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Post by Val on Feb 27, 2012 18:19:02 GMT -5
All of it?…..seriously?… A now empty hand flexed as if feeling for the box of gum that was no longer there. He’d only meant to offer Eggman some of it, not the whole thing…he hadn’t even started on his favourite flavour yet. Still in a daze from the shock of having his gum stolen, Milo watched Cotton fixing up the good Doctor’s leg before….getting a band aid and kissing his leg? Why? It was like she really thought she could kiss it better. He could understand such behaviour if the patient was a child but… A bolt of shock hit as Eggman addressed him. Oh Chaos, what? What!? Was he in trouble? He hadn’t done anything…had he-Oh….oh he just wanted Cotton to be given some target practice. Well of the few things Milo could do well and be proud of, shooting -was- one of them. He'd been so tense this whole time, it felt so good to know he was going to be in a comfort zone soon. So…yeah..he could do this! A confident smile appeared on his white muzzle as he saluted, “Yes sir! You can count on me!” With the rotund ruler out of sight, attention turned back to Cotton. Wow, she looked scared. It was instantly obvious she did -not- want to handle any weapons. Curious…but problematic. He was under orders to train her and it was his responsibility to make sure she was competent with a gun now, if she wasn’t then that could come back and bite someone in the ass. He placed a hand on the quivering girls shoulder to try and reassure her, “Don’t worry. I’m a good shot so I can teach you how to use them safely.” Before walking to the door and mentally planning the best route from here to the shooting range.
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Post by mizuru007 on Feb 27, 2012 22:53:29 GMT -5
Cotton stared at Milo's back, her shaking steadily coming to a halt. Was he going to teach her to use a gun without hurting people? Was that possible? Guns were always used to hurt others...weren't they? Well, this Milo guy had been really nice to her so far, and even helped her fix up Eggy, so he wouldn't lead her astray! Of course not! With her mind set, the panda lightly slapped her cheeks and walked up to the coyote. "Let's go," Cotton said, face set. "Eggy's orders can't be disobeyed." ********** Ten minutes later, the both of them were in the Egg Blaster range. ....And Cotton was staring at the gun in front of her, whimpering and clinging onto her tail.
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Post by Val on Feb 28, 2012 17:14:09 GMT -5
It was odd. How could she join the Empire with zero combat experience and no will to learn? If she was so cripplingly afraid then…well surely she knew they would have to fight for Eggman..then again, she seemed just naïve enough that he could believe the thought never crossed Cotton’s mind. The thought had occurred to him more then once on the walk there; was there a way to get around this? Give her a non lethal weapon or maybe just show her how to use a blaster without having her use it herself. Afterall Eggman only said to show Cotton the shooting range, not take her through it so she could run it herself. Of course though, he couldn’t. Exploiting a loophole wouldn’t make either of them feel better, because what if Cotton was called on to shoot something. The only thing he could think of was to teach her to shoot non lethal areas…but that wouldn’t go down well either. Say he taught her to shoot someone in the leg to incapacitate them without killing them. Given how he’d seen her act so far, she’d probably be freaked by that just as much. With a heavy sigh, Milo walked over to a rack with several Egg Blasters and took one. Without looking over his shoulder at the shaking panda girl, he loaded the gun, “I know you really don’t want to do this and I’m sorry but…” he trailed off. What was he trying to say? ‘Sorry but you have to know this’ kinda went without saying. Eggman had ordered this himself. But he could see how much she didn’t want to do this and she seemed so sweet before, he didn’t want to force her to do this…it was just an unfortunate situation.
