THE FELLIP NECTAR STAND Thanksgiving Edition

Author: LeatherGirl

Disclaimer: I do not own Farscape or anything associated with Farscape. Only wish they’d let me in on the script writing! Anything spoken by scapers in this edition has been only edited for grammer and spelling content.

Special Thanks to the following scapers for posting replies to appear in this edition: playerplayer, NIBB, JohnsKeedvaBBQ, DerSnake, JilaCosa, SCIFICD, Mreen, CommanderAnaKerie, and grammykins. You shall all be treated to neuro chips….AUGH! Frelling Scorpius got to my computer for a microt there! You shall all be treated to mounds and mounds of flavorful, mouth-watering delicacies of your choice and drinks from the Fellip Nectar Stand courtesy of me. ENJOY!

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John: [Seated at bar drinking alongside his fellow shipmates.] “Turkey Day has arrived.”

[John scans bar to see countless number of different species drinking away on this otherwise important day.]

Aeryn: [Sips her Raslac nonchalantly.] “Is that another one of those Crichtonisms of yours?”

John: [Sighs and stares dreamily into space through the view screen centered in the bar.] “Thanksgiving Day…a day set aside to thank your lucky stars that you’re alive. A big frelling meal is prepared, a football game is playing on TV, and the relatives come to remind you of how humiliating life can be.”

Zhaan: “John, this custom seems to have you depressed. Is it not a joyous occasion?”

Rygel: “It must be if it involves a meal!” [Snickers and grabs a handful of fuzzy orange morsels and proceeds to shove them into his mouth.]

John: “I’ll give you a history lesson some other time, Zhaan. For now, I’ll just drink to my existence. Well, I really should drink to my module too. Oh, and I guess I should thank you all for saving my ass more than twice!” [Holds up his flask to his shipmates who are staring at him oddly and downs the contents immediately.]

Pilot: “You thank your companions and feast for an entire solar day?” [Pilot sips from his glass of Fellip Nectar from one hand. Then takes a second sip from the glass in his second hand. Another sip from the third, and finally one last sip from the fourth before starting the process all over again.]

Chiana: “I think I see how this works.” [Holds up her flask of Raslac and Kylian Fectar to her shipmates.] “Thanks to all of you for helping me out when I needed it most. I thank Zhaan’s goddesses for Nerri and I most of all thank the fact that Rygel has not had any helium farts lately!” [Downs her drink as Rygel scowls in her direction.]

D’Argo: “Oh, I understand this game.”

[John rolls his eyes but listens on.]

D’Argo: “I thank all of you for saving my life for the many times it has been threatened.” [Mimics motion with the flask and drinks away.] “And thanks to Chiana for….”

Aeryn: [Clears throat loudly and looks to D’Argo with stern expression.] “I think we understand, D’Argo. As for the thanking dren, I can assume we all will say the same about the life-saving dren.”

[Zhaan nods and smiles at Aeryn but Aeryn is only annoyed further by Zhaan’s loving mood.]

Rygel: “So where’s this feast?”

[All turn to look at Chiana, they’re mouths virtually dripping with drool.]

Chiana: “Don’t look at me!!!”

[The bad boys Crais and Scorpius enter bar and sit next to John. Drinks are ordered courtesy of Scorpius for all in the bar. John and his shipmates check their drinks with question. Another group of Sebaceans enter bar and settle down at a large table behind the Farscape crew.]

Crais: [Frowns.] “Aren’t they human?” [Peers suspiciously at the “Sebaceans”.]

Scorpius: “Scapers!” [Hisses with delight and slaps hands together evilly.]

John: [Mutters under breath.] “I know what Scorpy’s thankful for.”

[Scapers do not notice Farscape crew through some miraculous manner and set out all the Thanksgiving fixings one could ever ask for. Rygel nearly falls off his thronesled at the sight of the enormous, golden roasted turkey centered on the table. LeatherGirl turns to bar to spy the Farscape crew staring curiously as well as the rest of the aliens in the bar. John is almost drooling…at some of the scapers or the food, we’ll never know!]

LeatherGirl: “I’d like to start our UT Turkey Day Celebration Feast off by thanking Farscape—that includes everyone and everything involved from the scapers to the cast to the action figures…everything! I’m thankful for fanfics and their authors who keep the fantasy alive, the scifi bboard, my life through the best and worst of times, my family and friends and my new nephew, and the chance creation of this universe and the beings inhabiting it….” [Aeryn steps over and slaps LeatherGirl in the cheek to snap her out of her ranting. LeatherGirl blinks. The Farscape crew joins the scapers at the table, intrigued by this feast.]

Playerplayer: “Well,…” [Glances nervously at Scorpius seated beside him.] “I’m thankful for my family, all of my great friends in RL and here on the BBoard, and of course FARSCAPE!! and it's cast and crew.”

NIBB: [Winks at Chiana, who’s seated across from him.] “I'm thankful that TPTB who sent me to this little corner of the galaxy chose to place me here to observe you. You are all so very amusing with your "HA HA" and "Presidential elections" Oh, and sugar confections that are shaped like worms and...$^%((()(^^!^&Frelling filter chip er, ah, I mean. AHHH-chooo! I have a cold and I am VERY thankful for turkey! Yes, turkey! I wish I could eat it more than once a year.” [Receives strange looks.]

