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Mar 15, 2010 6:03:46 GMT -5
Post by Skyfire on Mar 15, 2010 6:03:46 GMT -5
((Awww, honey! *gives you big hug*)) Buzz returned the glare. “Look, kid, I didn’t say that you weren’t coming – I said Rangers. You’re not a Ranger yet, that’s all. And to be honest, I’m not sure what to do with you.” “I think Cora’s right,” Erin interjected. “Sixteen isn’t so bad, and what counts here is her ability. If she can handle the mission, I think she should come along. Just… the self-destruct should be a last-ditch resort – as in, we’re all dying or something.”“Oh, feel the optimism, people!” XR said sarcastically, immediately earning him a warning glare from Buzz. “I agree with Ranger Frame,” said the Commander. “If you’re going, I want Cora to go with you, and no self-destruct unless the situation is end-of-the-galaxy hopeless. Got it?”“Yes, sir,” Buzz nodded. “Does this mean that we can go?” The Commander’s typical frown deepened. “Yeah. I don’t trust any other team to pull this one off. Just be careful. All of you.”“Yes, sir,” Buzz and Erin said together. “Nebula out.” The Commander’s image disappeared, and Erin’s filled the screen again. “Do we go in two separate cruisers, or should Rick and I ride with you?” she asked. Buzz thought about it for a moment. “I think… I think you’d better ride with us. Two cruisers have a better chance of being spotted, and I don’t want us split-up.” “All right,” Erin nodded. “We’ll set the ship in geo-orbit around Tradeworld’s moon and jet on over.”“Roger that.”
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Mar 16, 2010 4:43:08 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Mar 16, 2010 4:43:08 GMT -5
"Then it's settled then. For now I'm part of the team." Cora smirked.
"Buzz," Mira said, taking hold of his arm. "Can I talk to you for a moment. I private?"
She led him out of the bridge down the hall and towards the kitchen where she made sure that no one was watching. "Is it me, or do you feel like there's something more to Cora than meets the eye? I just don't buy that story she's been giving us."
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Mar 16, 2010 5:50:46 GMT -5
Post by Skyfire on Mar 16, 2010 5:50:46 GMT -5
“Um, yeah…” Rubbing the back of his neck, Buzz tried to figure out how to word what he believed about their mysterious little “teammate.” “She, um… oh craters… Mira, she looks – even kind of acts – like a cross between us, right? Weeell, I, uh, think she is – just… a natural, future cross.”
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Mar 16, 2010 6:29:37 GMT -5
Post by Warp Darkmatter on Mar 16, 2010 6:29:37 GMT -5
Technically...that doesn't matter so let it go. If there was one time he added technicality to his life this was it, or almost it. Cora wasn't a Ranger, she wasn't even old enough to be a Ranger! But they needed her, and she wanted to come so there wasn't much he, or anyone else, could say about it.
Warp was beginning to wonder which of they younger Rangers had those winning numbers as he watched Mira pull Buzz for a business talk. She was concerned about Cora, no doubt.
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Mar 16, 2010 17:11:20 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Mar 16, 2010 17:11:20 GMT -5
"You mean...you mean like our kid?" Thinking---no, knowing this was too hard to believe Mira took a seat at one of the stools.
"Is...that even possible? I know you time-travel, but not for, what, another hundred and something years?"
This was all too confusing. But she couldn't help but think--know--that somehow this was the truth. Just looking at the girl caused this chain reaction in her.
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Mar 17, 2010 7:02:51 GMT -5
Post by Skyfire on Mar 17, 2010 7:02:51 GMT -5
“A hundred and ten years.” Buzz took a seat beside her and folded his hands in front of him. “I guess in this time loop, we figure it out sooner.” Actually, that was something he hadn’t quite thought of.
“Spend enough time with her, and I think it’s pretty easy to see that she’s… ours.” Oh wow, that sounded weird. Buzz rubbed the back of his neck. “This, um, might be a time to, uh, pop a, um, certain question –” okay, yeah, awkward much – “but, um, unfortunately, I don’t have the ring.” He smiled sheepishly at her, hoping that she didn’t mind the half-joke.
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Mar 17, 2010 17:44:40 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Mar 17, 2010 17:44:40 GMT -5
Mira stared at him, opening her mouth once or twice. She kinda wasn't paying attention because he just...well he just asked her to marry him really.
And how was a woman supposed to take this? Definitely not opening and closing her mouth like a fish gasping for water. God, she probably looked like a guppy there.
"Are. Your." Mira couldn't really get what she wanted to say out right. Apparently it was lost in the depths of her throat and whatever managed to come up were jumbled up words that had little to no meaning to what she wanted to say.
