ABS FIESTA REDUX

[CypherX]

Gus finishes his workout after some time. He heads to take a quick shower, and on his way out, bumps into the still very unhappy engineer, causing Gus to drop his water bottle. He mumbles an apology and picks up the bottle, flustered.

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[Tayasaurus]

"Did someone say blow?"

[Gojira]

Yui turns back around and relaxes in the chair, at this point only waiting to leave.

[Qwepir]

Gus finishes his workout after some time. He heads to take a quick shower, and on his way out, bumps into the still very unhappy engineer, causing Gus to drop his water bottle. He mumbles an apology and picks up the bottle, flustered.

: Hey, watch where you're f-

He looks over his shoulder to glare at you, as if expecting someone else, and seems genuinely surprised to see the pilot wings on your uniform.
: Whoops, sorry champ. I thought you were one of the bumbling chumps I have to work with. How goes the air war?

"Really now? Is everyone in Raiden going?"

: I know I'm not. Getting knifed in an alley isn't my idea of a good time.
: So bring a gun.
: Yes, I'm sure the sight of a dozen armed GTO personnel waltzing into someone's establishment won't cause a fuss at all.
: Wow, when did you become such a downer?

"Did someone say blow?"

: That would be me.

[Tayasaurus]

: So bring a gun.

*Cough* You can borrow one of mine if yah want *cough*

: That would be me.

tippy thinks back to the stash her robot found under her floor boards.

"Nevermind."

[Qwepir]

*Cough* You can borrow one of mine if yah want *cough*

: I'm good.

She pats her gun in its holster.
: Took a page out of your book when we got here, I don't go anywhere without it anymore.

[CypherX]

: Hey, watch where you're f-

He looks over his shoulder to glare at you, as if expecting someone else, and seems genuinely surprised to see the pilot wings on your uniform.
: Whoops, sorry champ. I thought you were one of the bumbling chumps I have to work with. How goes the air war?

Gus flashes a reassuring and now rare smile to the equally startled engineer. "Not a problem. I need to zone out less." The smile fades as Gus narrows his eyes and frowns for a split second, as if to reel in his thoughts for the sake of the stranger. "I suppose I can't complain. We've been hitting the Deltans hard and their resistance is wearing thin." He pauses for a moment before asking, "What's got you so bothered?"  "- if you don't mind me asking," Gus adds quickly.

[Qwepir]

Gus flashes a reassuring and now rare smile to the equally startled engineer. "Not a problem. I need to zone out less." The smile fades as Gus narrows his eyes and frowns for a split second, as if to reel in his thoughts for the sake of the stranger. "I suppose I can't complain. We've been hitting the Deltans hard and their resistance is wearing thin." He pauses for a moment before asking, "What's got you so bothered?"  "- if you don't mind me asking," Gus adds quickly.

: I've been given an impossible task and a substandard team to carry it out with. The big shots who sign my paycheck just dumped in my lap some captured Huit walker, gave us a list of specs, and told us to make it work. I tried explaining that there's no conceivable way we could turn an air-dropped light walker into something that can hunt Imperial tanks on their own city streets, but they basically said "figure it out". As it stands, we've got a pathetic, overburdened wretch sitting in there that damages itself when it walks and has about 30 minutes of operating time. "Vengeance", they want to call it. This heap of trash isn't going to avenge anything. At the most, it might make the tank crews distracted laughing when they blow it away so a foot-mobile AT team can hit them.

[CypherX]

"I've learned to never doubt the ass-backwardsness of the big wigs. Sounds like you're wedged between a rock and a hard place, friend." Gus extends his hand. "Gustav Thomsen. Nice to properly meet one of demigods that keeps our equipment in working order."

[Mr. Hurricane]

: I'm good.

She pats her gun in its holster.
: Took a page out of your book when we got here, I don't go anywhere without it anymore.

"She almost shot the dogs once,"

[Qwepir]

"I've learned to never doubt the ass-backwardsness of the big wigs. Sounds like you're wedged between a rock and a hard place, friend." Gus extends his hand. "Gustav Thomsen. Nice to properly meet one of demigods that keeps our equipment in working order."

He returns the handshake.
: Mikhail Pagodin. Good to meet you, too.

"She almost shot the dogs once,"

: Yeah... "once".

[Mr. Hurricane]

"I'll go commandeer a truck,"

[CypherX]

"Well, Mikhail, I don't want to hold you up any longer. By the sounds of it you have enough on your plate as it is."

[Qwepir]

Yamashiro returns with her commanding officer, who surprisingly is okay with the idea of going off-base.
: If Nagato is going, I'm going too. The more eyes we have on her, the less likely she is to start an international incident.
: Great, what a fun bunch.

those of you who are going into town press f so i know who you are

"Well, Mikhail, I don't want to hold you up any longer. By the sounds of it you have enough on your plate as it is."

He nods and exits the gym.

[CypherX]

Gus heads towards the ca[f]eteria, intending to get something to eat, but spots a good portion of Mjolnir and Raiden in the break room. Curious, he changes course and arrives as Nagato is finishing her sentence.