Last Stand: Azdar P.R.I.M.E. ~ IC

[Lady Foxy]

Pilon Dome, Flashy Dawn Mall - Parking Lot

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Blanc held onto Ty's hand for the whole trip, swinging their arms as if she was a little happy child and looked up at him when they were near the entrance. ''~Oh, quiet Ty.. You don't want to make me punch you!'' She said playfully; nudging her face against his shoulder before pulling his hand, motioning towards the mall.

Pilon Dome, Light-speed Arcade

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Jon enters what seems a pretty cool arcade for an guy like him; the space being quite dark but with the digital lights and arts of today, having arcade titles from the most popular to the newest ones of today. On the counter, a 'On break' sign would be sitting there, quite lonely while a single arcade seemed to be under use.. Something tells Jon that he could go around and look for somebody, for all it's worth.

[MiscChaos]

"Oh, like you have any right to talk about someone needing to be quiet, motormouth." Ty retorts as they enter the mall. The first thing he thinks is "Great. We're gonna be here a while" cause, while it looked humongous from the outside, it looks positively planet sized within. He restrains a sigh though. No need to give Blanc that much reason to drag this out as long as possible.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Recalling that the Light Speed Arcade is part of the affiliates for his profile card, Jon pulls it out of his supply pack, and takes a look around at the numerous titles on display. They have everything from top-down Raiden-esque Murakumo, to on-rail action Area 102, and even a few in-the-cockpit racers like Cosmo Thunder. After marveling at their vast collection, Jon walks towards the guy on the in-use machine, and watches his gameplay for a bit, waiting for the point at which he can ask him who's in charge, but not interrupt his fun. If it's a 2-player game, he might join in, as well.

[MelissaB]

Alex smirks. "More or less the same." She stretched letting out a content sigh as a few stiff joints pop. "Not had much to do however basic repair work and the odd projects." She chuckled softly as if remembering something. "Nothing quite like this one that'll earn myself so much."

[Reapergod36]

"Heh, and i'm sure I would've enjoyed putting you down again. Boots still fit the same way?" Reaper said mocking her.

[Lady Foxy]

Pilon Dome, Flashy Dawn Mall ~ Entrance

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Blanc smirked and gave her brother's cheek another 'kiss' giggling like a schoolgirl before going past the double doors and into the huge mall. Blanc's hold on his hand seemed rather 'loose' by now as she gasped and looked at Ty with a familiar expression.

It would take a while..

Pilon Dome, Light-Speed Arcade

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Jon could see that the machine was nothing less than Astrovania, although the guy was a cardboard figure that had some advertisements on a speech bubble. Then, he can feel a rather soft index finger poking his back..

''Enjoying the view? That's Astrovania right there', Ultimate HD graphics and all you could wish for; believe me, the game will have you playing for hours. I currently hold the highest score! By the way, my name's Kaythleen.'' A confident, soft and charming voice said from behind him; being pretty much the owner of the place...

TURTLE M.S.T.C, Passenger Area

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Jenna listened attentively to Alex; eyeing her figure while she did so and tried to be as stealthy as possible, her curiousness of giving back a glance had gotten the best out of her. ''You're right, we've hit the jackpot!'' She said with a giggle while tapping her fingers on Alex's right shoulder, apparently smirking towards a soldier that looked away once she turned away from Alex's eyes.

ALPHA BASE, Waiting Hall

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Sgt. Alicia raised an eyebrow and smirked at Reaper; giving him a dangerous glare. ''Ha, like you would again. And my boots are fine, thank you. I hope I would have enjoyed shooting your chest again. Still sore?'' Her smirk turned into a smile.

[MelissaB]

Alex smirks slightly at Jenna's reaction. "Yeah, we have." She casts a glance to her shoulder locating the source of the tapping before glancing back smirking at the soldier's reaction towards Jenna's change of attention. "I think he likes you."

[Reapergod36]

"Yeah... I figured you weren't that cowardly to shoot me. But I guess I was wrong." Reaper said being cocky.

