Futuristic The Titan

[Iamkingdomhearts1000]

Suddenly, Grey cuts the wire, he says to Ezro:

"Hmph, what do you think? and that makes it 30-30, speaking of which, i wasn't drunk that one time, at any rate, i can still see it in your eyes, your pride...the loss of your brother, all of it! are you simply going to forget how those people walked all over you and made us enemies of the entire Xevious System!? huh!? fool! remember your pride! remember your multiple losses! a Captain who claims he has no pride and cannot admit loss, even just once in his life has no right to lead or even stand in front of his crew, let alone being a Space Pirate! remember...your brother, Kaizo, my best friend in life, we both lost someone we called precious to us once but we were able to fill those gaps by finding love on this wild ride called adventure, for me i found Arla and my crew, i found the God and you? what did YOU find? either way, just remember one thing...our origins, as Space Pirates...must never be forgotten, never forget your pride, never forget your honor, without both pride and honor...you and your crew are destined to fall one day, either at the hands of a common thug or at those ITF scumbags...Lockes would agree with me on this, at any rate, that's enough advice for now, i've also got news to tell you, in a month's time, the Royal Space Pirate Summit is being held and the Space Pirate King himself will be attending, the topic of the Summit will be the ITF, i'm sure you won't refuse attending now, will you?"

said Grey, as he tried to offer some insight for Ezro to ponder on...​

 

[Siren77]

Ezros eyes gleamed with rage, his thoughts can reeling back to his brother and what had happened that day. “I’ve never forgotten what happened, how I was exiled for my own failures. I’ve never forgotten the one person who I used to care about in this life, and how he was torn away from me. But I’ve not forgotten my pride either. You don’t understand Grey, if we stoop to the level of revenge we’re no better than the ITF and the thugs that serve them. I wasn’t able to learn that until I found the people who brought meaning back to my life, and I’ve found someone who seemingly understands me and has helped me heal through all of it. So I will not allow myself to be degraded to that state.” Stooping down, Ezro retrieves his saber and held it tightly in his hands as he stared Grey dead in the eyes. “I will join this fight, but not for the reason of seeking out revenge. Im doing it to protect those same people who saved me from a festering state of madness.” The Space Pirate King, what a joke. A man who claimed to be the leader of all the pirates throughout the systems, which in turn defeated the whole point of becoming a pirate to avoid rules and authority. Ezro never held the man in high regard, but he had to admit he knew how to get people together. Rarely had he attended the system wide meeting with his crew but this would be an important one to attend. “Understood, I’ll be there. As for the casino on Malalikia, myself and my crew will take care of it. Once we’ve had our time to rest that is.”

 

[Iamkingdomhearts1000]

"...Heh, that's the spirit, as for revenge, who says i was talking about revenge? i just came here to remind you to not let people stomp all over you, as i am one year older then you and since Kaizo is gone, its my job to remind you in his place that you should fight for your pride, for those that you claim to care about, prove it, prove it by putting your life on the line for them, mere words alone won't do the trick, i learned that the hard way when Arla joined, boy was that a day to remember-YEOUCH! HEY! WHAT THE HELL YOU DO THAT FOR WOMAN!?"

shouted out Grey, as he was bonked on the head by Arla, of whom comically retorts:

"..."Ahem!"...You were speaking out of line dear, honestly, how you ever going to lead the crew like that? your so clueless, you just came because you were worried about Kaizo's little brother, weren't you? i know you won't admit it but that's the truth."

"!? S-SHUT IT WOMAN! GEEZ! ..."Ahem!"...at any rate, brat, make sure your eating right and keep both yourself and your crew in tip-top condition, since Lockes and Zaera are there, i don't have to worry, as much, its those other two that i'm more concerned about...oy vey."

said Grey, comically showing a sweat-drop wondering about both Liana and Isek.

