Divas À fourrure De l'Espace

Un Sans Autre?

(loosely translated: "One Without the Other?")

The Premise:

Captain Terri Antilleto is the captain of the furry, all-female crew onboard the research vessel "Kaleidoscope", on a fifteen year mission to test the notion of whether or not women can survive without the presence of men. Terri is quite confident that they can, until one fateful day when the Kaleidoscope is hailed by a freighter vessel populated by a seemingly innocent, polite crew of men. Unable to endure the entreaties and appeals of her curious crew, many of whom have never seen a man before in their lives, Terri finally allows the equally clueless men to come over for a "quick, friendly visit" -- and there's where the comic insanity truly begins.

This pseudo-comic is rated G for 'Good, clean fun.'

The Characters:

Terri Antilleto, Captain

Age: 33

Species: Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

Origin: West Virginia, USA

Eye Color: Green

Hair Color: Light brown

Preferred Style: Short, shoulder length, gathers at the bottom

Role: Trying to keep control of the ship and keep her sanity. She has managed the former pretty well, but the latter has proved much more allusive. Trying to lead a crew of only women can prove daunting at times, especially when your second in command acts like a child, your chief of security doesnt enforce your ultimatums, your doctor faints at the site of blood, and your chief engineer is smart but so small that shes always getting squashed in various different ways by the taller, more clumsy crew. Terri and Sophie are perhaps the only intelligent life forms on board the entire ship. Terri retreats to her quarters often to mope about how mistreated she is to have to lead this impossible crew. "Why me!? Why, why, why, why!? "

Dayna Calossi

Age: 30

Species: River otter (Lutra canadensis)

Origin: Minnesota, USA

Hair Color: Light, grayish brown

Preferred Style: Short, bobbed style (cut straight across the bottom edge with sides coming down and curling around the head a bit; head hugging, but loose enough to not look 'boyish'; Kinda think B'Lanna Torres from "Star Trek", except shorter.

Eye Color: Silverish gray

Kayleekakona Vazra Olruhkalkopi (otherwise know as Kaylee) or simply "Kay"

Age: 29

Species: Bat (Little red flying-fox), (Pteropus scapulatus)

Origin: Bangor, India/Florida, USA

Hair Color: Black

Preferred Style: a bit curyly, to mid-back, thick. She also likes to keep it dyed with a metallic-blue streak down one side

Eye Color: very dark brown (almost black) Kaylee has round eyes and large pupils

Role: Kaylee never goes by her full name unless it needs to be recorded for official records and shes even embarrassed by the name. She is a jittery, anxious character that faints at the site of blood and can't seem to hold a needle still. Although she is the official "doctor" on board, she doesnt really have a PhD and she only took a nursing class in college. She is also the science officer on board but has little knowledge of spatial physics. She tries to sound scientific, but rarely knows what she's talking about. Kaylee is often insecure about herself and doesn't like to have her picture taken or to be "put in the spot light". Kaylee is supposed to be the cute, shy, character and is easy to feel sorry for. Awww She does however, know Dayna very well and isn't afraid to show her who's boss in sick bay. (As you will see). Kaylee has a peculiar expression for frustration that she uses often: "Mother of pearl!"

Sophie Alderbranch

Age 31

Species: Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

Origin: Alberta, Canada

Hair Color: Red

Preferred Style: shoulder length, usually kept back in a pony tail (as not to interfere with her work

Eye Color: brown

Role: Sophie is the chief engineer and tries to be serious about her work, but remain cheerful at the same time. She can usually be seen wearing tinted welding goggles and likes to carry around her favorite tool: the blow torch. Terri would have liked to make Sophie her second in command but Sophie is always too busy fixing the many pieces of complex ship's equipment that the crew are always breaking. Sophie attempts to get her jobs done promptly, but her diminutive size often gets her "overlooked" by the clumsy crew, which leads to some special problems, as you will find out when you read the story. Sophie plays the nerdy, workaholic type character and she is often involved in very ironic situations.

Teel Sanderpelt

Age: 20

Species: Swift fox (Vulpes velox)

Origin: Rhode Island, USA

Hair Color: Flaxen (pale blonde)

Preferred Style: Disheveled, down to mid-back

Eye Color: Teal

Role: Teel came aboard the ship at the young age of twelve and although physically she is now twenty, unfortunately her IQ hasn't progressed much farther than age ten. The captain made her the unofficial first officer after the previous one went insane after only the first year. Teel is accident-prone, mischievous, and has an extremely short attention span. She serves as the catalyst for many of the jokes, especially the ones concerning the men, and she also serves as an extra dose of lunacy to Terri's captainship. She has known Dayna two years before she actually came aboard the ship, as Dayna was the one responsible for training her to live in space.

Chi-Chi

Age: indeterminate

Species: Robot (feline)

Hair: none

Role: Chi-Chi came with the ship when it was first bought and was found by Teel, deactivated, in a dusty, forgotten, compartment in the ship's storage room, polished, intact, and looking brand new. Chi-Chi obviously serves some technical function but nobody has been able to figure out exactly what its supposed to be. Teel however seems content to believe that Chi-Chi exists for her own personal enjoyment. Chi-Chi pops up here and there in the story to provide a non-organic perspective to things and to generally just stand around and look cute. "Chi!"

Jammin Knox (jae-min noks)

Captain of the "Bravad"

Species: Striped skunk

-Character not yet developed-