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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 22, 2007 22:19:20 GMT -5
"Thanks. Yeah, I was, wasn't I?" Ebony asked, dropping her zombie queen act, "but I believe he's never gonna come around here again."
"Like I said, he won't," Sapphire piped up, "and if he finds out that it's all been a prank, I'm taking the blame."
"That's good. Keeps the pressure off the rest of us," Ebony nodded and turned to Kendall, "You got a new idea for a game? Neat. Why don't you tell me on the way back to the mountain?"
Delfina also appeared, dissipating the fog and clearing up the road again.
Phoenix pulled up, "You did great, Ebs. His expression was priceless."
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Post by Dr Frankenstein on Oct 22, 2007 22:22:32 GMT -5
"Now. I think he needs a little help getting out of here."
Amélie, coming in the opposite direction as Hicks, flew very close over him and started gaining altitude as soon as she passed him, aiming her jet blast right on the green car.
"I think this is gonna help him understand that he's not welcome... and give him some free 40 miles per hour as a bonus.
...wait, where the heck is the mountain?"
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Post by Evangeline on Oct 22, 2007 22:27:24 GMT -5
Strip, Doc, Tex and Lightning finally emerged from the brush. "We got it all on video," Tex grinned. "If he does realize that it was all a joke, he probably won't admit to it in public, but the odd veiled threat to send a copy to Kamui Exan would keep him behaving at least half-tolerable on the track."
"That was definitely worth it." Lightning chortled.
"Certainly. Everyone loves a good horror story." Kendall smiled. "Especially with such a ravishing and deadly top-level boss."
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Post by Dr Frankenstein on Oct 22, 2007 22:37:20 GMT -5
* Still coughing. I'll hit the sack. Evangeline, you can puppet my characters if the story is going too fast tonight, I trust you. I'll be on tomorrow from 8am to 2pm. */
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 22, 2007 22:39:53 GMT -5
Sapphire chuckled at that.
"I bet I'd make a great top-level boss," Ebony smiled as she drove back to the mountain, "And I'd eat those that couldn't defeat me. But you must give me at least some kind of weakness."
"Hey, Ebs," Phoenix asked, "Does this paint come off easy?"
Ebony paused for a moment, "Yeah, I think Rico said you can just rinse it off in the communal showers."
"Oh, good," nodded Phoenix, "We should probably do that once we get back."
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Post by Evangeline on Oct 22, 2007 22:51:16 GMT -5
"Something like holy water would be too cliche." Kendall mused. "But grave-grown herbs?"
"Who's Kamui Exan?" Darcy asked as she turned to Sapphire. "Do you know her?"
"OK, looks like Mr. Hicks is well and truly out of here." Kathleen sniffed dryly. "Let's call it a night."
The other aircraft, who had been in a holding pattern just outside, finally started to land.
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Post by Dr Frankenstein on Oct 22, 2007 22:58:03 GMT -5
"According to the radar, you're going right on us, Amé.", Martin replied to the 767 from the Radio Shack. — "I know, but how far?" — "Just go up." — "Argh. If I go up faster, I'm good for a stall." — "Better circumvent us." She finally turned her lights on. — "Shit, yeah. But I'm not a freakin' F-16 fighter."
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 22, 2007 23:07:58 GMT -5
"Kamui Exan is a young woman who's only just achieved her dream of becoming a Piston Cup racer last year," explained Sapphire, "And she is also from a clan called the Shooting Stars, or Shooters for short."
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"Okay," nodded Ebony, "So that would be my weakness. I guess it'll defeat me when I get hit with enough of it that it'll turn me to rust."
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Post by Evangeline on Oct 22, 2007 23:15:12 GMT -5
"YOW!" Lightning turned around suddenly as he saw Amelie narrowly missing the south face of the mountain. "That was close!"
The 767's final approach to land was only slightly better. It wasn't one of her "on" times. She was yawing a bit as she landed, bounced twice and skidded slightly before overshooting the "hard" area and finding herself in softer ground. Doc was off like a shot, hoping that she wasn't hurt too badly.
"Shooters?" Darcy raised her eyeshades. "I heard Sam Diamond refer to them, and never in a nice way. It sounded real personal, like one of them was responsible for how he ended up."
"Yeah, that would work." Kendall nodded. "We'll have to run that by the team, but I don't see any problems from that end."
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 22, 2007 23:28:07 GMT -5
"Sam Diamond?" Sapphire paused at this. "I think I've seen Kamui react negatively to the fact whenever his name is mentioned. She says he insulted her clan, she retaliated and stole something from him, and then she made him chase her and winded him when she was only five or something."
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"Yeah, that would have to be talked about with the rest of the team, I guess," said Ebony. She saw the mountain up ahead and was relieved to see a familiar landmark.
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Post by Evangeline on Oct 22, 2007 23:56:20 GMT -5
"That I would've liked to see." Darcy nodded appreciatively. "Seems he was just as arrogant and self-centered then as when I knew him."
"You'll be meeting them eventually." Kendall said. "They're moving out to Colorado soon."
Doc reached Amelie as she struggled to make her way out of the soft ground. "Easy. Take it slow or you'll just flounder and get nowhere."
The 767 stood there, panting and lathered. There was brush in her undercarriage and fresh welts and scratches, as well as leaking hydraulic fluid. Tex and Strip followed up to view the damage.
"Maybe doing your approach with no lights was not such a great idea." Doc frowned. "Even the greatest of pranks isn't worth your life."
"I know, I know." Amelie winced.
"Can you help us out here?" Doc asked the other two cars.
"Sure." Strip and Tex nodded.
"OK," Doc indicated Amelie. "You steady her, I'll pull, till she's on firmer ground." He produced a coil of cable out of one of his compartments. He wrapped her forward undercarriage securely to protect it, then did a few hitches around with the cable. "Now just relax, kid, and don't fight it."
After two abortive attempts, with much jockeying and pulling and shoving, they finally got Amelie back onto the harder stretch. The other aircraft looked on with concern as Doc went on to check out the jetliner's U/C.
"Gonna be stiff and sore there for a few days." Doc tsk'd. "No more flying until that goes away."
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Oct 22, 2007 23:57:42 GMT -5
(((Working again. Where is everyone?)))
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 23, 2007 0:09:21 GMT -5
(((((OOC: They're all heading back to the mountain after being successful with their prank on Chick. It took about two pages, I think.)))))
"Kamui said it was at a racetrack in front of an audience where she and her folks got VIC tickets to go out to the infield to meet the racers," said Sapphire, "She totally humiliated him in front of everyone who was there."
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"Oh, really?" Ebony blinked and perked up, "That's neat. I'd like to meet them."
She pointed out the mountain, "We're back. And I feel ready to fall over. That is... after I clean up."
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Ricardo and the others waited at the entrance of the mountain for the others to return. He was glad that he had used non-toxic, washable paint for this.
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Delfina had been with the riders, as she was unable to extend her range far enough from the mountain.
(((((OOC: And I have a headache now...)))))
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Oct 23, 2007 0:15:45 GMT -5
Phoenix sighed as they reached the mountain and saw the others waiting at the entrance.
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 23, 2007 0:21:13 GMT -5
Ricardo looked up and saw Phoenix, Ebony, and the others coming back to the mountain. He pulled out to meet them and noticed the satisfaction, and some exhaustion, in their expressions.
"How did it go?" he asked as he came up.
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