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[Siren77]

Ezro got a grim look on his face before grabbing Grey by the collar. “I can handle myself and my crew just fine. You keep to yourself and the people on your ship. You may have known my brother but I’ll be damned if I have you acting in his place. I don’t care if you made some sort of deal with him before he died, Kaizo taught me well enough what to fight for. The only thing I regret is not fighting for him.” With that said, Ezro walked away from Grey and grabbed his coat and rifle before making his way off the ship. All the while he felt eyes on him.

Soon enough Ezro returned to his ship looking unscathed for the most part besides his slashed up hand. Walking past his crew, Ezro only muttered to Lockes. “Get us out of here and set our course for Malalikia.” Before heading down on the lift to his room where he set his things aside and sat rather emotionless on the edge of his bed. Thoughts of the past and the hell he’d endured up to this point ran through his mind, and he couldn’t shake it off. So the young captain sat there, festering in his rage and sorrow.
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[Iamkingdomhearts1000]

"Y-Yeah Captain, thought you never ask..."

said Lockes, seeing the look on Ezro's face, as Grey smirked on his own ship with Arla speaking to him, saying:

"..."Sigh"...Was that really wise? riling him up like that?"

"...It was necessary, he's just like his brother, all pig headed and stubborn, i wanted the younger Strider to remember who were the ones that took away that bond of his that he shared with his elder brother, now don't get me wrong, i don't want the kid to seek revenge or anything, if anything at all, I will be the one that will collect his Bounty, not any other of those hotshot Space Pirates that will be attending the Space Pirate Summit, odds are we will see some of the most vile Space Pirates that there are gathering there, Ezro needs to learn that for all his expanses throughout the Xevious System, there's still so much more to discover on the "adventure of a life-time", anyways, realizing that i'm digressing, i don't want the kid to seek revenge, i just want him to see deep inside of himself how much hatred is dwelling there, even if he claims that he won't fight for revenge, that doesn't mean that when he confronts that bastard of the ITF will things go smoothly, to me, he's still just a kid and because of that, i know that his emotions will become hot-tempered and violent, this isn't something he will be able to solve in just over a month's time, if i am thinking what the Space Pirate King is planning to do turns out to be correct...we'll need Strider, however, we don't need the Strider, as he is now full of hate, that will lead to him making poor judgments and who knows? maybe that hatred will affect his entire crew along the way..."

said Grey, as he looked out the window, to see the Titan disembarking from Megelidova at last.​

 

[animegirl20]

Liana slowly woke up, she yawned and stretched out her arms and then opened her eyes and looked around. She noticed she was on deck and that everyone was there except Ezro. She then took notice she was being carried by Zaera. Liana looked up at Zaera and tilted her head. "Um why are you carrying me?" Liana didn't seem to really remember what happened to her. She jumped out of Zaera's arms and landed on her feet on the floor. She then stretched and yawn again. "Anyone want to tell me why I was sleeping?"
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[Siren77]

Staring down at his bleeding hand, Ezro squeezed it over and over again he came to the verdict that no muscles in his hand were damaged. Upon cleaning out the wood and wrapping it up as best as he could, the young captain decided it would be a good idea to relieve the anger building up inside him as not to take it out on anyone else. Ezro put away his formal uniform before dressing in a pair of fighter shorts and a loose t-shirt.

Sneaking his way into the lift, Ezro took it back down to the gym and made his way over to the combat area. There was an array of training dummies to work with, several different types of punching bags, and a state of the art projection unit arena that allowed for many different type of combat such as MMA, the three styles of wrestling, Muay Thai, weapons training, and plenty of others. Deciding to start of simple, Ezro hooked up the largest punching bag on a mat before bouncing around it and finding his tempo before striking into the bag with an array of combos and strikes.

 

[Gravitational Force]

"You had too much sugar." Isek tells Liana. "You shouldn't have eaten so many sweets. I don't know what I bother tailoring your meals to the individual if you're going to do this kind of thing."

He calls Ezro on his data pad.
"So what happened? Are we fighting or what?"

