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Post by Jamie Lee on Jul 24, 2007 22:34:20 GMT -5
Rob on the other hand, who'd been sprinting the whole time, wasn't so lucky to be able to slow himself in time. With a comedic yelp of "OH BOLLO--" he threw his arms up as a shield as he slammed into Rouge's back and caused both of them to tumble onto the pile. He sat there, eyes swirling in a daze. He could swear he saw little apples and bulleyes. "Oodalolly..."
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Post by Lans on Jul 25, 2007 18:01:01 GMT -5
"...I feel a migrane comming on." Meanwhile, Manic found himself in a very uncomfortable postion at the bottom of the pile. "...I'm glad to see you guys again too, but someone's sitting on my face!"
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Post by Leedzie on Jul 25, 2007 18:20:45 GMT -5
@satamespio@ The chameleon's reply was muffled. "WELL IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ME!! OH GOD MANIC DON'T YOU EVER WASH YOUR ARMPITS?!"
@satamrouge@ "Oof..." Rouge shook the daze from her head, and then blushed at Manic's comment. "Um, Manic... That's not my butt..."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jul 25, 2007 20:15:06 GMT -5
Rob shook his head in an attempt to regain his senses, grumbling as he did. "Arg, what am I sitting on... OW!" He had shifted on his lumpy 'pillow', only to look down and realize it was Manic's backside. He wiggled again, trying to shift himself off without getting anymore spikes embedded in his rear, and while doing so happened to glance over at Rouge's side of the pile. "..." Rob brought a hand up to his face. "AHEM." Maria slowly peeked out from around the commander and his cohorts at the group. Despite the uneasiness the group of humans gave her, seeing the group of mobians and witnessing their antics seemed to calm her a bit. In fact, she smiled vaguely at them, suppressing a soft giggle.
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Post by Lans on Jul 27, 2007 4:24:19 GMT -5
Manic was quiet for a moment at Rouge's comment then squeaked out, "...Oh really?" The commander had finally had enough of this for now. "AHEM," he said, echoing Rob, but more forcefully, "If no one is injured, I would appreciate your help in explaining the current situation to the young lady here," he said, indicating Maria.
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Post by Leedzie on Jul 27, 2007 14:28:46 GMT -5
@satamrouge@ "Sorry..." Once Rob had vacated the mobian pile, Rouge squirmed her way back up, still somewhat flustered. Offering Espio and Manic each a hand up, she asked, "Are you both okay?"
@satamespio@ "In theory," the chameleon grumbled. "Someone get Manic a shower. That's a stench that'd knock a buzzard off a carcass."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jul 27, 2007 20:24:57 GMT -5
Rob, meanwhile, was gingerly dislodging the acid green quill that had lodged itself in his rear end. He gave a quick glance over to the commander, acknowledging that he'd heard him, but first walked over toward Rouge and took her hand. "You alright, luv?" Maria's smile quickly melted back into a frown when the man spoke, as if it'd just jarred her back to reality. She looped her hands in front of her chest and shied away from his direction, toward the wall.
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Post by Lans on Jul 27, 2007 21:05:43 GMT -5
"Look who's talking, scalebutt!" Manic responded to Espio as he got up. He then got a glimpse of Maria and gave a frown very simlilar to her own.
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Post by Leedzie on Jul 27, 2007 21:14:00 GMT -5
@satamespio@ The chameleon snorted and stubbornly folded his arms. He probably could've passed for his Chaos self in that moment.
@satamrouge@ "I'm fine," Rouge replied to Rob, giving his hand a slight squeeze. With a faint hint of a smile, she added. "Looks like I'll have to re-groove the treads in your boots."
Rob had started to make his way toward the lingering humans, and being joined at the hand, Rouge naturally followed after him -- at first. To her great surprise reality gave out beneath her as she unintentionally stepped into dimensional portal. By the time she realized what was happening, her hand had already slipped from Rob's, and her rapid grabbing to regain it were in vain. All she was able to do before being completely lost was shriek, "N-No!! Rob!!!"
