Station Square - THE REAL ENCHILADA

[Jamie Lee]

@coconuts@ Coconuts was grumbling furiously to himself. This wasn't necessarily an uncommon sight, but what he was grumbling about may have been a little... eyebrow raising.

"That doity little perv! What the hell is wrong with those humans anyway?! I mean the noive of some people! What the hell was all that about repopulating the world or whatever?! Muurggg. At least we managed to ditch that whacko."

He huffed as he fussed around trying to reattach his arm to his shoulder after Crash and torn it off. "And where the hell are we's anyway?! Augh you stupid arm! I saw one of those Knothole guys earlier, but he ran off and I's been wondering around since! Youse the first person I found I actually recognize!"

[Raki]

Lilli kept in step with Coconuts, but with some difficulty. Her new dress, being human-sized, got underfoot with nearly every step, causing her to stumble a bit as she walked.

However, at the same time, this was really nothing new for her.

Her still red muzzle also indicated she wasn't quite over what had just occured a small while ago.

"Well, we're somewhere else entirely, it seems."

Moment of silence.


"How do you repopulate enchiladas anyw-"

And then she stopped speaking (and walking) apparently spotting something off to the right.

...

And then she walked over to the right.

[Jamie Lee]

@coconuts@ "... Hey! Hey!" The monkeybot yelled when he noticed she'd deviated away from him. "Where're youse going?!"

[Raki]

Lilli opened the door to the building she'd discovered to the right.

"Mexican restaurant. Maybe they have enchiladas."

And then she disappeared behind the door of said Mexican restaurants.

[Jamie Lee]

@coconuts@ "What do youse care about enchiladas anyway? That lady was just a freak!" The monkey protested, now struggling to get the door open with just his tail since he was still carrying his missing arm with the other.

"Hey! Wait!"

[Raki]

Lilli turned to face the robian, expression a showing worry.

"Yes but... she really wants more enchiladas."

Of course, she had no idea why, but... there were many things she didn't know the how or why of.

But maybe the lady would be less crazy if her enchilada problems were solved.

Maybe.

Probably not.

It was worth a try.

[Leedzie]

It was at that moment that an apparent stalker revealed herself. Peta entered the restaurant shortly after Lilli and Coconuts, prepared to confront the echidna again now that she was entering an area that wouldn't be quite so easy to escape depart. "EVAPORATING ENCHILADA!!" she cried enthusiastically, catching up to Lilli and again spinning her around. "You MUST listen to the pointed pre-fabricated ponderings of my head!! WITH YOUR HELP, THE ELASTIC ENCHILADA RACE WILL--"

Sniff. Sniff sniff sniff. SNIFF.

Peta.


Smelled.



COW CARCASS.

A vicious glare overtook the activist's face as Peta whipped around to the nearest table. Sure enough, tacos and quesadillas and nachos and burritos, all filled with GROUND REMOVE THAT REFERENCE TO BEEF AND GRILLED CHICKEN. In a moment of impulsive rage, Peta snatched Coconuts' detached arm right out of his good hand and slammed it onto the tabletop, sending the dishes flying into the air (and subsequently showering the patrons). "FORNICATING FASCISTS!!" the woman shouted, oblivious to her irony or inappropriateness. "How DARE you feast upon the festering flesh of a flatulent fateful baleful bovine!!"

Her venom suddenly turned to the rest of the restaurant. "ALL of you!! YOU HEARTLESS HOT-HEADED HUMAN SCUM!! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO VALIDATE THE SANITATION OF WILD ANIMALS!!" Reaching into her malletspace, Peta produced several pails of deep crimson blood, which she unleashed in waves upon the restaurant patrons. As screams and curses began to fill the air, the red-haired maniac flashed a crazed grin, pointing at the crowd with Coconuts' disembodied arm. "YOU WILL ALL PAY ONE DAY!! THIS IS ONLY THE START OF YOUR RETENTION!!" Pretty sure that was "redemption", but it gets hard for even me to figure her out sometimes.

[Raki]

Lilli eyes widened when Peta had suddenly grabbed her by the shoulders, both shocked and terrified, as, after all, she didn't have any enchilada's to provide the mad woman at all. Her shocked expression didn't fade away even when the crazy woman was distracted by... something. Lilli really couldn't understand what she was saying, but once the buckets of blood came out it really, really didn't matter. However, instead of panicking and running off screaming as some people would, Lilli leaned into Coconut's direction.

