LPI Leavenworth

[Zapp]

Over the next few months, the LPI slowly fixed up the Rusty Donut, in fact not improving it at all combat-wise. The inside, however, was completely transformed.

Because of the mental scarring John had taken on the first visit, he didnt return until it was done. In that time, he grew hard and callused, a grade-A jerk. He started putting on more pounds, to his dismay, but he soon stopped caring by compensating with several shots of 80-proof whiskey, with a coffee chaser. By the time he reboarded the Rusty Donut, he resembled a miniature Matt Myers, though much tougher on the inside.

To his amazement, the Rusty Donut had undergone a complete metamorphosis.

The first thing seen on entering was a giant shopping mall. Stalls for everything, from fortune telling to dollar-fifty dry cleaners; there was even a stall set up in which a shifty-looking Spanish man sold knick knacks, though it was no secret that he sold Cardamine and Synth Pot to anyone, including a few of the LPI. As long as it was on the ship, the illegal activity was ignored.

Behind the shopping mall, which of course had a food court, was the circus, complete with real-live elephants and small boys with large brooms that cleaned up after them, and the ever-present peanuts. Oh, the peanuts anyways! Behind that was the movie theater, currently featuring Jaws 1574: Sharks in Space, and behind that was the parking garage, and behind that was the arcade, and next to that was the Sunbucks, one of seven.

The graffiti that had been left behind by the Navy boys had been left up, and indeed expanded on. As John watched, several young men with spray paint were decorating the walls in a vulgar fashion, while the LPI officers watched, indeed commenting on who had the best technique. John wisely kept his silence as he walked to the bridge.