@satamespio@ As Rouge disappeared from sight, Espio recoiled in surprise, his face twisting with disapproval. "I DIDN'T DO IT!!!"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jul 28, 2007 13:45:23 GMT -5
A terrible icy feeling shot down the hedgehog's spine when he felt his beloved's hand slip from his own. He turned on the spot and gaped at the area Rouge had been only moments before, a few quick breaths escaping him in a moment of panic. "R-Rouge? ROUGE!" he called in vane, but she was already away from her ability to hear him. He pressed his hand to his forehead and then looked up at Espio and Manic, his mouth hanging open with a loss for what to say. " Bloody hell, not again..." he finally managed to squeak out. Maria's eyes widened and she gasped loudly when one of the mobians disappeared. At first she'd uncoiled her hands and reached one out, as if she were offering a hand for the vanished bat to grab, but quickly she drew it back. She shook her head, eyes darting around at the other humans while beginning to back up again. I knew it! she thought frantically. This is all some... some sort of trap! It has to be!She glanced behind her, looking down the hallway her and Shadow had been waking down earlier and it's splitting halls. She gave one final glance back at the group, making sure none of them were focused on her, then turned and quickly dashed off.
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Post by Lans on Jul 29, 2007 19:44:02 GMT -5
Manic gaped as Rouge vanished, and looked to the others just in time to see the girl the overlander guy in charge had indicated just beforehand dash off. "Hey, where's she going?" The commander let loose with a string of curse words unfit for a (supposedly XD) PG-13 forum before turning to one of the nearby aides, "Get down to R&D and tell them to get that interference field up and running, and that they have permission to get the emerald out of the vault if they need to use it!"
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Post by Leedzie on Jul 30, 2007 17:30:02 GMT -5
@satamespio@ Espio's brow furrowed uncertainly as he continued to stare at where Rouge had once been, but his face grew far more worried when his attention turned to Rob. Uh oh, the old man looks like he's about to have an ulcer...
"Hey, Rob, it'll be okay. That's the same thing that brought us here, so, that's one just sending her back to Meadowood... Right?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jul 30, 2007 17:52:07 GMT -5
He looked over at Espio, and indeed his face was saturated with concern. "How do we know she'd be sent back home?" He asked dryly, "None of us were taken to the same location..." He had a horrible dread in the pit of his stomach. Maria meanwhile rounded a corner, creeping quickly but quietly. She didn't hear any sounds of the group pursuing her, so, at least that sign seemed good. She came to a halt when she heard what she thought were footsteps down a nearby hallway and ducked quickly into a nearby room. To her great relief no one else seemed to be there that she could see; it seemed like a storage facility of some sort. She glanced around, pulling down a deep gulp before dashing off toward the back of the room. How am I going to get out of here... she thought glumly to herself. I still need to find Shadow... and...She paused, realizing she had just abandoned that group of mobians. She frowned, suddenly feeling guilty and sick at herself. " Maria, you coward..."
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Post by Raki on Jul 30, 2007 21:03:46 GMT -5
On Maria’s first impression, the room was empty. However, not all first impressions are correct. For example, on first impression, one wouldn’t think that the most bright and beautiful of fish were often the most poisonous, but those who come in contact with the rather lovely looking lionfish quickly find out otherwise once stung. This is not to say, however, that the room was a giant fish, or in any way beautiful (as it was, actually, quite dark and a bit dingy and filled with various shelving and crates), but only that the first impression of it was incorrect. Contrary to first impression, the room was in fact not devoid of life, and said life made his presence known with the small tinny click that is made when one is fooling around with a gun. Were Maria to turn around, she’d see a purple weasel-y Mobian grinning, and the source of the sound would be traced to the weapon he was now inspecting in his hands. Apparently, he wasn’t alarmed by her sudden appearance in the room, though was in fact a bit amused, and as he smirked widely one could see a rather oversized fang quite well. “So,” he stated, rather conversationally and he examined a bit of ammunition, “do you come here often?”
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Post by Lans on Aug 9, 2007 22:26:35 GMT -5
"We're working on both problems now, however, given the probable energy requirments of generating a field to keep random portals from happening here...creating an artificial portal specifically to return you home may not be possible at the moment." He then noticed that Maria...and Manic, were no longer with the group. "...And having people running off unescorted through the base is not helping any," he muttered. Manic meanwhile, followed Maria. He'd picked up enough during the conversation back there to realize that she was from their world, meaning he trusted her even less than the rest of these other overlanders. When she ran into Fang, he quickly ducked out of sight to listen in.
