Role-Play Thread

[bunny2002sg]

'C'mon, let's get outta here. The Tempests must have known of our battle with Rock.' Ed said.

Ed ran off to the auto parts shop to get his bike while Razor sprinted to his boat.

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'Sir, the targets have been helped by an unknown person. They are now attempting to leave for the main island.' a Tempest commander said.

'Do not let them leave.' A cold voice replied.

'Yes sir.'

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'Something tells me we have to get outta here ASAP.' Ed thought as he swung himself on his Honda.

'I told the modder to tune the ECU for that limiter, hope it works.'

Revving the engine, he zoomed out of the garage and off to Razor's boat, but the entrance to the dock was blocked by Tempests.

'Dammit.'

Ed looked around and saw that the dock was surrounded like a fence with small rock mounds that were too slippery to be walked on.

'Let's see if these new springs work...'

Ed manuvered the Honda over the rocky mounds and the suspension held.

The Tempests manning the road block noticed Ed too late, for he had already got the bike on Razor's boat, inside whose owner and Forceuser was waiting for him. And they were off for the main island.

'Nice riding.' Forceuser said to Ed.

'It took practice.' Ed said while dangling one hand in the seawater.

They were too far away to hear a hard thud and a tortured scream from the road block.

(EDIT:) (not part of RP) Cool, I started page 10!



Edited By bunny2002sg on 1093346541

[Space_Cowboy]

As the tempests were distracted by Ed, Razor managed to escape off to some secluded area.

"Damn, they just rode off in my boat. Now I'm gonna' have to settle for my canoe." Razor thought to himself.

Just then, he heard a thud and a scream.

"What the heck was that?" He thought. "It can't be Ed, or Forceuser, because they just "borrowed" :p my boat."

He heard some footsteps approaching his hiding place. It was a tempest! He sprayed the guy in the face. Completely shocked and suprised, the tempest fainted. ???

Razor then loaded his Monster-X with some of this "special" ammo. :;):

"They can take this stuff to a degree, but judging by size of the doses they'll be getting from this blaster... :wacko: ...Interesting."

"Now to find out who made that scream."

Razor used his grappling hook to get on top of the tallest building in the marina. From there, he looked towards the roadblock. He saw tempest surrounding a girl close to the same age as Razor.

"Man, she's beautiful." Razor thought. He than snapped out of it. He was about to jump and attack the tempests, but than, two things happened.

1) She was somehow no longer surrounded (razor didn't see what happened as he was too far away, and he blinked.

2) She whipped out a CPS-1000 and sprayed everyone.

Than all of the tempests began to see red...

"I've got to help her." Razor thought.

He pulled out his Monster-X and snuck up behind a building, and managed to get ten feet away without being noticed.

3... 2... 1...
Wssshhhhhhhhh!!!!

Everyone looked puzzled, and ten seconds later, everyone went down.

"They lasted longer than I thought. I thought a dosage that big would knock em' all out immediately."

Just than Razor noticed something...

"Where'd... she... go?"

Wssshhhhhhh!

Razor stood there, sopping wet.

He turned around.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Naomi. She said. "Sorry about drenching you, I thought you were one of the tempests."

"That's ok." Razor replied.

"What did you load that Monster-X with?" She asked curiously.
"They're all zonked out. Also, how'd you get here.

"I don't know." I took it from one of the tempests CPS-3200s.
I came because I heard a scream. I didn't expect it to be you, because it sounded like... Commander Rock."



Edited By Space_Cowboy on 1093363259

[Forceuser]

(Not part of RP: Razor you're meant to be on the boat. 'The Tempests manning the road block noticed Ed too late, for he had already got the bike on Razor's boat, inside whose owner and Forceuser was waiting for him.' but i'll carry on as though you're not.)

"Damn we left Razor behind," Forceuser said to Ed as they sailed off.

"Hey look at that girl surrounded by the Tempests."

Forceuser looked at her. Even from the distance they were at Forceuser could see how good looking she was.

"Man, she is fit. And armed with a CPS 1000 too."

"You're tellin' me!" Ed replied.

"We need to go back and get them. Those Tempests won't stay down for ever."

Forceuser turned the boat around and headed back for Razor and the mysterious girl. Leaving Ed in the boat along with his two CPS 2000s Forceuser ran over to them. Just as he got there a blast came from nowhere. He dropped and rolled coming up with his 4100 and hit the enemy in the eyes. Straight after a blast from Razor took him down.