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Post by mizuru007 on Feb 28, 2012 21:30:38 GMT -5
How long had she been this way? As far back as she could remember, Cotton'd been into medicine, but how long had she wanted to work at the EE? When was that fateful day she decided she wanted to help Eggman, felt overwhelming pity for him? When was it...? Back then, it had seemed so easy. "Mom, I'm going to go help Eggy feel better!" That was the last thing she'd told her mother before heading out of the door and hopping onto that dimensional train. The way she'd seen it, she would eventually work for Eggman as his faithful doctor and further her research into the "feel-better field" as she called it. Not once did it occur to her that she would have to fight. Would have to pick up a gun and hurt others. If there was anything in the world -- in EITHER world -- she hated more, it was fighting. ...Well, people that hurt her friends, family, or Eggy too...but fighting was right up there beside that! So to be in this place now, so close to a gun and being told to shoot it...knowing that, at some point, she may have to cause an injury...and not only that, but it being an injury she couldn't heal was tearing her apart. But regardless of her personal feelings, it was a direct order from Eggman; an order from the man she held above all others. She couldn't very well just ignore that. Perhaps if she thought about all of this differently. Why was she going to use this gun? What was her mindset? She was not going to use it to fight, that was for sure. So could she use it to...protect? If she thought about it that way, it wasn't as bad. She would be causing an injury to keep who-knows-how-many others from happening, one for many. Her goal as a doctor was to help others, right? Well wasn't this a form of helping others? Yeah...that's all...just another way to do her job! With her new way of thinking, Cotton had no problem dropping her tail and picking up the gun. Turning it this way and that, she practiced holding it like she'd seen others do and tried to find a comfort in the weight. Just pretend it's like a needle gun. You're just giving shots...just giving shots... The woman repeated the mantra in her head over and over.
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Post by Val on Feb 29, 2012 15:51:14 GMT -5
The large steel door to the shooting range slid open with a loud whirring sound. Both were armed so the training could begin. The room beyond the door was black, completely concealing anything inside. It was only because of Milo having run this course so often that he knew what to expect. There were several loud clicks and a buzz of electricity as large lights all around the range lit up, revealing a black tiled floor and worn, bullet riddled walls. All reinforced but clearly damaged by less skilled marksmen running the course. There were also several cameras to record their training, just another reason why this couldn’t be faked. Of course there were plenty of Eggman logos emblazoned on…everything, really. And huge speakers hanging from the ceiling, these were used to shout encouragement when you were doing well…and insults when you were doing badly. After the cacophony of noises as the room came alive and then settled, there was silence for a few seconds and then, one of the tiles on the floor popped open as a red blur came bursting out from under it. Before the duo was a plushie of a red echidna hanging limply from a metal pole sticking out from the floor. On instinct Milo immediately held the Egg blaster up in his left hand and fired. A blast of yellow energy was launched across the room into the plush, which exploded into white stuffing that floated down to the floor like snow. Realising he’d reacted without letting Cotton take any of this in, he turned with an anime sweat drop and rubbed the back of his head, “Heheh…s-sorry about that…reflex.”
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Post by mizuru007 on Feb 29, 2012 16:09:43 GMT -5
Just giving shots...just giving sh- what the HELL was going on?! Suddenly a dark room became a light room and then cameras and walls just FULL of dents and these giant SPEAKERS who even NEEDED speakers that big and then the tiny cute little doll and then FASHOOM and it was nothing but stuffing and this wasn't like giving shots at allllll! Cotton's knees buckled. She didn't want to do this, but those cameras were watching her, so it wasn't like she had a choice. And that poor doll....it probably had doll friends waiting for it that would just be waiting forever. She approached the remains of the doll and, after removing one of her emergency band-aids from her pocket, proceeded to try and put it back together, only to fail. Miserably. OKAY, NEW APPROACH. Maybe she was just helping the dolls go to sleep. In pieces. As the thought crossed her mind, a small piece of fluff floated down and landed on her nose. As the panda stumbled to her feet, she took a firmer grasp on her gun...aaaaaaaand started running down the shooting range path, wildly shooting at everything. "EVERYONE NEEDS TO GO TO SLEEP NOW! I PROMISE WHEN YOU WAKE UP, THERE'LL BE LOTS OF MUFFINS, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE TO GO TO SLEEEEEEEEP!"
