Session Start: Mon Apr 10 00:09:57 2000
Plot: MegaWar III --When Worlds Collide -- Session 2
Side Jokes Included
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<T-BoneSK> ::clings to the tree bark with his un-shod claws::  On second thought... I don't like the tree much either...
<RazorSK> ::Climbs:: Oh, quit complaining...at least we're outta their range...for now...
<T-BoneSK> Hrmmm...  ::crouches on a limb and scans the swamp::
<RazorSK> ::lowers his visor:: I think we've lost them...
<T-BoneSK> ::sighs in some relief then::
<RazorSK> ::brings his visor up and leans against the tree trunk:: That was insane...then again...it's been insane since they got here...
<T-BoneSK> Everything's been insane...
<T-BoneSK> What do they want, ya' think?  Not like they've tried communicating with us... unless you call a blaster communication...
<T-BoneSK> ((<Alien> Bu... but, it's a greeting where we come from!))
<RazorSK> I was wondering that myself...conquer sure doesn't seem the issue here...they've fried everybody in sight...
<RazorSK> ((ROFL!! <T-Bone> ::goes to their planet and offers a hand to shake:: <Aliens> Invasion!! TO ARMS! TO ARMS!!!))
<T-BoneSK> And, destroyed what they didn't fry....  Buildings, forests, animals... Blast it! They don' even want the planet's resources!
<T-BoneSK> ((::DIES::  <T-Bone>  ::to Razor:: Wha'd I do?  <Razor>  Mebbe that's obscene on this planet?  <T-Bone>  ARGH!!!  You sick-minded people!  Can I do nothing without it getting taken wrong?!))
<RazorSK> ::rubs his eyes:: I don't know what the deal this...but it's gotta stop...
<RazorSK> ((::DIES!!::))
<T-BoneSK> Yeah...  How many of us are left you think?
<RazorSK> Besides us, the freedom fighters...::sighs:: Too little...
<T-BoneSK> ::rubs his eyes and stares into the distance::
<RazorSK> ::growls silently and gently throws a fist against the trunk::
<T-BoneSK> ::shudders, remembering, mouths something to himself::
<RazorSK> ::notices:: Chance? What's on yer mind?
<T-BoneSK> I wish....  So many kats... I wish I knew if they were still....
<RazorSK> ::finishes for him:: Alive...I know...::stares off, thinking::
<T-BoneSK> Haven't seen Callie in year...  I'm even starting to miss Feral....
<T-BoneSK> ((<Feral> ::stumbles into their camp::  <T-Bone>  ::happy to see anything feline other than Razor, hugs::  Buddy!!!!  Yer alive!  <Feral>  ACK!!!  ::looks to Razor::  Is he still okay...  ::points to head::  ... up there?))
<RazorSK> ::chuckles very very lightly:: You gotta miss the old grouch once inna while...
<RazorSK> ((::DIES!!!!!::))
<T-BoneSK> Yeah... Gotta miss... everything...
<RazorSK> ::head go into a nod:: How long has it been since they arrived? 
<T-BoneSK> Four... five years... I stopped counting when you stopped marking the tree...  O Robinson Crusoe...
<RazorSK> ::smirks:: Five years of fighting these creeps...five years fighting for survival...these are the times I wish I was fighting ol' Viper again...'least he was easier to handle...
<T-BoneSK> Least he and all the others let live long enough to escape while they gloated...
<RazorSK> Yeah...right now it's shoot first and won't even bother to ask questions...::sighs heavily::
<T-BoneSK> You ever noticed...  ::is staring into the fog again::  ...they don't even pick up their dead?
<RazorSK> Nor the ones dying, that's for sure...either they leave them to suffer...or just put them outta their misery....ugh. Makes me sick.
<T-BoneSK> Life doesn't mean anything to them..... So, what's this planet mean to them?
<RazorSK> I don't know...probably...a type of ego booster...something that tells them they can take over a world without any trouble...
<T-BoneSK> Do they even have egos?  They don't even seem to talk to *each other*!
<RazorSK> Either that...or they're telekinetic..
<T-BoneSK> ::is digging his claws fiercely into the tree's wood::  Mebbe... Anyways...  You sure that cloaking suit is safe fer a kat?
<RazorSK> It worked for me...it's gotta be...I just haven't tried it out in the lone of battle...::is still wearing it::
<T-BoneSK> Hrmmm...  We'll haveta see if we can't snag another....
<RazorSK> Once we manage to ambush a couple...::gets into a crouch and continues to stare out:: You think...it's possible we'll ever find them again...that is..any survivors?
<T-BoneSK> I hope...  If we ever get out of this swamp... How many miles did they say the MegaKat Swamp was?  You remember?
<RazorSK> I don't know..about what? 40...50 miles?
