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Post by fierano on Nov 17, 2008 12:30:14 GMT -5
"Yeah...that'd work." Glimmer replied softly... "You'd know those kind of markings better than I would...we'd have to figure out exactly which 'clanship' I'd 'belong' to as well...just in case the authorities try to cross-check."
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Kim grinned sheepishly as he whipped out some tire boots and applied them to Devil's non-injured wheels.
"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will make your exhaust pipe more tantalizing at the impound."
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Post by ebonyviper on Nov 17, 2008 12:44:13 GMT -5
"Yeah, true," nodded Kamui, "Well, then. I'll look those up for you and we'll find out, but I do believe the Exan House would be willing to take on a new member, if you get my drift."
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Devil glared silently and sullenly at Kim as he placed the boots on him, even as he was read his Miranda rights.
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Post by fierano on Nov 23, 2008 2:27:59 GMT -5
"Heh...and for a moment I thought I'd be able to pass myself off as a member of your team," Glimmer replied, "Although I don't think that little pickup friend of yours might not be able to stand being around ze Francarstein." The CLK severely exaggerated his accent for the last two words.
"So...let's begin, yes?"
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As Kim called up a tow truck to haul out Devil, he decided to check his radio on the whereabouts of the other two racers that started out...along with Michaels.
"Unit Echo 7-3, what's your location?" "Uh...um...I'm at the address. Nobody's here though, it's just a garage. Only one who passed by was this large black truck...probably Piston Cup staff."
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Post by ebonyviper on Nov 23, 2008 12:39:29 GMT -5
"Oh, you mean Shroder?" asked Kamui, "He's alright, he's just a little high-strung."
"Plus he has this horrible sense of direction," Ebony reminded the Shooter.
"Yeah," Kamui agreed with a nod.
Ricardo set the open sketchbook on a nearby shelf and took out the appropriate tools for the makeover. He turned to Ebony, "Can you go get see if we have the colors we need and bring it here?"
"Sure," nodded the Viper, who then went off to the paint cabinet to get the chosen colors and returned moments later with a couple of cans balanced on her hood, setting them down.
"Alright, then," Ricardo turned to Glimmer, and waved a tire to a nearby lift, "I just need you to drive onto that so that I can get you secured and I can get started."
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Devil just sat there sullenly as he listened to Kim radio one of his squad for information on the other two racer. I hope to Chrysler they found hiding places before these cops could get to them, the Corvette thought.
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Post by fierano on Dec 18, 2008 9:50:18 GMT -5
Glimmer gulped, hesitating to get onto the lift. Flashbacks of "tune-ups" suddenly popped into his mind, and he wondered how much more painful it would be in a back-alley place like this compared to the sterile lab environment.
He started slowly toward the lift, and stuttered, "Is...this going...to hurt?"
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As the tow truck started approaching from the distance, Kim added almost out of intuition, "Don't worry, your friends'll be joining you soon so it won't be as lonely in there..."
((Thinking we could timejump a bit?))
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Post by ebonyviper on Dec 18, 2008 9:55:21 GMT -5
"Not at all," Ricardo said as he got his paint equipment fired up and ready as well as placing plastic coverings on places where he didn't want the paint to go.
"Don't worry," assured Kamui, "We're right here. Ebony and I. We won't let anything happen to you."
"Just sit still," the Stealth replied, "and when I tell you to, hold your breath."
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Devil growled at Kim even as the tow truck approached, "I'd rather you'd leave them alone!"
(((((OOC: Sure. A timejump wouldn't hurt.)))))
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Post by fierano on Dec 18, 2008 20:37:50 GMT -5
((Right, we'll jump after this post then...))
Glimmer gulped as Ricardo placed plastic shielding over his bodymetal. It was going to be a long night...
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"If all goes well," Kim replied slyly and ambiguously, "They'll be left alone."
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Post by ebonyviper on Dec 18, 2008 20:54:12 GMT -5
(((((OOC: Ah, I guess I'll do the timejump then.)))))
For the past four hours, Ricardo had been focusing on changing Glimmer's entire color scheme and painstakingly adding the selected markings. The sketch had been a good reference, but now he no longer needed and had asked Ebony to discard it for him so there would be no evidence left behind. Finally, the Stealth pulled back finished and admired his handiwork.
