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EVICTED: THE MUSICAL [OPEN]

[Please enjoy the following with the appropriate musical accompaniment.]

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So Aya and Chell,
Set out to find a new home.
It's gonna be tough,
For a couple of girls on their own.

Here's a little house,

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Aya's stickin' her head in.
Well that's a bad idea, dude,

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'Cause now those Scots think you're breakin' in.

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And now they're chillin' on the side of a hill,
And thinkin' livin' by the river would be totally thrillin'.
Unless they find something nearby,

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Like the giant scary dragon who frequently flies by.

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Sharpie X oh noo-oo-ooo!
Don't push your luck in there, guys!

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Howard said not to try,
'Cause he's already raided it for supplies!

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Big castle, go inside,
Look around, it seems all right.

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Pony jumps out!
Says they're tardy!
Throwin' up streamers 'cause it's time to paaaaarrty!

You know you should have stayed,

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And fought that stupid robot eyeball.
But Chell was feeling impatient,

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She was super sick of him watching her sleep.

Which is understandable,
'Cause Wheatley is really moronic.
He's id-i-o-tic,

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And terrible at dealing with humans.

Oh Wheatley,
Why won't you leave them be?

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'Cause good robots do what they're told,
And he wasn't programmed with a moral code.

Oh Wheatley,
Can't you see you'll drive them insane?

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No he can't.
'Cause he's crying at the pod he thinks has Caaaave.

So there go our girls,
Walkin' through the City streets.

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Headin' towards their destiny,
And a place to rest their tired feet.

[Chell and Aya are out and about in the City, wherever you need them to be. I sincerely apologize for this post. The end.]

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Aya looked around, wondering whether that crazy robot named Wheatley was still following them. This finding a house business was a lot harder than she expected. Why was it so hard just to find an unoccupied empty space that they could live in?

A sigh.

"... I never thought all of this was just on one ship."

Yeah, Chell was sort of feeling guilty about that. Bumbling robots weren't Aya's problem, they were hers, and in deciding to house-hunt together, she'd effectively made Wheatley a collective issue. And that was unfair.

At least for the moment he was nowhere to be found. The City was huge, after all.

She nodded in agreement with her hands on her hips, surveying the area. For such a giant place, it sure was hard to find something they liked.

Of course, her greatest attribute was her tenacity, and she wasn't ready to throw in the towel.

This next street looked totally promising. Totally.

Meanwhile Dean was on his way to back to the house after a quiet night in the Precinct. Brig was quiet as well as the ship itself at the moment. He still kept his cowboy hat from the last shore leave as he walked along the streets.

Upon turning the corner, he spied the pair looking around.

"Hey, you lost?"

Truthfully, they were maybe a little lost. The City was mind-bogglingly huge, especially when one considered that it was actually just a smaller part of an even bigger sentient spaceship.

Chell, however, was never one to admit that she didn't know where she was going.

Also this guy was hard to take seriously when he was wearing a cowboy hat. She shrugged.

Aya shrugged as well after a glance at Chell. They were lost, but wasn't that a given for being on this ship anyway? Did anybody actually have a clue what they were doing when they walked around The City? So that question was just mindbogglingly silly, at least by her logic.

"Do you know your way around here?" was all she said with a cocked eyebrow.

Hey, cowboys are awesome. Anyway, it works for him as a Security head. He gave them both a grin full of Winchester charm.

"Oh yeah, know it pretty well from patrols. I'm Dean, one of the heads of Security around here. Got a house nearby with my brother and some friends, but I can show you around. Safer to walk in groups sometimes down here."

Chell didn't like the sound of needing to venture around this place in pairs.. Sure, it was big, and there was that dragon, but he seemed only a little scary and otherwise fairly benign. Were there other such creatures lurking around the City?

She eyed this cowboy-security-man skeptically, obviously wanting him to elaborate further.

A sort of eerie and uncomfortable presence radiates from this place. A cold howling wind blows from somewhere, the kind that chills you to your bones.

Do you dare enter?

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Woah.

That sure was a tower.

Chell, of course, would not be daunted by creepiness or spookiness or general discomfort. She wanted to know what was on top of that thing. As soon as she laid eyes on it, she took Aya by the wrist and began pulling her towards it.

This was going to be so cool.

Which would, in turn, spark the interest of the person who was still making sure it was kept clean. Despite wanting to train and train some more, Mindy felt it her duty to make sure despite ghosts, the place was presentable. And that she was doing until she spotted two woman approaching.

