Life Support

[guppy_sandhu]

The circle of chairs is out, the team are assembled, and the sign is up.

Tonight's food is a selection of cheese (catering to various dietary requirements) and savoury biscuits.

LIFE SUPPORT
OPEN TO ALL

NEW? CONFUSED? NEED SOMEONE TO CHAT TO?
WANT FREE FOOD? COME AND JOIN US!


[ooc: For logistical reasons, please consider this post millitimed to after the Shrink plot. Otherwise all as usual, open until the next one, threadhopping encouraged, all loose tags will be picked up by at least one of the team]

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[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy is enjoying a nice bit of Red Leicester.

[justmark]

Mark missed all the excitement with the tiny people. All he knows is that he's going to eat every single type of cheese available. He'll start with the cheddar and work his way up from there.

[i_ship_it]

Dodger is not having the best of days. She'd been told this was probably a good place to go for help, so that's why she's here, sort of creeping around the edges of the group.

Crap. Mark's here. This is so far from ideal it's not even funny. Mmmmmmmaybe she'll go somewhere else for help.


AUGH.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Hey." Guppy smiles at her.

"Er, would you like some cheese?"

[i_ship_it]

Dodger glances over at the cheese. Where Mark is. Obliviously stuffing his face.

"No." She shakes her head quickly and wraps her arms around her chest.

"Is... Is there someone else? A lady?"

THIS IS HORRIBLE AND AWFUL AND SHE HATES IT.

[guppy_sandhu]

Crap, they no longer have a lady on Life Support. Guppy hadn't thought about this when he re-recruited.

"If it's for chatting and not something medical, I can go and get Bonnie?" he offers, having seen her in the last few minutes and knowing where he could find her. "If it's something medical, might take me a little longer to track a female medic down, or I could get Bonnie to chaparone while you talk to me?"

[i_ship_it]

Dodger shakes her head again, already starting to walk away.

"No. It's fine. I'll deal."

She turns, and quite literally flees the situation. This was such a bad idea.

[guppy_sandhu]

Oh no!

"Sorry!" Guppy calls after her. "If it's a medic you're after, try leaving a note at the bar."

He feels bad now. He goes to get more cheese.

[justmark]

Well, Dodger got Mark's attention, whether she wants it or not. He turns around just in time to see her running away, and steps over to Guppy.

"The heck was that?" he asks around a mouth full of cheese and crackers.

[guppy_sandhu]

"I think I scared her off." Guppy says. "Do you know her?"

[runningred]

Jay is ready with a plate of crackers and a decent sized tool kit.

He adds an addendum to the sign.

Small mechanical repair also available.

[guppy_sandhu]

While his father is busy with Life Support, Gil presents Jay with three toy cars which look like they were trodden on. They're in pretty bad shape.

In payment, he offers Jay 22p in coins and a button.

[runningred]

"Hey you." he offers Gil a lift to sit up on the table. "Oh dear. This got a bit squished, huh?"

He pushes the coins back to Gil but keeps the button, tucking it into a pocket. "Alright, let's see what we can do, hey?" He examines the breaks and bent axals. "Think this one might need new wheels."

[guppy_sandhu]

Gil happily accepts the lift onto the table, because sitting on the table is always fun.

"Big girl did it." he says, putting the coins back in his little pocket.

[runningred]

"Which big girl, kiddo? Do you know her name?"

He orders some wire and glue from the bar, clipping the old wheels and starting to thread them on new axles.

[guppy_sandhu]

"No." Gil says, shaking his head.

He watches, looking very impressed with Jay's car fixing techniques.

"That's Whizzy." he points to the car Jay is holding. "Lumpy." he points to the second car, which is pink. "And Neenee." he points to the police car.

[runningred]

"Oh well." He repeats back the names to be sure he's got them right. "Well, I can fixed Lumpy and Whizzy today but I think Neenee needs a serious overhaul. Do you mind if I hold on the Neenee to work on in the garage?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"OK." Gil says. "Thankyou."

He imagines it being a very tiny garage.

"Daddy tried." he adds. "Daddy failed." Sad face.

[wayward_sun]

Oh, cheese.

Lucifer goes about filling up a plate with an assortment of cheeses and biscuits.

No red wine on the table but that can be easily rwmidied.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Hi, welcome to Life Support." Guppy offers him the crackers.

[wayward_sun]

"Thank you," Lucifer says with a brilliant smile.
"Do you have any Stilton?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Er... Guppy opens a cheese box and passes it over. "Is one of these Stilton?"

[wayward_sun]

Lucifer looks them over and happily picks a piece.

"Oh yes. Perfect. I don't suppose you have a nice bottle stashed away here?"

Hopefully.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Sadly we don't provide free alcohol at Life Support." Guppy says, with a rueful grin. "But you're welcome to bring it over from Bar."

[wayward_sun]

"Perfect," Lucifer says brightly.
"I'll be right back."

He heads over to the Bar and returns with a bottle of expensive red wine and two glasses.

He is carefully groomed and expensively dressed. And smiling.

"I really do enjoy a good piece of cheese."