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Some portion of time past and Oxide's weak childish cries simmered down to the occasional small sniffle. He picked himself up off the ground and started to walk down the mountain that contained the mostly dormant volcano. It was seemingly safe as the Chibi shinobi trifled down the gravel path. He'd need a new home before the animals or worse were to come out. Day had already passed and night has already taken control of the sky. So Oxide didn't have a lot of time to plan where to go.

"This isn't fair, Nein." the chibi said kicking up a small rock or two.

Other than fights Oxide has bad luck in his blood, running threw his veins. He couldn't even remember something good that ever happened to him as long as he lived. You'd think he would be used to the pain now? Oxide wonders down the gravel trail till he reached the bottom. Along the way he was attacked by a large pack of rabid heavily disease infested anger crazed wolfs. Being small he was the perfect prey for animals, so they probably thought. They sneaked up behind him and lunged right for him trying to give a killing blow in one shot then eat him.

Oxide was scared so he opened up and then threw a small amount of his poison gas canisters at the pack of wolfs and ran threw the woods. Even though the gas killed the wolfs he didn't want something else to try and eat him next. Having no shelter in the woods really sucks. That being true Oxide started building a shack made of sticks, leaves, tree bark, straw, mud, dirt, rocks, hey, and other things he could find laying on the ground. The shelter was very small, about the size of a shoe box but it was a perfect fit for the Shinobi. He crawled in on his hands and knees getting his uniform dirty. He cuddled into the leafy and moss covered floor to sleep better.

Remember your mother telling you when you were little and you felt really bad that "No matter how bad you think this is, there will always be someone worse off." In every single one of those cases Oxide was the kind of person she was talking to you about.

Oh well, Poor Chibi Oxide. Perhaps one day things would finally go better for him once again in his life.

(405 x2)

Hidden Love
The food fight had continued with no sign o0f abating. By now, the roads ran pink with the splattered remnants of far more fruit than any single cart could hold. There must have been another fruit vendor, who had now similarly lost their wares, too. Other foods were being thrown around willy-nilly. Flapjacks, flounders, filet mignon, and plenty of foods that didn't start with the letter 'f'. The chaos reigned supreme. Perhaps that was why nobody noticed the giant alien space crab until it was too late. It's pincer clamped down on one hapless participant in the food war, crushing them just like they had crushed an egg a moment earlier. The scream snapped everyone else out of it. Then more screams could be heard. People ran in all directions, desperate to get away from the aggressive alien arthropod. The only one who didn't was none other than Saya. It seemed she had yet to even notice the crab, instead she was carefully picking her way through a veritable minefield of mashed melons.

The crab advanced, sideways as all crabs do, it's enormous stick legs skittering easily through the mass of mashed comestibles. Raising one enormous claw up high, it rbought it down with enough force to crack steel. Only to miss Saya entirely, as she had- wait, you've got to be kidding. She slipped on a banana peel. That most ancient of deadly traps, the peel of the fruit had in fact saved her life, causing her to slip and slide, and in so doing, just barely miss the crab's attack. She still didn't notice it, but she did feel the wind of the pincer's passing. "Brr, that's a strong wind. I better head inside before I catch a cold!" Of course, if the crab caught her, it wasn't a cold she would catch, but something far more serious.

She skipped off of the field of battle, with the crab zig-zagging to keep her in it's sights. It was advancing steadily, it would catch her before she reached the relative safety of the nearest building. But then, just as it was about to attack again, it seemed to stumble. Had it slipped upon a banana this time? No, it wasn't so fortunate. Instead, it had stepped in a hole, a trench cut into the ground that had been hidden from sight, just like a trap. This was no trap, though. Just a very fortunate coincidence. The hole was actually caused just recently, the festival's star feature was an honest pit for grilling or smoking meats. It hadn't been completed, hadn't been lined with bricks or anything, but it was deep. Deep enough for the crab to tip over, it's leg stuck in the hole. As it continued to try to get out, it accidentally flipped onto it's back. This was practically a deaths entence for a normal crab, and it seemed not much had changed when the lowly arthropod had discovered space travel. It wiggled it's remaining legs angrily, swiping blindly with it's claws. It's eyestalks were both currently buried in a disgusting (to it, anyways) morass of fruits, oranges, apples, bananas, graps and pineapples. It was stuck, well and truly. And still Saya went on her way, completely unaware that she had just single-handedly taken down such a bizarre and lethal foe. Thanks to a banana.
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Joker looked down as he saw another set of chopsticks inside of his bowl. He looked up at The Guy. Joker pulled the bowl from him. As he stopped chowing down on the cook. He sniffed a few times as he sighed. He knew that smell. The crabs..the person that made him dance. He was already annoyed with this person. However he only let out a big smile. As he started to laugh hard. He took his free hand and dusted the blood and entrails off on The Guy's shirt. Joker sighed at him for a moment.

Joker only leaned in with his small smile and he shook his head. The one thing he hated to be was interrupted during his feeding time. It was the only time when he wasn't joking..or in a joking mood. He only blinked a few times and wanted to clap for him. This guy was positively brave for making a fool of him in the exams and then coming here to bother him..and eat his food. This guy was either insane or... well a fool. Nobody wanted to be a fool.

Joker laughed again. This had to be one of the funniest things that he had ever encountered. He laughed so hard that he threw up some yumi bugs. They started to swirl around him in a circle. He looked up and caught them and stuffed them back in his mouth. He only gave a few more chuckles. He only went back down to eating his noodles and he slid him a card. (x2)

The Guy smiled even more widely as Joker wiped his hands upon his shirt. This means that the guy was not going to try to kill him the second that they saw each other but the lack of words was a bit troubling. Normally, Joker would have a response to this, though this was a different Joker than the one that The Guy had read in all those DC Comic Books that Bonedragon17 has yet to buy... How could he not be able to afford something that probably only costs a couple dollars a copy? Maybe he just didn't have a ride to get to his destination... Wait, what were we talking about again? Oh right.

The Guy watched as Joker tried to get his thoughts about The Guy before eating some more of his noodles and sliding a card towards the Guy that easily read that he was about to kill The Guy in every way possible. A bit funny that Joker would hand him this card. The Guy smiled widely back to Joker before a familiar hand slipped from behind Joker and handed him this card.



"And here's my card. Will you at least hear me out before you go ahead of yourself and kill me?"


If Joker were to look behind him, he would see a sort of Joker that was kind of like him, but a little out of place... Maybe more chaotic? Looking more like a Homeless bum? Who knows!

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