Pods, Heat, and the Hawk's Eye [Open]

[handpuppeeet]

Ankh's first concern was gathering information about this place; the hawk candroid was already flying around where it would and he'd follow it to anything useful later. His next concern then, was returning to the pod caverns. It would be easier to do after all the new crew members had settled, and so he had to wait, no matter how pissed off it made

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[greeedycat]

For all the shit Ankh gave him, Cazali was still able to hold himself up pretty well, all things considered. Maybe in part because he had taken to observing his fellow Greeed just as much as the ship's denizens, but that was simple paranoia. He had to be sure Ankh wasn't going to ambush him, after all.

Sitting on a higher level of the walkway, Caz watched with mild confusion as Ankh pitched his usual temper tantrum, but the nature of what the hell he was looking for was the puzzling part. OOOs? Why? Ankh had said it himself- he didn't need OOOs to fight if he was at 'full' power. Maybe to eliminate him before he awoke...?

Regardless of the whys and the whats, Cazali remained seated, watching and making no motion to make his presence known. Not that he was being particularly stealthy, but he'd let Ankh work to figure out he was here.

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[greeedycat]

"I'm not looking for them. Chill~" He was tempted to blow wind at Ankh to 'chill' him, but that might be taken as an act of aggression, so he resisted. Barel- oh screw it, a tiny woosh of air at Ankh, go!

"Wait? Hn." And there was the serious face again, a hand coming up to press on his chest. "I can't try anything. Would I~? Duh. But I don't take gambles like you do, I like sure techniques." He looked Ankh in the eyes, swallowing his pride. "If we fought, you'd win. I'm well aware of that, you asshole." A curt laugh, and he looked up at the ceiling. "We spent our entire existence fighting. If I know anything, it's tactics."

[handpuppeeet]

Ankh's fist was tightening; even if Cazali was basically admitting Ankh was stronger, it didn't sit right with him. It was suspicious, and he didn't like Cazali's tone.

He saw the motion for the windy thing and tossed his arms up in fronto f his face to block any serious damage but-- it was cold that wind that--breeze? could you call it that?-- it was so much colder compared to the heat that was so stifling in this place, it was almost a shock; shouldn't he had expected that? It wasn't the first time he'd been on he end of Cazali's wind attack.

He was almost too dumbfounded to process the temperature change; he stared at Cazali for a moment, and the wind was gone; it was hot again, it was humid it was muggy it was suffocating. Ankh was breathing heavily again, and his right arm was now covering half of his face as he grabbed his head. He'd dealt with these senses before why was this such a problem, whyHe stumbled away a step and was still holding his head, hunching slightly and looking out over the cavern and away from Cazali. "Y-

[greeedycat]

Okay, why the hell was Ankh tripping out? He finally gives the avian damn bastard what he wants to hear, and he goes and looks...weird about it. Cazali's brow cocked, but he didn't make a move, expecting a fireball or something of the sort.

...nothing? Really? Wasn't this the part where he got toasted and ran away...?

His voice was careful, for once. He knew Ankh was stronger than he'd been in a long time, given this was as close to complete as the bird greeed could come. So caution was the best he could do. Caz slowly stood up, shoulders and neck straight for a damn change. "I had something to try for, then. Now what do we have~? No world, no medals, no point." It...was weird. This was weird. He didn't like this. Ankh was supposed to attack him, that was normal. Maybe if he... "I don't have humans to fawn over and keep me busy." The second the words left him, Caz tensed and braced for impact. It would work. It would be atypical.

[handpuppeeet]

Ankh was only half listening to Cazali; he was staring down at the millions upon millions of pods in the cavern and that just ended up making him feel sinker and more disoriented than before. Why was it still so goddamn hot in here

He turned to Cazali and he practically stumbled over to the other Greeed again, grabbing the front of Cazali's shirt in his Greed arm and all but ripped the fake fabric. "Shut the hell up already!!" He was shaking why the hell was he shaking, he attempted to shove Cazali away to cover up the fact, and though there was the force of his anger behind it, there was no doubt that he was a bit unstable at the moment.

[greeedycat]

Cazali's face during the entire exchange of Ankh's weird behavior didn't change. He didn't say anything, didn't react like he normally would- because he had no idea what was going on. Why was Ankh reacting so dramatically? Did he sense Maki after all?

...no, he would have rubbed it in Caz's face. Okay, all logical explanations were gone. And Cazali hated not understanding something. So, he marched over and grabbed Ankh's jacket collar, face still unchanged. It wasn't even malicious, just...baffled as all hell.

