Scene #5263: Death game? More like death planet

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Gaige	Ah, Pandora, such a nice, friendly planet. No, not really. Pretty much the moment the two had arrived, they'd been shot at, had grenades thrown at them and had a few people even run up, hold a grenade up, and try to blow BOTH them up and pretty much been having a bad day all around. The bandits got smarter. They let people walk a bit away from the portal, THEN ran up behind them, guns blazing, intending to steal everything they had and turn their bodies into swiss cheese. What? They can't ALL be golden examples. Which would be how the two ended up meeting. And, about five minutes later, wiping blood off assorted fists and likely swords. What? Bandits kinda had one mode. 'Shoot it til it dead'. If that don't work, then they tend to fall over. And, of course... "Oh my gosh that was AWESOME! Did you actually punch the bullets out of the air? Also, seriously, I'm DIGGING the armor. Got a whole larp thing going on, sugar. Not a lot of fist and sword fighters in these parts, heh. And they say I'm crazy for running up in people's faces and shooting them between the eyes!" GAIGE! The little mechromancer came walking up, shotgun resting on her shoulder. "I was coming to check on the portal, see if anyone swung by, maybe got attacked or something. That was pretty rad. Soooo. Name's Gaige. Please tell me you two aren't here to try and kill me? Cause like, I'd rather not have to fight you guys. You got this whole 'I've been playing pro death ball since I was six' thing going on and, girl, you lookin' fiiiiiiine in that armor of yours." And gave a wink. "Welcome to Pandora!"
Josuke Higashikata	Shooting at Josuke is generally a bad idea. Not just because he's squishy and tends to puncture easily when bullets are involved. But because he tends to get a little upset when people start to shoot at him. Particularly when he's only here because he got lost. Though to be fair, he does look like he's got some money. The buttons on his jacket are all gold-colored, and he's got a fair amount of gold bling on his lapels and collar. Bound to attract attention, particularly of this world's lot, who like shiny things. But see, he wasn't completely unaware. Guns make noise, and he heard it. Which was lucky for him, because he only managed to block most of the first barrage with a flurry of punches from the pink-and-blue armored figure that would literally have appeared as if it had jumped out of the young man's own body, with little warning besides a purple aura springing to life around him. The armored figure seemed to... well, yeah, punch the air at the incoming bullets, so fast his fists blurred, with a loud cry of, "DORARARA!" A few shots got past the crazily-punching armored figure, and he was hit. It's not life-threatening, but he's still bleeding. And then Josuke got a little mad, you see, because that's what one tends to do when one gets shot at, right? Crazy Diamond is short-range. So, well, bullet-punching the whole way -- literally, directing Crazy Diamond to punch the bullets -- he just quite literally badass walked through the hail, until he was close enough to start punching the shooters. Whether he defeated his by punching them or through sheer intimidation is anyone's guess. Once they're all gone, though, he winces. "Ow," he hisses, as the armored figure and the aura around him disappears. Suddenly GAIGE! Josuke jumps, not having expected her to suddenly appear. "GAH!" He draws back from Gaige, startled. "Whoa! You scared me!" A sigh of relief. The he blinks. "Well, uh... yeah," he confirms, scratching at his face a bit with one finger. "They'd already gotten a bead on me, and I didn't have time to find cover. So I had to make some. Figured the intimidation factor might have been some help too." Josuke shakes his head. "I'm not here to kill you. I think I found the wrong warpgate, actually. I'm kinda new to this whole 'Multiverse' thing. I'm josuke Josuke Higashikata." He snickers at the 'pro death ball' comment. "Nah, the 'death ball' thing has been pretty recent." The smirk is a good sign he's kidding. Though something that brings the smirk to fade a bit -- the other person involved in the fight. Who he then looks to and asks, "Are you all right?" He hadn't seen Gaige get shot at, though it does occur to him that she might have been. So he looks between the two of them, including them both in the question.
