loose among the gullible onlookers.]

 

LeatherGirl:  “Hey Rygel, you’re on the wrong ship!”

 

Rygel:  “You try living with that crew for a few monens and see how you like it!”

 

LeatherGirl:  “Good point.”

 

Chiana:  “What are we going to do about the Scarrans?  They’ll destroy your planet if we don’t do something!”

 

[LeatherGirl and John G look to each other momentarily and then to the crowd of Scapers.]

 

John G:  “Any fanfic writers in here?”

 

LeatherGirl:  “Come on guys…we’ve had some incredible plots in the past…we can get out of this if we stick our heads together and…”

 

Jool:  [Curls upper lip in disgust.]  “Stick your heads together?  Is that some sort of ritual…or custom?  Your people disgust me more and more each solar day.”

 

Elflore:  “I can’t give away what I’m writing in my next fanfic…no frelling way!”

 

DRAyKE:  “Scarrans vs. John Crichton…no wait, Scorpius vs. Scarrans vs. John Crichton…ooh, better yet…Scapers vs. Scarrans vs. Scorpius vs. John Crichton!” 

 

lilolme:  “Somebody get him a pen and paper now or he’ll explode!”

 

Kieriahn:  “Cat and Mouse!”

 

LeatherGirl:  “Who?  What?  Where?”

 

dhenry:  “No!  She means that we should play a little cat and mouse with ‘em!”

 

WarriorWoman:  “As long as we keep it nice and clean…we want our deposits back, you know!”

 

MagentasRiffRaff:  “By the way…do you think the guest speakers are wondering where we all went to by now?”

 

Saimhe:  “Don’t worry…I’m sure the Scarran battle ship hovering above the hotel will clue them in on the whole thing.”

 

D’Argo:  [Holds hands up in air to hush everyone.]  “Please!  Pilot wishes to say something!”

 

Missee:  [Sheepishly.]  “Sorry.”

 

Pilot:  “Talyn has a plan.”

 

[On board Talyn, things are a little out of hand as Scapers are running around, chasing prototype DRDs or trying to find the bathroom.]

 

Stark:  “The Dren chamber?  I’ve been trying to find that since I first got here.”

 

Xenajules2:  [Wrinkles nose and steps away from Stark.]  “Then what have you been doing…wait I don’t want to know!”

 

[Scorpius enters into Command as John T, Aeryn, Crais and a few Scapers are arguing over what to do.] 

 

PKLibrarian:  [Looks up at Scorpius and smiles weakly.]  “Ah, Hi.”

 

[Scorpius hisses and turns to face another Scaper.]

 

BethS:  “Yikes!”

 

Scorpius:  “They’re going to kill us if we don’t do something immediately.”

 

HynerianDonkey:  [Shakes head and stifles a laugh.]  “Have you been studying the Stupid Alien Quotation Book lately?”

 

Crais:  “Quiet everyone!  Talyn has a plan and it will work!”

 

John T:  “Oh really Captain Corny?  Tell us already, will ya?”

 

Aeryn:  “If you haven’t noticed, that ship is getting closer and closer and we still haven’t a clue how to end all this dren!”

 

DaniRoyer:  “What?  Is this a Choose Your Own Adventure story all of a sudden?  Gees!”

 

Crais:  “Talyn will race towards the sky with Moya close behind.  The Scarrans will go after us, since that’s who they’re after and then we’ll all starburst out of this galaxy for good.”

 

John T:  [Shakes his head and Crais goes up to him looking frantic.]  “Won’t work.”

 

Crais:  [At wits end.]  “Why not?!”

 

LeatherGirl:  [Over comms.]  “Because!  They’re here to attend ScaperCon.  They heard the broadcast about it and realized there were even more humans out there with the possible knowledge that John possesses!  We’re frelled!”

 

[Several screams of horror are heard over the open comms.  A few laughs follow…some Scapers are still in denial.  And some are still bouncing off the walls from the punch.]

 

Rygel:  “That’s it!”

 

Jool:  “What…you have a plan?” 

 

Scorpius:  “Don’t you see?  The punch…the punch!”

 

Chiana:  “Oh yeah!  The punch can save our eemas!  Quick…mix up some more of that stuff!”

 

LeatherGirl:  “Here, I’ve been saving a little vat of Blue Goo for….”

 

[Rygel takes it out of her hands and pours it into the small vat of punch he had snurched from the convention.  The vat begins to hiss and bubble terribly.  Several nearby Scapers run for cover.]

 

John G:  “Quick!  Get that thing to an air lock now!”

 

[D’Argo and a Scaper rush with Rygel to a nearby airlock and proceed to shove the brewing mixture out the airlock.  Rygel is nearly stuffed out as well but is saved by Jedikatie.  The vat swirls towards the large Scarran battle ship beneath Moya and Talyn and the liquid fizzles over the entire ship.  The ship begins to shake violently and speed up into the atmosphere past Moya and Talyn.  The liquid begins to glow a bright purple and the ship begins to melt inwards.  Several “oohs” and “aahs” can be heard throughout both Moya and Talyn.]

 

Stark:  “What is it doing?”