"Come on we need to go," Forceuser shouted at Razor and Naomi.

They followed him back to the boat and they got on and all headed back to the main island (Again!). Razor introduced them to Naomi. Forceuser admired her perfect flowing curves, her beautiful eyes.....(I think i'll leave it there before it goes any further!). Forceuser looked over at Ed and Razor and realised they were thinking exactly the same things as him. He wondered who, if any of them, would get lucky.

[Space_Cowboy]

Sorry to spoil your fantasies, but Naomi is my girlfriend in real life. It looks like I'm the lucky one. :bm1000:
I created this character as something I could relate to.



Edited By Space_Cowboy on 1093402790

[bunny2002sg]

Ed glanced at Naomi, and got lost in his thoughts again.

'Wow. Razor's real lucky to have a girl like this...'

'Ed?' Razor said.

Not for the first time, his train of thought crashed into oblivion.

'What?'

'Oh, sorry. Just thought you gotta dose of this ammo back there.'

'What ammo?'

Razor showed him the 3200 he picked up. Ed took a sniff at it. 'It's familiar...'

'Huh?'

Ed told him about his last encounter with the Tempest and more about the ammo.

'Woah, no wonder they were knocked out.' Razor said.

'I think it's some sort of drug, god knows where the Tempest get his supplies.'

'Ew, drugs in this game? What do you guys get up to?' Naomi joined in.

'It's not ours, Naomi.' Razor said.

'Razor nicked it. The Tempest used it on me the last time.'

'This Tempest guy seems rather creepy. What's he like?'

'I dunno his personality...' said Ed.

With nothing to do, Ed just looked at Naomi. It was yet another example of how he never seemed to get a girl-in fact, he had no one in school. Maybe he was too fierce, too...anti-social, that no one was pals with him.

And he never knew how to change that...

'Ed?' Forceuser said and pointed at Razor, who was now scowling.

'Sorry.' Ed muttered and looked away.

The waves ebbed from the boat, and Ed just looked on blankly.



Edited By bunny2002sg on 1093437999

[Forceuser]

(Not part of RP: Oh well you are the lucky one. However, i'm sure I can find some other way to indulge my fantasies. Like in this post.)

Back at the marina the Tempests were coming to. The Tempest organised his troops.

"Get those boats ready. We're going after those mother******s. I want you in groups of 4 with an HWO in each."

The Tempests quickly got everything ready. They piled into their boats and set off.

Meanwhile, Razor's boat was approaching the hotel it had set off from a while back. Everyone jumped off the boat and headed towards the hotel. There they met the others (if they are still actually playing that is).

"We need to set up a defensive position in the hotel," Forceuser said.

"I have a better idea," Naomi replied, "To get to the hotel you have to go between those two hills on either side. We can draw them to the hotel and ambush them."

"Good idea. But I don't know whether we have enough people."

Just as Forceuser finished that sentence he heard a noise behind him. They all spun round, numerous weapons pointing in that direction.

"Don't shoot," a voice called out.

Forceuser looked around but he couldn't see where it was coming from. Then four feminine figures emerged from the bushes.

"Hi we're the GSE, the Girls Soaker Elite," the nearest one called out., "We've come to join in this war you advertised."

"Erm...hi," Forceuser replied, his brain struggling to form words, "Welcome on board."

"Now we have enough people for an ambush," Naomi said.

One of the girls walked over to Ed. "Hi, i'm Nat." (I'll leave the rest of this conversation for you, Ed.)

While they were talking Forceuser explained to the leader of the GSE, Sophie, what was happening. Everyone else got themselves ready.

"We're gonna have one hell of a surprise for the Tempests when they arrive."

[bunny2002sg]

(not part of RP) I wanted to intro my own girl later but what the heck... :wacko:

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Inside him, Ed could feel himself melting.

'No...bloody...way...'

'Hello? You deaf or something?' Natalie waved her hand in front of Ed's eyes.

'Oh, hi, the name's Ed. What position are you in the GSE?'

'Special ops. You?'

'I'm not part of any team yet.'

'Hmm, a loner. So you're a bit of a tough guy, huh?' Ed felt himself going hot in the face.

'Drop the socialising Nat. We gotta deal with those Tempests first.' Sophie said.

