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 Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:19 pm
When Zed reached the crews quarters and hung up his wet clothes he caught his own reflection in a mirror.
I should really find a shirt... And why is my nose bleeding?
He wiped his nose and went back to the control room.
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:26 pm
Koko looked up as Zed walked in,
"You can have the poncho back when my clothes are washed & dried..... & hey, you have a bit of blood under your nose. Did you bash it or something?"
The mercenary tilted her head slightly, then swivelled back to the controls & checked the status of the newly installed rocket launcher, to see if it was still undamaged when the ship increased speed.
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:42 pm
"Yeah, I musta knocked it or something"
He took his seat and put his helmet back on, quickly taking hold of the controls and diving the ship into a huge canyon. The canyon narrowed to the point where the Aiolos would only fit through sideways, a moment later the canyon walls opened up to become seaside cliffs in a massive water-filled crater.
Zed lowered the ship to only a few meters above the surface of the water.
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:57 pm
"Hmmm...."
Koko leant on the control pad & drummed her fingers slightly, looking at the new scenery. She was interested in where they'd gone, but her mind was distracted.
Bashed it huh...? Seems a bit of a coincidence....
She glanced over at the pilot, then back at the controls, shaking her head.
Nah.... but, maybe I should be sure?
She grinned slightly, standing up & walking over to Zed with her helmet still on so he wouldn't be able to see her smile.
"So, we stopping here for a bit, or continuing on?"
She leant over the top of his chair, knowing the top of the poncho would be slightly open when - if - he looked up.
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:06 pm
Zed set the ship to slowly stop then looked up at Koko.
"We're gunna... We're gunna stop here for a bit... Oh, and you should really get your clothes outta the wash soon..."
He laughed and looked back out the window as the Aiolos slowed to a stop.
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:16 pm
Koko raised an eyebrow, then randomly hit Zed on the head before heading back to the washing machine to see if her clothes were finished. She was thinking to herself as she fished her clothes out of the drum,
Hmmm.... a little distracted, but that doesn't prove anything.... wait, why am I even doing this? Ahhh! No! Don't tell me.... aww.... crap....
She took her wet clothes into the crew's quarters to hang them up, leaning back against a wall & exhaling slowly.
"Awww man.... this is not gunna go well...."
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:37 pm
Zed was contemplating going for a swim when the ship detected something attaching itself to the bottom of the ship.
An alert sounded.
He activated the turret veiw on his console and watched as hundreds of fish-like creatures attached themselves to the bottom of the Aiolos using suction cups on the ends of their tails. They would jump up, attach themselves, then die and fall off, this would be useful against preditory fish as they would become surrounded by dead fish, eat their fill then leave.
The fish were completely harmless and utterly pointless. Soon the entire species had nearly wiped itself out, and Ares was a better place without them.
The alarm continued.
"Goddamn useless fish... stupid alarm, shut it already!"
Zed's eyes widened as he saw a circular row of teeth surrounding the ship, they neared the surface at immence speed, he quickly raised the ship by about 40 meters to dodge a 'Giant Ares sea-worm', the planet's top underwater predator.
"KOKO GET YOUR a** HERE NOW!... it's time for some target practice..."
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:46 pm
Koko had been half-way through getting changed, having applied some.... interesting methods of drying her clothes (involving fire & some chairs). Her head snapped up as she heard Zed.
"Ah s**t!"
She clipped on her bra & pulled on some jeans before 'flitting' to the cockpit & leaping into her turret seat. She immediately pulled the rocket launcher round & spotted the end of the creature as it dove back into the water.
"Time to test out this baby! Zed, I want you to pull the Aiolos round so I can get clear shots at this thing."
She was switching between the two turrets, using the machine-gun type to fire into the water where she could see it's shape; but at the same time she was primed to get the rocket launcher ready to destroy the thing.
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:54 pm
Zed spun the ship around so Koko could get a better shot. He pressed a button that fired a tracking device onto the massive sea-worm. The device showed up as a bright dot on the radar screen.
"make sure you don't waste those rockets, get it right in the mouth."
The huge worm lept towards the ship once again, not getting high enough to hit it.
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:00 pm
"Come on you b*****d...."
The young mercenary bit her bottom lip slightly, she was completely focused on tracking the worm. When she got the chance she shot at it with the machine-gun turrets; eventually she caused it to rear out of the water, making a strange snarling sound as it did so.
"Here we go...."
Just as Koko said that, the worm made a flying leap at the Aiolos, jaws opened wide. She switched over to the rocket launcher & smirked.
"Got ya."
She pressed the trigger, firing off two rockets that hit the worm inside it's throat, causing it to sprawl into the water. She swung the turret round, scanning the water for any sign of the creature attacking again.
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:15 pm
Zed watched as the dot on the radar screen dissapeared off into the distance.
"The b*****d got away... He'll be right down deep now... aah well, if it doesn't die of the wounds we'll be back for it."
Zed disengaged the Aiolos' attack mode and spun his chair to face Koko.
"Wanna go finish getting dressed now?"
He smiled then rotated back to the controls. The ship boosted to cruising speed quickly.
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:22 pm
Slowly Koko removed her helmet, shook her hair out & disengaged the turrets. She then stood up & walked back towards the crew's quarters. When she went past Zed she smacked him hard over the head, mumbling.
"No tact at all, man I'm fighting a lost cause here."
Once she reached the room with her clothing she realised the fire was still burning. She ran over & stomped it out, lifting her shirt up.
"Ah, no damage, that's good."
She slipped it over her head, then sighed & flopped down on the floor, putting her hands behind her head.
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:37 pm
Zed sat back in the chair, removed his helmet and scratched his head.
Aaahh goddammit... I can't even remember her name anymore... Koko... I like Koko she's cute and- Wait, do I smell burning?
Zed got up out of his seat and ran to the room Koko was in.
"Are you burning stuff?! You know what happens when you burn stuff on a ship! THE FOAM!"
At that moment the door sealed behind Zed, locking them in the room together, then a nozzle poked out of the roof and filled the room with a thick white foam.
After the foam had settled slightly, Zed blew the foam out of his mouth and wiped it away from his eyes.
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:44 pm
Koko slowly lifted herself into a sitting position, wiping her eyes of the foam & giving Zed a deathstare. Her voice was calm, but icy, like she was trying not to attack him.
"Right then, how do we get out of here now?"
She got to her feet, crossing her arms & tapping her foot; though, even though she was trying to be angry, the corners of her mouth were twitching slightly like she was about to grin.
Oh god, there's a bit of foam on his head, it looks like a horn.... that's so stupid-looking. Must not laugh, must not laugh....
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:00 pm
Zed checked the door, but there was no access panel beside it.
"No worries, i've got the remote right here"
Zed held up a smaller uplink, but then accedentally dropped it into the foam that filled the room up to their waists.
"Oh, thats not good... did you see where it went?"
Zed looked down into the mass of foam.
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