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Post by eez on May 5, 2010 12:58:47 GMT -5
"Hmmhmmhmm...! At ease, Agent Red. The only person those inner demons will haunt is Darkmatter, himself. I think that's good enough for now...Let him suffer and squirm a bit longer within his mind." Zurg mused, returning his attention back to his counterfoe.
"And for the record, Lightyear, you're on my ship at my mercy. I would think it wise if you...thought about that." The Evil Emperor frowned. "Regardless, you are free to go, but in doing so you will lose the opportunity to find your precious Star Command trash. But you're a free man, Lightyear, with all the choices at your feet--as well as the consequences. You figure it out and decide." He finished, leaning back into his throne.
"Like always..."
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Post by Skyfire on May 5, 2010 14:06:11 GMT -5
Erin opened her mouth to give Hellboy a good chunk of her mind, but Warp beat her to it. All she could do then was give him an empathetic look.
The thought briefly flashed across Buzz’s mind that Zurg was getting a little bit creepy these days. He frowned up at the mobile throne. “What do you mean, I’ll lose the opportunity? What opportunity, Zurg?”
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Post by Warp Darkmatter on May 6, 2010 10:24:59 GMT -5
Warp shrugged, as if to say What demons? It was true, he still had his past with him. But it didn't mean anything anymore, not to him anyway. It wasn't some dark cloud casting a shadow on the present, or the future. It was just...there.
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Post by eez on May 6, 2010 23:35:31 GMT -5
"Why, the opportunity to find out who exactly has your precious holocubes~!"
If that wasn't tantalizing enough, Zurg didn't know what was.
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Post by Skyfire on May 7, 2010 6:01:02 GMT -5
Buzz folded his arms again. “But how?” he pressed. “How is staying here any more likely to help us find them?”
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Post by eez on Aug 11, 2010 4:05:13 GMT -5
"Oh, Lightyear, you boob." Zurg snorted, yet again gesturing flamboyantly as he twisted his cape around a metal-clad fist. "Haven't you ever heard that sometimes what you seek is right in front of you all along? Why, if you keep moving, you are bound to be forever--and I mean this--searching because what you seek will, too, be moving! It's just how these things go, naturally~!" He ended in a brief coo, looking upwards with a smile obviously lost in thought.
"Anyway! I'm rambling!" The Evil Emperor snapped. Ah yes, mood swings; he was legendary for those. "I don't have your little cubes, so it's logical someone else does! And just who do you think could use them, hmm? Certainly not me." He put his non-existent nose into the air proudly. "Why would I need those little, mundane things? Pffft, as if! I'm a big boy! I don't play with children's toys."
And at this, he narrowed his eyes to Cora.
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Post by Skyfire on Aug 11, 2010 6:36:20 GMT -5
Buzz sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose. “They’re not toys,” he said. “They’re state-of-the-art data storage equipment with important information. And right now, the only thing in front of me is you. And Hellboy,” he added as an afterthought. “That still doesn’t tell me how you think I’m going to find the cubes.” His voice was starting to sound a little strained with his patience thinning.
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Post by eez on Aug 11, 2010 15:23:57 GMT -5
"State-of-the-art my tin-plated can!" Zurg snorted from his throne. "Those are mere Rubik's cubes compared to me! Hmph! State-of-the-art... You wouldn't know state-of-the-art if it hit you squarely in that lantern jaw of yours!" The Evil Emperor fanned a hand dismissively, his royal feathers ruffled.
"And like I've so generously said..." He continued, peering down at them all with a scowl. "I'm not the only cosmic baddy who desires power! I'm sure you've thought that another villain could have use for those little blocks. After all, with the power of a sun in but one, massive damage could be unleashed~! Such a delightfully evil thought to brighten my day~!"
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Post by cherryproductions on Aug 11, 2010 15:42:08 GMT -5
Toys!? How dare he think that. And look at her with that know-it-all glare!
Yes, she was a little short for her age but that give him the right to think she still carried toys!
Well, she did had her cowgirl doll on her bed at home, but that didn't mean a thing!
"Now see here you sorry excuse fer a..." Mira plainly covered her mouth before she could get another word out. Cora obliged
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Post by Skyfire on Aug 12, 2010 5:57:59 GMT -5
O-kay, that did it—Buzz was officially fed-up. “Great. Great!” He threw up his hands. “That doesn’t do anything for us—we’re back to Square One! We could search forever and never find them!”
“Captain,” Ricki began tentatively, “maybe I could rig up something that could search specifically for holocube frequencies…”
“Rick, I appreciate the thought,” Buzz told her, “but galaxy-wide? You’re the astrophysicist—you tell me just how impossible that is.”
Ricki looked down. “Yeah, I know.” She let out a frustrated growl. “It’s just—argh, I can’t believe we’ve come all this way just to meet a dead end, and now we may never know!”
“Hey, I’m just as upset as the next Ranger,” Erin frowned, “but I refuse to believe that it’s hopeless. Come on, guys, we’re Space Rangers! We don’t give up! Those cubes will turn up somehow—prob’ly when we’re not looking for them.”
“Maybe we could do some investigating on other criminals like Zurgie-boy here said,” XR suggested. “You know, look into their most recent transactions.”
Buzz and Erin turned to XR with something approaching amazement. “XR,” Erin said, astonished, “that has to be one of the brightest things you’ve ever said!”
The ‘bot scowled and stuck out his tongue at her.
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Post by cherryproductions on Aug 12, 2010 12:26:47 GMT -5
"Oh I'd say XR's pretty bright." Cora smirked. "He taught me about everything I know. And then some."
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Post by eez on Aug 13, 2010 3:19:28 GMT -5
"My! Such a tongue for a little brat so young. Ahaaaa...charming, really." But Zurg quickly discarded his attention on the girl and returned it back onto Lightyear, where it belonged. Of course, he did hear XR's little remark, to which he scowled and narrowed this glowing eyes of his.
"That's Evil Emperor Zurgie-boy to you, tin can." He growled dangerously.
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Post by Skyfire on Aug 13, 2010 5:38:53 GMT -5
XR brightened at Cora’s remark and couldn’t be put down by Zurg’s. “No problem, Evil Emperor Zurgie-boy!” he grinned. “Patato-potato—the worst you can do to me is turn me into a gazillion pieces, and that’s happened only a million times.”
“XR!” Erin and Ricki laughed. “You live dangerously, kid!” Ricki added, trying to smother her laughs.
Buzz rolled his eyes and shook his head. “Yes, well,” he cleared his throat, “unless the two of you want to initiate a group hug, I suggest we get going.” He paused, made eye contact with his arch-nemesis. “That is, if somebody will let us go so that we can.”
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Post by cherryproductions on Aug 13, 2010 12:29:49 GMT -5
Cora snorted. "Glad you think of me as charming. Not too many people do."
"That's because you have as much charm was a wilder beast. Not quite down before I make you." Mira ordered, taking hold of Cora's arm.
"Glad to know how much you think of me." Cora stated, disgruntled. "So what's going on? Are we off to get the cubes or not?"
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Post by eez on Aug 14, 2010 2:56:55 GMT -5
"Oh, sure, go." Zurg remarked casually as he took out a magazine. Oooh, coupons! He loved coupons on Sundays! That's what made Sunday so great! Hmm, maybe he could get those gamecards for his character he had always wanted. Maybe one for a friend, too. Their birthday was coming up in a few months!
He glanced up from the catalog, realizing people were still here.
"Huh? What? Well, go already!" Zurg barked, making shooing motions with a hand. "I don't have the cubes and I've told you what I can! Now begone! I trust you know the way out without an escort..." He nodded his head to Hellboy.
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