'Okay, whatever.' Rolling her eyes, she ran off to reload all the weapons. Ed's eyes followed her flowing brown hair.

'My god, she looks gorgeous when she moves...'

Spinner's snicker brought him back to reality.

'What?'

'You've fallen for a girl...' :laugh:

'Shut up.' Ed growled.

Spinner hummed the marriage song (I dunno what it's called) but had to stop because Ed had introduced his 1000 to Spinner's head. Hard.

Sophie was watching. 'Boys...' she sighed under her breath.



Edited By bunny2002sg on 1093431243

[Forceuser]

Ed, Nat, Spinner and one of the other members of the GSE called Jess took up position on the left hill. Forceuser, Sophie, Razor and Naomi set themselves on the right hill. The rest were in the hotel.

Sophie produced a pair of binocular and tried to find the Tempests. She could just see them in the distance.

"I count ten boats, four in each."

Forceuser gave a thumbs up signal to everyone else, signifying that the Tempests were approaching. The boats slowed neared them. Forceuser could feel the tension everyone was feeling.

"I hope this works," he thought.

Forceuser could now make out the features of the Tempests and what weaponry they were carrying. They were mostly armed with small CPSs. The Tempest was in the back boat.

"Whatever happened to leading from the front," he whispered to Sophie.

The boats were nearly there now. The Tempests were looking around carefully.They pulled the boats onto the beach and started running up it. The Tempest was still at the back. He ordered his troops forward. They moved fast and were soon between the hills. As they got there water issued from the hotel making them stop short just past the center between the hills. At that point all hell broke loose.

"Open fire!"

Water gushed from the hills soaking the Tempests. They had nowhere to run. Trapped they started surrendering.

Seeing there was no way they could win, the Tempest and his commanders made a break for the beach with a few troops.

"Aaaaah!!!"

Ed charged after them.

"What the..." Nat exclaimed. Seeing how badly Ed would be outnumbered she ran after him.

From the other hill Forceuser saw Ed and Nat go.

"Damn! The Tempest is getting away," looking at Sophie he said, "Round those who have surrendered up. I'm going to help them."

"OK, good luck," she said and kissed him on the cheek. Forceuser was shocked for a second and then ran off after Ed.

Even with a CPS 2000 and 4100 (He left one behind) Forceuser sped down the hill extremely fast. His long legs made him excellent at running downhill.

Ed cought up with the Tempest just as he was reaching the boats. Him and Nat shot furiously at them knocking most of them to the floor. The Tempest spun round. Before he had a chance to shoot a shot from Ed hit him in the face sending him to the ground :bm1000:. Forceuser arrived just in time to finish the few remaining standing.

Then suddenly one of the Tempests shot aiming at Ed's mouth with a drug loaded gun. Nat dived at Ed knocking him to the ground before the water hit him. As they fell she shot the Tempest straight between the eyes taking him out.

Nat landed right on top of Ed. They looked into each others eyes.

Meanwhile Forceuser pointed his guns at the Tempests.

"All right no-one move."

[bunny2002sg]

Ed didn't notice the Tempest and his remaining men escaping doggedly but sucessfully for their boats. He was too preoccupied about those sky-blue eyes, two (ahem) soft lumps on his chest and how very close he was to Nat.

'Wow...she smells...good...'

Fireworks exploded, engines revved, and that moment lasted an eternity.

'Dammit- they got away!' Forceuser raged.

Eternity was brutally murdered by that sentence.

Nat rolled off Ed, and both got up.

Ed did his best to sound normal. 'Nice moving.'

'Thanks.' She tossed her hair out of her eyes.

Razor was running down the hill.

'You guys cool?' he asked.

'Yeah, so whadda we gonna do now?' Forceuser asked his team leader.

[Forceuser]

(Not part of RP: Um, who is my team leader?)

The Tempests who surrendered had their weapons taken away.

"Let em go." Sophie ordered the others, "They have no weapons anymore, they'll hinder the other Tempests more than they will help them."

Sophie headed over to where Ed and Forceuser were.

She moved softly over to Forceuser.

"Nice shooting."

"Thanks. You did pretty well yourself." he joked. "That's not the only pretty thing," He thought to himself.

She hit him lightly in the arm. Their eyes met and he moved towards her. They got closer and closer until he could feel her lips touch his. Forceuser savoured every moment. Then Sophie broke off. She looked at him and smiled. He smiled back. Then Forceuser noticed that everyone was staring at them.

