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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 28, 2006 1:34:00 GMT -5
Lance's organic eye twitched when he saw the slide, then glanced at the fallen tenrec he was carrying. Yeah, okay, carrying a guy covered in prickly PAIN down that thing was not particularly high on his to-do list. He looked at the tenrec in his arms, then at the oak slide, then contorted his face into a grimace. The things he did sometimes... Repositioning his grip on Dash he dove in.
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Post by DB on Jun 28, 2006 14:06:19 GMT -5
Of course, as luck would have it, the tenrec regained conciousness on the trip down. "Mwuh?" AND HAVING REGAINED CONCIOUSNESS, THE FOLLOWING THINGS HIT HIM= he moving rather quickly down a dark passage of some sort while being held by METAL ARMS. Regardless to say, he started flailing. "LET GO! I DON'T WANT TO BE TAKEN TO YOUR LEADER!" Not that a SwatBot would care if he didn't want to be taken, but still.
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Post by Lans on Jun 28, 2006 14:39:17 GMT -5
Tails hit the haystack at the bottom with a slight "Umph!" Then quickly crawled out and waited for the other two.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 28, 2006 15:01:01 GMT -5
Lance's eyes constricted, and a pained little squeak escaped him, followed by... "OW! %$@$! HOLD STILL YOU %$#ING LITTLE--WHOOAAAA!" moments later the wold, now carrying a conscious and struggling Dash, flew out and tumbled onto a haystack. Once everything had stopped moving he shoved the tenrec off him and staggered back to his feet; a single pain filled tear forcing itself out. Embedded in the wolf's abdomen were several yellow and brown quills. "You.. owe me... so much..." he growled stiffly and started pulling them off.
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Post by DB on Jun 28, 2006 15:03:50 GMT -5
Dash staggered up a bit woozily and turned around to confront his 'attacker'... only to find it wasn't what he was expecting. He blinked in a confused fashion, looking the wolf up and down. Mostly at the mechanical additions. "What happened to you?"
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Post by Lans on Jun 28, 2006 15:25:53 GMT -5
"Hey he's awake! Are you all right mister?" Tails said to Dash.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 28, 2006 15:26:56 GMT -5
"Gee, I don't know!" Lance growled, wincing as he pulled a couple more out. "I was positive these quills, that look suspiciously like they came from YOUR head just magically appeared burrowed into my skin!"
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Post by DB on Jun 28, 2006 15:29:28 GMT -5
"That's not what I mean! What's with the SwatBot impression?" the tenrec's ear twitched at the sound of the little fox's voice and he turned to him. "Am I alright?" Dash looked himself over. "Yeah I guess so, who are you?" He paused again, as if suddenly realizing something, and looked around. "And where's this?"
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Post by Lans on Jun 28, 2006 16:04:36 GMT -5
"This is Knothole, silly." He frowned at the tenrec, "Maybe you'd better go see Rosie."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 28, 2006 16:46:29 GMT -5
"SWATbot impression. Ha," Lance scoffed. "You're $@#%ing hilarious." he then glanced over at Tails, giving an agitated flick of his tail. "Look kid, we're not from around here. We've been lost and homeless for a few days now."
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Post by DB on Jun 28, 2006 17:04:24 GMT -5
Dash blinked again. "Knothole? Wait... homeless?! For a couple days?! When did that happen?!"
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Post by Lans on Jun 28, 2006 17:31:32 GMT -5
"You guys are homeess? What happened, did...Robotnik...find you?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 28, 2006 17:46:01 GMT -5
Lance frowned, glaring at Dash. "What, don't tell me you were whacked that hard on the skull?" he glanced at Tails and twisted his frown to one side "Give the kid a hand. Yeah, Buttnik kinda found our home and made a nice little smoking crater out of it. Sob, sob, whine whine, we've been traveling since."
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Post by DB on Jun 28, 2006 17:49:37 GMT -5
"Whacked in the head...? And WHAT? Smoking crater??"
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Post by Lans on Jun 28, 2006 18:56:11 GMT -5
"Um...I'm gonna go find Rosie so she can make your bump better," Tails said, "And sorry for hitting you again mister, I didn't mean to." he added. The little kit then twirled his Tails together and flew off into the village.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 28, 2006 19:04:10 GMT -5
Ignoring Dash, Lance continued pulling quills out of himself while muttering obscenities.
