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 Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 11:39 pm
Mau sighed. He looked about his dorm room. He didn't have a free outlet to plug in his TV, and he couldn't risk unplugging one of the heat lamps just now. That could throw off his whole experiment. However, his research for the day was documented, and he was still waiting for a shipment from an old rocket colleague at the outpost where Mau had been stationed before transferring to HQ in Kodo, so his main research was on hold till it was sent.
Bored, Mau left his room and headed down to the recreation room. There was a documentary on tonight about the evolution and adaptation of pokemon to their surroundings that he didn't want to miss. So he wandered down the halls and entered the rec room, pleased to find it empty. Now the big question was where was the remote? Mau checked the end tables, the coffee table, under all the magazines, checked the couch cushions... Where was it!
Mau sighed, wandering over to the pool table in frustration. That's when he saw it, sitting in one of the side pockets. Mau snorted in contempt and grabbed at the remote only to have his hand collide with someones hand.
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 11:54 pm
"Finally!" Nyx sat back in her swivel chair. Some of the other rockets in the computer labs were startled and stared at the small woman with the poofy white hair. She was new and she was loud. Even Newton was shaken from his little balloon nap on a pile of paperwork on Nyx' work station. He puffed up and glared at Nyx.
"Ok, Newton- What's that look for?" She lifted the little Drifloon as she stood up. "We're done inputting all that data. Lets go relax. Want to watch some TV?"
There was someone else in the recreation room. Some tall male with purple and blue hair. What was he looking for? Hm. Nyx took some mental notes and went over to the couch in front of the TV. She sat down and looked around for the remote. Not here. She stood up. That must be what that man was looking for. She scanned the room... Aha! Pool table! Nyx shuffled quickly to the pool table and reached out her hand to grab the remote, only to be stopped by a hand that wasn't her's.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:01 am
Mau looked down at the smaller woman before snatching the remote from the pool table. "Good evening." He said softly. He hadn't seen this woman before, but then, he hadn't seen too many of the other rockets. "Care to learn about evolution with me?" He offered, looking to the TV. "There's a program on in about 20 minutes that should be fascinating." He aimed the remote.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:17 am
Newton looked at the two humans with the box's on thing... no video games for poor old Newton. He floated over to the Foosball table and fiddled with the little humans on sticks.
Nyx scoffed. "You need to learn about evolution? Ha. I'm going to watch "I was Bitten and it Was Worse Than I Thought. Maybe you sit down with me and you'll learn something. Plus you get to see all the neat necrosis!" She grinned and made a grab for the remote in Mau's hand.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:23 am
Mau frowned as she grabbed a hold of the remote. Mau didn't let go. "I'm sorry, but I was here first." He gently tried to pull it away, only to find her resisting to give up her grip on it. "If you would kindly let go... or are we going to have to fight about this?"
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:28 am
"Normally I'd concede or take turns, or what not, but unfortunately there is a brand new episode on tonight and I've just spent the past 72 hours staring at a computer screen and filling out paper work for the scientific minds of Team Rocket who just happen to be miles below me, but because they have attained a higher rank or been here longer, I'm stuck doing their grunt work and they get to piddle around poking at cells and redoing work that's already been done a hundred times already!" Nyx was forgetting to breathe, but she wasn't letting go of that remote.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:41 am
Mau scoffed. He knew that feeling well. Too well. "As tempting as that is, I've no interest in necropsy tonight." He looked at the pool table. "How about we settle this in a mature, reasonable fashion? We have a pool table here... Winner gets to watch their show. Your Drifloon and my Vaporeon can keep anyone else away from our... well, our prize, as it were." He gave her a smug smile. "What do you say?"
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:52 am
"Hm..." Nyx smiled "An exercise in basic physics principles? Alright. I suppose that would work." She looked at the remote, seemed to consider not letting go, and then relinquished her grasp on the control for the gateway to rotting flesh and paralysis.
"What's the game? Eight-Ball? Rotation? Bottle-Billiards?" She shouted over her shoulder while grabbing a suitable stick and a thing of chalk, then dusting her hands a little.
Newton grew bored with the little stick people and began float-pacing back and forth, looking for something to mess with.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 1:01 am
Mau tossed Aki out of his ball, and handed the blue eyed Vaporeon the remote. The pokemon tilted his head. "You and the drifloon are in charge of this until the young lady and I finish our game. Give it to the winner of the game, ok?" Aki tried to reply but it was muffled by the plastic device and it dashed off to chase the drifloon.
"How about we play eightball?" He asked, taking one of the pool cues himself.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 1:09 am
Nyx grinned and racked the balls.
"I'm Nyx. You are?" She lined up a shot and hit in two solid colored balls on the break. She squealed with delight. She hadn't played pool for years.
Newton noticed he was being followed. Who was this? He floated lower to the ground and 'flooned' at it inquisitively.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:47 pm
"I'm Mau." He replied, watching her break. "Pleasure to meet you." He said formally before taking aim at the cueball. The strike sent several balls rolling off in all directions, hitting the back and side walls. "You new around here?" He stood up and glanced back at her.
Aki looked up at Newton before dropping the remote with a clatter before responding "Vapooooooor!" and wagging his tail a little at the drifloon before pawing at a one of Newton's dangling arms.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 3:16 pm
"Yes, just got in last week, but I've been stuck filling out paper work and getting accommodated. I work in the science labs. Well. I'm supposed to. They've stuck me in the computer labs with piles of paper work and spreadsheets. What do you do?"
Between Nyx and Mau, the table was getting less and less cluttered. Nyx eyed the remote that the Vaporeon had dropped.
Newton rode the air current that the playful Vaporeon created with its tail and paws. He floated slowly up, and then down again. "Flooooon!" He looked at the table. What were the humans doing? Ooo... those looked round and interesting.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 3:42 pm
"I suppose... Pokemon re-education could be the title of what I do. I do move engineering. I'm researching the expansion of moves a pokemon can learn. You know, things outside the species normal standards." After a few more strikes of the ball, it was down to just the eight ball. Whoever sank this one would win. "You're not a bad player."
Aki let out a happy yip. This pokemon was fun! As Newton drifted around, Aki chased him a little, pawing at him as he floated by, unintentionally coaxing him towards the pool table.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 4:00 pm
"You're not bad either. That sounds intriguing..." Nyx smirked as she pointed at the corner pocket and lined up her shot on the Eight-Ball. "For a high-school science fair project."
She drew back the pool-cue. Newton blew across the pool table. Nyx struck the cue ball. Newton grabbed the 8 Ball and floated away, dropping the ball at the door, where it started rolling away.
Nyx stared at her pokemon, dumbfounded, as the cue ball passed the spot where the 8 ball had been and bounced into the side of the table.
"NEWTON!"
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 4:07 pm
Mau snorted. "It's more fulfilling then your glorious paperwork, my dear." He said as Newton drifted by and took the ball. "Guess that means I w-" He was almost bowled over as Aki chased Newton and dove for the eight ball and snatched it up, running around with it. Mau sighed and moved to the remote to pick it up.
"Better luck next time, little lady." He said with a smile and turned on the TV.
Static.
Mau frowned, and changed the channel.
Static.
Static.
Static.
Every channel had static. There was no signal, the cable was out.
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