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Post by Leedzie on Oct 18, 2007 21:59:44 GMT -5
Her boots scraped loudly against the concrete of the sidewalk, her steps stumbly and uneven. Rouge's gait was rarely ever so unorthodox, but then again, she'd rarely had such powerful medication, either; upon leaving with Honey for G.U.N.'s central headquarters, the cat had insisted upon stopping at the hospital for proper treatment. It was a good thing, too, because one of the bones in Rouge's left forearm was confirmed to be fractured. It now rested easily in a sling, taking the pressure off of her aching shoulder. Not that her shoulder was aching anymore. Morphine was a wonderful drug, really. However, it also tended to numb you to other things in addition to pain, and with Rouge's low body weight, it seemed to have doped her up pretty thoroughly. So much so, in fact, that she'd only just realized that she could no longer see Honey. The bat blinked her quasi-dialated eyes and glanced around. It was a sea of rapidly hustling and bustling heads in every direction, and none of them matched her escourt's description. I... I guess I fell behind... Whoops...
Guess I'll just have to finish the trip on my own. How hard could it be? Without much more thought on the subject, Rouge resumed her awkward shuffling down the sidewalk. It shouldn't be so difficult of a task; all she'd have to do was ask for directions. It wasn't long before the disoriented bat was stopping strangers and asking for directions to the big building where they keep big guns. Apparently morphine can mess up more than just your pain receptors.
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Post by Lans on Oct 18, 2007 22:06:18 GMT -5
Luckily for Rouge, one of the strangers she met wasn't one to shy away of the 'drugged out whacko' as she heard one of them call the poor bat. There was a whir of servomotors as somone came up behind Rouge. "Excuse me miss, but are you feeling at 100% status?" May asked.
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Post by Leedzie on Oct 18, 2007 22:11:21 GMT -5
@satamrouge@ Oh wow, someone actually seemed to be talking to her instead of skittering off in a rush. Rouge turned (and nearly fell over) to see where the voice was coming from, and found herself face-to-face with what looked like a robian. But the good news was that it was a polite robian that wasn't hell-bent on dragging her off to the roboticizer. ... Wait, were there roboticizers in this dimension? Oh well, it didn't matter, because she wasn't heading for one anyway.
"Yeah'm fine," she slurred. "D'you know how'ta get to the office of guns and firemen?" Sentences still not quite matching what she planned in her head.
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Post by Lans on Oct 18, 2007 22:23:14 GMT -5
May paused for a second, accessing data. "I apologize, but I do not find any combination Law Enforcement and Fire Department stations on any maps. However there is a Police Station a few blocks down, would you like me to escort you?"
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Post by Leedzie on Oct 18, 2007 22:29:15 GMT -5
@satamrouge@ Rouge shook her head and tried to wave the idea off with her good arm, but got tangled briefly in Knuckles' cloak. Oh well; she didn't really need to wave, anyway.
"Nono, not p'lice," the bat continued, furrowing her brow in heavy thought. "Not lit'l guns, big guns... S'the word I'm looking for...... Um.. guys'n armor, an'.... helmets.... 'n radios.... with like, s'curity and cars..." The word seemed just on the tip of her tongue, and Rouge clumsily snapped her fingers.
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Post by Lans on Oct 19, 2007 23:30:43 GMT -5
"The military?" she suggested. "The main Guardian Unit of Nation headquarters is located a couple miles outside the city limits...but perhaps you would benefit more from a visit to a medical facility? You don't seem to be functioning at...optimum levels."
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Post by Leedzie on Oct 19, 2007 23:39:22 GMT -5
@satamrouge@ "YES," Rouge replied loudly with a firm not (which nearly threw off her already unstable balance), "th'military. Those guns. I need those guns." As May offered to take her back to the hospital, the bat again waved her off, luckily without getting tangled this time. "No'm good, they fixed me a'ready..." Rouge paused to show the robot her slinged arm. "They got me all good an' great an' good, and gave me..... mor.... um...." The bat seemed to blank out for a moment. ".....well, um... it dun' hurt anymore," she finally concluded.
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Post by AnT on Oct 20, 2007 13:16:52 GMT -5
Just a few feet away, a goat Mobian, followed by a monkey Robian were exploring through the bust sidewalk of tall 'overlanders'. Normally, they would be extremely cautious about a city of overlanders, but this city also has Mobians co-existing with the humans peacefully...or so it seems. So Griff thought they could easily play along. Finding Lilli proved difficult, especially since they knew nothing about this city. Griff even asked a few Mobians if they knew about a lady who threw buckets of blood. They all ran from the thought of her. "It would be nice if we ran into any of the others, Coco. Even another Freedom Fighter would-" just then, the goat noticed what appeared to be a pink Robian with a bat Mobian who looked pretty banged up. The robotiziced being didn't look hostile, as if it was casually talking with the bat. "Excuse me!" Griff called, walking up to the two. "Promise you won't run? Well, um, have you seen this overlander lady who throws buckets of blood? Erm, she had red hair, right Coco?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Oct 20, 2007 13:33:43 GMT -5
Coconuts looked up distractedly when he was addressed, "Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah, she had red hair, and she was tall, and she was FREAKING CREEPY!" He twitched and went back to focusing intently on shining a patch of his armor with a cloth. He still had that crawly feeling all over him, oh Aurora!
