marorda
Oddball and author
"Following that logic, it might just be any bird. Or reptile. OR a platypus," Lucas commented, making a bit of an odd face. Platypuses,... Platypi... whatever the plural may be, were already weird enough to see as they were, but a space-platypus...? Now that would be a sight to behold. He just had to give this all a weird turn, hadn't he? It wasn't even intentional, just his mind starting to wander. Maybe it would somewhat ease the tension here? He just presumed nit wouldn't help too much. Thugs dying down there and everything... Anyhow, if this were an egg at all, nobody probably wanted to find out what's in there. Which is why they'd have to retrieve it as fast as possible. It meant more fighting Dytrons and thugs, even some Deathtrons... And being cautious not to be swept away by an acidic wave. Joy! Why did the thugs even want that space rock in the first place? Did they have a genius hiding among them telling them it was valuable and could potentially be sold at a high price? That's really the only reason Lucas could think of. Who with half a brain would just decide to pick up a space rock without needing what to do with it? ... Wait... that's kind of what they're doing too. They just know it's valuable, potentially dangerous, and should be taken to the city ASAP. He couldn't help but chuckle as Jane continued to taunt Calvin my making chicken noises, which caused Calvin to flail. Very out of character, but also vry funny.
Rusty was still just really confused at this ragtag bunch Tidal seemed to have gathered. Some child who went batshit with a bat and kissed the grease-monkey, a black guy whipping people with a chain who got nervous when chickens were mentioned, a woman basically referred to as eye-candy with a whole lot of hidden sass to her and could fight pretty damn wel, a redhead speaking in an accent and language that was hardly understandable... And all of them fought off thugs and dangerous space robots like nobody's business. Maybe it wasn't this bunch messing with the wrong people here... maybe the Landsharks were the ones messing with the wrong people. They lost a couple of men to the robot attack in the city's ruins, those who survived may as well have fled for their lives never to return, and down there things weren't looking too great either. The Landsharks were rapidly thinning in numbers, lone scavengers were dead at their feet. Yet the Dytrons and Deathtrons were still plenty.
Tidal frowned at Lucas, lightly shaking his head. Sometimes, he really was a strange guy. But now there was no time to think about that, or really comment on it, if it were up to him. There may be no honor among thugs, but he wasn't a thug anymore. They needed that meteor and would get their hands on it one way or another. Preferably while keeping at least some of those thugs from dying at the hands of robots or dangerous water that melts your face off.
"Now, Rusty. Why don't you head down first and tell One-Eye who saved your sorry ass out there," Tidal said as he freed Rusty and gave him a slight push down the path. "I'm sure he'd love to hear who's back and here to take that rock off your hands before you all get yourselves killed."
Rusty hissed, still obviously not amused by everything that was happening to him, but he wasn't protesting anymore. After seeing them fight, he knew it would be a bad idea to go against him. And he'd really rather not figure out where this Cupcake-lady would stick a lead pipe. Cue mental shuddering. Better to just quickly hurry down the path, and hope the six of them would draw more attention than he did. One-Eye wasn't going to like this... not at all. But really this space-rock was giving them more trouble than it was worth.
"You see," Tidal told the others as he headed down the path as well, a small distance behind Rusty so he wouldn't be able to overhear him. "If you couldn't tell already, I've made some enemies around here. Especially with these guys. Since Rusty 'ere is the only one to have seen what happened, we need him to negotiate on our behalf. None of these folks would take a word of what I'd tell them. Or anything you'd tell them." That really was his only reason to drag Rusty along all the way to here. If given the chance, he'd much rather have left him behind and sent him fleeing to some dark hole with his friends. But, they needed him. Tidal felt like he ought to clear that small bit up, lest the others would think he was totally fine with kidnapping strangers and putting them through misery. That never had been his thing... except when he was being mind-controlled, so that didn't even count. "Now let's hurry before they DO all get themselves killed."
Lucas nodded slightly. He definitely didn't approve of the way things went out here, but in a way it... kind if made sense? "Right then..." he mumbled, heading down the path with everyone else. "By the way," he said softly to Olivia, a big grin on his face. "Nice going back there with the sass. Someone's been rubbing off on ya."
