Exploring the Planet

[plutoixcrew]

DATE: LATE Day 3, early Day 4
CHARACTER(S): Councilmembers: plutoixcrew (via commlink), fuckedyourfruit, vespaed, southernreaper, justiceinamask and hisoka_the_doll
STATUS: CLOSED, incomplete
SUMMARY: The scouting team heads out into the new world to assess its threat level.
LOCATION: Planetside

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[vespaed]

And Haruko had thought it really sucked when they were cooped up on the ship and she couldn't ride her vespa out in space or right out of that place. Hey, she had things to accomplish that had been put on hold indefinitely! It's not like space traffic was following any kind of flow, and everything was just broken.

But it was a million times worse in those pods. What was she supposed to do anyway!? Ride her vespa around on the bed? Yeah right. That'd be enough to get Kate to slash some tires and last she checked, there weren't spare tires hidden in the pods either.

So this exploration business was a welcome change from being cooped up in the pods, which if Medical Mechanica were here, they'd be wise to think the pods can actually iron brains instead of giant irons.

Haruko was all set and ready to go here! As long as this planet wasn't inhabited by ukelele players. Then that would call for drastic measures, like hiding between Flay and screaming at the top of her lungs about surprise buttsex.

And this exploration deal just got better with Fruit Fucker showing up! Would definitely make things interesting, which is exactly what she needed. Haruko grinned to herself as she watched him climb up Flay's shoulder and make himself comfortable. "Hey, you guys made up! How sweet." OKay, she did look a little surprised when Flay sounded so sinister. That was new, and she looked at him, mildly impressed. "So, does that cape make you do good or evil?" Haruko smirked at Flay and grabbed the end of his cape as if to inspect it. These things were important at a time like this!

[southernreaper]

Kevin rolled his shoulders. He didn't have a weapon. At least not an overt one. He simply had his skin. Guaranteed the stuff here, wherever here was, had to be organic. He planned on pulling off a glove the minute he thought he could.

He watched the others, looking for all the world like he was bored. He was very disturbed by the fucker, but he'd spent too long around Selene to let that show on his face.

"Y'all ready?" He asked, straightening up. "Let's see what this place has got." Kevin needed some fresh air and a chance to stretch without almost hitting someone else.

[hisoka_the_doll]

Having been a little late to sign up for the team, Hisoka hurried over to the open bay with one of the police handguns in hand. Upon seeing the other team members preparing to exit, he shook his head and gave a small sigh. Well... this was going to be an adventure.

He headed over to the small group, making his way to stand beside Flay -but not too close to the Fruit Fucker,- and a good distance from Haruko. It certainly was nice to feel that breeze, and he took in a nice deep breath as he glanced around, taking in the scenery.

"Alright. Are we ready to move out?"

Alright, that's everyone! Posting order is Henry>FF2k>Flay>Haruko>Kevin>Hisoka>Adelè~

[plutoixcrew]

Adelè had rolled her eyes at Henry's comment about the shrub - but then, they really didn't know what was here.

"Everyone is out and ready. Communication is good on both ends. Keep close and report whenever you find anything suspicious." ... What? She learned a few things from Luke, don't look at her that way.

Henry's sudden seriousness was almost enough to make her doubletake. Of all the people to be serious... had he hurt his head or something? "... You're right, there is something odd. I haven't been able to put my finger on it, though." she replied, glancing over to ensure the broadcast button wasn't pressed. This was nothing that the 'citizens' needed to know, not yet. "Nüying is unfortunately hard to pry information out of. Since the doctor's... intervention, as you well know, she's been a little hard to decipher. Everything is a conspiracy and all that. But... she has seemed particularly wary around Gio, more than normal - well, what is now normal, of course." she confirmed. "It's hard to tell how much is just the stress from the ship's explosion, though... Caterina and I have been unable, as yet, to completely calm her from that."

Adelè totally just said Henry>EVERYONE.

[plutoixcrew]

"Ooh! Say 'suspicious' again! That sounds smashing in your accent!" Henry broadcasted for everyone to hear. "And yes, you guys can all carry on with your spelunking. Although not literally as we don't think there are any caves around or at least - " Henry scanned the radar - "None that I can see. Just be careful because if you die, then you won't be able to eat some of my famous mashed potatoes. I mean that."

And of course - public communicator off - Henry wasn't about to let everyone in on this! He really could be discrete when he was being careful, and lately, he had done a lot of this 'being careful' thing.