JohnsKeedvaBBQ: [Slaps Rygel’s hand as he tries to steal food from her plate.] “I’m thankful for the things that add flavor to my life...thankful that Rockne, DK, Ben, Ricky, Anth, Virginia, Claud, Gigi, et alia..., had the good sense to do what they are doing!... thankful that there are only 50 frelling days til January 5, 2001 (only 43 at Thanksgiving!)...thankful that Ann Harrington, 13thNight, analise, uktechgirl, UCSBDad, Rita (death2primechick), modulegirl, OboeCrazy, and all the other gifted writers it has been my pleasure to read, have sacrificed blood, sweat, and tears to keep me sane through the drought! Words are insufficient to express how thankful I am that the good things in my life are many, the bad things--few, and... for the most part, not very bad. Mostly, I'm thankful that there are plenty of good people to go around in this world, and that a lot of them are right here.”

DerSnake: “I’m thankful for all my friends in the Faith and the right to attend Church; My family, who has supported me in good times and bad; No more strokes since 1998; A loving, caring second wife who helps me more than she realizes; My first wife getting remarried for the third time, this month. Now, she will be off my back, and onto HERS! Two decent teenagers that have survived the divorce nightmare better than I expected. A great "third" family here at the BBoard.” [Eyes Rygel with suspicion.]

JilaCosa: “I’m thankful for: Farscape, for the wonderful friends I've made since the show first aired. Farscape itself, it's a wonderful piece of Sci-fi. My two beautiful children, and their father/my husband. I'm thankful for the chance I got to meet some Great people during my vacation this summer. And I'm truly thankful that my mother hasn't died of a heart attack from all of the bad decision I've made in my life so that she can now enjoy her grandchildren.” [Does a double take and laughs when she spies Pilot trying to pass four different bowls of steaming food to four different locations on the table.]

SCIFICD: [Tries to ignore Scorpius’ drilling stare.] “Number one, my daughter (Sabrina) and the great guy she found for a husband! Daniel's the best son-in-law a mother could have! Second, the fact that I am going to be a grandma! [Smiles.] Sabrina and Daniel's baby is due February 2001! Just in time to take my mind off of the wait for Season 3 of Farscape to start! Third, FARSCAPE!! (you thought I was not going to mention this one! lol) Fourth, the fact that I got to go to the Farscape con in Burbank and meet the great people behind the best show ever! They are as fun, caring, considerate, wild, and crazy in person as they are on screen or during chats! Fifth, all the great scapers I have met because of Farscape, either here on the board or at the con in Burbank! And sixth, I am also very thankful for CHOCOLATE!!!!”

[Aeryn tilts head at the mention of chocolate and looks to John with puzzlement.]

Mreen: [Spots Rygel eyeing her plate and slaps his hand. Poor Rygel!] “My reasons to be thankful: first (the standard)That-I-am-alive-and-well-and-not-allergic-to-chocolate; second, my computer works today. Third my job is still good, fourth scifi, Farscape, movies, books, fanfic, TV, crazyBBoard, etc. Fifth, I have a new niece. Sixth, there is a holiday that is perfectly acceptable to celebrate by eating as much food, preferably fattening, as possible. Seventh, seven is a perfectly acceptable number to stop at unless you have a really funny punch line worthy of a drum roll, in which case you are obligated to continue till you have a top 10 list. I don't.”

[Crais looks to her with a raised eyebrow.]

CommanderAnaKerie: “I’m thankful for being given the ability to know what I want and when I want it. Now if I could only find the guts to do it! hehehe And of course everyone and everything Farscape!” [Observes D’argo’s Qualta blade laid next to her plate.]

Grammykins: [Gives Rygel a look which Rygel huffs at. Rygel turns back to Zhaan’s plate and manages to steal some food.] “I am thankful for my daughters and for science fiction and all it has lead me to-- Robert A. Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, Alfred Bester, Keith Laumer, Harry Harrison, Larry Niven, Isaac Asimov, Zinna Henderson, Spider Robinson and all of the writers who have given me their vision of this and other worlds. You taught me to love.”

[Zhaan grabs a tuft of Rygel’s hair and Rygel immediately drops her food back onto her plate.]

John: “Scapers can always cheer me up. Thanks for bringing Thanksgiving to the Uncharted Territories everyone! Now, please pass me some of that turkey!!!”

[Farscape crew and Scapers begin to chat and eat around the very large table at the Fellip Nectar Stand in the warm happy spirits of the day. We zoom out through the window with snow falling and stars twinkling…oh dren! Wrong holiday! Back to the table scene…Rygel is stealing food and John and the scapers and chattering on and on about Earth while the other Farscape characters chow on their food and gaze on with interest. Laughing can be heard and food is digested—rather loudly by one particular little creature—and drinks are had by all.]

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!! Be thankful for life above all else this cycle…AND FARSCAPE!!!