|
|
Post by Janxi on Mar 27, 2012 20:32:41 GMT -5
Janxi watched Tori rise. Implying a cat would ever hesitate was a bit of a slap. She knew Tori was still fired up from the fight. Baiting her now might be unwise. "I don't recon he was implyin we'd ever hesitate, juss sayin' they won't neither, right guys?" She stood behind her friend, not threatening, but just letting the smaller cat know she would be on her six.
Thankfully, the situation diffused and she watched Tori stashing her gear, doing the same with her own. Then, Takota returned. "Hey! That was quick! Welcome back." She gave him an affectionate nuzzle and inspected the movies. "Hmmm, this one I think is 'Independence Day!'" She couldn't read the title but recognized Will Smith in a Marine Corps flight suit.
At once she went to the media center and cued up the movie, grabbing some of Tori's catmilk juiceboxes, giving one to the little cat, one to Tacky and one for herself.
"I ain't seen this one bafore." She jumped onto the sofa, landing gracefully and curled up like a house-cat might.
|
|
|
|
Post by dakota on Mar 28, 2012 6:32:42 GMT -5
"Now don't get yourself all riled," Scope said as he nodded to Janxi while his hands were up defensively towards Tori. " Janxi caught what I meant. Hell, I ain't looking for a fight with you. Fighting with someone who's got your back the next day is stupid." He offered a handshake and then a smirk," Sorry Tori, this will have to do, I'm not one for chin rubbing or nuzzles, or whatever passes for an apology."
Det was busy stripping his bunk. He pulled the mattress from the frame, then took the frame over to the corner out of the way. He returned to the matress in the original spot and dropped dsit on it on the floor before reaching over to drag his foot locker close enough to use and began going through his stuff, though he was half watching the movie. " Don't think I've got that one." He held up a case of vid discs before dropping it in his locker.
Scope took to his bunk during movietime too, but was more focused on meticulously cleaning his weapons than the movie.
Shep snored, groaned and passed wind in his sleep, not necessarily in that order.
[Sam]
No one bothered Sam after Tim left and she finished her meal alone. As she was finishing up, something out the window caught her eye. Out one of the windows, Thomas and another soldier she didn't recognize were having a heated discussion.
|
|
Takota
Full Member
I'm not the person your mother warned you about. Her imagination isn't that good.
Posts: 108
|
Post by Takota on Mar 28, 2012 22:29:21 GMT -5
While everyone else is busy doing whatever it is they are doing Takota rolls up a bit of the para-cord into a ball leaving a long leash on it so that when he throws it the ball is easily retrievable. Putting that away for later use he decides the movie might be interesting even though the action in the beginning of it seems to be moving along rather slowly.
After grabbing his grooming kit and stripping off his shirt Takota wanders over to the couch to sit down and watch the movie Janxi put into the viewer. No better time to do some fur brushing than while wasting some off time watching a movie.
|
|
|
|
Post by Mierin on Mar 28, 2012 23:45:18 GMT -5
Sam arches an eyebrow as she sees the heated discussion but doesn't interfere given that she doesn't know what it is about. 'I wonder what that's about' Sam thinks to herself.
|
|
|
|
Post by dakota on Mar 29, 2012 13:32:21 GMT -5
[Sam]
The discussion ends with the stranger snapping Thomas a salute. that seemed to tick Norrin off even more. He stood and watched the other man leave, then did the unthinkable, and flipped him off behind his back. He turned towards the mess hall and froze, looking at Sam and realizing he'd been caught.
|
|
Tori
Player
Posts: 1,110
|
Post by Tori on Mar 29, 2012 15:34:41 GMT -5
Tori watched Tak remove his skivvy top and groom. She looked then to Janxi, her face a mask of envy. Her large partner had it good! What a handsome tom he was. It made her miss Edgar all the more.
Her attention reverted back to the two humans. "Sorry 'bout that. We're juss gittin' used to tha notion of humans havin' our backs. Sam an' Shep are awrite, but other than shagcats, they're tha only ones that ever had our backs." She took the hand and shook it with a tiny paw-hand, then lunged and gave Scope a nuzzle akin to the world's softest headbutt. Cats had their own ways, even when evolved.
She took a seat on the floor, as cats were comfortable where they chose to be comfortable and curled up. Thanks to the slow start of the film, she was soon asleep.
|
|
|
|
Post by Janxi on Mar 31, 2012 1:23:20 GMT -5
"Tear-ble lazy tab!" Janxi said of Tori. "Make me mend this shit by mah-self?" She grabbed Tori's armor and her own and began patching, mending and repainting. It was odd armor. More suited as a dive suit than armor, and no thicker than dogboy suits.
