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Blade Kuroda

Militant Raider

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 8:49 pm
It's been a few weeks since the whole fiasco at the temple and the hype that followed and finally begun to die down. He was quite glad for that, seeing how the whole thing gave him a number of headaches. At the same time, it seemed the mass hype allowed for some of his plot-holes to be overlooked.

Still, it didn't stop some people from staring at Shun for a few moments whenever he was out. It was rather annoying really, considering he didn't exactly like having that much attention. Sure being promoted and the whole special ops thing was rather nice, but the rest he felt he could do without.

So earlier he was out around the outskirts of Imperial territory to try get some peace. He wasn't sure if it'd help at all but he figured being away from the heart may have some sort of effect. It generally was quieter all around in that area anyway.

He just did what he could to keep a low profile as he walked about one of the towns. Bent-Tail trotted alongside, looking at their surroundings with a sense of curiosity as they moved along. The soldier didn't have any duties set for the next morning, but pretty soon he'd have to start heading back to base. With any luck he'd get home without any hitches or anything along those lines.

Fang wasn't too far away in terms of walking distance, and hopefully Zutnic had stayed put while they were parked there. Shun didn't want to have to spend the time to hunt down the striker, especially in an area where other people were around.  
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:46 pm
Talon, finally relaxed from his own temple o' doom run, had finished explaining what had happened to himself to his less than thrilled superiors. Oddly enough, they bought the whole story about a cave in and the new MRZ Cuddles randomly attaching itself to Talon. They slapped a new rank on him and kicked him out the door before Talon broke out the shadow puppets.

They also said go on vacation or else.

As much as Talon would love to test the 'or else' theory, another vacation was more than welcomed. He chose to stay in the city rather then travel. Pressing his luck at this point in his life would be a bad idea, especially when he had a bird watching him not far off. In fact, if Talon squinted and looked up, he swore he could see a single bird flying about up there... That or it was a freak bug having flying issues.

Talon liked this part of the Empire. It was quiet, not a lot of news hit out here, and it was practically a 'free' town with diplomatic perks. At least he could get semi-decent sandwiches here.

Moe was perched on his head, tugging this way and that -- a staple since the day's of the temple. The little MRZ liked the power and the height it gave him. Also kept him out of trouble and currently, trouble wasn't what it wanted.

Cuddles, the silver cuddler, was wrapped around Talon's right arm and holding a small bag filled with a shiny marble, a pack of gum, and few paper clips. It had been FACINATED by these objects in the store the trio walked into. Talon bought them and apologized to the Shop Keeper and quickly left before Cuddles discovered the lighters. Heaven forbid the little guy found a vending machine!

Heading towards the outside of town where Tyrant was snoozing, Talon had to stop and frown in thought as he swore he saw a familiar face in the throng of faces. He couldn't place it, but he was sure he had seen someone he knew. The rat following wasn't too familiar, but then again he never payed much attention to other's Zoids mini or ginormus. But the human...

"Oy..." Talon said, then realized that there was a sound associated with the face. Well, a word really. 'Dislike, admonish, disown...' Then it hit him! The guy's face was all over the place in the main city and back at base. " Shun! Person... Thingy... Right? "

"Moe?" Moe spoke up, and peered at Talon, practically hanging off the guy. It then looked over at the human in question...Looked to the organoid and squeaked, tilting its head to the side curiously. Cuddles, on the other hand, glared and pulled its bag of goodies closer while growling bubbly.  

PuddleInk

Hallowed Heckler


Blade Kuroda

Militant Raider

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:01 pm
A number of things ran through Shun's mind as he strolled through the streets. A part of it was dreading having to go back to the base where people were likely going to go "Hey! Its you! That guy who killed the traitor!" or something along those lines. He noticed that people in general have tried to be more buddy-buddy with him ever since the incident. Most likely they just wanted something from him. But even if he hadn't risen to fame he probably still wouldn't like being approached as such.

Somewhere along the street, he had the feeling that someone was staring at him; something that was relatively common as of late. With a sigh, he glanced up and to the side to see that someone was indeed looking at him. The guy looked a little strange, having an MRZ on his head as well as another clinging to his arm. The soldier was just about to try and ignore the guy and move on but his organoid had a slightly different plan.

With a squeak, Bent-Tail stared at the two MRZ's with curiosity and interest before deciding to trot over to get a better look at the two.

