[story] G-e Chapter 3, Rest and Restitution

[Joy]

Narain kept walking, even after Shotoken spoke. His words didn't really sink in, they kinda bounced off her with no real effect taking place. She only heard the comment, and then it mingled with the air around her.

Only because she knew the boy was probably waiting for an answer did she speak up.

"Why do you care if something looks dumb on me or not?" Her voice was calm, and she spoke the words in a way that erased their intensity. Slowly she let her eyes turn to contact with Shotoken's. She kept walking as she waited for him to answer.

[yalborap]

"Three reasons: One, you're my teammate. I'll be seeing your face a hell of a lot. Two, sheer curiosity. And three, you're kinda cute with it off."

[Joy]

Narain's eye brows rose at Shotoken's last reason.

'Cute? Did this kid know who he directing that comment at? '

"Get used to it. Cuteness isn't something I go for."

She turned her head away. She wasn't totally pissed off yet, but she was getting there. Her voice on the other hand maintained its control like always, but she knew if Shotoken added any other comments to his already too long list, she'd have the urge to pull out her pistol on him. And only God knew if she'd be angry enough to pull the trigger.

This post has been edited by Joy on Sep 12 2004, 08:36 AM

[yalborap]

Shotoken just sighed slightly, watching narain for a moment before he left.
"Mental note: Stay the hell away from her. She looks pretty pissed. And if she says something about me being kid, I'll have a double-sided knife up her ass so fast she won't even be able to pull out that pistol of hers........."
He was mumbling, but it was loud enough to be heard by those near him, which most likely still included narain. Oh well, he'd proven he can avoid getting shot at.....

[SwitchBlade1701]

Jack was walking next to Shotoken down the hallway while he was trying to piss off Narain. "Do you try to piss off everyone you meet? Or do you just like to cock an attitude with people?" he said to Shotoken after he finished mumbling to himself. "Well I don't know about the rest of ya'll but, if we're going on shore leave I'd rather get cleaned up and put on some civi's."

(OOC: Civi's = Civilian clothing. Just to let ya'll know.OOC)

[Drake nailo]

In the midst of writting down the symblos drake hears a click and a buzz sounded on the speakers that were placed throughout the Crimson Moon, promplty followed by the Captain's voice.
"This is the captain speaking. Shore leave to Florida colony will begin in the next hour. Check your rota for your shore leave slot. Roy's Gundam team will be taking the first trip, Azrael's will run a patrol of the area until the start of their time. Over and out."

"Hmm So we portal. This dosent sound like much fun." Drake said trying to finsh the symblo. "So we got an hour tell we leave. Any one want so food?" He asked as he one of his bags of food. Grabing a chocolate peanut butter cookie he put the bag on the table.

"Help yourself." He said taking abite out of the cookie and started to write down the last couple symblos.

[yalborap]

"I'm wearing what I've got on. It's all I've got, anyways......Oh, and I mostly just wanted to get her reaction. Oh well......."
Shoving his hands in his pockets, shotoken relaxed a bit. Maybe things wouldn't go wrong for a change during this little vacation....

[RavenTW]

"Well, you check to see her reaction any more," Roy replied, "she just might give your neck a little fresh air. And I personally want to see you make a fool of yourself, it's really funny to watch."

"Hey, when have I made a fool of myself?" Shotoken replied hotly.

"Last time I checked, about 45 seconds ago."

OOC: It will get better folks. Trust me.

This post has been edited by RavenTW on Sep 13 2004, 05:29 AM

[yalborap]

"Fine, BESIDES that. And can ya blame me for wanting to have some fun once in a while? I didn't get to have any back when I was stuck on the streets."

[SilverSeraph]

((OOC: Thats two characters youve asked me to Hijack... and I know nothing about either of their personalities. Please come up with an in story reason they missed the breifing, or get their respective players to post. Its hard enough juggling the command thing *lol* Every time I post I have to research each of my teammates. I just dont feel comfortable Hijacking when Im unfamiliar with a character.))

Azrael listened to the announcement and frowned. He didnt mind taking the first patrol duty, hell... he wouldnt mind taking both. To his thinking, they didnt need shoreleave. They needed formation excercises, weapons Co-ordination drills, and Co-operative Maneuvers practice. But he knew that if he pushed them too hard all at once they would come to hate him... not that he cared. However if they hated him, they wouldnt perform their best for him. And that was unacceptable.

<Azrael> Alright. You heard the announcement. Were on patrol duty. I know you wanted some simulation training first however, so Ill get the captain to give us a few hours before we go out. Finish this up and then hop into a simulator. Since the other two have neglected to show themselves... They will have to cram to get it all done and will miss out on the simulations.