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Post by Lans on Oct 21, 2007 1:02:38 GMT -5
May turned to face the two newcommers. "I have seen 147 red haired females, both human and anthro, however none of them appeared to be carrying buckets of blood."
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Post by Leedzie on Oct 21, 2007 1:18:51 GMT -5
@satamrouge@ Rouge wracked her memory for any image of a red-haired overlander. There were a lot of overlanders at that hospital; did any of them have red hair? It was hard to say. She hadn't paid close attention, as she'd focused more on her injuries being nursed. The bat concluded, however, that it could have been someone at the hospital, because they deal with a lot of blood. She couldn't think of why they'd need to carry pails of it, thought.
"Mmmaybe y'should try back at th'osp'tal," Rouge slurred unevenly, turning her glazey gaze on the two newcomers. "S'not that far, you jus go tha'way..... an'..... wait..." The bat paused and stared intently at the ground, struggling to retrace her steps, but getting just as lost in her mind as she had the moment before. Eventually she just turned to May again. "Hi, d'you know how'da find the hospi'al?"
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Post by AnT on Oct 21, 2007 12:48:03 GMT -5
"Oh..." Griff snapped his fingers. "Sorry, just that this psycho woman kidnapped an echidna friend of mine. We have no idea why she nabbed her, other than she's crazy..." Well, if they have no info about the woman, at least Griff should find out about this city. Strange...while he was exploring, he noticed Sonic's face on a lot of posters and billboards and TVs. The guy seemed pretty famous around here. Griff wondered if the Freedom Fighters been here and saved this town from Robotnik. "Hey, where are we, and do you know how to get to Robotropolis from here?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Oct 22, 2007 7:40:46 GMT -5
"She was screaming something about making enchiladas," the monkeybot said distractedly, looking up every second or so like the conversation was annoying him, "Total poiv too! Had the noiv to look under Lilli's tail!" Coconuts paused then, something in his mind finally clicking as he looked up and took a good look at May. Whoa! Another robian! Maybe this could be a good thing! ... Though most likely it probably wasn't. "... Hey, hey! Youse wouldn't happen to know how to reattach this would you? Or know someone who could?" he asked, bringing his tail around to reveal it coiled around his still detached arm.
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Post by Lans on Oct 23, 2007 21:43:39 GMT -5
Upon Coconuts bringing attention to his detached arm, she opened a small storage panel in her forearm, withdrawing a small toolkit and advanced on him, taking hi arm and immediatly etting about reattaching it even a she gave directions. "Station quare General Hospital is located 3.7 blocks south of this current location."
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Post by Leedzie on Oct 23, 2007 21:51:29 GMT -5
@satamrouge@ Well, that seemed to take care of that. Rouge smiled and nodded at the group. " 'Kay, I gotta go then. G'bye." Without any other hesitations, the doped up bat resumed stumbling down the sidewalk.
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Post by AnT on Oct 24, 2007 18:00:09 GMT -5
Waving off Rouge, Griff turned to May. "Hey, I still need to know where Robotropolis is...or where the heck am I. I'm surprised Robotnik hasn't targeted this place yet."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Oct 26, 2007 8:52:13 GMT -5
The monkeybot watched May like a hawk, to the point he barely even heard what she was saying, let alone if it was being addressed to him or not. He had his face so close his nose practically touched her as he scrutinized over every new connection she made as if he actually understood what in the heck she was doing.
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Post by Lans on Oct 27, 2007 0:01:04 GMT -5
May worked quickly and had Coconut' arm reattached in a very short time. As soon as she finished, she quickly turned and shouted after Rouge, "Wait Miss, I don't beleive its safe for you to leave by your self!"
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Post by Leedzie on Oct 27, 2007 2:37:00 GMT -5
@satamrouge@ "Wha?" The bat's ear turned backwards as May called out, and after a slight delay, the rest of her body followed. Rouge's head tilted slightly to one side. "Issaid I'm 'kay--"
"Outta the way!!" came an authoritative voice as a rather rude man shoved the drugged bat aside.
And with the drugs slowing her reaction time, Rouge made nearly no attempt to catch herself, and tumbled to the sidewalk in a heap. But thanks to the wonder of morphine, the bat failed to feel even the slightest discomfort, and awkwardly attempted to push herself back to her feet. "Whoa... Oops.."
