House of Bat- SPLASHDOWN

[Raki]

... and lo, a weasel did fall into a bathtub!

For a few moments he sat there, stunned by the fact that he suddenly WASN'T in the forest and that he suddenly WAS very, very wet.

And then he noticed a pretty face.

"... hello darling :D"

[Leedzie]

Opposite him in the thankfully spacious bathtub, Rouge crossed her arms across her naked chest, staring with a dangerously unamused expression at the weasel that had just invaded her bath. "Excuse me," she said lowly and monotonely, "but what do you think you're doing?"

[Raki]

The weasel just sorta... grinned widely at the pretty gal in front of him before glancing around the room.

Yeah, this was definitely not the forest. The forest didn't smell so perfume-y or have as many breasts naked bats.

So, unable to come up with a decent answer, the weasel wolf just shrugged and continued to grin.

[Leedzie]

The bat's left eye twitched. "Well, if you're not going to answer me, you could at least hand me a towel."

[Raki]

"SURE, sweet-cheeks!" and with that, the weasel hopped out of the bathtub (causing a huge splash and coating the majority of the floor in a puddle of bubbly bath water) and yanked a nearby towel from it's rack. And then he held it out to the bat. And continued grinning like a loon.

"So, uh, what's yer name?"

[Leedzie]

Rouge rolled her eyes. "Please, Fang. I know you get into a lot of fights, but I find it hard to believe you've actually forgotten my name." She snatched the towel irritably away from his outstretched hand. And waited.

And waited.

AND WAITED.

And then glared. "Oh for the love of-- TURN AROUND!!"

[Raki]

"Turn a- OH. Oh yeah okay."

And he did. And continued to grin. Until a thought struck him.

"... how'd you know my name?"

[Leedzie]

The bat rose to her feet and wrapped up in the towel, rolling her eyes yet again. "Fang, we've known each other for years. Unlike you, I don't play dumb for no reason." Taking a seat on the rim of her bathtub, Rouge crossed her legs and folded her arms with a scowl. "You better start cleaning up this mess you made on my floor, too, buster."

[Raki]

The weasel wolf's nose wrinkled and he turned to face the bat, no longer grinning. Instead, he scrutinized her from head to toe (lingering in some places more then others), before finally stating, "Nuh uh, darling. I'd definitely remember a body face like yours."

He scowled as well, suddenly unamused.

"Few seconds ago I was in the forest and some kids were playing the 'I-know-you-but-you-don't-know-me' game too. So let me guess, next you're going to tell me 'I yank valuable chains'? Cuz it ain't cute anymore."

[Leedzie]

Rouge's eyes narrowed. "I'm not in the mood for your antics," she said slowly. "I was in a good mood during a very relaxing bath, until you rudely interrupted it. I'm not even going to bother asking HOW you got in, since you wouldn't tell me anyway, but the least you can do is clean up after yourself.

"But, if you happen to not feel like it, that's fine..." She smiled venomously. "I'll just see to it that your beloved bike is properly disposed of."

[Raki]

And Fang made an expression not unlike you'd would make when someone spat in your waffles.

"... leave my bike out of this."

[Leedzie]

Her smile became more sinister. "Then clean my floor, weasel. I'll let you cop a feel if you do."

[Raki]

Fang glared at the bat, his hand moving to his side to grab his g- ...

His gun wasn't there.

He blinked in confusion and checked again.

Nope. No gun.

Well shit.

Okay, so he was currently unarmed.

But he HAD to do something.

HAD TO.

SHE THREATENED HIS BIKE.

So, in lue of having a gun, he made to shove her back into the tub.

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[Leedzie]

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With a surprised yelp, Rouge tumbled back into the bubbly water. A second or two later she popped back up, coughing and wiping the soap from her eyes, and realizing that she'd lost her now soaked towel somewhere among her thrashing. Good thing there were so many bubbles.