 

John T:  “Wow!  It’s morphing into…”

 

Aeryn:  “It looks like…”

 

Violettefrost:  “Hey…is that a….”

 

Shipscat:  “Oh my god!  I’ve gotta get this into a fanfic somehow!!!”

 

Elflore:  “Not if I write one first!!”

 

[The Scarran ship before Moya and Talyn suddenly explodes with a brilliant bluish-purple flash and disintegrates completely.  Rygel swipes his hands together in satisfaction and heads for the Galley.  Moya and Talyn lower back to the parking lot below to drop off the Scapers.]

 

Stark:  “I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream!”  [Runs through the hall of Talyn.]

 

John T:  “Oh great.  Who taught him that one?”

 

[Scorpius meets up with his clone as everyone begins to walk out of Moya and Talyn.  They hiss at each other and begin to quarrel in the background.  Jedikatie walks alongside Rygel, patting his ears.]

 

Jedikatie:  “So, as rumor has it, you think of something you want it to taste or be like and that’s what the Blue Goo becomes?  So what were you thinking when you poured it into the punch?”

 

Rygel:  [Giggles and looks up to her.]  “To send them to the most annoying place in the entire universe…besides Earth that is.”

 

Missee:  “Where’d you send them?”

 

Rygel:  “My home planet!”

 

[All laugh and head on into the hotel with everyone else.  Scapers take their seats in the messed ballroom as the Farscape crew takes their places on stage to say a few parting words.]

 

D’Argo:  “We all had a great time, but we really do need to go now.”

 

Scaper in audience:  “Where do you have to go?  You’re convicts on the run!”

 

[A few giggles commence.]

 

John T:  “We’ve got to go save the universe.”

 

John G:  “And our own eemas.”

 

Aeryn:  “I’d love to stay and chat…but…”

 

Chiana:  “What she means to say is that we truly enjoyed your gathering but we have to leave.”

 

Jool:  “Bye.”

 

Crais:  “Next time please stock up on the Fellip Nectar and Raslac.”

 

LeatherGirl:  [Several Scapers look to LeatherGirl.]  “Hey, I’m off duty.”

 

Entire crew:  “Bye everyone!”  [The Johns blow kisses as the crew leaves the stage.  The Scapers begin to scream for them to come back and follow them out as they re-enter their ships.  The Scapers stop before the two ships and look on sadly.  The crew waves once more and then the ships begin to hover upwards.  They then circle around the hotel once and blast out of the sky, rattling windows and creating wind gusts up to sixty miles per hour.  The Scapers smile and wave and then turn back and head on in to the ballroom.]

 

**

Back on Moya…

 

Jool:  [Seated across from Jool, Chiana, Rygel, and John G.]  “You should have stayed on Talyn, Rygel.”

 

Rygel:  [Laughs as he stuffs his mouth with food.]  “There wasn’t any food left…and LeatherGirl traded places with me.”

 

Chiana:  “That’s not fair!”

 

John G:  “How’d you guys like Earth, by the way?”

 

D’Argo:  “And I thought two of you was bad enough.”

 

Meanwhile on Talyn…

 

[Both Scorpius’ are still arguing with each other in a corner of Command.]

 

Aeryn:  [Rolls eyes.]  “How we got both Scorpius’ on Talyn is beyond my reasoning.”

 

Crais:  “Talyn hasn’t even developed any air locks yet.”

 

LeatherGirl:  “Pilot has informed me that both ships have no stowaway Scapers on board.  Such a shame, really.”

 

John T:  “That was fun.  Where’s next year’s ScaperCon going to be?”

 

[All give John T a glance and he drops his inquiry.]

 

And finally back to Earth and ScaperCon 2001…

 

PKLibrarian:  [Stands among ruins of what was once the ballroom.]  “That was some damned good special effects you had planned there, smushybutt!”

 

Smushybutt:  [Looks to PKLibrarian in bewilderment.]  “I had nothing to do with it…and neither did the rest of the Committee!”

 

Xenajules2:  “You mean all that was real?”  [Her voice is suddenly amplified as she passes by a microphone.  All the Scapers in the ballroom stop dead in their tracks.  No, not literally, gees people!]

 

[Scapers begin to thunder out of the ballroom once more to look out in the parking lot.  Smushybutt and her Committee stand amongst the mess, shaking their heads.  Smushybutt glances down and sees a fresh new newspaper.  She picks it up and looks at the major headline along with her Committee.]

 

Newspaper headline:  LOCAL FARSCAPE CONVENTION ROCKETED BY ALIEN SHIPS

 

DelvianPrince:  “Frell!  ScaperCon attendance is going to go through the roof next year!!!”

 

*****

 

This is LeatherGirl saying Hi to everyone at ScaperCon 2001!  I hope you’re all having a blast!  Not a real blast, mind you, just a good time. ;)  Some of you somehow got the idea that I was actually going to be there.  Unfortunately, due to low funds and RL, I could not attend.  Maybe next year…that would be nice!  Especially if I get to present the winners of the Farscape FanFic Awards myself (a millions thanks to Jedikatie once again for representing me and the awards this year!).  Take care and let’s hope the Scarrans don’t show up!!