"Don't you have anything better to do?"

Everyone else then quickly pretended to be doing something else. Forceuser turned back to Sophie.

"As much as I'd like to do this all day we have things to do," she said.

Turning to the others she said, "OK, we need to ready ourselves for when they return as I'm sure they will. Until we have the Tempest we won't have won. Ed, Nat, you two sort out the weapons we got from the Tempests and take all the drug-diluted water and colledt it in bottles. Razor, Naomi, you two scout out the area around and see if you can find where they have gone. The rest of us can fortify the hotel."

Everyone set about their jobs. Ed and Nat went into one of the hotel rooms to sort out the soakers. Forceuser and Sophie went into another to plan what they were going to do.

"OK then, we need to sort out what we are going to ...mmmmm..." Forceuser was cut off in mid sentence as Sophie put her hand over his mouth. She looked into his eyes.

"That can wait."

"If you insist."

She pulled him close to herself and Forceuser once again felt the warm touch of her lips.

He wasn't sure how long they were in that room but it felt like an eternity.

"Maybe now we should get about some planning," Forceuser whispered to her, "People will start wondering what we've been doing in here for so long."

"Let them."

"No, seriously I think we should start. The Tempests could return at any moment."

She rolled her eyes and got up. They quickly formed a plan.



Edited By Forceuser on 1093444967

[bunny2002sg]

Um, who is my team leader?

You're part of the team that was formed initially and Razor was elected as the leader.

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Ed and Nat lugged up the Tempest Co. soakers to room 86. For a while, neither of them said a word as they emptied the drugged water into the bottles.

As they were 3/4 thru, Ed asked: 'You're quite a quick mover. Your leader really grilled you during your training, huh?'

'Yeah, that Sophie always did go on and on about me not firing fast enough, not aiming well enough... you get the picture. So how d'you know how to battle?'

'To cut a long story short, I practiced on airguns untill someone shot me with his own. I got ticked and shot him back in his ass.' Ed grinned at his memory. 'Got 5 months in the lock-up.'

'I drifted to waterguns and practiced. The rest is history. Anyway, enough about me. How did your team come up?'

'Childhood grudges with guys at first, then we became quite good. Now we fight tough. Our slogan's "Hard water girl power". Sophie dreamed it up.' Nat rolled her eyes. 'Pretty cheesy, but that's Sophie.'

By now they were done. Ed was getting bored. 'Wanna ride?' he asked Nat.

'Ride? You gotta bike?'

'Motorbike. Honda 200cc 4-stroke.'

'Shoot, I left my own bike at home.'

'You can ride with me.'

'Ok, like there's anything to do in this dumb hotel.'

They went down to the carpark, and the Honda revved to life. 'Music to my ears...' they said in unison, then blushed and laughed as they realized they said the same thing.

As they got on the bike, Ed thought: '2 loves with me, one holding on me, and I'm holding on the other...'

The engine revving freely, Ed slided onto the road, and like his Honda's engine set free from the speed limiter, for a moment, Ed felt like he had the wings that were part of his bike's maker's marque.

(not part of RP) Everyone, don't involve me and Nat in any battles until I say you can, OK?

Those two gotta be a little more attached first...

BTW, Honda's bike badge has wings, look at it:

Honda Motorcycles



Edited By bunny2002sg on 1093448468

[Forceuser]

Um, who is my team leader?

You're part of the team that was formed initially and Razor was elected as the leader.

(Not part of RP: Well actually I think I started posting in this thread after that happened. I turned up late and went to find you and Razor on my own accord. Anyway.)

Forceuser and Sophie had just finished their plan when they heard the sound of Ed's bike.

"What the..."

Forceuser ran over to the window. He saw Ed and Nat drive off.

"Damn, looks like Ed and Nat have just gone AWOL. We'll have to count them out of our plan."

The plan was quite simple. The drugged water would be used in the GSE's portable QFD to fill water bombs. The GSE would be outside the hotel and draw the Tempests in. Meanwhile the others would be on the roof of the hotel with the water bombs. :wb2: They would take out the Tempests at long range. As that happened the GSE would move in and take out the Tempest once and for all.

"I'll take Nat's place as the bait," Forceuser said, "After I can't have you getting yourself into any trouble."

