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4476/Digging for Talent

2016-08-29T00:42:28Z

BootToTheHead: Talent Show. Spectacle or Disaster?

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|Date of Scene=2016/08/28
|Location=Avatar World <AW>
|Synopsis=Ziggy Grover runs a talent show to help Toph find metalbending students.
It goes about as well as a Ziggy-run event does.
|Cast of Characters=535, 20, 799, 549, 1023, 136, 301, 930
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|Poses=:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' To help Toph find her metalbending academy, Ziggy had a simple suggestion. A really nice and simple suggestion, especially since it would -help- Toph find her metalbending students. A bending demonstration! However, it -was- bound to get monotonous, seeing nothing but bending, and what the hell, why not just make it a talent show? He'd even line up -judges-. Standing there, on the earth-bent stage at Toph's academy, wearing a simple colorful vest with a green t-shirt underneath it and black jeans, Ziggy Grover beams, holding up a sheet full of entrants. Nevermind skeptical voices (Dillon: "I don't know, Ziggy. I remember what happened to the -last- talent show" followed by a "Don't worry, it's not like there're going to be villains lurking among the entrants -again-..."). It was -showtime-. 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     Part of her doesn't know /why/ she agreed to let Ziggy host a talent show of all things here at the Beifong Metalbending Academy. Part of the opening celebrations, he said. But fine, if he did the actual work then why not. She could bend a little stage and stuff, make sure there were some refreshments and so on... besides, her students were only happy to have a break from a rough week of Toph's tutoring.     The blind girl is kinda skeptical of finding a new metalbending student among the entrants, however. Seriously, aren't they going to be doing just random crud? But whatever. Toph had decided to go along with it, does she really need a reason?     The blind teenager is seated at the middle of the judge's table, leaning back in her chair with her arms across her chest as she waits for all the entrants to line up. Word has gotten out, and it seems that many people from Yu Dao itself has come to join the talent show, young and old. 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     Surely Hisoka was joking, right? He shows up, face painted like a clown, attired in clothes more suitable to a jester or performer than anyone actually looking to impress people. He seemed jovial enough, social and not actively homicidal. But ... when he offered to be a judge of talent, it was a bit of an unusual offer. "I'd be happy to kill whoever isn't sufficiently talented or entertaining to make the grade." he says with a smile. It SOUNDS like a joke, but then he also bears a certain eagerness, a malicious gleam in his eyes, that makes it seem like he might have been serious.     Hopefully someone tells the Jester that killing isn't required. Or outright forbids him to kill any contestant, or spectator, or even judge. He might look disappointed if so, but it'd probably be for the best. Really. 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Ranger Operator Series Black -- aka Dillon -- is every bit as sullen as it's possible to be. When the Jester guy suggests killing the entrants who fail, he squints and says, as if he were thinking out loud, "If we're going to kill the ones who fail, we have to have the judges perform first. You want to go first, guy?" He looks over at Toph, and asks, "What does 'metal bending' look like?" 

:'''{{#var:1023|Steven Universe (1023)}} has posed:''' Steven works franticly in the dressing room (or, you know, any sufficiently private room near the area designated as a stage), painting makeup carefully on so it looks just perfect. He's been looking forward to this all day, and Connie is in the audience, and maybe some of the Gems will be there if they're not out on missions... 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' ' I remember what happened to the -last- talent show. ' A similar thought crossed Rarity's mind when her sister and her two friends insisted on going and performing. Sure, last time they did win, but they won for Comedy because of the disaster they caused instead of the dramatic rock ballad they had been going for. But Sweetie Belle insisted that they just wanted to help Toph get all the interest for her school that she could, and not for themselves this time, so Rarity finally relented. And then got roped into being the chaperone for the day since Applejack is busy getting ready for harvest season and Rainbow Dash had gone to Cloudsdale for a Wonderbolt rally. Me and my big mouth and bigger heart when it comes to my little sister. "You three are really sure you want to do this?" the unicorn asked for the umpteenth time. "Mmhmm" the trio replied with syncronized nods. "Doncha worry none Rarity," Applebloom added. "This time we made sure to do thin's raght." "Yeah! This time we let Sweetie Belle come up with the words." Scootaloo's wings buzzed with enough excitement to briefly hover off the ground. Sweetie Belle turned her head a bit to hide the fluster of her cheeks. "Don't give me all the credit, you girls thought of something other than just dancing." "Oh, yes, this is going to be... something else, in the very least." Rarity just shook her head a bit as she went to find a seat. 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' Tony Stark shows up nearly late, as is his wont, having left Cuddles at home this time and driven one of his sports cars, but parked it a good half mile away to avoid freaking out any natives or risking any metalbending being done to it. He pans his gaze over the commotion, looking for a sign of Toph in the throng of people. All he knows is that he's supposed to be here, not whether he's going to be expected to compete or judge or just watch. He is, of course, prepared in any event, by virtue of being totally awesome. Stark touches a finger to his ear briefly, a habit though unneeded to access his codec an ping Toph's radio. 

:'''{{#var:930|Alden (930)}} has posed:''' Talent show!. Alden was curious when he heard about the contest happening at Toph's new school and decided to see if Katze wanted to join him to check it out. After a long discussion in which he tried to convince Katze that he was not going to participate, and if he did, he is certainly not going to do the part of 'dog performing tricks for the audience.', especially not if Katze was doing the part of the trainer. He managed to get on time, for the most part, carrying a somewhat sullen Katze atop his head, "I wanted to do that act.". "I'm not your puppy." comes a reply, before he walks towards the stage, waving to the familiar faces, like Tony Stark!, and Toph! (and rarity, if she was visible) 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Shuffling papers, Ziggy adjusts his vest, before tapping on the mic. "Testing 1... 2... 3... Okay, I'd like to welcome you all to the Beifong Metalbending Academy. I just want to take a moment to thank everyone here for coming, especially our esteemed judges. Introducing our host, proprietor, and the reason we're all here today. Toph Beifong. She's one of the judge. Next to her is Dillon, from Corinth. Don't mind him, he always looks like that, and he will take judging as seriously as he looks. And uh..." Ziggy checks the sheet again. "The third judge is... Hisoka. He's very versed in... ah, jestering and jokes, and I'm -sure- his offer to kill anyone who isn't sufficiently talented was a joke too." Smilesmilesmile. "So, without further ado, let me introduce our -first- contestant!" Another check of the paper. "Steven Universe. He'll be demonstrating the ukulele. Put your hands together for Mr. Universe!" Clapclapclap! And Ziggy will just make way. 

:'''{{#var:1023|Steven Universe (1023)}} has posed:'''     Steven walks onto the stage in his usual jean shorts and red shirt emblazoned with a yellow star, but his face is carefully made up with a pattern of stars that glowreally well under the stage lights. He takes a hold of the microphone with a little cough. "Hi! I'm Steven Universe! But, umm, it's just Steven, Mr. Universe is my dad. Anyway, my act is is dedicated to this lady I met at a thrash metal concert. She seemed so sad, and had all these mean black drippy heads that attacked people, and I thought maybe she could use a song to cheer her up, so maybe she could stop trying to hurt people. Anyway, it seemed like a good song to share with everybody else too. It's called Funky Groove!" So saying, he starts playing his ukelele, a bubbly happy tune that just demands dancing. "I love the limelight, I love the stage I love to sing and dance and I'm all the rage Because I know if I can make you move, make you dance along I can take all your worries and pains away with my song So let it all go Let your body move Get yourself into time With my funky groove So if you're feeling really bad and life has got you down Just listen to this song, let the rhythm move you around Don't think, don't worry, just feel the good vibes through And your feet will tell your heart and soul just what you should do So let it all go Let your body move Get yourself into time With my funky groove" 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     Everybody present should notice that Toph has an immediate reaction when the homicidal jester enters the hall, mostly by how she frowns, but also by the fact that she tenses up. "This is MY academy, and killing is strictly forbidden here, Fruity," she states firmly with authority in her young voice. As for Dillon, she does remember meeting him right after she learned how to metalbend. Not that her metalbending was impressive at the time, at least not to what it is now. She is grateful Dillon speaks up against Hisoka too, though she doesn't show it. Instead she responds to his question. "Metalbending looks like metal being reshaped. I think I showed you and Zigmeister once since Doctor K asked about it... I've mastered metalbending since then though, that's nearly 3 years ago."     Luckily there are more friendly people here though, as her feet pick up the familiar shapes of three little ponies and their chaperone, a young half-gem backstage, and not to mention the familiar shape of her adoptive father. When Tony uses his radio Toph does respond, whispering something under her breath to not distract from Ziggy's opening speech. Alden too earns a nod, and Toph waits for Ziggy to kick it off with the first contestant.     Let's 'see' what Steven can do.     It's too bad that the makeup and stage lights are lost on Toph. But luckily her ears are sharper than most as Steven begins his song, and she closes her eyes as she listens. As the song goes on she does tap her foot a bit, nodding her head slightly along to the beat. 

:'''{{#var:1023|Steven Universe (1023)}} has posed:'''     Steven finishes with a flourish, then makes hiw way off the stage to let the next act take it up. He doesn't seem worried about winning, just excited to have chared his song with everybody! 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Oooh, it's the young boy with the gemstone navel. Rarity remembers him visiting with Rose Quartz that one time. She applauds politely with her hooves, but can't help but keep glancing offstage where the Cutie Mark Crusaders are getting ready.... 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     Hisoka beams broadly as he is announced as a judge. Sitting to the side of Dillon, he looks almost as happy go lucky as, say, Steven. His grin is slightly too broad though, too toothy, to be entirely friendly or comfortable.     He'd mostly ignored Dillon's offer at the time, though as things get started he leans over. "I'd put my life on the line over my talents." he says in a polite whisper. Toph can hear them too, no doubt. He only spoke up now though, so that his comment isn't taken as an actual offer to perform first. If that means he doesn't have the right to kill anyone... well, he didn't really expect agreement to that anyways. He's just making sure no one thinks he was afraid to stake his life. And yes it COULD just be bravado... but he doesn't sound like it. He sounds quite sincere in fact. Much more sincere than he does when he claims to be 'just joking'.     He's more impressed by Dillon's sullen seriousness though than by Steven's happy song. Happy isn't really such a thing for the Magician. He looks bored throughout the happy song despite Steven's competence. It's a good thing he's only one of three judges, isn't it?     As the performance ends, he looks over towards Toph. "Are you sure I shouldn't kill him? It might encourage future performers." he says, grinning playfully once again. Surely that was just a sick joke, right? Right? 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Right. Dillon considers the performance. No metal is bent, unless you consider ukelele strings, and that's something nearly anyone, even Ziggy, can do. The performance, pretty good. The lyrics don't really make much sense to the pragmatic cyborg, but the way it was performed, it could make an excellent counter-virus to send to the Venjix generals. So he stores it for that purpose. For those not privy to the thoughts of the half-scowling cyborg, he simply watches the performance and writes down a number on a piece of paper. "No, that wasn't metalbending, but it was a solid performance. If it had been Zig singing, then I might have said yes." 

:'''{{#var:930|Alden (930)}} has posed:''' Alden remains with the audience, content to simply enjoy the show, and of course, as begins his act, he focuses on the music, giving the half gem a grin, "Great song!" he cheers,. Katze meanwhile, decides to just check around, if she can't drag Alden to join her in an act, and begins to roam around, moving towards the judges. Hisoka catches her attention, perhaps due to the outfit and makeup, and she effortlessly jumps on the table near him, "Hi!, are you going to participate?" she asks. Seems she did not pay attention when he got introduced as a judge. She does hear the 'joke', and assumes it was indeed a joke, giggling a bit. 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' Tony Stark looks thoughtful at Toph's radio response, and clicking his tongue softly to himself he meanders backstage. He happens to be passing the steps as Steven comes down from his performance, and he reaches out to ruffle the kid's hair. "Not bad. You write that yourself?" He glances around for a beat and then seems to come to a decision. "Hey. Can I interest you in playing some backup for me?" he puts to young master Universe. 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     "NO."     The blind girl seems pretty adamant, clearly not the type to think that Hisoka is indeed joking. Might be because she's witnessed what he can and is willing to do to get a rise out of people. Rather than give him more attention she speaks up when Steven is done. "It's a nice song, cute and all that for those who are into happy songs like that." Heck, she can appreciate it even though rock is her favourite genre. It's not like he was singing out of key, the ukulele was tuned, so it was really not bad. Especially not bad enough to warrant killing!     Stupid Hisoka.     Then it strikes her that Ziggy never really told them criteria for winning, now did he...? Did he get prizes or something for the winner? 

:'''{{#var:1023|Steven Universe (1023)}} has posed:'''     Steven looks up and up at Mister Stark, "Yep! I make up songs all the time. And I'd be happy to play for you if you want!" He does in fact look thrilled at the offer, perhaps because he just loves an excuse to play for an audience, or at all.     "Wait, you mean now? Because I can, but I don't know what kinda music to play..." 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' Tony tilts his head to indicate the two of them move off to a quieter corner backstage to discuss. "No problem. I got an idea, need some strings." He grins to himself. "Actually I think a uke will be perfect for making it even... better." The mischievous look on his face would seem to indicate that 'better' isn't exactly the same adjective others might use. But he'll explain it all to Steven. Muttermuttermutter. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Returning to the stage, with a completely funky 'dance' that speaks much, much more of an extremely uncoordinated wannabe trying to show off his 'moves', Ziggy claps his hands together. "Let's give it up for Steven Universe and his rendition of 'Funky Groove'!" Motioning his hands in a slight circle, Ziggy looks towards the judges. "So, what does our judges say? I see Dillon over there looking like his usual self, which -likely- means he liked it, but doesn't want to admit it. And Hisoka over there wants to kill him, so I assume that's -good-! And Toph is demonstrating her bobblehead talents, so I guess we're good. Thank you for participating, Mr. Universe!" Glancing at his paper, Ziggy rubs his hands together. "And our next contestant is going to demonstrate his -rhythmatic gymnastics skills!" What follows appears to be a ribbon-show that flies out everywhere. Some very graceful moves, with streamers flying everywhere. It would be a very impressive move, for the most part... if he didn't have an unfortunate tendency to get said streamerrs tangled up in various objects along the way. It all comes to an end when -one- streamer catches on fire, while another streamer gets tangled up in the electronic fans and yanks said performer off-stage. Glancing up at the ceiling, Ziggy shades his eyes. "Well, that, uh, was one way to make an exit. Can, uh, can someone stop the fan?" 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity just rolls her eyes up a bit as a flaming streamer is stuck in a fan.... Boy is she glad she told Sweetie Belle dance ribbons would probably be a bad idea. And she was just worried about somepony tripping! She can't stop the fan, but she does magic out her scissors and cut the ribbon off before the guy is pulled into the fan as well. Yay? 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     Hisoka doesn't deny that him wanting to kill Steven is good. He seems relatively peaceful however, and so things seem okay. His points assignments, probably, aren't going to be very influential in this contest.     He actually smirks at the next participant. "I don't NEED to kill this one. He'll kill himself." Hisoka comments. He's not impressed by the talent, but at least he seems amused! This is better and better... right? 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' In fact, Dillon has a vote on the streamer guy; the ribbon that came close to the stage and tried to entangle his head was cut off and deflected by a sword that the Black Ranger pulled from some fairly competent hiding place. There may have been small, unnecessary explosions involved in the deflect that -might- have been the source of the fire. Certainly nothing provable. "He probably will." 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     Okay, why did Ziggy think she would find more metalbending students this way...?     The next contestant doesn't seem to earn much of a response from Toph where she sits, her feet resting on the floor so she can 'see' what's going on. It's hard to see ribbons though, so Toph only witnesses the man's movements. And how something is yanking on the fans that Ziggy had installed for the event. Just how did the guy set that thing on fire anyway? Maybe the guy is a firebender or something, considering Yu Dao /is/ a Fire Nation colony...     At least Hisoka isn't threatening to kill this guy, luckily.     "It was kinda impressive how he managed to set it on fire though," she agrees with her fellow judges and pulls out a bag of snacks as she begins munching, offering the bag towards Dillon. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' You never -knew- what sort of unexpected talents would emerge from these talent shows, that's what, Toph. How else to explain the cult thing that was William Hung? Ziggy manages to keep clapping his hands, before reaching to check the paper again. "Okay, next up, we have the Cutie Mark Crusaders. They'll be doing an extra special performance for you all today!" And then while the ponies are moving onto stage, Ziggy will just hurriedly go over to the previosu performer, grabbing a pitcher of water on the way and dumping it on him, while trying to stamp out the remaining fire fragments. STOMPSTOMPSTOMPSTOMPSTOMP! 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' Tony Stark can't help but offer his unique form of encouragement to the departing, soaked performer. "Amazing," he declares. "Hottest thing I've seen in... at least a week. You're on fire, kid, you're definitely going somewhere." 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' As their name is called Rarity helpfully magics a curtain stand onto the stage so they can get their stuff up there without being seen. Then after a moment Applebloom sticks out her head. "Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep" Followed by Sweetie Belle. "Dreaming what our special talents be" And finally Scootaloo. "But one day if we keep working hard" Then the three lean in together. "The Cutie Mark Crusaders~... will get their Cutie Marks!" Then duck back behind the curtains, and after a bit of shuffling Rarity magically whisks the fabric away again. To reveal Sweetie Belle with a tamborine, Scootaloo with one of those guitar-shaped keyboards, and in the back Applebloom on a set of drums made out of an old cider barrel for the bass drum and a bunch of Granny Smith's pots and pans. Applebloom rattles out a quick drum riff that sounds a little odd on metal and wood, and the trio breaks into song in earnest. o/~ We ride this life, like a zipping line; Right into those rising pines Covered in tree sap again; Seems like we just can't win Hurts, but we must stay bo-old If we want our flanks to beho-old The special marks that we've been told Help find our way in the world We-ee-ee-ee fail sometimes so hard trying the wrong thing Bu-u-u-u-ut that is why we are here with this singing Not gonna cry, gonna cry, gonna cry Everything that stops us... makes us want to go! Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep Dreaming what our special talents be But one day if we keep working hard The Cutie Mark Crusaders... will get their Cutie Marks 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Some of the drums are starting to wobble and tilt crookedly as Applebloom is hitting them so hard. Sweetie Belle tries to use what little magic she has to hold one up, but it's awkward trying to point her horn back while keeping up. Scootaloo makes a face as some of the keys on the keytaur start to stick, and does her best to wiggle them loose while playing them. Not an easy task with hooves. o/~We feel despair and feel desire; When bullies try to douse our fire Hope is our four-letter word; Three together in what we learn Hurts, but we must stay bo-old If we want our flanks to beho-old The special marks that we've been told Help find our way in the world We-ee-ee-ee fail sometimes so hard trying the wrong thing Not gonna cry, gonna cry, gonna cry Everything that grounds us... makes us want to fly! Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep Dreaming what our special talents be But one day if we keep working hard The Cutie Mark Crusaders... will get their Cutie Marks Leave the haters, they're just burned We're friends forever in lessons learned Leave the haters, they're just burned We're friends forever in lessons learned Leave the haters, they're just burned We're friends forever in lessons learned Anyone that taunts us... Just makes us want to try! Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep Dreaming what our special talents be But one day if we keep working hard-- 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' And that's when Scootaloo gets frustrated with the sticky keys, and tries to do a guitar smash with the keytaur. Except it's too durable and bounces back to hit her in the face. She stumbles, and Sweetie Belle tries to catch her. Only for both ponies to fall backwards onto the drums, causing it to collapse into a heap on top of Applebloom. A lone pot rolls away from the pile and off the edge of the stage. But then the trio does manage to partially poke back out of the pile. "The Cutie Mark Crusaders... will get their Cutie Marks...o/~ Then proptly collapse as one. 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' No metal bent intentionally, but Dillon has more fodder for the viral meme infection engine. Venjix is not going to know what hit him, the Grinders are going to be dancing fools. Hopefully. Because no way is the Black Ranger going to consider singing that himself. Doctor K might like it. Scratch that, she'd love it, all the big eyed ponies. Maybe she's watching. "And not kill-worthy," he says, to cut off the mad clown. 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     Well, it's bound to be interesting whenever the three little Cutie Mark Crusaders show up, that much Toph knows after having witnessed their antics now and then. When they do start however, it seems to startle the teenager a bit as her unseeing eyes /widen/. Well, they are certainly... enthusiastic. And as the song goes on and on, the metalbending master actually looks... pained? Gassy? Who knows what that expression means anyway. Either way she looks uncomfortable, clenching her teeth together.     When they do finish however, Toph nods. "Thanks girls, that was... nice. And loud." /Really/ loud. "And no, not kill-worthy," she hisses to Hisoka under her breath. Don't you dare even threaten to kill the little ponies, you maniac. 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Well that turned into less of a disaster than Rarity was expecting, that much is for certain. Helpfully she walks up onto stage, pulls the three young ponies out of pile... and just magics the rest of it off the back of the stage before walking off again. Hey, it's mostly metal pots and stuff, maybe the benders can use it for practice or something. 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     Hisoka turns a wounded look on Toph. "I wasn't even going to suggest it." he claims, seeming not entirely sincere. He did look bored though. Poor CMC... they're just not into the same sort of things Hisoka is... which is possibly why he's not interested in killing them! So perhaps they're not so poorly off at that! 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' Mr. Stark claps for the young ponies as they tumble off the stage, and it seems genuine this time, the way he's grinning. Or maybe he just really enjoyed the mayhem. He even holds out a hand for them to high-hoof as they pass by him. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Yes, Dillon, Dr. K was watching. And making notes to visit the Ponies. Particularly after Ziggy's last visit there. And yes, she was recording this. Including the crazy clown, which was on -her- list as 'first thing to exterminate', ahead of Venjix. Because clowns were scarier than computer viruses hellbent on destroying the world. Picking up the one pot that wasn't on stage and bringing it along, pausing long enough to place it on Rarity's head, Ziggy applauds as he returns to stage, dusting off his vest and furtively ignoring the bit of streamer ashes settled in his hair. "Let's give a hand for the Cutie Marks Crusaders! It was... heavy metal, wasn't it?!" Ahem. And where was his list now... oh right, he kinda used it to whap at the last bit of flames. Aheh. And then dunked it in another pitcher. Ahem. Ah, right... he was pretty sure who was next. Glancing back at the stage, Ziggy points. "Okay, next up, the Great... Ventrini!" 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' The Great Ventrini is a fellow who could be anywhere from 30 to 102. It's difficult to tell because he's pickled. And by pickled, he's so inebriated that he is likely to burst into flames if something like a candle comes too near him. Good thing Ziggy stomped out the fires. He's dressed in the remains of a tuxedo, now soiled by travel and by many bad meals in small inns. His dapper hairdo is not so dapper as it was two months ago; his shaving job is not terribly complete, as though his razor has missing sections, and the trunk he's hauling to the front where the performances take place ... has only one wheel that moves. It appears to weigh more than the man himself. "I am Ventrini! And this!" He fumbles to open the trunk, taking an agonizing minute longer than he expected because the key doesn't work all that well now, and he hauls out a slightly smudged, fairly ugly doll with fat sausage-like curls (except for two that have come undone and look like a cat has chewed on them) and then he shoves his left hand under her dress. "ACK! COLD" she says, in a little-girl-like voice that cracks at the end. "Sorry, Gretchel," he says back, and says to the audience, "THIS is my helper Gretchel. Say hello to the audience, Gretchel." The doll's eyes roll, and the mouth goes up and down, but not really in synch with the high-pitched voice that says "Hello to the audience." The man's lips move faintly as she speaks. His jaw also clenches in time with the words. "Now be nice, Gretchel!" "Oh all right," the doll says in the man's voice, then coughs, and says, "Sorry, frog in my throat," in the higher-pitched voice. Those close to the performers can smell the alcohol wafting as the doll speaks. "Aw come ON," one of the audience members says, "I can see your lips moving." "Oh you think you can do better?" Ventrini says, and drops the doll as he jumps the audience member. The two are quickly dragged outside. Then the doll sits up and says, "Man, I hate these gigs," in a girlish voice ALMOST like what the man was trying to use. She stands up, picks up the trunk, and walks outside. 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' The trio is being held up in Rarity's magic as they pass, so they're even at the right height to return Tony's hoofbump with little trouble. 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     It's easy enough to smell the alcohol from the ventriloquist, and Toph doesn't even try to hide the look of disgust on her face as she reaches a hand up to her nose. And people dare call /Tony/ an alcoholic? No, she does not look impressed at all, not when he speaks, pulls out the ugly doll and begins his act.     As a matter of fact, she looks annoyed... or bored where she sits, leaning back in her chair with a heavy sigh. It doesn't help when he begins fighting with the audience either. When the doll moves the metalbender doesn't look surprised even, as if she knew from the start. Perhaps she did, due to her freaky hearing and seismic sense.     This will be a long night, won't it? 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Dillon actually stopped scowling while the ventriloquist act was doing whatever that was. Instead of scowling, he looks a bit horrified. But when the doll stands up he cracks up in laughter, trying not to be too blatant because, uncool in front of all these people. Seizing control of himself, he takes a drink from his glass of water and considers the snacks Toph has offered but ... no, better not put anything that could choke on in mouth. It was all he could do to not laugh maniacally, and that's definitely not a good thing coming from him. Senses regained, he assesses the performance quickly. Terrible. Almost kill-worthy. The ... construct ... that spoke at the end, bent the trunk frame when she picked it up. Metal bending technically, but not clear whether it was from strength or whatever energy field these guys use. "Please tell me the next one will be good?" he says to Ziggy. 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     This is ... kind of pathetic. Really, this is a person who's an utter waste of their potential. Assuming he HAS any potential that is. But after glancing between the two other judges, Hisoka has to consider just what response to make. A shocking suggestion to separate the man's voice from his body? A simple decapitation 'by accident'? Nah, that's not really important. This doesn't matter enough to Hisoka, so he might as well have some fun.     Hisoka smiles at the ventriloquist act, and even chuckles. When he gets glared at, as he no doubt will, he beams back. "What? It takes talent to act that bad." he claims, seemingly approving of the act. He really doesn't care for it, but he's not about to do exactly what other people expect him to! 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Trying to find something to say about -that- performance, Ziggy Grover's mouth opens and closes much like a goldfish. The applause is purely perfunctionary. "Ah, well, consider this the, uh... appetizer to the next act. It's..." Uh, who was it again...? Wait, Tony's standing up. And approaching stage. Which -probably- means he's taking his turn. So Ziggy makes room, pausing long enough to intercept the next person coming -up- and going "Uh, uh, wait your turn." "But it's my turn...!" "Strategic change of plans. It's, you know, it's important to maintain a steady flow of talent..." 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' The stage lights go dark. Not that it makes a ton of difference since it's the middle of the day, but it's the theatrical /principle/ of the thing. A figure makes its way to the front, and a single spotlight shines down on him. It is... Steven Universe, with his ukelele. Again? Smiling, the boy makes no attempt to explain his presence, merely starts strumming the opening chords of a song. A song that was not written with a uke in mind, and yet somehow still works on a kind of surreal level. Another figure steps up from behind him, and Tony Stark smiles as well, not quite so innocently as he reaches over Steven's head for the microphone adjusted to his height, tilts it toward himself and begins to croon, eyes fixed on Hisoka at the judge's panel with a kind of manic, unblinking intensity. "Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take, I'll be watching you." It sounds something like this. Only with lighter strings, and instead of Sting joining in on the chorus, it's young master Steven himself, as Tony leans down to put the microphone in reach of his voice. There is of course no such irony in the boy's vocals; he just performs for the joy of performing. Which... somehow makes Tony's staring even creepier. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_esxcy0P94 ) 

:'''{{#var:1023|Steven Universe (1023)}} has posed:'''     Steven keeps playing, thoroughly enjoying the extra stage time, but he can't help giving Tony a few strange looks as the song progresses. Wasn't he married or something? With a recent child? He doesn't really remember for sure bat that seemed true, and there was Toph of course... But he plays on, letting adults do weird adult things without comment. 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity ... promptly wraps her forelegs around Applebloom and Scootaloo's faces so she can cover Sweetie Belle's eyes between them, when she realizes what Tony is trying to do. Or just be weird. You never know with Tony Stark. 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     Hisoka can try to annoy Toph with his comment, but it doesn't look like she's bothered by actually liking the horrible ventriloquism act. Because well, it does take talent to act that bad, she will agree with that.     Wait, didn't Steven already play? Toph does look curious for a moment where she sits as Tony walks up next to him. The song isn't entirely new to her either, as she recognises it. One might accuse Tony Stark of having a huge ego, but hey, he does have musical talent. That she knows from when they've played music together, him on the piano and her on the guqin. Not to mention the times he's been singing to Pepper at his birthday parties and such. But this... is a bit different. Is he looking at /Hisoka/...? So while Toph does like the singing, she can't help but arch an eyebrow. Then again, most people /should/ be watching Hisoka's every move.     Steven does add some sweetness to the song itself though. And once they're done, Toph nods her head. "Eh, thanks dad. Nice one, Steven." 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' "Appetizer? Really?" Dillon says to Ziggy after the performance. "You're seldom so accurate in your predictions." The cyborg doesn't make any other comments on what he just saw, because he comes from a place where insane viruses do that sort of thing on purpose as memory implants to torment humans and leave them confused and broken. But really, between the two most recent performances, the disturbance factor is about the same. 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' Tony closes out his portion of the act by blowing a sardonic kiss in the direction of the judges' table, then laughs, ruffling Steven's hair again as they head off stage. "Thanks, kid. I owe you one." Looks, this is just what people are going to get when they shanghai him into these kind of things. 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     Wait, what's this? "Didn't we see that one already?" he muses, not quite complaining. He's never refused a second shot at a victim after all. Well, he generally doesn't give victims an opportunity to have a second shot. Only those he considers potential FUTURE victims get the benefit of surviving if he has anything to say about it.     When Tony Stark gets up behind the young player though, Hisoka's eyes open in interest. And when the eye contact begins, well, you could suppose the Jester is riveted in his seat. Watching... him? Is this what Toph's would-be protector is trying to imply?     Hisoka licks his lips, a long and disconcerting gesture not at all dissimilar to someone considering a nice juicy delicious... pear. Yes, a pear. Ah, but is the pear ripe or has it gone bad with age? THAT is the question.     "If the last act was an appetizer..." Hisoka murmurs, his eyes lidding heavily after the performance ends. "Just what are you suggesting? Dinner?" he asks. This, along with Hisoka's earlier look, might suggest some ... savory tendencies. Or unsavory, depending on your culinary inclination. Either way, it does seem Hisoka approves of the performance. Just maybe not in the way Tony wants. 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' Tony Stark holds up his left hand and gives Hisoka a sorry-not-sorry headshake as he indicates the wedding band on his finger. Alas, he is already claimed. 