"Bent-Tail, get back over here," ordered Shun lowly, whose words were completely ignored. The metal rat happily kept on going until he reached the other man and his robotic companions, perching up on his hind legs once he arrived. Unlike Shun, he rather enjoyed the attention his pilot received, if only because it usually meant he got a lot of attention too.  
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:23 pm
Talon saw that look. The look of ' Oh god..go away!'. It made Talon wince and realize that maybe a bar would have been a better approach. Then again, maybe not. The guy was pretty infamous now what with the claim to fame killing someone that is-- was according to the official files-- known to be extremely dangerous. He gave a sheepish grin and looked around to make sure no one was looking this way.

Just the normal stares that he got with being a mini-zoid mobile... Nothing out of the norm. All was good. Sort of.

Talon was about to say an appology to the other when he found himself looking down at a rather interesting looking rat. He raised an eyebrow and frowned in thought. Moe squeaked and leaned forward more, flailed as it lost balance, and fell forward only to get caught by waiting hands. It then jumped down to the ground and sniffed at this rat and started climbing on this new friend. Cuddles... Bubbled something and handed Talon the bag of 'treasure' and also climbed down to the ground to start investigating this new thing.

Talon just watched. He wasn't sure how to react to this. "Uh... Hi! " So this is what it felt like to be on the receiving end of a random Zoid walking up to you and demanding attention. How strange.

Moe, satisfied with his investigation, spotted the rather cross looking pilot not too far off. Blinked at him. Even hooted and honked in curiosity before bounding off to try to climb this new person thing. Shun would soon found himself a potential mrz jungle gym... Talon saw this, blinked, swatted the cuttlefish before it could fire lazers at Bent-Tail, "Look out...sharp claws... " It was said with hardly any emotion to it, like it happened all the time...

It did... To the mechanics in the main hangar... And random people that looked like fun. Apparently Shun fit the 'looked like fun' bill.  

PuddleInk

Hallowed Heckler


Blade Kuroda

Militant Raider

PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 9:05 am
When the two came down to investigate him, Bent-Tail sniffed out at them to get a feel for what they were too. He had seen MRZ's before but none quite like these two. Rather intriguing the little mechs were, though the silver cuddlefish seemed to be a little less friendly than its companion. The rat tilts his head as the dinosaur-like MRZ ran off behind him, then turned his attention back to the man in front as he was greeted.

The organoid squeaked happily in response while looking up at him expectantly.

"Bent-Tail, leave the guy alone..."

Shun was just about to go and retrieve his organoid when one of the MRZ's came bounding over towards him and began to climb up his leg. Quite frankly, he wasn't entirely certain how to feel about that. Generally speaking, he was a bit more receptive towards animals and machines than he was with people, but said animals and machines usually didn't start trying to climb all over him the moment they saw him.

The warning he received came a little too late as well, as he felt some metallic claws dig into his skin as it tried to scale up.

"Ow!" he hissed before reaching down to try and grab a hold of the MRZ. Shun didn't want to risk having it dig its claws into the wound he received back at the temple. It had healed up for the most part but it was still a little tender. Having a sharp object prodded into it would not feel good at all.  
PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 1:27 pm
The silver cuttlefish wasn't used to other zoids its size other than Moe and Atelius. Then again, it wasn't on friendly terms with Atelius so anything new was considered a threat or an accomplice in crime. It peered at this rat and then, after a moment or two of glaring and bubbling threateningly, decided that this one was a-okay! So okay that Cuddles latched onto the rat in a hug with a happy ' SQUEEEE!'

Talon sighed and had to get involved, else he'd loose the little Cuddler to anything shiny. "It's fine. It's not intruding or anything like that..." Crouching down, he gave Bent-tail a pat on the head then went to try to remove the seven legged menace.

Moe let out a yelp and found itself being held by this strange person. It gave the impression of blinking, tilted its head to the side, and then wagged its little stump of a tail happily at the attention. Stooopid cuttlefish stealing all the attention. Moe let out some cute squeaks and hoots in greeting and tried to reach out to sit on this new bipedial transportation's shoulder.

Talon figured now would be as good as any. "She's doing fine, by the way, " he would say while happily showering the little rat in attention and trying to pry Cuddles off its new friend. "But it's probably too public to discuss such things, right? After all, the dead don't go in to sacred temples for the thrill of it. " Talon would flash a malicious smile at the other pilot.  

