Slicey waited outside the door and took a deep breath. She was part way through when she heard Snowflake said quietly,"Taking a breath of ANY kind doesn't really help at all, unless you breathe natively!" Even the native breather.Toxic, was bobbing her head up and down."Yep, yep! What she said!" Slicey exclaimed,"Can't I simply come in and not be criticized to death?" Perro, her mate and love of her life, said,"Nope, they will harpy you to death! That's their job!" She sniffed and said,"Well... check this out, harpy-bitches! My brand new uniform!" She pirouetted and showed off her new attire. She was well satisfied with the 'oohs' and 'awws!' She stopped, and stared at Perro and asked,"Well? Comments?" He shrugged,"You look very dramatic and sort of pissed off. Dramatic I can see, but pissed off?" She frowned at him and Snowflake. Toxic nodded and put out the light of her force-blade. She said knowingly,"Seems that TWO-EYED Cyclops can't see as well as ONE EYED! Is pissed off that no one commented on very COOL new uniform! Is right?" She crossed her arms and nodded. "IS RIGHT!" "We're just talking about something important! About who could have run off with the sample of blood out of Toxic!" Snowflake said it with careful ponderousness. Slicey swore under her breath and said loudly,"That's OLD NEWS! Maybe well on twelve minutes old! Like all other machine-life on board, I've been listening to what's going on. Speculate! What happened|" Toxic spread her hands and made an ,"Idunno", kind of noise as Snowflake called Toxic around the table to scratch her back. Perro just shrugged" "GAWD! You goofs are completely worthless!" She exclaimed. She looked at Perro and exclaimed,"I swear!" Toxic exclaimed back at her,"NOT with the fever or pace of the Measure!" Perro stood up and brushed off his pants. He said,"I speculate that she did it to herself!" She blew a raspberry at him. "Aw please! HOW? She couldn't know it was AND she was unconscious! Next?" Snowy said,"It was AZREAL! Had to be!" Toxic said,"EEEN! Not so! That's like saying Jeet got caught with a five kilo diamond in his pocket! I can handle this one! If you'll allow it?" Her look over at Lieutenant Slicey-Dicey was met with cool approval and wave. She continued,"He's a professional man of mystery. THIS does not match-up to his modus operandi! Some one else did this! I feel it!" Perro laughed,"Like who?" Toxic paused a long time and until Slicey was sure she didn't have any answer , and she exclaimed as she opened her mouth to say something else, when Toxic said,"YOU! He coughed and then laughed uproariously. "THAT'S HYSTERICAL!" Everyone was laughing and smiling except for Toxic. Slicey snapped,"We're out time. We need to go on to the big party that the Tapponok are throwing for us! The rest of you-- stay out of trouble! We'll be back later." Perro and Slicey conducted Snowy and Toxic out into the corridor. Perro put an arm around his mate and went off chortling,"Yeppers! I did it! Doesn't matter if I have a reason or not!" Slicey laughed,"Your always into something!" They went off laughing. Toxic stayed and stared at their backs as they walked off. After a long moment, Snowflake said,"No one listened to you!" Toxic said,"YOU did! You weren't there when he did his first mischief. It involved Jeet and Narchi. Maybe Crimson Is as important to us? I have to go think on that. AND think of parties I'm not going to!" Snowy grabbed a shoulder and said,"Come on! You can't be right all the time!" She shook her head,"NO-- not all the time! Just when its IMPORTANT!" --to be continued!--