Time trickles away... ((FDF RP.))

[SinGenesis]

((See OOC Companion Board to post your character sheet.)) Caspar was in the Engine Room as usual, mopping the deck clean of oil spills and general grime. He sighed, slightly annoyed about being given this menial task. He was a Naval Engineer, he knew this Ship's engine backwards and had proven himself perfectly capable, and yet he was being given jobs they'd give to a Motorman with no experience, basic maintenance and general duties no one wanted to do. He gritted his teeth and got on with his work, knowing his superiors were somewhat jealous that he got a promotion so quickly. He saw one of his colleagues snicker, yelling to him "You missed a spot, Motorman!" The young Engineer said, to which Caspar replied "**censor** do it yourself." he spat, pissed off, the combination of the hot atmosphere and fatigue making his temper more volatile than usual. Suddenly the ship rocked as a missile hit it, the force throwing Caspar into the wall, knocking him out cold. He eventually woke up, the alarms blaring, he scrambled over to the Engine, checking it was in one piece. The rest of the engine crew appeared to be either seriously hurt or dead. "**censor** hell..." He said, noticing his injured comrades, going over to a nearby computer screen that was just about functioning. What he saw scared the shit out of him. "Oh my god..." The screen had an alert, there was a picture of the reactor and a timer next to it. There were big red letters on the screen which read "Estimated time to meltdown: Three Hours, Forty-Nine Minutes and Fifty-One Seconds" He had less than four hours to try and prevent the biggest nuclear meltdown since Chernobyl.

[Jesse-Whitetail]

Jesse stood beside the Chef and watched intently as the large Polar bear added several ingredients to a pot of boiling water.
"The first thing ye want to learn about cookin little bunny is flavour, food counts for nowt if it dont have flavour." The Polar bear was clearly from the West coast going by his strong Glaswegian accent which made Jesse smile since he had family from that end of the country.
"Yes Chef" Jesse replied enthusiasticly only to stop and tremble as the Polar bear turned and looked at him in a strange way. Jesse stood perfectly still but his ears fell against the back of his head as the bear approached. He extended a large paw and Jesse shut his eyes awaiting a slap or something, but nothing like that happened. Instead he felt his hair which covered the left side of his face being moved away from his left eye. When he opened both eyes he saw the Chef gently using his finger and claw to move his hair aside.
"Why do you hide yourself like that?" The bear asked
"I uhm, I'm embarrased." Jesse replied.
"You look much nicer that way, don't cover it up again when in my Galley understand?"

Jesse nodded softly only for his ears to prop back up when the Captain's voice came over the tannoy system.
<Now here this, now here this, all crews man your battle stations, this is not a drill.>
"Best get yourself off to the Medbay cotton tail." The Chef said promptly
"White tail, Chef" Jesse corrected knowing full well the Chef was just teasing.

[SinGenesis]

Caspar got up from the floor after tripping over a piece of piping, swearing. "It's gonna take a lot more than a mop and bucket to clear this up." He laughed to himself, trying not to think about his plan, which to be honest was incredibly dangerous but was the only way of saving the lives of others. He made his way to the Medbay, he needed some iodine if he was even going to survive after his little scheme. He entered it, seeing it in a wreck, he looked over and saw Jesse, he walked over to the rabbit. "Cotton tail, do we have any iodine?" He spoke in his English accent, looking at him.

[nixon/monto]

Hearing the captain speak nix jumped up from his one man game of cards and speed walked down the halls to his post above deck. He was 6'7"  so speed walking was very quick for him. "You guys ready for a rumble?"  Nix said with a smirk  "heck yeah we are!" said a much more serious wolf.  "Then get ready!"  Nix wanted to know why he was called to position. But he knew the captain or someone of a higher rank would inform him.

[Jesse-Whitetail]

Jesse made his way to the med-bay and picked up his bag when he came across Caspar, he opened his bag and had a rummage inside before he looked at Caspar properly.
"Uhm a little Iodine isn't going to fix that, here sit down quickly." He reached inside his bag and took out a bandage, some gauze, and some rubbing alcohol. He poured some of the alcohol onto some cotton wool and took Caspar by the arm to sit him down and wiped the dried blood from his arm. He then took a pair of tweezers and pulled a shard of metal from the young cat's arm.
"I warn you now Kitty this is going to sting a little bit."

