!!! ??? !!!

[idolpro]

Who: Nemesis, Hurricane, you!
Where: ?Somewhere?
When: Day 496

[ The sound of an engine roars through the city, unfamiliar to any of you. What is that—? That thing, flying in the sky—Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Or—

Is it a giant mech adorned with naginatas and a shield, flying through Tokyo-F at great speed? Is it Hurricane and Nemesis, coming to say their goodbyes? Or is it the sound of their departure. . . ? ]

Comments

[assblasted]

I'll move all the damn mountains!! [banging on hurricane's cockpit!!]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Technically it is the cockpit for both of them; it's a two-person mech]

[But Hurricane opens it up anyway]

That's cause you're a good friend.

[unbr8kable]

Or at least a hard-headed one...

[assblasted]

Oi, say that to my face! [he says as she says that to his face]

--what the hell, when did you buy something this badass??

[crossmyheartandhope]

Didn't buy it. We found it.

But -- hey. Speaking of stuff I bought.

[He hops out of the cockpit -- catches Bomb by the hand, tugging him toward the hotel]

C'mere.

[assblasted]

[but mech!!! Gets tugged along]

Hah? You got more to show off?

[crossmyheartandhope]

I got something for you.

[assblasted]

--what? Why?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Cause you'll like it.

[Dragging him toward the garage]

[assblasted]

[following!!]

Probably, but what prompted it?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Cause me and Nem can't stick around no more.

[assblasted]

[pauses only briefly in his stride, but keeps walking]


You're leaving too?

[crossmyheartandhope]

There's somebody I been trying to help a long time.

Finally figured out how to do it.

[assblasted]

Someone somewhere else? Like Kershaw and Ruger?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Someone I met here, who got in a lot of trouble cause of me.

[assblasted]

[snorts]

Seems unlikely with what a goody two shoes you are.

. . .so you're not going home?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Naw. Gotta set stuff straight, if I can.

[assblasted]

Tch. Well I'm not gonna stop you from handlin' your business.

You comin' back after, or you bailing?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Sounds like we're outta time.

Word on the street is, there's some kind of golden thread that connects us to this place. When it fades out, we gotta go. Ours is about up.

[assblasted]

That better not be some fancy cryptic shit about dying. You ain't allowed to die!

[crossmyheartandhope]

Hey, I ain't planning on dying. Got stuff to do, still.

Then after that, there's all you guys still here, and everybody stuck in hell to worry about.

[assblasted]

As long as you ain't dying that's all I care about.

. . .and I can take care of myself. Help out you and yours and then get the hell out of here. You hear me?

[crossmyheartandhope]

...hey.

[Nudges against him a little]

Who says you ain't one of mine?

[unbr8kable]

[Waves a cheery goodbye as he is tugged away]

[assblasted]

[he will punch later!!! (he won't)]