On the other hand, it had nothing to rattle, had an impressive optics array and you could fit it with swim fins. The environmental systems included a rebreather. No bubbles. And it was about as tough as a dogboy suit, or crusader armor.
The film only caught her interest when Will Smith came out. With every appearance, Janxi had to say, "That's a Marine fer ya." Or "Look at tha Marine bashin' an alien and takin' an EPW..." The rest of the time, she was "sewing."
Armorer [dice=100] 60 needed
Armorer [dice=100] 60 needed
As she welded, spackled and painted, she looked to Tacky. then she threw three nuzzles his way. [rand=4370086573659619559636786962130253755347488015845011812665278523]
|
|
|
|
Post by dakota on Mar 31, 2012 5:34:35 GMT -5
[Squad]
While the cats enjoyed their movie, Scope finished up cleaning his weapon, then did something odd. Takota caught a smirk before he grabbed his helmet and slipped it on, watching across the room.
Suddenly an outburst drowned out the movie. " Sweet mother mary f..." Shep exploded into a tirade of expletives. He was sitting up on the edge of his bunk. Seated on the floor next to where Shep's head had been sat Det, demonic faceplate down staring at Trassk. Neither Det nor Scope said a word, but the sniper was obviously laughing inside his helmet judging by the way he was practically vibrating.
|
|
Takota
Full Member
I'm not the person your mother warned you about. Her imagination isn't that good.
Posts: 108
|
Post by Takota on Mar 31, 2012 23:52:52 GMT -5
Seeing that Scope and Det obviously chose to ignore Janxi and Tori's request to let Shep sleep Takara decides that, humans or not, they need to learn that sometimes a request is more than just asking. Again if the circumstances were different he'd find the situation rather funny but with things the way they were ... well it was very inappropriate. Setting aside his grooming kit Takara gets up and stalks over to the sitting form of Det, grabbing a shoulder, back of the neck or whatever he can get a good grip on and toss/shove the hopefully unsuspecting borg against the wall. "Perhaps you didn't hear clearly earlier. They told you two to let Shep sleep. I guess you just had to prove you were too stupid to follow that one simple request though." He turns to face Scope. "And you are no better than that ... idiot. You should have tried to stop him or at least said something so someone else could have."
Grab/grapple Det [dice=20]
After saying his piece Takota heads back to the couch, ignoring anything Det or Scope might say, and sits down to once again begin his grooming. "Too bad the docs didn't replace the brain with all the other defective parts on metal-man back there." Takota says in a not-too-quiet voice to Janxi. Then as an afterthought, "I think I'd rather have a couple of the base dogboys watching our backs out in the field. THEY would at least be smart enough to listen."[rand=922183044254779865726793697103867460911772213876799702305579558]
|
|
|
|
Post by Janxi on Apr 1, 2012 2:29:43 GMT -5
Janxi had patched the armor, and nuzzled Takota. She was well fed, well provisioned, and well exhausted. She was about out cold. She leaned back, eyelids heavier, heaver and heavier still. A little light snore as only a lioness could deliver. Bass plus a little mew from a feminine kitty. Her chest rose and fell regularly.
Then, all of the sudden, "Sweet mother mary f..."
Janxi bolted upright, drew her NG-45L and had it squared directly on Det. "What tha fox! I thought you was rodents! But yews just a coupla rats. I said let the man sleep!"
Janxi hoped Takota would snap them both, but knew he shouldn't.
"Yew kin puttim' down, Tacky. Human cubs grow slower than felines." Her tom returned and she nuzzled. "We're dealin' wif cubs, it seems."
"Aye'd say yeah, but dogboys think they are at da middle of the totem pole wif shagcats at tha bottom. They juss tell us how to shine our boots. Best these two da-jene-rites than anover dawg..."
She cracked a beer and rose from the table, bringing it to Shep. "Yew awrite, XO?"
|
|
Tori
Player
Posts: 1,110
|
Post by Tori on Apr 2, 2012 9:39:03 GMT -5
Shep's screams startled Tori out of her slumber. She drew her sidearm, expecting an attack from rats or dinos.
"Fox's sake!" Her face had that rumpled and sleeping feline look. "This ain't rats, it's Mickey Mouse..."