<T-BoneSK> Surely we've walked that many! ::moans and flops across the limb::
<RazorSK> I'm tired too, buddy...but we've gotta get back....
<T-BoneSK> ::scrubs at his eyes some more, then remembers his prize::  Least we have food tonight!
<T-BoneSK> ::produces the can of tuna::
<RazorSK> ::grins:: "Member what I told ya, bud. Save me some...
<T-BoneSK> Sure...  ::opens it with a single claw::  
<T-BoneSK> Uhm... Gotta plate, utensil, something?
<T-BoneSK> ::is trying to split the tuna::
<RazorSK> ::gives him the "yeah, right" look and digs his hands into the pockets of the coat:: You think those creeps have..::pauses, feels something::
<T-BoneSK> Have what?  I meant in your OWN suit... I don' want something an alien ate off...
<RazorSK> What in th...' ::pulls something out and examines it::
<T-BoneSK> Huh?  ::looks over at it::
<RazorSK> Looks like a...::is looking at what looks like a very very small cd...::
<T-BoneSK> CD....  Wow... Too bad we don't have a player... We could jam to alien tunes...
<T-BoneSK> ::is being sarcastic::
<RazorSK> ::smirks:: I doubt those creeps have any taste in music...
<T-BoneSK> No, wait!  I have it!  They listened to that music with the subliminal messages about killing everybody!  Like that...  Manson guy!
<RazorSK> ::shudders:: Please Chance...I'm scared enough as it is...::inserts it into his Glovatrix:: Maybe...there's something here...
<T-BoneSK> ::pouts, his joke unappreciated::
<RazorSK> ::listens, puts the volume up, and results in getting some weird high squeaky language:: 
<T-BoneSK> ::ears clamp down as close to his skull as possible:: Jake!  Shut that off!  You'll attract 'em!
<RazorSK> ::shuts it off fast:: Eesh...
<T-BoneSK> Well... They speak... Or another species they offed speaks...  Not that I understand it...
<RazorSK> But our main comp can...hopefully translate it...
<T-BoneSK> IF we still have a hangar...
<RazorSK> ::nods:: You think it's still standing..after five years? ::hopeful tone in his voice::
<T-BoneSK> ((<Razor> ::whaps him::  No negative vibes!))
<T-BoneSK> I hope...  ::as delicately as possible, lays Razor's tuna out on a clean-ish piece of bark::  Look..  Let's eat... and go..  I can't sleep now anyways...
<RazorSK> ::nods:: Yeah...::takes it and eats, savoring every bite::
<T-BoneSK> ::is savoring his own::  ::mmmmmm's appreciatively::
<RazorSK> ::chews for the longest time, then swallows::
<T-BoneSK> ::carefully, picks his out of the can with his claws::
<T-BoneSK> ::finishes after some time and sucks all tuna flavor from his claws::
<T-BoneSK> ((<Max> And, they say I'M pathetic...))
<RazorSK> <Might as well enjoy it...it'll be the last meal I've had fer a while...>
<RazorSK> ((::dies!::))
<T-BoneSK> <Kat's alive, this is better'n those nasty roots Razor calls edible!>
<T-BoneSK> ((<Razor>  ::reads his mind:: Squeeze me!  I'm practicing survival tactics here!  They're nutritious!))
<RazorSK> ((ROFL!!!))
<RazorSK> :finishes:: That was great. 
<T-BoneSK> THAT was heavenly....
<RazorSK> You said it. ::stands up and looks out and about::
<T-BoneSK> ::scrambles to his feet, gripping the tree with his feet claws::  Time to go?
<RazorSK> Hang on...::lowers his visor, Glovatrix aimed. Fires a single shot at a lone silhouette:: NOW we can.
<T-BoneSK> Good.  ::grunts the word, so used to it Razor's kill there doesn't phase him::
<RazorSK> ::leaps off the tree, runs towards his "prey" to check if it's got a cloak on::
<T-BoneSK> ::jumps down and races after him:
<RazorSK> ::pauses, notices his 'prey' in no where in sight:: Huh??
<T-BoneSK> ::flips his visor down and scans the area:
<RazorSK> ::scans it himself:: I thought I nailed it...where could it've gone?
<T-BoneSK> I'm not seein' anything....
<RazorSK> ::Shakes:: No way that creep coulda escaped...I couldn't've missed it...
<T-BoneSK> ::growls::  I don' like this...
<RazorSK> Neither do I...::narrows his eyes::
<T-BoneSK> Hmmm...  Let's move....
<Max>  ::eyes the two kats as he sits on the alien Razor downed::
<Trina> ::is looking out, doesn't recognize them, gun leveled:: Two of 'em, huh? ::whispered to Max::
<Max> ::flicks an ear at her:: They're kats...
<Trina> Kats? You've gotta be kidding me...