"Why. Are you. Freaking out?"

...maybe spazzing was contagious.

[handpuppeeet]

"Let go!" To say that Ankh didn't respond well to this was an understatement; his eyes narrowed at Cazali as he smacked his arm away with his left arm and immediately brought his right arm up to shakily shoot a ball of fire at the other Greeed.

"Just get the hell out of here already!!"He wasn't even thinking about the fact that he was freaking out anymore, all he knew was that he really didn't want Cazali grabbing him.

[greeedycat]

The fireball missed entirely; Caz hadn't even needed to dodge. That threw him through a loop as well- this was Ankh, the aiming guy. Caz's entire worldview was going out the window. Was something in here making Ankh sick? Was it contagious? Could Greeed-

Wait, duh. The human. He always forgot about that thing.

Cazali staggered and stayed still, trying very hard to concentrate on senses he barely had. The room felt a little weird and...enclosed?, but he couldn't smell or taste the pungency of the room. Nor could he see anything weird through his yellow filter. ...but that had to be it, right? Ankh himself had no reason to freak out, so...

His casual attitude returned, and Cazali rushed over to the assbird, grabbing the Greeed arm and yanking as hard as he could, as quick as possible. Curiosity and confusion were more fueling him than any kindness.

[handpuppeeet]

While Cazali was concentrated, Ankh thought he was in the clear; his hands was back to holding his head and he was trying to stabilize himself so he could leave, but damn it was uncomfortable in here and it felt like it was just getting hotter and it was so far down to the bottom of the cavern and the air was stale it made him want to choke and he could've sworn the room was starting to spin--

It took him a minute to register what had just happened when he realized Cazali had a grip on him again and was pulling his arm-- Ankh was particularly resistant to having his arm removed today apparently, because he grabbed the top half of his Greeed arm with his left arm and attempted to pull back. "I said let me go you damn moron!!"

[greeedycat]

Nope sorry Ankh, Caz is just going to keep yanking, trying as hard as he can to get you off the body. And no, he's not going to explain either.

This is the most ridiculous tug of war ever.

[handpuppeeet]

And he's stiiiiill resisting. Although freaking out doesn't do much for your physical strength, and Caz wasn't held back my a human body; so after some struggling, Ankh's Greeed arm slid off his arm and off he came, Shingo's body dropping to the floor.

It was ironically easier to wrench free when he was just an arm, and so a less sloppy struggle came to get him out of Cazali's gasp. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

[greeedycat]

Hah, he finally popped off! Cazali let go willingly, wiping his hands on his pants with some degree of sarcasm, then gesturing at Armkh.

"Do you feel better now~?"

[handpuppeeet]

"Tch. Shut up." Ankh flicked his fingers in annoyance. He certainly sounded better, back to his condescending tone at least. Like hell he was going to be stuck as just am arm around Cazali though; a wave of Cell Medals pour out of elbow-end of his arm, carrying a few Core Medals as they wrapped around and reformed his human appearance.

And oddly enough he did feel...better. Was that the right word for it? Everything was...dull again. But the heat and pungency were barely noticeable to him now, even if the world was now coated in red. His breath was still a bit heavy, but it's not like he was going to bring it up. "The hell do you think you're doing, huh?" It was dumb to think Cazali was being altruistic or anything.

[greeedycat]

"Now was that so bad, Ankh~?" Caz laughed, marveling at his handiwork, not daring to approach however. Who knew if Ankh was protective of his body partner, too.

"Trying to make you calm down. You can probably scan easier this way, too~" In other words, he wasn't going to admit he mostly did that for the lulz, and because Ankh was too stupid to think of it himself. Oh, and science. Can't forget science.

[handpuppeeet]

Ankh just looked away in disgust and annoyance at the fact that Cazali of all people had to get him to calm down. Man this was stupid.

"I'm done scanning," He scoffed, walking over to where Shingo's body was lying on the ground. It was a relief the officer hadn't woken up yet at least. "I told you it's pointless. Find him on your own if you're that worried."

[greeedycat]

Ankh, 1; Cazali, 1.

"Sure, sure~ If I find him, I'll be sure to tell you." More like 'run and use you as a coinshield', but that was an understood thing. "Have fun with your search, when you do resume." A pause, and he couldn't help but add in another jab. "Try to think and not use that damn body when you do it, hm~?"

With that, Cazali jumped down to the bottom-most floor of the cavern, shifting to Greeed form as he fell, and dashed off deeper in to the pod cavern.