Tomoe	Tomoe was not expecing a fight like that, and the emntion of larp gets an amnused look on Tomoe's face the towering woman seems to b e looking to clean up her weapon. She sighs doesn't seem tobe happy with how things went though she looks to Gaige. "Are you trying to kill me? Are you trying to rob me? If that doesn'ty change you won't get any trouble out of me." She had had a hell of a fight she wasn't expecting armed bandits thought there was something about here that niggled at her mind. She brushed it off to being in the multiverse too darn long. She looked to the pair odf other people she was suprised to see jojo thought and Gaige certainly was leaving and impresison the purpled haird likely elf finally replies. "I don't think it's LARPing when the weapons are live but I get where your comming from Gaige right? The name's Tomoe the Iron Lily or Just Tomoe." She looks to Josuke and grins "You have had an easier entry into it than some. I'm fine don't worry about me."
Gaige	Gaige shrugged. "Nahhhhhh. Shields, baby. Just a bit of blood loss. I missed most this fight. Ohhhh! Tomoe, huh? I thought you sounded familiar. Heh heh, your voice matches your face, cute!" Gave another little wink. She then moved to one of the bodies and kicked it with her foot. "Daaaaang. Punched right through it. That was pretty bad assssss. So like, let's see... you're a punchy guy... Soooo... hmmm..." She rubbed her chin. "OH! You're like a shaman, right? And you're in some old medieval armor. So... Ohhhh! Are you like some kind of immortal ancient warrior who has to like, slay a bunch of OTHER ancient immortals in order to save her home land from some evil dragon thing?" she asked with a big grin.
Josuke Higashikata	"Pleased to meet you, Tomoe!" he offers with a smile. "I think you mean 'dynamic entry'. Sheesh." He frowns a bit at one of the bodies, looking either uncomfortable, sad, or both. But then... finally looking at Tomoe, really LOOKING, he manages to notice it. Those ears. Josuke's eyes go wide, and he blinks. And he asks the obvious question. "Whoa... are you an elf?" He's not aware it might be rude. He probably just didn't think about it. Because... because ELF! Gaige's questions get a blink. "Well..." He raises his hand to rub at the back of his head, looking a little sheepish. "I'm just a high school student, really." Though... well, he's ALSO interested in Tomoe's situation too. Because ELF! How often does a normal human being get to see one of those? ...Well, in HIS world, anyway.
Tomoe	Tomoe seems flattered for a moment at Gaige's compliment. She tilts her head for a moment. "I am far from immortal but you could say I am an warrior and I ahve fought to save my home before. Though the only dragon I know? I'd consider a friend or at least an allied contact." She grins at this. "She likes mad science actually." She looks to Josuke for a moment and she grins a little biot at him for a moment. "Salamnder but close enough, just keep the hands off the ears and we'll be fine." She seems even more amused. "So bandit trouble like that ... Is common and they seemed like something wasn't right I seen bandits and raiders before, but ... those guys were something else."
Gaige	Gaige shrugged. "Yeah, these guys are a dime a dozen. Like, I had to run over like six just to come get you. Not to mention the whole swathe of them that keep coming to the portal. I swear, it's like an infestation! I come here, kill a bunch, boom, they return the next day. Like they respawn or something, you know?" T-totally not that. N-nope. Not that. "Wait, you're just some high school kid? Soooooo borrrrrring." OUCH! "But like, you got the whole tall thing going on. Just cut the hair and you'd be dang sexy," she said with a wink. Then grinned to Tomoe. "Ohhhh, an elf?! Like from the moons of Elfend stories?! I used to LOVE reading those as a kid! The elves were soooo cool how they'd grant people's wishes and create moons and stuff to protect the world from the evil gracklesplats! Do you have a watch that turns into a rocket ship, too?!" ... Oh dear.
Josuke Higashikata	"...Salamander?" Josuke echoes. He takes a step back from Tomoe. "You mean like... a lizard...?" He seems rather disturbed by this prospect, if the barely-suppressed eyetwitch is any indication... But soon enough, something else gets his attention. Gaige kind of finds the whole 'high school student' thing boring. But that's not what catches his attention. It's something Gaige says after that... 'Just cut the hair'. He's been a kind of goofy, weird kid up until this point. But something suddenly changes. His pupils dilate. He tenses up. And his voice drops an octave when he speaks next. "...Hey." That aura flares to life again, and he trains a wild look on Gaige. A look filled with rage, but somehow his demeanor is calm. You now the expression -- 'calm... too calm'. "...What did you say about my hair...?" ...Oops.
