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Post by Jamie Lee on May 30, 2008 21:52:38 GMT -5
Robotropolis was never a wonderful place to visit. Old decrepit buildings rose ominously from the dark and soiled ground in various states of ruin. Around them, numerous piles of trash. And it's here we find a figure, draped in a black cloak, slowly moving his way through the gloomy surroundings. Every so often he would pause, pressing himself up against one of the aged and crumbling walls to look down at a small device he carried or to catch his heavy breath. At one of these short stops he carefully peered out toward the street that lay beyond, searching for any guards or other signs of concern...
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Post by V for Vizetta on May 31, 2008 3:10:35 GMT -5
What he would see... would be a Tasmanian Devil. He wasn't alone, as there was a bat with him, and a squirrel on top of his head... And finally, a... hedgehog? Unfortunately, it didn't seem to be the blue hero, but just a normal hedgehog... well, normal except for various cybernetics. "... Where are we?" The devil grumbled as he looked around, seeming rather peeved with their surroundings, rather than frightened or disturbed. He'd been hoping there would be transportation home somewhere, but no such luck.
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Post by DB on May 31, 2008 15:57:12 GMT -5
The ... 'hedgehog' didn't answer. Not because he was ignoring the devil, but just because he couldn't -hear- him. However, a moment later, he did make his own comment. "This place is a dump."
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Post by Jamie Lee on May 31, 2008 16:54:08 GMT -5
"Beats me," Midi said in a strained sounding voice. The place smelled absolutely revolting, and so she kept attempting to hold her breath, only letting it go when she absolutely had to. The hidden echidna frowned, staring out at the group of kids wandering around in the open streets. Who in their right mind would do something so stupid? At first he wondered if it may have been a trap of some sort... Eavesdropping, however, confirmed that they were lost. Hrm. Could they possibly be from where that group he'd left in Lower Mobius came from? Debating with himself over what to do, Zachary finally stepped out from behind his building, his hood still obscuring his face. "Are you kids crazy? What are you doing out here?" he asked in a somewhat familiar, though slightly deeper and raspier sounding voice.
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Post by Leda on May 31, 2008 17:15:32 GMT -5
@segaray@ Spotting Zachary's partially-roboticized state, Ray's tail quickly fluffed up to double its size. "H-HEYYOUCAN'TFOOLUSWEKNOWYOU'RENOTREALLYAPERSONBECAUSEYOURDISGUISEISFALLINGOFF!!" In his panic, the squirrel also squeezed his hands into tight fists around Crash's ears. "YOUBETTERJUSTBACKOFF'CUZTHISGUYCANSQUASHYOUINTOAVCR ANDTHENWE'LLPLAYVIDEOGAMESONYOURHEAD!!!"
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Post by V for Vizetta on May 31, 2008 17:20:45 GMT -5
Crash's ears twitched as the echidna spoke. Something about that voice was familiar... He'd heard it before, hadn't he? That line of thought was immediately derailed, however as the squirrel riding on his head suddenly SQUEEZED his ears, eliciting a harsh yelp from the devil. "Ow! Hey, kid, LEGGO. EARS ARE ATTACHED!"
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Post by DB on May 31, 2008 18:13:59 GMT -5
Dash's eyes widened. The boss? Here? What was he- no, no, wait, that couldn't be the boss. The boss didn't have cybernetics like that. He frowned slightly, a bit thrown off by this. Maybe he'd best let his companions cover this, since they could ... you know, hear. He paused and looked over at them, noting exactly... what seemed to be going on. Sighing, he rubbed a hand against his face.
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Post by Jamie Lee on May 31, 2008 18:30:06 GMT -5
Zachary growled a bit and cringed at the squirrel's vollume. Yeah, he was gonna go with the crazy theory. That was when he seemed to notice Dash - his brow arching slightly over the 'hedgehog's' mechanical attachments. Nevertheless, he shook it off for the moment, and motioned for the group to come to him. "Keep it down you lunatics! And get out of the street!" Midnight frowned, eyeing the guy distrustingly. So a weird guy wearing a black cloak covering his face crawls out of an alley and asks - no, demands - them to come with him. Riiiight. She glanced at Crash, giving him a rather cold glare. "What do you think?"