PuddleInk

Hallowed Heckler


Blade Kuroda

Militant Raider

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:14 pm
Bent-tail let out a surprised squeak when the Cuddlefish decided to latch onto him, but he soon made happier noises as it seemed the MRZ liked him. It was always nice to make new friends after all! Feeling the man give him a pat as well, the rat nosed the hand before giving off a a number of happy chattery noises as he was given lots and lots of attention.

The MRZ he held was definitely an interesting one as Shun stared at the little metallic creature. It didn't seem like it was going to bite him so he loosened his grip some to let it crawl on its way towards his shoulder. However, he practically froze in his tracks when the other man began to speak again. The first part was a little ambiguous but was enough to ignite a spark of suspicion. The next part made it rather clear who he was talking about exactly. While it was nice to hear she was fine, he wanted to know how and what this man knew.

Flashing a glare at the other pilot, his fingers twitched as he wondered if it would be best to 'silence' the guy whenever he had the chance. That was the first thought at least. But he would need to find out what it was this man wanted before taking any actions.

"Then we go to a more private area," he said lowly before turning in the direction his zoid was parked. Any place in this town likely had some chance of someone being able to drop in on various conversations. The soldier would feel more comfortable speaking about these sorts of things where there really wasn't anyone anywhere nearby. It'd also make things more convenient for him should things go downhill with the stranger.  
PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:52 pm
Cuddles bubbled and seemed to like this new thing, hugging it happily. Then it remembered its treasures, and was momentarily torn between the new thing and the shinnies. It made a few babbling water sounds and continued to cling to the rat.

Talon snickered softly, allowing the rat to nuzzel his hand, then stood up. Seriously, he could't walk like that without looking like an utter fool. And this was going to be a very serious talk. Kinda hard to have a serious talk with someone who just crab-walked out of town.

Moe wiggled happily as it was allowed to perch on the new bipedial's shoulder. It gave a hoot of approval, and seemed to pat the guy on the head. Moe was oblivious to the sudden suspicion at its own human, since the little guy had settled itself to laying over Shun's shoulder with a content, mechanical, sigh.

It didn't go unnoticed by Talon. He caught the immediate suspicion and distrust and returned the glare with an extremely friendly smile. It worked for him in the past, probably would work now. Talon would follow, though making note that it was to the parking lot ( in a manner of speaking) and hardly anyone was there.

"I'd like to point out that I'm onto your plot to off me if I know too much. " he said blandly. "And I would also point out that that would ruin your hero status, not to mention be a real career killer if and when the body is found. " Cuddles peered up at Talon, curiously, when the pilot spoke. These were strange creatures indeed!  

PuddleInk

Hallowed Heckler


Blade Kuroda

Militant Raider

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:06 pm
The grand smile that was returned to him was a little... strange especially since the man seemed to know what he was thinking about. Pausing in his steps, he glanced back at the other pilot, smirking lightly.

"If you do know too much and that gets out, all of that would probably be over for me anyway so I'd likely just hunt you down afterwards. Either that or people won't believe you and you'd find your own troubles with the Empire regarding it," he pointed out before the smirk vanished and he faced forward again, "Besides, who said I ever really gave a damn about the whole 'hero' status anyway?"

He muttered something extra under his breath that had to do with that but it was a little too mumbled to be coherent.

In the meantime, Bent-tail noticed that he was being left behind by both humans so with the cuddler still attached to him, he began to trot along to keep up with the group. The organoid took note of the serious...well... more serious than usual tone Shun was speaking in... He hadn't really been paying attention to what was being said earlier on, so he wasn't exactly certain what the whole deal was.

In any case, he hoped his pilot wouldn't try hurting the other man. He gave the rat lots of attention so he couldn't be a bad guy!  
PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:33 pm
"If I was going to tell the government, I'd have been killed already. " He retorted, smiling wider. Talon was well aware that he'd be possibly executed for treason if he went with the information to the big wigs. Hell... Not only that but then the scary masked lady would probably draw and quarter him if the government didn't. "I'm just confirming a suspicion of mine to satisfy my own curiosity. "

Moe tilted its head to the side and decided now was a great time to DEMAND pettings. It gave the human it was on a firm, but gentle, nuzzle as it chirped. It got a resigned sigh from Talon at that move. Darn Moe, ruining the mood of confrontation.