Ah, there it was. Snatching it with a splash and holding it loosely in front of her body, the bat rose partially from the water and shouted, "WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM TODAY, YOU RETARD?! WHAT ARE YOU, TWELVE?!"[rand=38510389547773640527917055309249488032626392813918706839903691465]

[Raki]

"LISTEN, WITCH, I AIN'T CLEANING YOUR DAMN FLOOR, AIN'T GOING TO LET YOU THREATEN MY BIKE, AND I DEFINITELY AIN'T LETTING YOU GET AWAY WITHOUT TELLING ME HOW I GOT HERE OR HOW YOU... know ... my name... and... ... stuff."

Dude. She had no towel.

"..."

And then she did. And the weasel snapped out of his stupor.

"... ETC OF WHAT I JUST SAID."

[Leedzie]

Rouge just sorta... gaped angrily at him. WHAT was his problem today?! She was tempted to ask if he was under the influence of anything besides her breasts, but decided it would be too counterproductive. Instead she rubbed her forehead with a low growl, continuing to hug the soggy towel tightly to her body with her other arm, and eventually looked up again a little more level-headed.

"Okay, we both need to calm down, and first and foremost, I need some coverings. Mind handing me another towel?" Rouge asked that last question with gritted teeth, using all of her will power to not get the argument going once again. "And while you're at it you can toss a couple on the floor to soak up the water."

[Raki]

The weasel continued to glare at her and took a deep breath. A few moments later he let it go and grabbed another towel and tossed it to her, then pulled a few more down and dropped them to the floor where he pushed them around with his boot some. This succeeded in... sort of mopping up the water. Sort of.

But he didn't really care, he just wanted it out of the way so this strange girl would give him some straight answers.

"There. Now. What's yer name and how'd I get here?"

[Leedzie]

Rouge's eye again twitched.

"TURN. AROUND."[/b][/size]

[Raki]

Blink.

"... oops."

And thusly he turned around. And apparently just noticed then that his hat was soaked.

... So he took to wringing it out.

Onto the floor.

[Leedzie]

Now that prying eyes had been averted, Rouge went about swapping out the wet towel for the dry one... and just as she was securing her wrappings, Fang wrang his hat out onto her floor. MORE MESS.

Rouge glared, and swiftly grabbed the soaked towel and hurled it at the weasel. "WOULD YOU STOP MAKING SO MANY MESSES IN MY HOUSE?!"

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[Raki]

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AND LO, THE WEASEL GOT A WET TOWEL TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

And thusly he growled, grabbing the towel off and turning abruptly to fling it back at Rouge.

Unfortunately, the floor was still quite wet, so when he did so he ended up slipping instead.

Directly into the bathtub.

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[Leedzie]

Rouge couldn't keep from smirking with satisfaction. "Serves you right," she snickered, stepping out of the tub (and on top of Fang in the process). "You can sit here and wash out your dirty mind for all I care," the bat announced, heading for the door. "I'm going to go get dressed."

[Raki]

Fang simply... laid in the tub for awhile. Things just didn't make any sense.

Well, falling into the tub made sense. He slipped. But everything else didn't really.

Like how he got here, and why people thought he knew him (and how they'd know his name... that was creepy).

So, he just stayed there, soaking in the tub, trying his damnedest to figure out what happened, since the bat obviously wasn't helping.

Until he noted that this may be the first time in his entire life he'd been in a bath with bubbles.

Flowery, perfume-y bubbles.

...

Which meant he probably smelt like a chick now.

Ever see a weasel scramble out of a tub like the water was on fire*? You have now.

Being liberated from that near death experience**, the weasel/wolf shook himself dry (much to Rouge's dislike, probably, if she were to find out, though she probably would with all the water splattering), and wandered out of the bathroom to investigate the rest of this place.

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*GET BACK INTO THE FIERY WATER *PUNCH*
**slight exaggeration

[Leedzie]

"Are you on some kind of mission to destroy my house?" Rouge asked from behind, still pulling on one of her gloves. "Stop right there and quit tracking water all over my house. I'm sure my bathroom is still a mess, I don't want that to spread everywhere else." The bat planted her hands on her hips and shot Fang an annoyed, piercing look. "What are you even doing here, anyway?"

[Raki]

Fang turned, slightly, to eye the bat for a moment, then turned again to inspect a display case he had wandered over to.

