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The Captain's New Suit
Written By: Niki Tedrow
Fiction
The Captain's New Suit
Once upon a time, in a Station much like this one, there lived a troubled captain. This captain was one of the Best Captains to ever manage a station, and knew it. He had beaten up Aliens, Fried blobs, and Pummeled Wizards. He wanted to wear the best suit a Captain as good as he could wear. But he didn't like his suit.
"This won't work" he claimed. "No this won't do," he decreed, for our Captain did not like the color Blue. If he wanted the best suit a Captain could wear it had to Be Dangerous. It had to be color that showed true strength and Courage. It had to have medals of all things he had done. But who could make such a suit? Who was so talented in fashion to make him look amazing?
BLAM
The Door swung open as two men strutted in, both in black Suits, glasses, and Moustaches.
"Captain O' Captain, We hear you have a dilemma" Said the man in front.
The one behind said nothing.
"And we're here to hre to help you fix it, with this" The two men side stepped to reveal that hidden behind them was…absolutely nothing.
"Eh?" said the captain with a confused stare. "What is there, I cannot see."
The Man in front gasped! The man behind said nothing. "You can't see anything?" cried the man in front. "But this is a suit that only the greatest of captains can see!" The Man then slowly looked over at the Captain. "I guess if you can't see it, you must not be a great captain at all…"
"Nonsense!" cried the Captain. "I can see it, and it looks beautiful" He chuckled, even though he couldn't. "May I try it on?"
"But of course captain" said the Man in front tilting his glasses. The other man said nothing. "Here you are" said the man who talked as he handed over the invisible suit. The captain looked back up at him.
"Are you sure it's there?" he asked slowly.
"But Of course!" Cried the Man. "What do you take me for? A Traitor? No go and change, I want to see how it looks on you." And so the Captain left holding the invisible suit in his arms, and returned shortly after with it on.
"It looks Perfect sir" said the Man in front. The other was trying to gauge out his eyes. "The suit is a perfect fit."
Then the door opened and in came the HoP staring down at her clipboard. "Sir, the Bartender wants access to the Kitchen for he believes that the Chef's trying to cook his monkey again" she said looking up. "GOOD LORD" she cried dropping the clipboard.
"Do you not like the Captain's new suit?" said the talking man. "Only the most courageous of people can see it."
The HoP looked at the Captain and back at the Man. "I see it." said the Captain. "And so do I" claimed the HoP. "I was just so shocked about how great it looked on you." The then bent down and picked up her clipboard. The Captain then walked over to the station announcements and wrote in a message.
"All Personnel, Please report to the Captains office. I'd like to show off my new suit."
And so, the crew quickly horded over to the Captain's office.
"I wonder what new suit will look like?" asked a Paramedic.
"I wonder if it will be red?" asked an Engineer.
"Maybe it will have flames" said a Security Officer.
"I'm getting the heck out of here" said the Librarian, "I've read this story before".
And so all the Crew stood in wait to see what new suit the Captain had got. "Ladies and Gentlemen," cried the Captain stepping out of his office. "Feast your eyes!"
There was silence. No one said a word. They didn't know if they were supposed to see something, or if the captain had gone mad. So everyone sat in silence, until a young assistant chirped up,
"He's not wearing any Pants!!"
The captain turned bright red. The whole station went into an uproar of laughter except for the Captain and the HoP who were too ashamed to do so. The Captain Angrily turned around to strangle the two men who had made him look like a fool, but they were no longer there. They had disappeared into thin air.
All the way in the other side of the station, a Mime and a Clown sat down to share a baguette.
"Told you it would work" said the Clown.
And the Mime said nothing.
Once upon a time, in a Station much like this one, there lived a troubled captain. This captain was one of the Best Captains to ever manage a station, and knew it. He had beaten up Aliens, Fried blobs, and Pummeled Wizards. He wanted to wear the best suit a Captain as good as he could wear. But he didn't like his suit.
"This won't work" he claimed. "No this won't do," he decreed, for our Captain did not like the color Blue. If he wanted the best suit a Captain could wear it had to Be Dangerous. It had to be color that showed true strength and Courage. It had to have medals of all things he had done. But who could make such a suit? Who was so talented in fashion to make him look amazing?
BLAM
The Door swung open as two men strutted in, both in black Suits, glasses, and Moustaches.
"Captain O' Captain, We hear you have a dilemma" Said the man in front.
The one behind said nothing.
"And we're here to hre to help you fix it, with this" The two men side stepped to reveal that hidden behind them was…absolutely nothing.
"Eh?" said the captain with a confused stare. "What is there, I cannot see."
The Man in front gasped! The man behind said nothing. "You can't see anything?" cried the man in front. "But this is a suit that only the greatest of captains can see!" The Man then slowly looked over at the Captain. "I guess if you can't see it, you must not be a great captain at all…"
"Nonsense!" cried the Captain. "I can see it, and it looks beautiful" He chuckled, even though he couldn't. "May I try it on?"
"But of course captain" said the Man in front tilting his glasses. The other man said nothing. "Here you are" said the man who talked as he handed over the invisible suit. The captain looked back up at him.
"Are you sure it's there?" he asked slowly.
"But Of course!" Cried the Man. "What do you take me for? A Traitor? No go and change, I want to see how it looks on you." And so the Captain left holding the invisible suit in his arms, and returned shortly after with it on.
"It looks Perfect sir" said the Man in front. The other was trying to gauge out his eyes. "The suit is a perfect fit."
Then the door opened and in came the HoP staring down at her clipboard. "Sir, the Bartender wants access to the Kitchen for he believes that the Chef's trying to cook his monkey again" she said looking up. "GOOD LORD" she cried dropping the clipboard.
"Do you not like the Captain's new suit?" said the talking man. "Only the most courageous of people can see it."
The HoP looked at the Captain and back at the Man. "I see it." said the Captain. "And so do I" claimed the HoP. "I was just so shocked about how great it looked on you." The then bent down and picked up her clipboard. The Captain then walked over to the station announcements and wrote in a message.
"All Personnel, Please report to the Captains office. I'd like to show off my new suit."
And so, the crew quickly horded over to the Captain's office.
"I wonder what new suit will look like?" asked a Paramedic.
"I wonder if it will be red?" asked an Engineer.
"Maybe it will have flames" said a Security Officer.
"I'm getting the heck out of here" said the Librarian, "I've read this story before".
And so all the Crew stood in wait to see what new suit the Captain had got. "Ladies and Gentlemen," cried the Captain stepping out of his office. "Feast your eyes!"
There was silence. No one said a word. They didn't know if they were supposed to see something, or if the captain had gone mad. So everyone sat in silence, until a young assistant chirped up,
"He's not wearing any Pants!!"
The captain turned bright red. The whole station went into an uproar of laughter except for the Captain and the HoP who were too ashamed to do so. The Captain Angrily turned around to strangle the two men who had made him look like a fool, but they were no longer there. They had disappeared into thin air.
All the way in the other side of the station, a Mime and a Clown sat down to share a baguette.
"Told you it would work" said the Clown.
And the Mime said nothing.