Fic: "Machine in the Ghost" 1/8 (R)

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“Machine in the Ghost”
Rated: R for language, slashy sexytimes, talk of torture
Chars: Lister/Rimmer, Kochanski, Cat, Kryten, Hol, original characters
Disclaimer: Property of Grant Naylor. I don't get to keep these characters, I just get to take them home for the night on occasion.
Summary: The crew gets more than they bargain for when they find a derelict in deep space. Can be read as a standalone, or as the continuation of Urgent, which itself juts out of a short earlier series I wrote. (In other words, do what you want, LOL.)
Spoilers: The entire TV series, some borrowed elements from the novels.
A/N: Thanks to Nat (metalkatt) and missflibble for beta work, and to Nat for helping write a passage toward the end and for big helpful plot and character suggestions along the way (and also for the loan of Fiona, a creation I wish had been mine).


'The main cargo seems to be toys – acres of them if you laid ‘em out.'