"Exactly! So I'm not going insane. You do realize that I'm very grateful for that," Henry breathed an audible sigh of relief as he regarded Adelè thoughtfully. "She was always at ease with him, wasn't she? As at ease as she was capable of, at least. He has been behaving oddly with me as well, and I mean in private. Not the standard uncomfortableness at my blatancy on the communicators! You know, I think we should investigate this further. I think I can trust you not to say anything, right? For fear of my eternal torment - more than you can imagine!"

He is the Chosen One, after all.

[fuckedyourfruit]

There was a long moment where the Fucker had been merely combing its tiny little claws through Flay's hair, listening to the chatter. It leered distractedly at the assembled team before they were given the all clear.

"ONWARDS," the little machine suddenly bellowed, one claw pointing forward as it gestured, "to the fucking!"

It took a grip on the man's cape, shaking it lightly as if directing a mount to head forth at a canter.

Clearly, that's what she meant. :|||

[justiceinamask]

Having the Fucker combing his hair was a little creepy, sure, but Flay wasn't about to let that be obvious. Instead, he just gave a little nod as they got the go-ahead, rolling his shoulder to put his blade in a more ready position.

".... Right. Onwards." he agreed, and did start walking - though he ignored the shaking. His cape was an important part of his costume, but as long as FF2k wasn't hurting it, oh well.

In a few short strides, the redhead reached the treeline (standing under a tree that carried what looked not unlike blue bananas, incidentally,) eyes scanning past them. No sign of any predators so far, but... well, perhaps they were scared off by the noise of the landing - or maybe they were just on their way. Certainly, there was a lot of rustling of leaves deeper in the thick wood, but it quickly went from being difficult to see to being impossible to see. They would have to venture in to find anything.

And venture in Flay would, at the very least, stepping over a few shorter flowers and plants to head into the trees, barely even waiting for his team before walking on.

[vespaed]

"TO THE FUCKING!" Haruko echoed emphatically, as if she really had an option to do that. Not like the Harucock popped up again, literally or figuratively! But it seemed the most noble cause for this excursion.

Everything would be that much easier if she could ride her vespa through all of this brush. If she put it in Kill Mode? MAYBE it would do the trick. But again, leaving the vespa behind and not knowing if she could even activate Kill Mode (or if Kill Mode existed in the first place)?

Haruko was out of options and out of things to ride.

Unless..

Unless she took a cue from the Fruit Fucker!

Which was probably the noblest thought she had in a very, very long time!

"ONWARD!" Haruko shouted while taking a running leap, and hitching a ride on Flay. Like they always said - save a vespa, ride an alchemist!

[southernreaper]

Kevin flinched when one of the others echoed the call of the little robot. He took off his gloves and shoved his hands into his pockets. Maybe he should just volunteer to go off on his own.

When the girl took a running leap at the cape-wearing guy, Kevin moved. The last thing he wanted, if she missed, was to have her bump into him accidentally.

That'd be just what he needed. Have them find out about his power that way.

Kevin settled for fanning out to the side and stepping into the treeline. His hand emerged from his pockets and brushed against a plant. He felt the thrill course up his arm and the hair on his arm stand up.

Organic alright. His hand went back into his pocket. "Jus' what we lookin' fer?" So help him, if they said 'fruit to fuck' he was going back in the pod and hiding behind Josh.

[hisoka_the_doll]

Hisoka sighed when Haruko echoed the Fruit Fucker's battle cries. As long as she wasn't popping up in his shower or shoving curry in his face, he could really care less. So when she ran over and leaped at Flay, Hisoka merely kept an eye on her without flinching. As long as she wasn't headed for him...

He closed his eyes as a breeze sifted through his hair, taking his own first few steps onto the planet. As the others stepped into the treeline, Hisoka's green eyes were wide and alert, looking around. There was definitely life on this planet. He supposed he should mention that... especially since he couldn't quite distinguish exactly what it was.

"Everybody stay alert. There's definitely life on this planet." It was all the information he could give. He gently reached out to let his hand touch the trees and bushes, trying to pick up on any residual energy.

"I wouldn't recommend touching anything the Fruit Fucker hasn't tested to make sure it's not poisonous or anything." It wouldn't matter to him, of course... being dead and all.

[plutoixcrew]

Ignoring the comment about her accent (which was a faint one, actually, considering,) Adelè watched in mild amazement as Haruko and the juicer both piled onto Flay, but shook her head. So far, so good, and all... Of course, she was sure this group was competent enough to handle whatever came their way. Or at least they were fast enough to run the hell away.