"Unlikely hero's are good for the nation's moral. " He grinned again, glancing down as Bent-tail sporting a Cuddles bounded after them, "Glad it's you and not me having to do that type of public service. Can't imagine, nor do I want to, what you go through. " It wasn't meant to be a teasing statement, but it could be taken as one.

That grin that creeped onto his face probably added to the potential mocking, but Talon had been temporarily distracted by the cuteness of a cuttlefish hitching a ride on a rat. Why that was cute, Talon wouldn't have been able to answer. It was just cute!  

PuddleInk

Hallowed Heckler


GunSniper
Vice Captain

Blessed Prophet

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:42 pm
Zutnic clinched tighter to the neck of the ZOID when he heard the sound of Shun and another approaching. For now he would listen to their conversation and jump in when things got hairy. Oh how he hoped they would!

Atelius had hidden himself elsewhere, but was able to also watch the pilot he was in charge of carefully. Should that other human attack Talon it would swoop in. But it found no need at the moment to make an appearance... though that large rat look like it would be fun to tear apart, even if it was larger.  
PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:59 pm
The guy did have a point there. If he had found out about Nick and was still alive, she had probably let him go off. Either that or he was just really good at getting away, which was possible. Not to mention the fact that the government certainly liked to take care of naysayers in this matter.

In any case, the smile he was getting was starting to creep him out. But at least he was momentarily distracted from the crazy smile as the MRZ nudged him. An extremely faint glimmer of what might be a genuine grin leaked through his expression as he reached up to pat the mecha on the head lightly.

It quickly disappeared as he spitefully narrowed his eyes at the one he spoke to.

"No need to rub it in," he snapped, stopping now that they were more or less where his Zoid was. The soldier glanced around to make sure no one else was in view, pausing momentarily to stare at the cuttlefish-on-a-rat that wasn't far behind. It was an amusing sight but didn't pay them much mind.

"Now... what the hell do you want exactly?"

Having arrived to their current destination, Bent-tail just planted himself near the two pilots, looking up and tilting his head. Shun didn't seem very happy with this other man at all, and it sounded like they were talking about what had happened in the temple awhile back. Strange.  

Blade Kuroda

Militant Raider


PuddleInk

Hallowed Heckler

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 7:29 pm
The smile was dropped. It was getting annoying to have to keep smiling, and Talon got the point across it seemed. Good. Now he could ... Wait, what was it he was going to talk about again.

He blinked and was momentarily distracted when he realized Moe was lounging on Shun. Then realized he probably should have payed more attention to where they had been going. Talon thoughtfully frowned, "Nothing other than confirmation that you blatantly lied to the Emperor. " Then he thought that statment over.

Say...Didn't Shun go to the Emperor's audience chamber too? His eyes narrowed and he peered carefully at the guy, "Does the Emperor own a roulette wheel? " Yeah...the whole talk about temple of doom was supposed to happen, but he'd been advised against it by a very persuasive person. Besides! That was a very, very, very important question...Not really, but it was a good question.

Cuddles peered at the rather angry looking human and waved its tentacles around a bit in a ' Oh hi there' gesture. Or was it a warning that it had lasers and wasn't afraid to use it? Both? It got bored so it went back to just chilling on the rat.  
PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 7:58 pm
After giving the MRZ another pat, Shun crossed his arms while he awaited a reply. He was somewhat hesitant on giving his own answer, seeing how he still didn't exactly trust the man. But now he was pretty certain Zutnic was within earshot (granted he stayed put) and he had his weapons on him so there was always his original 'backup plan'.

"I did. And to the whole nation for that matter," he said lowly. At the question about whether the emperor had a roulette wheel, he blinked and stared a good few moments.

"Does he have a roulette wheel? No! What kinda of question is..." Shun's voice trailed off as the waving of tentacles caught his attention. He thought of waving back but shook his head and looked back at the other dude.

"Just.. who are you and how the hell did you find out?"

Obviously Nick was somewhat involved in this. Still the thought of someone find out so shortly after their meeting was a little unsettling. He hoped she would be more careful in the future...  

Blade Kuroda

Militant Raider


GunSniper
Vice Captain

Blessed Prophet

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 8:14 pm
Zutnic tensed as the tones seemed to change in their voices. Not yet time to come out, but he still stirred a little in anxiety. Telling by the squeaks this person had some fun things to tear into. or bite.  
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