He didnt even try to hide his annoyance at being made to wait, but when he looked at those of his team who did show up... he smirked. Not entirely a loss. At least that kid wasnt assigned to him... another light chuckle at the thought.

<Conner> Sweet. So what program should we boot up on the sims?

<Azrael> Gundam to Gundam fight sim. One on One against someone from this group. Your free to choose Zero-G or surface combat at your preference... but if your stronger in one... then it might be wise to chose the other for practice.

They nodded and each began thinking of who they wanted to face off against. Predator, Rogue, Nameless, and Raven. Each Gundam had its strengths and weakness', and its own quirks and talents. Not to mention this would be human vs human, not the logical and predictable computer AI. A true test of their skills.

And because they were all part of the same team... it didnt matter who won or who lost... it only mattered that they learned a bit more about eachothers styles. It would come in handy in the thick of battle.

While they finished up Azrael moved to the wall comm and punched in the captains comm signal.

<Captain> Yes Commander?

<Azrael> Captain, My team is about to begin a simulation exercise. I need an hour or two to complete the session and then we can be up and flying. Could you send up a few scouts to keep an eye open while we finish and we will releive them in two hours?

He waited for a response.

((OOC2: I know Raven isnt ready yet and Selenia dont want to reveil it half done *lol*, plus I thought a one on one fight with all of us would be fun. I left it open however in case the plot requires us to be out on patrol for some reason. If you need us out there for some important reason then just have the captain deny our request. Also... suggestions on how to resolve the one on one fights? I would rather avoid long drawn out battles. these should be 2--4 posts at max. One or two each and then its over. We need a fair way to decide who wins and who loses and who ties ahead of time. That is all.))

[CyberLance]

Selenia did her best to suppress her concern. There was no way Rosamia would have her suit completed in time. Her team had been working all morning...But considering the complicated nature of her mobile suit, it probably still wasn't enough. But there wasn't much she could do about that now...It was extremely dissapointing, but she would make up for it by beating the living crap out of whoever decided to fight her. She was looking forward to an opportunity to use tactics she'd developed that weren't suitable for long range combat, or group combat.

"I'll take anyone who wants to fight me. I'll let you decide. Just make it quick if possible. I'd like to fight all of you at least once before we go on patrol..."

The confidence in Selenia's voice and expression did and excellent job of hiding her irritation, but it was also genuine. If there was one thing she had experience it, it was simulator combat.

[Keyo]

Grinning a genuine grin from ear to ear, Conner turned to Selenia.
"Is that a challenge? Well, I'll gladly take you on. My father...he did alot of work with Gundams and MS, but your's is unlike anything I've seen before. So I'd be very happy to be able to fight you and find out for myself all of it's abilities."

[RavenTW]

OOC: Both characters are temporary hijacks, and Min is really for anyone. Guess I'll use this post to get him to your quarters. And if Lyght doesn't start posting soon, we'll hafta kick his character out. As for the sim battles...[joke]*flips a quarter* Call it.[/joke]

IC: As if Min's day couldn't get any worse. In two missions he hadn't had the chance to truly show off his skills, and today he forgot to meet Azrael in the training room. Trying hard not to knock anyone or anything over, Min quickly dashed to the training center to come in just as the Captain approved the launch of a small MS recon before the Gundams launch.

"Sorry I'm late, Sir," Min told Azrael as he saluted. Without looking at him, Azrael merely informed him to memorize the code he had placed on the board, and prepare for a simulator fight. Min felt like he was letting everyone down. If only he could show just how good a pilot he really was. He just needed that once chance...

[Joy]

Narain smirked at Shotoken's definition of 'fun'. He was completely and utterly difficult. She could describe him no other way.

Turning to Jack she simply stated, "Your clothing is fine. No one really gives a shit on how you look around here." Turning her eyes from his, she moved them forward to focus on the exit from Crimson Moon. She waited for one of the crew members to jump forth and press the hatch opening button, before stepping out into the docking bay of the Florida Defense base.

Taking a look around she turned back to face her new team-mates.

"You've just stepped into the colony of New Florida. Just another drop of hell.... In other words: Welcome to my world."

oOc: Hahha.. that line is so gay. x_X Okay pretend she didnt' say that.

Newayz, Raven how is the colony outside the base supposed to look? -_0 Uhh... Describe it thanks.

This post has been edited by Joy on Sep 13 2004, 06:25 PM

[yalborap]

"Interesting place.......And I'm already craving a fight now that I've got my butt back in a colony......."
Shotoken looked around a bit as he said those words, his face surprisingly lacking in a smirk. he always seemed to get into a fight whenever he was in a colony, and he had come to enjoy the more common ones. usually they were dumb enough to be easy to handle, and strong enough to make things interesting....dammit, now he REALLY wanted to fight!

