Shore Leave Part 3: The Return Of Stacy

[cityship]

Down on the surface of the planet Zokez II, Stacy's erstwhile (and hopefully much more relaxed) crew began receiving messages over their comm rings and omnicoms.

||Shore Leave is now over, please return to the site for pick up. I repeat, Shore Leave is now over, please return to the site for pick up. I hope you have enjoyed your stay on Zokez II, but all good things must come to an end. Please return to the site for pick up. If you do not return, you will be left behind.||

She means it, too. Better get your butts back to the ship.

[OOC: Please thread amongst yourselves!]

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[capture-worlds.livejournal.com]

Tsukasa sighed as he stood up and made sure that his supplies were all together when he heard the announcement. "Good Grief...right when I start actually relaxing, too." Still, Tsukasa pulled himself together, put out his little fire, and climbed aboard his bike, heading back into town to rejoin the Saucer Section Obs Deck.

............................

A little while later, he arrived. Pushing his now turned-off Machine Decader back inside, he leaned himself against it waiting for the inevitable rising and reconnection process.

[staturity]

This shore leave had been just what Cassie needed. She could stay here forever. And by here she meant cuddled up next to Nate, head nestled below his chin, hair splayed out across his chest.

This was the best vacation- no, the best week ever.

And then Stacy's voice was in her head.

"Mm-" Cassie blinked.

Left behind-

"Oh #$%&!" Where were her things? Actually, where was her plantsuit? ...Or had she been wearing her dress last...

[wheresmysuit.livejournal.com]

"Mnn, Cassie wha-" The 'boy genius' spoke groggily as he slowly came out of the best sleep he'd had in...quite a while. He'd half thought it had been a dream, but no, here she was, next to him. A smile began to make its way across his face when Stacy's message repeated itself and he blinked. Okay, he was up.

Quickly sitting up, he pushed his hair from his eyes, laying a calming hand on his...damn, they really needed a label for what they were. Aside from traitors that was. But that was the last thing on his mind at the moment. He laid a calming hand on Cassie's shoulder, fingers brushing tenderly across her skin.

"Hey. Relax, Cassie. She's not talking right this minute. I'm sure we've got at least an hour before she pulls us all back. Come on, relax." He smiled, arms sliding around her waist from behind as he placed a kiss to her shoulder.

It didn't seem like he was in any rush.

[on-an-impulse.livejournal.com]

Whatever, Shinn thought, putting the motorbike away. It hadn't been that interesting a planet anyway.

[gunslinging.livejournal.com]

It was a little disappointing, even if he'd been expecting it -- they'd been there for a week, after all, and by the standards Axl was used to, a week without something happening (even if it was the most routine and easy of missions) was a rarity. Back home he probably would've been complaining, even. A week without action? Come on!

He'd had a good week, though. Surfing! Dancing! Baby's first hangover (however that even worked)!

Luckily he wasn't too far out of the way when the announcement came, so he didn't have to worry about getting left -- there were still plenty of other people to wait on, once he got back to the pickup site.

On the other hand, it meant he had to sit around and wait. Sigh.

[staturity]

Hey, nothing traitorous about it now. Cassie had broken up with Jonas and everything. Never mind the fact that she had been making out with Nate while she was still with Jonas, that was beside the point.

"This is Stacy we're talking about." She looked frantically about for- oh, O.K. so she had been wearing her dress last. But better put on the plantsuit just in case. "It'll probably take at least an hour to get everything together and go over- mmmm." Despite herself, she couldn't resist leaning back into Nate's arms. "We really shouldn't."

[starlightace]

Ah well. It had been fun while it had lasted, hadn't it? Well, ignoring the "having to discipline her daughter" part, anyway.

Besides, she'd gotten some cute new clothes and stocked up on food to cook for the crew. So she'd call this one a win.

[morphitudinous]

For his part, Billy had proceeded with all due haste. Throw things messily into a box, change back into the plantsuit, and fly back to the gate. All in a span of twenty-five minutes.

After parking the car back in storage, he waited at the gate to take a few final breaths of a genuine Earth-like atmosphere. And here he found one of the newer crew members waiting.

"This is the worst part of a vacation, huh?" Well...no, not really. It could easily get much, much worse.

[gunslinging.livejournal.com]

"I shouldn't be hating, usually I'd be one of the guys who rolls in at the last possible second," Axl laughed. "But waiting around kind of sucks."

