Title: Forest Fire
Series: Chronicle
Writer: P E Leody
SYNOPIS: A QUARREL BETWEEN DISAGREEING SHIPMATES RESULTS IN A SHIP WRECK AND VERY DIFFERENT FUTURES FOR THE PAIR THAT ARE ULTIMATELY ARE FORCED TO AGREE
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Caption: IS IT A SEAWATER OR FRESHWATER, SHELLFISH, OR JUST A JUMBO SHRIMP
Caption: SO DON'T CARE FOR IT'S HISTORY, JUST IT'S PRESENT
CAPTAIN: DELICIOUS
DROI: YOU'RE A VEGETARIAN?
GAUCH: ITS NOT MEAT
DROI: MEAT GIVES ONE LIFE FOR MANY MEALS. MANY SHELLFISH DIE TO FILL YOU UP
DROI: THEY'RE JUST AQUATIC SPIDERS
CAPTAIN: AAARGH!
Sfx: KERTHUMP
GAUCH: YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT, HE DIED OF SHOCK
DROI: HE DIED COS YOU DIDN'T COOK IT RIGHT
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DROI: LEADERSHIP FALLS TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
GAUCH: NO, TO ACCOUNTING
SHIP: WARNING PLANET AHEAD ON COLLISION COURSE
DROI: IMMEDIATE EVASIVE ACTION LEFT
GAUCH: NO A PLOT DIVERSION COURSE RIGHT
Caption: THE SHIPS CRASHES MOMENTS LATER AFTER THIS FRAME, IT'S IS SO SPECTACULAR ONLY DON LAWRENCE COULD DO IT JUSTICE
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GAUCH: ITS YOUR FAULT
DROI: NO, YOURS
GAUCH: IF I WERE IN CHARGE IT WOULD BE WHOEVER CAUSED IT BUT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU DID IT
Sfx: KERBLAM
DROI: WELL WE CAME IN THIS WAY MUST BE HUNDREDS OF MILES OF DESERT
GAUCH: MORE LIKE THOUSANDS
DROI: THERE MUST BE SOMETHING DOWN THERE
GAUCH: OR EVEN ACROSS THERE
DROI: WE'LL SET UP THE HOMING BEACON SO OUR LOCATORS CAN FIX ON IT
GAUCH: I'LL KEEP IT IN REMOTE CALIBRATION FOR YOU
DROI: SO WE'LL SET OFF LEFT
GAUCH: RIGHT YOU MEAN
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Caption: THEIR ARGUMENTS SENT THEM OFF IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, INTO THE UNKNOWN ALONE
Caption: ON A JOURNEY LASTING YEARS THROUGH THE TOUGHEST LANDSCAPES AND TERRITORIES SURVIVABLE BY MAN
DROI: SOMETIMES THEY TRAVERSED THE VALLEY, SOMETIMES THEY DESCENDED, THROUGH OBSTACLES AND DEAD ENDS THROUGH CHALLENGES AND TRIUMPHS
Caption: HOWEVER THE PLANET WAS HOSPITABLE WITH PLENTY TO EAT, DRINK AND SHELTER UNDER
Caption: THESE TRAVELLER'S STORIES ARE TOLD IN OTHER TALES, HERE WE REJOIN THE JOURNEY MANY YEARS LATER
DROI: AT LAST A RETURN TO THE CRASH SITE, I'VE NOT DOUBLE BACK TO HIS DIRECTION, BUT I'VE NOT A FOUND A WAY OFF, THOUGH I'LL NEVER ADMIT IT TO THAT BASTED ENGINEER
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DROI: WHO THE COOK ARE YOU WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH GAUCH?
GAUCH: WHO THE COOK ARE YOU WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH DROI?
DROI: I'M DROI, YOU'RE NOT AS I REMEMBER YOU, BUT IT'S BEEN SO LONG
DROI: THE HOMING BEACON IS ACROSS THE VALLEY
GAUCH: BUT I'VE BEEN GOING FORWARD CONSTANTLY ALL THESE YEARS
DROI: IT MUST BE A MOEBIUS VALLEY, WE'RE ON THE ONE SIDE EXACTLY HALF WAY FROM NOWHERE
GAUCH: BUT ALSO HALF WAY TO NOWHERE
DROI: SO DO WE CONTINUE LEFT OR RIGHT
GAUCH: WE CAN'T RETRACE ONE OF US HAS ALREADY BEEN THERE
DROI: DOWN IT IS THEN
GAUCH: AGREED
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