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Post by Leedzie on Aug 9, 2007 22:36:21 GMT -5
@satamespio@ The chameleon frowned further; Rob wasn't really one to show despair so freely. Seeing him shaken up was a bit jarring in and of itself. So Espio decided to cheer him up. "Don't worry, Rob!" the teen announced, plastering a wide smile across his face. "She'll be okay; she lived by herself for a long time before she even came to Meadowood, right? And she helps lead the missions into Mercia! Rouge is too smart to get into trouble! "Besides," he paused to wave an arm at the soldiers, "they're making us our own portals, right? When they get them to work, I'll go get her for you! Then you won't have to worry about her anymore!" Espio leaned his beaming face into Rob's. " Okay?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Aug 10, 2007 1:34:37 GMT -5
The hedgehog smiled in response, though his eyes clearly conveyed skepticism. "You're right," he said with a slight nod. "Rouge is perfectly capable of handling herself. She'll be just fine, I'm sure." Now if I could convince myself of that.He shook his head attempting to clear his troubled worries, then glanced at the commander and began to approach him, looking around after Manic. He just rubbed at his forehead. "Great. We've lost another one," he sighed heavily. "What happened to that girl? Manic might've followed after her..." he frowned sheepishly. "He's, er... not the most trusting of humans, I'm afraid." Maria hadn't particularly been expecting to run into anyone. She had, after all, been looking for a place to hide. So when he heard the clicking of his gun accompanied by his voice... she gave the only natural response she could. She screamed. Loudly. And whirled around to see who'd addressed her, tripping over her feet and falling into one of the shelves, knocking several things off of it and causing them to tumble loudly onto the ground. She shrieked again in surprise, covering her head and ducking until the noise finally stopped.
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Post by Raki on Aug 10, 2007 14:46:38 GMT -5
The weasel raised a brow at the overlander girl's rather dramatic reaction. But, once all the the objects had found their newfound locations on the floor and everything was in relative 'peace' again, Fang smirked. Widely. And then threw back his head. And laughed. Obnoxiously.
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Post by Lans on Aug 10, 2007 22:58:26 GMT -5
"Yes, well..." He began, but then THERE WAS A SCREAM! He and the GUN employees nearby immediatly headed off to investigate. When they got there they found Manic outside he room, slightly alarmed at all the people heading towards him and wearing an 'I Didn't do it!' epression.
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Post by Leedzie on Aug 12, 2007 20:07:23 GMT -5
@satamespio@ Espio also peered in the direction where so many had disappeared to. "Want me to go get Manic?" he asked the cyan hedgehog with a glance. "He probably won't listen to the overlanders. And if you get any more stressed out your head's going to explode."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Aug 15, 2007 0:09:46 GMT -5
The human girl gasped quietly as she fought to control her breathing. Slowly she uncurled her arms from around her head and peeked out through her hair at the laughing weasel. She felt a sharp sting in her sinuses and fought against the new rush of tears struggling to emerge. " W-what's wrong with you...?" she asked, trembling slightly. Rob shook his head, jogging off after the commander and his group. "I'll be just fine."
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Post by Raki on Aug 17, 2007 14:47:39 GMT -5
"W-what's wrong with you...?"
The weasel's laughter died down and he smirked, simply shrugging at the overlander's question. However, one of his ears twitched and his smirk faded as he heard a small commotion at the door. Frowning, he quickly gathered up what he could hold, giving Maria a 'you didn't see me' look. Once he'd secured his prizes, he (almost) gracefully climbed up a shelving unit to reach an open ventilation duct, disappearing within the darkness of the shaft, but poking out long enough to put the grating back into place.
And after that, Maria was alone in the room. With the mess. Looking all so very incriminating.
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Post by Lans on Aug 18, 2007 21:44:39 GMT -5
The commander didn't even bother with Manic, roughly pushing him aside as he entered the room. "Ack! Hey, rude, dude, rude!" Manic protested as he landed on his butt. He looked around the room and quickly spotted Maria. "What happened?" he asked, but his voice was concerned, not angry.