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Post by V for Vizetta on May 31, 2008 18:34:48 GMT -5
Crash slowly turned his head to face the bat as he spoke through gritted teeth. His ears, although they were still in Ray's surprisingly sturdy grip, attempted to lay back against his head. "I think Twitchy the Wondersquirrel NEEDS TO LEGGO OF MY DAMNED EARS."
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Post by Jamie Lee on May 31, 2008 18:37:50 GMT -5
The bat's teeth gritted. "Ray. Down. Now." she growled, snatching the squirrel by his tail and giving him a hard yank.
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Post by Leda on May 31, 2008 18:39:36 GMT -5
@segaray@ Letting out a shrill yelp of pain, Ray's fur fluffed up higher as he felt himself begin to fall, and ended up clinging harder to the only thing he could get ahold of -- which, unfortunately, was Crash's ears.
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Post by V for Vizetta on May 31, 2008 18:41:46 GMT -5
And down went the devil, pulled down by the combination of irate bat, and neurotic squirrel. What he SAID on the way down, however, cannot be repeated here. Ever. He did take some small joy in knowing he was going to SMASH that little rat under him, though. [dice=6] Maybe.[rand=83710114118750212356758965725064362206267158289235467091082487312]
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Post by Leda on May 31, 2008 18:44:34 GMT -5
[dice=6]
@segaray@ "OOF!! @_@"
Well, at least it shut him up.[rand=47935053052771191134052547292155983266080869816119171610482403987]
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Post by DB on May 31, 2008 18:48:14 GMT -5
Dash peeked between his fingers over at the spectacle off to the side. And then sighed again. And then began to wander over to the stranger, gesturing to his ears while he walked. "I'm deaf right now, but please," he pointed a thumb in his companion's direction, "forgive them, they're insane."
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Post by Jamie Lee on May 31, 2008 19:07:34 GMT -5
Zack just frowned, wincing even more over the commotion. "Yeah, I can see that," he responded, even though he now knew Dash couldn't hear him. Pulling his hood down, Zachary grabbed Dash by an arm, giving it a small tug and jerking his head in a 'come on' fashion before letting him go and disappearing behind the building again. Meanwhile Midi just... buried her face into her hand. " Worthless."
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Post by V for Vizetta on May 31, 2008 20:09:29 GMT -5
Crash slowly stood back up after smushing Ray, and turned his attention back to the cloaked echidna... His voice still seemed familiar. Then, seeing Dash next to him somehow put it together for the devil. Or so he thought. So he started walking towards the echidna, growling quietly, but quickly approaching the volume that warned of imminent death.
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Post by DB on May 31, 2008 20:30:39 GMT -5
Dash glanced back at the others again, noting that Crash was approaching. Good, he got the message to come along as well. Since everyone seemed to know what was going on, he decided to do as the echidna said. Hopefully his ears would miraculously jump start or something.
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Post by Jamie Lee on May 31, 2008 20:36:24 GMT -5
Having already disappeared behind the wall when Crash made his approach, Zachary just stood there with his arms folded waiting to see whether or not anyone was going to come. He was only going to give them a few minutes, he decided, before he was going to just move on. Noisy kids were going to bring every SWATbot in Robotropolis with their racket at this rate. Noticing everyone seemed to be migrating by this time, Midi snatched Ray by the tail, muttering a faint "Come on ya spaz," and dragging him after the group.
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Post by Leda on May 31, 2008 20:39:25 GMT -5
@segaray@ As if having his tail pulled and then getting squashed by a very large tasmanian devil wasn't enough, now he was getting dragged along the pavement. And it didn't feel like cotton candy tickles. "O-OW, MIDIIII!!" Ray suddenly whined, rolling and kicking. The squirrel's ears pressed to his head. "I can WALK, you know!!"
