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Shazam
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  Two Man Band
November 24, 2004 1:41:14 AM    View the profile of Shazam 
Shazam awoke in his room, chilled by the cold that had crept in the night before.  Flight two had been taken to a cool desert planet a couple of weeks before and had very little information on the climate conditions and its extreme mood swings. 

He, Shazam, had even been shocked by the immense heat that sauntered down from the sun during the day time.  What shocked him even more though, was how dramatic the temperature changed when going to night.  As the sun would settle into the horizon, a cold wind would pick up, kicking up desert sand, then becoming very still all at once. 

The barracks that the flight were staying in were poorly insulated and did not keep the warmth in or keep the cold out.  The mission was a breif one at that, and only required some minor 'engagements' and a couple of flyovers.  The pilots were assigned certain times to cover certain areas of the planet without alerting warlords in the area.  Some kind of agreement had been struck by the rogues and the central government controlling the planet.  As long as they abided by the rules of the treaty, they were aloud to fly in sanctioned areas, and thus making sure that the warlords were not encroaching upon allied soil. 

Apparently, it was in the VE's best interest to ally with these people in order to gain mineral content hidden within the sands.  However, there had been a catch, civil disobediance had taken over so the VE sent in peacemakers, people to create a society again and make sure that the trust was regained among the people.  As long as there was a socioty, trade could be established without bloodshed.  How easilly the VE could take down the little military the planet could provide, even if the two opposing sides of society could combine, were a mere fraction compared to the size of a minor military infiltration unit composed by the VE. 

So, Shazam's group was assigned to fly routes every eight hours, the rest of the times they basically spent running around the few bases set up by the VE.  A few Army outpost had been created among the Navy's airbases, and Shazam often found himself in an Army run bar.  More than once he'd come close to being caught by a superior for intoxication when he was supposed to be resting up to run rounds the next morning.  Luckilly, Shazam could fly in his sleep...  Plus, as long as he didn't go past the de-militarized zone, he wouldn't be targeted by any civilians...

Three weeks of useless scouting and late night partying led up to the end of Shazam's tour on the planet.  He had already flown about twenty-five scout flights and two free flights.  Often times, they would get ready to takeoff, but were then called back to receive even more orders.  The treaty that was going on between the natives and warlords was very unstable and extremely sensitive. 

Since Shazam's tour was up though, he wouldn't have to worry about getting caught by naval officers or getting up too early in the morning to do re-pettitive and absolutely boring fly-bys of the same spots at the same times of everyday...  He relaxed in the mess-hall of an open barrack on his last morning though.  And open barrack on this planet was basically when you had anyone from any of the divisions put into a single barrack.  It was mostly used like a lounge though, and the three meals were served every other day.  Cots were lined against the walls of the middle section in which many people found themselves taking a quick nap after going out on assignments or they were just tired and needed a bit of a rest.  In the side opposite the mess hall, the south end of the barracks that is, there was a large room with some single white rooms slintered into it, a couple of offices and some games were set about the place.

Enjoying his breakfast of military rations, Shazam listened to the announcements.  A man would come up onto the podium that sat at the front of the mess hall, and annouce news from all divisions, including group assignments, enlistment options, and all sorts of random news; he would normally speak through until early afternoon...  Sometimes Shazam couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor soul, but someone had to do it.  And as long as everyone got thier announcements, and everyone was having a good time, there was a harmony that was not often seen between divisions.  Most militarys were so split that a co-op was almost impossible with the divisions.  The VE was very hospitable with the interaction between divisions, often times, people were enlisted in more than one division, or had a subordinate of that particular division.  So it was easy to get along some times. 

Still enjoying his tough energy bar, and still listening to the announcements, an announcement stood out to him. 

"Military, Navy division, Kaph Squadron Flight two, assigned vacations now available at the registration booth.  Now that the tour is over, there will be a three to seven week appointed leave awarded to those who succesfully flew sixty percent or higher of thier rounds.  Amount of leave time will depend on total percentage of succesful flights..."  Shazam perked up for a moment.  Wow.  Did that mean him?  He smiled for a moment, then took a large bite from his candy bar.