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Post by Val on Mar 3, 2012 11:10:29 GMT -5
HOLY CHAOS!! A lavender blur shot behind the doorframe to hide himself from the crazed gunfire. Was this girl insane? First she tries to stick a target doll back together with band aids, then goes crazy and shoots everything in sight. Milo grabbed his ears as dozens of sound clips, intended to play when a correct target was shot and others for when dolls of Eggman were shot, all played over each other. What was he going to do? It was his job to make sure she knew how to use a gun but…if she went into a gun fight like this she’d end up killing everyone on both sides. The cameras were watching, he had to get control of this situation. He could try sniping the gun out of her hands. No, she was waving the gun around, he’d never get a bead on it, plus he might accidentally hit Cotton. Wait…Of course! That’d work, as long as he had it. He began pulling his uniform up. Was he wearing it? Yes! His Shield Belt. He’d remembered to put it on that morning. It didn’t have much energy left though. He’d forgotten to charge it. But if it did work he could run out and grab the gun away from Cotton without fear of being shot. [dice=2] He pressed the button and prayed. There was a faint sound of the belt powering up and…then it died. Crap. Crap! Crap!Well so much for that idea. Think, think….Ok, last chance. There was a target right at the end of the run, a Tails doll. Hit that and the final target; a Sonic Doll would drop into the room. If the Sonic Doll shocked Cotton for long enough he could run up and snatch the gun away. Taking a deep breath Milo leaned out from behind the door and aimed his gun. It was a tough shot, made no easier by the crazy girl running around shooting everything. Holding his breath, he looked down the sight aaaaaand….. [dice=2] BOOMThe Tails Doll burst into stuffing and collapsed to the floor. Almost instantly a blue doll popped up from the floor and began moving across the room on a track.[rand=83765736757777638681632126681507190809590974822646099498951807618]
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Post by mizuru007 on Mar 3, 2012 19:23:50 GMT -5
Her nose was stuffy, her throat was sore, and her sight was blurry with tears, but Cotton continued to shout about "sleeping" while shooting every single doll she saw. It didn't help much hearing the booming "YOU IDIOT"s meshing together with the "YOSH!"s from the speakers and creating a very strange symphony. The fact that both clips were from Eggman himself didn't help either; it kept snapping her out of focus, so she had to scream louder and run even faster. Eventually, though, she hit the end of the course. Finally, she could stop screaming. Fina- BOOM The sudden boom from behind her nearly made Cotton start screaming all over again, and the subsequent Tails Doll she'd somehow managed to miss exploding into a flurry of fluff managed to jolt a squeak out of her. And then that blue doll appeared. And Cotton recognized that blue doll. So many stories of Sonic foiling Eggman's plans. How many times had that hedgehog gotten Eggy hurt...? All Eggy wanted to do was run the city in a nice and orderly manner and that Sonic guy just kept blowing him up! And if there was one thing Cotton didn't like, it was ANYONE hurting Eggy. Face hardening, she aimed her gun at the moving doll and started shooting. Though she missed the first few times, eventually she managed to nick the doll on its plushy little body. "YOSH!"
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Post by Val on Mar 5, 2012 16:06:31 GMT -5
Ok, this was his opening. While Cotton was shooting the Sonic doll, with surprising aggression, Milo sprinted across the course and snatched the gun away from her. “Okay! Cotton, calm down. Alright? Please just…chill.” He didn’t even notice but he was shaking, still scared from the flurry of gunfire this innocent panda girl had unleashed. He made a mental note to never give this girl a weapon again under any circumstances. Taking a loud gulp and a deep breath, trying to relax Milo spoke again, “So….y-you wanna go…I dunno, get something? I think I could go for a s-soda after that.” He decided it was probably best not to question her about her insane firing. He might come across as angry and hurt her or she might snap and take the gun back…besides he was a good shot, sure but…combat wasn’t for everyone. Cotton was obviously much more at home making people feel better.
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Post by mizuru007 on Mar 5, 2012 22:48:07 GMT -5
Cotton's hands began to shake the second Milo took the gun from her. Slowly, her face formed a pout. The carnage from her doll massacre lay all over the course, white fluff still floating down in thick tufts. She knew she shouldn't have picked up the gun...she should have just disobeyed Eggy and said sorry a billion times and made him all the cakes he wanted for the rest of her life. Looking around, it was nearly impossible to tell that all of the scattered colors and materials used to be dolls....except for one. That Tails Doll that had managed to be shot...without her shooting it. It rested in a heap in a nearby corner and looked slightly different from all of the other Tails dolls, but the girl didn't think too much of it. Distantly, she heard Milo ask about going to get something, but she was more intrigued with the doll. If she could save just one life, even if it wasn't a living life, maybe it would somehow help to make up for all of the shooting she'd done prior. Cotton walked over to the slightly-exploded doll and picked it up gingerly. "Mi-Mi, do you think Eggy would mind if I took this doll with me...?" The girl didn't even bother waiting for the coyote's answer, walking back towards the exit and grabbing his hand along the way. "Let's go get something...~" Her voice seemed airier than usual, but she seemed to be back to normal...somewhat.
