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Post by The Huggernaut on Feb 29, 2008 22:31:47 GMT -5
Crash eyeballed his "caterpillar" for a moment, then spoke up in response to Chuck's comment as he picked it up, placing the appropriate amount of rings on the counter. "The first really big one, when that water monster demolished the place..." Crash then took a bite out of his chilidog, started chewing, and FROZE. Is that... chocolate? ... And TOFU? The devil held his chilidog a short distance away, not quite FULLY extending his arm. Then, as if of it's own volition, an eyebrow rose as high as possible, followed shortly by him swallowing the chunk of chilidog and tofu with chocolate he's just bitten off. And as he'd suspected, he could make out chunks of chocolate, as well as that unmistakable white... soy material people claimed was edible. After a moment of just staring at his chilidog, he shrugged, and took another bite. "Eh, needs salt."
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Post by SHM 128 III on Mar 2, 2008 3:04:41 GMT -5
"I... Don't want to know what was in that chilidog, do I?" Liz made a face of minor disgust at Crash's inital and later reaction to his chilidog before turning back to her own to resume eating it. "Ah... Chaos, right? I heard about that in the news. Station Square was completely decimated after that, wasn't it?" She paused and looked at the city around her. "And yet here it is, completely rebuilt... How'd they rebuild it so fast, anyway?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 2, 2008 3:34:02 GMT -5
"Charlie!" a voice suddenly called out, accompanied by the rapid falling of mechanical feet. "Charlie!" it called again, louder. Finally a cyborg rabbit appeared, taking a flying leap into the air and landing gracefully in a sitting position on one of the stools, spinning once before coming to rest. "Charlie turn the news on! Ya'll gotta see this!"
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 2, 2008 3:46:21 GMT -5
"Eh," the old hedgehog replied with a light-hearded shrug, "y'get used to it around here, what with the city getting pulverized roughly every other week!" For once, he actually wasn't exaggerating. Well, not much, anyway. Just then Chuck's would-be neice arrived, and he turned to offer her a hug until he was stopped short by the sudden request. "The news?" he echoed with a raised bushy eyebrow. Not one to argue over small stuff, the hedgehog shrugged and flipped on the small TV, rapidly clicking through channels until-- ".... Okay, I'm turning the volume on this down before it blows my ear drums out and I fall into a pit of scarabs because my inner ear is compromised." Meanwhile, Chocolate tipped back slightly on his stool to peer down at the new arrival past Liz. He'd seen her before, hadn't he? His gut told him she was an actress... Eh, fuzzy memories are fuzzy. For once the porcupine decided to mind his own business and focus on his fruit. Except now he was out of fruit. But he was still hungry. The stylist let out a harsh sigh and hoped with every fabulous little fiber in his being that he would NOT get desperate enough to order a chili dog.
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Post by SHM 128 III on Mar 3, 2008 17:44:54 GMT -5
The lizard jumped back as the TV came to life at full volume. After regaining her composure, Liz watched as an anthropormorphic bird on the screen shouted out some sort of legal mumbo jumbo. Sadly, with a complete lack of context, Liz had no idea what he was talking about, save for the fact that it must have been a trial of some kind. "Hmm? What's going on?" Liz asked. She turned to the newcommer to ask for details, since she certainly knew more about it than Liz did, only to have her train of thought come to a screeching halt as she saw that the rabbit... Had no arm. Or feet, for that matter. Instead, she had robotic limbs in their place. "I... Uh... Um..." the lizard sputtered. Liz quickly pulled herself together before saying anything stupid, but she still continued to stare awkwardly at the rabbit's robot parts.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 3, 2008 22:27:16 GMT -5
Bunnie didn't pay any mind to the stares. She was quite used to it by now. Instead she bounced in her seat and pointed at the TV. "Charlie!" she called again. "The trial's on! The one Ah toldja 'bout! Lookit!" she bounced again, shaking her finger frantically at the screen.
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Post by The Huggernaut on Mar 3, 2008 22:54:12 GMT -5
The devil, having glanced up when the TV suddenly got VERY noisy, set his chilidog aside for the moment, and glanced at Bunnie. Is that...? Yup, that's the rabbit me and Jules ran into in Green Hill.Crash tilted his head a little as the cyborg started talking about the trial. After watching the television for a minute, he saw that EGGMAN of all people was suing someone. Smirking a little at that idea, and taking a moment to sip his soda to cut the... unique flavor of his chilidog, he spoke up, waving slightly to Bunnie. "Small world, huh?"