                                        *****

Shazam loosened up his shirt and took off some of the excess clothing he'd been wearing earlier in the morning because of the cold.  It was now several degree's warmer and Shazam would be sweating if he didn't get under shelter before the sun had risen fully.  Rushing over to the main office at the base, Shazam made sure to be sure of exactly what he was going to do before talking about it.  He remembered the last time he'd asked to sign for leave at an outpost and found out he was complety off and wasn't aloud any time off because of his many late arrivals for missions.  It wouldn't have been so embarressing if he hadn't forced the young and attractive women at the desk to look up exactly why he hadn't been given vacation time. 

Shazam entered the little building that sat behind one of the larger office buildings set up for the peacemakers of the VE.  It was shrouded in the shadow of the taller building, and was thus shaded from the burning sun.  He stood in the doorway for a moment, glancing around to notice a few men and women sitting in chairs waiting for the chance to see an admin.  Shazam walked up to the front desk and said," Howdy."

This women was not so attractive though.  She was more aged and seemed to be in about her mid fifties, she had dark curled hair that was being pulled back by a hidden series of pins.  She didn't answer with a 'hello' or 'good morning' but simply grimaced at the young man.

Instead of hearing a welcome, Shazam heard,"What do you want?"  Shazam froze, but then he felt like he was released from the carbinite and allowed to speak again. 

"Yea, I was wondering about the little vacation time I'm aloud to have now that I've finished my tour."  Shazam let one of his eyebrows drift upwards, and seemed to beckon for an answer.  The women replied by pointing towards a board down the hall.  Shazam stared down the hall then returned his look upon the women.  He smiled and nodded his head as a gentlemen's thankyou, then took off down the hall. 

At the end of the hall, he reached a board that had several bullitins sticking to it, covered by a glass case to protect it from the prying hands of those interested in the leave time.  On it, there were paragraphs divided by thin lines, one sheet was army, another was for techs, and yet another was assigned to the Navy.  On the Navy there were several odd groups including that of 'Flight Two.'  Shazam looked at the listed resort spots.  In bullets, there was the following list: Dabrillion, Sernpidal, obroa-skai II, ryloth, Varonat, Ison, Tholatin, and Almania. 

Shazam, not quite sure what the hell most of the planets were, decided to turn to the console to his left.  A large screen that had an Imperial insigna hanging and slowly rotating in the center disapeared.  A menu bar full of choices popped up.  Shazam touched on his screen the 'Planetary Outlook' button.  In that screen he wne to to 'search' and typed in the planets.  Quickly viewing them, he made some breif comparrison between planets.  Where would be fun, how would it be there, any hassles...  Also, he looked at how far they were.  Apparently, he could use his own vehicle, and as long as he was back by the required time, he wouldn't be court marshalled! 

Varonat seemed to be the most suitable though.  A civilazed, but slightly tense jungle world that had several large cities and an assortment of communities organized by random tribes.  Seemed to be nice though.  Shazam read on the bulletin board a little bit more to make sure he wasn't missing anything. 

Something managed to catch his eyes.  Big bold letters said that anyone with the proper equipment and gear could be solicited a pass for carrying passengers.  He would be paid by the passengers to take them to the place that you would be going to.  So, it was like a carpool in a sense except you had to pay...  Yes.  Shazam seeked the profit in this.  Shazam went to the sign up board in the console.  A large list of blank spaces were given to him.  A few people had already seen to giving out there personal information next to thier names as well as the equipment that was to be used aboard thier ship.  Shazam wasn't really concerned with it and just put down "Varonat, 4-7 week leave, Gozanti cruiser."  Not to much info, but Shazam normally made such agreements with people in person.  So he would wait until the end of the day to see if anyone would be interested in taking him up on a ride...
 