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[Siren77]

( Gravitational Force Ezro never stayed on deck, he’s down below the ship)

 

[Gravitational Force]

( Siren77 fixed)

 

[animegirl20]

(ya'll i notice this happens a lot please read carefully through these posts so many times i have gotten confused)

 

[Siren77]

Ezro heard his data pod buzz shortly into his workout, and quickly looked at the message before shaking his head and setting it aside leaving only a “No.” in reply. Deciding it was too quiet in the gym, Ezro plugged his pod into a speaker near the training area and start playing some of his favorite music. Right off the bat Enter Sandman by Metallica started playing and Ezro returned to the punching bag where he got back to work. Changing up his stance he began drilling over his fighting styles as opposed to just beating the hell out of the bag.
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[Gravitational Force]

"Back to non combat mode." Isek instructs Marin8 and the porter robots.

Marin8 contents itself by perforating a passing Frubberling before going back to the kitchen.

Isek catches up to Zaera. "Are you doing anything at the moment or can we hang out?"

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[rattyray]

Isek takes the words right out of her mouth, she nodded confirming that what he said was true. "You're alright now, right?" Zaera ask the girl, a bit concerned.

Her eyes traveled out the door where Ezro left. It was obvious that he was a bit frustrated, to say the least, with the events that just went down. She made a mental note to go after him and just as she was about to Isek stopped her. Turning to him her head quirked to the side a bit. "Well I was going to go check on Ezro, he seemed to be fuming after all of that," she said, heavy infliction on the word that. "Afterwards, though, we can. You can even accompany me if you'd like?" she suggested.

[ animegirl20 Gravitational Force ]​

 

[Siren77]

Eventually, Ezro got bored. He needed something more physical and real to fight. Looking back toward the hologram training arena, he instinctively headed over there leaving everything else behind him. Stepping onto the arena mat automatically activated the program and he had to enter the identification code before deciding what to do. Looking over the different presets he had made for himself, he eventually settled on a Muay Thai match. Once he chose his fight he stepped over into the center ring where the program took shape of a lifelike representation of the Street Fighter character Sagat. Once Ezro took his stance the fight began and the two slowly began circling the arena. A swift kick came at Ezro to which he blocked it with his forearms before returning the favor, landing a quick succession of strikes at the hologram. This went on for quite some time, the process of blocking and counter striking, until finally Ezro broke through the holograms guard and landed and elbow to it’s chest followed by an uppercut. A loud “Knockout!” came from the program as the hologram landed to the ground before disappearing. And yet, the young captain still couldn’t collect himself. A pit in his stomach full of rage still remained, and at this point he hadn’t no idea what to do. “Looks like I’ll be drinking myself to sleep again tonight.”

 

[Gravitational Force]

"Hold on" Isek says as he types into his datapad. "Sure I'll come with you."
They head down to the training arena. Ezro is clearly dealing with some issues.

A porter robot zooms over to Zaera and Isek holding a bottle. Isek offers it to Ezro.
"It's nothing fancy, but it'll get you drunk enough to forget your problems if you want it."

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[Siren77]

Ezro turned upon hearing Zaera and Isek enter the gym, and let out a sigh knowing full well what was coming to him. Of course he wasn’t expecting the pleasant surprise of a drink and happily accepted before chuckling. “When have you known me to prefer the fancy stuff?” The captain said before popping the lid and chugging down the entire bottle like it was nothing. On end finished he tossed it back on the porter pot before it was wheeled away. “Unfortunately there’s no way in hell im ever forgetting any of this. Thanks for the drink though.” With that said the captain turned and walked back over to the punching bag, messing around with it for a moment before getting back to hitting it.
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[rattyray]

As they entered the gym Zaera couldn't help but to crinkle her nose in slight distaste as she saw Ezro going at a punching bag furiously. She's seen him like this before, so it really wasn't much of a surprise, but regardless she couldn't find the relief in that. For her that would only work up her nerves even more, but alas Ezro was not her.

Zaera, standing by Isek, wondered out loud, "I'm guessing tonight's going to be one of those nights where you impair yourself with alcohol?" Her eyes watched as the porter bot rushed away with an empty bottle at hand. Her words were light and she was hoping to ease some of tension that Ezro obviously held. She clasped her hand on Isek's shoulder, shooting a smirk his way. "And Isek will continue to supply you. Am I right or am I right?"