<RazorSK> ::perks his ears in their direction:: <Crud...I KNEW there was something out there...>
<Max>  Kats. They smell like kats...  
<T-BoneSK> ::glances at Razor, jerks his head, a "split up" motion::
<Trina> You know those creeps have the ability to fool us like that...
<RazorSK> ::to T-Bone and nods, goes in one direction::
<Max>  Not by smell... They think we all just use our eyes...  ::blinks:: Besides, they're not waiting for us to take the bait. They're gone.
<T-BoneSK> ::is slinking around the side opposite the way Razor took::
<Trina> ::blinks and looks out:: That fast?
<Max>  ::shrugs::  Any slower and... that's all she wrote....
<Trina> ::narrows her eyes:: I don't like this...
<RazorSK> ::is stepping up right behind her by a few feet, debates on using the cloak or not::
<Max>  ::isn't so worried, but his ears are flicking madly:: 
<Max> ::catches T-Bone neatly with his tail when he pounces::
<Trina> ::perks her ears, tail twitches, then suddenly hears something behind her:: <Crud, I knew it...>
<Trina> ::turns in time to see Max, decides to forget the handgun, and attacks the figure behind her::
<Max> Yello...  ::to T-Bone::
<RazorSK> Ack...!!!!
<T-BoneSK> Gak!  ::kicks madly his arms pinned by Max's tail::
<RazorSK> ::tries to figure out the figure attacking him, flips it over him::
<T-BoneSK> ::notes the tail and all as Max stands to his full height:: WHAT ARE YOU?!
<Max>  ::pulls him close to his face so their noses are touching::  I'm Max.  ::offers no other explanation::
<Trina> ::somersaults and lands neatly into the swamp::
<RazorSK> ::is freaking out:: T-BOne?!
<Max>  Now...  ::sniffles T-Bone, gives him a funny look:: There's someting...  Nevermind..  You're a kat...  Trina! This one's a kat!
<T-BoneSK> I'm tied up at the moment, Razor!
<T-BoneSK> ::to Max:: Well, duh!!!!
<Trina> ::Pauses:: Are you sure?1
<RazorSK> !
<Max> Positive!  He even smells kinda familiar...
<T-BoneSK> If you mean I smell like a swamp, yer right...  Now, would you put me down?!
<Trina> ::narrows her eyes::
<RazorSK> ::stands up:: You can talk!
<T-BoneSK> ::makes as though to bite Max to get down::
<Trina> ::raised brow:: Of course we can talk...
<Max>  ::intercepts him:: Don't....  ::to Razor:: Usually....
<RazorSK> Um...if it's too much to ask...can you please put my partner down? ;;to Max::
<Max>  ::sets T-Bone down gently::  Just no funny business...
<T-BoneSK> Fine...  Not in the mood to fight a walkin' mountain anyways...
<Trina> how do we know yer not onna *them*? 
<RazorSK> ::holds his hands up:: We're not killing you would be a good enough explanation...
<Max>  Not to mention they smell like tuna...
<Trina> ::sighs:: Thank heaven...::holsters her gun::
<T-BoneSK> ((<Max>  Tuna! ::picks T-Bone up with his tail, holds him to his face, and snuffles his pockets like a dog::))
<RazorSK> ((::dies!::))
<T-BoneSK> Now... who ARE you?
<RazorSK> That's what I'd like to know...::rubs his jaw:: Oh stranger that packs a mean punch...::to Trina::
<T-BoneSK> And, her partner the Tall One...
<Max>  ::lets Trina speak::
<Trina> ::makes her way towards them to see in any possible light:: I'm Korat. Katrina Korat. ::features are different in this future: has even shorter hair (up to the jaw line), a scar on her left cheek, and dresses in army camouflage:: This is my partner, Max Furlong. ::motions to Max::
<T-BoneSK> Uhm...  ::steps away from Max a bit::  How'd you two get out here?
<Trina> Pretty much walked, fought, ran, survived...you name it. 
<RazorSK> ::perks his ears to Max's last name:: Furlong? ::as he looks at Max::
<T-BoneSK> ::hadn't paid much attention, the name's common enough, is more interested in Max's size and features::
<Max> ::nods to Razor vaguely::
<RazorSK> ::blinks, finds it rather intersting:: Ook-ay...and...how come yer so...big? 
<Max>  ::shrugs::  Viper wanted me to fight... 
<RazorSK> Viper?  You knew Viper?
<Max>  He... "created" me...  
<Trina> Wanted him to be the ultimate fighting machine...
<RazorSK> What happened?
<Max>  ::shrugs::  I escaped...  Got away when the aliens came and found Trina about to get toasted.  She named me...  I...  just picked the last name...  It seemed... right...
