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High As A Kite [R for Language] [Open]

Sawyer had been avoiding the city ever since Bella had told him that the Vatican had been all but destroyed during the fighting with the zombies. No one had died, which Sawyer--rather immodestly--accredited to himself and all the work he put in getting the basilica ready for just that kind of occasion. But with the basilica trashed, Sawyer had lost the spot on the ship that he had adopted as his own little castle--even if other, more religious crew members had tried to mosey in on his turf. So, in an effort to familiarize himself with some of the newly opened areas of the ship, Sawyer had been walking around and poking his head into the command deck, engineering, neuropathy, and, eventually, the flight deck.

He spent at least an hour wandering around the deck, looking at all the different fighters, bombers, mechs, frigates, and shuttles before his eyes landed on something that most definitely didn't seem to belong. In one untouched corner of the flight deck stood an object covered up with a protective tarp. It wasn't large, especially in comparison to all the other machines around it. It, in fact, looked rather reminiscent in size to a normal vehicle from Earth.

With furrowed brow, Sawyer wandered over to the "mysterious" vehicle and cautiously took hold of the tarp and gave it a sharp tug only to reveal....

THE MYSTERY MACHINE!!!

Sawyer's mouth fell open as he stared in utter shock at the van in front of him. "No. Fucking. Way," he said, his eyes wide with awe. It was really... No it couldn't be... But it was... It was really the goddamn Mystery Machine.

"Hot damn!" Sawyer hooted as he grabbed the handle on the door and tugged it open--it was unlocked, surprisingly--and started searching for the keys to get the damn thing started. He was gonna be driving the fuckin' Mystery Machine. At least, he would be as soon as he found the keys. He checked the visor--nothing. Under the driver's seat--nothing. Under the passenger seat--nothing. The glove compart...

He had no more than opened the glove compartment when Sawyer's mouth dropped open yet again. He'd found the keys, finally, sitting right smack on top of a large bag of pot--complete with rolling papers--that had been stuffed into the glove box.

"Holy fucking Scooby snack," Sawyer hooted, again.

An hour or so later, anyone stopping by the hangar deck would find Sawyer, driving in circles in an empty corner of the hangar at five miles at hour. The windows were rolled up, and a cloud of smoke filled the vehicle as the meatship's resident a$$hole puffed away on something that was not a cigarette.

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Kate wondered about that, but she was a music student. She knew a lot of artists so she was bringing several classic rock themed songs. Also some more modern ones too, not just ancient ones. That and her cheeks weren't burning from Tony's declaration, not at all. Even if he's drunk or whatever.

She stared at the colorful van at the moment with a raised eyebrow.

"Seriously?" She then rapped on the window.... that was filled with smoke?!

"Hello?!" Wondering if she should break the door down.

Tony blinked and reached over to crank his window down. A cloud of smoke hits Kate in the face. It's a pungent, powerful smell, considering they've been hotboxing for a while now. He leans out the window with a grin, "Kate! You made it! Did you bring the tunes?"

"I am Red Snout of the Swiftclaw tribe, chieftain and greatest warrior! I am also the last, but that is not important." Red Snout said, flopping down in the back, tail thumping lazily against the sides of the van. It was pretty comfortable here and--

Oh Great Scravis' claws, his snout was painted red.

"Humans, my snout is red. This is. This is amazing." He crossed his eyes awkwardly, trying to get a better look at the tip of his nose.

The air was somewhat more breathable after a while. Maybe she was just getting used to it, kind of like the exhaust of a tank or the smoke in an industrial factory. Everyone was just to happy tonight, she still didn't understand it.

Then she suddenly got a case of the giggles and didn't know why. Maybe it was the way Red was crossing his eyes to get a better look at his snout. She pointed to him, using her other hand to hold her stomach. Ow ow, it was starting to hurt.

"What do you know, your nose is red."

Sawyer, too, was giggling at the raptor's sudden fascination with his own snout as he looked in the rear view mirror to see the reptile crossing his eyes--which only caused more giggling.

"Hey, Kate!" he said, looking over at the newest arrival and bringing the van to a halt once again. "Wanna go for a ride?"

Kate coughed and sputtered at the huge cloud of smoke wafting over her face. She waved a hand trying to fan the fumes away. Wait, is that....?

"I brought it, and why the hell are you guys high?!" She started to climb, still coughing a little.

...Funny how it slowly didn't seem as bad inside.

Tony quite happily made room for Kate in the front seat and leaned back to enjoy the feeling of just... being, man. He waved a hand vaguely in Sawyer's direction, "Because this beautiful man found a supply of weed. And we're getting high, because why the Hell not?"