:'''{{#var:1023|Steven Universe (1023)}} has posed:'''     Seeing that look on one of the judges' face, staring back at Mister Stark and licking his lips so creepily, like Kevin but SO MUCH WORSE... Steven flees the stage after the act. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' That Tony has this relentless stare at Hisoka leaves Ziggy feeling uncomfortable. It's the sort of -thing- that would be labelled PDA. Maybe -Extreme- PDA. EPDA? "I... I get the feeling it's more like -this- is a nightcap invitation, except... you know, there's nothing wrong with that. Other than that it's between a clown and a hedonist, and then your mind start wondering if it's some sort of circus act, or cosplay, or... you know, I think it's time to get back on stage." With that, Ziggy leaves his position next to Dillon where he'd been watching this, and returns to the stage. "AHEM. SO! Next up, we have..." Dammit, who was it he shooed off earlier to make room for this -lavishment-? "Someone and his dog! Uh... uh... name, Sly Banshee and Raver!" 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     Alas, poor Tony. What Hisoka might want from him has absolutely nothing to do with his marital fidelity. It has more, you might say, to his martial fidelity. "You do that." Hisoka murmurs to Ziggy, amused. Hey, he's helping out here! He's not actually looking to murder people. Not right here and now. No, he's rather outnumbered by those who would be all too willing to make the fight a group battle. When he really seriously wants to fight, he'd rather do so where no fighter has an easy escape or assistance option. Much more exciting that way.     Of course Hisoka's amused by something else in this. He doesn't miss Toph's reaction. So, once Ziggy heads off on stage he leans towards her, completely ignoring Dillon in between them. Aggressively ignoring him, in fact, to the point of rudeness. "So Lychee, tell me." he asks conversationally. "What did you think of the previous performance? Not just the score, but what it made you feel?" he grins, teasing. 

:'''{{#var:930|Alden (930)}} has posed:''' As the name is called, a lanky teen wearing a grey shirt, jeans and black shoes climbs on the stage, followed by rather nice example of a syberian husky, blue eyes, curly tail, and all the trademark details!. The teen coughs a bit, and shakes his head, "My... the name is Erik and the magnificent Lara." he says, pointing to the husky next to him. One has to wonder why someone might try such an act with a breed that is relatively tricky to work with.      They start well enough, with Erik calling 'stay' and Lara acually sitting down!... and then yawning, and then looking around. The first real trick he attempts, is the classic 'still' trick, placing a dog treat over Lara's head, which gets snapped away as soon as the boy's fingers leave it, it's actually kind of impressive, shifting adn snapping the food so fast it almost dissapears.. It happens a few times until the boy coughs, and shakily talks about trying other stuff. He tries a few other basic tricks, like getting Lara to roll, 'shake' and lay down. In his defense, the dog actually does most of those things, but not quite when asked!. The 'shake' attempt happens, once the kid loses hope and tries to do the one trick he is sure the dog can do, 'catch', the misplaced paw hitting him on the stomach mid throw, causing him to aim the rubber ball right on the ground, causing it to bounce extra hard.      Lara does attempt to catch it, first tries to intercept the first 'fall', but bites far too early, then jumps straight up quite quite high, and... bites several inches too far to the left, before falling down on her side, as gracefully as a sack of potatoes. The ball bounces against her side... and the act ends with the dog scrambling to chase the runaway ball, which moves to the judge table!. For better or worse, at least the dog does not quite make it that far, attempting to jump of the stage and run after it, but apparently, the ground might be too well polished and loses traction, falling on it's side and skidding for several feet, and likely hitting an spectator or two, before finally coming to a stop, looking around in confusion. 

:'''{{#var:930|Alden (930)}} has posed:''' Forgot to add a detail, during the entire show, someone turns on some cheap radio to provide background music, crackly, bad quality audio from some kind of circus/generic magic show tune, that cuts when Erik falls down. 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     Even as Hisoka speaks up after the song, it's pretty easy to see Toph's reaction as her eyebrow twitches just slightly. Even if she kinda anticipated this reaction from the creepy clown. Even if Tony wasn't married she seriously doubts he's interested in guys anyway, not from what she's observed. Besides, he's all about Pepper now anyway.     When Steven runs off she sighs. Kinda understandable... let's hope the little ponies were safely backstage and not traumatized.     There's even more annoyance on Toph's face when Hisoka leans in past Dillon and thinks she actually wants to talk with him.     "You don't understand feelings to begin with, so it's a waste to tell you," she mutters to Hisoka, clearly trying to ignore the nickname he has for her.     Is this show over soon...?     Working with animals can be really rewarding. Though Toph herself considers that perhaps this guy didn't pick the right animal to work with. Or vica versa. At this point Toph looks rather bored as she rests one elbow on the table as she leans on it, eyes half narrowed as she 'watches' with her feet. Seriously, Ziggy didn't screen the contestants, now did he...? 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Clowns, normally, are just people who want to amuse children. The one that's put itself into his space, however, seems to be one of the 'special' clowns, the ones who exist to cause nightmares and other trouble. However, Dillon is trying to be good. He was told by Doctor K, "Do not cause a diplomatic incident this time." So Dillon doesn't fling the intrusive fellow into the ceiling with a reflexive kick and shudder. He does, however, scoot back and stand up so he can move to the other side of Toph. He's seen her operate. If the guy wants to be horrible, she could probably kick him hard enough to ensure that his grandparents couldn't have children. Oh look. Another person is doing something. The dog is sensibly ignoring him. "Good dog," Dillon mutters at the end of the performance. 

:'''{{#var:930|Alden (930)}} has posed:''' The dog perks her ears at the praise, and casually moves to the judge table, sitting there, staring at Dillon, curled tail wagging. A second person wandered to the stage to help 'Erik' out, holding a cheap cassette player of sorts. Katze and Alden are arguing, with the shinki complaining about how they would have done a much better act, and how normal dogs don't breathe fire and such. 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     Hisoka can't exactly dispute Toph's assertion or at least choses not to. As to his preferences when it comes to man or woman, or for that matter child, beast or alien... it's all the same to him. So long as they're interesting in a fight, so long as they haven't squandered their potential, he's interested. In fighting them, that is.     Training dogs, badly, is kind of a definition of wasted potential. Hisoka eyes the act, then rolls his eyes. After a minute he pulls out a deck of cards and begins shuffling it, rolling cards across his knuckles, weaving them between fingers, shuffling and air-shuffling the deck with grand flourishes that make him appear to think he's the one on stage rather than Alden. Which... might not be far from the truth. Hisoka is not a particularly good audience. He's not, in actuality, a particularly good judge. He only becomes a good examiner when it comes to matters of lethality. He doesn't even bother looking up once the show is done. His score... would seem to be 'bored'. 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Dillon snags a cracker or something like that from the treat bag, and gives it to Lara. "Only one, don't want you to get cavities." 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Once the very inappropriate display by Stark was over Rarity let the girls back to watching the show. Which is a dog act. Those are harmless, right? Especially when the dog decides to just have none of it. You sure that dog isn't part cat? That looks like something Opal would do. Scootaloo buzzes her wings just enough to get above the rest of the crowd, holding her hooves to her mouth. "Booo! I've seen Fluttershy get more movement out of a -sloth- you ha-ack!" She ends on a yelp as Rarity yanks the young pegasus back into her seat with a magic tug, much like she or Applejack does to a certain other older pegasus getting too rambuncious. "Now Scootaloo, as atrocious as that display was, one shouldn't be rude about showing their dissappointment." Scootaloo hmphs, folding her forelegs. "Rainbow Dash would of done the same thing." "And I would of given her the same scolding," Rarity replies sternly. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Steering clear of the area that caused the skid, fearful of, perhaps, a doggy accident in that space, Ziggy throws Dillon a look that roughly translates to 'Time to go to the secret weapon right?'? "Sooooo! Well, we've had a good night so far, haven't we?" Ziggy applauds, pausing to motion to the spotlight guy to arrange it just so. And then proceeds to do a Shadow Puppet Skit. Which consists, roughly, of him demonstrating the marvelous ability to do -rooster- strutting. "And in preparation for the next act, we have demonstrated... poultry in motion. Next up, we'll have a poem recital from... uh... someone who calls himself the Dark One! Let's have a hand for him, folks!" 

:'''{{#var:930|Alden (930)}} has posed:''' The dog snaps the treat quickly, and barks once, before casually trotting away to the backstage to join the trainer, tail wagging. Lara looks almost proud for some reason. The ponies get a glance, and a sniff in their direction, same with Alden, but otherwise, the canine vanishes into the ether with 'Erik', the latter likely just wanting to dissapear. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' And no, Ziggy didn't screen the entrants. Why do you ask, Toph? 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     The next person in line doesn't seem particularly impressive either as Ziggy calls him forth. A lanky teenager, wearing dark clothes with even darker hair hanging down into his pale face, obscuring part of his sunken eyes as he almost seems to glare over the audience and in the direction of the judge table.     "I'm here to read a poem I wrote," he says, his voice gruff as he shuffles some of his papers for a few seconds.     In her chair Toph seems like she's letting out a tired sigh, one that she desperately tries to hide. Though the look on her face is as blank as can be. Seriously, what kinda name is that?     "It crawls, crawls, crawls and crawls into the darkness of my soul.     So much lostness, so many opportunities shattered to dust as it slithers from my hands into the ever waiting abyss.     Abyss.     Abyssness.     I scream and scream. And scream some more.     Can't you hear those screams in the hole that is your consciousness?"     On and on it goes, typical emo poetry, and it looks as if Toph is about to fall asleep where she's sitting. Just how long is this cruddy poem anyway? 

:'''{{#var:1023|Steven Universe (1023)}} has posed:'''     Steven appears among the audience to watch the rest of the contestants, picking a spot near Rarity since she is someone he recognizes and isn't a judge. "I think maybe this guy and that Ophelia lady I wrote my song for are so sad... Like the Crying Breakfast Friends, but without as much color. Maybe I should write a song for this guy, too?" 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' Heading back out into the audience with a bottle of water, Tony Stark chokes down a swig and snickers. "Abyssness," he repeats into his radio link to Toph. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Returning to stand next to the RPM Black Ranger, Ziggy slumps into his seat. "You know, Dillon, if we don't find any metalbenders, you wanna stand on stage and show them how you bend iron bars?" 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Shadow puppets, not so effective when dealing with multiple targets, or at least that's Dillon's opinion. He waits for the poem to finish. "I'm sure you didn't ask that guy here just because we have the same taste in clothes," he says to Ziggy. Also, he thinks but doesn't say, Why did you let him read out of that diary of poetry you keep in your room. (Note, said diary may or may not exist. Judge for yourselves.) He shrugs, and pulls a horseshoe out of the pocket of his black leather jacket. "Like this?" he says as he straightens it. 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     This ... this is just ... terrible really isn't the right word. Mind-numbing doesn't cut it either. Hisoka simply continues with his card shuffling, then snaps the cards back into one hand and begins to place cards propped against one another on the table before him. Yes, house of cards. He's apparently that bored.     Inwardly though, Hisoka's up to something. This fool is wasting his life on merely claiming to scream? Well, Hisoka's going to give him something to scream about. While outwardly he continues focussing his entire concentration on rapidly building a house of cards, he also releases a few strands of invisible bungee gum. Invisible, that is, unless you can sense such things and are also looking for them. Particularly astute people may sense some degree of power being used, but Hisoka's actively masking even that so it's not easy to do.     And what, prey tell, is Hisoka's bungee gum doing? Well, first it latches on to a part of the emo's shirt. Twitching at it like something's climbing the boy's back. Ignorable, but no doubt still quite distracting to the kid. Perhaps a little less noticeable to anyone else, especially since the 'thing' is apparently crawling up the kid's back. Squirming won't help. Reaching around to swat whatever it is... won't help. Nothing whatsoever will help. Eventually the invisible 'thing' reaches the kid's shoulderblades. Then, with a sudden jolt, it bites.     No, not a real bite. Hisoka just snapped a strand of bungee gum, flicking a tiny pebble at rocket-speeds into the back of the emo's neck. Nothing that'd even draw blood, but it'll sting like a real bitch. Now, let's hear some real screaming... while Hisoka continues to look entirely bored and with his entire focus on the table and the cards before him. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Where did... how did you even -get- a horseshoe? Do we even -still- have horses in Corinth? No wait... -where- did you get a horseshoe?" Ziggy stammers. 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity just lets out a long sigh as they end up with emo goth poetry reading. "I've heard better deadpan delivery from Maude Pie." Scootaloo shoots her a look. "*I* did not go screaming it at the top of my lungs." Then Rarity turns towards Steven as he joins her and the trio, shrugging her shoulders a little. "I do believe its just an artist style, dahling. You dress up in black and ramble on about how terrible the world is to you to make others feel better about their own lives." Or at least that's what she's going to tell the childred so they don't feel so bad. "I thought you said wearing all back was tacky and unoriginal?", Sweetie Belle squeaks. "No, I said it was trying to hard." Rarity corrects. 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     As Ziggy flops into his seat next to Dillon he better be prepared, because Toph leans over, grabs onto the front of his shirt and yanks him over as she hisses under her breath. "Next time," if there even will be one, "you're going to /screen/ the participants," she demands. Because this is total rubbish.     "An arrow of pain that pierces me through the chest.     Spreading like a sickness that makes me want to scream even more.     Instead I whisper.     Surrounded by the abyssness that is your apathy.     Apathy and damnation alike.     For I am doomed by--"     Up until now The Dark One has been squirming a bit in place as he was reading the last lines, though suddenly he lets out a loud yelp, and the teenager leaps into the air as his sheets of paper go flying. "SPOTTED SQUIRREL CATS!" he cries, then lets out an annoyed roar. "Who did that?!" he asks, looking around with a look of pure anger and distaste in his eyes, scanning the audience and the other people around the stage. "Whoever did that I'll never forgive you! I HATE YOU!"     Something has changed though, as Toph suddenly looks far more awake, her attention purely on the raging boy on the stage. And then, she's grinning as she pushes herself up. "Seems I owe you an apology, Zigmeister," she states to the Green Ranger. 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' "Omega City, same place I got my tuxedo," Dillon says. Because he had so much time to ... shop ... there. "But there's horses all over the place in this multiverse thing." When the drone of the poem is interrupted by a shriek, he smiles ever-so-faintly and brings his stare to bear on the raging kid. Will he do something? 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "And just -how- did you even find a leather tux----ack!" Grabbed by an angry Toph, Ziggy holds up his hands. "Now, look, not the face, okay? I mean, it's the only face I got, and... screen them? But you never -know- where you'll find talent! I mean, take me for example, nobody -thought- I'd be a Ranger, and yet... ACK!" Straightening his vest, Ziggy squints at the stage. "What? Did he hit a high note?" 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' From his seat at the edge of the audience, Tony's eyes shift dubiously between the emo kid and Toph. He's seen that look on her face before. Recently, even. "You HAVE to be kidding me," he declares to no one in particular around him. 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     When the emo boy screams in rage, Hisoka finally looks up. Finally, he seems vaguely interested. Inwardly however it's more than merely vague... he's just actively deceiving because that's his nature. This IS interesting, finally. Hisoka hadn't sensed this kid's potential, mostly because it's just so low. He's pretty good at sensing nen potential, at least from those parts of the Multiverse he's most familiar with, though not here.     Sensing someone who hasn't yet manifested hatsu, well, it requires a bit more than just reading bad poetry. But what Toph can feel, Hisoka can see. So the idiot boy was even more of a waste of his potential than Hisoka realized? Well, that's perhaps no surprise. He won't amount to anything, the Magician seems sure. Perhaps, one day, he can be a sacrifice to properly motivate little Lychee...     "Why would anyone be worried about your hate or forgiveness, little boy?" he drawls, a glint in his eye. Now that Toph's interested, time to raise the stakes a little. "Are you sure this one deserves to live, Lychee?" he asks. "Such a waste. Not even underripe fruit... this one seems rotten to me." he claims with eyes narrowed in a menacing squint. 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     Sensitive ears pick up the whisper from Tony easily enough, and Toph looks amused. Does he really doubt her when it comes to metal and bending?     The Dark One is still raging in his emo tantrum, though the moment Hisoka talks to him he blinks, almost pouting in indignation from the looks of it. "Well, you /should/ care about my hate!" he snaps back at Hisoka when the jester talks at him.     The moment Hisoka shows interest in The Dark One though, or at least she thinks that's interest, the blind teenager's grin fades somewhat. Instead she narrows her eyes and points her index finger straight at Hisoka's face. "You. Shut your yap." Okay, this kid's poetry might be rotten beyond imagination, but the girl seems determined as she quickly vaults over the table and heads up to the stage in front of the still huffy emo there.     "You," she begins, setting her hands on her hips, "You're going to go home, pack your bags and bring whatever you need here so you can begin metalbending training tomorrow." The teenager's angry look turns to one of confusion as he stares down at Toph, then he glances over to the other judges. "What the..." Seems somebody is speechless. Toph however looks determined. "Just ignore the dunderheads. Welcome as the third student of the Beifong Metalbending Academy, kid." It doesn't seem like she cares that The Dark One is probably older than she is.     For now she walks back to the judging table, looking mighty pleased before she flops down into her chair. "So did you get any prizes for the contestants, Spazlord?" she asks Ziggy. 

:'''{{#var:1023|Steven Universe (1023)}} has posed:'''     Steven claps wildly at Toph's declaration. "Wow, alright Toph! You found another student! Woo!" 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity and the Crusaders all politely applaud. Even if Rarity didn't really like that poetry. Looks like the talent show succeeded in finding at least one new person for Toph though. 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' Tony does not share Steven's enthusiasm, evidently. He just kind of rolls his eyes (you know the meme) at the new addition to Toph's motley assortment of 'students.' He does not envy her the task ahead. 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     "A waste of your time." Hisoka claims, though there's no energy behind his words. No intensity or feeling. He appears to be just throwing the claim out to annoy Toph. "Even if you CAN teach him anything, he's rotten fruit. He'll never amount to anything worthwhile." the Magician claims, as if he cares about Toph's chosen career as an instructor.     Of course this backtalk might just strengthen Toph's desire to beat some metalbending into The Dark One, but so what? That's none of Hisoka's concern. There's a reason the Hunter association only gives two-star rankings to Hunters who have trained a student as well as proving a degree of competence. 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' "Iffen I didn't already dislike clowns, thet one would definately make me nevah wanna see a circus again" Applebloom drawls out at... pretty much anything Hisoka has said or done tonight. 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     Steven's enthusiasm earns a grin from Toph, and she even gives him a thumbs up. Sure, Tony might not think much of this emo guy, Hisoka proclaims it a waste of time, but heh, what do they know about metalbending to begin with? "You guys are just blind to potential," she asides to Hisoka where he sits. No, she doesn't look bothered by the comment at all.     The Dark One himself does look a bit uncertain however, even if he does shoot Hisoka one last glare before he stalks off backstage after picking up his pages of poetry. At least he doesn't glare at Steven and the ponies on his way out. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Uh... correct me if I'm wrong, Dillon, but did she just find a third student? Because if so... woo hoo!" Throwing his arms up in the air, Ziggy spins around in his swivel chair. "Did I pick 'em or what?" Coming to a stop, Ziggy pauses, looking at Toph as she asks about the prizes. "Well, uh, I was gonna just, you know, give them trophies you'd bend for them. Like, six, two, and even?" Or win, place, show in horse-racing betting parlance. "A big trophy here, a smaller trophy, and a third... and did you guys even vote on who finishes?" 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Dillon looks over at Rarity and just smiles, from the depth of his wearing all black. He drops the paper he'd been scoring them with into Ziggy's lap, and Steven and the CMC have the same score, 8, Tony has a 9 crossed out and replaced with a 4 and the notation, "porn eyes bad," and the dog has a score of 6. "Toph? What did you detect that made you choose him?" he asks. Because honestly, there was -something- but he's not sure what it was. 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     Wait, /what/?     "You didn't tell me to bend trophies!" she protests without turning towards Ziggy. "And I'm not handing out the metal I have here, it's all for the lily livers!" So don't even think about it! As for who won? "I vote for Steven and Goldie in first place, the ponies in second... and that ventriloquist doll in third," she says, having already made up her mind. No, she's not biased.     Really.     Dillon's question however is a valid one, and Toph pulls on something underneath her shirt collar, revealing a small metal heart on a chain. "He made the metal react slightly." It's not like it's a secret that she can sense faint motion of metal after all. 

:'''{{#var:799|Hisoka (799)}} has posed:'''     Hisoka's votes, if anyone's actually bothering to count him as relevant to the future winners, appear to be 'kill' for Steven, 'amusement' for the rhythmic gymnast, 'indifference' to the Crusaders, 'enjoyment' for the ventriloquist, 'porn eyes good' for Tony Stark, and then 'boredom' for the dog show and 'contempt' for The Dark One. He has cards set up for their scores, but .... well, the cards no longer show numbers. They're ... cards. Not at all official. Would they even count? 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Dillon blinks. He checks his internal diagnostics (not something that he likes to consciously do because dammit humans don't have internal diagnostics.) There is a very slight pressure registered as a radial push from the stage. "Oh. OK. That's really interesting," he says. "Is metal bending different from earth bending other than being more focused?" 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     "Metalbending requires a deeper understanding than earthbending, as you need to sense the earth in the metal. Most earthbenders can bend a rock rather easily without it requiring much training," Toph responds calmly. 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity hmms softly to herself. Sounds like it's kind of like how her gem finding magic is a natural skill, but other unicorns like Twilight had to learn an actual magic spell to replicate it... no, that's a terrible comparison. Okay, Rarity has nothing else. So she just goes over to give Toph her congradulations. "It would seem you still managed to get something out of this afternoon of... very different displays of entertainment." 

:'''{{#var:1023|Steven Universe (1023)}} has posed:'''     Steven follows behind Rarity and the CMC, "Yeah, thanks for inviting me to come Toph, I had a great time! And your dad was fun too, until things got kinda weird. That creepy clown guy though... I sure hope we never find a corrupted gem that looks like that because I'm not sure I could fight it!" He shudders lightly. "Anyway, congratulations on finding another student!" 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' 'Until things got kinda weird,' indeed. Tony just happens to overhear that, as he also makes his way over toward Toph, and snorts amusedly. "Next time you can pick the song," he offers. But really, porn eyes? He knows what porn eyes look like -- he's used them plenty -- and that was NOT it. Creepy serial killer eyes, lay a hand on my daughter and they won't find all the pieces eyes, maybe. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Doing a quick check of the sheets and votes, Ziggy hrms. "Well, uh... I'll come up with something. Dillon, mind bending that rod a bit more into a ring?" Ziggy asks. "Thanks." C'mon, do it. Because as soon as he does, Ziggy will go out there and proclaims, "OK, THANK YOU! And now, thanks to the judges' votes, the winner is..." Uh, what was it again, based on the general consensus? "The Cutie Mark Crusaders!" 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Appropriate, a horseshoe into a trophy for ponies. Dillon makes it back into a sort of ring, but with the 'horseshoe' part still obvious if you look at the two ridges and the nail holes. 

:'''{{#var:20|Toph Beifong (20)}} has posed:'''     Toph grins at Rarity as she walks over. "Oh yeah, Ziggy did mean for this to be a way to find new metalbending students. Why he thought this would work I have no idea why, but eh, it worked," she adds with a shrug. So why complain?     Steven earns a nod of Toph's head, and she snickers a bit. Yeah, things did get weird. Good thing she can't see the comments her fellow judges have made. And that they don't know the mental notes she's made for the contestants.     As for Tony? He earns a grin. "Okay then!" If he wants her to pick a song, then she guesses she can do that...     So it seems the ponies won the talent show, huh? Well, it's only fair. They were kinda amusing, and well... enthusiastic, she'sll give them that. The blind girl raises her hands and applauds. 

:'''{{#var:301|Tony Stark (301)}} has posed:''' Tony made that offer to Steven, not Toph. But then again Toph knows she can get him to sing about anything around the house if she lets him get drunk enough. 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity ... just... makes an indistinguishable expression at the prize. She can't tell if that's an attempt at a joke, or just Ziggy pulling something out of his arse at the moment. However the trio of ponies are too young to really care. They take the prize and between the three of them hold it up over their heads. "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS TALENT SHOW WINNERS YAAAAAAAAAY!" Then of course all three glances over their shoulders at their backsides. But alas, no cutie marks for their performance. Though considering they didn't get any last time, not that big of a shock. "Welp, no marks, but we did help Toph find a new student, rawht?" Scootaloo hoof pumps ethusiastically. "Darn right we did!" Sweetie Belle nods her head in agreement. "Helping a friend is definately worth it~" 
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2353/Exploring Njorun

2015-05-31T04:47:09Z

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|Poses=:'''{{#var:796|Sarah Rogers (796)}} has posed:''' "This is a Garden..?" Sarah muses to herself in disbelief as she walks along the giant branch, looking for something she can use for reference. She spots the stables in the distance and lifts off the ground even as she can hear the memory of her mother nagging her about keeping her legs strong and not relying on flight more than necessary. Dammit Mom, this is a long walk! 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Yeah, it's a garden," a voice comments, as a figure in a jacket comes up behind her. Quiet and efficient, but with just -enough- noise to alert that someone was approaching. A lifetime of being yelled at by cartel members had Ziggy with enough experience to make sure he didn't -accidentally- set off people with guns into killing him. "New here?" Ziggy Grover asks. "Because there's always the portals, if you're looking for shortcuts." 

:'''{{#var:796|Sarah Rogers (796)}} has posed:''' The blonde girl whirls around at the voice, It was good timing because she was about to bolt down the branch at top speed, "Everyone I meet says it's all over my face." She says with a hint of annoyance, but she wears a genuine smile, "Hey! I know you! You were singing Aladdin at Mr. Stark's bash last night!" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Uh, not really, it's more like, well..." Shaking his head, Ziggy shifts the subject. "Nevermind. And yeah, Aladdin... that's a pretty awesome movie, actually. I mean, I can understand how Aladdin feels, and I'm used to this kind of thing, so it just seemed appropriate. You've got the advantage of me, though, miss...?" 

:'''{{#var:796|Sarah Rogers (796)}} has posed:''' "Sarah, Sarah Rogers." She says as she lands and offers a hand, "And I still don't have a a name to go with the face." She says as she looks Ziggy over curiously. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Ziggy Grover is pretty much clothed in a black leather jacket, with a dark green t-shirt ensemble underneath. Because, you know, Rangers are supposed to be clad in colors that matched their usual outfit. "Ziggy Grover," the Power Ranger in civvies greet, grasping her hand and shaking. "Sarah Rogers, what brings you here?" 

:'''{{#var:796|Sarah Rogers (796)}} has posed:''' "Well, That's a long story, but basically I was trying to find a way to bring my Family home." Sarah explains as she finds a knot in the branch that's big enough to work as a bench and takes a seat. "Now That I'm *here* I don't know how to get back *there* anymore." She pauses to take a breath, "And I was hoping the Avengers might be able to help with that. But Tony Stark was nothing like was I expected. James.. Iron Man where I'm from, spoke of him like he was a God, not a 10 year old in a man's body! I mean.." She cuts herself off, "I'm starting to ramble, sorry." She grins apologetically. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Um... Avengers?" Not that Ziggy had any clue about it, being from Corinth. Being willing to ask questions, though, the young man presses further. "Um, yeah, Tony Stark is pretty much like that, I guess, but I don't get why anyone would think of him as a God. Unless you're, I guess, into idolatry, and you didn't think there was a -man- in the suit...?" 

:'''{{#var:796|Sarah Rogers (796)}} has posed:''' "Huh.. maybe they haven't gotten that far here yet?" Sarah offers, "But in my World, Mr. Stark.." She pronounces the name as if being formal might somehow help redeem him. "Helped found the Avengers, and since Pop.." She winces uncomfortably, "Uh.. I mean Captain America.. who bears an uncanny resemblance to my father, was there too, and Thor flew overhead, I assumed they were doing something similar here?" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Maybe...? I'm not all that familiar with Tony Stark," Ziggy responds, tilting his head. "So um. Maybe... I don't know anything about Captain America, but I've met Thor, I think, at Tony's tower once." Motioning to the path, Ziggy asks, "So where were you going, and can I help you get there?" 

