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✿Oba✿
"Psh. Sounds more like a bunch of ankle-biters to me," Voss scoffed at Oba's statement about young Florans. His pride was still very much hurt, but he was pretending it wasn't. "All I'd have to do is take out a lighter an' light 'em up! An' then poof! Now the little plant babies are charcoal."
Um... Okay, Voss.
"... Uh, anyway... I don't give a shit 'bout Kieron, but... if I had to guess... Yeah, that coward would probably be in the city. I hope he gets mugged an' dies..."
"PAH!! Dumb Vosssss thing.. MANY floran learn how to handle flame thingsss at young age, thossse who fail already dead!! FLORAN know how to handle fire!!"
Oba crossed her arms, and stuck her little rooty tongue out at Voss. Indeed, at a young age florans would learn how to start fires to cook meats! Many young florans died via this method, but it did 'weed' out the weaklings..
Abbott anxiously huddled behind Zane, waiting for a reply. He was hoping that Voss hadn't seen him yet."'course you can, boyo. Let me do all the talkin'." Zane proceeds to advance towards Voss' group, sticking his arm up high in the air and waving. You can't miss a loud Irishman like him, come on now. "VOSS! ME OLD DRINKIN' BUDDY!"
At the same time, the Vault Hunter makes a conscious effort to hide Abbott behind him. Seems he really does care!
Of course, Oba being the observant soldier she was, she noticed the other figure hiding behind this Zane...
Exiting the wreckage, she looked back at the two. Seeing the grin on Voss’ face, she rolled her eyes and smiled a bit. And by ‘space coke’, she knew he meant eridium or at least, that was what he probably meant. “Oh don’t worry, they do. I’ve checked, but the other drugs they sell are pretty good too.” When the mood changed, Oba getting in his face and yelling at him, she facepalmed and then let out a small giggle when she heard him squeak.
Voss saying that he could take on Oba however, made her sigh and stare at him. “And five bucks says you lose in that fight.” They then reached the city and immediately, she felt that someone or something was following them and was watching them. Before she could address it, Oba then asked where they thought Kieron would be hiding. “Given that I heard that he was drinking and proceeded to insult some women, probably a bar or an alcohol shop.”
It was then that she heard a familiar voice and looked to see someone that made her eyes widen. “Zane?!” Noticing someone was behind Zane, she tried to peek behind him. When she saw who it was, she stayed quiet as she knew that Voss wasn’t the biggest fan of the person behind Zane. "How long were you in this city?!"
It seemed Skye also knew this Zane..
"Absolutely not!" The sea captain argued with Skye. "You know damn well how my slicin' an' dicin' skills are. I could use my sword as a weedwacker on Oba if I wanted to." To make sure that neither of them would call him cowardice for insisting he'd only fight Oba if he had a weapon, he added onto that statement as soon as it was uttered.
"An' like I said: I'd take both of yas on with my own bare fists and win! For sure... A-as long as I'm not the only one unarmed, of course... Heheh..."
Indeed.. in one of her excursions as a student for the terrene protectorate... the young floran had ended up meeting some unsavory humans.. who thought it would be funny to try and see how florans reacted to weed wackers.
That hadn't ended well for ANYONE. The humans had been severely injured in her self defense.. and Oba was banned from the town on that planet.
To play off the sudden feeling of anxiousness that was apparent on him, Voss snickered at Skye's theory on where Kieron might be.
"... That's not implausible... But I'd like to think that that loser is gettin' mauled by those raccoons we saw earlier... That'd be funny to see, that traitor..."
Voss abruptly jerked as a sudden loud voice boomed through the vicinity. A new voice, one that was oddly familiar to the sea captain... Voss whipped his head back Zane, before returning it back to its original position, except he dropped his head in exasperation. He feigned a look of glee as he continued to stare at the ground in front of him.
"... Heh... Ahoy, Zane... It's so good to see ya again! How are ya...?"
Of course, it was always nice to see a familiar, friendly face, but Voss' tired and confused expression was caused by just this. Why was he seeing so many old faces all of a sudden? Are they being collected together on purpose? Or is it all purely a coincidence? He's already been out-of-his-world a grand total of three times. Its hard to think its all by chance at this point.
Voss returned his gaze onto Zane once Skye noticed him as well. "... Oh yeah... Did ya just get here or... am I just late to the party like I'm always...?"
That just in, Voss caught a glimpse of an additional figure behind the Operative. Zane's body was obscuring them, so he couldn't properly identify who is was... But the way Zane seemed to purposely hide the unknown guest behind himself made the sea captain curious. Not suspicious, might I say. Voss has yet to truly understand who's really hiding themselves away from him.
"Oi! Ye've got a guest, Zane? Lemme guess... It's another friend from Pandora, huh? Why are we all bein' grouped together like this again? I swear, as much as I enjoy havin' seein' ya mateys, this doesn't feel right. I can hardly stop to breathe before I'm taken to 'nother fuckin' world."