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*Flash Was Here...*
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  RE: Two Man Band
November 24, 2004 9:18:51 AM    View the profile of Squall 
    Squall walked into the mess hall, and glanced around.  Nothing big had been happening.  A man was at a podium, like he always was, announcing things about the divisions that were on the planet right now.  Squall had been on assignment on the planet for about 3 weeks.  He had been working with a group of storm-commandos, as they tried to secure the planet of any hostile threats.  The VE was trying to make peace with the planet, because of the abundance of natural resources the planet consisted of.  It would be an area to set up bases, military and navy.  Because of the cold nights, and the scorching hot days, most people were in the shade, or inside most of the day, trying to keep warm, or keep cool.

    Squall had made 3 raids in the past week with the commando's, engaging very little threat through the few missions.  In the past 3 weeks, he had run about 20 missions, figuring out the system on the planet.  There was a numerous number of smuggling groups, and small pockets of resistance around the planet, within the small market cities.  Most of the resistance had been nutralized, and nothing had happened for 6-7 days.  No orders, no call of duty, nothing.  Pure boredom for the last week.

    Squall walked up to the counter, and picked up 5-6 rations, and stuck them in his bag.  He left the mess hall, and went to a nearby military bar not too far from the mess hall.  He walked up to the counter, and ordered 3 beers.  He stuck two of them in his bag, and opened one and started drinking it.  He went back to the mess hall, and threw the bottle into the trash.  He sat down, and opened up one of the ration bars.  After taking a few bites, he heard an announcement.  His squadron was on an extended leave until further notice.  This made Squall even more bored, because he had no idea where he would be going.  He muttered to himself under his breath, and exited the mess hall.

    Squall spotted an office building, so he made his way in.  He came up to a younger man, and asked about the extended leave.  The young man informed him that the leave would be from 8-9 weeks, depending on the orders that could come through.  He was free to leave the planet.  The man pointed to a sign up area where people would post where they were going, and anyone could ask for a ride with them, for a small fee.  Squall made his way to the huge map, and searched around.  It listed the areas people would be going... Dabrillion, Sernpidal, Obroa-Skai II, Ryloth, Varonat, Ison, Tholatin, and Almania.  Squall had been to most of the planets before, and could not go to some of them even if he wanted to, due to trouble he had caused on some of the planets, he had 2 death-marks on his head.  Never informed of who put the marks on his head, he just layed low, and then joined the empire for protection.  He found one planet in particular.  Varonat.  He had heard of the big cities, and military forces on the forest planet.  It was said to be a nice get-away at this time of year, but to be careful for angry natives.  "This could be my chance to get away for a while" he thought.  He tapped into the computer to his left, and looked for someone going to Varonat.  1 person was listed to go to Varonat for vacation, a VE navy pilot, by the name of Shazam.  No other information was there except for the time of 4-7 weeks.  Squall put his name in the slot under Shazams, and turned away from the computer.  He would check back later to see if any information had been posted about when he would shuttle out.  Oh, and the thought popped into his head, a Gozanti cruiser.  Nice.

            ~~~~~~

Squall entered the office building again, after going back to base for the rest of the day, and doing absolutely nothing.  It was chilly outside as Squall made his way to the office building.  When he entered, he noticed a man, about the same height as he, checking the computer.  "Ah, maybe thats my ride," Squall thought to himself.  He made his way over to the person, and greeted him.

"Hey, are you the person who is traveling to Varonat for your leave," Squall asked.

"Yea, that would be me," said Shazam.  "Nice to meet you, my name is Shazam.  Your name would be?"

"Squall, Squall Lionheart.  I wanted to know if we could cut a deal, and I could get a ride with you to Varonat, because I have nothing else to do on this vacation." asked Squall

"I dont really care about the part of you paying, just pitch in on the food and the fuel, and you can ride along with me.  We will be leaving tomorrow right after breakfast.  I'll meet you in the mess hall.  Have all of your things gathered, and ready to go."

