[ Datrio, West City: ]
Stringer: ...Well. Looks like I've made a right mess of things.
Vanth: Yes. Yes, you have. And now Slidget is heading over towards them. God knows how he can mess this up worse than it already is.
Slidget: *Walks astride Sarge, quickly catching up to him and listening to music on an iPod like device*
*He has spiked-up, dusty orange-brown fur with stripes of pale green and pink painted on, coating his short, stout frame; his squashed-in face's nose is on-level, if not higher than his eyes; he wears rough leather clothes; and has a ring of keys on a string around his neck*
*Just as a new song starts up, he unplugs his earbuds and lets the music flow out*
Non Fiction ~ the pillowsSlidget: So. Stringer try to play cool guy again? *Has a kind of loping gait*
Vox: *Lopes up to Vanth behind them* H, hey Vanth, hey Vanth...
Vanth: Yes? What do you need now, Vox? *Lifts one ear up*
Vox: Um, uh, I was thinking... *Scratches behind ear* ...Maybe we
could use their help?
Vanth: ...You bothered me just to say
that? *Ear lowers back down*
Vox: Eh, heheheh, heheheheheheh, I dunno, sorry. *Scratches knee idly*
*He continues standing there, shivering, periodically itching himself*
Vanth: *Sighs heavily, shaking out wings and heading towards a noisy back alley*
Stringer & Vox: *Follow after her, looking around idly*
Galestorm: ... *Goes off in pursuit, dragging Lee along*
*They eventually find a large pit in the floor and several cages holding ryuu-nekos*
Vanth: *Coaxes a ratty, dark purple and beige-gray creature out of its cage* Here, Harmony. Here girl. Good girl, good girl.
Harmony: *Appears to be a crossbreed of dark and air ryuu-neko* ...
Hsssss...
*She scurries up to sit on Vanth's shoulder, taking a morsel of food from Vox's hand*
Harmony: *Eyeballs Galestorm and Lee sulfureously*
Kokonoe: *Is directing the attachment of huge mechanical arms and other weapons*
Makoto: Grappler~ ship!! Grappler~ ship!! Grappler~ ship!!
Kokonoe: You know it, girl!! Wa~hahahahah!!
Makoto: Zev'll wish he had a ride this sweet!!
Kokonoe: I bet he's getting along fine.
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[
Blue Heaven Space Station: ]
*Jazz music plays over all the speakers*
*A red ship with four extending, cross-aligned thrusters is docked, being loaded with weapons*
Zev: *Watches with barely-contained glee* This is gonna be
awesome~*Meanwhile, a short being stands nearby, with a spheroid torso, long gangly limbs, circular white eyes, and a full-body environmental suit*
Hilda: *Approaches this figure* How's the outfitting coming along, Gurruno?
Gurruno: Yeh, everything's cool. You're lucky you brought a cool gal like Pammie Broadstreet along with you for your travels - She's loaded, Hot Ice.
Hilda: Don't I know it. We're lucky to have a life-saver of a Corbanite like you around, though.
Gurruno: Heheh, it's cool, Hot Ice. I'm always glad to help out a friend in need.
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Namah, Yoruichi, Ryoko: *Sit at a table, watching Aisha, bemused*
Aisha: *Is devouring huge quantities of food at an astounding rate of speed*
Ryo-Ohki: *In cabbit form, watches curiously from Ryoko's shoulder*
Aisha: *Continues eating like it's going out of style*
Ryoko: *Idly sips from a gourd of sake*