They say of the Acropolis where the Parthenon is... [Open]

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Another day, another patrol; by now, Zouichi was accustomed to the layout of the ship, and though nothing in particular seemed to be amiss (well, beyond the ordinary conflicts and problems, of course), he dutifully canvassed what areas he was assigned. His bike ran smoothly and quietly, and using it to get around made things a little easier. On the occasions when riding wasn't an option, however, he'd simply sling it over his shoulder and carry it along (that was what the handle was for).

He stopped to chat with people he ran into along the way, but at the end of the ride, he found himself wandering about in an area of the City he'd not yet visited. Which is how he ran into the Parthenon, not a crumbled ruin as it had been in his own time, but fully restored (or perhaps it had simply not yet had time to fall into disrepair). He looked up at the stone structure, curious. A relic of a time when people believed in divine beings as patrons of their cities.

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[thewunderkind]

"You're kidding right. This is like if Max put a handle on his tank and...come to think of it, he probably did." She glared a little more.

"Why can't you just ride your bike into the train?" Lash would do that. "I can't find a situation where I'd need something like that."

Lash you had crazy CO powers that allowed you to climb anything.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"You can't? Really? What if you need to get through a swamp? Or into an elevator? Or what if it breaks down?" Get that brain firing on all cylinders, Lash!

"Tanks with handles... well, they'd require drivers capable of using those handles, but..."

[thewunderkind]

"Never had problems with swamps, I just climb up the walls with the tanks, no need for elevators and I can repair the tank if it breaks down." Yeah she might have been a little cocky about that, but that was Lash for you. "I see no problem in all of this."

"Anyway, Max could probably use a tank with a handle. He's a huge guy. Like um...let's say his forearms are larger than your head, and I'm not even kidding. I called him and Ox, tee hee hee!"

He wore his name well.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Zouichi looked skeptical. "Repairing tanks and so on takes time, Lash. And you might need to make a speedy getaway. Besides, what if you need to get your vehicle down a kilometers-long vertical drop? Are you going to waste all that time climbing your way down? Because it's much faster to just grab it and jump."

THIS WAS TOTALLY LOGICAL OKAY

"I think there's actually a person or two like that on the ship," he said thoughtfully. "But he sounds like a handy person to have around. Perhaps if he ever shows up, we can see who can lift the most tanks."

[thewunderkind]

She moved a hand to dismiss all those fears. "Repairing tanks takes time for anyone else but me. I'd be able to fix one with one hand tied behind my back and still make a speedy gateway." She stretched out her hands. "I'd just ride it down, freestyle! As long as there's something for me to grip too, it's no problem. Otherwise, there's jets, g-diffusers and all of that stuff."

Lash was being just as logical.

"Personally, I'd rather have Flak back than Max. Considering that Hawke's here now, and Flak was a pretty good guinea pig for my experiments, tee hee hee!"

Imagine anything involving Lash and experiments.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"Hawke? That fellow you were talking about before? I didn't know he was on board." Well then why were you spending all that time moping Lash jeez

"I don't think you're supposed to use your fellow crew members as research guinea pigs, anyway. It probably violates some rule or other." Zouichi was just... not going to ask. Maybe Lash had installed lasers on Flak or something.

[thewunderkind]

"Yeah!" she rubbed the back of her neck. "He showed up last poddrop actually." That would explain why she had moped. Funny how that all tended to work, didn't it? "The one time I didn't show up for Poddrop too." Anyway time to switch subjects, it made her feel weird.

"Well if they are okay with it, I don't see what anyone else could say," she replied somewhat creepily.

Quite possibly yes.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"Well, congratulations. I hope he wasn't too upset at finding himself here." Relatively speaking, anyway -- everyone was at least a little upset to find themselves dumped out into the pod caverns. "I'll say hello to him the next time I see him."

He raised an eyebrow at her. "Really? He agreed without being coerced?"

[thewunderkind]

"Well, I kinda wish he hadn't found me while I was sparing and pretending to be pirates with Zetta in the sensoriums," she added, looking a bit flustered. "And don't expect him to say much back to you. Birdbrain's pretty...emotionless for the most part."

That was one way to put it.

"As for Flak...he knew it was safer to say yes than to tell me no."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"...Yeah, I guess that would have been a little better. Why were you playing pirates, anyway? Didn't get enough of it back at the party?" Oh, Zouichi was totally going to ask Hawke all about the pirate episode. Inquiring minds wanted to know.

"So basically you threatened him." Jeez, Lash, it was like you were a bad guy or something. "You really think people are going to let you experiment on him again if he gets out here?"

[thewunderkind]

"Because it was fun," she stated simply as if that explained everything. "And I'd been waiting forever for a poddrop and no one had apepared during the semi-release Stacy did early...visitation thing...I just assumed no one in the pods came from my world." What luck.

"Probably not, but I'm sure he'd let me, tee hee hee!"

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"What, does it get boring firing lasers and being a ninja?" Pirates were such a strange thing to fixate on. Perhaps he should get Lash an eyepatch or something, though, if she was going to continue swashing buckles.

"In any case, I'm glad that to hear that someone did. Maybe some more of your friends will show up during the next release." Poor Flak.

[thewunderkind]

She'd take out one of Zetta's eyes that way. "Not really, but instead of thinking about the pods, having a much better way to pass the time is waaaaay more fun!" In other words, she wanted a distraction.

"And yeah! I hope the rest of the Black Hole forces come out. Well baring Kindle and her irk, of course. She was the wrong kind of evil. The ship wouldn't have any use for her apart from punching her face." Poor Flak indeed. Too bad no one would ever app him.