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Jijeka-Te · 01-16-2014, 11:17 PM

Ji and Anu followed slowly.

(Anu) "It's doubtful that he destroyed EVERY ship in this building. The building is large, and he's small."

**Chadin** · 01-17-2014, 11:42 PM

"Him, yes. But remember what happened when we fought Robotnik at the Launch Base Zone? How all those shuttles blew up from being parked too close to one another? Have a bad feeling there won't be much left up there if his crash landing was half as bad as it sounded from street level." I grumbled back in reply as I limped along.

Towards the tail-end of that sentence, I rounded a corner to find Shaz doing... is one of those spine things plugged into a wall? I was sorely tempted to ask what exactly he's doing, but I'm not sure my brain was ready to handle any more headaches today.

"Hey, you!" Oh well. I swear I'm more cat than deer sometimes. "Seriously, who are you? What are you? What in the sam hill are you doing? And while I'm at it, who's side are you on anyway?"

Shazbot · (This post was last modified: 01-19-2014 01:25 PM by Shazbot.)

Inside the computer, Shaz was oblivious to everything going on around him as he worked on a virtual iron lock.

At first he tried a few gatebreakers, followed by a worm or two, but nothing could break the lock. Fed up, he finally said Okay, plan B! He snapped his fingers, and a large medieval cannon appeared. Ready! Aim! Fire in the hole!!!

With a blast of red pixels, the cannon fired a cannonball straight into the keyhole on the lock, shattering into a million pieces. Immediately the system went active, giving Shaz full access to the door. His job completed, Shaz jacked out of the system, returning to his own head in the real world. As he arrived, the iron door slid slowly open.

"Ha! I'm a genius!" He glanced down at what was left of the monitor, which was now smoking profusely. "... I meant to do that."

Jijeka-Te · 01-19-2014, 10:46 PM

Ji and Anu blinked. They glanced at the monitor, then at the now-open door, then at Shaz again.

(Ji) "...We have no idea what you did, but we suppose we owe you our thanks for it."

**Chadin** · 01-20-2014, 03:11 PM

"How did... Were you... Are you..." Ah yes, it would appear my mouth and brain have decided to stop cooperating on me. Joy. This is what happens, I guess, when overwhelming curiosity is in direct conflict with your better judgement that says you're better off not knowing. Yes, I have enough things to worry about as it is. I definitely don't need to add to my pile of crazy.

"Did you just hack that door?! By... plugging into it?" If I weren't born a deer, I'd be a cat for sure. "You're not one of Robotnik's... um... pawns... are you? I mean, you'd have the proper clearances to open any doors you wanted if you were... right?"

NO!!!! THERE I GO AGAIN!! TRUSTING SOMEONE WHO LITERALLY JUST FELL OUT OF THE SKY!!! Besides, he looks half robotized, I can't trust him!! But what if he's someone like Bunnie who IS fighting Robotnik? GAH!!!

"You know what? Forget it, I have people out there who need escape ships. So if you'll excuse me, I have to see if I can find some ships you HAVEN'T already totaled." As I turned to leave, Shaz might happen to catch a glint of reflected light from the fluorescent lighting off a small metal disk attached to the base of my neck.

Shazbot · 01-21-2014, 06:36 AM

Shazbot held up a hand to stop the buck's entry. "That looks nasty. What kind of amateur did that?"

He shook his head. "But that's not important. What's important is I need to get my emerald back, before someone's ancestor picks it up and phases me out of the time-space-continuum.

He gestured back toward the crowd of civilians. You look like you're in a tight spot, and I still have no idea what's going on, so I'll tell you what; You help me get my emerald back, and I'll assist you in whatever it is you're doing here. No offense, but you look like you could use all the help you can get.

He held out his cybernetic right hand, offering to seal the deal.

**Chadin** · 01-21-2014, 04:38 PM

I reached back to cover up the plate in my neck out of reflex as Shaz pointed it out. I was just turning around to tell him to mind his own business when right out of the blue he goes and offers to help us in exchange for our help retrieve his emerald.

And he mentioned space-time continuum's. ACORN's I am getting so sick of those. Bad enough I've already run into a younger version of Robotnik's grandfather and an ancient pharaoh, now I have to deal with some future-time displaced cyborg. Should I mention the dimensional merge to him? It would be nice to see someone else go through the same headaches I've had to put up with lately. Would I see smoke start to rise out of his cybernetic parts when I blew his mind?

No. No, there's a time and place for everything. Rendering this guy a 80 pound slab of meat and scrap metal won't do anyone any good.

And he's holding out his hand...

OH! Right, I should probably say something.

"How do I know I can trust you? For all I know, you're one of Robotnik's cronies. And what kind of emerald are we talking about here?" I asked sceptically.

Jijeka-Te · 01-23-2014, 11:15 PM

Ji and Anu said nothing as she watched all this play out. Half of this was incomprehensible to them.

Shazbot · 01-25-2014, 09:08 AM

Shaz put down his hand and shrugged. Meh, I guess you can't trust me. I wouldn't either. If you really want to know about that emerald, you'll just have to wait and see. Now, if you'll excuse me...

With that short statement he moved to push his way past the buck into the hangar hallway.

**Chadin** · 01-27-2014, 02:41 PM

Great, no he's being cryptic. I hate that. "Ugh! Fine, I'll help. Much as I don't trust you, I can't deny I need some help right now too." I grumbled as I hobbled after him.

"But don't get any funny ideas, alright. I've had enough surprises for one day, thank you very much." I warned him as I drew up beside him, wagging a finger at him dangerously.