THE FELLIP NECTAR STAND Quickie Edition: Honored Soldiers of Equa at Uni Fest
Author: LeatherGirl
Disclaimer: I do not own Farscape or anything associated with Farscape.
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John: “What the frell is up with that name?” [Takes a drink from his fruity gulanda drink at the Big Bangalow. The crew has decided to stay another weeken.]
Aeryn: [Lying next to John on a long hammock-like contraption between two orange tree stalks.] “Honored Soldiers of Equa at Uni Fest is a monen of honoring the five PeaceKeeper soldiers who raided the system of Uni. They managed to take control of over seventy billion pitiful beings that didn’t like to agree with the ways of the Charted Territories. The very famous battle that took place on the moon of Equa has been honored for hundreds of cycles. My grandmother fought in that battle.” [Aeryn adjusts the straps of her dark bikini.]
Chiana: “Honored Soldiers of Equa at Uni Fest is fun if you know the right people.” [Winks and hooks arm around D’Argo. Her slinky bikini outfit accents her form even more so than her regular clothing.]
D’Argo: “John, just as we must celebrate your, ah, interesting holidays, we must honor Honored Soldiers of Equa at Uni Fest.” [Chiana rubs some scented oil onto D’Argo’s bare chest, tickling him into a bout of laughter.]
John: [John raises up from the hammock, his bare chest glinting in the sun.] “Yeah, but don’t you have shorter version of a name? I mean frell; I know Thanksgiving Day is a long word, but Hezmana people. Haven’t you heard of abbreviations?”
Rygel: [Resting comfortably in a branch above the rest of the crew, his throne sled temporarily forgotten near the ground below.] “Honored Soldiers of Equa at Uni Fest is so sacred, we honor them by saying the entire phrase. Besides, are you that lazy to not be able to say Honored Soldiers of Equa at Uni Fest?”
John: [Rolls eyes and lays back down. Puts arm around Aeryn and they cuddle.] “Fine. But since you guys are celebrating this H.S. of E. at U. F., I think I’ll begin celebrating a very sacred, honorable occasion of my own from Earth.”
[Chiana, D’Argo, Aeryn, and Rygel all groan.]
Rygel: “Another one?! How many holidays do you idiots have?”
John: “Hey, this is a very important day of remembrance to the many soldiers who fought in past wars to protect my country.”
Chiana: “So what is it called?”
John: “Memorial Day.”
D’Argo: “Ha! What a short despicable name!”
Rygel: “It’s very plain. Not very important sounding at all.”
Aeryn: “I’d forget a name like that easily.”
Chiana: “Yeah. I mean really, can’t they get a little more creative?”
John: “You know what, just forget I mentioned it. Let’s gone on with this ‘Honored Soldiers of Where ever the frell who cares Festival’ all right?”
D’Argo: “He can’t even get it right.”
John: “D’Argo!” [Annoyed, sends D’Argo a glare.]
Chiana: “I’m curious. What do you do on this Memory Day?”
John: [Mutters.] “Forget it. Please. You don’t want to know.”
Aeryn: [Sits up with interest.] “Come on, we already told you what we do for Honored Soldiers of Equa at Uni Fest. The Honored Soldiers of Equa at Uni Fest Feast and a simple salute to the Equa at Uni. That’s what Honored Soldiers of Equa at Uni Fest is all about.”
John: [Gives Aeryn a look before he finally decides to tell his crewmates.] “We remember those who died to save our country and have parades and picnics and so on.”
Rygel: [Laughs.] “You simply sit around and remember things? How trivial!”
[The rest of John’s crewmates laugh. He finishes his drink and decides he’d rather spend time with Crais and Pilot at the Big Bangalow hut and drink some more. The crew continues to laugh as he walks away. John approaches the Big Bangalow hut and sits next to Crais. Crais is currently engaged in a conversation with Pilot. Crais and Pilot nod to John as he sips a new drink Pilot gives him.]
John: “What’s up?”
Pilot: “Up?”
Crais: “Oh, we were just discussing Honored Soldiers of Equa at Uni Fest.”
[John slams his drink down and screams. He then runs towards the green ocean and jumps in. Pilot and Crais look to each other shrug and continue on with their conversation. The camera zooms out and nearly bumps into a passing by Talyn and Moya before the scene fades to white.]
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That’s it for this week, folks. Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Now that’s not too hard to say is it? Gees, you’d think when the UT has a holiday they’d at least shorten up the name a little. The place is complicated as it is!
Be sure to check out my newest fanfic, The Farscape Movie: Destination Unknown, to be released by May 31st on the Scifi Bboard! It’s a unique tale of the past, present, and saving the future with lots of surprising twists and turns!