There was, inside the case, a rather impressive array of gems. Well, impressive to most. The weasel however seemed oddly nonplussed by them, despite their size and rarity. However, if one knew where he'd come from, they'd know that gems were worth nothing to most folks, and thusly, nothing to him. The only people who really cared about the overvalued rocks were royals...

Which meant, now, Fang had decided that Rouge was a noble of one sort or the other. Which really didn't change his opinion much of her, as he already thought she was kind of crazy.

Not as crazy as his explanation was going to sound, but crazy.

"These two kids appeared out of nowhere... well, three, one disappeared... but 'ey appeared and were acting like they didn't know where they came from, and this one little freak of nature fox started spouting off like he knew me, like you did, and I went to put something in the back of my bike, and I ended up in yer bath for no reason I can tell. That's all there is."

He paused, his lip twitching back into a snarl. Those kids had better not be touching his bike, because if they were, he was going to skin them.

[Leedzie]

"........."

Rouge could only stare at the wolf weasel. No words came to her to reply with. "........................"

The only thing that eventually got her attention was Fang's close attention to one of her display cases. The bat's wings flared out as her defenses went up. "HEY!" she shouted, stepping in between her visitor and the case. "Easy, buster. I'm not dumb enough to let YOU of all people nose around my stuff. You're as bad of a clepto as I am."

Rouge folded her arms. "Not that I'm particularly fond of him, but isn't 'freak of nature fox' a pretty harsh way to refer to Tails? And I'm starting to get tired of your amnesia routine. ... " The bat paused, and tilted her head to one side. "Then again, you do have a lapse in your memory. Now that I think of it, maybe you really DO have amnesia, and instinctively came here looking for help." Without warning she pressed her hand to Fang's forehead, checking for a fever.

She lowered her brow. It may not be that weird that Fang could penetrate my security, but amnesiac Fang? Either he's got sharp instincts, or I need to upgrade.

[Raki]

"Easy. I don't want any of yer silly rocks. They're not worth anything these days anyw-" he was cut short by Rouge's sudden action, giving a startled blink, which quickly melted into a smirk, "... well, actually, speaking of instincts..."

[Leedzie]

Rouge rolled her eyes. "You may have a blackout in your memory, but your sex drive is as strong as ever, I see." She gave him a small shove backwards from his forehead and smirked. "You don't feel hot, and you seem coherent for all intensive purposes, just with a small memory lapse. I don't think you need to go to the hospital." She had also noticed his lack of interest in the gems scattered around the house. While this was probably a sign of head injury... that one happened to be in her favor, so she let it go.

"As to where you should go," she continued, heading toward the foyer, "I'd suggest finding that precious bike of yours. For all we know, you could've left it anywhere." Rouge grinned, leaning backwards against the archway that separated the rooms. "Maybe some gang has already found it and stripped it down for parts!"

[Raki]

The weasel/wolf's face twitched at the very suggestion that harm may befall his bike.

"If those kids touch Queenie, I'll skin 'em." It should be noted, when he said this, he said it with complete sincerity.

That said, he sniffed. It probably would be a good idea to get back...

"Where's the Great Forest from here anyway?"

[Leedzie]

Rouge's brow furrowed. "The Great Forest? Is that supposed to be a nickname for White Jungle or something?"


Outside her door, meanwhile, a purple chameleon approached, a cyan hedgehog not far behind him. Espio ran a hand over his face before he rang the doorbell, and turned briefly to Rob. "You may want to prepare yourself," he advised. "I have a feeling that this Rouge is a little more... forward than yours."


Aaaand the doorbell rang. The bat rolled her eyes. "Alright, I have to get that, but I'm warning you--" She wagged a threatening finger in Fang's face. "--I DO know the inventory of my house, and I WILL know if you try to pilfer any of my things. Do NOT touch anything." With that, she crossed to the foyer and answered the door. "Er, hi, Espio," she greeted awkwardly. "What the hell are you doing--"

Suddenly the hedgehog caught her eye, and a smirk overtook Rouge's face. "Who's the renaissance man?" the thief snickered.