:'''{{#var:796|Sarah Rogers (796)}} has posed:''' "You think?" Sarah raises an eyebrow, "If you'd met Thor you'd know it!" She smirks, then looks down the branch and shrugs, "I really wasn't heading anywhere in particular. Honestly, if you're not doing anything maybe you could show me around?" She asks hopefully. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Well, you know, I mean... Thor's supposed to me a NORSE GOD. This guy was blonde and huge and waves a hammer. And I'm not arguing with anyone that big who's got a hammer, and says he's Thor." Squinting, Ziggy peers closely. "Not really... the area's pretty big. For starter, we don't walk -everywhere-, we can find a portal and walk around. Or I could teleport..." 

:'''{{#var:796|Sarah Rogers (796)}} has posed:''' "Sounds close enough to me." Sarah says with a smirk. "Maybe he's not as impressive to guys.." She shrugs. "Is that what that thing on your wrist does? It's a teleporter? So.. you can teleport, and you idenitfy with being a street rat.. I think I've been doing too much of the talking here!" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Oh, no, that thing on my wrist... that's not a teleporter, that's a... yeah, special equipment to let me get into, uh... work clothes," Ziggy clarifies. "I'm a Power Ranger. We're defenders of... well, people, basically." A slight shadow casts on his features, before he waves towards the garden. "Anyway, we're in the garden. You've been to the main base, right...? Around on the other end of this long, long walk is the training center." 

:'''{{#var:796|Sarah Rogers (796)}} has posed:''' "Okay that sounds a little odd.. but, it sounds like your part of a team of heroes? Like The Avengers?" Sarah asks, "And that reminds me, I need to go shopping, these *are* my work clothes, but around here everyone seems to take it as perfectly normal. Like The Pegasus and Unicorn singing at the party. Which were totally mythical creatures last I checked." She nods to Ziggy's question, "I think I've seen most of it my now., I just.. still feel like the new girl." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Uh, kind of. The Power Rangers. And uh, I've seen weird things. I swear, some people -live- in their work clothes, you've seen that woman with Tony Stark, right?" Ziggy grins, before shrugging. "Everyone starts out as the new person somewhere, it's a matter of... well, breaking in your environment till they're like, used to you." 

:'''{{#var:796|Sarah Rogers (796)}} has posed:''' "The redhead? She seemed stiff at first but then she cut loose there are the end." Sarah muses. "Are there any particularly weird things I should be looking out for?" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Um... weird...? I mean, this is the multiverse. I'm pretty sure -everything-'s weird to someone out there one way or another. Like turning into a pony in this place called ... uh... horseland or something. Or that GoGo girl who keeps following Tony around. Or... well, you know, I mean. It's not my place to judge. I'm just here to be someone's errand boy," Ziggy responds, shifting from one foot to another, hands motioning to emphasize each occasional subject. 

:'''{{#var:796|Sarah Rogers (796)}} has posed:''' "There a place that turns you into a pony?" Sarah repeats as she blinks several times, "Remind me not to go there if I can help it." She suddenly seems very thankful to have hands as she considers this. "I get the impression your version of Tony Stark has a lot of women following him around, Which one are you talking about?" She smirks, "After that, why don't you tell me where you came from and how you got here.. and what a Power Ranger is while your at it, and then I'll tell you about where I came from, and we'll seer who has the better story?" 

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2317/Go for the Green

2015-05-25T07:20:55Z

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|Poses=:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Hey, pull out whatever you want from the fridge, if it's something you recognize. If it's some sort of mixed gunk, though, don't touch it, it might be detonating putty," Ziggy proclaims, motioning to the kitchen in the Garage. Although Dr. K was rather touchy about having a -getting to know you- party, that Ziggy had talked her into dragging some of the known Rangers into the multiverse, as he put it, was a borderline miracle. He'd even enlisted help in cooking and in gathering up groceries. For the moment, at least, Dr. K and most of the other rangers were in the lab, looking up things. "And make sure the training programs are off, will you, Doc?" Ziggy calls out into the lab. Dr. K did not even dignify that with a response. 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' "Your base is so cool, Ziggy." Kimberly marvels excitedly, having been intrigued during their little walk through the Ranger Operators' headquarters. "And I can't believe you all live in a big dome, that's amazing. I mean.. not amazing why you do, but.. You know what I mean." She smiles and rubs the back of her neck, looking a bit apologetic for bringing that fact up. It kinda sucks living in a post-apocalyptic world, in a sense. "So where's the rest of your team? I figured they'd be around to say hello." She's a bit disheartened at that fact, really wanting to get to know the other Operators. 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Tommy Oliver is hanging somewhat close to Kimberly as they check out the place. Although, he's looking for an area to maybe be able to do his karate. He throws his hands into his pockets and leans on the nearest thing that he's pretty sure isn't going to explode. Or cause the building to fall down. "Yeah. Sorry about what happened... out there." Tommy seems genuinely upset about things. He doesn't like it when things aren't handled the way they should be. Or when the good guys don't win. "If we had known..." Tommy wishes there was time travel. So he could go back and help save this world. Maybe this meet and greet would've been less depressing in Angel Grove. 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' "Yeah, that would be good," Dillon says from the actual garage part of the garage. "No refrigerator guns today please." He's got his head stuck under the hood of his car. He's avoiding the lab area because he had to use his Invulnerable Shield yesterday and he got knocked on his backside because he didn't expect that the giant zord version of Splat Bot would actually KICK him. Meanwhile. At a storm drain not too far from the Wall, a young woman in a very slinky purple-black bodysuit (NOT SPANDEX) emerges from behind a grate, and speaks into a communication device build into her face mask. "Lord Venjix. My remote is in their lab. I'm watching the visitors now." "IS IT TRUE?" "Yes, My Lord. They appear to be operatives like the Rangers. Their morphers are not fastened to their bodies, though." "BRING ME THOSE MORPHERS." In the lab, from the top of a cabinet, a disembodied hand peers through its front fingertip at the visitors. Magnetic lenses focus in tight on the belt-clipped morphers. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Oh, Alpha and some of your other teammates arrived earlier, they're in the lab right now," Ziggy comments, motioning towards the area. "We're just not allowed to bring food into -there-. Something about not wanting to contaminate Dr. K's work space. Which is weird, considering that I'd swear she -eats- in there." Motioning out there, Ziggy shrugs. "Hey, we're beating them back, little by little. Having the Union around means we can take the fight to them. We just have to hope they don't get in here." Falling in step next to Kimberly, Ziggy motions towards the fruit spread. "I got those myself. Pulled a few strings here, there, so we got fresh fruit. And I promise, these are better than anything you've had." Putting fingers to his lips, Ziggy makes a smacking sound not unlike an Italian chef crooning over pasta. "And definitely better than detonating putty. Or we can put together a smoothie if that's the way you like it." 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' Kimberly Hart nods to Tommy in agreement. She wouldn't have hesitated in the slightest if she'd known this world was in danger way back when. But that's what happens when you live in two different worlds. Then Ziggy introduces them to some snacks that have been laid out, Kim's brows raising in surprise. "Oh! Thanks, Ziggy. You didn't have to do that, really." She smiles appreciatively and, not wanting to be rude, plucks a cube of melon from the platter and pops it in her mouth. "Just like this is great, thank you." Apparently she didn't get a full look of the room because Dillon speaking up surprises her a bit. Craning her head a little towards the other ranger, Kim smirks and offers a raise of her hand in greeting if he ever looks their way. "Oh, hey there. Heh, I was afraid I wouldn't get to meet anyone else right away. Name's Kimberly, good to meet you." 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Tommy offers a smile in the direction of Dillon and a nod of the head. "Tommy." That's the greeting and introduction that comes from the ponytail in green. He takes a gander at Dillon's car, from a distance, and moves over towards the snacks. There's just a small appreciative nod given at the car and he's back to paying attention to the food. "Well, anytime you need us, just give us a shout. We'll be here. Ready to fight alongside you guys. We might not be able to stop what happened here, but we can make sure it doesn't happen again. Or to anyone else." Tommy might be trying to eat a grape but he keeps getting his eyes sent off in the direction of that car. 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' The wandering hand points at a small instrument panel, and fires a small dart into it, PFFT! In the lab, an emergency lockdown klaxon sounds, and the doors become un-open-able, as the viral load attempts to take over the base... again. This trick never works -- but it doesn't have to. "OW!" Dillon rubs his head as he pulls back out from his car, and he yells, "TURN IT," the klaxon dies, "OFF! Zig, what's going on?" He seems a bit surprised to see the others here. Then again he did get kicked halfway across the dome yesterday. He's still healing up. Repairing. Whatever. Mouthing "bring me those morphers" with a sullen-teenager expression, Tenaya, several blocks away, begins moving closer to the garage, now that she's locked the ever-annoying Doctor K and some of her silly rangers in the lab. Of course, they'll get out soon enough, so she needs to get there. Dillon will be easy enough to take out, he'll be too busy trying to keep the green buffoon alive. Perfect. "You better get moving," the General In Ashes says as he stalks beside her. Yet another bone-and-graves themed lackey for Venjix, yay. Tenaya gives him a dirty look. "I _know_ that," she growls. Back in the lab, the remote-animated hand gives the digital finger to another security system, PTHWIP, and then hops down from the top of the cabinet to scurry along the floor, screeching to a halt when Dillon appears in the middle of the scanner. "ZIG! The hand! It's back!" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Well, we did, of course...!" Ziggy beams. "It's not often we get -company- here, except for the occasional moments when Venjix's henchmen comes in..." The klaxion goes off, and then Ziggy holds up a finger, motioning towards the alarm. "... like that. Please, please tell me this is just a drill..." And then Dillon's shouting, and Ziggy palms his face with both hands. "I told you not to tell me that," he sighs... before it sinks in. "THE HAND?!" Both of his hands automatically goes for the seat of his pants, lifting them up to prevent a wedgie, as he looks frantically about. "Okay, I don't want to cause any panic," he says to the visitors. "But be very, very careful. And if anything smacks you in the rear end, it's not me." 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' Well then. So much for an uneventful visit! Out of nowhere an alarm goes off and the entire base is in lockdown. Kimberly instantly looks on edge and confused, having no idea what to do. ...Until she sees the hand. "What the heck is that??" She almost shrieks in surprise as seeing a HAND skittering across the floor like a spider. It's obviously not a good thing, proven by the others' yelling, so she knows exactly what to do, and that's get into action! "Tommy, go that way and try to cut it off!" She motions to her green partner while attempting to corner the hand and catch it. "Ziggy, don't just stand there! Get it!" 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Tommy's instincts send him right into an epic karate pose. He heard an alarm and so he's already stepping into a fighting formation. He's definitely wanting to kick something in the face if there's going to be some villains attacking, then he's going to be ready to kick them all the way into the next episode. "A hand?" Tommy's eyes immediately look for anything small and anything that's moving without being attached to anything. His ranger instincts are kicking in. Tommy dives onto the pool table, flipping over it and dropping down off the other side. In both of his hands, afterwards, are a pair of pool balls. They should work a bit better than grabbing the pool stick or something. "I'd say that's weird but... I've been through weirder." He hurls the 8 Ball off in the direction of what may or may not be that hand! 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Eight ball? Hand slap! It careens off, bouncing off the window of the red street racer and towards the black Thunderbird. But before it can hurt his baby, Dillon catches the eight-ball. "Thanks!" It will come in handy ... er, useful. Yeah. The hand dives under the blue-painted troop-carrier. It waits, lurking, peering at the fellow with the green clothes and the pony tail, leaping up at the last moment to grab onto the hem of his shirt. Tenaya says, "Hurry UP!" and the Grinder platoon following her and the General In Ashes goes into double-time: HupHupHupHup... they're a half-block away, and Tenaya directs them to start attacking civilians. "Ranger Operator Series Green, Ranger Operator Series Black, there's a grinder attack very close to this location. We are locked down for ten minutes and fifteen seconds, so you will have to stop whatever plan Venjix has this time, before they get here!" That would be the voice of Doctor K, who sounds a bit like a sixteen year old girl who spends too much time in the library. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Trying to find the hand was proving to be a tricky thing, considering it was a black gloved hand and it could fit into tiny spots like... "Stay away from anything that it can hide in...!" Ziggy exclaims, as he brings his morpher into play. "RPM, GET IN... ACK!" That might have been a punch to the solar plexus, and as Ziggy keels over, the hand skitters away, and ducks underneath the pool table. 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' "Ranger Operator Series Green, you know that's not the correct activation sequence," Doctor K's voice says over the speakers. 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' That hand did /not/ just grab Tommy! That's it, time to get serious, especially now that they know enemy troops are on the way. "This hand's gotta learn to keep to itself!" Kim growls and pulls a pool cue from the table. "How is a single, disembodied hand this tricky anyway!" Kim is going straight for it, no hesitation, and is already on her knees and ducking under the pool table to jab at the hand with her cue like a pest. "Get out from under there, you!" 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Tommy barely has time to register that the hand is on his shirt now. He's got the other ball in his hand but the dang thing is moving so fast that it's going to be hard to get a clear hit or shot at it. Tommy ends up scrambling around, trying to see over his shoulder and around his own sides to see if he can't get a better view of this thing. "Guys! Over here!" Tommy sends this vocal signal out to the others that are nearby so they know where to pay attention. He's found the hand! Yeah, the hand that has scurried beneath his shirt and attached itself to the back of his belt...? 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' If you've ever seen a squirrel in action, you know that they can move with incredible swiftness and agility. Now, turn that squirrel into a ninja, and make it evil. Or more evil, if you know what squirrels are really like. The hand moves like that squirrel only WISHES it could. Really, it shouldn't be able to reverse direction in midair like that. "NO!" Dillon yells, throwing the eight ball. It misses, because the hand has run around to the front, and now, it's leaped for the pool cue that Kimberly is waving and thrusting about like a fencing foil. It rides the tip of the cue for a moment before it escapes through the door, vanishing. The eight ball may or may not hit Ziggy, but either way it lands in the bowl of guacamole. Dillon ignores the culinary disaster, heading for the door. He may or may not have said "RPM GET IN GEAR" -- if he did he didn't yell it very loud -- and he's moving rather fast and his Ranger uniform materializes around him before he's outside. There's a _vroom vroom_ noise from his feet as he kicks into high. Grinders are a lot like Puttis, but also not. They seem to actually know how to fight, but they don't take a punch any better; they have no actual faces, but they do, sometimes, show hints of personality (which may be because they _might_ be humans who were experimentally turned into disposable robot grunts.) Tenaya is waiting in the midst of the swarm of Grinders, who are terrifying people by doing generically mean things in the background. The General in Ashes is standing behind her, as smugly as a skeleton-themed robot destructoid can smug. "TENAYA!" Dillon yells. "Ranger Black," she smirks. "I have my prize. You're too late again." She shows off the morpher she stole from Tommy as she re-attaches her hand. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Whimpering as he gets up slowly, Ziggy just stares at the speaker for a moment. "You -try- getting in gear when something's punching you!" Unable to find it, Ziggy takes the chance to... *THUMP* Going cross-eyed for a moment as the eight-ball bounces away, Ziggy staggers, clutching his morpher. "Ok, that does it... RPM, GET IN GEAR!" One alloy-form suit later (It's NOT SPANDEX!), Ranger Green whips out his axe. "Okay, hold still... don't worry, I'm using the flat end!" Except the hand takes off, and Ranger Green only gets in one swat, before he spins off after it. "Hey, get back here...!" Following Ranger Black out, Ranger Green whimpers at the sight of the grinders. "How many this time...?" 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' Kimberly Hart does her best to stab at the offending hand, but to no avail as it goes running off with a very familiar belt buckle. "Crap! Tommy, your morpher!" This isn't good at all, they have to get it back! And so, without hesitating, Kimberly follows the others out the door with Tommy, still in her civilian attire. Down the block they all finally come across exactly who the hand belongs to, Tenaya, as well as a group of lackey enemies and some weird bone guy. Tenaya's taunt in particular is what sets Kim off, feeling thoroughly pissed. "/Your/ prize? Listen here! I don't know who you are, but you're giving that back whether you want to or not!" In a single movement she's unclipping her morpher from her belt and holding it in front of her as she shouts out, "It's Morphin' Time! Pterodactyl!" And in a flash her Pink Ranger armor envelops her while encasing her head in her signature, pterodactyl shaped helmet. "Hyah!!" Dillon and Ziggy may have a way of doing stuff in their world, but Kim doesn't have time for that while her friend's power morpher is in danger! And so, without even waiting for the others, she's leaping into the fray of Grinders, ready to punch and kick her way through. 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Tommy notices the moment his morpher is gone and he's already giving chase. It is extremely difficult to keep up with a super fast and super agile hand, but he tries. A couple of wild reaches have him looking pretty stupid but he ends up skidding to halt once they make it outside and he sees everything else that's going on. Also, he spots Tenaya. Holding his morpher. Tommy immediately frowns, forming one stylishly poster worthy karate pose as he stares off in Tenaya's direction. He only has a moment where he watches the Pink Ranger jump into the fray and there's just a hint of a smile that happens as she does this. That hesitation fades just as quickly as it appeared and he's rushing off, civilian clothes and all, into the squad of Grinders. He takes to the sky and extends a leg, aiming to kick his way right into the battle. If Kim's going for his Morpher, he'll make sure to keep those Grinders away from her! "Sik-HA!" 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' This is Tenaya 7, simply trying to get her gloat on a little before skipping back down the secret tunnel to the secret exit and then off to Venjix's nearest Assault Base, when some Pretty In Pink in a _skirt_ comes after her. "I don't _think_ so," she says archly, letting the disposables get between her and the outsider Rangers. She turns and finds herself face-to-bony-chest with the General In Ashes. "WELL? GET THEM!" she yells. The General draws a sword (of bones, naturally) and cuts an arc between himself and Tenaya, and the interlopers. The usual eruption and explosion bursts throw the grinders and possibly the rangers backwards, but before he can do his own monologue, Ranger Black is there with his own laser sword, striking hard, SLAM WHAM SLAM, spinning the old bones around. Clearly the battle will turn around at least twice but she expects him to die. Venjix considers his generals disposable, after all. So, Tenaya starts to make her way out. The Rangers will make quick work of the grinders, especially with that doltish bonehead doing more damage than the enemy. She needs to get to the tunnel. At least one of the grinders seems to be staring up the Pink Ranger's skirt. The noises it makes are not the usual electronic grinding, more like questioning sounds. Yes, _that_ grinder is in this batch. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' While Pink Ranger was going straight for Tenaya, Ranger Green has a moment to reflect. "Wow... she goes right for the jugular, doesn't she? What happened to going through the swarm...?" Smacking about with his Power Axe, Ranger Green sidesteps his way through the fallen grinders. Most of them were grinding away electronically, -except- for the one beeping grinder that seemed to be going '???... causing Ranger Green to slow down for a moment, and peer downwards. "Hey, aren't you the one that was lifting Flynn's kilt during the fight? Because I got to let you know, I'm pretty sure -she-'s wearing something underneath that skirt..." And then Ranger Green is reminded to keep on fighting as a grinder gives him the bum's rush... literally, as Ranger Green is whacked onto his butt and dragged along until he manages to free himself with a flailing kick, and then tumbles upwards and onwards, swinging his axe furiously, with only a moment to rub at his butt. "Ow." 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' So Tenaya thinks she can run off? Not on Pink Ranger's watch. Like a whirlwind she flips, rolls, and dives through the swarm of Grinders, punching and kicking those that go for her, though once those in the immediate area are down she stands there, glaring at the fleeing enemy. ..At least until an odd beeping near her feet gets her attention. Looking down, she notes the curiously perverted Grinder flat on its back trying to get a look, making the ranger huff angrily and kick it in the head before continuing on. "You're not going anywhere!" She calls after Tenaya and summons her bow and takes a proper stance while nocking her single arrow and drawing it back. Pull back.. line up the shot.. breathe.. and release! Hoping her shot it true, the arrow sings through the air like a bullet directly at Tenaya's back where it explodes in a wash of flame and sparks upon impact. 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Tenaya is not expecting to be shot in the back. She really has no reason to think that the Rangers are going to be Lawful Stupid Honorable, but for some reason she has that idea. So she's slightly outraged when she hears the SHREE of the arrow. She manages to do a twisting backflip, and thus, is not shot in the back ... but the arrow does hit the bottom of one of her boots. The explosion sends her tumbling through the air, and the morpher arcs up and back, just out of her reach as she tries to catch it again... 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Tommy is in the middle of a squad of Grinders. He ducks a swipe and comes around with a heel to the chest of the Grinder. From there his foot heads in the direction of the next closest one, which gets sent twirling through the air and smashing into the ground from another one of Tommy's masterful kicks. He plants both feet on the ground and turns quickly to see another pair of Grinders headed in his direction. Tommy smiles as he catches Tenaya getting arrow'd out the corner of his eye. He looks at the Grinders in front of him and runs straight at them. He leaps and plants both feet on their shoulders, sending himself into the air, "Thanks for the boost!" Tommy twists into a somersault, reaching out to grab the Power Morpher that's sailing through the air. "I'll take that!" Tommy's quips are all done in the air as he drops himself down to the ground. He looks at his communicator like its a watch. "Y'know what? I think..." Tommy takes a second to look at the Fourth Wall. "It's Morphin' Time!" Tommy gets overtaken by the Morphin' Grid and when the transformation ends he's decked out in his green and gold. Yeah, maybe his is spandex but it works for him. The Dragon Dagger gets spun around in his hand and he leaps once again to land right next to the Pink Ranger. "Thanks for the assist. Maybe you should go out for football." Time to fight! Cue music! 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' The General in Ashes is spinning around and stunned, and Dillon yells over to Ziggy, "Turbo Launcher time!" He snaps his laser sword into its Rocket Blaster configuration, and with the Wolf Cruiser engine cell chip, he's ready -- if Ziggy gets here with his axe! 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' With the minions out of the way, Ranger Green grabs his axe, leaping next to Ranger Black and slapping the axe in place. With his Tail Spinner engine cell chip, snapping in place, Ziggy poses. "TURBO PLASMA LAUNCHER!" BOOM! A blast that oddly resembles the Wolf Cruiser blasts off, streaking towards the general in a howl. 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' Naturally, the Pink Ranger poses when her green partner lands beside her. "Lookin' good, Green!" She compliments, a smirk to her tone. Turning back to the battle, she sets her gaze on the General now that Tenaya is out of the way for the moment. "Now let's help these guys out and send this boneface packing! Power up!" A second arrow materializes out of nowhere in her hand and she swiftly draws it back, training on the General as both bow and arrow begin to glow pink for a charged attack. And once Green gives the ready she let's it fly, only this time with a little more kick thanks to what Tommy's going to add! 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Green Ranger is right behind the Pink Ranger when she launches that arrow. He takes a swing of his Dragon Dagger and sends a beam of green light to swarm all around the arrow. "Time to take out the trash!" The Green Ranger's Dragon Dagger beam looks almost like a Dragon's Maw as it bites down on the arrow and the swirling colors of pink and green look totally awesome (and powerful) together! This doesn't mean anything more than what it looks like though. Really. It's not an allusion to the Green and Pink Rangers at all! It isn't! 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' The two combined power attacks strike the General In Ashes, spinning around him like a biting dog taking down a fleeing perp, or like a totally innocent arrow filled with dragons striking him in the chest. He explodes, of course. It's what they do. Dillon is still apprehensive. He looks over at where Tenaya had been blown up, and she's taken advantage of the moment to escape into one of the thousands of side-alleys, hidey-holes, and so forth, that fill the city. Meanwhile, some miles away... "YOUR FAILURE HAS BEEN NOTED, TENAYA 7. NOW. GENERAL IN ASHES, UPLOAD!" Viral energy is suddenly pumped into the fallen robot's body and it begins to grow, almost like a balloon being inflated, _with evil._ "Doctor K? Are our zords online?" Ranger Black asks. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Affirmative, Ranger Operator Black," is Dr. K's terse response. Bringing his hand up, Ranger Green whistles. "TAIL SPINNER ZORD!" he calls out, even as Ranger Black calls -his- zord. "And now we're calling _ValueMax_ Zord configuration." "It's VALVEMAX!" 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' "Bullseye!" Pink Ranger cheers and pumps her fist in victory, only to slowly lower it when the General starts to grow bigger and bigger and.. "Aw man, they do that here, too? Ugh, now I'm thinking of Rita." Turning to Green, she nods. "Guess we're following their lead. Good thing Alpha brought the zords along." She then extends her hand to the sky and shouts, "Pterodactyl Zord, let's go!" A few moments later the pterodactyl-shaped jet will be seen lifting off from one of the Garage's hangars and screaming low through the air right towards them. At the last moment, Pink Ranger leaps with surprising acrobatics and somehow lands in the cockpit, strapping in and piloting her zord in an aerial swoop past the General, lighting him up with laserfire. 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' "I hope there's room for one more!" Green Ranger takes a flying leap off to the side as monsters start to grow. He doesn't waste any more time and brings the Dragon Dagger up to the helmet and starts up his flute playing. Which is weird because he shouldn't be able to do that. But it happens anyway. There's ground rumbling and water splashing as the Dragonzord shows up. It takes a few moments before it arrives but the huge Dragonzord of GREEN JUSTICE stomps onto the scene. ROAR! "Dragonzord! Alright!" The Green Ranger is hyyyyyyype! 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' The bright orange Croc Carrier comes rumbling up out of _somewhere_ as Dillon leaps into his Wolf Cruiser. There is a confusing and somewhat scary moment while the Ranger Operative Series Green's Tail Spinner flies apart, along with the Croc Carrier splitting into several pieces, and then somehow there's arms, legs, a head, your classic armored giant robot. The Valve Max Megazord is here! And it's a good thing because the General In Ashes, Supersize, is swinging his Sword of Dead Bones at the Pterodactyl ... and it's already cut through a building - an abandoned skyscraper, apparently - and the building is now transformed into crumbling bones, collapsing in a heap. "Woah!" That's Dillon's extremely profound and analytical take on the upgraded power of the enemy. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "I have -no- idea why you even call this a -Valve Max-, Doc," Ranger Green complains, just before he calls out, "Look out!" at the Pterodactyl Zord. And then... "Well, uh... they're counting on us, Dillon. So, um... you know, let's just take this guy down. Preferably before he cuts -us- into ribbons." Lifting up the Tail spinner arm, Valve Max Zord swings, tail meeting sword and setting off sparks. "Ready anytime you are...!" 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' The pterodactyl zord veers out of the way of the General's sword just as Ziggy exclaims that, the ranger within smirking confidently under her helmet. "Don't you guys worry about me! You three just get to blasting him while I've got him distracted!" Another pass sees to more laserfire scoring the enemy, though she's quick to barrel roll away when he takes another swing and turns yet another building to bones. This is what the pterodactyl is made for, pure speed, so it's perfect for buzzing around the General and keeping him busy for a moment. 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' The Green Ranger isn't even in his Zord. He's still on the ground with his Dragon Dagger. "Alright! Let's see if we can't send this guy on a trip!" The Green Ranger brings that dagger back up for some more flute action. Another joyful tune is played and the Dragonzord's chestplate lights up. The Dragonzord lets out a roar and stomps off in the direction of the General In Ashes, his body turning and swinging that huge tail at him! The end of the Dragonzord's tail spins rapidly! Down below, the Green Ranger raises a gloved fist! 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' You'd think it would take a long time to take out the freshly empowered General In Ashes, but the pterodactyl is keeping it busy while the Dragonzord drills it, and a triple-power blast (three engine circuit boards producing a three-way enery spiral of Wolf, Shark and Croc) takes it from the back... the General explodes into a spray of fine bone powder that rains down on the city below. "GREAT WORK, GUYS!" Dillon calls out. The enemy is defeated -- for now. The process of de-zording and returning to the stature of mere mortals is handled off-screen; Ranger Black enters the garage, with the others close at hand, in time to see the other Rangers, plus Alpha and Doctor K, who defeated the viral lockdown and are now demolishing the spread of food. 

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|Poses=:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' The Bar and Grill at the Edge of the Multiverse. Here people of all species and allegiances could intermix, usually with a certain amount of freedom. Good, bad, it didn't matter. Hanging out here was a good way to get familiar with the various multiverses that happened to intersect; usually, the newbies came here at least once. Ziggy Grover, being the utterly open, mindless wild-haired schmoozer, had a simple invitation: "Let's meet here. And this time, I don't suppose, we could forego the usual mindless fights that happens when someone from one culture bumps into another, and like, talk it out, instead of brawling? Because I've had my share of these recently, and let me tell you, it's no fun." Picking a table with plenty of space, Ziggy picked up a linen napkin, and palmed it, testing it out... hm. Could do good things with it... 