"... she has your arm. ... and someone's red paint."

[Jamie Lee]

@coconuts@ Coconuts was stunned. That pervert had followed them?! "HEY!" he shouted "Gimmie back my arm you doity overlandah pervert! I'll merdalize ya, don't think I wo--"

The words died in his throat the moment Peta pulled a couple of buckets out of seemingly nowhere and threw the red substance within on the retreating crowd.

The dark. Filthy. Coagulating. Red substance.

His eyes dimmed and constricted.

"Eep."

[Leedzie]

The air was much aruckus with the clattering of empty pails, along with the splashes and drips of blood as it splattered their way to the nearest surface gravity pulled it to. Well, that, and the maniacal cackling of an out-of-control activist. Peta's unnatural grin somehow seemed to spread wider than usual as she watched the horrified patrons, who'd simply wanted to snack on some bread and grease, push and shove and abuse one another in their mad scramble to vacate through the one small door. Some of the more panicked individuals began turning to violence, proceeding to punch, kick, bite, and claw whomever was obstructing their path. A couple of them began using the nearby chairs a blunt objects, and several people slipped on the puddles of blood and smashed their heads. One guy even tossed a napkin dispenser just for the hell of it. It was a good day for activism.

Peta looked around at the mass of buckets around her. While this was a FILTHY establishment in the first place for serving animal products, she wasn't going to be a hypocrite and litter in what was really the animals' property. No, because hypocricy is WRONG, and she would never do such a thing. Ever. What? I don't know. In any case, Peta gathered her blood buckets and began stacking them on top of the cute monkey-shaped bar stool. This establishment must have SOME good sense if they have equipment that took on the shape of a noble animal! But they didn't do a very good job; it was missing an arm.

That taken care of, Peta dusted her bloody hands together and set her sights again on Lilli, grinning comfortingly. Or something. "AND NOW, DEAR CREATURE, we can get to business!! I will now enlighten you with more of my pontificating productions!!" Unfortunately, the young woman had no idea just how accurate that sentence was. But that misfortune paled in comparison to the next one: Lilli was abruptly slung over Peta's shoulder and whisked out the door.

How'd they get out, what with that vicious crowd struggling to do exactly the same thing? Peta walked on their heads. Walked. On. Their heads. Apparently eating only wheat grass and weighing as much as a first grader has its advantages. Besides, what with the cackling she emitted at the time, most of them were busy covering their ears anyway.

[Raki]

For many, a fight or flight response is a no-brainer.

However, for those that over think things, even no-brainers require a good deal of thought.

Therefore, while chaos reigned about the echidna girl, with people screaming and… red paint… everywhere, Lilli stood completely motionless, staring straight ahead.

On second thought, this may not of been because she was thinking of what to do, but because she was so terrified that she was literally paralyzed with fear. But honestly, who could say?

She didn’t even budge when the crazed activist picked her up and slung her over her shoulder. She did, however, make a very, very small frightened squeak.

[Jamie Lee]

@coconuts@ Coconuts froze. He knew the contents of those buckets were now smeared and dripping all over him. He knew it. Knew it! He could feel it! HE COULD FEEL IT! CRAWLING! GERMS! EVERYWHERE. ALL. OVER. HIM. CRAWLING. CRAWLING IN HIS SKIN!

The buckets suddenly fell to the floor with a loud clatter when he started shivering.

"I... I... I... I... I... I... I... I... I... I...."

Yep. The monkey's brain had officially been blown

[Leedzie]

Having passed the gauntlet, Peta set Lilli back on the ground for another... encouraging (read: terrifying) chat. "You MARVELOUS MARSUPIAL!! You will make the historic history books as THE MOTHER OF ALL ENCHILADAS!! Just when we thought this spacious species was about to be lost, VEXING VICTORY IS UPON US!! ARE YOU EXCITED TO HAVE FAMOUS LOINS?!" The activist curtly snagged poor Lilli's wrist and began to whisk her down the sidewalk. "ONWARD TO COITAL CONQUEST!!"