While Rusty tried his best to avoid getting hit or shot, especially since Tidal hadn't given him his knife back, the others mixed themselves in the fighting. Dytrons and Deathtrons were swarming the beach and the people on it. Tidal went after Rusty, to giv him a hit of cover, and to be around should One-Eye have something to say. He probably had, knowing the situation, knowing how much the two hated him... So much for gratitude for saving their butts out here! He eyed the meteor as they ran. It DID look an awful lot like an egg. Too much.
Lucss, on the other hand ran up to a Dytron about to shot a thug in the face and hit it in the back of its metal head with the wench. Dytrons thry could handle in civilian form. Deathtrons on the other hand... They may prove to be a problem. Was this an emergency allowing them to morph yet?
Rusty was still just really confused at this ragtag bunch Tidal seemed to have gathered. Some child who went batshit with a bat and kissed the grease-monkey, a black guy whipping people with a chain who got nervous when chickens were mentioned, a woman basically referred to as eye-candy with a whole lot of hidden sass to her and could fight pretty damn wel, a redhead speaking in an accent and language that was hardly understandable... And all of them fought off thugs and dangerous space robots like nobody's business. Maybe it wasn't this bunch messing with the wrong people here... maybe the Landsharks were the ones messing with the wrong people. They lost a couple of men to the robot attack in the city's ruins, those who survived may as well have fled for their lives never to return, and down there things weren't looking too great either. The Landsharks were rapidly thinning in numbers, lone scavengers were dead at their feet. Yet the Dytrons and Deathtrons were still plenty.
Tidal frowned at Lucas, lightly shaking his head. Sometimes, he really was a strange guy. But now there was no time to think about that, or really comment on it, if it were up to him. There may be no honor among thugs, but he wasn't a thug anymore. They needed that meteor and would get their hands on it one way or another. Preferably while keeping at least some of those thugs from dying at the hands of robots or dangerous water that melts your face off.
"Now, Rusty. Why don't you head down first and tell One-Eye who saved your sorry ass out there," Tidal said as he freed Rusty and gave him a slight push down the path. "I'm sure he'd love to hear who's back and here to take that rock off your hands before you all get yourselves killed."
Rusty hissed, still obviously not amused by everything that was happening to him, but he wasn't protesting anymore. After seeing them fight, he knew it would be a bad idea to go against him. And he'd really rather not figure out where this Cupcake-lady would stick a lead pipe. Cue mental shuddering. Better to just quickly hurry down the path, and hope the six of them would draw more attention than he did. One-Eye wasn't going to like this... not at all. But really this space-rock was giving them more trouble than it was worth.
"You see," Tidal told the others as he headed down the path as well, a small distance behind Rusty so he wouldn't be able to overhear him. "If you couldn't tell already, I've made some enemies around here. Especially with these guys. Since Rusty 'ere is the only one to have seen what happened, we need him to negotiate on our behalf. None of these folks would take a word of what I'd tell them. Or anything you'd tell them." That really was his only reason to drag Rusty along all the way to here. If given the chance, he'd much rather have left him behind and sent him fleeing to some dark hole with his friends. But, they needed him. Tidal felt like he ought to clear that small bit up, lest the others would think he was totally fine with kidnapping strangers and putting them through misery. That never had been his thing... except when he was being mind-controlled, so that didn't even count. "Now let's hurry before they DO all get themselves killed."
Lucas nodded slightly. He definitely didn't approve of the way things went out here, but in a way it... kind if made sense? "Right then..." he mumbled, heading down the path with everyone else. "By the way," he said softly to Olivia, a big grin on his face. "Nice going back there with the sass. Someone's been rubbing off on ya."
While Rusty tried his best to avoid getting hit or shot, especially since Tidal hadn't given him his knife back, the others mixed themselves in the fighting. Dytrons and Deathtrons were swarming the beach and the people on it. Tidal went after Rusty, to giv him a hit of cover, and to be around should One-Eye have something to say. He probably had, knowing the situation, knowing how much the two hated him... So much for gratitude for saving their butts out here! He eyed the meteor as they ran. It DID look an awful lot like an egg. Too much.
Lucss, on the other hand ran up to a Dytron about to shot a thug in the face and hit it in the back of its metal head with the wench. Dytrons thry could handle in civilian form. Deathtrons on the other hand... They may prove to be a problem. Was this an emergency allowing them to morph yet?