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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 8:49 pm
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:46 pm
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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.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:01 pm
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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.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:23 pm
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 9:05 am
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 1:27 pm
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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.
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:14 pm
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:52 pm
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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!
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:06 pm
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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!
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:33 pm
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"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!
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:42 pm
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:59 pm
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 7:29 pm
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 7:58 pm
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 8:14 pm
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