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 4, 2008 15:46:55 GMT -5
Uncle Chuck arched a bushy brow as he examined the trial on the screen. "So, that's the guy, huh? Doesn't seem like such a villain to me. Then again, for all I know he cause some horrible fruit-squeezing accident and Eggman ended up in a bottle of V8." "..." The porcupine massaged the bridge of his nose. This was exactly why he didn't come by the stand so often; Chuck always seemed to desecrate something dear to him.
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Post by SHM 128 III on Mar 5, 2008 13:28:23 GMT -5
It was a good thing that Liz was too busy staring at Bunnie and thus wasn't drinking any of her soda at that time; if she was, she definately would've done a spit-take upon realizing that Eggman was the one in the courtroom. Instead, all she did was quickly turn her attention from Bunnie's fake limbs to the TV screen as the mad scientist continued his banter. "What the... EGGMAN!?" Liz shrieked when she saw him, "What the heck is he doing suing somebody!? He goes around trying to take over the world, and he expects justice to be in his favor!?" Liz got hung up on her words a bit before blurting out one final line. " He's the creep responsible for separating me from my friends!" Granted, she had felt like this was true the entire time, and even talked about it as such once or twice, but as she said it now, a nagging thought suddenly entered her mind: Are you sure about that?Liz paused. Of course it was Eggman's doing. The medical report on Shaun's hospital bed said that his "wounds suggested that he was a victim of a robot attack," and even flat-out stated it was most likely one of Eggman's robots! There was no way it could've been anyone other than Eggman... Right? "Well... I think he is, anyway..." Liz finally murmured, barely audiable.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 8, 2008 22:58:21 GMT -5
"Iddn't he just about the cutest though?" she giggled into her palm, then made a double take at the devil who'd addressed her. Her expression seemed to fall a bit. "Oh... howdy. Fancy meetin' ya'll here," she waved back, trying not to look awkward.
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Post by The Huggernaut on Mar 9, 2008 22:47:49 GMT -5
Crash's eyebrow rose slightly of it's own volition at Bunnie's reaction to his presence, but he didn't comment. Instead, he took another bite of his "chili" dog, and promptly remembered WHY he'd paused in eating it. Setting the offending food item to the side, he munched on some more of his fries, and sipped his coke in silence. His attention WAS caught by the television, though... after all, it wasn't every day you saw Eggman on TV when he HADN'T pirated all the stations for one of his ultimatums.[rand=10506993747696236044719797291090146508060279807139822022323554335]
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 12, 2008 1:18:09 GMT -5
The porcupine turned to his companion with concerned eyes. "Oh my gawd, poodle, you like got separated from your friends?? What happened?!" Meanwhile, Chuck just looked intrigued as he glanced between Bunnie and Crash. "Huh. You two know each other? Small world!"
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Post by SHM 128 III on Mar 15, 2008 18:23:19 GMT -5
"... ... ..." Liz kept silent at the porcupine's question. She really didn't want to talk about it, especially since she was now second-guessing herself. Then again, she had already discussed a lot of stuff with Chocolate, so why stop now? "We were traveling through Emerald Hill when... Someone attacked us..." Liz explained, noticably leaving a mention of Eggman out of her story, "We tried to fight them off, but... I must've gotten knocked out or something. When I came too, I was recovering in a hospital bed... alone." Well, technically Shaun was there, but he was probably still in that coma of his, so it was pretty much the same thing in her eyes. "Of course, Nate was the one carrying all the money, so that's also why I'm flat broke now..."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 15, 2008 20:23:39 GMT -5
"Emerald Hill?" Bunnie blinked, turning to look at the lizard girl. "Ah just moved there the other day. Fact," she motioned toward Crash, "I gave this here fellow a lift."
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Post by The Huggernaut on Mar 16, 2008 0:37:43 GMT -5
The devil nodded as Bunnie explained, sending a small smile her way. "Thanks again for that. We owe ya one."
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 27, 2008 1:11:12 GMT -5
" 'We'? Who's 'we'?" The old man chuckled. "Or has Blam started referring to himself in the third person?" Chocolate, meanwhile, had seemed disheartened at the lizard's story, but at the end of it, his mood perked back up. "You know what, poodle? You are like in so much need of pampering." The porcupine abruptly popped to his feet his pink-gloved hands on his hips and a FAAABULOOOUS smile plastered all over his muzzle. "Whaddaya say I like... take you out, or whatever? We can totally go shopping and oogle the cute boys!!"