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Post by DB on Jun 28, 2006 19:29:36 GMT -5
"... A little kid whacked me over the head?" Dash rubbed his head where he got hit by the puck. It DID hurt, and he DID have a headache now, not to mention he was a bit confused. Then again, the sudden change in scenery didn't help. "What do you mean the village turned into a crater, Lance? And since when did you have steel plated arms and legs?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 28, 2006 19:51:54 GMT -5
For a brief moment Lance actually seemed concerned for his tenrec companion as he pulled the last quill lodged in his shoulder out. "Dude, are you trying to tell me you seriously aren't kidding?" he paused, thinking. "Well, 'crater' might be an exaggeration, but it may as well me... Robotnik found Greenpine and basically wiped us all out." He paused for a long moment then, staring intently into his mechanical palm. Then he looked up at Dash, waving his fingers and grinning widely. "Guess who got dropped in the robotizier!"
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Post by DB on Jun 28, 2006 19:57:52 GMT -5
Dash took a step back from Lance and frowned. "Yeah but... you're still yourself, right? And what happened to everyone else? And how'd we get here?" Dash looked around at the local again, trying to remember. Some of what Lance said seemed... right... but it was fuzzy, like a dream he'd almost completely forgotten. Yes, something did happen to the village... but... what he couldn't quite remember. His headache continued pound. "I think I need to sit down a bit..."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 28, 2006 20:18:51 GMT -5
"Well duh," Lance rolled his eyes. "You don't exactly see me yelling FREEDOM FIGHTER: HALT IN THE NAME OF ROBOTIK do you?" He frowned, and then shrugged. "I'm guessing most of the others got caught... Only one I've seen since then is you," then, repressing a sudden need to smirk, "You've been following me around the last few days looking for shelter."
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Post by DB on Jun 28, 2006 20:22:56 GMT -5
Dash raised an eyebrow. Him following someone else around? Specially when they had no idea where to go? Maybe... desperate times do lead to desperate measures. But still, following Lance? "So, this place would be shelter then? Who was the kid?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 28, 2006 20:33:11 GMT -5
"Beats me," Lance shrugged. "Kid never gave me his name." stretching and popping his back, he took a few steps in the direction Tails had gone. "As far as shelter... I sure hope so. I won't be happy if I have to spend another night sleeping under a bush."
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Post by DB on Jun 28, 2006 20:47:41 GMT -5
The tenrec continued to frown. "I really wish I could remember what happened..."
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Post by Lans on Jun 28, 2006 21:14:12 GMT -5
At that moment, Tails, and an elderly woodchuck carrying a small first aid kit, returned. "Here they are Rosie," Tails said, landing next to them. "Ah, welcome to Knothole, I...oh my," she trailed off, noticing Lance. "Pardon me for asking but, you are entirely yourself I hope?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 28, 2006 21:32:43 GMT -5
Lance's face met with his palm. Somehow he was beginning to get the feeling that was gonna become an all-too-common question. "Yeah lady, fine and dandy. If the fact I wasn't trying to strangle the head off the hedgehog-wannabe here all 'halt by order of Robotnik' wasn't proof enough."
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Post by DB on Jun 28, 2006 21:36:16 GMT -5
And once again, the tenrecs spines puffed out in irritation. " NOT a hedgehog, thanks."
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Post by Lans on Jun 28, 2006 21:40:42 GMT -5
"I apologize young man, I was mearly being cautious." She turned to Dash, "You're the one young Miles accidently injuredright?" Tails meanwhile, winced at the use of his real name. "Rosie!" he whined, "You know I dun like to be called that!"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jun 28, 2006 22:25:45 GMT -5
"Hence why I said 'wannabe'." the wolf said slowly, making sure every word was emphasized." Another pair of metallic footfalls could suddenly be heard approaching. Coming into vision was Bunnie walking along a nearby trail. Catching sight of the group out of the corner of her eye she raised an arm to wave a greeting... only to suddenly stop in her tracks when she realized two of them were new. "Oh," she said, turning and approaching. "How ya'll! Ain't seen you two be--" the words died in her throat once she'd gotten a better look at Lance. " Oh mah stars."
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Post by DB on Jun 28, 2006 22:34:00 GMT -5
Dash nodded to the woodchuck. "I guess I am, though I don't remember what happened exactly... Have a killer headache though, plus I have no clue what's going on." Hearing the sound of metallic footsteps, Dash turned to the newcomer, briefly raising an eyebrow then shrugging it off. Apparently cyborgs weren't nearly as uncommon as he was thinking earlier. Lance, random rabbit chicks, what else? Oh, and fuzzy fox kids with two tails, though that had nothing to do with cyborg-ism. Just that weird stuff suddenly seemed like nothing out of the ordinary.
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Post by Lans on Jun 28, 2006 22:42:47 GMT -5
"Hi Aunt Bunnie!" Tails greeted. Rosie just smiled at Tails' protest and grabbed a cloth out of the first aid kit, then grabbed Dash and proceeded to look his bump over. "Well, it doesn't look too bad dear. Though you'll probably have this nasty bump for a day or two."
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