Hadn't she seen that one woman on a mission before?

"Yo," she said. "What can I do for you?"

Oh look, there was a person who was doing a normal task! Cleaning and housetasks! Aya couldn't help but smile - there were some people who wanted some semblance of order on this ship and in The City.

"We're househunting. Don't mind us so much."

But Aya's eyes were just fixed on the castle. It was pretty amazing. It wasn't intimidating as so much it had it's own vibe. A creepy one, but a still a vibe nonetheless.

"House hunting?" Mindy looked a bit interested. "You look like you've been doing that a lot. Did you maybe want to rest and grab a drink or something? Just so you have a chance to recoup and all. That isn't easy. I sorta just recently moved into this place with Ruffnut. Its big, but pretty nice if you don't mind the ghosts."

She called into this house. "Ruff! Think you can bring out three drinks?"

Drinks? Well, okay. Chell wasn't going to say no to *~*human friendliness*~*, after all.

Still, it seemed like a very strange place to live, and she cocked her head to the side in confusion. Ghosts? Really?

A yelp from inside would draw their attention, like a dog being kicked and some crashing followed by silence. And then stumbling out of one of the side doors was a scraggly haired girl with a viking helmet and some packets of liquid in her arms. Her eyes were crossed from apparently whatever the yelp and crash was but she shook her head to clear it. "Drinks?" She offered looking curiously at the newcomers passing them the silvery packets with little yellow straws taped to the back.

Sunset is approaching when another castle looms into view, this one looking more like a weathered fortress than the fancier castles around it.

The gate is open, but overlooked by a ferocious-looking stone statue of a monstrous winged creature caught mid-roar.

There sure were a lot of castles in the City. Chell, of course, had never thought of herself as much of a castle person, but it seemed like they were everywhere, so maybe living in one wouldn't be so bad, especially if it was available.

The statue at the gate gave her pause, but not being particularly superstitious, she walked through, motioning for Aya to follow her.

Whoa. There were loads of castles around and things of a similarly grandiose nature but nothing prepared Aya for the monstrosity that was this huge winged creature in the middle of growling at them.

When she saw that Chell had advanced ahead, Aya had no choice but to follow. Welp. At least she had her gun in case.

"Chell, do you think this is a good idea?"

It seemed someone was already living here, given that someone was keeping up the landscaping in the courtyard, and someone also owned a sweet car.

Still, nobody seemed around at that precise moment - unless you counted the statue in front of the castle's main door, a large snarling doglike creature that was easily four feet tall at the shoulder.

Weird place for a statue.

And at the next precise moment, a small explosion occurred, smoke billowed out of one of the windows, and a slightly scorched teenaged boy poke his head out through it, desperately sucking in actual air instead of carbon monoxide.

Of course it was a good idea. This was an awesome castle with awesome statues, and she was going to check it out.

Awesome explosions, too, though that part did surprise her. She jumped a few steps back, waiting for the smoke to clear. Of course, after realizing they were not being attacked, Chell allowed herself to relax and offered the newcomer a tiny, if bewildered wave.

On instinct, Aya jumped back almost completely in sync with Chell. She had also managed to draw her handgun out but put it back when she realised that it was just a... kid?

But if her experiences with Jr. were anything to go by, this kid may not have been a kid at all. Still, if he caused explosions by accident he may not be too dangerous.

"You live here?" she called out.

"Yeah?!" He called back, before realizing that yelling from a third-story window was probably gonna make the conversation difficult. He hopped out of the window, landing on the ground with cat-like grace, as if he did it every day. (Which, considering who he was, was probably the case).

"Sorry bout that. Yeah, I live here. Why'd ya ask?"

This was the point when the sound of stone breaking drowned out their conversation, and the two statues guarding the gate and door exploded into living creatures.

Fragments of stone scattered everywhere as the doglike creature growled loudly at the humans, and the larger, more humanlike one jumped down from the wall, looked at the girls, looked at the smoke pouring out the window, crossed his burly arms, and frowned sternly at the human boy.

"What have you destroyed this time?"

So many things happened at once that Chell didn't quite know how to process them. First, this kid survived what was surely a three-story fall without the aid of boots like hers, and then, if that wasn't strange enough, the statues came to life.

It was enough to make her take another few steps backward, but not to run away entirely. Instead, she regarded the new arrival (was he new if he'd technically been there the whole time?) with a look of surprised incredulity.

