Crash's Apartment - Rude Awakening

[Leedzie]

Throwing open the door to the apartment not so unlike her equally temperamental roommate, Julie grumbled and shuffled across the threshold, flinging her keys across the room and yanking open the snap closures of her once-blue (but now stained grey) jumpsuit. It had been such a long, long day. No day should ever have that many thick-headed customers, leaky oil lines, stubborn exhaust systems, and blown serpentine belts. It should be mandatory that every day have at least ONE engine that purred like a kitten.

Kicking the door shut behind her, the pangolin paced forward and glanced into the kitchen nook. "Crash? Anybody home?" Despite the lack of answer, Julie continued her investigation into the computer room, the bathroom, and the bedroom. As the silence had suggested, she was the only one home. Which is fine with me; I need to unwind. The weary mechanic snagged her discarded uniform with her foot and kicked it through the open bedroom door, soon following suit with her tank and her underwear. A very long, very hot shower was in order, and following that, a nap in the middle of the day in front of a fan. Yes, that was exactly what she needed.

[The Huggernaut]

Fortunately, Julie would remain undisturbed, as Crash was busy paying bills that would ensure that shower and fan would keep working. The only problem was that this... took a while.

So Crash would wind up coming home after Julie's shower, finding the door unlocked. Which meant Julie was home. Or someone was robbing the place.

The second assumption was dispelled when he looked around, finding nothing out of place. He could hear the fan going in the bedroom. He glanced at the closed door taking a moment to stretch, working out kinks from skating across town, before opening the door enough to check on his roommate.

[Leedzie]

For such an annoying workday, the afternoon had been so nice. The shower washed away the grime, and with it, much of her stress. And after the hot water and muggy air had heated her up, a quiet rest in front of the fan, with no noises beyond the appliance motor and some stray traffic and bird sounds, had cooled her back down.

Largely because she'd discarded her towel onto the floor while dozing.

The creak of the door was all it took to bring her ire racing back to the surface, however. Her eyes snapping back open, Julie only saw the devil's face leaning inward for a moment before a loud screech erupted from her throat. "GET OUT!!!"[/size]

[The Huggernaut]

Crash barely had time to register anything before there was now a very... VERY big rock coming hurtling towards his head.

Dude. She's naked in there.

THERE ARE BETTER TIMES.

This mental exchange almost resulted in him getting clobbered. Instead, he dived backwards, winding up on his back as the rock flew over him. And took a chunk out of the door. He'd have to fix that once Julie wasn't trying to kill him.

Only one word escaped the devil at that point.

"Sorry!"

Of course... that wasn't gonna cut it... considering.

At least you'll die with a pleasant last memory.[/i]

SHUT UP.

[Leedzie]

The pangolin's scales stood nearly on end as she flew out of bed and fumbled for clothes to throw on. It wasn't clear whether she was more embarrassed or infuriated, but it was exceedingly apparent that Crash was in for a world of hurt once she deemed herself sufficiently covered. A clean shirt and a pair of shorts later, a near-feral Julie burst out of the bedroom in pursuit of her escaping target. "JUST WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?!" she shouted in mid-air as she launched herself to tackle him to the ground.

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[The Huggernaut]

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As he was just getting up, it wasn't hard for Julie to tackle him, sending him hurtling to the floor to the side of the couch.

Now, he knew she had a good reason to be coming after him, but he WAS gonna defend himself. So he tried to get his arms wrapped around Julie, to flip over so SHE'D be on the floor.

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[Leedzie]

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DENIED. Instead she twisted around and bamfed him across the face with her tail. "HAVEN'T YOU EVER HEARD OF KNOCKING?![/b]"[rand=609929390622758987473478836511540556124196024644363635889931959809]

[The Huggernaut]

Pwned. Crash wound up tumbling across the floor, and shaking his head as he rubs at the side of his muffle.

She had a point though. He shoulda knocked. But now he was getting riled up. "You're the one that was sleepin' butt-naked!"

[Leedzie]

Julie suddenly became quite pink in the muzzle -- again, it was unclear if it was due to embarrassment or fury. "That's besides the point!! What's next, y'gonna start barging in on me in the bathroom, too?!" The pangolin clenched her teeth together and unleashed a wave of punches, if just because she had no other way to change her situation. "You... YOU...

PERVERT!!"

[The Huggernaut]

Crash just did his best to protect himself with his arms, ears folding back as he growls a little. "Dammit, Julie! It. Was. An. Accid-"

WHACK

The devil reeled as one fist got through, sending his shades clattering to the floor, as he leaned against the wall. "Okay. Thassit."

That said, he leaped at the pangolin, trying to tackle her until he could get her to calm down.

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"It was an ACCIDENT. And besides, it's MY room!"[rand=793502377333899426188670299561767140131926001927486558691506134174]

[Leedzie]

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For once in his life, Crash actually managed to pull a successful takedown on Julie, leaving a thrashing and hissing cerise monster sputtering beneath him. "YOUR room?? You insisted on surrendering 'YOUR' room to me when you convinced me to move in, dumbass!!" Swinging her tail a second time, she added, "If you want 'YOUR' room, convert the stupid computer room!!"

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[The Huggernaut]

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BAMF

Crash AGAIN went tumbling across the room, this time winding up slumped up against the couch. In fact, he'd been stunned by the blow, which had hit a lot harder than he expected it to.

"Nnn..." Shaking his head, Crash looked up at Julie, eyes narrowing again.

"Fine, it's your room! But it was still a damn accident! I forgot to knock!"[rand=05491250465261932003768369453962528341260708253075534749168288370422]

[Leedzie]

Julie huffed feverishly in search of a retort, but none came. Even she had to admit, on some level, that he really had made an innocent mistake. Still, she couldn't suppress the torrent of unsettling emotions stirring in the wake of this mishap; if there was one thing she hated, it was a lack of control over her environment, and in that moment she'd been completely exposed vulnerable. The pangolin's scales puffed up higher as she imagined what she must have looked like -- which quickly led to diving after the devil for another round of pounding. "IDIOT!!"

[The Huggernaut]

Huffing as an interesting effect on the female body, especially when the female in question prefers wearing wrappings over a bra.

And isn't wearing those wrappings at the moment.

This effect is even more interesting when a person is cursed with a Y chromosome, no matter how much they try to ignore it. So Crash almost had no idea the tackle was coming until it was too late, falling back with a startled yelp, before he wound up pinned between an angry pangolin, and his couch.

[Leedzie]

And with Crash having nowhere to fall backwards to, he ended up pinned between two other things as well. Julie froze in place for a minute as her psyche rushed to catch up with reality. Once she was able to compute that there was, in fact, a tasmanian devil nose peeking up from between the softer bits of her chest, the frazzled pangolin shrieked and tumbled backwards with a startled growl.

"G-G-GETOUTOFTHERE!!!" *ROCK SMASH*

[The Huggernaut]

Crash's brain took a LITTLE longer than Julie's to catch up with what was happening... as it had stopped on the fact he was nestled in a rather soft location.

Then he got hit by something that was anything BUT soft, the rock whacking his head back against the couch, and sending it sliding a little across the floor. HE then tumbled to the sound, groaning something that sounded like a mumbled, repeated apology.

This is a pretty good day except for the possible concussion.

... maybe.[/i]