:'''{{#var:575|Ayako Hasekawa (575)}} has posed:'''     The Bar and Grill at the Edge the Multiverse is a bit of an oddity. To get there, all one really needs to do is just go through an open doorway and think, 'darn, I could go for some food right now.' Or something similar. Of course, Ayako Hasekawa doesn't eat. Good thing it also works when you're really bored!     And so Ayako walks into the Bar and Grill at the Edge of the Multiverse. She walks over to Ziggy's table, and sits down cheerfully on a bar stool nearby. Naturally, she starts spinning on it almost immediately. "Hello!" 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' Kimberly Hart has only been a part of the Multiverse for a few weeks now, so it's been an interesting experience so far. And being the open minded person she is, she's also found it to be rather exhilarating, especially when it came to meeting new people, even if some were a bit odd looking. "So this is the bar you've been talking about, huh?" Kim smiles excitedly when sitting opposite Ziggy, having grown fast friends with the fellow Ranger from another universe. "It's so cool! And oh wow, look at all this stuff..." Marveling, Kim observes the menu before her, unable to even read some of this stuff! Probably best to stay away from that then.. "Oh and.. thanks for helping us settle into this, Ziggy. It's been a heck of a ride, that's for sure." She offers an appreciative smile his way, a hand lifting to curl some hair behind an ear. "I think I'm starting to get the hang of this, though." And then Ayako slips on in to join their little party, making Kim perk and smile wide to her. "Oh! Ah, hello there." 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' It's not like Ziggy is all that much of a stranger to Yuna, but she'd been meaning to get out and about and catch up with some friends, and Ziggy's invitation seems like as good a reason as any. Meeting another new person adds extra appeal to the invitation, if he had occasion to mention that. Yuna is actually carrying a smallish tote bag when she arrives in the Bar and Grill; Elner is flitting along by her shoulder as usual. "Hey Ziggy, hi Ayako!" she greets the two whom she recognizes on her way over to Ziggy's staked-out table. "And hi!" she adds, smiling brightly at Kimberly, offering a handshake. "Yuna Kagurazaka, idol singer." "And chosen champion of the Queen of Light," Elner adds, prompting a mildly exasperated look from Yuna. 

:'''{{#var:575|Ayako Hasekawa (575)}} has posed:'''     Ayako stops spinning the moment she's spoken to. She raises her hand and positively beams! "Hello hello! The Multiverse is an amazing ride, yes! And there's almost always something new or surprising to see!" She giggles brightly and then lowers her hand. Just a moment passes before she startles slightly. "Oh. Right."     The girl dressed very much like a witch hops off her bar stool and then curtsies. "I'm Ayako Hasekawa, despite how I might look, I'm a water spirit! Please call me Ayako!" Ayako just smiles cheerfully. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Tucking the napkin in and then pulling it out, just in time for a pink carnation to fall out, Ziggy shakes his head ruefully. "Still need work on that." And then back into his fist the carnation goes, followed by the napkin and... ... nothing. Holding his hands open, Ziggy shakes his head. "Anyway. Yeah. It's not a bad place to get the feel for all kinds of people. I mean, people you wouldn't think existed till they do, then... like... you know, I think I've heard you on the channels, though we haven't actually met in person, have we?" Offering his hand to Ayako, Ziggy grins. "Ziggy Grover. And... the galaxy fraulein, right?" That Ayako might end up with a napkin in her hand after shaking hands? Totally a screw-up. 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' Kimberly Hart has been meeting new people almost every day since arriving. It's a bit exhausting, to be honest, so she's glad to sit. Eyeing the pink flower a moment, she soon looks up to Ziggy and smirks, rubbing the back of her neck. "Ah, well.. Yeah, but you were still helpful. What I'm really wondering, though, is how many other types of rangers are out there, you know?" Yuna's arrival is welcomed, though Kim gives a curious look between her and Ziggy. Guess they know each other. Still, she graciously accepts the handshake and smiles delightedly. "Very nice to meet you, Yuna. And you too, Ayako." She nods to the water spirit before introducing herself. "I'm Kimberly Hart. A bit fresh to the Multiverse, honestly, eheh." 

:'''{{#var:575|Ayako Hasekawa (575)}} has posed:'''     Ayako waves hello cheerfully to Yuna. "Hello Yuna!" And then makes her way over to Ziggy to shake his hand. "Eh heh... nice to meet you, Ziggy!" She cheerfully shakes his hand-and gets a napkin in her hand too. It takes her a moment... and then she blinks her eyes slowly. "Eh? The galaxy what?"     She idly starts to play with the napkin in her hand. Just for a moment, though. Ayako quickly places the napkin back on the table after said moment. It's folded like a paper crane now!     "Nice to meet you too, Kimberly!" Ayako hops back onto the spinny chair and of course, starts spinning again. "Nothing wrong with being new to the Multiverse!" 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna raises her eyebrows at Ziggy, and asks, "You actually know about that? That was ... feels like a lifetime ago, really. And it kinda was ..." She takes a seat. "There was a beauty pageant back before my world Unified - an interstellar competition, the Galactic Lady Contest. I guess 'Galaxy Fraulein' is another way it could translate ... and I won the whole thing, grand prize." She smiles, perhaps a bit wistfully, as she thinks back on it. "The prize package was pretty life-changing - admission to Shiraokadai Girls' Private High School, my very own interstellar cruiser, the start of my idol career." "And becoming the principal candidate for the position of Savior of Light," adds the little robo-faerie who's accompanying Yuna. "The winner of that contest doesn't always become the new Savior of Light, but it happens more often than not - and when the Queen of Darkness began moving against other girls who had been in the competition, luring them into her power, the Queen of Light sent me to find Yuna and give her the powers she would need to stand against the Darkness." "I don't really like calling myself the Savior of Light, though," Yuna says, looking sheepish and somewhat embarassed as Elner fills in the blanks. "Calling myself by a title like that feels like I'm putting on airs ... and I still have a long way to go to really be worthy of it." She shakes her head. "Anyway, glad to meet you, Kimberly, and welcome to the Multiverse. It can be kinda overwhelming at first, but you'll get a feel for it. Making friends always helps," she adds with a grin. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "A lot of rangers," Ziggy waves a hand. "We never did get a good count of how many blips showed up on the universal bio-energy field, but something like twenty... maybe forty. Dr. K thinks there's a lot of overlaps, so maybe we may be looking at more than that. I'm not sure." Leave Dr. K and Zordon to go chummy over the details, science was never Ziggy's thing. Ayako gets a bit of a sheepish grin. "Sorry. Couldn't get the magic trick to work right." Holding up his hands, Ziggy wriggles them. "Shadow puppets're easier for me." Yuna gets a nod. "Looked it up a bit, since you gave me a hand back then." Running a hand through his hair, Ziggy scratches his chin. "I'd ask for an autograph, but, uh... we're not big on collecting things in Corinth." 

:'''{{#var:575|Ayako Hasekawa (575)}} has posed:'''     Ayako stops spinning on her chair suddenly to face Yuna. "Oohh... So that's what that's all about!" She clasps her hands together slowly and nods her head once. A giggle follows. "I don't really like titles much either. But... sounds like you went through a lot!"     She spins again and faces Ziggy. "Magic trick? Shadow puppets? Oh oh, show me, show me!" Ayako just smiles cheerfully and leans forward, her amber gaze bright. 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' Kimberly Hart looks quite grateful at the welcomes, nodding lightly. "Thank you both. It's good to know there's so many nice people here." Glancing down, she notes the napkin crane and curiously picks it up, careful not to ruin it. "Wow, really nice. I could never figure out how to fold these things.." And then Yuna goes on about her life in her own universe, a topic that's, well, astounding! It really is intriguing to here about other worlds, so Kim is listening quite intently. "That's amazing." She says, awed. "What does a Savior of Light do, if I can ask?" 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna gets another slightly sheepish look at Kim's question. "Uh ... do you know anything about magical girls?" 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' Kimberly Hart rubs her chin at Yuna's question. "Sorta? I'd heard they had those sorta of things in 'mangas' back home. Japanese comic books, pretty much..." She then pauses and quickly looks to Yuna, stunned. "Wait, you mean you're one??" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Taken aback a bit, mostly because Ayako does the whole big-eyed leaning forward thing, Ziggy glances about, reaches for a napkin, and then whips it out and motions to Kim to hold it up for him. Putting his hands behind the napkin, Ziggy makes a shadowy figure behind it. "Okay, to simplify things, this is a girl." Twirling his fingers about a bit, Ziggy hums the tune to some random anime magical girl show. "Magical girls show up in anime, twirling about their magic batons..." (And here, Kim can see Ziggy somehow manipulated a toothpick into a wand) "and fighting evil monsters that represent -some- sort of aspect of human psyche." Shadow puppet: Something that looks like a t-rex, but with high-pitched squeaky "I will crush you!" tones from Ziggy. "They fight in the name of love, of course." Shadow puppet: 'Heart-shape'. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "Simplest comparison I can make," Yuna nods to Kimberly. "Although it's less straight-up 'magic' and more 'technology empowered by the Queen of Light' ... I'm sort of a paladin too, when you get right down to it." She falls silent as Ziggy does his 'explanation' with shadow-puppet demonstration. And looks like she wants to slide under the table when he starts talking about magic batons and fighting in the name of love ... "I wish it were that simple for me," she sighs. "Anyway - I don't get a frilly skirt or a cute magic wand, and the 'power of love' in my case is ...." She trails off briefly, then sighs. "Yeah, I don't get to do it the easy way. I was lucky back home, with so many of my opponents being people I could break free from whatever was controlling their hearts. Out in the Multiverse, though ..." 

:'''{{#var:7|Kotone Yamakawa (7)}} has posed:''' Kotone Yamakawa has had taken the day off after her job for ReGe, it was a pretty good day's work and she didn't fele like bobing about under the water any longer iehter. She enters into hte tavern and notices Ziggy doing things with shadow puppuets, this gets her attention. "Didn't know you could do that. Ziggy." She note before heading for the table where Ziggy is enterinaqing his friends or so she assumes they are all his friends. "Mind if I join you?" 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' Kimberly Hart perks up at Ziggy's motioning, looking confused for a second, but does as she's told and holds the napkin for a bit of shadow theatre. The show is quite amusing, eliciting a giggle from her. "That's some pretty good handwork you've got there, Ziggy." She comments, smirking, though it falls when Yuna explains the reality of her situation. "Still, it's good that you can save them. And yeah.. The Multiverse is a bit complicated in that aspect. So many variables now.." And then yet another aquaintence of Ziggy's makes herself known, Kim glancing up while still holding the napkin. "Oh, another friend of Ziggy's? Sure, c'mon over and have a seat. The name's Kimberly." 

:'''{{#var:575|Ayako Hasekawa (575)}} has posed:'''     Ayako claps her hands together as she watches the shadow puppet show. "Oohh... you're good at that, Ziggy!" She giggles softly as Ziggy explains magical girls with the shadows. "Aww... you don't get a frilly skirt or a magic wand, Yuna?" She nods her head quickly when Kimberly says that there are lots of variables in the Multiverse. "Isn't that the truth?"     When Kotone arrives, Ayako waves hello cheerfully to her. "Hello Kotone!" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Oh... so your kind of magical girl isn't anything like anime?" Ziggy asks, reaching out to nab the napkin back from Kimberly, before tucking it into a fist and... promptly losing it. "Kotone! C'mon, have a seat. Kimberly, this is Kotone," Ziggy greets, motioning to a seat, before looking back towards Yuna. "Well, that just means you gotta work harder and level up, right? I mean, we have to work on it, get better. Take me, for example, before I got started, I couldn't fight my way out of a paper bag. Now, uh... maybe I can fight my way out of a burlap bag." 

:'''{{#var:575|Ayako Hasekawa (575)}} has posed:'''     Ayako giggles softly. "I can't fight my way out of a paper bag right now, even." She gestures at herself with her hands. "My thing is healing, support, barrier, and water magic. I'm not really the attacky-type anyway." She giggles softly and then spreads her arms outwards slightly. "Even though I'm dressed like a witch!" 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna waves to Kotone, then grins at Ayako. "Hey, you could at least turn it from a paper bag to a *wet* paper bag, right?" Then she turns her attention back to Ziggy. "I don't know about the 'levelling up' part, honestly. Ryudia's helping me train when she can get away from her responsibilities as queen, and she's said I need to find some other teachers for the things she can't teach me." She pauses, flagging down a waiter to order iced oolong tea and (after looking at the menu) hamburger steak with rice. 

:'''{{#var:575|Ayako Hasekawa (575)}} has posed:'''     Ayako giggles brightly and nods her head quickly. "That I could do!" She winks slowly, "Or just soak my way through it anyway." And then she resumes spinning on her chair. She sure likes doing that! 

:'''{{#var:7|Kotone Yamakawa (7)}} has posed:''' Kotone Yamakawa is welcome and she'll move toi find a spot to sit down. "Kotone and good to meet you. Ayako good to see you as well and Yuna right?" The cyborg finds a spot to sit and make her self comforable at this point. "... Ziggy from what you said you were still better off than I was." She's have got wrecked by a Ginder or two back then. "Leveling that's funy way to put it Ziggy." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Well, that just meant -running- the other way when there's a fight," Ziggy says unabashedly, putting his index fingers together before holding them to his lips. "So getting teachers in the Union should be easy enough. A bit of martial arts... well that's Tommy's thing. Gymnastics..." He looks at Kimberly, arching his eyebrows. "And uh... you guys have special skills that might be doable for magical girls, right?" he asks, looking around, before tossing his hands up. A few napkins shoot out and flutter down. "Oops." 

:'''{{#var:786|Kimberly Hart (786)}} has posed:''' Kimberly Hart smirks to Ziggy. "Don't really know magical stuff, unfortunately." She really is enjoying this, glad to get to know a few more people, but unfortunately her little get together is cut short when her wrist communicator chimes a familiar tune. "Eh?" Looking down to it, she realizes it's probably an emergency, so she stands and turns to give the group an apologetic smile. "Sorry, guys. I'd really love to stick around and hang out, but it looks like duty calls." A motion to her wristlette. "It was awesome to meet you all, though. Hopefully we can catch up again another time. Seeya, Ziggy!" Waving to them, the ranger heads out swiftly through the nearest door, back home to help fight the good fight! 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "Take care, Kimberly!" Yuna waves to the departing Kim, then looks at Ziggy. "I'll keep my eyes open, maybe start actively asking around ..." She tries not to giggle at the sudden fall of napkins. 

:'''{{#var:575|Ayako Hasekawa (575)}} has posed:'''     Ayako blinks her eyes and stops spinning at the tune that comes from Kimberly's wrist communicator. "Hmm?" She then waves cheerfully to Kimberly. "Ah. See you later, Kimberly!" And then she blinks her eyes again at the napkins that shoot out and flutter down as Ziggy tosses his hands up. She giggles brightly at that, though! 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Pulling back the napkins and rearranging them to avoid the dirty looks from the waiters, Ziggy stacks them up quickly into little teepees, coughing. "Still trying to get the hang of doing the magic tricks for the children. Shadow puppets are easy, magic isn't. It's all about making people expect one thing while you pull out another..." Pausing, Ziggy tilts his head at Yuna. "Well, stage magic, not, you know..." He motions with his hands like alkazambazama, followed by reaching out to spin Ayako around in her chair. "Transofrmation sequence like that." 

:'''{{#var:575|Ayako Hasekawa (575)}} has posed:'''     Ayako giggles brightly when she's spun in her chair and... Err...     When she stops spinning in her chair, she's in completely different clothes! Rather than her witch outfit, she's in her maid clothes now. "Ta-dah!" Ayako giggles brightly and flings ice glitter and confetti from her hands! Thankfully, said glitter and confetti vanishes into thin air so that the staff doesn't have to clean it up. 

:'''{{#var:7|Kotone Yamakawa (7)}} has posed:''' Kotone Yamakawa says "The mega factions do have a lot of people to call on that, very true." She seems to be one whose had no desire to joins he pauses for a moment at the mention of magical girls with abit of a grin on her face. "I wonder if Magical Molly is really out there somewhere." She muses she wves to Kim as she departs and turns her attnetion to those who remains and then Ayako changes outfits. "So Maid to order huh?" 

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2201/Clash of the Green Rangers

