trans_9 | Days, Nights, and Everything in Between [Multiple Character

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Days, Nights, and Everything in Between [Multiple Character - Open]

The City was the area of the ship that was frequented the most. Not only did some of the crew members made their homes there. But a lot of the more pleasurable areas on the ship could be found there as well. It was mostly empty, a ghostly graveyard for many of the buildings from the many worlds that had gotten saved by you lovable ship, Stacy.

The sheer size of the City itself was impressive and yet it wasn't hard to run into someone exploring it, or bump into one of the occupied buildings... Three of it's denizens now found themselves going about their everyday lives on the ship that had become their current home.

[[OOC: Didn't want to clutter up the comm with three posts, but I really wanted to do all of them! So this is a general post and you can go ahead and tag whichever you want to, wherever you want to! There will be an individual tag for each one of them.]]

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Billy now found himself staring at a 'beat-em-up' style arcade game, with superheroes he might recognize as futuristic versions of the X-Men.

Ronnae looked besides her and blushed a bit, not having expected company. Specially not one so pleasant. "Hey sweetheart~ I d-din't know you'd be out of work already... I mean specially with all the paperwork you've gotten." which wasn't something she was too happy about and found it unfair that he had to do it all himself... Even when she tried to offer assistance, it wasn't her place to do so.

She edged closer and nuzzled onto his side as the next stage started.

"I missed you..." she said in a barely audible whisper.

Billy responded with a gentle smile, happily tucking his head against hers and giving her a fleeting kiss in the space between rounds. He really had. His Ronnae was a much kinder sight to his eyes than the mountain of paperwork he'd come to loathe so well.

"I missed you too, beautiful," he whispered back, practicing for their round with a quick run of the controls. "But I might be able to spend more time with you soon. I'm building a system to semi-automate the paperwork. I won't have so many hours of signing off on things anymore."

And that frustration was perfect for starting to blow off steam with this game, leading him straight into kicking a box at the first enemy. It was hilariously ineffective.

Ronnae looked back at him curiously, "Do you think they'll approve? T-the higher ups I mean... I know not everyone is confident in a machine's ability to do the things you're doing..." and maybe they were being mean heads!

"I'd really like that... s-spending more time t-together I mean!" she replied hastily as she tried to avoid getting hit by the sentinels approaching her chosen character.

"I can configure it to make a paper trail," Billy replied, doing his level best to protect her character. She might notice that he disregarded his own health meter, happily dying if it meant getting her through to the next level.

"I'll just need to gather up the supplies, and perhaps save the system for he bigger backlogs of paper. Believe me, I'd rather not be hunched over a desk when I could be more comfortable with you," he said with a wink.

She smiled timidly at the wink, blushing slightly. "Y-yeah, so would I sweetheart."

She did her best to be on her toes about things in the game. It was a lot different than doing it yourself, but it was just as described, fun. She noticed Billy sacrificing himself for her and she smiled, resting her head on his shoulder as they continued the game. He was always looking our for her.

Billy finally seemed to understand the controls. His character blasted a row of goons, successfully coordinating with Ronnie's to get them past this stage.

He rested his head on hers, admittedly more focused on her than on the game. "I didn't see you around our usual spots today. Is something up?"

She sighed a little, "Jus' needed a change of scenery I guess.... I thought that I'd be over our situation but... I don't think anyone ever could be... Specially with our lack of progress on all fronts." she admitted bitterly but shook her head and relaxed again while the intro to the next stage played.

"I'm sure the only thing keeping me sane are my friends... and you... of all the people on this ship, you keep me safe, loved, and as sane as someone like me could possibly be." she teased herself a bit bitterly but giggled nonetheless.

"Ah, the rut," Billy agreed, softly nodding against her hair as another blast appeared onscreen. "I don't like this either. We know why we're not allowed to go down to the planet to help our friends, but that leaves us trapped here as disaster potentially unfolds. I'm trying to reopen communication, but there's nothing more I can do from here."

He let out a breath of frustration, kicking at the enemy. "I could try to find something within the tapestry, but it's not my strong suit. I'm just endlessly building things...and building and building, and sometimes training. There's got to be something else."

"There's not much else... not that I know of. Even when I tried exploring the unexplored regions of the ship, I get denied entry. I know someone said that it was really dangerous, but if I'm going to be living in a dangerous area, I rather know what I'm sleeping over."

She opened a special move on the current boss as they spoke, her hand moving to caress his for a moment as they played.

Billy was distracted just enough by her comfort to take a rather large hit, leaving his character scrambling for cover. He shot out a few protective shots, but Ronnie was excelling at the heavy lifting.

"That's for distracting me," he teased, lightly kissing her temple in revenge. "Anyway, there must be something we can find. We've just been told that we're not allowed to explore new areas without a team, but what if the team was arranged and approved in advance? It'll be difficult if we run into any more deadly creatures, but maybe something here can help us."

Ronnae giggled and gave him a little push with her wide hips. "Hmph~ I didn't do it on purpose mr!" she laughed.

"But yeah, if we got a team together, maybe we could. I don't doubt there's a lot to this ship that we don't know. Be it beneficial, or hazardous."

"Oh it is on," Billy joked, reaching his free hand around to tickle her side. Just a little tease.

