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Author Topic: ABS FIESTA REDUX  (Read 1711087 times)

"Yeah, are you okay? There's ice in that shot glass,"
Yukamo starts leaning against Tippy's shoulder.
: I'm telling you, man, those things are bigger than you think.

Meanwhile, Nagato goes to exchange her cash for Deltan money to use the arcade machine, and Xiaomei and Yamashiro discuss cars.
: I'm just saying, who wouldn't want to own a '52 Tauros Dictator?
: People who aren't fascist government officials, for one. Also, people who like steering that doesn't feel like it's less responsive than a comatose turtle.
: Well if you have one, you probably have someone to drive you anyway, so the steering isn't a problem for you, now, is it? You just sit in the back, put your feet up, and grin at the envious plebeians on the cramped city buses as you blow past them.
: What good is a car if you're not the one driving it? Might as well just have an autopiloted couch at that point.
: You say that as if an automated couch isn't the end goal of the entire automotive industry.
: Bah, people are always going to prefer driving themselves places over letting a machine do it. Self-driving cars are never going to catch on unless real cars are illegalized.
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Tippy welcomes the extra body heat and looks at Jaakko.

"So how wasted do you predict you're going to be tonight Major Kirves?"


"[Yeah, forget off. You came nowhere near center.]"
I retrieve the dart THEN go enjoy my meal.

Gus shoots Ralph a look of amusement. Ice? With whiskey?

As Gus goes back to staring at the bottle in his hand, a strange feeling floods over him. He looks around the table, first towards Ilona besides him, drinking quietly but smiling as she looks on at her squadmates. Then towards Yui and Nagato, whose darts lazily slipped through the air. His gaze moves to Raiden's flight lead, and Yamashiro, discussing the merits of cars he's never heard of without any particular hurry. Over to Yukamo and Tippy, the former of whom was flushing a very deep shade of crimson. To Jaakko, who was slowly forming a response as he sat his beer bottle down on the scuffed table. Finally to Geary, sitting beside him, his hand grasping a mug of some Deltan concoction with a look of total contentment.

Contentment. Gus realizes with a sudden shock of clarity that for the first time in years, he was utterly, completely content.

The bar around him slipped back into normality as the sounds and smells returned. With a quiet, shuddering sigh, Gus exhales all of the worries of the Sky Marshal, of nuclear war and the compounded stress built up over countless days and weeks. For a moment, he was truly and completely happy.
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"Enough to not feel like stuff, but not enough to feel loving handicapped or regret it tomorrow," he replies.

Jaakko studies his drink.

"Enough to not feel like stuff, but not enough to feel loving handicapped or regret it tomorrow," he replies.
: Pffsh, good luck, friend. You are walking a fine line, there.

She stands up and wobbles a bit, having to hold on to Tippy's chair for balance.
: I think I'm going to step outside for some fresh air. And for in case I have to throw up.

"[Yeah, forget off. You came nowhere near center.]"
I retrieve the dart THEN go enjoy my meal.
Nagato comes back to the table only to take her beer over to the arcade machine.

She stands up and wobbles a bit, having to hold on to Tippy's chair for balance.
: I think I'm going to step outside for some fresh air. And for in case I have to throw up.
Tippy stands up after Yukamo and to follow her outside to make sure nobody tries to steal her tiny Kintharian wallet. Anyone close enough could hear Tippy mutter under her breath.

"Heh, lightweight."

Tippy walks out the door backwards and points at everyone with both hands making pew pew noises before putting her helmet back on and slipping outside.
« Last Edit: February 18, 2016, 02:23:19 PM by Tayasaurus »

"There goes the only two guns we had," Jaakko remarks.

He continues picking at the pretzels, then considers sparking up conversation about the Fenrir again, only to remember that Yukamo is outside and slipping into a stupor.

I fall out of my trance.

"Yeah. Yeah. I'm good."

I blink a few times, and then down the drink.

Tippy stands up after Yukamo and to follow her outside to make sure nobody tries to steal her tiny Kintharian wallet. Anyone close enough could hear Tippy mutter under her breath.

"Heh, lightweight."

Tippy walks out the door backwards and points at everyone with both hands making pew pew noises before putting her helmet back on and slipping outside.
As you turn around, you see your leave buddy doubled over on the sidewalk, preparing for the human body's tried and true method of rejecting toxins.
: Yep. Yep. Eyes bigger than my liver. This is a problem. Not meaning to scare you, I think I'm dying.

"There goes the only two guns we had," Jaakko remarks.
Musashi leans forward to look down the table at you.
: Who said they had the only guns?


As you turn around, you see your leave buddy doubled over on the sidewalk, preparing for the human body's tried and true method of rejecting toxins.
: Yep. Yep. Eyes bigger than my liver. This is a problem. Not meaning to scare you, I think I'm dying.
Tippy takes her helmet off and carefully moves Yukamo more toward the grass and holds the back of her shirt.

"Ok, you're cleared for landing, please watch the boots."

Tippy takes her helmet off and carefully moves Yukamo more toward the grass and holds the back of her shirt.

"Ok, you're cleared for landing, please watch the boots."
She seems thoroughly disoriented by the sudden movement.
: Where am- that is NOT helping. Oh man, I can't go back on base like this, this is disgraceful. I can't go back, I gotta go to a hospital or something, get some magic Huit... detoxicat- no, detoxific-? ...Sober sauce.



Gus does exactly this.
: ...You didn't leave yours behind, did you, Gus?
« Last Edit: February 18, 2016, 08:30:34 PM by Qwepir »

on base like this, this is disgraceful. I can't go back, I gotta go to a hospital or something, get some magic Huit... detoxicat- no, detoxific-? ...Sober sauce.
"Yeah you're going to need a lot more time to get that out. We can probably requisition some more time and i'll get us somewhere to stay overnight. The others can take the other car."

"Yeah you're going to need a lot more time to get that out. We can probably requisition some more time and i'll get us somewhere to stay overnight. The others can take the other car."
She counts on her fingers.
: ...Lisa, Ilona, and Xiaomei made twelve... the trucks seat ten... yeah. That works.