2015-05-11T01:01:08Z

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|Poses=:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' the Garage, in the domed city of Corinth: "Ranger Series Operators, the Universal Bio-Field that activates your Operations suits have shown burst of activities. From my readings, there is at least one universe, splitting across at least twenty different eras, perhaps forty, that have shown up on my readings. One of them is giving me clear readings. My belief is that if we can now detect them, Venjix can as well. Ranger Series Operator Green..." "Will it kill you to call me Ziggy?!" "Ranger Series Operator Green, investigate." Standing around in what is Angel Grove's Juice Bar, Ziggy is commisserating with a man behind the bar, who called himself Ernie. "It wouldn't -kill- her to call me by my name, would it? Am I asking too much? ... say, this smoothie's better than Flynn's. Can I hit you up for another one...?" 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' Peter hardly needs a reason to be anywhere. He heard there was a bounty on something called Power Coins. He has no idea what the hell a Power Coin is, and he's checked every pawn shop he can find in this city. So he walks into the Youth Center/Juice Bar and takes a seat at the stool. "This place is colorful." Before he looks over at Ziggy, raising an eyebrow. "Oh hey, it's Slim! I'll have what he's having." 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Ernie's Youth Center and Juice Bar. What a grand place that exists to supply everyone with delicious beverages and a central location from which to hang out and be friendly. Or at least just, y'know, be. Hey, the important thing is that this place keeps Teenagers With Attitude from getting into trouble. Speaking of Teenagers With Attitude... Tommy Oliver, clad in a pair of jeans and a sleeveless green tank top, wanders right into the Youth Center (and Juice Bar!) with all the swagger of someone that spends way too much time here. He's got a black and green duffle bag hanging off one shoulder and his long dark brown hair is down to his shoulders. He hasn't earned the right to wear a pony tail yet. There's a weird green flavored 'watch' on the wrist of the hand he uses to give a wave in Ernie's direction. "Hey Ernie!" as he wanders past the random patrons and off in the direction of where the gym (how they manage to fit all this equipment in here) section is. He may or may not take a moment to smile at a girl in pink on the balance beam. So smooth. 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     With one Union Elite dispatched to investigate weird events, another's decided to play backup just in case things get Weird.     Ziggy might be in trouble if for any reason he has to rely on the girl who shows up at the Youth Center though. Cory's shed her gi in favor of a blue shirt and red skirt. Not exactly typical wear for the local culture but the advantage of this attire is being able to keep her tail hidden under the latter, wrapped around her waist.     She strolls on in with the WILDEST GRIN on display - exploring the Multiverse and seeing different worlds is a good thing!     Right? 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Oh, exploring the multiverse is fantastic, if you were taking in the sights. God knows, the girl in pink is certainly worth watching. "Sure thing, pal!" Ernie responds, as he whips up another strawberry banana smoothie. Waving a hand around lackadasically, Ziggy regards the newcomers. He might not quite look at the girl in blue and red so favorably if he'd even been aware that Dr. K had called her in to help out -just- in case. It wasn't as though there was going to be an infestation of grinders or anything, would there? Distracted as he was, Ziggy yelps when Peter Quill speaks up next to him, immmediately leaping off the stool, hands up in immediate 'Don't hurt me, I didn't do anything' reflex. Old habits died hard. "Oh, it's you," Ziggy sighs, adjusting his leather jacket, and looking at Peter with a grin, one that quickly turns into a suspicious glare. "You're not here to drag me to Fresno Bob, are you? I thought Doc sent you back to him to collect a... you know, whatever it is you bounty hunters do. Wipe up messes?" He makes cleaning gestures with his hands, just to illustrate the point. 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "Eh, I'm done with Fresno Bob." Peter waves a hand dismissively, waiting for his smoothie. "Also, I'm an outlaw, not a bounty hunter, there's a difference. But I am here hunting a bounty." He rolls around in his stool to lean his back against the counter, looking around, nodding to Tommy once. "Actually, I'm looking for something called Power Coins. No idea what they are, but there's a bounty for them. I was told that they're here somewhere, but I haven't seen any in pawn shops or anything. No idea where to look or even what they look like or do." 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Tommy drops his duffle bag over near a bench before turning and heading off in the direction of the actual juice bar. His hair doesn't really move as he strides over and takes a seat on one of the stools that's near the more vocal gathered parties. There's only a quick eyebrow raised at Peter's get up. "Heh. Cool costume, man." Tommy offers with a friendly tone. He's raising a hand to order a drink for the E-Man when his ear latches onto Peter's words and Power Coin talk. Initiate Pensive Frown. It takes Tommy a moment to shake off hearing this chatter and he plasters on his innocent Teenager With Attitude smile that is designed to make him seem like the least likely to know anything about any Power Coins. "Hey Ern. Whenever you get a second, I'll take a Mango Recharge Smoothie. Double up on the Energy Shots. Got a long workout ahead." Tommy lingers on his stool, just in case more Power Coin chatter develops. He's not eavesdropping! Honest! 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "Juice Bar, huh." Cory is easily distracted by the premise of food and drink, and beelines for the menu to glance it over. But seeing nothing quite like what she's used to she just scratches at a temple and sets it down again. Maybe later?     Gotta remember not to get carried away ordering food in public. Gotta remember!     So instead she ends up wandering over peter's way just as Tommy's ordering. She takes one good look, then another... "What's with the costume? This is a gym, not a movie set." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Ziggy's expression is that of blank know-nothing. Which, come to think of it, isn't all that different from his normal expression. "What's a power coin?" Taking his smoothie and slurping it, Ziggy closes his eyes, letting a sigh of contentment escape his liups. "Ahhh. Good." Opening his eyes, Ziggy blinks at the appearance of the girl in blue and red so suddenly. "Oh, well... juice bar. He's here becausse... uh, he needs money." It'll do, at least. 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "I thought I just said I didn't know? Keep up!" Peter raises a hand to slap Ziggy in the back, then turns around when his smoothie arrives, leaning in to take a zip of his as well. "A movie about space. Practicing my lines, he's helping." he confirms, nodding in Tommy in acceptance of the compliment before turning back to Ziggy. "All I know is, I'll get at least a million credits for one. I might try antique shops next." 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Tommy turns to lean back against the counter whilst awaiting such delicious smoothieness to be created. He keeps his face as innocent and friendly as possible because he doesn't need to be perceived as a possible threat or even noticed. The best way to hide is in plain sight or something, right? He is definitely attempting to do anything but draw attention to himself. "Hey! Loser!" Tommy's eyes immediately roll as he hears the voice of one half a pair of royal pains: Bulk. The rotund bully has made his presence known at the entrance of the Youth Center, leather jacket and bandana worn for full on thug representation. His lanky and gum smacking life counterpartner, Skull, is right behind him. Tommy turns just slightly to see that his daily fears have been realized. He's already preparing to mount a verbal defense when he notices that both Bulk and Skull have decided to not to bug their usual target this time. Nope. It seems that the duo are swagger stomping their way in the direction of the loser reject from Space Mountain. "Hey! He's talkin' to you, Captain Jerk!" Skull pops his gum to further make their presence known. Bulk frowns and turns to look at Skull. "Did you just make a Star Trek reference?" "What? I like Star Trek. To boldly go--" "Not the time, Skull!" Bulk closes his eyes to try and get back into his intimidation presence. It probably doesn't work out too well. Either way, feel threatened, Peter. Bulk & Skull are IN YOUR FACE. 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "O-ohh... what's the title? I love spaceship movies! Whooosh and zap all over the place!" Cory goes up on her tip-toes, fists clenched from sheer enthusiasm!     Although she quickly side-steps to give the others some space, realizing how close she's gotten to them. "Haha, woops. 'scuse me..." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Oh well. A power coin. Wonder if it's the same thing Dr. K sent me here to check out," Ziggy muses. "A bio-universale energy field." Looking towards Cory, Ziggy frowns, looking back at Tommy and the others. "Er, sorry, we're visiting, from out of town. Just investigating, you know... strange incidents in this town. Know anything...?" Any further rumination is interrupted by Bulk and Skull's arrival, forcing Ziggy to immediately move out of their way. No, definitely not into trouble. Besides, Peter Quill could handle himself. A whisper to Tommy, who seems to know what's going on. "Who're they?" 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "Wow, 80s movie bullies! This place is awesome!" Peter stands up, in his full, incredibly tall glory, then stares down at Bulk and Skull. "Alright, let's head over to Cobra Kai and do some karate at each other!" He does a few mock martial arts moves, holding his hands up as if he's ready to karate chop. He asides to Cory, "Space Invaders, by Stanley Kubrick." But his attention is quickly back on Ziggy, even though he's still in his karate chopping stance. "Ask your girlfriend to point me at that bio field thing. Sounds like a lead to me." Boy, this sure is a convincing science fiction rehearsal! 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' "That's Bulk." Tommy says, with a point to the big one. "And that's Skull." Tommy points right off in the direction of the skinny one. "They're... friends of mine." Either way, Tommy sounds like he's not really wanting to admit that he knows either of them but this is probably going to go from bad to worse. He can see that the costumed individual (that is hunting down Power Coins!) is ready to do harm to his semi-friends and he can't let that happen. It's in his contract, okay? Tommy pushes off his stool and away from the counter, taking a spin step to plant him right between Bulk and Skull. The two of which are in the process of looking slightly worried about what they may have gotten themselves into. Okay, well, Bulk is trying to stand his ground but Skull is tugging on his leather jacket to see if he can't make Bulk reconsider. It's a very visible song and dance that probably won't end well. "Ha! Karate! Who needs Karate when you've got these guns?!" Bulk... is flexing... what is definitely not muscle. Skull feels the need to back him up, "Bang! Bang!" Tommy can't take it anymore and slides an arm around both Bulk and Skull. "Heh, uh, guys? You might want to put those away before somebody gets hurt, alright? What do you guys, think? Smoothies all around? My treat?" Tommy initiates Peacekeeping Sequence. "Get lost, dweeb!" "Yeah! Get lost!" Failure. 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "I was so sure this would turn into a tournament to figure out who the coolest guy is." Peter entirely ignores the fact that he's over 30 and is making fun of teenagers. Then he motions to Tommy, his demeanor relaxing a bit. "Hey, Hair, anything weird ever happen around here? You seem like you know the place." Then, suddenly, it hits him. "I guess we -could- have a karate fight, and I won't fight these guys for getting on my bad side... You seem like a tough guy." He may or may not be dicking around and assuming that this is 80s Movie World. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "She's not my girlfriend, pal. Just -really- bossy," Ziggy responds, holding his hands up and waving them in a 'hold it! No way' gesture. "Besides, they're just a bunch of bullies. They don't know what they're in for." Slurping his smoothie, Ziggy tilts his head at Cory. "Don't suppose you know anything about this area?" 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "uh?" Seeing the two comical bullies and the interplay next to the guy wearing what does not AT ALL strike her as a Space Costume (she's seen too many real ones to fall for that!) filsl Cory with a spark of bewilderment. Just what's going on her that this Dr. K wanted her to keep an eye on?     Who knows.     But she's suddenly addressed. With the look of surprise seen only on those who've been jostled out of deep thoughts she whirls in place to face Ziggy... "Nope. Just was passing through. Never seen a combination of a gym and bar of any kind, juice or otherwise." 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' "Nope. Nothin' weird that I've ever seen. Just plain old boring Angel Grove." Tommy keeps his smile up as if that's going to keep this from turning into a fight. He really doesn't want to have to school this old dude. "Right, guys?" Tommy's arms have been shrugged off by Bulk and Skull by now. The two bullies have already decided to move it along. However, they don't get the opportunity to walk away due to the fact that questions are being asked about the weird and unusual. And the dweeb in green isn't even going to be honest?! "Whoa whoa! Don't listen to this nerd. You wanna' know about the weird happenings that go on around here? Then you've come to the right place." Bulk flashes a grin. Skull just looks at him like he's lost his mind. "Bulk & Skull. Your Official Tour Guides to the Power Rangers." Bulk elbows Skull and extends a hand towards Peter. "Huh? Oh yeah! Yeah, Power Ranger Tour Guides! That's us!" Skull extends a hand, as well. Bulk continues, "Allow us, Bulk & Skull, to take you on a trip through all of Angel Grove to learn everything there is to know about the Power Rangers! For the low low price of... how much you got?" Tommy facepalms. 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' Peter thankfully converted some credits into dollars, as is typical for places that don't necessarily know about Multiverse weirdness yet. Then he pulls two ten dollar bills from his jacket and holds one out to each of the two. "Alright, Power Rangers..." He looks over at Ziggy at that. He has no idea if this guy has a secret identity, but he at least doesn't out it. "Tell me everything you know. Ziggy, get over here so your girlfriend can hear." Of course, since no one can -see- Dr. K, this could easily be interpreted as meaning Cory. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Power Rangers, huh...?" Now Ziggy perks up. "There're Power Rangers here? What're they like...?" Canting his head, Ziggy blinks. "You kidding? She doesn't even -use- my name. I mean, what kind of person doesn't use my name?" Turning to Cory, Ziggy implores, "ZIGGY. Is that so -hard- to use?" 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     It could indeed mean Cory. Of course she has no idea what Ziggy's story here is supposed to be so she does indeed react by turning about once more and blinking at him, gaze full of question. She's SO not good at being covert past a point. "Power whats?"     Well, of course someone traveling from another city might have nooooo idea...     If they're sheltered. Maybe. 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Bulk and Skull snatch their ten dollar bills and immediately go into chatterbox mode. "The Power Rangers are a group of colorful dudes that fight the random monster things that show up here every week." Bulk explains this while staring at his money. "Skull and I help them out whenever we find the time in our busy schedules." Skull pipes up, "Yeah! They save our butts all the time!" Bulk frowns and turns to Skull. "He doesn't need to know /that/!" "He said tell him everything we know!" So while Bulk and Skull argue about how much information is worth ten bucks a piece, Tommy just kind of quiets back down in his seat. His smoothie is finally ready and he proceeds to sip at it. His eyes are only slightly worried because this is going downhill pretty fast. There really is no way for him to interfere with this divulgence of information without looking suspicious. So. He'll just have to keep drinking this smoothie! "What, you gonna' tell him who they really are, next?!" "Maybe for another fifty bucks!" "You don't even know who they are!" "Yeah, but /he/ doesn't know that!" 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "I think I've got all the information I need. I'll see if the Power Rangers can lead me to Power Coins. Slim, come on. Hair, you can come too. You two, I'd stay out of it if you don't wanna get into some serious trouble." He already starts heading out of the Juice Bar, after leaving a twenty under his glass and chugging down the rest. Who knows what he's about to do, but he's heading in the direction of the park. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Ziggy, meanwhile, is still lamenting. "I tell you, it's not -that- difficult to use my name. ZIGGY. Why is..." A gloved hand comes out and grabs Ziggy by the collar. "I said come on, Slim. Discuss that with your girlfriend later." YANK. Off Ziggy goes, shoved ahead by Peter Quill, leaving his smoothie behind, with Ernie shaking his head. "Kids today." 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     With this boggling development taking place in front of her, Cory just sort of gapes. A rumbly, unhappy snort-like noise is all she gets out before offering Tommy a rather helpless shrug and heading on out after the others... 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' "No refunds!" Bulk and Skull snicker with each other as they watch Peter and Ziggy make with the quick exiting. Of course, it is then that the two fo them decide to plot on how to acquire that other twenty dollars that is on the counter. Ernie's watching them like a hawk though. A hawk! "Ugh." Tommy sets his smoothie down and tosses a couple more dollars onto the counter. "I gotta' run, Ernie. I'll catch up with you later." Tommy hops off his stool and moves with the quickness to grab his duffle bag and get on with his own disappearance out of the door. His sudden movements, though, cause the Dastardly Duo to spin 'round and 'round, dizzifying them in the process. Bulk and Skull collide head first with each other before falling onto the counter and getting smoothies all over their faces. Bulk reaches out for the twenty but Ernie's fingers are too fast. Random patrons of the Youth Center and Juice Bar laugh at the messy plight of Bulk & Skull as this location is no longer important. 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' Once they arrive at the park, Peter releases Ziggy, then very quickly draws both of his blasters. He aims one at Ziggy, and one at the sky. "Now, don't be alarmed, but I need you for a hostage. You're a Power Ranger, so you'll be bait for -other- Power Rangers. And don't do that transforming thing, I'm hip to it now!" With that said, he aims the blaster in his free hand up at the sky, then just starts to fire it. "They'll get the message and come eventually." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' The park was a perfectly -nice- place, but... "I'm not seeing anything. It just seems like a nice ordinary..." Hands go up, as Ziggy winces. "Aw man, -not- again. Didn't I already tell you how allergic I am to getting blasters pointed at me? They make me get rashes in unmentionable places, and I don't think -kids- today need to have it pointed out that their heroes -get- rashes like anyone else, so... you sure this is really gonna bring out -anyone-...? I mean, what if a bunch of grinders come along...?" 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     A rather strange noise comes from one of the nearby bushes. A weird *blip-hiss-crackle*!     It lasts for only a brief second, then....     FWOOOOOOOSH!!     A base-ball sized glowing SOMETHING comes flying out of the bushes, searing through leaves on its collision course with the side of Peter's threatening weaponry!     Well, the one aimed at Ziggy, that is.     It's not particularly powerful, and may not do more than singe it, damage-wise. The main thing it will do is -knock it and the arm- COMPLETELY out of alignment, if the gambit succeeds.     Maybe even knock it out of Peter's hands... 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Tommy is in a brisk run himself. He comes up to the park a bit after the other shenanigans have begun and he drops his duffle bag, ducking behind some bushes to keep a close eye on what's going down. He can't exactly make out what's being said since he lacks super hearing but he can see that there's blasters being pointed at what is probably an innocent dude from the Juice Bar. "Not cool." Tommy brings his wrist up and activates his communicator. "Zordon, this is Tommy. There's trouble in The Park. Checkin' it out. Standby." Tommy turns his attention back to what is going on over there. SMASH CUT TO: Command Center "Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi!" Alpha 5 waddles over towards the Viewing Globe as a visual of The Park appears within what is essentially a knockoff crystal ball. The picture is hazy but it certainly looks like Peter Quill is intending to blast Ziggy to pieces. "Hmmmmm." Zordon looks as pensive as a floating head can look. Alpha 5 flails his robot arms. "Whoa." Tommy, who is hiding behind DIFFERENT BUSHES BY THE WAY, watches the sudden explosion of something powerful come sailing out of some other BUSHES and his eyes go a bit wide. "Unreal." Not that he's shocked by any of this but still. Things are getting out of hand pretty quickly. He doesn't make a move to intercede. Not yet. It's not like Rita's involved, right? 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "Seriously, Power Rangers fight Italian food?" Peter asks, interpreting 'grinders' completely differently than intended. And then his blaster aimed at Ziggy goes flying out of his hand, which he shakes at the sudden stinging pain. "Ow, hey, come on!" He aims his remaining blaster at the bushes where the ball came from, firing what seems to be a glorified lightning bolt from the bottom half of his blaster. It's just a stun blast, thankfully! In the meantime, he tries to kick Ziggy in the butt just in case he gets the idea to morph. If he's going to morph then Peter doesn't want to be in range of the explosion! 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Italian food? Not -that- kind of grinder!" Ziggy exclaims. Hey, Fresno Bob frequented Italian restaurants, he knows thereof of what was Italian food. The blaster has Ziggy disoriented. "Huh?" Oh hell... and assisted with the butt-kick, Ziggy staggers forwards, then spins around. "We're being fired on...!" An arm goes up, as Ziggy brings his hand to his morpher, then shifts the lever upwards. "RPM, GET IN GEAR!" One morphing sequence later... "Okay, whoever you are, I'm going to find you...!" Bringing out the pistol, which switches to an axe, Ranger Green goes diving in to the bush, slashing with that axe! 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "GHHHZYOW!" Cory did her usual thing when faced with something flying at her: Try and deflect it with a palm slap.     This doesn't work out well at ALL however. The bolt smacks her arm, goes coursing through her muscles and nerves and--     "OOFRGH--" THUMP! The Saiyan girl comes tumbling out of the bushes, smashing face-first into the ground with all her limbs twitching weirdly.     Yes, ALL. The skirt rides up high and SPROING, her furry monkey tail pushes up into the air like an ANTENNA! 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Tommy just stares. There's too much going on right now to try and keep up with. People with tails are showing up out of nowhere. That one dude turned into what looks like a Ranger. And then the costumed dude is actually shoowing blasters (that work!) at people. This is too much and someone's going to have to get to the bottom of this. Tommy gets to his feet, cleverly keeping himself behind the trees to protect his identity. Not because he's actively trying to do that. The Park's design just kind of helps out with that. He turns and looks at a wall that doesn't exist, one hand going behind his back. "It's Morphin' Time!" Access to the Morphin' Grid is granted and Tommy's Power Morpher is held out in front of him. "Dragonzord!" No cool and expensive explosions of punctuation. In fact, the only thing that happens is that now standing where Tommy once was is a green clad POWER RANGER... with bonus GOLDEN SHIELD of Awesome. "Time to find out what all the fuss is about." The Green Ranger's helmet bobs to the left as his voice can be heard. "Sik-haaaaa!" And there's a mighty and incredible leap that takes the Green Ranger into the air. He somersaults way over the trees of identity protection and drops down on the other side and right near where all this violent hub-bub is happening. This probably happens in slow enough motion that his presence can be seen as he lands with POWER and grace. "Hey!" Green Ranger clenches a fist, looking in everyone else's direction. "You guys lost? Because I'm more than willing to show you the way outta' town!" Fangirls, you may now squeal. 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' Peter quickly dives, rolls for his other blaster, then rises back up to his feet, aiming at both Green Rangers, since Cory is down. "Alright, calm your spandex. I'm guessing Ranger Pratfall doesn't know a thing about anything. But I'm guessing -you're- one of the local Rangers, because you don't look like you're wearing a car." He seems more than ready to fire one either one of them, even though Ziggy is running. "I don't know what a Power Coin is, but I'm guessing, because of my Sherlock Holmes-like deduction skills, that it has something to do with POWER Rangers. I'll get paid a million dollars each for one of them. So you can start by telling me what they are and where to find them, and I won't shoot! This sounds like a pretty generous offer." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Ziggy was, of course, running after where the blaster was aimed, so when the monkey-girl bursts out of the bushes, Ranger Green skiiids to a stop, sending blades of glass flying. Head swivelling to follow Cory's track through the air, Ranger Green straightens himself up to a properly heroic pose, legs apart, hands on hips. "Okay! So now that we've established that there's a -Power Ranger- and an -animal villain- to fight, we're going to have a superhero team-up, right...? You know, I don't like hitting ladies, but on the other hand, the one lady villain I know can kick my ass if I don't keep moving, and it usually takes all of us to deal with her, but that's okay, that's part of the -deal-, right? I can live with that. Time to play the lullaby, and say good night! Because... hey, Quill, I'm trying to have a hero monologue here. Worry about your money -after- we finish the fight!" 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "Animal themed villain?" Cory's struggling to rise. Whatever that bolt did really gave her nerves a good zap. But she shuffles a knee under her gut despite misfiring muscles and protesting flesh.     Although it's a shakey ascent, this might be the quickest anyone's recovered from such a thing in plain view. Cory grumbles something to herself, but then...     THEN she rolls up her sleeves, revealing lots of blue armbands snugly fitted around her arms. She slides them all off witht he other hand...     Each one that topples to the ground hits with a THUMP big enough to dent the earth.     She proceeds to rid the other arm of similar accessories - a total of six each. Then she reaches inside her shirt! Despite what it looks like she's not undressing! Nope... after quickly futzing with something she pulls out two long belts, dangles them out in front of her and drops them like a rock.     They HIT like a rock too. It kicks up a clump of grass and some dust.     Geeze, how much do those things weigh? Why would anyone be wearing them to begin with?     "Get this straight, green tights guy! ... The first one. I'm your -bodyguard- for this stupid mission!"     The young woman's now gritting her teeth rather fiercely, a look of pure rage boiling up for both Peter Quill -and- Ranger Series Green. A seemingly sourceless wind sends her hair and clothes wildly ruffling...     Then she gets a good look at the OTHER Green Ranger and some of that rage dwindles down in favor of awe. "--Ooooh. He's got good moves!" 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' The REAL Green Ranger doesn't seem to be too worried about what's going on. Not that anyone can actually see his face thanks to that POWER HELMET of protection. He stands confidently in his spot and just listens to the bad monologue and the bad threat that's coming in his direction. "Hate to break it to you but the Power Coins aren't going anywhere." Green Ranger even reaches down to pat his morpher belt buckle as if to show just how close Quill is going to have to get if he wants the Power Coin. "You can tell Rita if she wants it back, she can come get it herself! H'yah!" Another super leap of justice becomes the method of transport as the Green Ranger takes to the skies. Again. Because for some reason that's the best method of travel that works for Power Rangers. His Dragon Dagger is yanked out as he descends and he aims a quick blast of green lightning in the direction of both Quill and Ranger Green. Some lingering strikes may hit the ground near Cory if she gets too close to the others but he's not aiming for her. Not yet, anyway. Oh, the Green Ranger also finally lands back down on the ground because that's how long it takes Power Rangers to leap. Sheesh. "Uh, Zordon? I think Rita's gone green again. How many Power Coins does she have?!" 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "Oh wow, now I know what a Power Coin is. Thanks for the information! Ziggy, stay out of the way!" Peter actually used his name this time! Then charges forward, aiming both blasters as he fires his stun bolts of concentrated electrical energy. "I mean you really should have thought that through. What do you think you are, a super badass who can just wave around the thing I want and then kick the crap out of me when I try to get it?" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Striking a dramatic pose with the axe, Ziggy brandishes. "Come on, I'm going to show you that..." Wait, huh? At Cory's words, Ranger Green seems to slump his shoulders a bit. "What? A bodyguard? But I don't have... Aw man, Doc contacted the Union and asked for one?" And then a pause. "Wait, wait, are we fighting Power Rangers? Did we slip into an universe where Power Rangers are evil...?" Waving his axe, Ziggy calls out, "Hey, wait for me...!" With a tremendous leap, Ziggy jumps up and brings his axe down where the Green Ranger is. "Well in that case, let's roll...!" 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     With this seemingly turning into a weird 3-way battle at the drop of a hat, Cory's rage dissipates utterly. ZIGGY DID NOT KNOW?!     Great so it's even MORE chaotic than before. She slaps a hand to her forehead, but while doing so manuevers her tail back under the skirt and firmly around her body.     It's a seemingly pointless 3-way battle, but a hot-blooded and yelly one! "oh whatever. I'm joining in!"     Moments later... Cory's foot is going right for Peter's derriere from BEHIND!     Anyone who was watching her observe will likely be surprised to find that the Cory there just fades out, courtesy of EXTREME SPEED. 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' The Green Ranger doesn't seem to stop moving. He's got multiple opponents to deal with so his movements are at incredible speeds. Stun bolts are sent in his direction, but a corkscrew leap over them allows him just a moment to pose dramatically and with just a bit of stylish flare. His helmet turns towards Quill, "Uh? /Duh/." Instincts pick up on the Ranger Green (of Evil!!) that's headed towards him and he turns right towards him, swinging his Dragon Dagger up and catching the axe that's headed straight for him. "Man. Rita really hit the bottom of the barrel this time. You got big shoes to fill..." The Green Ranger pushes Dragon Dagger against axe in effort to throw Ranger Green off balance enough that he can get a backflip kick sent towards the Other Green Ranger's chin! "Mine!" 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "What th--" Peter goes falling forward when Cory kicks him in the butt, groaning and rolling over, he aims both blasters at her. "What is your -problem- lady? I'm not interested in fighting monsters with tails! I need that coin." It might became very apparent that he must be an incredibly ordinary human if a simple kick like that downed him. But he very quickly fires -both- stun blasts off at her. "I'm shooting stun blasts at you, take the hint!" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Yours...?" Ziggy flails backwards, trying to avoid the kick, somehow managing to remain at a 45 degree angles without falling, dashing backwards, sparkling after-remaints of the weapon clashes trailing in his wake. "I don't -want- to be in your feet, I didn't even -ask- to be a Power Ranger...!" Managing to come to a stop, Ranger Green manages to straighten up, before pointing. "Hey, wait, aren't you supposed to be my bodyguard...?" he calls out to Cory. "We're supposed to be fighting -this- guy, not -that- guy!" Posing, waving his axe behind him, other hand in front of him, Ranger Green poses! "We can ask questions about the Power Coins -after- we beat him!" Dashing forward, Ziggy goes into a spin-kick... about a few feet short of where he -should- be, and then -repeats- it, for a double-spin-kick. Whether or not it connects, well... 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "Uh? Him? I wanna watch a bit longer, he's got good moves!" Better than Ziggy's is the implication, but of course Cory's not about to say that. "And you called me an animal-themed villain!" Her tone positively drips with overblown indignation.     She might be just making things hard on Ziggy though.     But assuming that Quill was mostly harmless after seeing how easily he went down was a mistake. She takes both shots in the gut and doubles over, once again shocked from head to toe with nerve-disrupting zaps! "Ghhh..." The tail pops straight out AGAIn as she crumples forwards, on her knees and head against the ground! 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' The Green Ranger moves to defend that flailkick of justice that comes at him... but then it doesn't hit. "Huh?" Green Ranger isn't ready for the second dose that comes at him right after the first falls short. He catches a foot to the chest and it sends him sailing end over end, his body slamming into the ground and rolling away. "Ugh. Didn't see that one coming." The Green Ranger is back on his feet, though, in record time. "Ha! Beat me? You can't even keep up with me!" The Green Ranger says, swinging his Dragon Dagger from one side to the other. This is what happens when your enemies can't see your face. You have to be extra movement-y. So weird. "I'll die before I let my Power Coin fall into the wrong hands again! Sik-hah!" The Green Ranger runs in Ranger Green's direction and dives at him with a series of quick strikes from that Dragon Dagger. He aims to put a little extra speed into his movements, feinting with a kick or two, before striking out with that powerful blade of his! "I think it's time for you to cut your losses!" 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "If you stop kicking people in the ass, you won't get shot!" Peter shouts at Cory, then carefully makes his way back up, aiming his blasters at both Rangers again. "Alright, seriously, it's not -that- hard to beat up Ziggy, break it up!" He just starts unloading shots at Tommy, all stun shots since he has no idea how much those suits can take. But he's definitely trying to drive him off of Ziggy. "How about you tell me why someone wants to pay a million credits for these Power Coins? Do you guys use them to turn into Power Rangers or something? Ziggy, you moron, you could have told me that!" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Hey, wait, I'm supposed to be doing the puns here!" Ranger Green exclaims, as Ranger Green comes swinging that dagger. Whoomp! Whoomp...! Feet to the chest causes Ziggy to stagger, and then he ducks, rolls, and scampers (that was definitely a better word for the way he flees than 'runs') away towards Peter, using the shots for cover. Tucking, stumbling, and rolling, twisting so that he can stand upright and face the Green Ranger, Ranger Green replies to Peter, "We don't! We use energy cells! We just plug them into the morphers! What -would- make you think we use money to power up our morphers?" Another look at Cory. "And you, put your tail away! Impressionable young minds are going to get the wrong idea!" 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "Says the guy trying to take a hostage." Grunts out Cory. Taking TWO shots at once, that's a much different thing than the earlier agony. Her body's twitching left and right, barely responding whatsoever to anything SHe wants to do. Even breathing is hard and jumpy.     But she first focuses on that. One proper breathing's re-established she again struggles to rise. It's a laborious and shaky process to get her right foot planted on the ground again but she uses both hands to push off her knee and rise!     That stun trick might work very well on humans, but it apparently has its limits against a well-trained Saiyan.     She now has a clearer picture of what's going on though. And oh, the agony. Let this continue and enjoy the sight, or do the Union thing and keep it from getting out of hand?     Sometimes being one of the good guys sucks.     With a somewhat clumsy backflip she lands atop a nearby bench, cups both hands to each side of her mouth and screams out "HEY GUYS!" at the absolute TOP of her lungs.     If at least Ziggy and Peter turn to look...     They'll see her holding both hands up to each side of her face, fingers spread wide. "SOLAR FLAAAAARE!!"     Everything goes WHITE. Burning, hot white. It's like staring at the sun through a magnifying glass. STATUS AFFECT: BLINDNESS! (for maybe 15-20 seconds or so...) 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' The Green Ranger takes a moment to dip and twist and dodge those shots that come at him. They are trying to get the drop on him. "So! Rita's got some new tricks, huh?" The Green Ranger stops moving to point off in the direction of Quill and Ranger Green. This allows one of Quill's shots to hit him in the shoulder and it spins him down to the ground. Again. Sparks fly and everything this time. Green Ranger rolls and gets to his feet, slower this time. Whatever kind of stun juice that is, it stings like hell. And it looks like that arm of his is going to be out of commission for a second. Which is probably why the Green Ranger switches his Dagger to the arm that isn't stuck down by his side. "Last chance." Green Ranger stands taller and prouder, throwing in a little more intimidation. "Give up now or I'm taking you down." Green Ranger looks from Ranger Green to Quill and even to the Impressionable Tail. "All of you." It doesn't look like the Green Ranger is in any position to do that but his CONFIDENCE is UNWAVERING. His helmet does tilt back though as the SOLAR FLARE comes blasting in his direction. Good thing the Power of Visor Tint protects and shields his eyes. It is still bright as hell though. Anyway, Green Ranger stands his ground, looking like he's ready to go ALL THE WAY and THE DISTANCE with these intergalactic interlopers! Not to mention the opening chords of his personal theme song are on standby. Bring it on. 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "Gaaaahh!" Peter yells as he covers his eyes, holding his arm up to them while aiming his blaster every which way. "Damnit, -everyone- stop doing -everything-!" he suddenly demands, even though he can't see a thing. "First, -who- the hell is Rita?! Second, can you stop kicking for -five- minutes to talk about this Power Coin thing?!" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Five minutes isn't enough -time-!" Ranger Green exclaims, before bringing his hands up at the flashing Cory. "AAAAGHHH! It's blinding! It's... hey, my visor blocked most of it, but there's spots everywhere... wait, wait, are we -actually- going to stop firing? I thought normal convention was that we beat down our enemies, THEN they become our allies! Even though that hasn't worked with Tenaya..." %R Stumbling about, trying to wipe his visor, Ranger Green bumps into Cory... 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "Ten minute timeout!" Cory calls out emphatically, waving her arms upon realizing a few people can still see her and the battle's momentum was hit with a sidewinder as planned.     But then Ziggy bumps into the bench she's on and she topples over onto him. "OOF--ghh..."     Once more she's rubbing herself. The blasters left her sore... "What did I ever do to YOU?" Is wailed out Tommy's way. 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Green Ranger doesn't think this is going to keep going well. In fact, he just kind of continues to stand there, staring at his three enemies. "Don't give me that! I know Rita Repulsa sent you down here to take my Power Coin. But I'm not giving it up without a fight." Green Ranger raises his Dragon Dagger up and the fingers of his stunned arm start to move. He's getting the feeling back in that arm. It will soon be time to take these people down. Er, aliens. Well, alien, person and evil ranger. It's a lot to take in, okay! "I won't say it again." Green Ranger gives a swipe or two with his Dragon Dagger. Threatening! "Stand. Down." Man, Green Ranger sure can stall. 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' Peter starts rubbing his eyes, then holsters his blasters. "See? Blasters holstered. Though I don't see how it'd make a difference while fighting a guy in shiny spandex." He groans, rubbing the back of his head. "No one's shooting. If anyone shoots, I'm quickdrawing and shooting you myself! Now, let's all sit down and talk." He takes a seat, crossing his legs, then pats the grass. "Come on! Sit! Now..." He takes a deep breath, and proceeds to explain. "I don't know who -Rita Repulsa- is- fantastic name, by the way," he says with all the sarcasm in the world. "But I got an anonymous mail about a bounty for Power Coins. It was addressed 'From the Moon'. I figured it was a joke, but I followed the coordinates to this planet. Did you know that there's a -castle- on your moon? Because there totally is." He shakes his head, then continues. "I found this Angel Grove place, and for a million credits, I thought finding a few coins wouldn't be a big deal. Satisfied?" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Flopping on the ground, Ranger Green is furiously swiping at his visor, trying to blink his vision clearer. "I'm sitting down, I'm sitting down. I have no idea what's going on, but either you're the bad guy, or you're the good guy and we've just done the usual hero tradition of misunderstandings, and now we need to figure out what's going on. I don't -suppose- your money lets -you- morph?" Moving a bit away from Cory as she wails, Ranger Green winces. "At least I have no trouble figuring out where the monkey bodyguard is." 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "You guys all need a kick in the pants. When a girl calls a time out..." She's still rubbing her gut, but Cory effortlessly flips off Ziggy and stands a good dozen yards away, arms folded under her chest and tail twitching irritably. She's wearing the SOUREST of looks... 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Hesitation is clear within the body language of the Green Ranger. He wanders over towards the others and lingers before crouching. He can tell that his arm is back in business so that's the only reason that he holsters his Dragon Dagger. He stays ready to spring into action if this is a trap. They aren't still attacking him so that's a good sign. "Well. If you're not working with Rita then let me be the first to apologize. On behalf of the Power Rangers and Angel Grove, I, the Green Ranger, am sorry for kicking both of your butts." Green Ranger keeps one hand on his belt buckle because he's not about to let Quill get the drop on him and snatch his Power Coin. "That castle you speak of belongs to Rita Repulsa, the evilest witch in the universe! When you mentioned my Power Coin, I could only assume you were working for her. She had my Power Coin once before and nothing good came of it." Green Ranger's helmet droops just a bit. "I couldn't let that happen again." 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "Hey, I was keeping the peace, I could have used the lethal shots if I was working for your arch nemesis lady." Peter explains as he stares down at the coin, then throws his hands up. "Well, I guess if taking the Power Coin would -doom the world-, I'll leave it alone. Should have known this was too good to be true." He pushes up from the grass, brushes himself off, then starts walking further into the park. "If anyone needs a ride, I'm going back to my ship. I'll probably return for the smoothies." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Wait, wait... you're just going to get up and -go-? You don't even know who hired you?" Ranger Green responds, deciding that girls, even monkey girls, needed time to cool off. Besides, she looked like she was ready to crush people's heads like coconuts. Grimacing, Ranger Green turns his attention back to the Green Ranger. "Also, you can't kick -our- asses. When right is on our side, we'll never lose!" Pausing, Ranger Green considers. "Of course, I'm curious about this Power Coin thing. I mean, Doc was wondering about the bio-universal field readings here, that seems to blip around here a lot." 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "Iiiii don't even know anyone by that name..." But hearing of the story going on, well, that just gets Cory making a rather disgusted face, shoulders bunching up. "Sounds like YOU got fooled." Her commentary to Peter Quill is sharp and a bit smug, and executed at the same that she leaps to Ziggy's side and claps him on the back with maybe just a tad too much strength.     He might wobble.     "THIS guy's support group decided someone should watch him in case something happened..."     On second glance, she's really not standing next to him. She's FLOATING a few inches off the ground and only slowly settles down after about ten seconds . 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' "No hard feelings!" The Green Ranger gives a salute off in the direction of the retreating Peter Quill before he turns his attention back to Ranger Green. "Watch the language. There are kids in this park." Green Ranger gives a finger wave in Ranger Green's direction before he pushes right back up to his feet. "Anyway, I don't know anything about any universal bio-fields but I may know someone who does." Green Ranger holds out a hand as if he's preparing to seal his fate one way or another. "/If/ I can trust you." Oh ho. Putting the ball in Ranger Green's court! 

:'''{{#var:751|Peter Quill (751)}} has posed:''' "Who cares who hired me! The bounty was a bust, too evil for my tastes. Have fun with your Power Ranger business!" Peter holds up a hand and waves without looking back. Then a few minutes later they'll see a space ship rise above the trees, then rocket into the sky. Yeah... he probably brought that in when everyone was sleeping. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Well, how do you like that?" Ranger Green replies, watching Peter Quill go. "And he -was- hired to go after me too. Though he didn't know I was a Power Ranger." Hands on his hips, Ranger Green pauses, and then looks at Cory. "Is that why -you- were supposed to be keeping an eye on me? What happened, Ranger Black couldn't be spared from duty?" Thinking about it, Ranger Green shakes his head. "Probably not. Grinders have been hot and heavy lately." Turning back to the Green Ranger, Ranger Green waves a hand. "Oh, I'm just here to have whoever's been tinkering with the bio-universal field... that's the thing that lets our suits function... find out if it's evil or not, and then hook him... or her, I got to remember that... up with Dr. K. I hope yours is nowhere near as bossy." 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "I dunno! There was a Union request up..." All Cory can do is shrug a little at Ziggy. "And I did my job." She jabs a thumb at the ship that Quill just flew off in...     "You didn't get shot in the face while helpless!"     This of course, doesn't do ANYTHING AT ALL to explain the tail. 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Green Ranger tilts his head. "Bio-what?" It takes him a moment to get up to speed. "Oh, you must mean the Morphin' Grid." Green Ranger just gives a dismissive wave of his hand. "Don't worry about it. You go ahead and tell your Doctor that Angel Grove is in good hands. Zordon is as good as they come." The Green Ranger will /not/ be taking this Ranger Green back to the Command Center. Y'know, just in case this is all a trick. It could be a trick! A very elaborate trick! Green Ranger looks from Ranger Green to the Taily One and then back again. "Do you two need a moment or...?" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Right," Ranger Green replies to Cory. "But I wasn't expecting a -monkey tailed bodyguard-. I swear, this sounds like something I heard sometimes about some people travelling west..." Spinning around to look at Green Ranger, Ranger Green shrugs. "Sure. Though if you're in the Union, I bet, Doctor K will want to talk to your Zordon, compare notes... maybe your Morphin' Grid is the same thing as our Bio-Universal Field. I mean, Dr. K has fancy names for everything." Tilting his head, Ranger Green pauses, trying to figure out something about the tone of Green Ranger. "H-hey, wait, why do you think we need a moment?" 

:'''{{#var:768|Cory (768)}} has posed:'''     "Wh-what the heck are you suggesting?" Cory baffle-faces at Tommy, only for the expression to switch quicky to indignation. She stamps a foot forward and clenches up her grip on both arms, tail twitching even faster now! "I'm actually better off leaving... there's an invasion going on and I should've been there to help fight of off. Instead I get stuck guarding this moron..."     SLAP.     Palm, meet face. 

:'''{{#var:776|Tommy Oliver (776)}} has posed:''' Green Ranger just laughs. It's one of those laughs that make it seem like he's not going to answer. Because this is just too good. "Well, I'll be sure to tell Zordon to look her up." Green Ranger straightens up and brings both hands to his belt buckle. "I'll catch you two lovebirds next time." The nod of his helmet is about as close as he's going to get to winking before he gets taken away by a green flash of light! Who was that masked Ranger?! 