[MiscChaos]

Ty sighs as he sees the look in Blanc's eye. "Just get it over with." he mutters. He tightens his grip on her hand and prepares to be dragged all over the place. As a last ditch effort, he does a quick scan of the current floor he's on, hoping to find something that seems fun enough to detour over to instead of following along with his sister. A bookstore would be best, but he'd take a computer store or even somewhere to pick up a few essentials. Not that he needs the essentials since they should already be on base, but just something to distract...

[Lady Foxy]

Pilon Dome, Flashy Dawn Mall - Section 1

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Blanc began to drag Ty around the first couple of fashion stores on the left side; talking non-stop like a girl with a credit card as she went into one store and began to ask around for some 'special clothes'. Ty could see that most of the women looked at him curiously and even further towards Blanc, telling her that she could try on everything she wanted; obviously the result of her cuteness... They'd step out of the first store, Blanc giggling loudly while looking up at Ty. ''Phew! That was one adventure! Those clothes were nice, don't you think Ty?''

TURTLE M.S.T.C, Passenger Area

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Jenna's fingers kept patting away at Alex's shoulder before looking back at her while having rolling her eyes in annoyance. ''Well.. I don't like him.. See.. I know why he 'likes' me.. Alex, just look at these..'' She whispered and leaned back on her seat, having done a little jump that brought her breasts to heavily swing back and forth; stretching her bra and top. Jenna would be smirking at Alex and looking at her with a tired look.

ALPHA BASE, Waiting Hall

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Sgt. Alicia chuckled and sat next to Reaper, elbowing his stomach while smirking eerily at him. ''Yup, you were wrong. Ooops, I'm sorry.. Did I hurt you?'' She said almost sarcastically but with a humorous tone.

[MelissaB]

Alex raises a brow before smirking at Jenna showing off her assets. "You look tired." She gives her a warm smile leaning back in her chair crossing her legs as she looks up at the ceiling. "Just how should I help you sleep or get rid of that tired look." She spoke jokingly.

[Reapergod36]

"No not really, this hurt?" Reaper said giving her a peck on the cheek. He smirked afterwards, knowing what was coming next.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Jon lets out a soft sigh when he sees that the man's just a cut-out, then feels the finger poking his back. He fights off the reflex to strike a combat stance, a habit that his training had carved into his head, and turns around as a normal civilian would.

"Trust me, I know Astrovania when I see it; personal favorite in my arcade fighter list. I main Shirogami, and people say I'm pretty beast with him...though, I think there's still room for improvement. Here, lemme show you." With that said, Jon pops his profile card in (it comes with a monthly subscription fee, so he doesn't have to pay at the door), loads up his personal settings for Shirogami, and navigates to the "X-Burst Gauntlet" mode. It's a special mode, exclusive to the arcade machines, and is considered a high-level challenge. The special settings for it in 1-player mode are:

1. There is only one round per match. Either K.O. your opponent, or Game Over.
2. Your X-Burst gauge (basically like "Devil Trigger" from Devil May Cry) is inactive, but the opponent's gauge fills up twice as fast.

For Jon, this is a good way to test his skills with his Shirogami build, even though it's against the CPU. He starts up the mode, feeds the song data from his custom soundtrack list into it (another arcade-exclusive feature), and begins match #1.

[Lady Foxy]

Pilon Dome, Light-Speed Arcade

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Kaythleen smirked and crossed her arms, rolling her eyes while smiling to have another fellow arcade-er around; noticing that he carried a paid profile card. ''Hmm, what's your tag? ... Oh, pretty beast? That's like.. Impossible.'' She said casually; leaning on the side of another arcade machine and watched Astrovania's theme title be swapped for another cool theme that brought her to grin.

ALPHA BASE, Waiting Hall

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Sgt. Alicia's cheeks blushed half-a-second before giving Reaper's crotch area a strong elbow while frowning and standing up, chuckling a bit coldly. ''Not really.. Did that hurt, ass hole?'' She said annoyingly; sighing loudly before crossing her arms below her breasts.

TURTLE M.S.T.C, Passenger Area

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Jenna giggled and placed her head on Alex's shoulder; sighing before resting on it and grinning to herself. ''Perhaps letting me sleep on something soft like your shoulder? .. Didn't sleep.. Well.. Back home..'' She said sleepily and yawned while talking; closing her eyes and getting ready to fall asleep next to Alex.

