Challenge #04730-L346: Improvised Weaponry
The pirates caught the ship's human in their jammies and socks. The human captured them by shuffling feet on soft surfaces and touching the pirates. The touches leaving painful spots. Rumor spread humans could shoot lightning from their fingers. Those that knew better knew it was just static. -- Fighting Fit
Ships' night is normally a strategic time for space pirates to attack. Unfortunately for these pirates, normal and Humans don't mesh. Human Zorq was in their BVD's and socks when the pirates breached the hull. Since this was in the Edge territories and before the UFTP, few had seen a Human before and less knew what they were capable of.
To the pirates, Zorq looked like a defenseless fleshy cogniscent caught with their pants down. Then they wondered what the hell they were up to when Zorq shuffled their socks over the thick, shaggy flooring.
It gave them so much pause that they almost forgot to aim their weapons or threaten anyone for the cargo. The crewmates of the Soft Trader knew what Zorq was doing and immediately reached for any exposed metal. The pirates, watching, slowly raised their weapons, thinking it was some instinctual threat dance.
[Check the source for the rest of the story]