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2092/Go-Go a-go-go in Ponyland

2015-04-25T04:59:38Z

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|Poses=:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Ponies! Ziggy Grover had, like, -no- idea what to do with ponies. And thus, when Dr. K expressed interest in Equestria, Ziggy shook his head. "Nuh-uh, nope," he gestured, pointing at himself, then at the screen. "Me, in -that- place? If -you- want data so badly, why don't -you- go?" Dr. K's expression was stoic. Instead, she began to type at her keyboard. A panel slid out, followed by what appeared to be a very large cannon. "Would you prefer to work on your training, Ranger Series Operation Green?" she enunciated in a very flat voice. Which is why he stands in the large fields of Equestria, shading his eyes, grumbling. "This is blackmail, that's what it is." Grumping, the scraggy-haired skinny man adjusts his leather jacket. "Everything's so -green-. You... uh, are you getting readings, or are you gaping?" 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago slides up, gliding silently until she's right behind Ziggy. She's been to Equestria before... And if this is Ziggy's first time, she's got a GREAT idea to scare him. Sneaking up, she suddenly rears onto her hind legs and starts shaking him. "ZIGGY! YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME! THEY'RE ALL PONIES HERE!" she shouts, acting utterly terrified. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' No, he hadn't been to Equestria before. So when he spins around, it's with a "Whaaat? GoGo...?" Pause. Stare. "Uh... GoGo..? That -is- you, right...?" Ziggy asks, uncertainly, reaching up to run a hand through his hair. Pause. Wait. Wait, what? Lifting his hand to his vision, Ziggy jerks his head back. "What the helllllll?" It's a HOOF. A HOOF. Flinging his head back, Ziggy looks down. Pat pat. That... that was definitely not his body. For one, he was pretty sure he was skinnier than that. Patting his rump, Ziggy... feels out something... It's a TAIL! Swirling it up in front of him, he stares. Raggedy, shaggedy, brown hair, GROWING OUT OF HIS RUMP. Where was his morpher...? "DOC! DOC!!! I'M A PONYYY!" 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago chuckles and slugs Ziggy in the shoulder with a hoof. "Don't worry. You'll adjust eventually. S'up, Zigs?" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Balefully staring at GoGo, Ziggy turns his attention to the wrist. "DOC! DOC!" "Yes, Ranger Green. I'm aware," Dr. K's voice responds back. "The transformation apparently takes place nearly immediately when you enter Ponyland." "YOU KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?!" Ziggy shouts, waving his hooves, dropping his tail that he'd been clinging to in disbelief. "You didn't read the files, did you, Ranger Green?" Dr. K's voice was calm and clipped. Ziggy's eyes narrow. "You're not laughing at me, are you?" "I am not, no." Muffled laughter. "You -are- laughing!" "It was not me, I assure you. Although I cannot vouch for the other Rangers." Ziggy hangs his head, and then looks at GoGo. "... well, uh... I guess we're going to be horsing around here a while." 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago bursts out laughing. "Oh that's a good one, Zigs. So yeah. This is Equestria. Marshmallow and her friends live here, and I gotta say. I wasn't sold at first, but this place is pretty swank." 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Funny she should mention 'Marshmellow and friends', because it's the white unicorn that comes trotting out of the nearby town. The main warpgate isn't all that far from Ponyville, for whatever reasons the multiverse has. Rarity just.. pauses at the conversation she walks into. "... You didn't tell him about this before coming, did you?", she asks Gogo. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Sad pony in grass. Ziggy just stares at GoGo, before waving hooves. "How am I supposed to do -anything- with these hooves? I can't even -do- shadow puppets! I don't have -thumbs-." Tap tap. "I can slide this thing, though... okay, wait, the bio-field what it is... I should change back into Ranger form?" Swinging his wrist up, Ziggy pushes a hoof up on the slider. "RPM, GET IN GEAR!" The (it's not SPANDEX) alloy of the costume slides in place, the helmet forms and explosion goes off behind him. ... PONY RANGER GREEN, POSE! "... ... ... DOC, DOC!" "... interesting, the memory sheet alloy -does- transform to match your form too..." Dr. K's voice clinically notes. More muffled laughter. "I'm A PONY RANGER!" Ziggy spins around, and stares at Rarity,. "I'M A PONY RANGER!" 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' She GRINS. "Why no, Rarity. I did not tell him about this before he came here. Actually, I didn't even know he was coming here." 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago says, "I just came to do some exploring and get used to being down on all fours." 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity shakes her head a bit. Though really, you can't deny it isn't amusing to some degree. "Just calm down dear. Your armor, whatever, and abilities do adapt to the new form, within reason. So there is no reason to panic." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Calm down." Ziggy repeats that, with a dangerously low voice. "It -is- advisible, Ranger Green. You have elevated blood pressure, your eyes are dilated, and your breathing are erratic." "How -can- you even tell it's -elevated-? I'm a -pony-." Looking at GoGo, then Rarity, Ziggy takes a deep breath, moving his arms up, then down. "I am calm. I am as still as the deep end of the pool. My harmony is undisturbed. I rock babies to sleep with my lullaby." Deep breath. "But I am not getting on all fours." 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' Gogo Laughs. "Well that's up to you. But it's a LOT easier to get around." she says, and smiles at Rarity. "How's it going?" she asks. "Sorry if I caused a bit of a bother by scaring him. Too good of an opportunity to pass up." 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity's coiled bangs bounce a little as she shakes her head. "Suit yourself, dear. You may find it a bit awkward, though." Then turns her attention to Gogo. "So! Would you like to see your new jacket?" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "I'm not sure I like looking down on you," Ranger Green observes from his position, before lowering himself to sit in the grass, buttwise. "You've been -here- before?" Pause. "And if you're exploring, I guess I should go with you too. Gather up more information for Dr. K. Right, Doc...?" "Mmmhmmm..." Dr. K's response was that sort of 'busy studying data, don't talk to me." 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago sighs and ponyloafs next to Ziggy. "Look, in all seriousness, you adjust pretty damn quickly. And this is one of the nicest places I've ever seen. It's not perfect, but it's a lot more idyllic than most 'modern' places." 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' "Better than some have, that is for certain," Rarity agrees. "If you do explore, try not to go too far into Everfree. Nightmare Moon, her minions, and some of Equestria's more dangerous wildlife all reside there. In the meantime." Rarity turns her head a bit, and her horn lights up with a bright blue shimmer as she uses her magic to open one of her saddle bags, and pull out a folded jacket. Which she passes over to GoGo. "Here you go, dahling." It actually looks similar to GoGo's normal jacket, save some additional padding over the shoulders and on the elbows, which is in yellow sections that matchs the color of GoGo's super hero suit. "The exterior is still leather, but it is lined and padded with of the more durable material the Multiverse has to offer without becoming too heavy or stiff. That should help cut down on the wear and tear for you." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "It is, I guess..." Ranger Green says, looking about, and then taking a deep breath. "I haven't seen so much -green- since... well, for a couple of years." After a moment, he taps his morpher. Back to Ziggy, complete with leather jacket. "So, with this much -peace-, what, uh... do you guys like..." Motioning with hooves, Ziggy tries to find words. "Like, race?" 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago GRINS. "Ziggy. It's ME. I LOVE racing. Hell, we could find rainbow Dash and see if she wants to race! Rarity, I do have to ask, why is it that we become ponies?" 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' "In some parts of Equestria racing is an popular professional sport." Because, well, horses. "Hoofington, mainly. Pegasus races are popular in Cloudsdale and Los Pegasus, though." Rarity shrugs her shoulders a little. "It is just an effect the magical nature of Equestria seems to have. You would have to ask Twilight Sparkler, that level of indepth magic is beyond my knowledge." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Hoofington," Ziggy echoes. "Must be a stable population." Stretching... or rather, frolicking about on his back, Ziggy considers the sky. "Well, come on, let's mustang around somewhere." 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago snickers a bit. "I think you'll do just fine Zigs... Wait... Rarity, why don't you and the others become humans when you leave equestria?' 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity pffs, rolling her eyes. "Why that would be rediculous, don't you think? We've always been here and always been Ponies, after all. The effect only happens coming in, not going out, I guess." 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago says, "Well, I've always lived in San Fransokyo, and I've always been a biped." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "So, if we leave, we won't be ponies furlong?" Ziggy asks. 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity reachs over to pat Ziggy's shoulder with a forehoof. Which actually isn't quite as hard and heavy as a normal horse's hoof, though it's still firm. And not really visible different from the rest of her leg, but that's besides the point. "No dear, you will change back once you leave. I imagine GoGo did not mention that as part of her joke?" 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago says, "Have I mentioned yet that i'm not the one who brought him here?" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "She did not," Ziggy responds, turning his head towards GoGo. "And neither did Doctor K." Folding his hooves across his chest, Ziggy... discovers that the thing that keeps swishing in and out of his vision is his being all -grumpy- with his tail, and bats it down with his hooves, sitting on it. 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' "No," Rarity replies with a bemused grin, "But you are the one that thought it was a funny joke." She's dealt with Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash on enough April Foal's Days to just roll with it to the degree. Then she puts a hoof to her mouth to keep from giggling too loudly at Ziggy. "He's quite cute trying to look grumpy and uncomfortable like that though." 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago chuckles quietly. "I've never seen someone sit on their tail like that. Isn't it uncomfortable?" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "It's like sitting on a snake. A furry snake," Ziggy responds, sticking his lower lip out defiantly. 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity gives her own curled tail a flick. "While I wouldn't recommend it, our tails are mostly long hair. Some are quite soft, really." Especially if it's extra poofy like Pinkie Pie's. 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago shrugs a bit... "I'm still getting used to the tail myself. It got caught in the wheels not too long ago, so... Yeah, that was unplasent." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Now Ziggy looks at GoGo. "What happened after you went back...? A pain in the tailbone?" 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity cringes. "That could not be pleasant." Then pauses. "... Does that count as a physical injury, or a wardrobe malfunction, considering your alternate attire, I wonder." 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago shakes her head. "I was okay. Just a little bit of a bump on the head." she sayyyys, yawning a bit and sipping from a thermos of coffee. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Ziggy Grover says, "The -head-? But the tail's on your rear end," Ziggy replies, canting his head. "... or are you wearing a ponytail?" " 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago says, "no... When it got caught in the wheels, I went head first into a tree." 

:'''{{#var:136|Rarity (136)}} has posed:''' Rarity mmmhmms. "If he keeps talking like that, he's going to fit in around here just fine." With that Rarity turns back towards Ponyville. "I really should be getting back home. Or my sister is going to think she can stay up past bedtime waiting for me. Enjoy the new jacket, GoGo... and do try to not rough it up too soon, hmm?" She says it in a tone of voice though that pretty much accepts that it's going to happen. GoGo was a lot like a certain crash happy pegasus, except maybe not so dense. Thankfully. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Have a good evening then, ma'am. Wouldn't want your sister getting any night mares," Ziggy replies, lifting a hoof to wave, before peering closer at GoGo. "What happened to your helmet? YOu had too much unbridled enthusiasm?" 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago GROANS. "Ziggy. We have to get you out of here before you go native." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Fine, fine, time to gallop and go," Ziggy replies as he gets up, his tail lashing. HMPH. Hopefully Dr. K had all she needed to know. 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' "Although... Want to stop for a hayburger and hayfries, with a side of haybacon?" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Neiiiiigh," Ziggy responds, shaking his head and tapping a hoof against the ground. "That's not a whinning combo.' 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago groans again. "Could you at least stop with the horse puns?" 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "I swear, I'll be dun when we're out of here," Ziggy responds, as he starts back for the portal. 

:'''{{#var:736|GoGo Tomago (736)}} has posed:''' GoGo Tomago frowns. "I'm sorry Ziggy, but this is for your own good." she says, turning and delivering a powerful kick to his backside." 

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627/Grindin' ain't easy

2014-09-20T04:35:37Z

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|Poses=:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' If there was one thing that was a -big- problem with Ziggy Grover, it was his tendency to try and do -things- with the taciturn and the unwilling. Something about people who did the whole -standoffish- thing inevitably drew Ziggy like a moth to flame. On one such break from being a Power Ranger, Ziggy was forced to take a break from 'prompting Dr. K to be more personable'. Naturally, then, certain Unionites were drawn into being Ziggified. "Isn't this -awesome-? I haven't seen -arcades- in years, not since Venjix attacked," Ziggy enthused, throwing his arms open and motioning all about, doing a full 360 spin around, before coming to a standing look at his companions. "Come on guys, it's not that bad. I mean, we can stop by a candy store and get lollipops, after, I promise." 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' "You owe me a box of cherry tootsie-pops anyway, Zigfurd," Dillon mentions, having kept track of every one of the candies which Ranger Green absconded from his glove compartment. Those were precious, precious things that kept Dillon's mouth from going all dry and dusty when he drove through the wastes, and //someone// kept treating them like an open-ended lending library of candy goodness. The videogame parlor brought back half-formed memories to Dillon, which made him shake his head suddenly as if to jar the memories loose, either make them come clear or go away. 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     If there's one problem Frederica has... well okay, limiting this to just ONE problem might be tricky. One of them though would definitely be how she just doesn't avoid boys that annoy her. She COULD have refused Ziggy, or ignored him. Still, she's not got so many social connections that she can simply ignore someone asking her to come meet a friend. A friend who, in Ziggy's words, isn't at all like him. That at least is a good excuse to come even if she's sceptical. Besides, she has a distressing tendency to actually like earnest-but-kind-of-stupid guys. As long as they're more earnest than stupid, at least. Not that she'd ever admit such a thing.     "Lollipops are a treat for children." Frederica says dismissively, remembering fondly her childhood habit of nearly always having one at hand, or in mouth. She won't admit to having a sweet tooth though! It'd make her seem immature! "Video games are cool though." she says grudgingly. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "A whole -box- of cherry tootsie-pops? C'mon, Dillon, it wasn't even that much," Ziggy replies. "One, two... dozen, maybe, but not a whole box." Frederica's response was rather despiriting, causing Ziggy to look towards his teammate. That Dillon was what, six foot tall, badass, and still ate lollipops? "Well, I wouldn't say -just- for children. I mean, lollipops are good for keeping your mouth occupied when you have other things going on. Like driving figure eights around grinders. Though I've seen Dillon use them to trigger his little bombs... which, I might add, is pretty clever. Adding moisture to whatever you're using to blow up things in a desert is a great idea. Just... probably a little dangerous in rainy locations, though...? Or the seashore. Or a lake. Or a river..." Prattling on, Ziggy pauses in front of a little crane game... "Oh hey, a fox plush. You need one of those. And a wolf one. And ... why aren't there any sharks?" 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' "I use 'em to keep alert when I'm driving. They keep the dust out of my mouth too," Dillon says, wondering why he's defending himself from that left-field diss. It's not like he knows this person, or anything. Still. He's along to meet people, and provide a second perspective to Dr. K, and possibly maybe to get some time away from the utter horrible constant combat that is Corinth - the Doc said he was twitching after the last two fights. Like it was something he could help. The stupid Veng-Bot had kicked him in the shoulder before Ranger Yellow shot it in the face with her toy car gun. OK, not really a toy car. An energy charge shaped kind of like a toy car that tore apart the molecular bonds of the V-Bot and blew it up. "They don't have sharks because sharks aren't kid-friendly," Dillon suggests, even though everyone knows that making a plush out of something makes it perfectly safe for children. If someone could come up with a plush Venjix, things would be a lot easier. 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Frederica's not at all an unfriendly person and would never go out of her way to insult someone. Not unless they were a boy, or they annoyed her, or they were a boy who annoyed her. She makes a face as Dillon defends himself, not sure yet what to think of him. On the one hand he's a boy, and he's Ziggy's friend. On the other, he's not Ziggy and he hasn't yet done anything to convince her he's an idiot. Even by her own over-broad definitions.     Frederica eyes the fox plush, casting a wary eye Ziggy's way. That IS cute. She likes cute... particularly since being forced underground in a world where cute things tended to die horribly. Cute was pretty rare while she grew up. "So." she says, considering. "Are you a wolf then?" she asks Dillon without quite looking at him, studying the plushies instead. "Like Ziggy is supposedly a shark?" she asks. Her voice doesn't get sarcastic until that latter part, of course. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Well that's ridiculous. Sharks are kid-friendly. Kids like creepy things sometimes. Like things with BIG TEETH..." And Ziggy demonstrates, with fingers pointing towards a very very toothy smile. That the crane machime got a -wary- look from Frederica earns a wide smile from Ziggy. "Ok, then!" And setting about to inserting a coin into the crane machine, Ziggy leans the joystick towards the plushie, sticking the tip of his tongue out as he moves the crane into position. A little bit of a tap here, and then... just about to push the button, he leans forward a little too much, bumps the joystick, and ... down it goes... grasping absolutely nothing, as it picks up. Clenching his fists, Ziggy makes a visible OH GOD look as he looks to the ceiling, before turning about, eyeing Dillon. "YOU do it, machine man." 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' "My Zord vehicle is kind of wolf-like, and my helmet has wolf ears. So I guess so," Dillon says, and he shakes his head at Ziggy's lack of claw-machine skills. He feeds it a coin and smoothly drops the claw over the fox plush, almost smug when the claw lifts it, and starts to return it to the drop hole... and it slips out balanced on the edge of the hole. That. Sucks. "Huh. It uncovered something," Dillon says. There _is_ a shark plushy. Right there. Mostly buried by two other plushies, now that the fox is moved. 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     "My brother liked creepy things." Frederica notes noncommittally. "One of them anyways." she clarifies. The other two were more normal. So Ziggy isn't completely right at least, in her eyes. Speaking of eyes, she rolls hers. "You're going to be here all day, you know?" she says. "Especially if you're planning to win three of those. Oh well, it's your money." she says dismissively.     Not that she'd MIND winning something. It'd be kind of neat actually. But she shrugs. "Machine man? If my sister were here she'd definitely be able to win any of these. But... " Frederica sighs, shaking her head. "Marie's a good girl. She wouldn't use her ability. That'd be cheating." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Giving Frederica a -look-, Ziggy holds his hands up. "Okay, we won't be spending too much time here then. We'll just... let Dillon do the next three and then we're good to go," he adds, as he hands over three coins. He was reasonably sure that Dillon -would- find a way to do it, simply because he never backed down from a challenge. Even one as stupidly demeaning as this. And he'd just leave Dillon to explain the machine man thing in his own terms. "You have brothers?" he asks as he waits, nonchalantly conversing for a moment, at least until there was a scream, and people cleared out of the way of ... things that came in. There were humanoid beings that looked as though metal things had upchucked on their spandex suits. A metal eye here, a nut and bolt on their shoulder there, and generally appearing as though they were put together like cheap mannequin dolls with scrap metal. "Aw man," Ziggy groans, upon recognizing them. "How'd they get all the way over here?" 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Dillon drops a coin in, and the wolf plush is quickly snagged, bringing the fox plush along with it by some miracle of tag-hooky-ness. There they sit in the opening, waiting to be retrieved. And then as he's lining up for a take on the shark, just before he's about to drop the coin and start the hook moving, he hears it. Grr-whine-grr-whine-grr-ind ... the mechanical joint noise he's grown to loathe. "Grinders," he says in a way that makes it sound like he's just spoken a vulgarity that crosses all the bounds of decency. He picks up a push-broom that someone foolishly left out, and he's moving toward the grinders, ready to sweep them out in pieces like the rest of the trash. Before he can reach them, though, a whistling song makes him freeze up - the Farmer in the Dell, the Farmer in the Dell... "Tenaya? Oh *@!*" Dillon says, and the grinders ... aren't attacking. That's not natural. 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     "Three brothers and a sister." Frederica says in a somewhat brittle tone. It's not exactly a sensitive topic. It's come up often enough that it doesn't cause her pain... but she can't make it seem entirely casual either. She misses them all. The pang isn't as bad as it was a year ago, but it's still there, still bittersweet.     She's about to go on, to explain, when Dillon's amazing feat of electronic cheatery makes her pause in open-mouthed astonishment. When Ziggy groans and mentions the Grinders, she looks up at him and only THEN seems to realize her jaw's dropped. She closes her mouth abruptly with a faint clicking, distressed at being caught out of sorts.     Then, however, Dillon makes his move. In a moment of panicked reaction, she reaches out in a perhaps startlingly fast movement, touching his shoulder. "No!" she warns. "There's no fighting in here. I don't even know what the punishment is, but you don't want to be the one to break it." she says. A forced truce that holds the worst of Union and Confederate forces at bay... well, that's not likely to be something pleasant. There's even the possibility that fighting's outright impossible. She's not about to want to see otherwise, however.     Dillon stops however, and ... a song? Frederica tilts her head, confused and curious, but not frightened. She has NO idea, probably. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' That whistling was entirely too familiar, and Ziggy is only too quick to react, a hand flashing up in a pose. "RPM, GET..." he begins, before freezing, as Frederica warns them to not do anything. There was a frustrated look, before it gives way to a quizzical look as the grinders do nothing but stand there. "What's going on...?" he asks, as he looks around for the source of the whistling. 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' The grinders at the door move aside, and the silver-spandex-garbed woman who enters looks at Dillon with a less than respectful expression. "Oh, you're working as a janitor now? Appropriate," she says, her voice arch. "What an interesting place you've found. I'm sure Venjix would find it to his taste as well." She walks further inside and looks at Frederica. "How charmingly quaint! Are you recruiting for you colorful group?" Dillon actually growls. "What. Do. You. Want?" "Other than to see you in pieces on the ground in front of my master? I'd love to thrash you senseless as always, but a reliable source says that it's not a good thing to fight here ... physically," Tenaya says, smiling slightly. There's no actual feeling of warmth or friendliness to that rictus of evil glee. Nobody could mistake it for an actual smile, seeing it for more than a second. 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Once it's clear neither Dillon or Ziggy are planning to attack, Frederica wills herself to relax. It's not that hard really. This woman means nothing to her aside from the reactions of the two Power Rangers. An adversary of theirs, apparently. No doubt from their own corner of the multiverse.     In fact, there's no reason Frederica shouldn't make a particular point of her elegant coolness. She straightens, rising to her full and entirely unimpressive height, though her posture does give her some dignity points at least. "It's rude to taunt someone while hiding behind a rule of truce." she says. "Not to mention cowardly." she adds with a very dignified and overdramatized sniff. "If you have business here that doesn't involve being rude, get to it or go order some food or something." the pyro girl suggests. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Um, we don't go to pieces that easily," Ziggy replies, holding a finger up as he finds something objectionable. "And you know, I'm still not up to speed on my Power Ranger one-liners, but if you're not here to fight, are you here to just -tell- us that you've found out about the multiverse, and that this is your charming way of telling us that you're here? Because if you are, I got to say, it's kind of stupid to tell us you're here instead of just launching an attack to announce your presence." 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Tenaya actually pouts. "Well, I _wanted_ to attack you, but when one of my grinders attacked one of those sheep outside, the poor thing exploded. Not the sheep. The sheep explained that little detail to me, so I decided just to taunt you, since the advance group had already come through the door." Dillon smirks, "Got ahead of yourself, again? Good job with the evil plotting, Tenaya." "Shut. Up. Anyway, since you now know we're here, I thought I'd challenge you to a game," Tenaya says. She points to the virtual reality combat sim. "How about it, meatling? You and your little green toadie could use the practice." 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Unfortunately Frederica's not much for one-liners either. She seems annoyed by the Grinder leader though, and certainly wouldn't mind seeing her put in her place. Frederica dislikes uppity bitches, which probably makes her a wee bit hypocritical. Fortunately there's a core of niceness in the pyro girl that makes her attitude a bit less annoying than, say, a supervillainess.     She's surprised, and perhaps a bit impressed, by Ziggy's logic. Also his flippant disregard for his opponent. Dillon's too for that matter. Cocky perhaps, but not unpleasant. "Oh yes. You two should beat her virtual self senseless." Frederica says, grinning mockingly. "Unless of course you want ME to do it instead. I have a bit of experience in VR gaming." she says maliciously. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' The thing with Tenaya 7, Generation 7 Venjix Human Infiltration Attack bot, was that she -always-, always had a tendency to announce her arrival at a scene with that -tune-. The Farmer in the Dell was a cute children's song, but lately, Ziggy had associated it with the arrival of Venjix's general, as cute as she may be. Still, Ziggy had to admit, that was a good idea. "You mean, you're giving us a chance to fight you without property damage? No worrying about innocent bystanders, using people as props for combat, that kind of thing? Well, that's pretty sporting of you. You know... three of us, one of you... or do you want to do a three on three combat...?" Ziggy eyes the grinders,before wrinkling his nose. "That hardly seems sporting. What about the four of us? We can pick teams." 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' "I could easily destroy both of you by myself. I don't know your friend, yet," Tenaya says logic and arrogance entwined. "But sure. Let's let the machine choose the teams." Dillon looks over to Frederica. "Is that a thing? Can it do that?" 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Frederica shrugs, frowning at the suggestion. "It might be able to, but I don't care." she sniffs. "I don't just partner with someone randomly. You go ahead if you like. I wouldn't want to get in the way of a grudge match." she claims.     She looks over at the woman, the challenger. "Lucky for you." she adds, very unsportsmanlike. "And you don't want to know me. I make a very bad adversary." she says, grinning in a cheerfully malicious manner. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Sporting chance, at least..." Ziggy replies, before eyeing Frederica. Let's see. She really didn't know anyone other than himself, which meant... "I wouldn't call it a grudge match if we're not allowed to do anything to each other in here. So it's... a fair play match, right? So how about... I partner with -her-," Ziggy indicates Frederica. "And you two work together? It's... it's fair, right? And I wouldn't want to leave her out." 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' "It's probably safer for you than you partnering with Tenaya," Dillon says, and Tenaya remains inscrutable. He frowns at that. "Yeah, I don't know if that's a great idea. Tenaya kicked off that viral burst last time I let her get close." The infiltration android smiles again in her very arch way. "It's not an attack, it's an upgrade." "Yeah, not gonna happen, Tenaya. So the third option would be if Fred were to team with Tenaya, and ... that'd be weird. I don't even know what she does." 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Frederica looks between Tenaya and Ziggy, apparently not at all pleased with either option. It might be that were she given her choice, she'd have chosen Dillon. He's not a psychotic villain and he hasn't yet come across as a moron. Plus he has tricks with electronics. If she teamed with him, it'd probably be a winning combination. But then, if they ended up losing, she wouldn't have anyone to blame but herself.     So Frederica sighs wistfully. "I suppose it's only fair. Keeps the teams balanced." she claims. "Ziggy obviously needs a strong partner." she adds, making it somewhat more explicit what she's trying to imply. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' There's a pause as Ziggy works out the permutations. "Wait, wait, are you saying _I_'m the weak link here?" he replies, giving Frederica the -look-. "I'll have you know, I've got moves you've -never- seen before." Cracking his knuckles, Ziggy does a few warmup exercises (which consists essentially of stretches, jumping jacks, and then breathing hard as though it were some sort of yoga thing, or maybe a kata), and then points at Dillon. "Just so you know, despise our strong friendship bond, I will show -no- mercy. For you, or for -her-." He sets his chin up in a tough-guy face jut at Tenaya 7. It was rather like a chihuahua yapping at a rottweiler. 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Dillon looks at Frederica, shrugging. "He's like this. And you don't want to see those moves." Tenaya sighs. "What. Ever. Up to you, fox girl. You want to team with me or with the obsolete version there," and she gestures at Dillon. "I'd be fine either way, but no, I don't want to be on Team Green." Dillon shakes his head and tries not to laugh. 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     "What makes you think I'd WANT to see them?" Freddie replies to Ziggy dismissively. And yes, she definitely considers him the weak link and herself the strong one. She has a lot of experience in Alfheim Online after all, and her own psychic talents. They aren't all that useful in a fight, but they're pretty impressive in a VR game. She can overcharge her reactions after all, which means in such a game she's as fast as a champion. Plus if she loses, she can set the machine on fire. Very flexible psychic powers indeed.     "Fine." Frederica says. "We're all agreed? Then it's time to see who's the best and who gets to go home crying." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "They're really awesome moves?" Ziggy replies, although he looks a bit put out that Dillon can so easily turn it down. Then again, the two of them knew damned well how pretty lame the moves were in the first place. On the other hand, this -was- a game, and Ziggy was good at -games-. Unlike Dillon or Tenaya. Tenaya had probably never -dealt- with the incredible -cheapness- of certain gaming styles, and Dillon... well, Dillon was more apt to break a game, one way or another. It was just a question of -which- way he'd break it... "Okay, let's do it. I hope you have your tear ducts lubricated... say, do Venjix attack bots shed oil tears or something? Though given your complexion, I don't guess oil is going to be any good for your skin. You don't have acne or anything..." Prattling on, Ziggy gets ready for the VR machinery... 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' The game was some sort of pseudo-medieval thing. Dillon, to his great disgust, found himself manifested as a half-naked and very heroic-bishi purple elf in a loinclout with nature magic, which ... really didn't make a hell of a lot of sense. Tenaya 7 was an anthropoid cow with similar nature magic, and the game became GRUMPY and did negative things to her avatar when she tried to tweak things. As in, she got shorter, and hairier, and despite being female ended up with an awesome moustache on the end of her cow face. Some of the other characters were very rude and disrespectful, but since Dillon had only his vestigial clothing and a handful of seeds, he couldn't really do anything about it. Besides, Tenaya deserved it. Meanwhile Freddie manifested in what was clearly a favorite Sorceress outfit, looking not a whole lot different from her real self, except for perhaps the ghost of nine tails made of fire behind her, and the little swarm of fire-imp servants. Ziggy manifested as a human. In something that the interface insisted was thievish gear. The fact that it looked like a green jester's cap and tunic was irrelevant; it gave him (somehow) the ability to become invisible. The game challenge was to reach a particular dungeon (yes, they called an old abandoned mine a dungeon, and neither Dil nor Tenaya could tell why) and to extract from inside it a mystical necklace. Eight subjective hours later, Dillon and Tenaya were ejected from the game, less than halfway to their goal, with a "TOO SLOW YOU LOSE" message. 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Frederica ended up pretty giddy when she saw the nature of the challenge. Unfortunately she wasn't in her ALO avatar form, which would have made the race and competition pretty trivial. Frika is FAST after all, and an absolute nightmare to guard against. She's not one of the top fighters or anything, but she was always able to find a role among those who did the fighting     Still, being a kitsune wasn't a bad experience, and once Frederica was persuaded to stop admiring herself the contest was ON. It turns out she is rather good at this sort of thing. Definitely a gamer, and ... well, she's got some advantages besides.     Once out of the VR game, Frederica looks a little tired, maybe even a little drawn. Psychic feedback isn't fun, and her gifts aren't without cost. Extended periods of using heightened perception has left her in somewhat rough shape, but it's worth it! Especially since no one can complain she held back the team. THAT would be too embarrassing to bear!     Unfortunately, no gloating from Freddie on her team's victory. She's pleased, yes, but she doesn't have any actual vitriol to shed upon the losers. She just looks happy, if on the edge of exhaustion or perhaps even pain. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' That Ziggy was apparently dressed up as a thief would be -completely- and utterly objectionable... and the would-be ranger -would- protest, except Dillon was right -there- to remind him exactly how the two of them had met. So instead, Ziggy just takes advantage of his manual dexterity. Shadow puppets? Very useful fingers manipulation for thieving. And so he's in completely good position to take advantage. At the end of it all, Ziggy -has- to rub it in. "Just so you know, I take no great pride in this, but this is -why- thieves and magic users are -much- better than purple elves and... uh... I got to say, cows aren't terribly intimidating. Plus, could use a little waxing around the lips there, Tenaya... but woo-hoo!" And Ziggy does a little jig-dance. Which is, putting it mildly, horrible. 