"Thanks alot," said Squall.

    Squall went back to his sleeping area in the barracks, and layed down on his cot.  He reached into his bag, and pulled out his shotgun.  It was a very nice 8 gauge model, silver all the way down the shotgun.  It was cold as he ran his hand down it.  He placed it back in his bag, and started reading one of the books he bought at an antique shop on the planet.  The name of the book was "I wanna be a stormtrooper,"  He laughed to himself, this should be a good read....

    Squall woke up, and immediately started packing his things.  He was excited.  He had all of his possesions in hand, everything besides his baby.  His bass guitar.  He slung it on his back, and walked out of the barracks.  He arrived in the mess hall, to see Shazam sitting there sipping his drink.  Squall walked up to the table he was sitting at, and sat down.

"Good morning," he greated.  "I'm ready, but I still have to go buy some supplies," he said.

"I need to grab some drinks for the trip also," he said.  "Lets get going.

The two of them walked out of the mess hall, and walked to the near-by store.  Squall and Shazam both walked to the same area, the liqour area.  Squall reached in, and grabbed 6 cases of his favorite kind of beer.  Shazam just grabbed 2, because he wasn't a very heavy drinker.

"Wow," said Shazam.  "You do like your drinks do you."

"Ahh, I can hold my own friend.  I see you like to drink a little bit yourself"?

"Yes, occasionally, when I feel in a good mood.  Lets pay for this, and get to the cruiser, so we can get off of this planet."

They payed for their beverages, and walked out of the store.  The two of them were walking down a dirt road in the middle of buildlings.  Squall spotted the spaceport not too far off.

"Wow, a Gozanti cruisier," said Squall.  "How did you manage to get ahold of one of those?"

"I won a competition a while back, and they awarded me with it.  I like to call it my real be-bop.  It's a very nice ship I say.  We have been together a while, and her and I have grown together." said Shazam.

    They walked up to the counter in the spaceport, and Shazam requseted his criusier.  The person at the counter told him what shuttle bay it was in.  Then Squall whispered to the counter person, asking where his floating fortress was, trying not to let Shaz hear, because it was a hunk of crap.  The person told him where it was.  The same bay as the Gozanti.

    They walked into the hanger bay, and saw the massive cruiser.  Squall spotted his f-fortress in the corner.  He told Shaz he would be right back, and he walked up to it.  He ran his hand across the large fortress and stepped inside.  He made his way into the cock-pit, and sat down.  He turned started flipping switches, and the fortress came to life.  He took the controls, and the fortress picked up off the ground.  He pushed the throttle forward just and inch, and the fortress started moving forward at a slow pace.  He got right behind the Gozanti, where the cargo-bay was.  Shaz was standing there, staring at the fortress.  Shazam signaled that he could move it in, and the cargo doors opened.  Squall set the fortress down in a small space, and stepped out.  He walked out the back of the cargo doors, and the closed.  Squall walked around the other side, and went up the ramp into the cruiser.  He looked around on the inside.  It had a very nice interior, white walls, with darker white carpet.  There were also speakers everywhere embedded into the walls.  There was a massive stereo system in the middle of the room, with controls of every single kind.  There were couches, and comfy chairs all around the room.  Squall sat down in one of the chairs, and the ramp started to close.  Once it was closed, Shazam emerged from the cockpit.

"Well, we are all ready to go.  I just got the quardenants from the Intergalactic Traveling system on this planet.  The hyperspace time will be about 30 hours.  Feel free to make yourself at home." said Shazam.

    The cruiser came to life, and Squall stepped into the cockpit.  It was large in side, and it was meant for naval purposes, because there were navagational areas, and a co-pilot seat.  Squall sat down in the co-pilot seat beside Shazam.  Shaz took the controls, and the cruiser slowly lifted into the air.  Shazam looked over at Squall, and Squall looked back.  He slammed the throttle forward, and they shot out of the hanger.  He pulled the controls back, and they lifted into the air, slowly ascending through the atmosphere.  Once they were in space, Shazam started getting busy with his controls, pushing buttons, and flipping swtiches, he ligned up the quardenants for Varnonat.  "Here we go...." said Shazam, and with that, the stars started to circle around the ship, and shot into an imense speed.....