Tomoe	Tomoe says "No as in the fair folk sorta it's a bit of a long story." She looks to Gaige. "How many of them are there if they can do that." She has to wonder about that given the multiverse it may darn well bepossible she grins for a moment more she's not minding anyone being excited. about things. "Well more Oberon want insane and we had to stop him but that's a hell of a story, and I'm afrid I don't. I can fly thought." A pair of firey translucent wings flare out for a moment be before she banishes them. She had thought his hair a biot odd but hey he could pull it off well enough if he wanted to be a blast from the 50s like the Fonz? She's not going to complain but wuith the power flaring up. "Woah! Woah!"
Gaige	Gaige nodded, focused on the girl. "Yeah, that's totally rad! Like, wait, what? Still, like, totally cool! I've never met an elf before! Like, they aren't real here, you know? Just a bunch of books." She was SUCH a nerd. Then glanced up at the guy and... "What? I said you could cut it. You'd look cuter. Maybe ditch some of the silly hearts on your uniform. But like, if that's your style, good on you? You stick out, if nothing else, and that's pretty cool, hon," she said with a little wink. "Sensitive about the hair, much?"
Josuke Higashikata	Well, it's information, even if it's gained in a kind of precarious way. Apparently the punchy kid is on a hair-trigger. Literally. Tomoe's attempts at placation or redirection don't seem to be doing much good. Josuke's gaze is trained on Gaige in the way that a fighter does when he's selected a target to utterly annhilate. However, Gaige herself? Fortunately her words were a MILD insult. And phrased as a direction of self-improvement rather than just 'uuuuugh that's ugly', or 'so out of style'. Which uh. Kind of takes him off-guard a little. So the aura fades. While he seems to have calmed down a LITTLE, just enough that he's not seeking a convenient face to punch, he's still tense, and clearly upset. The question about his hair gets a dark frown. "Pretty sure you would be too, if it meant the same. It's not JUST a hairstyle."
Tomoe	Tomoe is not quite sure what's going on here. She has learned do not mock the hair, do not mock the hair. "Okay we dont need to c0ome to blows over our own personal senses of fashion."
Gaige	Gaige nodded, giving a shrug. "Not just a... ohhhhh. IIIIII get it. Yeah, like, I totally get what you're coming from. When I was fourteen all the kids in school were getting these tattoos right above their butts and I begged dad for WEEKS to let me get one but he was all like, 'No. You're too young to get a tramp stamp.' and I was like 'But dad, it's not JUST a tattoo! It's a sign that I'm cool!' but he NEVER budged on it! Ugh, so uncool," she said with a roll of her eyes. "... Maybe I should get that tattoo... Huh? Oh, right. What were we... right, hair! Yeah, sure, if it means that much to you, don't let anyone tell you differently, cutie." Wink. "Seriously, I wonder where I could get a tattoo...."
Josuke Higashikata	The girls are disarming! Tomoe is trying to defuse the situation. Her tone does pull his attention to her. Which is a good thing -- much like a focused animal, redirection is the key. And Gaige is just random enough -- and calling him 'cutie' actually takes him aback a little. He blinks, and then actually blushes a bit. Just a little, mind. And that lets Josuke's mind focus on that other track instead. Though it seems to take him a bit to register the topic, since the frown remains for a moment before... wince! Tattoos? He shakes his head. "There are places that won't let you in the door back home if you have a tattoo," he notes. Successful redirection! Though he does still sound a little grumpy. Just a little. More like a pouting puppy than a guy about to tear somebody's face off...
Tomoe	Tomoe is just hoping another fight will notbreak out she pauses for a momnet at the mention of Tattoos "I have a few myself." She notes not that they are visable at this point in time she looks to Josuke again and she really is trying to diffuse things. It seems he found a distraction on it. "I have heard that does happen in some japans. It's people assuming they are with a local criminal cartel that does tattoo work a lot. Eh I deal with it when I'm there." Or she just wears long sleeves.