:'''{{#var:549|Dillon (549)}} has posed:''' Tenaya 7 is seethingly quiet when she emerges from the machine interface. Dillon rubs his philtrum a bit, where a moustache might go, and says, "Wow, Tenaya. It's like it caught your true personality." That earns him a gaze that very nearly triggers the defenses against combat. "I. Am. Out of here. Naked purple ... GAHH! Come on, you idiots," she says to the grinders. The grinders who simply WATCHED the display of the game. And who will, most likely, play the log back to Vengix, in the very unlikely event that they make it back intact to the RPM-1 Universe. "I thought you did pretty well," Dillon calls after her. He looks down and rubs his stomach. "At least it got the six-pack right." 

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534/Tinker Ranger Captor Spy

2014-09-15T18:10:24Z

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|Poses=:'''{{#var:312|Kaede (312)}} has posed:'''     It's a typical day in Medical. Doctors and Nurses mill about the various patients. But its the robotics wing that's likely center stage. Kaede is in the area for synthetic life forms, propped up in a charging cradle with her right arm and both legs missing. She's got little bandaids plastered all over her with cherry blossom patterns. Someone's idea of a joke perhaps. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' He'd been entertaining the children in the wing, the ones who were able to sit up and to gather around following him as he tended to the ones who were bored out of their skulls being unable to move. The shadow puppets were a hit, at the very least, with the story of how Dillon joined the Power Rangers being a crowd-pleaser. Although, Ziggy had to clean up the story a little bit... "And so, Dillon triumphed over the bad guys with his Jello-Fu, and the other Rangers were impressed, and they gave him a black memory-alloy suit." "What's memory-alloy?" one of the children asked. "Uh... it's... it's a very fancy, thin metal." "So everyone's wearing metal, like the robots in the other wing?" "... kind of?" Ziggy's curiousity was peaked. "What robots?" "There's a pretty small metal fairy healing up. With sakura blossoms. She looks bored." "Really, hmmm?" Now Ziggy rubs his chin. "You think she'd like a visitor?" "YEAH!" the children cheer. And that is why visitors MIGHT be seeing a flock of children following Ziggy like the Pied Piper, tromping towards the robotics wing, before nurses catch up with Ziggy and express their -outrage- and indignity. "Awwwwwww!" "I'll be back," Ziggy exclaims, waving his hands as though lowering the music. "Be good for the nurses, and be sure to ask for the -red- jello." A few pointed questions later, and Ziggy opens the door, peeking around to it. "Anyone -extremely- bored here? Because I've gooooooot a show for you..." 

:'''{{#var:172|Sakura Kinomoto (172)}} has posed:'''     Sakura Kinomoto is here, walking along the halls, passing by security in the way that Union Elites tend to be able to do. She doesn't really -look- like she belongs in a military base's medical facility, but perhaps she's a daughter of one of the soldiers here?     Well, no, she's not, but surely some people might assume that. Maybe.     The Cardcaptor is heading for the robotics wing! And... after giving the crowd of 'awww'ing children down the corridor a confused look, just heads right on in. She's currently wearing a bright pink dress. And has a cherry blossom in her hair. 

:'''{{#var:312|Kaede (312)}} has posed:'''     Kaede blinks, clearing her eyes a little. "Huh? Oh, hi!" she chirps brightly at Ziggy. "I'm not really bored, I was running a diagnostic and catching up on the Union boards." she replies, smiling brightly.     The little robofairy then seems to glow when Sakura steps in. "Master!!!" she moves to try and get up, only to remember she's missing a good portion of her body. "I'd come hug you Master, but I'm a little legless." she quips. "Might have had too much nitrojelly~." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "I heard a bit of you here and there, now that I think about it." Opening the door, and stepping in, Ziggy keeps it open for the little girl in pink who just trots in behind him and is greeted by the little fairy. "Oh... er, master?" Tilting his head to look at Sakura again, Ziggy motions with both his hands in a 'trying to wade through information' way. "You're, uh... you're not one of those cyborgs, right? I hope you're not, because it's kinda strange seeing a -really- young cyborg. Doesn't it get a little awkward if your robot parts don't keep up with... right. Well, I was just going to say hi and give you a little entertainment if you're bored. But if you're going to..." He peers down at Sakura. "... interface or something, I can just..." He points back towards the door with both hands. "Go that way and.." BUMP. The door closes, as Ziggy rubs his arm. OW. OW OW OW. 

:'''{{#var:172|Sakura Kinomoto (172)}} has posed:'''     "I think cyborgs have to get surgery every year or something if they're still growing," Sakura says idly as she walks past Ziggy. "I'm pretty sure I heard that when I was going to school on Mid-Childa anyway..."     She smiles at Kaede, reaching into her pocket and producing a cherry-flavour jellycan. "Don't worry, Kaede," she says softly, placing the jellycan down on the charging cradle and reaching out to stroke the shinki's hair gently.     She then -stares- at Ziggy as she finally processes what he's talking about. "...I... uh..." Staaaare. "...I'm not a cyborg." 

:'''{{#var:312|Kaede (312)}} has posed:'''     Kaede just... blankly stares at Ziggy. Blinking owlishly at him for a few moments, before she squeaks in glee at the jellycan. Her remaining arm reaches for it, and she sips at it blissfully, leaning into the petting finger with a very happy expression. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' The leather jacket Ziggy wore did nothing to cushion the blow of a very hard door-jamb. Hand still clutching where he'd hit his arm, Ziggy's eyes widen, mouth opening a bit. His hurting arm lifts just a bit to point a finger. "You're not a cyborg? The little one called you master, and... oh. I guess there's nothing wrong with that. It's just that usually, whenever there's robots calling someone who looks human 'master', it usually means I'm having to come up with Power Rangers one-liners. Like, "Stop, evil-doers! I'm that dreamcatcher that intercepts your dreams and turn them into nightmares...!" ... I'm still working on my heroic one-liners, you know." He peers at Sakura. "Just don't whistle. I'm still traumatized by -that- cyborg. Not that all cyborgs are bad, my friend's one. Say, what's -that- thing you've got there...?" Looking at the jellycan, Ziggy picks it up and looks in it, picking up one of the thingamabobs, and pops one into his mouth. "What's it?" 

:'''{{#var:172|Sakura Kinomoto (172)}} has posed:'''     Sakura continues to stare at Ziggy for a moment. "Uh. She's my Shinki. They're, like, um. Well not 'pets'... more like Pokemon really... What's the word for that sort of rel-"     And then Ziggy puts a jellycan in his mouth. "H-hey, you can't just... Don't drink that! It's not meant for humans!" She even reaches up to swat it out of his hand! 

:'''{{#var:312|Kaede (312)}} has posed:'''     Kaede chimes in. "I'm your Partner, Master~." she provides, then stares in abject horror at what Ziggy does. "Wh... what, why are... that." you can almost see the BSOD behind her eyes. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Making a face, Ziggy puts the jellycan down. "Yuck. That tasted awful. What is it?" He'd been a bit distracted. That Sakura -wasn't- apparently a cyborg, didn't mean that -Kaede- wasn't. Putting a finger to his mouth, Ziggy licks his finger, smells it, wrinkles his nose, and grabs a kleenex to wipe it off. 

:'''{{#var:172|Sakura Kinomoto (172)}} has posed:'''     Sakura just stares some more, then sighs and shakes her head. "It's... Shinki coolant. The label -says- it's for Shinkis only..." She sighs. "You won't get sick on that much, at least..." She reaches down to pat Kaede on the top of the head.     "So. Who on Earth are you?" 

:'''{{#var:312|Kaede (312)}} has posed:'''     The fingerpat seems to reboot the little robot. "Hweh?" Kaede blinks, then reaches up to hug Sakura's finger with her remaining arm. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Coolant?" Eyes wide, Ziggy starts to wring his fingers, before pointing at his mouth. "Uh... wait, did I just..." He hadn't quite swallowed it all, so that he manages to cover his mouth with the kleenex before spitting with tremendous volume is great. Unfortunately, pressure and that he hadn't covered his mouth tightly enough results in a backfire of spittage, and... Doing his best to cover his face and wipe before the others can say anything, Ziggy turns back, properly cleaned, and ahems. "Ziggy Grover. Ranger Green." Grabbing another kleenex to wipe his hand down better, Ziggy offers a hand. "I'm a Power Ranger," he says as though that -explains- everything. 

:'''{{#var:172|Sakura Kinomoto (172)}} has posed:'''     Sakura takes Ziggy's hand, still looking mildly confused. "Sakura Kinomoto," she returns the introduction. "Mage... Uh. 'Power Ranger'? Isn't that like... a tokusatsu hero...?" Headtilt. "It sounds familiar..."     She then raises a finger. "Oh! That's why you were talking about 'heroic one-liners'!" 

:'''{{#var:312|Kaede (312)}} has posed:'''     Kaede looks between the humans. "I'm Kaede! I'm a Shinki. Raptias MMS Type Eagle! Union Steel manufactures my frame to help support and promote eco-friendly mining activities." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Um... I've got no idea what a tokusatsu hero is, but... your name sounds like it's Japanese!" Holding a finger up, Ziggy adds, "I have to say, I really liked Japan before the world ended. They had anime, which is usually fun, but I have to ask... what's with those -eyes-? They're BIG eyes. Like, completely full of ... tears or something every time..." 

:'''{{#var:172|Sakura Kinomoto (172)}} has posed:'''     Sakura umms a bit. "'Special filming'. Like, guys in rubber suits and superheroes in totally-not-spandex, with explosions mostly made of smoke going off in the background?"     Pause. "Hey, Osamu Tezuka imitated Walt Disney's art style! If anything, the big eyes are -your- country's fault." Armcross. "...The world ended...?" 

:'''{{#var:312|Kaede (312)}} has posed:'''     Kaede blinks, and falls quiet, sipping from her jellycan now and then as the others talk. She's damaged, after all, not like she can hug her Master properly. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Shhhh... don't say that word. You never know who might be listening in..." Ziggy replies with a furtive glance down at his morpher. "And countries don't even exist in -my- universe. We're down to -one city-. Which is pretty weird sometimes, because for whatever reason, I only see Asian people there when monsters come out and try to blow up the city. I swear, I can only seem to order Japanese food whenever one of those monsters show up." Peering at Kaede, Ziggy reaches over to peer closer. "Hey, can I ask a question...? Why are you -female-? Why do robots even have genders?" 

:'''{{#var:172|Sakura Kinomoto (172)}} has posed:'''     "That's... really sad- wait, what?" She peers at Ziggy again, frowning in confusion. "That... doesn't even... Does your world follow some sort of narrative logic or something...?" She looks baffled. 

:'''{{#var:312|Kaede (312)}} has posed:'''     Kaede blinks at being addressed. "It's a design choice. Multi Moveable Systems decided that a female aesthetic would be more pleasing to their target audience. If I still had my right arm I'd bring up the wiki page for it." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Dont ask me about narrative logic, I'm the one who tells stories using shadow puppets," Ziggy replies, as he reaches into his jacket, and then pulls out a handkerchef. Which is tied to another handerchief. Which is tied to another. Pull pull pull... "Here, hold this." He hands one end to Sakura, and then keeps pulling, until he gets to the end. "There!" Taking the end of the handkerchief rope, he shakes... and Presto, blanket, which Sakura is still holding one end to. Magic trick, really. Best to not answer how. "Okay, I have to agree with you, females are a lot more pleasing to look at," Ziggy remarks, shifting the blanket just enough that neither Sakura nor Kaede can see his hands form gestures behind it. A shadow looms, looking remarkably like a tube. "I AM VENJIX!" it squeaks, in mock Ziggy voice. "I'M A COMPUTER VIRUS. I took over the world! Only Corinth remains! But..." A semblance of five fingers wiggle. "The Power Rangers are all that stand between me and OWNING THE WORLD." 

:'''{{#var:172|Sakura Kinomoto (172)}} has posed:'''     Sakura raises a hand dramatically. "Shinki are girls because of -moe- and -kawaii-!" she declares, equally dramatically. "...The main market are apparently otaku but... they've become popular with everyone, really. Shinki are awesome."     She follows along with the magic trick, tilting her head to one side. "...You know, I used to love that stuff as a kid..." she murmurs, as she watches the shadow puppet story. 

:'''{{#var:312|Kaede (312)}} has posed:'''     Kaede shifts a little in her charging cradle, trying to get a better view. "WE're fighters too though! I wanna enter the Battle Rondo next year! Prove I'm a /real/ Busou Shinki!" she announces fiercely, before going 'Ooo' at the shadow puppets. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "I have no idea what 'moe' is, but kawaii... is cute, right?" A little bit old-school in his anime-viewing apparently. That, or the world ended -before- moe took ahold of everything. The five would-be shadow ranger puppets zip around, followed by two more. How Ziggy managed to pull that trick with one hand... well, magician's trick, though they did look rather like clothespins vaguely. "There was a mighty battle, and Venjix kept coming and coming. We rode around in different vehicles, called zords, and they looked like..." A wolf, a lion, a shark, an eagle, and a teddy bear float by. Don't ask about why Ziggy's humming the Teddy Bear Picnic as he continues the story. "And so far, we're still fighting them off, and humanity is surviving in that -one- city." Shaking the blanket, Ziggy pulls on it, tucking it into a balled up fist, tapping it, and then shaking out a big plastic bouquet, which he starts to offer to Kaede, before realizing it might be a wee bit too bit. "Uh..." 

:'''{{#var:172|Sakura Kinomoto (172)}} has posed:'''     Sakura tilts her head to the other side, then takes the bouquet of flowers. Then checks to see if they're real or fake. "...So, um. You're superheroes fighting to protect the human race? That's kinda cool... In a soul-crushingly depressing sort of way..." 

:'''{{#var:312|Kaede (312)}} has posed:'''     Kaede blinks. "So, you fight robots?" she asks. "I'd guess it's robots, if it's a computer virus...." she muses, tapping her chin with her remaining arm. "Gotta say though, you don't look like much of a fighter." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' The flowers were fake, but Ziggy's eyes shifts slightly towards Sakura. "Hey, we're the good guys. We're -supposed- to be cool even when things are bleak. How're you going to have any bad guys without the -good- guys doing their things?" Tapping his chest, Ziggy puffs up proudly, a broad smile crossing his face as he puts both hands on his hips... A smile that falters somewhat when Kaede makes her comment. "What... what?" Checking himself, looking down at his body, Ziggy tugs on the jacket. "What, is the jacket not thick enough? I mean, I thought the chicks digged -leather-. It's supposed to make you look tough. Or maybe I'm just not broody enough? Do girls -really- like the broody bad boys?" He thinks about it, then shakes his head. "Well, how about this? I'll give you a demonstration!" 

:'''{{#var:172|Sakura Kinomoto (172)}} has posed:'''     Sakura rubs the back of her head. "...My boyfriend used to be broody but I only really started liking him when he started to stop being all broody, so... I dunno what to tell you, really." She shrugs helplessly. "I don't really think about other boys that way anymore. I mean... I'm fated to marry Syaoran! So why would I spoil friendships with half the people I meet just because they're the opposite gender?"     She giggles a bit. "You kinda remind me of Brad..." 

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489/Playing With Fire

2014-08-25T03:03:16Z

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|Poses=:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     After a long day working, Frederica finally is done. Time to go home, relax, eat. Only... well, for her, eating isn't exactly something she can do at home. Not if she wants to relax, that is. She's not a great cook. Okay, she's actually a really lousy cook. Marie was always the cook, not Frederica. Fred was the one to come to if you wanted something burned, not something edible.     She's not exactly an uncommon sight here. The food's good, and her service record is such that she's more than welcome. She does, however, sit alone. She might not be immediately recognizable, however. While her outfit's much the same as it was the first time she met Ziggy, she's swept the hood back to reveal her long blonde hair. It's not that Frederica's hard to recognize or anything, it's just that, well, that ear-raised hood of hers is VERY eye-catching, and it's rather easy to just notice it rather than noticing the girl within. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' The last time Ziggy Grover had seen Frederica, she'd been dressed up like... well, like a little girl with a cat-eared hood, saying how nicely she could demonstrate a fire spell. One almost got the impression, from the way she -talked- and looked at him, that Ziggy might have made a teensy weensy error in trying to free a prisoner being tortured, mostly because he'd turned out to be a (not virgin-specialized) rapist. And whenever Ziggy made an error, he'd try and schmooze his way into making up for it so that he wouldn't be burned too badly when his -next- error came along... Tray in front of him, a pizza slice, cake, and orange juice loaded, Ziggy asks, "May I sit down?" And then rather than wait for her to answer, he sits down, and begins tactic number one of 'making amends the Ziggy way': Talking. Which, incidentally, was also tactic two and three. Four and five involved Shadow Puppets and Magic Tricks, but that worked best with kids... which, it appeared, she -wasn't- with her hood down. "Good to see you again," says the curly-haired man, momentarily forgetting that the girl hasn't seen him without the helmeted suit on. 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     It might well be for the best that Frederica doesn't recognize Ziggy. She can't hold that first impression against him after all. No, she has an entirely NEW first impression to hold against him instead. Instantly, taking in his pushiness, his joining her uninvited, his... well, his MALEness, her impression's quickly formed. Typical boy. Hitting on her. She has absolutely no reason to believe otherwise.     Now, never let it be said Frederica hates being considered attractive. She wears revealing skirts that show off thigh, shirts that show off shoulder and what little bosom she has. She LIKES to be appreciated and admired. She just doesn't like being used, and she has the mistaken impression that that's all most boys want. And of course, the thought of being used and then discarded is one of those things that makes Frederica ... well, irrational.     Frederica's own food is decidedly asian. Rice, vegetables, some sort of unidentifiable meat and sauce, definitely chopsticks. She frowns up at the Ranger, looking annoyed. This isn't an uncommon expression. "Looks like you already did." she states, trying to be gracious. Well okay, she's not trying very hard. Still, she's quick. Quick to judge, and quick to reacto. "What do you mean, 'again'?" she asks, narrowing her eyes further, squinting at Ziggy and studying him Something's familiar, she supposes, but that could just be her familiarity with personnel dossiers or something. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Oh, Ziggy wasn't -hitting- on her as much as -schmoozing-. Sure, her gender mattered, but what Ziggy wanted, primarily, was to be accepted, which is why Ziggy takes a bite out of the pizza, wipes his hands with a napkin as he chews, and notes, "Well, we met before at, uh, Faruja's place. You know, the inquisitor, the escaped prisoner, the whole 'blast it with fire!' thing...?" he says, using his hands as a proxy in gesturing the whole 'give and take' conversation. "Oh, you probably don't recognize me without the helmet?" Hands reaches up, as though shaping the helmet, followed by a little pointy fin at the top, like a shark. "Kinda recognizable yet? No wait, this might make it easier..." Pulling back in his chair, Ziggy stands, strikes a heroic pose with one hand to his hip and the other arm with his morpher held in front of him like a shield. "Good guys don't -torture-!" 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Oh yes, Frederica remembers. The mention of Faruja and the prisoner is plenty. Then of course Ziggy goes on, mentioning the helmet, demonstrating, then standing up and posing. It's almost enough to make a girl cringe and feel embarrassed.     Of course Frederica herself is no stranger to the spotlight. Or to looking like a fool for that matter. No one could possibly fail to notice her hood and how it makes her look more like a kid than a grown woman, and yet she does it anyways. She could also, under other circumstances, quite understand a person just wanting to be accepted.     Reaching back to fluff her hair-tails forward, Frederica shakes her head. Either to settle the hairtails or in dismay. "Everyone's looking at you." she says drearily, then sighs. "Sit down. You're making yourself look like a fool." she insists. If she'd been thinking, of course, she might have told Ziggy just to go away. She probably has a soft spot for people making fools of themselves however. That soft spot being somewhere right between her ears perhaps. "And you might think twice before deciding what your allies can and can't do." she lectures, frowning. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Fool? Me? Well, it's probably better than being called an -idiot-," Ziggy replies affably, hands going to his chest in a 'me?' gesture, before he pulls his seat back and sits down quite properly. "It's not the first time, it's not likely to be the last." Reaching down to pick up the partly congealed pizza, which has cooled down enough that it wasn't -dripping- cheese- off the crust, Ziggy lowers his head just enough to catch the strings of cheese and munch his way up towards the pizza slice itself. "Mmph," Ziggy lifts his eyebrows in a wordless appeal style manner as he chews. After he's done with his bite, the erstwhile Power Ranger taps the table. "I'm still picking up on the... what is it, intricate diplomatic stuff here." His hands move towards Frederica, then himself. "Like, you do this, I do that, we can't step on each other's views, because we've got to pull together and work for the greater good. That's the main thing, right? So the diplomacy, I sort of leave it to the people who're better at it than me, I just... do things that're -right-, though. They got to feel right. Don't you feel that way?" 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Fool, idiot, what matters is what Frederica's thinking about Ziggy rather than the words she uses. It's true she's mellowed somewhat, not speaking her mind quite as often or as sharply as she once might. There's been quite a socializing force on her, both by her allies and by the gentle influence of her Abstractum device. She just shakes her head. "Idiot." she mutters, but she's careful to say it quietly enough so it doesn't carry. Insults are fine. Public insults are another matter entirely. Besides, she's not entirely sure how sincere she is in the statement.     "Diplomacy is easy." Frederica says after a bit, sighing. It's not her strong point, but she's managed it when called to account. "And if it's not easy, you might keep this in mind." she explains, condescending to instruct poor Ziggy. "Union command knows what it's doing. Some of our allies may do a few things we don't always agree with. Some of our allies are assassins, some pacifists, some ... well, all kinds of things. In some worlds and situations, that sort of thing's necessary. If we don't trust everyone's judgement though, we can at least trust Command. If someone's been welcomed to the Union, even if they do things you don't agree with, they're still 'good guys'. Probably." she claims. "Or at least we can if we're wise enough to trust them. I know *I* am wise enough for that. I'm not so sure about *you*." she adds, trying on a smirk. It's not terribly convincing.     Absently, Frederica returns her concentration to her food, manipulating the chopsticks with effortless ease. She glances up though, just as she's about to take in a mouthful. "I-I hear you helped Faruja. After that incident." she says in a subdued voice, becoming slightly embarrassed, filling the sudden silence with action as she fills her mouth instead. Maybe there's a reason she's taking this a bit personally? About trusting in allies if wiser heads trust them? 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Scratching his neck briefly, Ziggy takes another bite or two out of his pizza, as he considers. "Well, I don't -know- everything about Union Command. I just know what I'm supposed to do, and what I'm not supposed to do, and sometimes, though, I act on my conscience anyway." Hands shifts to cover his face, as he peeks briefly between his fingers. "Uh, which incident...?" There were a couple he could think of. "The dungeon incident, or uh, saving the enemy general from getting obliterated?" A sheepish smile crosses his face. "I mean, I was trying to be sure I was doing the right thing, and saving lives. Even if they're your enemies. Because you know, doing the right thing means maybe they'll do the right thing by you when it's their turn." 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     In spite of Frederica's tendency towards petty violence and her incredibly destructive power, or perhaps because of it, Frederica's actually surprisingly tender-hearted. While she can kill when necessary, she never does so without a strong pang of regret. Perhaps she can understand the mercy that led Ziggy to defend an enemy. Perhaps she can appreciate putting ones self at risk to do the right thing.     Not that she'd ever admit it of course. Frederica? Soft-hearted? AS IF.     "You'd think you'd have learned from the last time you tried to let a vicious criminal go free." Frederica states testily. There's a difference, of course. Freeing a criminal from his just fate is entirely different from showing mercy to an opponent. "I suppose you must be crazy. Unfortunately, that's the sort of crazy that a lot of people around here tend to like." she adds. She is, unfortunately, one of them. people who are fearless in battle and in defense of their principles, well, that meshes all too well with her own upbringing. And with the few people outside her own family that she's found... not INTERESTING, but distressingly difficult to get out of her head. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Grasping the edge of the table with his hands, Ziggy lean forward. "Shh, let's not bring -that- up again. Besides, in this case, you don't just -execute- a General in combat when she's already been just about beaten. I just wanted to give her the chance to surrender. Although her, uh, aide caught us and grabbed her away. At least Faruja wasn't mad -afterwards-. But boy he was upset early... and I guess they -do- think I'm crazy, but it's really... you know, it makes perfect sense if you look at it from my angle, right?" Ziggy tilts his head, studying Frederica curiously now. "You know, you look a lot younger with the hood on. Is that like, a tradition in your world, to dress up like a cat?" 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Frederica can well imagine the spirited ratling's anger, and she does her best to hide a smile. She likes the little guy for his courage, his steadfastness, and the respect he shows her. "I hear that's the first sign you're really crazy." she says, rather maliciously. "Thinking everything makes sense when everyone else thinks otherwise?"     Still, she can't hold that maliciousness for long, not when Ziggy makes mention of her hood. Oddly, he's the first person who's actually spoken of it directly to her. Most others are amused by it, or ignore it, or assume it's a cultural thing they shouldn't draw attention to. It immediately makes her self-conscious, and she reaches back to pat the hood. Yes, it's still there, draped down between her shoulderblades. Flat against her back, the ears don't protrude and draw attention to themselves, leaving the whole thing looking like a mini-cape.     Frederica withdraws her hand, frowning. "It IS a tradition from my world." she lies self-consciously. Well okay, her world consisted of 19 people by the end. 19 that mattered. Anything she'd done for half her life was a tradition for a significant part of the population! She reaches back once again, drawing up the hood, the ears popping upright as she settles the hood down. "It's adorable." she claims defensively. "And it's NOT a cat. Not that there's anything wrong with cats. Some of my best friends have had cat ears. But take a closer look. Far too long to be cat ears." she claims, disgruntled. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Well only if everyone else don't change their minds afterwards," Ziggy wrings his hands nervously. "I mean, Faruja kinda understood afterwards. Besides, it's better if you can make your enemies your friends. And hope your friendship's stronger than the desire to rend you from limb to limb." Eyeing his cake slice, Ziggy motions. "Want this cake? I think I'm full." After one slice of pizza, and an about to be chugged orange juice? No wonder Ziggy looked like a good wind could blow him over. Plus, it was a good idea to settle the defensiveness down. "Well, what else has pointy ears...? Fox? Cat?" He makes little pointy silhouettes using his thumbs and index fingers. "Bat? Oh wait, hold on." Whipping up the napkin, and then producing a pen light, which he hands to Frederica, Ziggy continues on. "Shine the light this way, and..." Shadow puppets! one that looks like a fangy bat. No? Mewling cat! No? ... Fox? 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Frederica has a sweet tooth, to be sure. However, she's got her dignity to preserve! Yes, this is terribly ironic considering she's wearing a fox-eared hoodie. Or perhaps bat-eared. Hard to say. Either way, she looks down at the cake with disdain. She shakes her head, not bothering to state her disinterest. Or perhaps, just unwilling to lie aloud.     She does accept the light however, not sure what Ziggy's up to. When he begins his shadow-play she looks on, at first intrigued. Then she becomes amused, then bemused. "You CAN'T be serious." she says, shaking her head. She reaches up once again to flip the hood off, shifting to let it fall back against her chair more comfortably. "Well, at least you're not completely blind." she says, not admitting which of his guesses were right. "Even if you're a bit of an idiot." she says, switching the light off and setting it down, not even handing it back, as if she's afraid to risk reaching out towards him in even that way. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' The cake is left there, right underneath Frederica's nose. That dark, chocolate goodness. Complete with frosting. DOUBLE CHOCOLATE sinfulness. And with chocolate shavings too, which would make it... TRIPLE chocolate. Could that really be something to ignore? It remains unclaimed as Ziggy puts down the napkin and flexes his fingers. "It's a talent," Ziggy replies, more to the 'not completely blind' than the 'bit of an idiot'. Though Doctor K would quite affirmatively agree with the latter. "So, you're totally foxy, then. A tradition, that's a good thing. Whatever helps you feel connected to other people." Fingers gestures once again, making a semblance of -something- that could almost be seen as a fox. "It's an interesting tradition, anyway... are other animals involved? Pandas? Dogs? Or is it just foxes?" 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Frederica wouldn't object to being called foxy, not if an idiot boy hasn't said it anyways. As it stands though, that just makes her more sure of his unsavory intent. That's the thing about irrationality. It's self-selecting and self-confirming.     That IS a nice-looking cake. And nice-smelling too. Chocolate... mmm. But of course she has to remember it's source, right? And that source is questioning her. "It's whatever I feel like." she answers, deciding on the nature of this tradition totally on the spur of the moment. "If I feel like being a cat, I can do that any time I want. I haven't tried a bear in years." she says. "What about you?" she challenges. "That helmet of yours. Is it some kind of fish? Maybe a lizard?" she asks. Probably she's trying to put him on the defensive, but she sounds like she might, almost, be curious. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Anything you want...? So you've got a lot of hoods?" Now Ziggy looks rather pleased. "Do the boys wear anything like that? Because I don't know, I really like this jacket. It sorts of makes you look like, well... as tough as leather." Ziggy tugs at the lapels of the jacket before blinking. "Oh... the uniform? It's supposed to be a shark. I'm a -shark- ranger." Bringing his hands up in claw gestures, Ziggy grawrs. Unfortunately for him, it looks more like a spastic twitch than a fearsome roar. 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Frederica shrugs a pale shoulder. "Wear what you like. You're not a part of my world." she says dismissively, with a cool tsun's disdain. "I make my own hoods, so I can make whatever I like. I made the entire outfit, except for the vest. That was done by miss Rarity." she adds, sounding... proud? Fashion's important to Frederica, apparently, and there's no one more fashionable in her eyes than a beautiful pony who...well, typically doesn't wear clothes. Oh well.     "Tough as leather?" Frederica asks, considering. "That sounds like a description of bad meat. But if that's what you like, go ahead. Except what are you doing?" she asks, lifting up her fingers, hooking her 'claws' in imitation, grinning in amusement. "Do sharks have claws where you're from?" she asks mockingly. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Oh you did that all by yourself?" Now Ziggy looks positively awed. "Congratulations! Eat up... wait, you don't like chocolate cake?" Peering at the cake, Ziggy considers. "Are you sure?" he asks, beginning to reach for it, before pausing. "Er... sharks... don't have claws where I'm from, no. I just, you know... dramatic effect. Besides, shark rangers have hands!" Waving his hands, wiggling his fingers, Ziggy adds, "See, shark rangers fight monsters, and they've got to be bigger and stronger and cause nightmares only for the bad guys. So they've got to be -fearsome- and strong and brave." 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Frederica's actually very good at clothing design. Having very particular ideas on clothing and ... well, and having adolescence come and go while trapped underground with around twenty people, she had to learn. Each of them had their own activities. Cooking, sewing, meditating... and so Frederica took up fashion. It's not like she'd trust anyone else's taste in clothing!     Frederica makes an abrupt stabbing motion with her chopstick, moving as if she's intending to impale Ziggy's hand as it reaches for 'her' cake. She doesn't follow through though, and whether he flinches from the strike or not her weapon won't reach where his hand would have been. "I'll have it, but only if you haven't put your mouth or your fingers all over it." she says testily. "If you're full, you'll just bite into it once and the rest will go to waste, and you shouldn't have gotten it if you were just going to waste it." she insists. There, it's not like she WANTS it or anything.     She shakes her head. "I can SEE you're good at causing nightmares." she claims sarcastically. "Not so sure about you being fearsome or strong. And it's not bravery if you're just too stupid to be afraid." she says, but there's a hint that she's just teasing. Maybe. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Whoa, whoa...!" Pulling his hands back, Ziggy eyes the cake. "I can assure you," Ziggy says, holding up an index finger, "that I have not laid one single finger on the slice. And if you didn't -want- it, I was just going to take a few bites and then throw it away so it wouldn't go -entirely- to waste. But since you're not going to let it go -entirely- to waste, you can have it." All this is delivered with a perfectly solemn, serious face, followed by a very carefully set pressing of his lips as he looks back down at his hands folded before him. "Hey, I'm not -stupid-. And I'll have you know I get -very- afraid too. But if I don't do it, then who will? I don't want to let down people in the first place, so I -have- to do it. Think of the children everywhere who look up to the Power Rangers! Do you really -want- to tear down their hopes and dreams? I think not! I certainly won't do that!" 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Well then. He hasn't touched the cake? Frederica looks at it, studying it. Probably checking for finger prints. Not finding any, she presses into the cake with the edge of one chopstick. No, chopsticks aren't really the best sort of thing for cake, but she's not about to eat with her fingers and she'll manage. Somehow.     She pauses when Ziggy mentions getting afraid. Does he know? She'd been rather humiliated by fear recently, but she hasn't heard anyone mention it. Narrowing her eyes suspiciously, she listens. But no, she doesn't think he's mocking her. Probably not.     Finally she purses her lips thoughtfully, shrugging one last time. "I suppose that's fair. I wouldn't want you to let people down." she says coolly. Then she quickly ruins any sympathy she may be showing. "Does anyone really look up to you?" she asks dubiously. Then, seeming to sense that her words may be harsher than even she'd intended, and unfair besides, she clarifies. "I don't know anything about your world, I mean. If people would or not. Where I'm from, people like me were rare. Not heroes... usually not even known at all. Feared, maybe." 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' "Well we have to... I mean, we're not exactly the -greatest- bunch ever, but we're all they've got to stand up against Venjix," Ziggy replies, as he leans back. "I mean, it's almost literally a city against a whole world of grinders and computer viruses. I wasn't even -supposed- to be a Power Ranger, but... things happened." Frowning, Ziggy considers Frederica, before shrugging. "Anyway, I just wanted to say hi. See if, you know, no hard feelings about that whole incident. So if you feel inclined, just call. Ask for Grover. Ziggy Grover." 