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Post by AnT on Oct 27, 2007 2:57:18 GMT -5
Aw geeze! I can't believe I didn't SEE that! So blind about finding out where they are, Griff didn't take a moment to see who was needed. Seeing that rude overlander shoving the bat girl like that woke him up. She didn't seem too good, and she might be hurt, but he can't really tell if she has any injuries, thanks to that cloak of hers. "Miss, you alright?" he asked, offering a hand.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Oct 27, 2007 21:35:11 GMT -5
Before Coco ever looked back up he inspected his arm, both to make sure it was working okay and that that chick hadn't scratched or smudged him anywhere. Just to be extra sure he ended up immediately attacking the external areas she'd touched with his polish rag. It took him a moment before he finally remembered his manners. "Oh-oh! Thanks by the--huh?" Coconuts looked around, noticing he was suddenly standing by himself and frantically scanned the surroundings in search of Griff. Spotting him down the street he dashed off with a yell of "Hey--HEY-- HEY! Wait up!"
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Post by Lans on Oct 29, 2007 0:47:33 GMT -5
May ruhed over to Rouge and helped her up. "I'm afraid I must insist on you getting medical attention. In your current state there is a high probability of your reciving additional injuries."
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Post by Leedzie on Nov 1, 2007 0:28:50 GMT -5
@satamrouge@ "W-Whoaa--whoa!!" Rouge cried awkwardly as the many hands helped to correct her balance. "No'm fine, Issaid'm good," the bat thickly replied to the robot. "I doesn't hurt, really. I was jus AT th'ospidal. I'm good. 'M goooood." She nodded, as though confirming the fact even more.
All of a suddenly Rouge looked confused, but a moment later shook her head. "Right, right... gotta find guns." Her attention fell to Griff. "D'you know where I can find guns?"
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Post by AnT on Nov 1, 2007 10:43:47 GMT -5
The question kind of startled Griff. He wondered if this woman wanted to be some gun crazy person, but he avoided the thought right now. "Guns? Uh...sorry, I don't know, and I prefer not to. Guns are forbidden in 'Mobotropolis'. Still is, which I'm looking for Mobo...erm, Robotropolis by the way."
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Post by Lans on Nov 7, 2007 1:27:25 GMT -5
At that moment, further up the street, Manic the Hegehog was glancing at a shop window while a harried looking Rob stood nearby. Man had dragged him along for some 'fresh air' soon after GUN had come up with a way to keep tabs on their 'guests' by providing them each with a tracer device (Manic had 'lost' his to a non-anthro dog while Rob wasn't looking), and the two were now out taking in the sights, or rather Manic was while dragging Rob along.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Nov 8, 2007 13:15:44 GMT -5
Rob had once again dropped his hood down, feeling out of place from all the stares the unusual looking outfit was getting him. While Manic walked ahead of him, the cyan hedgehog simply kept his arms folded and his eyes trained toward the ground.
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Post by Lans on Nov 9, 2007 0:27:58 GMT -5
"I am afraid that in your current condition I cannot reveal the location of any firearms suppy shops," May told Rouge. Then she looked curiously at Griff. "...I seem to have an error in my geographic databanks. I have no records of any Mobotropolis or Robotropolis, or any local statutes that would prohibit firearms useage."
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Post by Leedzie on Nov 9, 2007 0:52:24 GMT -5
@satamrouge@ The bat's mouth twisted. "Oh. Tha'sucks. Thanks 'nyway." Again without the slightest hesitation, Rouge turned away from the group and headed once more down the hustling bustling sidewalk. The flow of traffic was really faster than she could maintain with much control, but she figured things would be fine. What could go wrong?
Well, apparently, she could run squarely into an archerhog that happened to cross her path. Rouge let out an, "OOF!" of surprise and fell onto the concrete once more, and as with the other times, looked disoriented more than anything else. Looking up at Rob and Manic in concern, Rouge offered a stabilizing hand (or she thought so, anyway) and asked, "Whoa, WHOA... 'Re you okay?"
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Post by AnT on Nov 10, 2007 21:47:02 GMT -5
Yeah... The woman defiantly was not well. The goat quickly ran up to the bat, carefully helping her up. "Miss, I don't...I don't think it's safe for you to be on your own." He uneasily looked at the two she bumped into. "Uh, sorry about that. I'm not sure what's wrong with her."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Nov 11, 2007 4:29:37 GMT -5
And Rob was laying on his butt on the ground. It took him a moment of wild surprise as the bat was lifted off him to realize just what had happened. When he did, his eyes became the size of dinner plates. " ROUGE!!" he exclaimed, hastily pulling himself back up to his feet. Before he'd even realized the sort of condition she was in he threw his arms around her and embraced her tightly. "I was worried sick about you!" And then Coconuts caught back up with the group... as he tried to bring his run to a halt he found himself accidentally plowing into Griff. Knocking both of them to the ground. "OOF. HEY! Watch where youse going!"
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