[ Siren77 Gravitational Force ]​

 

[Gravitational Force]

A swarm of porter bots carrying more booze show up. Isek shrugs.
"You're right. At this point I'm hoping the hangover will distract him until we reach our destination."

Isek can't wait to see the look on Lockes face when he finds out how much of his stash the Captain drank.

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[Siren77]

Ezro about snatched up another bottle when he stopped himself. Standing here mid stretch he slowly pulled himself back and shook his head. “No, no I’m done trying to forget about it and run away from the problem. It’s done me no good this far and it’s time I get ahold of myself. Self restraint will do me some good.” Sending the porter bots away, Ezro grabbed a towel and dried himself off before looking up at Zaera. “Sorry, I wasn’t trying to ignore you all when I came back. I just didn’t want to take anything out on you guys.” Running his left hand over the bandages on his right he waved the injured hand at her with a sheepish smile. “I could use a little fix up too.”
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[rattyray]

Her eyebrows raised in surprise. "I wasn't expecting that," she murmured to herself. "I'm glad you're taking a newer, healthier approach to this then, and, hey, don't worry about it. It was obvious you were fuming, it was best that you avoided for a bit anyway," she said, the smirk on her face growing into a smile.

"Can't you go one day needing to be bandaged up?" She tsked sarcastically with a shake of her head.

Her eyes traveled over to the swarm of porter bots, she swiped a bottle from one of them and twisted it open, taking a swig of it. "I never did get to finish my drink from our dinner," she muttered with a shrug. Of course Zaera knew her limits, one bottle wouldn't be enough to get her drunk.

"But seriously," she paused her expression softening a bit, "are you going to be alright? With the mentioning of your brother and all," she trailed off.

[ Siren77 Gravitational Force ]​

 

[Iamkingdomhearts1000]

"Hmm..."

Lockes was pondering to himself, as he traversed the Titan through a charter of the Xevious System full of flying Space Whales and Mantas, heading straight for Malalikia, the pleasure planet.​

 

[Siren77]

“Well it’s time I stopped running from my problems and face them head on.” The young captain shrugged his shoulders. “Still though, to address my crew so coldly isn’t right and I’m still very sorry for it.”

Laughing, Ezro rolled his eyes with a grin. “You’re kinda jumping too many steps here. I do believe what you should ask of me first is to go one day without having multiple incidents. Asking for none just wouldn’t be fair. Besides,” The captain gave a mock pose. “How can I be the rugged and handsome captain Strider without some bruises and scars?”

“My bad.” Ezro said, addressing Zaera about her drink. “I’ll be sure to let you finish the next time you and I are out and about.”

Smiling, albeit sadly, Ezro gave a small shrug. “I’ll be alright, I might need one of our good old therapy lessons again if that’s alright with you.” His face grew solemn, “It’s been a pretty shitty day, but at the same time” then it brightened slightly as he looked at Zaera, “it’s been a fuckin great day too.”
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[Iamkingdomhearts1000]

“Well it’s time I stopped running from my problems and face them head on.” The young captain shrugged his shoulders. “Still though, to address my crew so coldly isn’t right and I’m still very sorry for it.”

Laughing, Ezro rolled his eyes with a grin. “You’re kinda jumping too many steps here. I do believe what you should ask of me first is to go one day without having multiple incidents. Asking for none just wouldn’t be fair. Besides,” The captain gave a mock pose. “How can I be the rugged and handsome captain Jaeger without some bruises and scars?”

“My bad.” Ezro said, addressing Zaera about her drink. “I’ll be sure to let you finish the next time you and I are out and about.”

Smiling, albeit sadly, Ezro gave a small shrug. “I’ll be alright, I might need one of our good old therapy lessons again if that’s alright with you.” His face grew solemn, “It’s been a pretty shitty day, but at the same time” then it brightened slightly as he looked at Zaera, “it’s been a fuckin great day too.”
rattyray

(You said Jaeger, not Strider.).

 

[Siren77]

(Oh fucking hell, my bad)