[RavenTW]

OOC: Sorta like a big hemisphere with a glass dome, with a nice atmosphere covering the dome to make people feel more like they're back on Earth.

IC: Roy stepped out to see the sun coming from the artificial life support systems that kept the colony powered. It was nice to see a colony again, it had been so long since he'd been to one. First he had to go to training, then he was shipped to the Crimson Moon. He had almost forgot what the artificial atmosphere looked like. He would say it looked almost exactly like the old Earth's atmosphere, but he was born after the catastrophe that led mankind to the stars. But in any case, it was good to be in some sort of home.

"Eh, feels like they got Hell's humidity right, too," roy joked at Narain's statement as he walked off the ship into the streets of the city.

[SwitchBlade1701]

Jack looked up as he walked out of the hanger where the Crimson Moon was docked. "Wow. They sure did do a good job simulating how Earth's atmosphere really feels like. I'm impressed." Jack followed the others around for a bit when he aske, "Hey is there some kind of music lounge or bar near hear. It's be nice to hear some other people play their music for a change, instead of playin mine all the damn time."

[Joy]

oOc: okay. so its like a normal city except it has a glass dome around it. K thanks. ^___^

*rubs hands* I'll spice things up for ya Raven. =P

IC: Narain's eye brows rose at Roy's joke. At least it made sense. After realizing that much, she didn't find the need to comment.

'Hey is there some kind of music lounge or bar near here?'

Narain didn't answer. The man would find out soon enough.

Instead, she made her way through the streets pointing to various places that the group passed, giving brief descriptions in her calm, un-interested voice.

"And this is the bar..." She said pointing to a building that looked sort of run-down. "If you guys want a drink go on in... I know the guy who owns the place and I'm sure he'll offer us a discount."

'Strange...' She thought. 'I'm actually trying to help my team out.' The girl smirked at the complete bizzareness of her actions.

Making her way towards the door, Narain paused, waiting for the others.

"Hey look its Goth-girl!"

Two men had emerged from the bar looking clearly drunk (one even held an empty beer bottle in his hand.)

Both of them limped up to Narain.

"Come on guys lets go," the girl quickly whispered to the pilots behind her.

"Hey... come on take off that jacket of yours and show us your sexy bod'!" One man grabbed onto Narain's trenchcoat and pulled at it, causing the material to rip.

The girl tried to push him away but he only pulled harder and brought her up real close.

"YOU BASTARD LET GO!" Narain pulled back her fist and drove it forward straight at the man's face, causing his hands to slip away as he fell back in pain.

"Comeon guys!" She yelled at the pilots again before trugging forward in the most pissed off mood she'd ever been in... too bad she forgot about the other man.

"Hey bitch! Don't you dare hit my friend!"

Turning back around, Narain exclaimed, "Well too bad! I already did!"

Her eyes widened though, as she realized turning around had been a bad move.

The empty glass bottle of beer that the man had been holding came whirling straight at Narain. The girl didn't have enough time to duck, and it struck her on her forehead, bursting into little shards of glass that rained down on everyone. The simple impact of the item caused her to fall back... her body left vulnerable to the shards of glass that now littered the ground bellow her.

And so she fell, the ground closing up around her as darkness prevailed.

ooc: You guys wanted a fight? Well here ya go. ^____^ ((btw she's still falling.. *cough*))

BtW: Im so not in the mood of writing right now.. *sighs* This is Crappism at its fullest. =P

[SwitchBlade1701]

"Hey bitch! Don't you dare hit my friend!" Jack heard the other man say as he raised the empty bottle to throw at Narain. When he saw this he took two steps and was next to the man, but he wasn't there fast enough before he threw the bottle at her and managed to get it to connect to with her head.

So instead of bowling the man over like Jack had planned he just grabbed him by the back of the neck and trew him backwards to land at Roy's, Shotoken's and John's feet. But he didn't say anything as he sprinted over to Narain's falling body, he slid down to one knee and managed to catch her just before she hit the ground. But by sliding in to catch her, Jack had forgotten all about the broken glass all over the ground, and got one 1in. piece of glass embedded into his knee. He winced with the pain but stood up and turned to Roy and the others and said, "Ya'll deal with them. I'll get Narain here back to the ship and have the doctor take care of her."

With that said, Jack procceded off towards the ship with a slight limp, but trying not to let it show as he walked past the others.

[RavenTW]

Roy picked up the second drunk by the collor of his shirt and gave him a swift uppercut into the shards of glass he just created. "Idiot. Where's your respect for women?" He asked the man, too busy squeling from the shards of glass now in his back. Roy then headed back with Jack to the ship. His day had just gone sour, and he was pissed. "You'd think a couple drunks would even know she had an escort. Guess they had too much," Roy thought to himself as helped to carry Narain back to the doctor's office.

