The Galactic Adventures of Pierce Darkblade
As you peer into the seven brightly lit eyes of Solitaire, casting a reddish hue on the rest of his black face, you glare at him menacingly.
"Lets get this over with." You state. Looking around in the darkened room, between the intermittent flashes of the emergency lights you discover that the bridge crew has been frozen in place. Fraglon in mid blink, Mason staring at his nav computer, hunched over. You look behind you to see Security officer Denzen at his station with a sour look frozen on his face. Well thats not abnormal you think, he always has that sour scowl on his face, but nontheless the entire bridge crew is in stasis.
"Whats the meaning of this Solitaire?! Release my crew!"
"Of course, of course Captain! They will all be back to normal as long as you win my simple little game!"
"Which is..." You reply impatiently.
"I'm going to run away from you Captain. All you have to do is touch me. I believe you humans call it..tag? Once you touch me the game is over and you win and then I will leave your ship."
"I doubt it will be that simple...You can phase through objects and turn invisible. Hardly a fair game."
"Oh well Captain I will not be using my phasing ability, I think it would be more exciting to restrain some of my own powers. But I will be using my invisibility as I see fit. I think you are smart enough where that shouldn't pose too much of a problem for you!"
"Oh of course not!" You reply sarcastically.
Solitaire giggles, his head rippling like ocean waves again.
"Captain Darkblade, are you familiar with the Septonian Blue Cactus?" Your taken aback by this random question.
"Yes. Its one of the most poisonous plant species in the galaxy. One prick of the needles is instantaneous death for human beings. Why does this matter?"
"Because I'm going to up the drama Captain. All you have to do is find me and touch me on your, now, dimly lit ship. However, every member of your crew will be transformed into a Septonian Blue Cactus. If your careful it shouldnt be much of a problem, but I feel it will make you sweat a bit more! HAHAHA!"
As he says this you witness all of your bridge crew instantaneously being transformed into human shaped cacti. With the main lights powered down, it will be tough to move swiftly around the ship to catch Solitaire without running into a random poison cactus. You think maybe the first thing you should do is head to engineering to switch the lights back on. On the other hand you also want to go to your personal quarters to get your Captains datapad which tracks the movements of all crew members on the ship. You usally never use it because you respect the crews privacy, but with Solitaires invisibility powers this may be the only way to find him on the ship.
"Let's give this a time limit as well..." Solitare proclaims. "...Two hours to tag me or I blow up the ship! Alright Captain...LETS GO!"
After he says this you immediatley lunge at him with your hands, yet hit nothing but air as Solitaire backflips out of reach. You lunge at him again, diving, hitting Masons nav computer. On the ground you look up and see the movement causes Masons blue cacti body to fall out of the chair. You roll quickly enough to avoid being impaled by the Mason cactus, a couple long red needles break off as the cactus hits the floor. You breathe a sigh of relief, sweat beginning to drip from your forehead.
You look up to see Solitaire sprinting to one of the elevator lifts. You missed your chance to get him at the start, now you have to do this the hard way.
"Lets get this over with." You state. Looking around in the darkened room, between the intermittent flashes of the emergency lights you discover that the bridge crew has been frozen in place. Fraglon in mid blink, Mason staring at his nav computer, hunched over. You look behind you to see Security officer Denzen at his station with a sour look frozen on his face. Well thats not abnormal you think, he always has that sour scowl on his face, but nontheless the entire bridge crew is in stasis.
"Whats the meaning of this Solitaire?! Release my crew!"
"Of course, of course Captain! They will all be back to normal as long as you win my simple little game!"
"Which is..." You reply impatiently.
"I'm going to run away from you Captain. All you have to do is touch me. I believe you humans call it..tag? Once you touch me the game is over and you win and then I will leave your ship."
"I doubt it will be that simple...You can phase through objects and turn invisible. Hardly a fair game."
"Oh well Captain I will not be using my phasing ability, I think it would be more exciting to restrain some of my own powers. But I will be using my invisibility as I see fit. I think you are smart enough where that shouldn't pose too much of a problem for you!"
"Oh of course not!" You reply sarcastically.
Solitaire giggles, his head rippling like ocean waves again.
"Captain Darkblade, are you familiar with the Septonian Blue Cactus?" Your taken aback by this random question.
"Yes. Its one of the most poisonous plant species in the galaxy. One prick of the needles is instantaneous death for human beings. Why does this matter?"
"Because I'm going to up the drama Captain. All you have to do is find me and touch me on your, now, dimly lit ship. However, every member of your crew will be transformed into a Septonian Blue Cactus. If your careful it shouldnt be much of a problem, but I feel it will make you sweat a bit more! HAHAHA!"
As he says this you witness all of your bridge crew instantaneously being transformed into human shaped cacti. With the main lights powered down, it will be tough to move swiftly around the ship to catch Solitaire without running into a random poison cactus. You think maybe the first thing you should do is head to engineering to switch the lights back on. On the other hand you also want to go to your personal quarters to get your Captains datapad which tracks the movements of all crew members on the ship. You usally never use it because you respect the crews privacy, but with Solitaires invisibility powers this may be the only way to find him on the ship.
"Let's give this a time limit as well..." Solitare proclaims. "...Two hours to tag me or I blow up the ship! Alright Captain...LETS GO!"
After he says this you immediatley lunge at him with your hands, yet hit nothing but air as Solitaire backflips out of reach. You lunge at him again, diving, hitting Masons nav computer. On the ground you look up and see the movement causes Masons blue cacti body to fall out of the chair. You roll quickly enough to avoid being impaled by the Mason cactus, a couple long red needles break off as the cactus hits the floor. You breathe a sigh of relief, sweat beginning to drip from your forehead.
You look up to see Solitaire sprinting to one of the elevator lifts. You missed your chance to get him at the start, now you have to do this the hard way.