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[zouichi]

Zouichi slipped past the human port workers, nodding politely in response to their apologies. A planet that forbade the Daligig from approaching it... how interesting. Clearly, their hosts' reach wasn't as all-encompassing as they liked to let on. There were things to do aboard the ship as well, but for now perhaps it was time to do some long-awaited searching for supplies.

Food, seeds, gadgets... and weapons. Afterward, perhaps he'd find a crew member or two to have a discreet chat with. It was now or never, now that they were finally (temporarily) out from under the ship's constant monitoring. He sent out a quick message on his Omnicomm, then made his way along a row of storefronts.

Weapons first, he decided. Then food.

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[zouichi]

Zouichi blinked. "Disco ball? What are we going to use the disco ball for?"

As they were talking, a group of teenagers were starting their way across the bridge. Unfortunately for them, they set off the mines. Doubly unfortunately for them, they were laser mines that sent beams off in all directions, which then proceeded to bounce off the mirrored surface of the bridge. They hit the hapless group and scored a fresh series of hits for Team Shoot At Children and Also the Elderly.

Pfffft I loled.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"For this." Howard scrambles up one of the maze walls and grabs the disco ball before rolling it around the corner and towards the bridge. It adds a little more unpredictable chaos to more mines going off and the few beams that didn't hit their targets ricocheting off other mirrors. The little buttons on their guns register that they've nearly doubled their points.

"Okay, let's move before they get revenge on us. Isn't there a cul-de-sac we can lead them to up this way to the left?" The mines trick would work just as well in a bottlenecked area, and while Zouichi undoubtedly remembers the map better, Howard made an effort to memorize it.

Re: Pfffft I loled.

[zouichi]

"Yeah, but that'd mean we'd be trapped in there, too. Unless you've suddenly developed a taste for flying."

Because conceivably, he could get some grappling action in there and pull them both up and out of the dead end.

Re: Pfffft I loled.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"You can jump up to a flying dinosaur in the sky and you can't get us over a wall? Really, Zou?" Howard lays another trail of mines behind them as they turn a corner.

[zouichi]

"You mean you want a boost? You never want a boost." By this time, they were rapidly coming up on the cul-de-sac anyway, so it was a little too late to be arguing the point now. A group of angry lasertag players were starting to round the corner, no doubt incensed by Howard's mines.

Zouichi held out a gloved hand. "Well, grab on."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Only for Christmas trees, not for smiting our enemies!" Howard grabs Zouichi's hand and braces himself to get yanked upwards. And shoots at the oncoming enemy players, because that's totally cool.

[zouichi]

"Oh. Well, then." Zouichi got a good grip on Howard and leapt up and over the corridor wall, landing them both on the roof of one of the surrounding mock-buildings.

As their pursuers approached, he tossed a laser grenade into their midst.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

Howard lands awkwardly, trips up a bit and rolls to his feet. "How much time we got left?"

[zouichi]

Zouichi's gaze flickered down to the unfortunate opposing team. "One minute, nine seconds."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Perfect. At this point if we just outrun them we'll run out the clock and win."

Or they could risk their victory and keep shooting for the hell of it. Howard waits to see what Zou decides.

[zouichi]

"Well, it's not like they can reach us up h--"

Just as he was finishing that remark, what appeared to be a (laser) missile whistled past them. Apparently, one of the rabble had picked up a launcher. "Okay, I guess we could run for it."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Jeez!" Howard's already running. What's keeping you, Zou?

"I'm still voting for knocking down the maze walls on them! They're not heavy enough to hurt!" Probably.

[zouichi]

What kept Zouichi was that he'd paused to drop off one side of a holographic maze wall, giving it a good, solid punch. It toppled over on top of some of their pursuers, but luckily the safeties were on.

That done, he ran off in the direction Howard had retreated. "Forty-seven seconds," he announced.