 
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  RE: Two Man Band
November 24, 2004 3:05:22 PM    View the profile of Shazam 
Shazam had been taking his monthly pay check and had been spending them on all sorts of things for his cruiser.  It was so choice, he thought to himself.  He was still saving up to get a new paintjob though.  The ship was slighly battered due to the fact it had been sitting in the middle of the Jungle when he found it. 

Unfortunetly, when he found it, it automatically became a VE possession, and Shazam no longer had it for himself.  This had a been a big let down, but it would come back to him in time.  After about seven weeks time, the VE had found no use for the Gozanti cruiser and entered it into a contest, more of a giveaway than anything.  Shazam, hearing about the Gozanti Cruiser he had fell in love with almost a month and a half before, bolted to the registration booth.  You were only aloud to submit one vote per day though, so Shazam was there every single day, with his hopes raised high. 

When it actually came time to draw for the winner, a system was produced by a tech from the VE to pick at random.  Listenin over the com in one of the barracks, Shazam heard someone's name announced.  His hopes were dropped though when it was someone else.  Shazam didn't say anything and was silent for almost a week... 

Sullen and angry, Shazam payed little attention to the news from then on, little did he know that the man who had originally won the cruiser was taken in for spice abuse, and was could not be leased the Gozanti.  So there was second drawing... 

Shazam couldn't help but feel some serious pride for the ship though, he did completely refurnish it, replace several unusable parts that would have hindered the crafts ability to move so well, and even stocked the ship full of appliances and devices that made him happy just stepping into it.  The Gozanti was a musty white on the outside, very clean though, and a red stripe ran along the sides, 'Real Bebop' was printed in Bold letters, but small in comparison to others, in the Red strip. 

When Shazam had first joined the VE, he had several amps, music and sound systems, that were far to large and loud to keep with him while traveling.  While smuggling and running around with his Uncle and Father Icos, Shazam had hoarded away several large speakers and other interesting sound devices.  Now, finding a place to put all of his equipment, Shazam spent several weeks of vacation decking out his cruiser.

Taking the re-development into his own hands, he used several different type of tools to make cut outs into the passenger cabin to create a one of a kind sound system.  Hug speakers jutted out from the walls, a perfect surround sound system was produced.  Shazam had even made glass cases on the walls to hold his guitars...  It was like his home.  Yes, his home away from home in all of its glory... 

                                      *****

Shazam had already set the hyperspace coordinates and didn't actually have to do anything except monitor engine and fuel and all that good stuff.  Shazam instead decided to go in to the passenger hull and give his new shipmate a tour of the equizid recreation of the Gozanti Cruiser. 

Walking through the cabin entrance, Shazam found Squall adimiring the guitars on the wall.  He was currently squinting his eyes to read the many labels and information plates that Shazam had drilled into the walls.  The entire wall was filled with guitars and pictures of famous inter-galactic rock stars that Shazam had been known to obsess over. 

"That's Bill O'Reilly," Squall said, noticing Shazam in the corner.  Shazam nodded in return.

"Do you listen to any of the Flak?  Their 'Rockets' album was quite excellent if I must say so myself."  Shazam guestured toward the wall with the entrance of into the cockpit.  A large screen with a couple of chords tied up underneath was embedded into the wall.  Shazam walked over and touched the screen.  It suddenly lit up and the words, "Hello Shazam, welcome to the system interface.  Choose your action." 

Squall's draw jopped when he saw the screen turn on.  "You have an Azar 4000?  Good god, how did you get that?" 