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Post by SHM 128 III on Mar 27, 2008 19:34:00 GMT -5
"Pampering? Well... That would be nice, I guess..." Liz looked down at the counter before her, which now had little else besides empty containers that used to hold her food. She wasn't exactly sure if taking time out for something like this was smart considering that two of her friends were still MIA. Plus, she still didn't have any cash on her to pay for anything. On the flip side, she didn't want to turn down Chocolate's offer after all he had done for her. Besides, maybe a little "shopping therapy" might help her to calm down and think more clearly, if nothing else. And in a huge city like this, maybe... She'd be able to find stuff specially made for lizards, something that was a near impossiblity in a small place like Emerald Town. That's part of the reason she came here, wasn't it? "Okay, Chocolate, that shoulds like fun!" Liz giggled slightly, slowly getting up from her chair, "... Just don't forget I can't pay for anything..."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 31, 2008 20:03:40 GMT -5
Bunnie smiled again, again trying hard not to look awkward as she nodded her head. "Oh, it ain't no problem, hon. Just hope that gal of yers is alright." Her brow seemed to twitch, and she shot a concerned glance over toward Chuck, as if trying to get his attention, before quickly turning her focus onto the TV in an effort to look inconspicuous.
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Post by Raki on Apr 3, 2008 11:55:48 GMT -5
"Don't you worry your sweet little head, poodle!" Chocolate announced as he latched hold of Liz's hand. With the other, the stylist fished around in his malletspace until finally producing a credit card, and announcing in a Broadway-esque fashion, " WE CAN CHAAAAAAAAARGE IT~!" Uncle Chuck's mouth scrunched up as though he'd just tasted something sour. He was very intrigued by the fact that there seemed to be a girl in Crash's life, but at the same time, Bunnie's body language implied that there was something very worrisome about exactly that situation. He'd known them both for a long time. He had no reason to distrust either. What was an old hedgehog to do? ... ...... . . . . . . . . . . Change the subject. "So last week I was on Flicky Island trying to find out if flickydogs would sell well here, right? And as this place was out in the middle of nowhere, I couldn't just drive there; hell, even if I could, how do you gas up in a place like that! So I go there on horseback. Lemme tell ya, it's the pits trying to keep a horse from getting spooked in a place like that! I got kicked in the head a good 20 times or so. Downright gave me brain damage! So I'm struggling to direct this horse and catch flickies even though my head's not screwed on quite right, when all of a sudden I guess I lost track of what I was doing, and the horse stepped on a flicky and killed it! Out of nowhere a huge SWARM of flickies just comes fluttering in out of nowhere and attacks me!! I was actually completely safe while I was on the horse, but as I said before I'd gotten brain damaged, so it seemed like a good idea at the time to get down. As soon as I dismounted, those flickies just started pecking and clawing me like crazy! They completely gouged my eyes out, so I ran around blind trying to find safety, and ended up running straight off a cliff and plummeted to my death in the jagged rocks and ocean spray! Probably took out quite a few flickies with me, too! I think at least one of them was caught in my mustache."
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Post by SHM 128 III on Apr 3, 2008 17:43:38 GMT -5
"Oh, you don't mind?" Liz asked, "Well, okay then! Lead the way, Chocolate!" Before turning to leave, Liz used her free hand to wave at Chuck. "By the way, thanks for the free food! I really needed that!"
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Post by The Huggernaut on Apr 3, 2008 18:01:57 GMT -5
Crash chuckled softly at Chuck's story, but his attention quickly shifted back to Bunnie. "Yeah, Julie's fine..." Crash paused for a moment, and an eyebrow hiked up. "Why shouldn't she be?" Something about how Bunnie had mentioned his roommate- Temporary roommate.Shut up.[/i] Something seemed... awkward about how Bunnie had mentioned Julie being all right... and her body language didn't help. He'd noticed the glance she'd sent Chuck's way, and the implications his mind was giving him threatened to to REALLY sour his mood.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 5, 2008 19:49:22 GMT -5
Bunnie gave a sideways glance. "Dear, ya'll both passed out in m'yard and told me some robot attacked ya'll. Poor girl was out of it." Her eyes twitched, as if there was something else she wanted to add, but bit her tongue and resisted the urge to glance over at Chuck again.