[Raki]

Lilli stared blankly at the nutcase activist trying to figure out what the hell she was trying to say. Unfortunately, she couldn't figure it out (as while she understood all the words, they made absolutely no sense), and instead, her brain exploded. Or almost did. More like an emergency deletion of the cache for the sake of sanity.

"..."

Lilli now had one thought, and one thought only.

RUN AWAY.
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[Leedzie]

[dice=6]

"THAT IS THE WRONG WAY!!" Peta announced with surprising grit as Lilli made a break for it. And as she still had Coconuts' severed arm in her hand, the activist hurled it through the air like she was chucking a hopeless meat-eating heathen to a pack of rabid jackals. The metal appendage whipped forward and smashed into Lilli's legs, sending her tripping over her dress and smacking against the pavement.

Peta quickly closed the gap with her long legs and menaced stood over the terrified echidna. Her body lined up exactly with the sun, making her appear as a silhouette. Somehow, her gigantic teeth were still visible through the darkness. "Now this time, you must STICK WITH ME!! Stick with me like a mouse caught in one of those HORRIBLE INHUMANE GLUE TRAPS!!! RAAAAUUUUUUGGHHHHHH!!!" In her rage against the pest devices, the activist grabbed a nearby trash can and flung it across the street. Except it didn't make it across and landed IN the street. Where cars were trying to drive. Was that a pile-up? I think it was a pile-up. Whoops.[rand=721801510138368551524940297491241944770493461753839547612780119]

[Raki]

Okay.

1. This person was obviously insane.
2. This person was obviously dangerous.
3. This was never a good combination.
4. It often was, however, an utterly terrifying combination.

And Lilli was terrified, and, not to mention, being tripped by a projectile piece of metal (Sorry Coconuts) hurt, as well as tripping onto sidewalk pavement.

And the worst part? Absolutely none of it made sense.

All in all, it had Lilli (by this point) hoping it was only a nightmare. And if it wasn't... well, she certainly didn't want to think about that possibility. Instead, she just curled up and cried.

"Help!"

[Jamie Lee]

"I... I... I... I.. I.. I..."

Snap.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
UUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!"

[Leedzie]

This echidna -- or rather, enchilada -- was being very uncooperative. Peta paused to stare at Lilli, curled up on the ground and weeping. Perhaps this noble creature didn't understand what was going on? Of course, that must be it. Being non-human, she naturally was completey innocent. The activist kneeled down and stuck her face less than an inch away from Lilli's. "TAKE HEART, HAIRLESS FURBALL!!" she shouted. Which probably hurt at such a proximity. "You can now relax! PETA WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU!!" Rooting around quickly in her malletspace, the orange-headed freak produced a rather large animal carrier, which she wasted no time stuffing Lilli into. Locking up the door, Peta shrieked to herself victoriously and sprinted off down the sidewalk.

Good timing, too, because the sound of sirens had begun to fill the air.

[AnT]

Meanwhile, Griff just stood in front of an alley, staring the people that mindlessly walked past him. They were 'overlanders' alright, but there were Mobians as well, walking with the crowd of humans as if they co-existed with them. This was incredibly amazing, if not strange. Mobians and overlanders don't really see eye to eye, so this kind of thing would be impossible right now.

And also, this city is quite peaceful, and incredibly big for Robotnik to miss. Could this place happened to be hidden, maybe inside a mountain? But that couldn't be, since there's a blue sky. But then again, Zack once told Griff that it was possible to produce an artificial sky, if-


HARK! And Griff heard that scream. He knew that scream from anywhere. "Coconuts?!"

The goat quickly dashed through the crowd, not caring to hide from them anymore. If Mobians can easily walk the streets from them, then maybe these overlanders are harmless. Griff followed the scream, leading him to some building that doesn't look in good shape.

Not only that, he found a familiar robot arm on the street. "It is Coconuts!" he said, picking up the arm.

When he hurried inside, he stopped and gawked at the condition of this restaurant. So much red...erm...smeer all over the place, dripping on the tables and walls, and puddles of it on the floor.

"Uh...please let this be paint." he then saw the Robian. "Coconuts??! Is that you??"

[Jamie Lee]

Coconuts isn't here right now. Please leave your message at the beep.

The monkeybot gave a small and pitiful whimper, not even seeing or hearing Griff as he suddenly fell down spread eagle onto the floor with a loud clang. His eyes stared at vapidly at the ceiling for only a second before they became dark and his processor shut down.