He took a mirror from a nearby shelf and handed it to Glimmer, "So, what do you think?"
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Devil sat sullenly in the cell that they threw him in for a few hours to sulk. He had refused to talk about what he had been up to and was now spending time alone and glaring at the bars before him.
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Post by fierano on Dec 19, 2008 10:34:21 GMT -5
The Mercedes CLK often gave a twitch or light spasm as Ricardo had worked on him, but nothing too extreme as he tried to remind himself that this was supposed to be for the better. In fact, Glimmer seemed rather fascinated as he looked at his new self in the mirror. Instead of a cold, silver bullet or a yellow-and-black drone bee, he saw a green Shooter with various markings. Had he not known this was a disguise, he was almost convinced he was one of Kamui's relatives.
"Wow..." he replied with wonderment as he started to analyze his markings, "It feels...new." For lack of a better word, of course. "What do...these markings mean, anyway?"
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Kim yawned as he rolled up to Devil's cell at the station with a sly grin that seemed to touch both wheelarches, and a couple of escorting officers, just in case.. "Your turn on The Grill," he replied, "Hopefully you can be of more help than your friends."
The Grill, of course, was the nickname for the station's interrogation room. It was not unlike the usual police interrogation room apart from being a bit dingier. Instead of a one-way mirror there was a single video camera mounted in a corner of the ceiling, and the windows had bars similar to a jail cell's.
It was only during the most heated interrogations did the Grill live up to its moniker, and Kim was intent on making it so tonight.
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Post by ebonyviper on Dec 19, 2008 10:54:33 GMT -5
"Integrity, Friendship, and Honor," said Kamui, "I chose those because I felt they would fit the disguise and the Shooter philosophy the best."
"Pretty cool," said Ebony.
*****
"Do your worst, Officer," Devil spat out with a growl.
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Post by fierano on Dec 20, 2008 22:16:27 GMT -5
"Ah...it explains the striping very well, those virtues..." Glimmer replied, wondering if he had any virtues of his own. Ambition might have been one of them...but most of them now escaped his engine block. "It'll take time for me to get used to them..." he replied solemnly.
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As Kim opened the bars to let the escorting officers in, he replied, "If all goes well, I won't have to." He motioned to the officers to restrain the Corvette and follow him to the interrogation room.
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Post by ebonyviper on Dec 20, 2008 22:25:15 GMT -5
"Take your time," said Kamui, "It would give you an opportunity to think things over."
In the meantime, Ebony helped Ricardo clean up to the extent that there was no clue left behind after the session.
*****
Devil huffed, but resigned to let the two officers take him to the interrogation room. He would comply that much, but if push came to shove, he will shove right back.
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Post by fierano on Dec 22, 2008 10:22:08 GMT -5
"I should...but I don't know which way I want to go..." Glimmer replied, "On the one arch I'd like to go somewhere where I can finally be left alone from my Managers and their eyes...on the other one I want to at least prove they were wrong...but that would be far too risky for its worth..."
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Kim took his spot at the Grill's interrogation area as the two officers escorted Devil in. The 300ZX took out a folder containing what he needed for the current session.
"So...how you been doing?" Kim asked...
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Post by ebonyviper on Dec 22, 2008 15:58:49 GMT -5
"I think you can still do both," said Kamui, "And, hey, I've never turned away from a challenge. I think you can do it if you put your mind to it, risky or not."
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"Besides being thrown in a cell and left alone for hours, I'm just dandy," Devil replied sarcastically, "Whatever it is that you want from me, you ain't gettin' it!"
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Post by fierano on Dec 28, 2008 13:57:50 GMT -5
"And ye' better do it," El Bandito added feistily, "Not that ye'd lose anythin' or be replaced if ye din't."
Glimmer winced at the 'r' word...before realizing that it had already been done. "We probably won't be able to bring them all down...but maybe we can leave a sting where it really hurts..."
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"Feisty and determined," Kim replied, "I like that. Greed, not so much. But then again, that's one thing most of these felons seem to suffer from."
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