He laughed and then sighed, giving Kate a little side-hug with one arm, "Let's get the music rollin'."

Red Snout, by this point, had given up trying to see his nose. He was vaguely aware that he was in the midst of what might be a shamanistic experience, but dismissed the thought easily as he stared up at the ceiling, breathing slowly in and out amidst the heavy smoke.

"Do you humans ever ponder your place in the universe? Why Great Scravis created you? I mean...really. You do not have claws or scales or anything but thumbs. Why should Great Scravis create you?" His voice is dreamy and low-key, a marked difference from the usual curt semi-hostility that seems to hover around him almost constantly.

"I don't need to ponder," Lash said between a new fit of giggles. "I don't know or care who created me or why, but I know what my place in the universe is. I was born for war." She suddenly couldn't stop talking. Didn't really matter, it wasn't like Black Hole still existed and these people would go out and give personal information to Orange Star. "I've been making machines since I was a kid. I've been trained for self-combat. They called me their star wunderkind. You wouldn't believe how many people I've killed at my age."

Why was this so funny? She kept laughing. She wasn't sure if she was crying or laughing at one point.

Sawyer was very still for a moment as the dinosaur turned into Plato and the little girl started to count off all the people she'd killed. Then, slowly, he craned around to look in the back seat.

"Ok, that almost killed my buzz," he said, trying to sound scolding but coming across as just silly.

Reaching across Kate and Tony, he snatched the BIG bag of pot out of the glove compartment and dropped it into their laps. Clearly, one joint wasn't going to be enough, not with the five of them--and one of them being damn dinosaur that was just sucking up all the cloud of happy smoke.

"Who wants Taco Bell?"

Kate facepalmed. Loudly. There was a giggling killer, and a dinosaur being philosophical, what did she just climb into? She shifted over to sit in Tony's lap, as stoned as he was.

"Sawyer, we're on a ship, where are we supposed to get Taco Bell? I doubt Stacy's going to make a run for the border anytime ever."

She sighed, "You going to turn on the music or should I?"

Tony doubled up laughing along with Lash, then straightened up, blinking at his omnicomm. While Sawyer talked, he painstakingly tapped out a couple of messages. He paused, however, at the mention of Taco Bell (and the bag of pot that got dropped in his lap). Oh, and his girlfriend. He grinned and started prepping another bowl, reaching around Kate to get at the bag of weed.

"Taco Bell? Nah, man. We need O'Malley's. That shit is the fuckin' shit, even if it is made by douchebags."

He paused. He was forgetting something. Oh, yeah.

"...I think Brainy is coming down. He'd better bring more tunes, man. I told him to bring more tunes. Oh, yeah, go ahead Kate."

And Kate earned herself a little peck on the cheek. Awww.

You mean, Brainy is coming down on them. Like a ton of freakin' green space bricks. In fact, there is a knock on the driver's side window of the car, and a certain green Coluan shows up there. Yes, while it's moving. (He has a flight ring, people, keep up).

"Pull over the archaic, fossil fuel-powered--" He peers at the paint job. "--garishly-colored vehicle. Immediately."

He's here to be a narc all over your funtimes.

"I have many kills as well!" Oh, now you got him started Lash. Good job. He indicates the scalp and talons hanging from his bandolier. "All of them in single combat. I am a great warrior!" He puffed up and in the process banged his head against the roof of the van, giving a faint grumble before he sank back to the floor, curling up.

"What is 'Taco Bell'? Can you eat it? Is it a type of animal?" He queried, snaking his head forward to poke it into the front of the vehicle, looking at the cramped humans. He cocks his head to one side, looking at Brainy through the smoke and windows.

"It is the green human! He does not look pleased. Perhaps he does not like the color of your human vehicle."

"That's great!" Why was it great? Didn't care at this point. She presented her hand close to the Raptor's in a manly fistbump for him to follow. "Soldiers of war represent!"

It was a good think Hawke was not here. He would be completely ashamed of her right now.

The girl was going to ask what Taco Bell was as well, having never been taught the wonders of fast food, but the person outside made her peer from the window, no doubt squeezing everyone in the already way-too-tight front seats.

"I don't know, but he...she? I can't tell, tee hee hee...well, whatever they are, they certainly matches the van pretty well!" She laughed again.

Sawyer was just about to launch into an explanation of the wonders of Taco Bell--or White Castle...or Jack in the Box...--when the rapping on the pane of his window interrupted him mid-thought.

Turning to see Brainy, of all people, standing on the other side, he scowled and started rolling down the window, giving the uptight green alien a nice dosing of pot smoke.