Of course, Oba didn't really think Hylotls were dumb... but they certainly screamed loudly, whether fighting or fleeing..
"... YESSS who behind Zane... sssssusssspiicioussss... but alsssso want to meet..."
The plant lady glared at Abbott.. but not aggressively, more trying to get a better look...
In the meantime, Abbott attempted to work up the courage to reveal himself. He felt a shock of fear run through through his body once Voss acknowledged who was behind Zane... Hopefully, Abbott is just overexaggerating and Voss doesn't still hate him...Subject Four found his prey.
but what now, he could not just attack them in the open.
He needed to wait for a window of opportunity.
Seperation, resting or even curiosity...
With one of his human-like hands he pulled out a tile from the roof he lurked on, and tossed it into a ally near the group.
All he had to do at this point was lay in wait to see if they would take the bait
A tile.. right in the back of the alley way, a ways behind Zane and the other figure..
"... WHAT THAT-"
The floran whipped out the matter manipulator, and pointed it at the end of the alleyway, illuminating it.. and there she saw the single tile..
"... roof tile...?? Fall...? Isss the roof bad?? Why..."
She wanted to get closer.. but having such a strong nose.. she realized, something about this smelled.. similar.. familiar... not to mention she was so used to traps!! This... SMELLED like a trap!! Why would a single tile fall from a roof, and not the rest of the tiles?!
"Oh, he's an ol' friend alright. He's still shaken up from bein' a new arrival here, though. Might need some space before he's comfortable with showin' his face," Zane tells Voss casually. Seems the crazy Vault Hunter really does have some kinda heart deep down. Though, to be honest, Zane's always been one of the livelier Hunters... which definitely shines through when he notices Skye. If it hadn't been for Abbott, Zane would've come over and high-fived the Siren. His eyes twinkle as if he's just reunited with a daughter after decades.
"HAHAAAA! SKYE! How's me ol' Phaseswappin' girl been doin'?" Zane laughs. "Ah, I showed up in this shitehole about two weeks ago. And you, Skye, when the hell did you get here?"
That sounded like a complete and absolute order from some sort of ship captain- OH WAIT she technically WAS a spaceship captain!
"... and be.. quiet...."
The floran slowly inched forward, towards the fallen tile... before.. placing something. With the matter manipulator. Stone.. above her head.. JUST like how she filled up Four's trap in the ship... pieces of stone seemed to just.. form above her head, shielding her from any more falling objects.. as she slowly approached the tile to investigate it.
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☼Taffy☼
Gordon jumped at the sound of a explosion. Not a large one, might I add, but it sounded very, very close. Almost as if it came from the roofs. Gordon quickly made his way to the front door and exited the building, proceeding to stand on the balcony stairs to peer up at the roof. He rose his hand up to shield his eyes, the same of with held his crowbar.
Gordon stood in a mixture of awe and befuddlement as he peered at Taffy. The Novakid was standing on his roof, and it looked as if Taffy was just as confused as he was. Regardless, Gordon feared that this might've been an attack on him, now that he knows that the Combine are here. After spotting Taffy, Gordon retreated back within the doorway to his apartment, calculating a way to defend himself since all he had was his crowbar.
"... not too bad a city though..."
Taffy seemed to be too busy taking in the view to notice Gordon below.. it was very nice! Taffy had quite the appreciation for architecture like this, considering all Novakid settlements were so... barren.. and old looking..
From his lab coat, Amos produces two oversized blades, which morph into guns in the blink of an eye. "Doctor Freeman!" he shouts as he follows him up the balcony stairs. An attack on the city, perhaps? Or was it an attack on the two specifically? Were the ones who had invaded Brazil already here?
Amos points both of his guns at Taffy, glancing at Gordon for their next course of action. Unsurprisingly, Gordon goes back inside the apartment. Amos could easily tell why; if they were to fight, a simple crowbar would not suffice (to Amos, at least- the rest of us know that's a lie). The stick figure follows him once more. "Doctor Freeman," he calls to his new ally as he flips one of his guns over and presents it to the man in the HEV-suit. "Take one of my laser pistols. Its ammunition can burn through most surfaces on Earth with ease, and as you already know, can morph into a knife. Use the button on the side of the grip to switch between modes."
".... eh...?"
Somehow, the pink Novakid managed to notice the sound of talking below.. very odd.. he tilted his head downward, and just.. BARELY saw a figure leave a balcony below him... he didn't notice that they were armed however...
"HOWDY down t-...?? UH..."
The Novakid, not thinking twice... literally JUMPED down, onto the balcony below. HOW HE DID SO?? WHO KNOWS!! HE'S MADE OF FIRE, ARE YOU THAT SURPRISED!?
And THEN it dawned on him, after he had already landed, that this was.. technically.. breaking and entering...
"... dammit..."
The space cowboy put his face in his hand at such a gigantic mistake..
Taffy is the CEO of act now think later
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