Aya's stunned at this point, not sure what to make of their current situation. There were some mighty weird people who lived in The City, that was for sure...

She looked over to Chell, who was similarly unsure of what to do. And since the other woman wasn't going to offer an explanation, Aya piped up.

"Um... so you all live here?"

"The worktable, two erlenmyer flasks, and a bunsen burner." Peter answered matter-of-factly. "Which were all salvaged from Xanatos's lab to begin with. Probably some scorch marks, but I can clean those up easy."

Well if it's Xanatos' stuff, guess who has wings and doesn't care?

"This is the Castle Wyvern, my protectorate and the ancestral home of my clan. Peter lives here with my permission." Goliath addressed Aya, Chell, and Peter alike with an air of sternness. Of Peter he asked, "Are these your friends?"

Protectorate and ancestral home, yes. That explained absolutely everything, especially why this monsterguy had been a statue just moments ago. Did everyone live in castles here?

She shook her head, even if Goliath hadn't addressed her directly, to indicate that no. She'd never seen this crazy exploding kid before in her life.

"We were just passing by." offered Aya in ways of explanation. "This is the first time we've met."

Please don't beat us up Mister Scary Statue Guy, we're really just trying to find a place to live.

"My name is Aya Brea. This is Chell. We're currently looking for a place to live. Sorry if we kinda trespassed."

A place to live? Well, Goliath HAS been having all those thoughts about how much free space Wyvern has, and how that free space could be put to better use if it was occupied, and not just collecting space-dust.

"Your apology is accepted." He considers an offer. He doesn't know these women, and perhaps he should call Elisa over to meet them before offering them a space in the home he shares with her and Peter. Yes, that seems like a good plan. "There is space here I have considered offering the crew for living quarters, but I do not know you well enough yet to invite you into my home. What reason can you give, that we should consider allowing you to share our territory?"

He includes Peter in ownership of the castle, even as he reaches for his communicator to call for Elisa.

The communicator proved unnecessary, as Elisa arrived back from a trip to the precinct shortly just in time to catch a glimpse of the smoke billowing from one of the upper windows. She started to run, but slowed to a jog when she spotted Goliath and Peter conversing with two unfamiliar faces near the gate. It wasn't difficult to work out who had been responsible for the explosion and it was just as easy to decide that the two girls weren't causing trouble. Her friends wouldn't be talking to them calmly if they that was the case.

"What's going on?" she asked, finally joining them.

Wow, this was turning into a regular party! Not that Chell really minded--it was nice to have as many buffers as possible between her and this monster guy, even if he seemed rather polite.

Unable to detail why she and Aya would be great to have around the house, Chell opted to greet the new arrival instead, raising a hand in a tentative wave.

"Hey Elisa. Other'n me blowing up Xanato's stuff? We got us a couple of house hunters here. This is Aya and Chell."He said, pointing to each of the pair in turn.

"Try not to blow up too much, Peter," said Elisa with a shake of her head and the sort of patience that only came with practice. "It might come in useful one day."

She then turned her attention to the two strangers, holding out her hand to each of them in turn.

"Hi. I'm Elisa, one of the other residents."

"Hey, hey! This is my territory!" Howard waves a sharpie at them both. "Just because I haven't marked it yet doesn't mean I don't get dibs on the cool stuff!"

He pauses. "But I guess you guys can live here when I'm done."

Oh. Oh is this the sharpie guy?

Chell has to admit she's getting a little fed up with waltzing into perfectly good houses only to find that they were only perfectly good on the outside. Thankfully, it didn't take her long to connect the looted abodes to the black marker right above the doorknob.

She does not, however, take kindly to being told to leave, and crosses her arms, regarding Howard with an air of suspicion.

"Hey, hey... there's enough room for many scouting parties round the city. Besides, we're just trying to find a place to live."

Aya pats Chell on the shoulder. Howard's sharpie markings were saving them some trouble after all. She also, doesn't like the idea of being told to go away. But Howard wasn't the most threatening person while waving that Sharpie around, it had to bed said.

"Yeah, I saw the comm post and figured." He tucks the Sharpie away. "I'm not scouting, I'm scavenging. And I have a very rigorous pattern, so I'm laying claim to these houses now."

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EVICTED: THE MUSICAL [OPEN]

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The cut text cannot contain the awesome in this post. XD

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awww yis

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That...blew my mind

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