[morphitudinous]

"Do you have the speed to pull that off comfortably?" Just a curious question. He doesn't mean anything by it.

Smiling slightly. Billy found a spot on the ground nearby. "I suppose there's not much appeal in people-watching or tanning. So that leaves thinking as a default activity, right?"

OOC: Totally just a passing through Kamen Rider!

[capture-worlds.livejournal.com]

Oh, Nanoha. Tsukasa thought when he saw the human Gundam young woman.

"So, how was your vacation?" He asked, trying to kill some time until they reconnected.

[starlightace]

"It was fun," she said with a smile. "It was nice to unwind, don't you think? What about yours?"

[capture-worlds.livejournal.com]

He shrugged. "It was passable. Bought a few supplies, relaxed on a beach, had someone try to kill me..."

[gunslinging.livejournal.com]

"Speed's what I'm best at. Faster when I've actually got my armor on, but I can't imagine trying to surf in all that." Axl flopped to the ground, sitting cross-legged -- it was a good idea to sit, if they were going to be waiting around for long.

"Thinking, on the other hand...probably not one of my strong points."

[morphitudinous]

"Wow. So your armor has the ability to provide a speed boost?" He smiled slightly at the idea of this person surfing in bulky armor, but hey---he'd seen stranger things in his day.

He shook his head. "That's all right. The sun's not particularly conducive to thinking anyway. Perhaps a few last moments of relaxation would be better."

[starlightace]

"Somebody tried to kill you?" Nanoha blinked.

[wheresmysuit.livejournal.com]

Well, there was that. But Nate got the feeling that that fact was a small consolation to his 'brother.' He really needed to go and see him soon. He'd just have to make sure that his armor was on...yeah. That would probably be the smart thing to do.

"She's never been anything but logical before. Giving us ample time to get ready is logical." Yes she had been wearing her dress. Nate remembered quite vividly getting it off after all. But that was a thought for another time. Preferably a cold shower time. "Not if we get it all together real fast. I can help you pack if you like." He smiled against her skin, pressing a kiss to her jaw. "Packing's pretty important, huh?"

[capture-worlds.livejournal.com]

Tsukasa chuckled. "'Tried' is the operative word. We're having a nice conversation, and she tries to punch me. So, I decide to dance with her. Somehow though, and I cannot figure out how, after we finished the dance, her hands were bound with a scarf that I had to buy. It's a mystery for the ages, let me tell you." The tone in his voice indicated that he knew exactly what happened, though.

[thexanwhosees.livejournal.com]

Xander has a snack food stuffed in his mouth as he ran back to the site. Got plenty of goodies to hold against the slop for now. Better yet, he had some good supplies for rebuilding in the City. Still shame to leave.

[staturity]

"Well..." Cassie wavered. "I guess if we pack first. How much did you buy here?" Fortunately most of her new toys purchases were bundled away safely. She just needed to make sure everything was in its place. She'd hate to accidentally leave anything behind.

[gunslinging.livejournal.com]

"Built-in dash jets," Axl explained. "They're pretty standard for reploid armor, actually, but mine are on the more powerful end, and I weigh in a lot lighter than most combat models, so between that and the hover jets my mobility's pretty awesome." Of course, he was a little more lacking in other areas to compensate, but Axl had always figured that it was okay to not take a hit well if you made sure you never had to take it in the first place.

"I'm gonna miss that sun. I never thought less than two weeks without real daylight would make me miss it so much."

[waylostandfound.livejournal.com]

There was a whooshing sound as Nathan promptly zoomed in and landed at the site. As much as he enjoyed the needed break. Especially a chance to stretch his wings as it were, it was time to get back. There was still a great deal to do, and things to deal with as it looked with some of the comms he had seen. A thankless job at times, but a necessary one, and he was good at it.

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the "disciplining her daughter" thing definitely wasn't fun. But the rest of this vacation was a blast, so it more than made up for that little rough patch.

There was one thing Fate would miss though: Nanoha might notice Fate's slightly upset expression as Cardiche her car was loaded back into storage. She's really gunna miss driving that car.

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

The thought of being left behind (again in many ways), scares the oddity into a calculated panic. If there is such a thing.

Scurrying as fast as he can manage, the oddity asks one thing both internally and not.

"Whe-rrrre yeu is?"

[starlightace]

"Er... did you ever find out why she tried to do that?"