She shot a narrow-eyed glance to Scope and Det, and gave a sympathetic look to Shep. "Need anything XO?" Her side-arm returned to its holster and she found a free sofa and crawled in, still watching the scene. Clearly, her first choice was napping.
|
|
|
|
Post by dakota on Apr 2, 2012 15:27:52 GMT -5
Shep was still cursing as Takota slammed the borg into the wall. The entire building shook. Det flung his facesheild up and looked at the three shagcats," Oh slag off, would you? He was sitting up when I moved beside the bed and..."
The profanity stopped and Shep looked at the borg? "Det? SonuvamotherlessLarmac!" He hopped to his feet and moved to embrace the borg.
" Hi honey, we're home." Scope grinned as he took off his helmet again.
" Damn boy, you got ugly!" Shep exclaimed, his swelling going down some in his cheek, enough the eye was open. " Put the helmet back on. Are you back with us? Does Sam know yet?" He looked at Tori and shook his head. " I think I'm good for now kiddo, unless you want to take a loo...," he grinned touching his ear, " Hey! no comm, hearings coming back already."
Scope shook his head," Haven't seen the LT yet, Or I guess we call her Cap now. We just got in long enough to meet and make enemies with the rest of the squadron." He motioned towards the cats on the couch. " Oh, here, I brought you something. Brought a couple tins of that nasty crap you liked to eat out west." He tossed Shep a can before throwing the rest on his bunk.
Shep caught it and looked at the label. " Boys, you just found the way to make amends with the girls at least. He walked over to the couch with the tin in hand. It looked like a chewing tobacco can, but there was no label. " This is tastebud torture in a can, you three should love it. He opened the top to reveal a spiral of seasoned meat, and spicy mesquite aroma filled the air. He tore off a small piece, about the size of a stick of gum, and popped it in his mouth," Not as hot as that sauce, but damned good. Help yourselves and thank the nice boy for bringing presents." He squatted down eye level with Tori so she could get a better look before offering up the can. " It holds it's flavor a long time if you don't chew it too much. Only thing rhino-buffulo is good for." He tucked his piece under his tongue, and grimaced as the spicyness hit him."
Scope shook his head. " Nasty crap."
Det, who had sulked off to his bunk, got up. " Back in a while. Need to go shopping."
Shep watched him leave, " Tak, you know better than to fight with a squadmate, even if you just met him" he scolded, though his tone was more paternal than anything
|
|
Takota
Full Member
I'm not the person your mother warned you about. Her imagination isn't that good.
Posts: 108
|
Post by Takota on Apr 2, 2012 16:48:19 GMT -5
Takota turns on the couch to face the humans about to retort to Shep's comment but then realizes that Shep is right. He should have seen all that was going on before acting but he did not. Instead impulsive behavior won out over rational thinking.
Getting up, looking much like a cat chastised for stealing a chicken bone off the kitchen table, Takota approaches Shep. "You are right. For whatever it will mean to him I will apologize when he gets back."
Takota then faces Scope. "I am sorry for my inappropriate behavior and comments. I have no excuse for my actions."
With that duty done the leopard heads back to the couch.
|
|
|
|
Post by Mierin on Apr 2, 2012 21:19:53 GMT -5
[Sam] The discussion ends with the stranger snapping Thomas a salute. that seemed to tick Norrin off even more. He stood and watched the other man leave, then did the unthinkable, and flipped him off behind his back. He turned towards the mess hall and froze, looking at Sam and realizing he'd been caught. Sam smirks and says, in a tone of voice that clearly shows that she is only kidding around and is not actually looking to get Norrin in trouble. "Oooh, you're gonna be in trouuuuuble!" Sam walks over to Norrin and asks, "What happened there? Or can you not talk about it?" |
|
|
|
Post by dakota on Apr 3, 2012 6:01:18 GMT -5
"Are you going to put me on report, Captain?" Thomas smiled, his foul mood fading. " Because in retrospect, I should have done it to his face. Why Rhys had to go and get himself bumped into officer training is beyond me, and I get stuck with the Tank. Maybe Trassk should have finished pummeling him earlier so I could put in for a replacement. We aren't even in the field yet and he's not listening to orders. We hop at 0700, and the guy is still swilling beer like there's no tomorrow. I'd bounce him if I didn't expect to wake up with a claymore under my pillow." He looked at Sam, shaking his head," Sorry, you don't need to hear this. I heard your team is going looking for that gun tomorrow?"
|
|