[yalborap]

Shotoken stayed a few more seconds, noticing the man was still managing to stay conscious. Taking out his knife and opening one side of it, he held it to the man's neck, drawing a small amount of blood.
"If I EVER see yoou or any of your drunkard buddies attempt something like that to my teammate again, I can and WILL slit your throat. Got it?"
After getting a fearful nod as a response, shotoken foled his knife up and put it back in his pocket, kicking the idiot for good measure as he ran to catch up with the others.

[CyberLance]

((OOC: Yo' Switchblade...You should like, change your AV. It's too similar to Seraphs. Which is bad. As for Rosamia and the repairs, just continue to run things as you normally would. I've already got something in mind. ))

IC:

Selenia smiled at Conner, though it was a bit more predatory than any expression she had used before. His previous experience with mobile suits gave her an advantage, unless he quickly adapted to the differences in performance, not to mention her own...unique tactics. She closed her eyes for a moment after entering the simulator, lending her senses to the familiarity of illusion's embrace. She found it almost ironic that despite the variety of systems she had trained with the one she was using was almost identical to her current cockpit layout. Nothing special really, but yet another thing that might give her a little edge. She doubted she would really need it, but she wasn't sure how restrictive the simulator would be about the melee combat scenario.

The system booted up a little faster than she had expected, generating an elaborate facsimile of the interior of the colony. She found herself without her rifle and shield, but at least her bits were still intact. She wasn't sure if it would be considered cheating, but she also wasn't sure if they would function here... And if they did, it might not be worth the effort, since the simulator wasn't calibrated like her own mobile suit.

Though it was a definite waste of effort, Selenia input the commands as quickly and precisely as she could, creating a beckoning gesture toward Conner.

"I'm ready if you are..."

This post has been edited by CyberLance on Sep 14 2004, 07:35 PM

[Keyo]

Grinning within the simulated cockpit, Conner had his Gundam take up a fighting stance.
"I spent the week before we left adapting this simulator house to match my controls, so everything is how it is in the battlefield for me. You sure you can win in a melee match against me?"
"Try actually fighting me and we'll see." Selenia taunted in response.
Gearing up his engines, Conner rushed at Selenia, waiting until she was ready to counter any attack before shifting into MA mode and soaring over her head.
"I've read your file by the way! And you're not the only one with unusual tactics!"

[SwitchBlade1701]

Jack and the others walked into the med bay of the ship and set Narain down on one of the beds. Jack turned to Shotoken and Roy and said, "Ya'll can go ahead and leave if you want. I gotta get something taken care of anyways." he looked down at his now blood soaked pant leg from the glass shard stuck in his knee.

Roy and Shotoken left just as the doctor was coming in to see Narain. The doctor walked over to Jack and stuck out her hand and intro duced herself, "Hello Lt. Mcdougal, I'm Doctor Makai." Jack took the hand that was offered him and shook it in response. The doctor walked over at Narain and asked, "So, what happened to our young friend over here." <Jack> "Well, she took a flying beer bottle to the head that some drunk threw at her for hitting his friend." <Makai> "Well, aside from a really bad headache when she wakes up and a large bump on her fore head, she'll be alright. But, you on the other hand." She walked back over to Jack and looked down at his knee, and all the blood that was coming out of it, "Go on, sit down on the bed there so I can get that piece of glass outta your knee and get you bandaged up and back to your duties.

Jack did as he was told and sat down on the other bed in the room. Makai walked over to the cabinet, got out some tweezers and bandages and walked back over to Jack. "Now this might sting a little bit." she warned as she stuck the tweezers into the hole in his knee and fished out the glass shard, Jack flinched and grunted in pain as a response, she then put the bandage around his knee and made sure it was tight enough to apply constent pressure to the wound. "There you go, all better now. Now get outta here and keep your weight off of that knee." <Jack>"Thanks doc. What about Narain there, she gonna be alright?" <Makai>" She should be waking up here anytime soon now. Don't worry about it, just get outta here and go do what it is you pilots do."

Jack walked out and went to the mess hall to see if there was anything to eat.

[CyberLance]

Selenia laughed in a strange combination of amusement and self-loathing. She knew her file wasn't likely to have any real bearing on this fight, and she adjusted her tactics so often and so easily that that wasn't going to do much for him. She also knew she'd practically forgotten about Conner's mobile armor mode.

"Whatever happened to melee combat?"

She crossed her arms and waited for him to come down, a strangely confident smile on her face. She already had something in mind, since she'd deployed her bits as went past her before...