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Post by The Huggernaut on Apr 5, 2008 22:09:56 GMT -5
And Crash again picked up on the "Rabbot's" body language, and his eyebrow hiked up just a liiiittle further. He didn't think that was why Bunnie was so concerned about Julie's condition. It seemed as if she expected her to still be "out of it" as she'd put it. But Crash didn't voice any of this, instead letting out a single word, 'inviting' Bunnie to extend her statement. "...But?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 6, 2008 0:58:54 GMT -5
"... But what?" she asked, "I's just concerned is all. Poor gal was plum tuckered and a right mess." She looked back at the TV again for a quick subject change, "Oh, lookit that. Looks like ol' Metal Sonic's bein' called on the stand!"
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Post by Leedzie on Apr 11, 2008 23:39:51 GMT -5
Between waving goodbye to the girls (come on, Chocolate may as well be one) and looking back and forth between Crash and Bunnie as tho he were judging a friggin' tennis match, Chuck spent a long time not saying anything. The dilemma of whom to trust in a situation in which he had no real information plagued the old hedgehog, and in the end he silently decided to get their separate accounts whenever he could have a private moment with each of them. But until then... "I ever tell you youngsters about the time I died on the playground during recess when I was 8 years old? "
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Post by The Huggernaut on Apr 14, 2008 0:00:46 GMT -5
Crash eyed the bunny a little longer after Chuck spoke, then shrugged, dropping it... for now. Instead, he turned his attention to Chuck, faint irritation visible from the way his ears twitched slightly. But the devil forced a small smile, his sunglasses hiding his somewhat fouled mood. "No, ya haven't. How'd you manage that one, Chuckles?"
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Post by Leedzie on Apr 21, 2008 20:40:22 GMT -5
((Thanks to everyone who contributed a sentence to this story. XDDD)) "Well I was just getting into music. Most of all, I loved percussion! Especially the tambourine! I kept one on me at all times, even in the bath. That is, I have ever since that trip to Angel Island. I was up there exploring the old temples with my dad when I stumbled onto something I knew no amount of bleach could ever clean. It was a barrage of slimy, slippery, DOLPHINS! They were just squawking and clicking and chattering away, all day and all night! So after about a week or so I decided enough was enough, and I got myself a big rock and started runnin' after 'em, waving it around and screamin', hopin' to scare the little buggers off! "It turns out that a week is actually enough time for the cliff face to crumble beneath my hidey-hut, so when I came dashin' out, those little buggers were gone, but so was terrafirma! I went tumblin' down like a set of keys down the storm drain! That's when I landed on the nuclear-equipped jagged rocks at the bottom of the canyon. Next thing I know, I have spiked tentacles coming out of places I didn't even know existed! Of course, NOW I knew they existed, but that didn't matter because they were looking rather amorous. I began to grind my teeth, taking a step back and quickly tumbling over a mysterious box. "Perplexed, I went to inspect it, but I never got the chance; the box opened up, and inside was a boomerang! A boomerang made of pure mushrooms! It also had a rather unusual smell; it was remaniscent of a wet dog after it'd been near Eggman. Anyway, I snatched that thing up and hurled it at those tentacle things, but by now they'd melted into ravioli sauce. I made a mad dash to find my dad, but all he'd vanished, and only King Boom Boo was there to greet me! It was then that I was scared to death, literally!!" The hedgehog paused in thought. "....No, no, that wasn't the playground story. Oh well, I'll tell that one another day!" Smiling ever cheerfully, Uncle Chuck set a plate in front of Bunnie containing her usual chili dog and fries. Or at least, that's what it looked like it contained.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 21, 2008 23:34:30 GMT -5
Bunnie graciously accepted the food, quickly deciding to use it as a device to get her mind off Crash for a moment. As she wrapped her jaws around the pile of meat and sauce and bit down she came to an abrupt pause. A look of surprise blossomed on her face as she held the food there for a moment, her brain processing just what in the world was going on. Experimentally she finished chewing and swallowed. "... 'Ey Charlie," she finally said slowly. "Why does this here dog taste like a hot fudge sundae?" she swirled what was left of the taste in her mouth. "With a cherry?"
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Post by Leedzie on Apr 21, 2008 23:39:49 GMT -5
"Probably because I misplaced mine about 10 minutes ago."
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Post by The Huggernaut on Apr 21, 2008 23:53:57 GMT -5
Crash just... sat there after Chuck finished his story, then chuckled to himself softly. "You really haven't changed a bit, Chuckles." Of course, then he heard the exchange between the bunny and Chuck... and gave his chili dog another glance. ... Had Chuck misplaced something else to make HIS?
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