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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 6, 2008 18:37:06 GMT -5
"I'd rather keep them where I can see them," said Ebony, "I'm not too fond of leaving them alone while I go off somewhere else. I still haven't gotten used to Cortez being my hometown yet. And they don't want to separated from Gryffin."
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"Hopefully not too far," said Delfina, "but also hopefully where Egill can't figure out where we are and that we're there waiting for him."
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Post by Evangeline on Mar 6, 2008 18:53:43 GMT -5
"She's... smaller n' I remember." Shroder said at last. "I c'n read th' attitude, tho."
"Anyway..." Kamui sensed it would be a good time to get away from the subject for now, "Vee's chilling out at my trailer. Wanna go say hi?"
Boost whistled to the twins and swiped a tire playfully to distract them from their confinement. "Yeah guys, not much fun here, is it?"
Shrike spoke up at last. "We could help you out with that, Ebony, if you want."
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Post by elizar on Mar 6, 2008 18:58:04 GMT -5
"She likes to think of herself as the boss. But she knows not to bite, lash out or ignore us." Daniel said.
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 6, 2008 19:13:40 GMT -5
"Sure," nodded Delfina, "I'd like to go say hi."
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"Uh, I don't let anybody to be around the twins without me there unless I trust them," said Ebony, "and I've only been able to trust Nix and Rico so far with them."
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Post by Evangeline on Mar 6, 2008 19:46:21 GMT -5
"OK, I understand." Shrike got a TOLD-YOU-SO look from Boost before he continued trying to keep the twins' attention. She took a look around the store, which was nicely decorated and designed. "It's really nice here."
"I've got some time before the next demo." Kendall said.
Veronica was lounging on a pad beneath the tent/canopy extension attached to Kamui's trailer. She'd had a long flight the previous night and was conserving her energy as much as possible before joining in the capture effort. She got her skids under her, stood up and waved a blade as Kamui came over with Delfina. "Hello."
"So why was she kickin' the dumpster last night?" Shroder asked.
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Post by elizar on Mar 6, 2008 20:08:53 GMT -5
"Being a boss." Daniel said. "Probably heard or smelled you, came to investigate, and thought she would have to defend herself and the herd against it and you."
Daniel led Frisa back to her stall, now secured with a lock that commonly was on stallion stalls. Though Daniel had to wonder how she would get out of this one. It wasn't a question of if. He came back to Shroder. "While the big ones run away, the smaller ones don't."
((Sleep, puppet please))
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 6, 2008 20:16:44 GMT -5
Bored, Ebony huffed and turned her attention to the twins as they were watching Boost. Then she looked away. "What do we do now?"
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"Hi," said Delfina as she walked up with Kamui.
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Post by Evangeline on Mar 6, 2008 20:59:45 GMT -5
"There's some refreshments by the counter over there if you want. There's no pthalenes in them." Ondine said.
Boost was still making silly faces at the twins.
Kendall gave Ebony a reassuring nudge, seeing that Boost was making an effort to be a good uncle. "Everything wraps up by one o' clock. Did you still want to go check out that college?"
"No Vee, no demonstrations right now. Save your strength." Kamui shook her front firmly. The variant of Bruja magic that Veronica was skilled in was the sort that drained life energy - if not someone else's, one's own.
Veronica suppressed a yawn. "I just wanna get Egill put away. For good. That Shayla's better off than she knows. All she has to do is f*** and she's good to go. Doesn't sound too bad to me." The JetRanger had a certain air about her that enabled her to make even gutter talk sound polished and elegant.
"Yeah, but think about her having to explain that to Mom and Dad and Bro." Kamui glanced at the Harrier now nuzzling with her SO in the distance. "And it's still an open question whether this trait was just random inheritance or was it being selected for."
"Yeah, she still looks kinda... unimpressed with me." Shroder noted the set of the ears and the dismissive snort.
"If she gets out this time, I'm gonna put a combination lock there." Daniel brushed off his hands on his jeans after securing Frisa's stall. "She's expecting, you know. In foal to that Fjord stallion you see over there." He indicated Halberd. "And that was her own idea as well. Lightning and Sally actually caught them at it. Not the way you want to introduce your girlfriend to horses for the first time!'
The young tow truck couldn't help a ribald chuckle at that thought.
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 6, 2008 21:11:05 GMT -5
"Yeah, I do," said Ebony, "but I'd like someone to go with me. I feel a little nervous going by myself."
"We can go with you," said Ricardo.
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"We're going to get Egill soon," said Delfina, "We just have to have patience. And I know more about geology than I do genetics, so I'm kinda lost on what's going on with Shayla."
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Mar 6, 2008 21:12:40 GMT -5
"It would be interesting to see the campus," Phoenix said fiddling with a strap of the harness again.
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 6, 2008 21:21:27 GMT -5
"Yeah, I want to see if I'll like going there," agreed Ebony, "I want to see what it looks like."
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Post by Evangeline on Mar 6, 2008 21:22:30 GMT -5
"And I'll be with you." Kendall said.
"We can all go." Boost said. "I've been looking into going to school myself, get my G.E.D. and so on."
"I don't know everything either, having just come in last night and all." Kamui sighed, "But I've heard of these things from Buck and his friends about all the scrap that goes on with certain military aircraft lines, how they pull strings to get this couple together or break that one up and so on. So when something like Shayla comes up, I'd bet my next race that it ain't no coinky-dink."
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 6, 2008 21:38:58 GMT -5
"You never went to school either?" Ebony asked, looking at Boost.
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"Sounds like a complicated affair," said Delfina.
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Post by Evangeline on Mar 6, 2008 21:53:53 GMT -5
"I've hardly been an angel, and that squicks ME." Veronica sniffed. "One thing to serve your country, another to give your whole life and children to it. The whole institution needs a smog check."
<<< Like "This town needs an enema" LOL >>>
"OK, let's go on to something cheerier." Kamui drew down the back ramp of her trailer. "This is my home away from home, or rather, my ONLY home for now." The trailer now had all its expansion units extended to maximize interior space. "Pretty unique, isn't it?"
"It was only regular for the first few grades." Boost shook his front. "You don't have a chance when you're either in the free clinic, on the street or being bounced around between group and foster homes. I can read and write some, and do basic math, but it takes more than that to improve your life." Shrike's influence was already making itself known.
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 6, 2008 22:04:34 GMT -5
(((((OOC: Heh... XD)))))
"Same with me," said Ebony, "Only I've been out of touch with civilization for two years. I really want a normal life again."
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"It's very unique," said Delfina as she took a glance around at the trailer, "Bigger than most trailers I've seen."
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