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Post by Orca on May 18, 2007 9:23:23 GMT -5
The shade wasn't much to hide in. Shawn sat low on his axles, continuing to watch discreetly as more familiar figures pulled into the V8. Ebony he knew who she was easily, but it took a moment to place a name with the white 'Bird. At most, he'd only spoken to her a few times.
While he was thinking about it, he heard a high-pitched, yapping noise from behind. Before he glanced to look, Boo zipped past him. Damn it. It was too much to hope for, thinking Boo would obey that stay command for long.
"Boo, don't!" he called, foregoing the cover and darting out to cut the foxdog off from the diner. The smaller creature yiped in surprise, barely having time to stop as the aero hybrid pulled around, abruptly severing the path across the short street. Glowering, he glared at the foxdog, scolding, "That's no way to greet anyone."
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Post by ebonyviper on May 18, 2007 9:38:52 GMT -5
Ebony happened to glance up, hearing the yapping of the foxdog. She frowned, but said nothing, but looked around to see if Hunter was about as she knew that the smalltrack kit and the foxdog did not get along too well. If anything, she hoped that each would stay in their respective areas they had picked out for their territories. She didn't see Hunter, so she was glad of that, but who knows when he was going to show himself.
Amber was talking with her folks, with Lee beside, telling them all that had been happening to her in Hazzard County. She heard the yapping too.
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Post by Orca on May 18, 2007 9:48:06 GMT -5
"Go on," the aero hybrid nudged the foxdog sternly back toward the alley. "You can say 'hi' to them once you've calmed down." Boo whined imploringly at these words, tucking his wheels in and looking with THOSE eyes.
His owner growled, "You know that trick doesn't work with me anymore." Boo dropped the look, but stood quietly where he was, not making any overexcited moves. Hyperactive as he could be, the foxdog was only happy to see Amber again.
"Scram," Shawn said simply, as he also knew all too well the rivalry between Boo and Hunter. He had had to chase down and seperate them a few times over the last few visits. Whining, the foxdog reluctantly scuttled off.
Sighing to himself, the aero hybrid turned halfway toward the diner, knowing there were probably a few who didn't appreciate that interruption. "Sorry about that, folks," he offered apologeticly, before turning to follow Boo back to the alley.
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on May 18, 2007 10:09:52 GMT -5
"He is," Phoenix said. "Lee was telling me about her. Said that she's getting into everything now. Might give the twins a run for their money eventually."
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Post by ebonyviper on May 18, 2007 10:30:28 GMT -5
Boost perked up as he heard that familar yapping from the foxdog. "Looks like Boo is overly excited about something again," he commented, "Must be that he recognizes someone at the diner. But Chrysler forbid that he and Hunter get into it again."
(((((OOC: I'm going to try to introduce my Mopar characters sometime this afternoon or tonight... and, as a side note, I've left the Track Time RP because there's someone there (I won't name names) that has a problem with me, but won't take it upon herself to speak to me directly about it, leaving me clueless about why they have a problem with me.))))))
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on May 18, 2007 10:48:18 GMT -5
"I hope not," Phoenix said as she glanced around looking for the kit. "I don't see Hunter, maybe he's excited to about seeing Amber again."
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Post by ebonyviper on May 18, 2007 11:03:05 GMT -5
"That foxdog just has a thing for Amber, doesn't he?" said Boost, "It's probably because she always played with him when no one else would. But now that she has her baby daughter with her... I can totally see why Shawn had to block Boo's path here. Might wake the baby."
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Post by Orca on May 18, 2007 11:09:28 GMT -5
"Now, you stay where I can see you, or you'll spend the night in your cage," Shawn lectured the foxdog once they had made it back to the alley. "I'm not going to have you causing a bunch of ruckus even before the crowds arrive."
Boo snorted in what passed for contempt, before flopping down in the dirt with a sigh.
Satisfied the situation was dealt with, the aero hybrid about-faced, reversing into the alley and lying down in the shade. He felt like sighing, but couldn't summon the necessary energy. That was all he needed, that foxdog ruining the peace and quiet. Like it or not, when he was in town, the foxdog was his responsbility. He had to roll with the punches whenever Boo stirred up any mayhem.
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on May 18, 2007 11:15:52 GMT -5
"And I know how that this," Phoenix said. "Remember how the twins were when they were woken up."
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Post by ebonyviper on May 18, 2007 11:21:00 GMT -5
(((((OOC: Heh. That would be funny if Boo did stir up a little trouble during the Rally.)))))
Ebony had been silently watching, but did not say anything to the effect of a reminder to keep Boo under control. She was supposed to be responsible for keeping the crowds under control, with the help of Sheriff and and Ed, during the Rally and to prevent any mischief from escalating.
It was a reason why Sheriff offered her the job as she did very well with keeping order and helping to resolve any tense situation, using her spikes as a persuasion tool to get any trouble-makers to back down. Not that she had to use the spikes, but Ebony only preferred to use them as a lost resort. She didn't want to scare anybody with her spikes.
Although, right now, the rivalry between Boo and Hunter should be kept to a minimum and maybe she should head out and see just where Hunter was spending his time and keep him there if need be to prevent confrontations.
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"Yeah, I do," Boost recalled a few incidents, "They had Ebs up on her treads in an instant to try to calm them down."
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on May 18, 2007 11:35:43 GMT -5
(((I can already picture the two chasing each other around everyone's tires.)))
"She got the hang of taking care of their crying fits, and they've grown out of it now. Those two darted up and chased each other around mine and Lee's tires."
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Post by Orca on May 18, 2007 11:41:18 GMT -5
((I'll have to brainstorm a few ideas, see which one would result in the most humor rather than drama.))
With Boo settled down, Shawn turned his attention to other things. His older brother, Zachary, had had the intuition to get him a means of communication last Chrysmas. At the end of each day, the aero hybrid found himself busy checking his cell/pager/e-mail device... thing (his own personal title for it) for messages.
It was nice to stay in contact with his adopted family; gave him something to do, anyway. Zach was a computer repair technician; Marica was an accountant in Springfield. Nora had retired about six months ago, and seemed to insist on getting in contact with her adopted son at least once a week.
The conversations were nice enough. Her only qualm about him nowadays was, after a decade of touring the USA, when was he going to finally settle down and find a permanent job.
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Post by ebonyviper on May 18, 2007 11:52:40 GMT -5
(((((OOC: *snerk* Okay, maybe we can discuss it in the brainstorming thread sometime soon. And Ebony can help with the permanent job thing. She's just opened her Video/Book store awhile ago and needs someone to work for her.)))))
Not wanting to keep Darcy and Johnny from each other, Ebony heads off to find out where Hunter was. She knew that he usually hung around Tent City and that was the first place she checked on her hunt.
There was no sign of the smalltrack kit. She continued searching the backlots behind Luigi's, hoping to catch Hunter's scent.
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"Yeah, Ebs is a natural mother," agreed Boost, "I bet she came up and stopped them before they got themselves hurt."
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on May 18, 2007 12:03:23 GMT -5
"Yeah, but they took off when they saw Darcy," Phoenix laughed. "They're quite the little spitfires now."
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Post by Evangeline on May 18, 2007 12:04:43 GMT -5
Darcy waved to Lyle and Huntress as they came up with their child. It was a regular baby boom around here!
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