<T-BoneSK> ::is eyeing Max up and down::
<Trina> ::nods to it all:: 
<Trina> Well, we've given you our names...care to give us yours?
<T-BoneSK> ((<Trina>  Taught 'im ta' speak and eat with a fork, I did...  Lemme tell ya' - Hooked on Phonics ain't as easy as they say it is.))
<RazorSK> ((::dies!!::))
<T-BoneSK> ::gives Razor a look - "Tell them real names or aliases?"::
<RazorSK> ::gives T-Bone the "Um..." look::
<T-BoneSK> ((<Trina> And, I potty-trained him too!))
<T-BoneSK> ((<Trina> Oughta get a medal just for THAT!))
<Trina> ::pauses, then takes a look at T-Bone's sleeve:: Holy kats...::backs away a tad:: You're..you're the SWAT Kats...::gasps::
<RazorSK> ((::DIES!!!::))
<T-BoneSK> Sort of...  The refugee resistance fighters that were the SWAT Kats anyways...
<Trina> Resistance fighters, freedom fighters...I don't care...we thought....
<RazorSK> What?
<Max> <SWAT Kats?>  ::mulls over what Trina's told him about them::
<T-BoneSK> What?
<Trina> We thought...::nearly whispers this:: they nailed you for sure....
<T-BoneSK> Not by a long shot...  The TurboKat's slag... But, we're still kickin'....
<RazorSK> What he said...
<Trina> I don't believe this...::brushes her hair outta her face::
<Max> Well, they are here....  ::grins at the SK's::  She tells the wildest stories about you guys... ::nevermind that he asks and asks for 'em::
<RazorSK> Stories? ::turns to Trina::
<Trina> Anything I've read in the paper or seen on the news. ::small smile::
<T-BoneSK> ::grins a bit::
<RazorSK> ::grins himself and nods:: So are we the only two you've run into?
<Trina> Probably...we haven't seen any other kats for a long time...
<Max>  ::shakes his head in agreement, has hardly seen any kats beyond Trina::
<RazorSK> Same here...almost hard to believe there's so few of us left...
<T-BoneSK> We were almost starting to think we were the last....
<Trina> ::sighs:: Same here. ::gulps back the knot in her neck:: We were a big group at first....then...::sighs::
<Max>  ::reaches a hand out to awkwardly lay it on Trina's shoulder::
<Trina> ::reaches a hand out to hold it:: Max 'n I were the only survivors...after that...we hadta fend for ourselves....
<Trina> ::gives the hand a light squeeze::
<Max> ::gives her a light tickle in the ear with his tail in response::
<Trina> ::grins and chuckles a tad::
<RazorSK> So where were you two going now?
<Max> Anywhere they won't find us...
<Trina> :shakes her head and shrugs:: The closest refuge we could find...at least until they've managed to chase us out...
<Trina> This last time was a record...we were able to hide for a good couple weeks before they managed to find us again...
<Max>  ::nods along::
<T-BoneSK> ::checking with Razor at a glance, hesitantly starts::  Well, we're headin' back to our old hangar if we can find it...
<RazorSK> ::nods himself:: First we've gotta find our way outta this swamp first.
<Max>  Oh. We're near the outskirts...  ::says it quite confidently as though he knows::
<RazorSK> Really? I thought it was due North?
<Trina> It is...you two appeared to be headed West...back to the starting point...
<Max>  ::nods::  It's...  Rats!  Lost my bearings in the fight!  One minute.  ::grows his wings suddenly::
<RazorSK> ::eyes are wide:: He's got wings?!
<T-BoneSK> ::jumps back:: What in th'....?!
<Max>  ::gives them a test flap or two as they dry:: Yeah...  ::leaps into the air::
<Trina> Trust me...they've helped a lot.
<RazorSK> ::eyes Max as he goes::
<Max>  ::comes back down::  North it is.  ::points:: And, we'd better hurry.... There's a patrol coming in from the East....
<RazorSK> Oh, great.
<Trina> ::snarls:: Crud...
<Max>  They're slow... Either scanning carefully or just on a regular route... 
<T-BoneSK> Either way, I'm not interested in finding out what they're doing...
<RazorSK> :nods::Then let's get going.
<Trina> Just lead the way, Max. We'll follow.
<Max>  ::nods and sets out Northward::
<Trina> ::follows::
<RazorSK> ::turns to T-Bone for a nanosecond:: So wadda ya think? :has that "should we trust them" question in his tone::
<T-BoneSK> They're kats.  ::eyeing Max::  More or less... They're sure not working for the aliens...  They aren't exactly hiring.
<RazorSK> ::nods:: Well...we might as well follow...I don't think a double cross exists in this day anyway...::begins to trail behind::
<T-BoneSK> ::nods and follows::

Session Close: Mon Apr 10 03:27:24 2000