Then. "HERE?" A little loud, but what was to be expected. "Here? You're asking me to marry you here and now? Before we go off and battle Zurg again you're asking me to marry you? You..."
And suddenly she began to laugh. She couldn't help it and she really couldn't control it since everything up till this point resembled some sick comedy with the two of them in the lead. "You're....Yes. Yes, Buzz I'll marry you."
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Mar 18, 2010 13:58:01 GMT -5
Post by Skyfire on Mar 18, 2010 13:58:01 GMT -5
Uh-oh, she was shocked…
Then, uh-oh, she was laughing…
Then, OH SWEET MOTHER OF VENUS, WOW!!! “…R-really?” Yup, that was the most that Buzz could come up with at the moment.
Then he could have face-palmed. He didn’t have the ring with him, he didn’t get on one knee, he didn’t even really ask the question properly! He was violating just about every proposal tradition there was!
“Are-are you sure?” he stammered. “I mean, I don’t want you to say ‘yes’ just because you feel pressured by Cora’s appearance or anything.” He took both her hands in his big ones. “I don’t want you to do anything you’re not sure of.”
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Mar 18, 2010 18:05:06 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Mar 18, 2010 18:05:06 GMT -5
Mira shook her head, trying to get him to understand. " I'm not being pressured into saying yes because of Cora. I'm saying yes because something, somehow is telling me this is the right thing to do."
She squeezed his hands in reassurance. "This...is really sudden. I mean, we've only gone on one date and even though our future's been told to us, I still feel this is a quick decision. But...even if you asked me later on I still think I'd say yes." She paused, giving this time to sink in. Not only to Buzz, but to herself too.
She just got proposed to. She wasn't supposed to feel anything but happy and giddy.
"But there's one thing you have to do that's traditional. You have to tell my father and get his permission...which sounds a lot easier than it is."
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Mar 18, 2010 19:35:25 GMT -5
Post by Skyfire on Mar 18, 2010 19:35:25 GMT -5
Buzz nodded slowly, squeezing her hands back. Yeah, it was fast, all right. So much had happened in the past two weeks alone that Buzz felt like he’d barely had time to breathe. But just as Mira thought she’d still say yes in the future, Buzz knew – just knew – that he still would have asked. “Be sure you’re right, then go ahead,” he smirked to himself. “…Okay,” he said quietly.
“…Yeeeaaah…” He nodded again, rather miserably this time. “I was, um, planning on it… I don’t suppose I can just call on the vidphone?” he asked hopefully.
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Mar 19, 2010 4:50:05 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Mar 19, 2010 4:50:05 GMT -5
Mira smirked. "I consider that cheating. No. You have to make it to the castle like a good little fiance and ask for permission the hard way."
She thought about this outcome for a second, then; "And don't worry, I'll be there with you too."
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Mar 19, 2010 6:50:41 GMT -5
Post by Skyfire on Mar 19, 2010 6:50:41 GMT -5
Buzz gave a theatrical sigh. “All right, all right. But first, the knight will need a kiss from his lady before they go off to face his death.”
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Mar 19, 2010 7:05:59 GMT -5
Post by Warp Darkmatter on Mar 19, 2010 7:05:59 GMT -5
"If those two take any longer discussing whatever it is that they're discussing back there, Erin and Ms. Sunflare are going to get here before we're ready." Warp fussed at his console. He was seriously considering taking a seat in the copilot's chair so that they could get things set up for the docking.
But another, somewhat twisted thought crossed his mind. "Hey, XR, what would you guess that they're talking about?" Cora was going to kill him, but he'd died before.
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Mar 19, 2010 16:16:26 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Mar 19, 2010 16:16:26 GMT -5
"You're so over dramatic." But she kissed him anyways.
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Mar 20, 2010 7:04:58 GMT -5
Post by Skyfire on Mar 20, 2010 7:04:58 GMT -5
“Yeah, I know,” he smirked, right before she kissed him. His eyes fluttered closed as he simply enjoyed the moment. Then it hit him. He wasn’t kissing a copilot, a girlfriend… not even a princess. He was kissing his future wife.
The thought was at once sobering and exhilarating.
When they drew away (Buzz’s hands somehow settling around Mira’s waist), he said, just a bit breathlessly, “I think I could get used to that. Not-not that that’s why I want to – I mean, it’s just… It’s just really… really nice.” In Buzz terms: you really blow me away.
Self-conscious, he rubbed the back of his neck and shook his head. “Okay, I think we’d better get back to the bridge before somebody decides to come investigate.”
XR grinned suggestively. “Who says they have to be talking?”
“Well, what else would they be doing?” Booster frowned, puzzled.
XR just let out a bit of a groan and thwacked his forehead against his helmet.
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