"I'll be fine," Sophie kissed him,"Don't worry."

They went outside and quickly everything was ready.

Forceuser was worried though as he hadn't seen Razor and Naomi yet and Ed and Nat were still missing. He hoped they were all OK.

[Space_Cowboy]

Naomi was riding with Razor in his boat. "Where are we going?" Asked Naomi. "I'm driving this boat to the cabin to pick up some supplies." "Supplies?" "Sure. I'm going to pick up tents, camo, misc. supplies, and a cell phone." "A cell phone?" "I have some drugged water in my boat. I'm planning on using it as blackmail." "Oh..... Nice."
"Well, said Razor, Let's kick it into overdrive, we don't have much time."

[bunny2002sg]

Cruising along at 30mph, Nat said: 'Is this the fastest this bike can do?'

'Before I got rid of that damned speed limiter, yes.' Ed replied.

'Hmm, you've modded it?'

'Just recently. Haven't got the chance to test it out...'

'Then what'cha waiting for?'

'You asked for it, Nat...'

Ed gunned the engine, and the Honda awoke. 35 mph...40...55...70...85...90...

'Corner!' Nat yelled over the wind noise.

Ed slowed down for the hairpin and powerslided thru it like a pro.

5 minutes later, they stopped at a wading area (20). Nat pulled Ed off his bike and both mentally shedded 5 years from their ages as they jumped into the water.

Eventually, they had to stop out of tiredness. 'Seems like you're not that good at soaking, are you?' Nat teased. She had splashed Ed a lot more times than he did.

Ed growled in mock anger and jumped on her for a little rough-and-tumble.

Suddenly Ed was on top of Nat. Mischevious grins were almost immediately replaced with blushes. For a while, the duo just laid there.

At that moment, everything was beautiful.

Then slowly, very slowly, Ed moved his head closer to Nat's, both closed their eyes...

Their lips met...

(not part of RP) Hey guys, how about we treat the Tempest as a kind of boss, like he won't be defeated until later in the RP (not that much later!).

Cheers, and

[Forceuser]

Forceuser was pacing up and down outside. He was getting bored now. Razor, Naomi, Ed and Nat still weren't back and there was no show from the Tempests.

Suddenly he saw movement at the entrance to the nearest underwater tube. He pointed his 4100 and 2000 at the hole (He had permanently decided not to use both 2000s). He motioned Sophie and they both moved round out of view of the hole at the side. The other two members of the GSE were on the other side of the hotel so he could not call them.

A head emerged from the hole and quickly disappeared again.

"Scouting team," he whispered to Sophie.

Forceuser moved right up to the side of the hole. He then climbed on top of the section of tube protruding. There was a hatch right before it disappeared into the hill. He silently opened the hatch. Holding his guns against his body he jumped through the hole.

The two scouts didn't know what hit them. Before he even hit the ground Forceuser shot them both in the back of the head. They collapsed to the ground as Sophie appeared in front of the hole blocking the only other way out.

"All right. You're coming with us."

They escorted the scouts to the hotel. Just as the first one went through the door the other made a break for it. Dropping his guns Forceuser turned and went after him. The scout was small and agile but he couldn't escape Forceuser. Forceuser's mind went back to playing rugby. He put on an amazing burst of speed and dived for the scout's legs. He never missed his tackles and this was no exception. The scout, finding he his legs could no longer moved as they had Forceuser's arms wrapped around them, promptly collapsed to the ground. Forceuser got up and pulled the scout up. He was a whole head and a half taller than the scout and held him in a vice like grip. Forceuser dragged him back to the hotel.

"You're going to answer some questions for me." Forceuser growled to the tied up scouts, "Where is your base?"

"It's at the Community College. Just go down the underwater tube," one of the scouts squeaked nervously.

"And how do I know you're not leading me into a trap?" Forceuser moved closer to the scout his height working effectively to intimidate him.

"Honestly, it is." The scout was visisbly shaking now.

"Well, we're going to keep you here and if we find out that you have lied to us. Then you better pray for your safety."

Forceuser turned and walked out of the room. Sophie was waiting for him.

"They're at the end of the tube in the Community College."

"How do you know it isn't a trap?"

"If you'd seen how terrifyed they were you'd know."

"So what do we do know?"

"I say we go on the offensive. Lets make them wish they had never tangled with us is the first place!"