... Close enough?

[AnT]

"Oh great..." And something told him that what Coconuts was covered in WASN'T paint.

Noticing that this place was a restaurant, Griff hurried over the counter, and dug behind it, hoping to find some gloves. But then he noticed a human employee hiding and shivering under the counter.

"Hey, what just happened-"

"HORRIBLE!!! HORRIBLE RED PAILS!!!" she then sucked on her thumb. Yup, she lost it.


"Oh....kay..."

With gloved hands, Griff leaped over the table and dragged the monkey bot by his head, heading around the counter. "Come on, Coco! Stop PMSing here for a second!"

They were now in the kitchen, filled with tons of kitchen appliances. But Griff was only interested in the large sinks. There was some kind of dishwash gun hanging over a sink, which Griff now used to clean the Robian from the...'paint' he really hoped.

"Coconuts, wake up!!"

[Jamie Lee]

@coconuts@ [dice=2] (Roll for whether or not he gets electrocuted >>)

Unfortunately, Griff hadn't taken something into account... The fact that Coconuts' arm was still detached and, therefore, left the wires in it exposed.

"AUGHGFIEOWGEWQNFGWHGOIEWHGLKNERWKJHGIWEHTIUW"

... Well. At least he was back online now.

Coconuts sat there looking a bit dazed for a moment before he looked up at Griff and blinked, most notably spotting the water gun in his hand.

"... What're youse trying to do, kill me?!" he shouted. He started pulling himself to his feet when he noticed the... red blotches all over his armor... even in his joints...

He shrieked loudly and grabbed the jet away from Griff and began to scrub furiously at himself.

"GETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFF!"[rand=27942351911739616126569581711349758578305458065529311997619892625]

[AnT]

"And he's back." he muttered as he grabbed and put on rubber dishwash gloves. Since that he knew that Coconuts wouldn't answer well while he's in filth, Griff took a sponge and helped wipe off the....'paint'. Its paint; don't try to tell him it's not, because it IS paint. "Coconuts, what happened here?"

[Jamie Lee]

@coconuts@ "C-CRAZY OVERLANDAH BROAD! THROWING B-B-BLOOD BUCKETS! OH AURORA BLOOD BUCKETS!"

[AnT]

"Oh great..." he shuddered at the thought that someone would throw blood like that. "Heh, heh...first of all, Coco...let's pretend that's paint, okay?"

He continued to scrub the stain off of the bot.

"Second, let's just forget about that lady, okay? At least I found you. As soon as we find any of the gang here, if they are here, we should head out of this city. Hopefully, we'll figure where on Mobius are we when we leave this place."

Scrub scrub, and scrub some more, Griff did, trying to not picture the buckets of...um...PAINT.

"Coco, you seen the others? Erm, scratch that. You probably be with them if you seen them, right?"

[Jamie Lee]

@coconuts@ A moment later Griff would find himself soaking wet after the robian blasted him with the water jet. "I can clean myself you know!" he grunted irritably. Seriously. The spongebath was weirding him out.

It was Griff's last question however that made him pause for a second. His eyes brightened in realization. "CRAP-CRAP-CRAP!" he yelled, snapping his head around in search of someone. "Where's Lilli?! That poivy broad was stalking her!" he paused again. "... AND WHERE'S MY ARM?!"

[AnT]

"Okay, okay...I hear ya." he said, after getting soaked by the jet.

"Wait a minute...Lilli was here?!?!" he cried, giving Coconuts his arm. He was even more frightened that this...insane woman was stalking her. "Oh boy, you don't suppose that she-"

At that moment, police sirens roared outside the building. Griff can see police cars out the door from in the kitchen. He can also see that scared employee still cowering under the counter. The cops stepped out, and they looked too similar to those guards in the mall. Seems like they're still looking for him, even though Griff doesn't realize that these are not security guards, and that they're here for this Peta incident.

"We gotta leave! Now!" he warned, dashing out toward the back door. "Move it, Coco!"

[Jamie Lee]

@coconuts@ Coconuts had momentarily forgotten what he was doing when the arm dropped into his lap. He blinked when Griff had suddenly shouted and taken off running and hastily began to pull himself to his feet.

"Huh?! But-but-but I'm not don--HEY! HEY! WAIT!"