Shazam grinned.  "Gambling."  Shazam went down a menu of options that covered the entire ship.  "From here I can control the entire ship.  I set up my system so that every thing is linked into here.  I'm still working on actualy controlling the ship in case of an emergency.  And actually..."  Shazam paused for a moment and pushed the 'appliances' button.  A list of appliances and several other options branched off from the 'appliances' link.  Shazam went to the section of 'kitchen' appliances' and went to preheat on the oven. 

Shazam turned to the rear end of the ship were there were two seperate doors, he walked through the right one and Squall followed.  This room was a large freezer and was absolutely stacked with food.  Shazam walked down the cold corridor of food stuffs and made his way to large bin of 'frozen pizzas'.  Shazam pulled it down and set it on the ground; Squall was now smiling so frequenlty that his face hurt.

"Alright, we have Sublamo's, Gringorie's, and some of these weird pirated pizza's I bought from this dude travelling through corrillian space about a while ago.  Don't worry, the pizza's are fine, and they taste quite delicious.  I keep the agable food farther to the front.  So what will it be?"  Shazam queried.

Squall was still a bit stunned by the amount of food that was being stored, but made a quick decision and went with the Gringories.  Shazam nodded and the two of them walked back out of the pantry/freezer.  Shazam now went through the door that had been to the left of the south side.  He walked throught the door and into a kitchen...
 
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*Flash Was Here...*
My Real Bebop: (=A=)
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  RE: Two Man Band
December 5, 2004 4:16:35 PM    View the profile of Squall 
After cooking the pizzas, Squall and Shazam made their way to the living room.  Shazam walked over and put on some good music, and the two of them ate their meal.  Shazam told stories to Squall, and vice versa.  After the meal was over they cleaned up, and Squall stepped out of the kitchen, and looked around.  Shazam came in behind him, and went into his room.  He came out with an electric guitar of a kind that Squall had never seen.  Shazam rigged the guitar into the sound system on the ship, and ripped into a mad tap solo.  Squall's jaw dropped in amazment.  "Where the hell did you get that thing," he asked.  "Gambling again of course," Shazam replied.  "I taught myself," he said, and then started playing a nice, mellow tune.

Squall walked back into the area where he put his stuff, and grabbed his bass guitar,  he slung it around his neck, and walked out with his cord in hand.  He put it in the same area where Shazam plugged in, and started playing.  It wasn't as impressive as what Shazam had, but It was a bass guitar, not an electric.  All of a  sudden the two of them started playing melodical tunes that they knew, and kept going, and going for hours on end...

They played, and played until there was no energy left to play.  Squall forced himself into the cockpit to check the time left until they were at the arrival point.  It read 15:23.  "Wow, still quite the time left until we arrive at Varonat." he thought to himself.  He walked in, and notified Shazam the time until the arrival.  He slopped himself onto the couch, and Shazam played the most mellow tune Squall had ever heard.  His eyes grew heavy with every note, and soon, Squall was sleeping.  Shazam went into the cockpit, sat down.  "Wow, didn't know I could play that well." he thought to himself "Maybe Squall and I could make a band!" YES" he yelled outloud.  He quicly poked his head out of the cockpit to see if he woke Squall up, but he was still fast asleep....

    *****

Squall's eyes opened.  He glanced around to see the place cleaned up from the party before he fell asleep from the melodical tunes.  He quickly arose, and slammed his head on the shelf above him. "%#$!" he yelled, and Shazam came out of the cockpit. 

"What happened?" he asked. 

"The damn shelf hit my head," Squall replied..  "How long until we arrive?" he asked.

"Half an hour, so get your stuff ready.  Once we arrive, We'll unload one of my spare speeders off the Gozanti and look around for a place to stay."

The Gozanti cruiser came out of hyperspace, and made it's through the the atmosphere of the jungle like planet.  Squall slung his gear over his shoulder, and walked over to a nearby window.  He looked out to see the planet.  It would be an awesome vacation....
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 
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- Raider Squad
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"Faithful To The End"
Vast Empire Stormtrooper Corps
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  RE: Two Man Band
December 8, 2004 5:57:11 PM    View the profile of Shazam 
(Les do it...)