"... Famous mashed potatoes?" she asked, mildly amused, once the communicators were off. Okay, so maybe Henry wasn't so bad when he wasn't acting insane. "No, I don't think you're going insane. There's definitely something going on." she agreed, arms crossing slightly. "More or less. I... oddly how? And there is no sense in saying anything right now - if I were to do so, it would defeat the purpose of investigating our suspicions, don't you think?" she added. Then, a number of spots that had appeared on the monitoring feeds distracted her for a moment, and she flipped the switch on the communicators.

"There appears to be a lot of movement from your left, headed toward the group." she mentioned.

[plutoixmonsters]

It would take a moment longer for the source of the blips to appear - first, a faint rustling, growing ever louder and more frantic, until whatever it was was in a full-speed run toward the party. Heavy breaths and heavier footsteps soon emerged, as well, the sort of whuff noise that many stalking predators made.

The longer it went on, the more tense the air would start to feel, until they appeared, almost out of nowhere. They were what could definitely be described as dinosaurs, large and scaled with razor-sharp teeth and claws.

Those up to date on their history would find them similar to Velociraptors, from the size and shape of their feet to the slight hissing sound they made as they approached, with terrifying speed... and leapt forward, claws bared and with a screeching roar, to slash into what they no doubt expected to be their next meal.

[plutoixcrew]

So far so good, right!?

Well, depends on one's definition of 'good.' If 'good' were to include the presence of dinosaurs that will, if hungry, consume a human being!?

THEN WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE WAS VERY GOOD INDEED!

But most sane individuals probably would not consider this to be very good at all. .. but no one said the exploration team was particularly sane in the first place, so it was a mystery as to how they'd react to this sudden development. But, they did seem competent enough to deal with it. Or insane enough to deal with it.

Either way, if the worst were to happen, surely there were missiles to fire!

Oh there it goes. THe worst.

Henry made a face.

"Missiles! We have them, right?" he said as he frantically scourted the control panel. He was a pilot, not a gunner, thankyouverymuch. And not the sort of pilots that routinely attack things.

MISSILES!

Henry turned back to Adelè. Don't look at him like that! He does know his priorities! And missiles! ..if he could find them.. "Different as in distant. As if he's keeping something from me. Which makes absolutely no sense - if the man routinely takes his pants off around me, there shouldn't be anything to conceal."

[fuckedyourfruit]

What came rushing out of the brush was not what the Fucker expected. No, this was no herd of ambulatory fruits rushing excitedly to their inevitable juicing,

In a move that should have startled no one, and yet still managed to surprise the Fucker's woe-betide narrator, it launched from its perch on Flay's shoulder with a ululating beep of a warcry. These were not his delicious succulent fruits, and so they would pay the terrible price.

It managed to land on one of the larger dinosaurs, little claws digging into its scaly head as it held on for dear juicy life.

It was then that the humping began.

[justiceinamask]

He had seen the first dinosaur, arms flailing upwards to lacerate, or perhaps just tear the juicer from itself, only to find that it had no chance. There was no incentive to watch it (save, perhaps, morbid fascination on Flay's part,) and even if there had been, the alchemist found himself and the group suddenly beset upon by several more monsters, each seeming more than happy to tear the more fleshy group to bits.

"Hisoka, give the council an update and get back! Haruko, I'm going to need some space!" he called; a downright authoritative warning cry from a man who, so far, had shown himself as nothing but a moron. It would almost be as though some weird(ly awesome) theme song started playing in the background, but that was probably just someone's imagination, right? As soon as she moved, whether to set herself against another dinosaur or just to get out of his way, his gearsword was in motion - in more ways than one.

It wasn't called a gearsword for nothing, after all. As he leaned himself back and readied his sword, still a good ways away from the enemy, there was a faint, but definitely distinct whir click clunk. The blade split in half, with a track running down the center of it, and the axelike head of it twisted up into something of a hook. Well, that certainly helped to explain why it was designed so oddly.

Obviously, something was supposed to come shooting down that track.. but what? It would be readily apparent in mere seconds, but where in the Hell those three gigantic throwing stars came from was not so much. Even so, as soon as they materialized, spinning furiously before he swung thrice, in rapid succession.

With "Burn this in your eyes! This is three stars!" as a warcry, the stars impacted the first dinosaur, cutting deeply into its scaly flesh before careening off into the sky. But they weren't gone for good. Oh no, those blades would be back in a few minutes, to cut through the nearest enemy in what was decidedly no less than an arc of devastation. That first attack was enough to slow them down considerably, as the first raptor stumbled from the sudden pain, getting in the way of the march of the two nearest it. Behind them, they would just leap over their fallen 'comrades,' continuing to blaze their path toward the group.