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Post by V for Vizetta on May 31, 2008 22:37:33 GMT -5
Unfortunately for Zack, he probably should have kept moving. Because when Crash reached him, the only sound he was making was a feral growl as he pinned Zack to the wall with his forearm across Zack's collarbone. Once the devil's eyes met Zack's, he finally spoke, very quietly. " I've heard your voice before. You're the one he's working for, aren't you?" The devil's free hand now started clenching into a fist, but fortunately, he wasn't bringing it up to punch Zack. Yet.
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Post by DB on May 31, 2008 22:49:34 GMT -5
At this point, the te- er, hedgehog, bristled. "WOAH WOAH -WOAH-, what the HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"
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Post by Jamie Lee on May 31, 2008 22:55:06 GMT -5
For the first second all the echidna had seen was a swirl of color and a flash of red. He gasped and wheezed, and in the next second following had switched his mechanical arm into cannon mode and aimed it for the devil's face. "Put me down!" he rasped. Midi, upon seeing the sudden burst of aggression, dropped Ray and stared. "HEY!" she yelled angrily. "WHAT THE HELL YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"
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Post by Leda on May 31, 2008 23:42:53 GMT -5
@segaray@ Ray's eyes widened and mouth dropped open as the spectacle unfolded before his eyes. Suddenly they were all right back where they started, with the crazy devil guy attacking someone out of nowhere. Except now "someone" was "some robot posing as a normal person who was going to melt their faces off". And now Midi was running to get involved, too. Just as visions of vehicles flying through the air once more began to fill the squirrel's mind, his blue eyes rolled back into his head, and he fainted with a dull fwump.
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Post by V for Vizetta on Jun 1, 2008 0:41:07 GMT -5
Crash's eyes shifted to teh blaster in his face, but this didn't help convince him to back off... In fact, what got his attention was hearing Ray fainting behind him, causing him to glance over his shoulder. "?"
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Post by DB on Jun 1, 2008 1:02:00 GMT -5
A lightbulb suddenly flickered on in Dash's head. This ... guy here looked kind of like his boss. What if Crash was thinking it WAS his boss? ... Well, that complicated things. Moving forward to grab Crash by one of his arms, he spoke up. "Hey, if you're thinking this is my boss you've got the wrong guy! My boss is a PANGOLIN, not a..." He paused to glance again at the older gentleman. "... echidna?"
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Post by V for Vizetta on Jun 1, 2008 1:07:56 GMT -5
Crash nearly lashed out at Dash, but the tenrec's words started to sink in before he tried to turn him into a red smear. "A... pangolin? He's not...?" Crash took another look at Zack, and almost froze, before simultaneously taking a step back, and releasing the echidna. It was official. Crash was apparently going completely insane, if he was starting to attack people with no more reason than because they looked like someone he... well, honestly, wanted to make into a fine red mist.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 1, 2008 1:24:12 GMT -5
Zack leaned against the wall after he'd been released and breathed hoarsely. He kept his hand in cannon mode - just in case - and glared at the tasmanian devil. "I was right," he wheezed, "You are crazy."
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Post by DB on Jun 1, 2008 12:55:46 GMT -5
Dash stared at the devil. "I don't know what your problem is, but you REALLY need to take some anger management classes."
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Post by V for Vizetta on Jun 1, 2008 17:11:15 GMT -5
Crash just grumbled as he turns to walk down the alleyway, since that seemed to be where the echidna was leading them before... well... Crash went nuts. Again. "I scare the teacher."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 2, 2008 0:10:32 GMT -5
Luckily for everyone's ears Midi had pipped down a bit when Ray fainted, instead turning her attention toward trying to wake him up. Zachary, on the other hand, debated with himself over what to. He didn't feel particularly good about leaving these people here, but he couldn't just drag them along with him either. He stood there coughing a few times, the sudden rush of adrenaline having agitated his fragile lungs, and came to a conclusion. He could spare a few moments to talk to these kids and figure out what their story was - he had noticed the power stone didn't seem to have moved from its current position for quite some time, and he was close anyway. He turned to Dash, eyes watering slightly from coughing. "You seem to be the sane one here. What were you kids thinking?"
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