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Post by Val on Mar 9, 2012 18:00:29 GMT -5
Standing, watching the traumatised girl cradle the doll with a hole through it’s body, Milo felt his heart ache. He felt like a jerk for making her do this. He saw how much she didn’t want to but did nothing to stop her. He should have done something, anything. Maybe he could’ve convinced Eggman that Cotton was a medic and would have no use for any combat training. “Cotton…I..I-I’m so s-sorry.” He began to fidget with his fingers, “Let’s go get you a m-muffin or something. I’ll buy it for you…I need to do something to try and make up for this. A-And I’m sure Eggman won’t mind if you keep the doll…it should be easy to f-fix.” As Cotton passed him he noticed the doll looked different…that was the one he shot wasn’t it?
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Post by mizuru007 on Mar 10, 2012 14:58:58 GMT -5
Cotton stopped in her tracks and quickly wheeled around, eyes sparkling. D-Did he say....muffin? As in, the baked treat that can be eaten for any meal? The one that came in both sweet and savory flavours?! Without any sort of thought, the girl launched herself at Milo. Her face was so close, their noses were touching, but she didn't seem to mind at all; in fact, the only thing she was thinking about was muffins. "Why would you buy muffins when you can bake them? They're so much better after you've put time and effort into making them...sifting flour and picking out all of those leftover hard pieces by hand, slowly adding all of the ingredients together and mixing them...~ And then the smell they make while they're baking in the oven...~~~" By this point, her head was resting on his shoulder, eyes closed and mouth curled into a little smile at the thought of baking. Man, did she love baking.
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Post by Val on Mar 15, 2012 19:43:22 GMT -5
Clearly a concept this girl needed to learn about was “personal space”…and possibly “emotional whiplash.” By the time Cotton was finished ranting about the awesomness of baking muffins, Milo has turned red, he was blushing so much. Why was she leaning on him like this? Granted, he wasn’t complaining but one minute she looks broken and in tears and the next…this. Suddenly a loud screeching noise assaulted his ears. What the Hell was th-Oh Chaos….Oh no, oh crap! That was the alarm! It meant an intruder had entered Eggmanland! What if it was Sonic? What if he and his friends were attacking? He didn’t stand a chance against any one of Sonic’s allies. And what about Cotton? She reacted terribly to jut shooting dolls, if she was forced into an actual fight she’d…she’d never last. Still…they were working under Eggman and had promised from day one to serve him however he needed and if that meant fighting…as terrifying a thought that was..they had no other choice. “Oh crap. T-That’s the alarm. Cotton, w-we have to get to the centre of the c-city.”
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Post by mizuru007 on Mar 16, 2012 2:20:16 GMT -5
The blaring alarm startled Cotton so badly, she leaped backwards, clutching the Tails Doll for dear life. What kind of an alarm was that?! Why couldn't it just play a little song?! Or at least be Eggy himself telling them to "REPORT TO STATIONS" or ANYTHING BUT THAT SCREECHING? And what did Milo mean "get to the center of the city"? She wasn't going to fight anything. Nope. No way. She was hired on as a medic and medic's didn't hurt people! It just wasn't nice! But maybe she would be needed on the field to make people feel better! Maybe! Nothing would make her happier than making Eggy feel better~ Her entire body a shivering mess, Cotton muttered out a shaky "gotta get band-aids" before running from the training area to the med ward. The panda figured she would need a bunch of supplies if the situation deserved to have that alarm going off. Maybe it was reaaaally serious. If there was anything she knew, it was that Eggy really didn't like that Sonic, or any of his friends. MAYBE SONIC WAS HERE. She put a little more "oomph" into her running. She was definitely going to need band-aids if Sonic was involved.
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