The sky was a hazy blue color with some whispy clouds floating in the sky, speeders were zooming about all over the place and it was quite peaceful.  His hands on the controls, Shazam was incredibly relaxed and couldn't wait for this short vacation to get underway.  The Gozanti's controls suddenly became heavier and brought Shazam out of his trance to realize that the gravity here was quite a bit heaver than that of space, so Shazam threw on the auto controls real quick like, letting itself level out first and then jumped up from his pilot's chair and went to the support system's panel.  This panel was located on the far end of the cabin on the right side, about two feet from the cabin's entrance and almost a fire hazard the way that Shazam had installed his chairs.  Sitting down, rolling his neck and cracking his knuckles, Shazam paused for a moment...

"I don't know if you've ever seen this done, but be prepared, I'm ganna adjust our gravity in here, so your going to wanna sit down, you might get a little sick, so don't be bashful to hurl in that there bucket," Shazam said, pointing towards a brown pale that sat on the blue fluffy carpeting in the cabin. 

The entire cabin of the 'Real Bebop' was in essence a comfort styled room, tall blue fluffy carpeting that made you sink in was placed in the entrance and small bead like patterns of tough thread was placed all over the room like series of rugs trying to hid burn mark in a carpet. 

Shazam had now put his hand on a large dial witha  few switches and levels going up and down, an entire row of levels were sitting by themselves on the side but were covered by his hand.  Shazam clicked a button with his pinky, then went to the dial and twisted it so that the screen on top of the station said twenty minutes.  Then, he clicked the same dial inwards and went to another screen, he turned the little knob two times, then slowed it down to the point where it said, 'positive 24' which made Squall turn a couple of different colors in the backround.  Shazam then turned to the levels and put two of them straight to the top and put a couple of other in the middle; the last three were made into an upside down arrow. 

Shazam returned back to his main control pannel and panned the Ship around a large clump of tall tree's that's canopy could be easilly seen through the viewport windows.  A voice suddenly came over the open com channel though; Shazam had turned down the music that he had been blaring earlier that morning on thier way into the planet's heavenly view. 

"This is Shuttle patrol, please state your business and your craft as well as your alliance if one has been deamed."  It was very abrupt, and extremely irregular for a man to ask for an alliance, but Shazam did not care, he was in a semi-state of bliss and decided to just say whatever. 

"This is 'The Real Bebop', Shuttle 537 of the Gozanti Cruiser class, we're here on a vacation and our aliance is with the Empire."  Shazam's voice could be heard echoing through the electronic reverb, it crackled with perferction as he said,'Empire'.  There was no answer, but some coordinates for the nearest public space port suddenly blinked onto the Navigation display. 

"That was interesting, I've never been asked that before, but I suppose this must be kind of a rebel slash imperial society, then again, your normally one way or the other.  Keep your eyes open," Shazam ended it crisply.  Something was just a bit off about asking which side you were on, he didn't actually say that, but that's the way it came out.

Shazam flew the craft slowly across the large city of Seravra, the city was filled with tall monumental buildings, many city halls, sky highways trafficking through the early morning hours at about the same pace he was.  Down below, business buildings, people running around just waking up, were all over the place.  Across the long stretch of district buildings he could see an even larger plain of housing that surrounded the town and it was huge as far as Shazam could tell.  He was halfway surprised they hadn't been stopped in mid-air, and body cavity searched for flying too slowly, proably thought they were carrying spice...  Shazam's eyes now roamed along a large coast which dark blue ocean waves crashed against it mightally, not much of a vacation spot there, but Shazam still felt optimistic and continued towards the hangerbay.  Shazam a smile on his face, and Squall with an utterly disgusting look on his face as the pressure seemed to increase at an imcredible rate...
 
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My Real Bebop: (=A=)
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