He pressed the cotton wool directly onto the wound on his arm before replacing it with the gauze and wrapping the bandage around his arm.

<Attention all hands, damage crews report to engineering>

[SinGenesis]

He hissed as the alcohol touched the wound, his fingers flexing. "I need potassium iodide tablets, I'm going to try and fix the reactor before it causes the biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl." He said. "You're not wearing medical gear, what do you do on this ship?" Caspar inquired quietly.

[Jesse-Whitetail]

Jesse kept a firm but gentle grip on Caspar's arm as he treated the wound, he'd found from occasional experiance that patients had a tendency to pull away. He looked up at Caspar when he asked a question, his hair once again covering one side of his face from view.
"I'm the Chef's Steward, I double as a medic in situations like these, I think we have some of those in the cabinet, give me a moment."

He stood up and dusted himself down a little and walked over to where the doctor had left the medicine cabinet wide open and looked around for the pills. "P...p..potassium sulphate, potassium oxide. ah potassium iodide." He pocketed the pills and picked up a radiation tag and went back to his patient.
"Here, I also got you two paracetamol for the pain and I suggest you wear this, it goes from green to amber to orange to red as the radiation levels go up. If it turns black, forget about kids or even living another hour, understand?"

[nixon/monto]

There was something about the cannon blasts that got nix energized and ready for nearly anything. He didn't like the smell of gunpowder and the stink of men's sweat but after a year around it his nose can't smell it at all. "Remember men. Load, lock, aim, fire, and repeat."  "Nix! The men need you port side of the ship, I'll take this side." Commanded a captain. "Yes sir!" Nix headed that way but the above deck path was blocked by maintenance so he had to go below deck. He passed by a medical bay and saw a lot of soldiers wounded. ""I hope they don't die. The smell of death is still something I don't like.""   He thought to himself. As he took a step to walk on he caught sight of a long bright eared bunny. He stopped and thought he looked familiar but was interrupted by a running crowd of men trying to fit though the hall in a hurry.

[SinGenesis]

"And what does being a Chef's Steward entail, might I ask?" He said again, still trying to calm his nerves. He put the tag on, hoping that he would be okay. The lights suddenly began to dim. "We have to get to the reactor, and I cannot do this alone. It might kill us both, it might not, I don't know if the shielding around the fuel is cracked or not, but either way we only have about three hours to try and stop the reactor from going into meltdown." He said, knowing his chances of fixing the ship were almost I'mpossible without help.

[Jesse-Whitetail]

"Well, I'm the one who fetches the water for the pots, chop veg or fruit, help make the breads and rolls, how about you?" He nodded and picked up a radiation tag for himself and helped Caspar to stand up.
"I have no idea what a reactor looks like, this is the first international ship I've ever served upon, most of the ships in the Scottish Navy are mostly Gas Turbines."

[SinGenesis]

"I'm a Naval Engineer in training. I occasionally get to help fix the engine, but usually I am either mopping the deck clean of various spills and general dirt or cleaning the engine itself so it remains efficient and operational. I'll tell you what to do, but because of the time limit I need someone else to do tasks whilst I perform my own."

[Jesse-Whitetail]

"Well if we're short on time we'd better get a move on. I'm Jesse by the way, Jesse White-tail." He smiled a little and held out his paw as he picked up his medical back.
"Lead the way."

[SinGenesis]

"I'm Caspar Thansan." He replied, taking the rabbit's paw, taking them into the reactor, he dragged the dead scientists out of the room and began typing. "Jesse, I saw a printout off the computer next to you, read out what it says about the radiation shielding."

[SadDubwool]

As Nikolai began unloading some cargo from his sea-knight he looks at the surrounding sailors,he is very confused by the way they look at him,Nikolai throught "Why are they looking at me like clueless dog's?...is this how american's greet people?"he sigh's and take's the cargo to the sailor's saying in his russian accent "Here is the cargo sir fresh from america..."

[Jesse-Whitetail]

Jesse blushed a little and felt a slight shiver when Caspar took hold of his paw. He helped to remove the bodies before looking over at the computer screen.
"It says the shielding is at 76%, temperature is 150 degrees and still rising, water level is down." He looked down at his tag as it started slowly turning green.
"There must be a small leak coming from someplace."  He looked around before spotting the reactor's door was open.