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Post by Leedzie on Aug 18, 2007 22:36:59 GMT -5
@satamespio@ The chameleon folded his arms; he really would've preferred Rob take a break, not rush head-on into even more stress. The old man's gonna take himself out sooner or later, Espio thought with a scrunch of his mouth. And now that Rouge isn't here to make him feel better, I guess I'd better try to cheer him up. ... Maybe I could find something he'd like?
He paused to glance around. The hallways in the G.U.N. base all pretty much looked the same, he realized. The teen had not a single clue as to where any of the current options would take him.
BUT, there was also only one way to find that out, too. Ignoring the commotion going on with the overlanders, Espio activated his camouflage and headed down the opposite corridor.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Aug 20, 2007 20:22:36 GMT -5
The girl's eyes went wide, and she gulped down a few panicked gasps as the weasel slinked off. "W-wait! D-don't leave me h-here! I-I'm a F-freedom Fighter!" She made a frantic and rather ungraceful attempt to climb after him. After getting two shelves off the ground, however, her footing slipped and she tumbled back to the ground with a pained grunt. Gasping for air she looked up as the commander reappeared before her. Her bottom lip quivering she huddled up against a wall and buried her face into her arms. " P-please... j-just go away..."
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Post by Lans on Aug 25, 2007 23:11:19 GMT -5
However he just knelt down in front of her, placing a comforting hand on Maria's shoulder. "Please, we just want to help get you home, that's all. I promise we're not going to hurt any of you." "Speak for yourself..." Manic muttered as he picked himself up.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Aug 26, 2007 0:51:59 GMT -5
She flinched as she felt him touch her and tried to shy away. Being effectively cornered against the wall as she was made this a bit difficult, so instead she just kept her face buried in her arms and remained quiet, save for her muffled sobs. Finally, after what seemed to be several minutes she lifted her head up slowly. It took several seconds before she'd built up the courage to look him in the eyes, but when she did her expression changed subtly to a look of interest when she finally noticed their unmatching colors, and she stared at them for a long moment in study. However, her fear quickly eclipsed that and she averted her gaze to somewhere unfocused, wiping at the dampness on her cheeks. " I want to go home..." Rob meanwhile was standing beside Manic. He had yet to notice Espio's absence, as at the moment he seemed to be more focused in the young girl as a means to keep his mind off Rouge. His face twisted with sympathy.
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Post by Lans on Aug 28, 2007 23:15:05 GMT -5
"And I promise you we're doing everything we can to make that possible," he assured her.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Sept 1, 2007 11:18:18 GMT -5
& She just sat there quietly, staring despondently at the floor, never so much as flinching in response to the man's reassurance. No... no, she didn't want to believe him... she just wanted all of them to go away... She couldn't believe them... she couldn't trust them... Her body felt so heavy, like she couldn't have moved a muscle if she wanted to. She was exhausted from crying and she just wanted to wake up safe and sound in her bed... "Did I hear you yell you were a Freedom Fighter?" Rob asked suddenly. Maria instantly forgot that heavy feeling, looking up startled as the hedgehog stepped next to the commander's side, "I'm also one. I come from Meadowood... near Mercia. My name is Rob." She didn't answer right away. Instead she studied him for a moment before finally responding. " ... M-Maria..." she looked between him and the commander several times. The question she had was on the tip of her tongue... but she dared not ask it. What if he couldn't? What if he was being forced into this? ... Or maybe he was also like Shadow had been... Rob seemed to understand what she was thinking by the look in her eyes. He knelt down as well and merely shook his head. "I know how you're feeling, dove. Exactly how you're feeling. But these gentlemen are here to help. They've already helped locate several of my group's members." She wasn't convinced. " B-but... Shadow... and th-that lady..."
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Post by Lans on Sept 10, 2007 21:30:02 GMT -5
Manic sighed, not believeing he was about to say this, "Look, babe, I know this seems a little, ya know, whacked, but I think they're tellin' the truth here. I mean there's some mondo weirdness going on and what they're saying seems the only thing that makes sense around this nut house."
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