[MelissaB]

Alex grins and puts an arm around Jenna. "I'm sure I have a softer place for you to rest your head." she leans against Jenna a smile on her face. "How come you didn't sleep well?"

[Lady Foxy]

TURTLE M.S.T.C, Passenger Area

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Jenna's eyes widened as she looked up at Alex before she leaned against her. ''I-I was busy fixing this hover car but.. W-What place is softer?'' She asked almost in whispers.

[Zender_Solarheart]

"My tag's 'OriginCleaver.' I haven't gone to any real tourneys yet, but I have played a few 'just-for-kicks' matches with pros like NG_Daigo...still not quite on their level yet, though I aim to get there some day." It's no small feat to say that you play with someone like NG_Daigo, either; the guy's known as one of the best fighting game pros out there, and people often expect him to make it to the final round of any tourney he competes in. He's become a rival of sorts to Jon in the gaming world, one that he both learns a lot from, and aims to surpass in a tourney's "ring of honor."

Of course, Jon's no slouch himself, as he blitzed through matches 1 and 2 with 75% or more of his health remaining. Match 3 put up a somewhat more substantial challenge, but he didn't have much trouble there, either. He's now at match 4, the half-way point of an arcade run. Looking back at Kaythleen during his down-time before the match, he makes a proposition: "If you want, we can have a little 1-on-1 match after this one." Instead of one of his custom songs playing for that match, however, he hears a tune that's neither on his profile card, nor on the console or PC versions...and accompanying it is an opponent that's also arcade-exclusive: a boss-tier character known as Zeta-19.
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If there was ever a time to steel his nerves, it is now. This is where Jon's skills with his Shirogami build will really be put to the test. His left hand grasps the control stick, his right hand hovers over the action buttons, and he takes in a deep breath as the in-game announcer speaks the match's starting words:

"Shirogami vs Zeta-19...Prepare to forge your destiny...ATTACK!!"

[MelissaB]

Alex chuckles and slowly shifts Jenna so her head slips from her shoulder to her breasts. and whispers back with a warm smile. "that's a lot softer and easily more comfortable than my shoulder. But perhaps you'd prefer my lap?" She asks her tone almost teasing. "What kind of hover car?" Alex was relaxed and casual in her tone of voice and her general body language.

[daxtinator396]

"Man I wish I had payed more attention at the location briefing!" He spots the others in the hangar then notices them leave. "Hmm sounds like a great idea maybe i can get some food in my belly. Now if only i knew where the hell i was!" He notices one of the people walk over to an info terminal extracting something onto his PDA and then leaving behind the first pair. "Well thats a good a place to start as any," Dax spots a map on the terminal then uploads it to his PDA, queing up some directions to the local eatery after it was uploaded. He was positively FAMISHED after the flight and needed something to eat desperately as he stomach growled threateningly at him. With that done he exits the hangar in the direction of the town.

[Lady Foxy]

Pilon Dome, Light-Speed Arcade

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Kaythleen raised both eyebrows and stared at Jon with a rather surprised look. She smirked while he mentioned NG_Daigo, having beaten him just one single time. ''Sure, I bet I'll win anyways! ~So, OriginCleaver.. Ever heard of FallingStar? Or haven't you heard of the big tournaments?'' She said with a wink and a large smile; watching the game announcer giving off the signal for the match to start.

Kaythleen was a known elite across the whole galaxy-wide community, having won dozens of tournaments and matches with pretty much respectable results. However, she had currently lost a tournament against NG_Daigo about a year ago. Ever since, she's layed off about mostly anything and spent her days in her own arcade.. Of course; she hasn't gotten rusty skills even after a while.

TURTLE M.S.T.C, Passenger Area

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Jenna gasped as she was indeed resting on something really softer; getting quite comfortable but not daring to move as she was indeed, shocked. Her throat had dried up, having really no words to say as she can't even think about responding at all. ''A-A Zaroi hover car.. C-Car.. H-Hover c-car..'' She tried to talk loudly enough to avoid whispering; but the softness of Alex's breasts had pulled out a large chunk of her sane mind.

Pilon Dome, Streets

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Dax sees a rather normal-well looking restaurant across the street of the hangar while he spots a strip joint on the far, far edge of a street towards the right. His stomach growls hungrily at the moment...