:'''{{#var:73|Frederica (73)}} has posed:'''     Frederica supposes she can understand what it's like. Parts of the story are familiar. She didn't ASK to be thrown into the fight for her world. She didn't ask to be one the side that lost... that couldn't even risk entering the fight, for it would mean certain death. She's chosen to fight, then and now, but only because she couldn't just stand by. That, and because she wanted her power to MEAN something besides being a force of mindless destruction. They were five... plus a few more, but mostly five. Five against the rulers of an entire world. Things happened.     She almost misses what Ziggy says next. Almost. She does catch it though, before she ends up going maudlin over memories. "No hard feelings... oh. Right, I did kind of threaten to turn you to ash." she says. Frederica doesn't have the grace to look sheepish or ashamed. She looks rather mischevious, if not outright malicious. "Have no fear on that count... Grover. My fire only burns those who deserve it." she insists. "I may have offered to burn you to Faruja and the other inquisitor, but that's only because my fire is faster than her spell. And more accurate and selective. And deadly, come to think of it." she grins. "Since I offered, it gave us all a chance to... talk. And if you'd turned out to be evil, we'd have lost nothing but a little time."     Taking up a near-perfect square of chocolate cake, Frederica deposits it in her mouth with a slow, careful motion. Somehow, she tries not to show that she likes the cake. It's not terribly effective, but she tries. Mmmmm. After a moment she turns her gaze upwards again. Her previous words aren't forgotten. "So yes, anyways, if I ever DO burn you, you can be sure it's because you deserved it." she says offhandedly, grinning. 

:'''{{#var:535|Ziggy Grover (535)}} has posed:''' Blink. "Oh right. I'll... I'll do my best to make sure I don't -deserve- it," Ziggy replies, pulling his hands back. And the chair a bit. Yes, yes, just getting up, not retreating in a hurry. "So we're good here, and there'll be no fire or burnt cinders or, god forbid, Ziggy flambe. I wouldn't taste good. I might smell good, but that's because I manage to shower regularly. Because smelling good really helps..." "Ranger Green, report in," Dr. K radios in, over the rev morpher. Quite loudly and publicly too. "... speaking of which, I hear a cold shower calling my name. Bye... um, Freddie," Ziggy replies. Yeah, somewhere he'd learned her name. As he walks off, Ziggy can be heard muttering, "I wasn't comparing you to -cold water-. -Ice- water, maybe..." 

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Ziggy Grover

2014-08-17T02:55:37Z

BootToTheHead: Undo revision 4775 by BootToTheHead (talk)

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|NameOnMUSH=Ziggy Grover
|Color=#0099FF
|Char_id=535
|Img=http://i.imgur.com/k2feKw2.jpg
|FullName=Ziggy Grover
|Gender=Male
|Species=Human
|Theme=Power Rangers RPM-1
|Chartype=FC
|Function=Ranger Series Operator Green
|Faction=Union
|Rank=20
|Ranktype=Ally
|Groups=
|Quote="Sometimes when I morph, I can't help but notice this gigantic explosion right behind me for no apparent reason."
|PAge=19
|AAge=19
|Aging=Yes
|Height=5' 10"
|Weight=140 lbs
|Hair=Brown
|Eyes=Brown
|Voice=Milo Cawthorne
|Song=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJFv1mSCn2E
|Profile=Ziggy Grover hadn't intended to be a Power Ranger. When the world had seemingly ended, with only the city of Corinth left against the Venjix mechanical army, Ziggy had found a way to survive, sucking up to Fresno Bob, the leader of the Scorpion Cartel. Clumsy, awkward, gawky, Ziggy's wisecracking and storytelling abilities kept people from coming down on him too harshly for his screwups. And then his soft heart got him in trouble, as he sacrificed what good-will he had among the Cartels to donate medical supplies to an orphanage and disappear lest they find out the truth. A series of misfortunes and troubles brought him back to the city (totally not unexpected from those who knew him), and towards one more mission: to find a new Ranger Green. Unable to protect the morpher, Ziggy did something desperate: he activated the morpher on himself, to avoid -another- failure. Now the unwanted, unexpected Ranger fights on for the city of Corinth.
|Powers=TELEPORTATION: Activated only when Ziggy is a Power Ranger, he can teleport an undetermined distance, for a limited amount of times depending on how much energy his suit has. Unfortunately for Ziggy, his control of the teleportation is, shall we say, erratic, as he's ended up in bank safes, upside down dangling on rails, and other places he most definitely did not intend to be. (In other words, don't expect to see it actually used successfully ICly in combat at all, and likely to fail in 90 percent of other occasions.)
|Skills=SHADOW PUPPETS: Ziggy is an expert at forming shadow puppets, the better to help his storytelling abilities.

SCHMOOZING: Ziggy is a talker. He's not much of a fighter, at least not before he joined the Power Rangers, but he was able to talk his way into positions where he could keep surviving.

MARTIAL ARTS: Ziggy's had to learn how to do martial arts on the fly, as he was never intended to be a power ranger. As a result, his martial arts skills lag behind his fellow rangers, and he's had to resort to very unorthodox means to get through a battle, being much more reliant on environmental improvision than straight-up martial arts skills.

MAGIC TRICKS: Ziggy entertains people with magic tricks. Handcuffs, cards, escape tricks. Amateur level, but sufficient enough to entertain children.
|Assets=REV MORPHER: The morpher is essentially a gear shift panel attached to a wrist device, resembling a car's automatic shift, which can be activated by a lever-grip, in which an morphing cell can be inserted. It is DNA-bonded to the user's left wrist. When used, Ziggy inserts a chip, slides the grip in place, and activates it with the words "RPM, GET IN GEAR!" Once activated, Ziggy is transformed into the Green Power Ranger, and summon his Zord.

RANGER PROTOTYPE SERIES COVERT INFANTRY BIO-SUIT SERIES GREEN: Created by Dr. K, the Green Ranger suit is powered by an 'universal electric field'. Based on a nano-fiber / intercellular sheet memory alloy mix (Dr. K: "IT IS NOT SPANDEX!") that self-assembles around the user, the suit amplifies the speed and strength of the user, and links the user with his Zord. Each suit has a specialized ability: in the case of Series Green, teleportation. His helmet appearance is based on the shark/orca. <PL: unmorphed 28 -> 33 morphed with zord>

TURBO AXE: The Green Ranger's specialized equipment, it's basically a giant battle axe that can combine with another Ranger's weapon to form the Turbo Plasma Launcher. When combined with four other rangers' weapons, it can form the Nitro Blaster.

TAIL SPINNER ZORD: The Tail Spinner zord was devised by Dr. K as a motorcycle with the appearance of a green orca overlaying the main body. The motorcycle was fused with the DNA of a Shark (why it looks like an orca... don't even argue with Dr. K or she'll have you scrubbing the entire floor of the Garage with a toothbrush), and linked to the operator through an universal bio-link field, summoned via the Rev Morpher. When activated through an Energy Cell Chip, the Zord can expand in size and mass for combat. The Zord can spin its body to attack enemies, using its tail like a blade. It can combine with other zords, resulting in combinations like the ValveMAX Megazord, the Zenith Megazord, and the SkyRev Megazord.

THE GARAGE: Home base of the Power Rangers RPM, it contains both personal cars (particularly Ziggy's motorized scooter), and an experimental lab through which Dr. K, the mentor of the Power Rangers, creates Zords, weapons, defensive measures, and equipment.
|NPCs=DR. K: The mentor of the Power Rangers, with a mysterious past, Dr. K created the Zords, specialized equipment, the morphers, and the series experimental ranger suits that allows the Power Rangers to exist. At her terminal, she can access the energy grid that powers up the suits and the Zords, monitoring the energy field and re-directing the energy to activate the suits and the grids. She's normally noncombative, but is adept at protecting herself, having devised many weapons and technology while working for a secret organization called Alphabet Soup. Due to her sonic weapons and other devices, PL 25.
|Disadvantages=DR. K: Without Dr. K, the morpher and the Zords cannot be powered up. If she's ill, unavailable, or not at her terminal to power up the morpher or the zord, then Ziggy is, essentially, left to his own devices.

The CARTELS: Ziggy was a former Scorpion Cartel associate, working under Fresno Bob. Entrusted to do a mission for the five major Cartels of Corinth, he failed to accomplish his mission. As a result, all five Cartels are seeking his head, none more so than Fresno Bob.

UNEXPECTED RANGER: Because Ziggy was not chosen to be a ranger, but rather forced into it by circumstances, he lacks the gifts that the others had - he's not a leader type, he's not a soldier type, he's not even a fighter type. As a result, his combat skills are lacking; he's more prone to think 'flee' first rather than 'fight'.

FLAKE: In general, people who don't know him well have difficulties trusting him to complete tasks - he's, essentially, a clown, unable to take things seriously, and is that guy in the classroom who always has to quip -something- even during deadly serious moments. He seems extremely unreliable at first glance. And second glance. And third glance.

SIMPLE-MINDED: He tends to look at things with a very simple outlook at first, an impromptu analysis based on what he sees immediately, and sometimes doesn't think ahead far enough, including being a little bit careless. A bit of an 'Okay, let me have the spare key' followed by 'Um, that was the spare' and then one suddenly understand just how Ziggy ended up failing a lot of missions for the Cartels when left to his own devices.

CLUMSY: Ziggy is not the most physically gifted individual to begin with; he's a lanky, gawky person whose coordination is more reliant on sleight of hand to keep himself out of trouble. When morphed, his suit amplifies this lack of coordination -more- so; as a result, he fights with the grace like a flopping fish early on before the suit catches up with him.
}}

Ziggy Grover

2014-08-16T17:03:36Z

BootToTheHead:

{{CharacterNew
|NameOnMUSH=Ziggy Grover
|Color=#0099FF
|Char_id=535
|Img=http://i.imgur.com/PSC1DP7.png
|FullName=Ziggy Grover
|Gender=Male
|Species=Human
|Theme=Power Rangers RPM-1
|Chartype=FC
|Function=Ranger Series Operator Green
|Faction=Union
|Rank=20
|Ranktype=Ally
|Groups=
|Quote="Sometimes when I morph, I can't help but notice this gigantic explosion right behind me for no apparent reason."
|PAge=19
|AAge=19
|Aging=Yes
|Height=5' 10"
|Weight=140 lbs
|Hair=Brown
|Eyes=Brown
|Voice=Milo Cawthorne
|Song=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJFv1mSCn2E
|Profile=Ziggy Grover hadn't intended to be a Power Ranger. When the world had seemingly ended, with only the city of Corinth left against the Venjix mechanical army, Ziggy had found a way to survive, sucking up to Fresno Bob, the leader of the Scorpion Cartel. Clumsy, awkward, gawky, Ziggy's wisecracking and storytelling abilities kept people from coming down on him too harshly for his screwups. And then his soft heart got him in trouble, as he sacrificed what good-will he had among the Cartels to donate medical supplies to an orphanage and disappear lest they find out the truth. A series of misfortunes and troubles brought him back to the city (totally not unexpected from those who knew him), and towards one more mission: to find a new Ranger Green. Unable to protect the morpher, Ziggy did something desperate: he activated the morpher on himself, to avoid -another- failure. Now the unwanted, unexpected Ranger fights on for the city of Corinth.
|Powers=TELEPORTATION: Activated only when Ziggy is a Power Ranger, he can teleport an undetermined distance, for a limited amount of times depending on how much energy his suit has. Unfortunately for Ziggy, his control of the teleportation is, shall we say, erratic, as he's ended up in bank safes, upside down dangling on rails, and other places he most definitely did not intend to be. (In other words, don't expect to see it actually used successfully ICly in combat at all, and likely to fail in 90 percent of other occasions.)
|Skills=SHADOW PUPPETS: Ziggy is an expert at forming shadow puppets, the better to help his storytelling abilities.

SCHMOOZING: Ziggy is a talker. He's not much of a fighter, at least not before he joined the Power Rangers, but he was able to talk his way into positions where he could keep surviving.

MARTIAL ARTS: Ziggy's had to learn how to do martial arts on the fly, as he was never intended to be a power ranger. As a result, his martial arts skills lag behind his fellow rangers, and he's had to resort to very unorthodox means to get through a battle, being much more reliant on environmental improvision than straight-up martial arts skills.

MAGIC TRICKS: Ziggy entertains people with magic tricks. Handcuffs, cards, escape tricks. Amateur level, but sufficient enough to entertain children.
|Assets=REV MORPHER: The morpher is essentially a gear shift panel attached to a wrist device, resembling a car's automatic shift, which can be activated by a lever-grip, in which an morphing cell can be inserted. It is DNA-bonded to the user's left wrist. When used, Ziggy inserts a chip, slides the grip in place, and activates it with the words "RPM, GET IN GEAR!" Once activated, Ziggy is transformed into the Green Power Ranger, and summon his Zord.

RANGER PROTOTYPE SERIES COVERT INFANTRY BIO-SUIT SERIES GREEN: Created by Dr. K, the Green Ranger suit is powered by an 'universal electric field'. Based on a nano-fiber / intercellular sheet memory alloy mix (Dr. K: "IT IS NOT SPANDEX!") that self-assembles around the user, the suit amplifies the speed and strength of the user, and links the user with his Zord. Each suit has a specialized ability: in the case of Series Green, teleportation. His helmet appearance is based on the shark/orca. <PL: unmorphed 28 -> 33 morphed with zord>

TURBO AXE: The Green Ranger's specialized equipment, it's basically a giant battle axe that can combine with another Ranger's weapon to form the Turbo Plasma Launcher. When combined with four other rangers' weapons, it can form the Nitro Blaster.

TAIL SPINNER ZORD: The Tail Spinner zord was devised by Dr. K as a motorcycle with the appearance of a green orca overlaying the main body. The motorcycle was fused with the DNA of a Shark (why it looks like an orca... don't even argue with Dr. K or she'll have you scrubbing the entire floor of the Garage with a toothbrush), and linked to the operator through an universal bio-link field, summoned via the Rev Morpher. When activated through an Energy Cell Chip, the Zord can expand in size and mass for combat. The Zord can spin its body to attack enemies, using its tail like a blade. It can combine with other zords, resulting in combinations like the ValveMAX Megazord, the Zenith Megazord, and the SkyRev Megazord.

THE GARAGE: Home base of the Power Rangers RPM, it contains both personal cars (particularly Ziggy's motorized scooter), and an experimental lab through which Dr. K, the mentor of the Power Rangers, creates Zords, weapons, defensive measures, and equipment.
|NPCs=DR. K: The mentor of the Power Rangers, with a mysterious past, Dr. K created the Zords, specialized equipment, the morphers, and the series experimental ranger suits that allows the Power Rangers to exist. At her terminal, she can access the energy grid that powers up the suits and the Zords, monitoring the energy field and re-directing the energy to activate the suits and the grids. She's normally noncombative, but is adept at protecting herself, having devised many weapons and technology while working for a secret organization called Alphabet Soup. Due to her sonic weapons and other devices, PL 25.
|Disadvantages=DR. K: Without Dr. K, the morpher and the Zords cannot be powered up. If she's ill, unavailable, or not at her terminal to power up the morpher or the zord, then Ziggy is, essentially, left to his own devices.

The CARTELS: Ziggy was a former Scorpion Cartel associate, working under Fresno Bob. Entrusted to do a mission for the five major Cartels of Corinth, he failed to accomplish his mission. As a result, all five Cartels are seeking his head, none more so than Fresno Bob.

UNEXPECTED RANGER: Because Ziggy was not chosen to be a ranger, but rather forced into it by circumstances, he lacks the gifts that the others had - he's not a leader type, he's not a soldier type, he's not even a fighter type. As a result, his combat skills are lacking; he's more prone to think 'flee' first rather than 'fight'.

FLAKE: In general, people who don't know him well have difficulties trusting him to complete tasks - he's, essentially, a clown, unable to take things seriously, and is that guy in the classroom who always has to quip -something- even during deadly serious moments. He seems extremely unreliable at first glance. And second glance. And third glance.

SIMPLE-MINDED: He tends to look at things with a very simple outlook at first, an impromptu analysis based on what he sees immediately, and sometimes doesn't think ahead far enough, including being a little bit careless. A bit of an 'Okay, let me have the spare key' followed by 'Um, that was the spare' and then one suddenly understand just how Ziggy ended up failing a lot of missions for the Cartels when left to his own devices.

CLUMSY: Ziggy is not the most physically gifted individual to begin with; he's a lanky, gawky person whose coordination is more reliant on sleight of hand to keep himself out of trouble. When morphed, his suit amplifies this lack of coordination -more- so; as a result, he fights with the grace like a flopping fish early on before the suit catches up with him.
}}

Ziggy Grover

2014-08-16T04:20:20Z

BootToTheHead:

Ziggy Grover

2014-08-16T04:10:04Z

BootToTheHead: Created page with "{{CharacterNew |NameOnMUSH=Ziggy Grover |Color=#0099FF |Char_id=535 |Img=http://i.imgur.com/k2feKw2.jpg |FullName=Ziggy Grover |Gender=Male |Species=Human |Theme=Power Rangers..."

{{CharacterNew
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|Color=#0099FF
|Char_id=535
|Img=http://i.imgur.com/k2feKw2.jpg
|FullName=Ziggy Grover
|Gender=Male
|Species=Human
|Theme=Power Rangers RPM-1
|Chartype=FC
|Function=Ranger Series Operator Green
|Faction=Union
|Rank=20
|Ranktype=Ally
|Groups=
|Quote="Sometimes when I morph, I can't help but notice this gigantic explosion right behind me for no apparent reason."
|PAge=19
|AAge=19
|Aging=Yes
|Height=5' 10"
|Weight=160 lbs
|Hair=Brown
|Eyes=Brown
|Voice=Milo Cawthorne
|Song=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJFv1mSCn2E
|Profile=Ziggy Grover hadn't intended to be a Power Ranger. When the world had seemingly ended, with only the city of Corinth left against the Venjix mechanical army, Ziggy had found a way to survive, sucking up to Fresno Bob, the leader of the Scorpion Cartel. Clumsy, awkward, gawky, Ziggy's wisecracking and storytelling abilities kept people from coming down on him too harshly for his screwups. And then his soft heart got him in trouble, as he sacrificed what good-will he had among the Cartels to donate medical supplies to an orphanage and disappear lest they find out the truth. A series of misfortunes and troubles brought him back to the city (totally not unexpected from those who knew him), and towards one more mission: to find a new Ranger Green. Unable to protect the morpher, Ziggy did something desperate: he activated the morpher on himself, to avoid -another- failure. Now the unwanted, unexpected Ranger fights on for the city of Corinth.

|Powers=TELEPORTATION: Activated only when Ziggy is a Power Ranger, he can teleport an undetermined distance, for a limited amount of times depending on how much energy his suit has. Unfortunately for Ziggy, his control of the teleportation is, shall we say, erratic, as he's ended up in bank safes, upside down dangling on rails, and other places he most definitely did not intend to be. (In other words, don't expect to see it actually used successfully ICly in combat at all, and likely to fail in 90 percent of other occasions.)
|Skills=SHADOW PUPPETS: Ziggy is an expert at forming shadow puppets, the better to help his storytelling abilities.

SCHMOOZING: Ziggy is a talker. He's not much of a fighter, at least not before he joined the Power Rangers, but he was able to talk his way into positions where he could keep surviving.

MARTIAL ARTS: Ziggy's had to learn how to do martial arts on the fly, as he was never intended to be a power ranger. As a result, his martial arts skills lag behind his fellow rangers, and he's had to resort to very unorthodox means to get through a battle, being much more reliant on environmental improvision than straight-up martial arts skills.

MAGIC TRICKS: Ziggy entertains people with magic tricks. Handcuffs, cards, escape tricks. Amateur level, but sufficient enough to entertain children.
|Assets=REV MORPHER: The morpher is essentially a gear shift panel attached to a wrist device, resembling a car's automatic shift, which can be activated by a lever-grip, in which an morphing cell can be inserted. It is DNA-bonded to the user's left wrist. When used, Ziggy inserts a chip, slides the grip in place, and activates it with the words "RPM, GET IN GEAR!" Once activated, Ziggy is transformed into the Green Power Ranger, and summon his Zord.

RANGER PROTOTYPE SERIES COVERT INFANTRY BIO-SUIT SERIES GREEN: Created by Dr. K, the Green Ranger suit is powered by an 'universal electric field'. Based on a nano-fiber / intercellular sheet memory alloy mix (Dr. K: "IT IS NOT SPANDEX!") that self-assembles around the user, the suit amplifies the speed and strength of the user, and links the user with his Zord. Each suit has a specialized ability: in the case of Series Green, teleportation. His helmet appearance is based on the shark/orca. <PL: unmorphed 28 -> 33 morphed with zord>

TURBO AXE: The Green Ranger's specialized equipment, it's basically a giant battle axe that can combine with another Ranger's weapon to form the Turbo Plasma Launcher. When combined with four other rangers' weapons, it can form the Nitro Blaster.

TAIL SPINNER ZORD: The Tail Spinner zord was devised by Dr. K as a motorcycle with the appearance of a green orca overlaying the main body. The motorcycle was fused with the DNA of a Shark (why it looks like an orca... don't even argue with Dr. K or she'll have you scrubbing the entire floor of the Garage with a toothbrush), and linked to the operator through an universal bio-link field, summoned via the Rev Morpher. When activated through an Energy Cell Chip, the Zord can expand in size and mass for combat. The Zord can spin its body to attack enemies, using its tail like a blade. It can combine with other zords, resulting in combinations like the ValveMAX Megazord, the Zenith Megazord, and the SkyRev Megazord.

THE GARAGE: Home base of the Power Rangers RPM, it contains both personal cars (particularly Ziggy's motorized scooter), and an experimental lab through which Dr. K, the mentor of the Power Rangers, creates Zords, weapons, defensive measures, and equipment.
|NPCs=DR. K: The mentor of the Power Rangers, with a mysterious past, Dr. K created the Zords, specialized equipment, the morphers, and the series experimental ranger suits that allows the Power Rangers to exist. At her terminal, she can access the energy grid that powers up the suits and the Zords, monitoring the energy field and re-directing the energy to activate the suits and the grids. She's normally noncombative, but is adept at protecting herself, having devised many weapons and technology while working for a secret organization called Alphabet Soup. Due to her sonic weapons and other devices, PL 25.
|Disadvantages=DR. K: Without Dr. K, the morpher and the Zords cannot be powered up. If she's ill, unavailable, or not at her terminal to power up the morpher or the zord, then Ziggy is, essentially, left to his own devices.

The CARTELS: Ziggy was a former Scorpion Cartel associate, working under Fresno Bob. Entrusted to do a mission for the five major Cartels of Corinth, he failed to accomplish his mission. As a result, all five Cartels are seeking his head, none more so than Fresno Bob.

UNEXPECTED RANGER: Because Ziggy was not chosen to be a ranger, but rather forced into it by circumstances, he lacks the gifts that the others had - he's not a leader type, he's not a soldier type, he's not even a fighter type. As a result, his combat skills are lacking; he's more prone to think 'flee' first rather than 'fight'.

FLAKE: In general, people who don't know him well have difficulties trusting him to complete tasks - he's, essentially, a clown, unable to take things seriously, and is that guy in the classroom who always has to quip -something- even during deadly serious moments. He seems extremely unreliable at first glance. And second glance. And third glance.

SIMPLE-MINDED: He tends to look at things with a very simple outlook at first, an impromptu analysis based on what he sees immediately, and sometimes doesn't think ahead far enough, including being a little bit careless. A bit of an 'Okay, let me have the spare key' followed by 'Um, that was the spare' and then one suddenly understand just how Ziggy ended up failing a lot of missions for the Cartels when left to his own devices.

CLUMSY: Ziggy is not the most physically gifted individual to begin with; he's a lanky, gawky person whose coordination is more reliant on sleight of hand to keep himself out of trouble. When morphed, his suit amplifies this lack of coordination -more- so; as a result, he fights with the grace like a flopping fish early on before the suit catches up with him.
}}