"Awww...fuck, if it ain't Scrappy Doo come to ruin everyone's fun...," he snarked.

She rolled her eyes, and reached over her boyfriend to turn on the music. It was a mix so at the moment it's Journey, sorry. She did bring some Pink Floyd too of course.

Kate did blush at the peck on her cheek, and then caught herself giggling. Why is she giggling, she didn't have anything. Must be just the smoke.

"Brainy, it's fine! We're good!" She called as she leaned over Tony again, kind of smooshing her chest against him a little. Ooops?

Oh, no. It was perfectly fine, Kate. Tony doesn't mind at all. He's just going to get the new bowl going and then sink back into his seat and cuddle with you for a minute. That's OK, right?

He glanced over at Brainy, "Brainy! Did you bring those tunes, man? Get your green butt in here!"

He coughs when the window opens, but the coughing makes him breathe in deeper. There's an airy and heady feeling that comes over him after a few seconds. He isn't human, after all. Different chemicals affect him in different ways.

It turns out that tetrahydrocannabinol is just a bit more potent and fast-acting for Coluans than humans. Just a bit.

"I didn't bring your 'tunes.' I came here to tell you to stop this nonsense before you..."

Odd, he keeps losing all twelve tracks of thought. The thought that it might be whatever illicit substance they're smoking quickly flits away in the face of a much more pressing issue at hand. His eyes widen, even as he tries to carry on his last track of thought.

"Before you..."

It's a losing battle.

Whoa. Whoa.

"Sweet muses!" he says suddenly. He can't refuse to acknowledge this pressing discovery. "I've never noticed it before...but my hands are unfathomably substantial in size."

Red Snout cocks his head and slaps a foreclaw against Lash's hand curiously. What a strange gesture, but it obviously signified some sort of camaraderie. He nodded at her, one warrior to another. Mighty warriors, united. Even if she was a human. He turned his attention back to the others, protesting a bit petulantly.

"No one has explained what a Taco Bell is. I wish to know. It sounds like food." Food. Great Scravis' teeth! He was hungry all of a sudden. He grumbled loudly.

"I am hungry. We must acquire food that is not slop. We must therefore raid the food supplies!" This seemed, at the moment, to be an excellent idea. His attention shifted to Brainy.

"Your hands look normally sized to me. About the size of a hadrosaur egg..." His stomach rumbled loudly.

"Yeah those look like normal hands to me. And the slop is pretty good! I've lived on worse." Her eating manners left much to be desired. Lash then turned her attention back to the music.

"I've never heard these songs before. What are they called? They're pretty good." They seemed so interesting today too, like the music made pretty pictures form in her mind. Not the usual plans of death machines or tanks, but flowers and trees and skies alight with red and orange colors.

Soooo pretty.

Sawyer looks at Brainy's hands, then at Brainy, then to his hands, then to Brainy again, with a serious look on his face. "Yes, they are," he said, dead-pan. Then, after few moments he was hit by another giggle fit. "In or out?" he asked, between giggling.

Eventually the thick, cloying odor made its way over to where Lafiel floated in the zero-g bay. Also there was music, thin and tinny. Tunes and smell wafted through the vent, completely ruining her attempt to just float and relax in zero g.

Sighing, she pushed off of the wall and made her way to the entrance. As she walked through the threshold to the other bay, she saw...A strangely painted groundcar. Driving. Very slowly. In a circle. Also there was smoke...A fire!

She dashed over to it, drawing her klanyu. It could melt military grade armor, it would certainly do to slice open the door of a rather primitive looking vehicle. Laser pistol in hand, she yelled "Hang on! I'll get you out of there!" and approached it.

"I suppose there's no harm in it."

It looks...comfy. Crowded, but the music is...musical. Deedleedee.

He opens the door on the side and climbs in, smoke billowing around him, just as Lafiel approaches from the other side. Brainy sticks his head over the roof of the van and calls to get her attention.

"Hey! Hey!"

A pause.

"...Hey!"

What was he saying? Oh, right.

"I'm getting in, not out." He barks out an uncharacteristic laugh. "Silly human."

His head disappears and he pops into the van and slams the door shut, taking a seat.

"Where are we going?"

"To Taco Bell, or whatever fast food we can find I guess?" Kate giggled a little as she snuggled with Tony. Whenever he lights another up she would take a hit and coughed a little on the smoke. Might as well at this point, she was pretty sure she was getting a bit bombed just from the second hand alone.

"Hey wait, kitchen got tacos? Because they should. Or nachos," She yelled over the music.

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