"Exactly. While we're here, we might be able to find something. I'll help however I can...whenever the paperwork's put away. I'll need to hurry or you and Nokosi will drench me in syrup and ruin an outfit again, right?"

Ronnae giggled and tried to not move too far away or she'd lose control of her character.

At the mention of the prank, Ronnae blushed, "H-hey! T-That was a trap you know. It's n-not like it was intended for you!" she giggled nonetheless.

Billy transitioned right into hugging her close with one arm, making a valiant attempt at clearing the next level with the other. He was stopped by a knee-high fence. Why couldn't he jump over it?

Oh---more baddies. He sighed and started the long night of punching.

"You're sure it wasn't? How many other people would come into that house? You and Nokosi were collaborating on them. Kaya could, I suppose, but she can use her waterbending powers to escape just about anything. So it was really me you were aiming for," he pouted, landing another kick on-screen.

"You should've seen Nokosi laughing at me in the bath. One of these days I'll get both of you, you'll see."

"H-hey! I was defending my fort and my memories... And I wouldn't be so s-sure about Kaya..." she looked shifty eyed, embarrassed and blushing but she couldn't help but giggle a bit.

"She was pretty mad at all the traps she fell for in the city... And then couldn't catch little me in the end... I felt really bad but I just couldn't help but giggle inside at the hilarity of it all." she added, her face completely red as she tried to continue the level in her embarrassment.

Billy gaped at her in happy surprise. "You got her too? I would've paid to see that," he laughed along with her, trying to control the character around his giggles. It was hard---he was definitely losing the fight.

"We'll have to do something like it again sometime," he decided, letting out a curse as his character finally succumbed to a game over. "It's all yours, darling."

"M-me! I hardly have any h--" no sooner did she start to complain, did her character fall to the ground and the game over screen came into view.

"Oh no" she said with a pout, "We were almost at the end!" even tho she really didn't know for sure, she hadn't played this game before, but it was like a 'pick me up' of sorts, to think you got really far before losing.

Crossing her arms, she leaned against Billy, wrapped his arms around her as well and pouted. "Hmph~"

Billy let out a light sigh, gladly snuggling up against her back, He lifted his hands to play over hers, rolling the warm fingers between his. "Aww, don't fret. We'll try another game. Shooter, jetski ride, dancing?"

Not dancing, he hoped. He would flail all over the place.

"Hmmmmmmmmm....." she thought as she snuggled back against him. "Okay~ but you pick this time. What'cha wana play love?" she asked curiously, enjoying the comfort of his embrace greatly.

Billy glanced around the place, peeking over her head at all the shining lights and attractive displays. There was bound to be something that caught their interest here. He looked and looked, eventually pausing at an attractive display. That was it!

"I've got it. How about a jetski race?" He kissed Ronnie's temple as he walked, soon settling down on the jetski-like mount in front of the screen. To prepare, he flexed his arms and legs, settling on the handlebar and foot pads when he was ready.

"Room for one more!" he called, pointing to the adjacent jetski.

Ronnie giggled and followed, looking at the design and mount-like controller for the game. She smiled at Billy's enthusiasm, she really loved seeing him like this! Soon following suit and sitting on her own jetski.

"Okays~ I'm ready whenever Mr. Cranston!" she teased, sticking her tongue out playfully at him.

"Set? Then let's go!" Billy cheered, triggering the countdown to begin on-screen. This was going to be a fun one. Five...four...three...two...

"Go!" he yelled as the word appeared on screen, leaning forward and applying pressure to the handlebars. He swerved this way and that around obstacles, adapting to the controls more quickly this time. "First ramp---"

He cut off in a light curse as one of the computer players cut him off, leaving his character trailing behind. He'd just have to find another shortcut.

Ronnae bounced but nothing happened! She turned to the side and looked at Billy, noticing the way he was doing the controls and blushed when she realized she was doing it wrong.

She quickly changed her stance and pushed forward as well, applying pressure to the handlebars and watching her little character finally moving forward! She did a small cheer excitedly and was soon approaching Billy's character and the first ramp.

"This is fun!" she exclaimed as she moved her vehicle side to side to get in position for the jump.

"That's it," Billy cheered, trying his best to put on more speed and swerve out of the way of the next obstacles. She was gaining on him, having better luck at the ramp than he was. He gritted his teeth, veering toward what looked like a shortcut on the trail. There, yes...

...except no, because his character was soon eaten by a giant colorful shark from nowhere. He was placed back on the track a while back, left to attempt to catch up.

"Should've known it was a trap." But Billy didn't look too angry. If anything, he was happy that Ronnie was enjoying herself. Privately, he thought she'd enjoy a real jetski ride soon. There wouldn't be any trap sharks there, nope.

Ronnae laughed, losing control of her vehicle and making it stop on the tracks for a bit. "W-what?!" she giggled, "Was that a multicolored shark that ju- haha jus' ate you?" she giggled and turned to the same spot Billy had just come from, only to get eaten by the same shark and placed back on the track.

She was having a giggle fit and veered her jetski back to the shark just to see it jump up again. "T-this is so much fun!" she exclaimed still giggling.

"Are there any other secrets like that one?" she asked, wiping a happy tear from her eyes as she calmed down her giggles and started veering back on track.

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