[Space_Cowboy]

Razor and Naomi came back to the cabin.

"Nice boat." She said. "I saw one just like it on a TV special about the Coast Guard"

"Oh yeah, this model is very popular with smugglers. I also have a canoe in back."

"I meant that other motorboat."

"Wierd, that's... not... mine.

"Wierd, let's find the gear."

"It should be in a shack behind my cabin. Here, lets go get the supplies." *Razor opens the door to the shack* "Holy cow, I didn't know I had this much stuff!"

On the door was a note. It said:

Hey O-Malley, we found this abandoned cabin and shack. We'll use it as a base. It's got a good amount of supples.

-Ryan
-=The New Paradigm=-

"Interesting." said Razor. "How'd my team get here and find my cabin? Oh well, I'll ask em' when I find them."

"They seem to think that this place is abandoned." Added Naomi.

Razor & Naomi entered the cabin. They entered a little ways only to hear...

"FREEZE!!! Wait, Razor? And who's the chi...

..."Quiet." Interrupted Razor. "Her name's Naomi, and how did you find my cabin?!"

"We thought it was abando... *Razor waives the note from the shack in his face* ...oh, ok, well, to cut a long story short, we were running from these guys that call themselves "Tempests, and we ended up here."

"We had a couple encounters with the tempests. Did they persue your boat?"

"We came here in the Q-Boat you see parked on the beach."

"Nice. Naomi, do you mind if I introduce these guys?"

"Go right ahead."

At this point, both O-Malley, and Ryan were blushing.

"Well, they're just regular badasses, aren't they? Naomi sarcastically comented.

"This is O-Malley, the team HWO..."

"Howdy."

"...And this is Ryan, our sniper."

"How's it goin'?"

"You know her name, but she's been a big help emotionally. She's very atheletic, and smart"

*O-Malley, and Ryan snickered*

Razor grinned "You're both just jealous, um, where's everyone else?"

"They've been captured by the tempests. We don't have enough people left to go find them."

"That problem can be fixed, but first, we have to pack my boat full of supplies."

[Forceuser]

(Not part of RP: Hey Razor are you going to join up with everyone else before you attack or shall I go ahead and lead the assault and you can join in later? Plus, shall we make this the last battle in which we finally defeat the Tempest?)

Forceuser knew time was of the essence so he quickly organised everyone for travelling along the tunnel.

"What shall we do with all these water bombs?" Forceuser thought, "I know, we can put them in my other dinghie and drag them along with us!"

Everyone was now ready and waiting.

"Shall we go now?" Sophie asked.

"Lets just give Razor, Naomi, Ed and Nat a couple more minutes to see if they turn up."

[Space_Cowboy]

After Razor, Naomi, Ryan, and O-Malley packed all of the supplies and gear, they all got in the boat.

"Hold on!" Shouted Razor. "I'm gonna' floor it."

"How fast does this thing go?" Asked Ryan.

"It tops out at 80mph."

O-Malley asked "When will we get there?"

"About five minutes."

When the group made it back to the hotel, he saw Forceuser, and Sophie.

"Where were you?" Asked Sophie.

"And how did you get all of this equipment?" Added Forceuser.

Razor explained everything to them.

"Should we wait for Ed, and Nat?" Asked Forceuser.

"Give em' some time." Responded Naomi. "You you have any drugged ammo?"

"Yeah, it's loaded in all of the waterballoons."

"Don't use any of it." Exclaimed Razor.

"Why?" Asked Forceuser.

Naomi explained: "We can use it as incriminating evidence."

"Ohhh. Interesting..."

(Not part of RP)
By the way Ed...

At the auto parts shop, Razor just blinked. As he didn't know much about bikes and cars, to him all the parts were more like pieces of metal shaped like goodness-knows-what

I'm good at repairing cars, just not bikes. Just for future reference.



Edited By Space_Cowboy on 1093551495

[Forceuser]

They stood there waiting for Ed and Nat. Waiting and waiting and wating and waiting.

"Hey look here they come!" exclaimed Forceuser, "Oh no, it's a mirage!"

So they waited some more.

(Not part of RP: Hmmm, I wonder if Ed got my subtle hints! Ho ho!)

[Space_Cowboy]

"Well," said Razor, "It's 10:00pm local time. We don't have much more time to wait for them. Let's give em' half an hour before we leave.