Gaige	Gaige blinked and then glanced to Tomoe, and... "So, you got some tattoos on your butt? You naughty girl, you." Gave her a wink, then glanced to Josuke... And then reached out and pinched his cheek. "Awwww. Are you embarrassed? Thinking about me with a tattoo now getting you all flustered?" she asked with a snicker. "You know, you are kinda cute. Maybe in a few years when you're all grown up, you can come back here and I might let you buy me dinner, sweetie," before giving him another wink. Truly she was evil. So, so evil
Josuke Higashikata	"The Yakuza, yeah," Josuke confirms, to Tomoe's statement of tattoos being connected with organized crime in some worlds. "It's a pretty visible mark, and lots of places are pretty reluctant to deal with organized crime. Can be dangerous." And then suddenly... pinch! "GAH!" Josuke yelps in response. It didn't hurt no, it was just surprising. He raises a hand to the pinched cheek and pouts. But he doesn't complain. For somebody who was ready to throw down over a perceived insult to his hairstyle, he seems pretty meek now. Particularly when he REALLY goes red in the face at Gaige's next statement! Not in anger, no. He's blushing again. "Ah, hehe... I wouldn't mind taking you up on that. But it might be a while," he warns. At least he's not like nosebleeding or something particularly weird.
Tomoe	Tomoe laughs "Well you won't be finding out where I was being a naughty girl with them today." She's taking it in good spirits and then the Gaige grabbing him by the cheek is actually kinda adorable.
Gaige	Gaige snickered. "Well, I can wait. Besides, I just got out of high school a few months back, sweetie. So I guess you're not that young for me." Oh, she was enjoying watching the poor boy suffer. She and Moxxi were TOTALLY going to be laughing about this later. Her eyes lit up. With pure evil. "Actually, you two should come with me to sanctuary. You'll absolutely -love- Mad Moxxi's." Evil. Pure, unadulterated, evil. Then took both their hands. "come on, let's go!" And then hauled them back to where her car was waiting.Well, buggy. Sorta. It lacked seat belts. And half the doors had fallen off. And the front window had so many bullet holes it was more air than glass at this point. But that was fine, she didn't really look at the road when she drove anyway. Which they'd discover soon enough as the girl would drive and... "SKAG!" Oh by the heavens she would SWERVE to run things over. And she HAD to be driving over the speed limit. And the car sounded like it hadn't been in good shape for decades. Oh dear.
Josuke Higashikata	"E-eh?" Josuke blinks a little at Tomoe's statement. It's a little strange, the phrasing. And since Gaige does seem to be flirting with him, he can assume Tomoe's kind of trying to get in on the act, a little. Indirectly, maybe. Though before he can return a comment, Gaige is pulling them towards the car. "Mad Moxxi?" he asks. "...Why does that sound familiar -- GAH!" Why the odd yelp? Because Josuke's startled at the suddenness with which Gaige drove off! Now, Josuke did notice the sad state of the car. And also the way that Gaige drove. But, honestly? He really didn't like the sound of that engine. Sounded like it might blow up at any second! And Josuke did not relish the thought of being blown up. Not at all. So... concentrate. Like Jotaro showed him, when he realized Josuke's healing and repair could be botched if he was upset or super-distracted. First thing, he looked at Gaige. "OK. This is going to be weird, but... trust me." And then? "CRAZY DIAMOND!" The figure seemed to leap up and out of his shoulders again, leaping to the front of the vehicle. And then, weirdly enough? An orange aura springs to life around the armored figure, in addition to Josuke's purple one. And then the figure actually rears back and PUNCHES THE HOOD OF THE CAR! It's a loud "DORRRAAA!" that the armored figure declares as it punches down at the car's hood with supernatual force. It's likely to flip the car, too. But when whatever physics that will happen take their course, the car will be 'caught' with that same orange-gold aura, and the broken pieces start to come back together. The car should be sort of fixing itself, and if knocked into the air, will probably just land on its wheels as if it was placed there. And if all goes well, Gaige might notice something different about the car...
Gaige	Gaige shrieked, the car flipped and... "AWESOOOOOOOOOME!" Well,the good news was that she was completely, utterly insane. So like, when the cr flipped because he punched it? She was more 'This is rad!' and less 'We're going to die!' Then,... "Wait." She looked around. The car looked...really nice. Paint all good, engine not making that sound, new doors... "Oh my gosh. Did you just PUNCH it back to GOOD condition? That's like, the coolest!" Then reached over, grabbed his arm, leaned in... and gave a kiss on the cheek, before driving back off towards sanctuary. Where Josuke would meet Mad Moxxi. And oh dear, that would be an experience...