Day 242 [Open]

[kyotoprincess]

Who: Bon and anyone else
Open: Open
When: Day 242
Where: Near the path to the Skyway, on the north side of the Bastion
What: Bon is getting ready to go out on the Skyway, and having a group with him would be good
Format: action
Warnings: none

[In the morning, Bon can usually be found jogging around the Bastion, getting his morning workout in. Today, though, he is dressed for the Skyway, and he is carrying his usual assortment of weapons.

Should anyone approach him while he is getting ready, he will tell them the same thing.]

I'm going back to the mines, to see if I can find anything useful there. Want to go?

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[However, before all of that happens, Bon will go visit Colin. Because he wants to ask Colin something, and early morning is the best time to bother people!]

Comments

[notachickenhawk]

<Sure.>

[He's not too thrilled about going underground, but he will if he has to.]

<You could probably use a scout, anyway.>

[kyotoprincess]

[Birds are not so great underground, but that doesn't mean that Tobias doesn't have something he can do.]

Definitely, especially up top, to keep an eye out for monsters. Those birds last time were a bit problematic.

[notachickenhawk]

<Yeah. I could always change into something big enough to scare them off if I have to.>

[They don't seem to be very impressed with his screeching otherwise.]

[kyotoprincess]

What, you can't fight off birds as a bird?

[He might sound a little amused as he says that too.]

[notachickenhawk]

<I can, but I'd prefer not to get blasted out of the sky.>

[Pecking order is serious business, Bon.]

[kyotoprincess]

[So serious.]

Good point.

...actually, do you have any forms that can deal with rock-throwing birds?

[notachickenhawk]

<Hork-Bajir, elephant, polar bear, bull... I could probably take care of them as a Taxxon but Taxxons... can't tell friend from foe very well and I'd rather not eat you.>

[kyotoprincess]

...why in the world would you be able to turn into something like that in the first place?

[notachickenhawk]

<They're like giant earthworms. We needed to dig into a cavern in a short period of time, and with a bigger tunnel than what you'd get from something like a mole.>

<Though if you mean more 'how the hell did you get one', the Yeerks use them as hunting dogs and cleaners. They're sentient, but barely. They're sometimes infested but not usually since the hunger is too much to deal with.>

[kyotoprincess]

...I'm going to be honest here: a few of those words sounded made-up, and I'm not sure if it's the translator trying to translate a word that doesn't actually translate into Japanese. But regardless of that, what you just described sounds horrible.

[notachickenhawk]

<Yeerks are the parasitic brain slugs we're fighting. They infest people and you can't tell who's a friend and who's not. They have access to the person's memories so they can replicate their behavior. They're aliens.>

[There's a lot of aliens involved in this mess, Bon.]

[kyotoprincess]

Aliens that are not here, right?

[Please oh god he can't handle brain-controlling slugs right now.]

[notachickenhawk]

<Not that I've seen. And trust me, I've monitored people for heading in and out of hidden places. Haven't seen any. They die in three days if they don't feed.>

[kyotoprincess]

[That's a little reassuring, at least. Though Bon has no idea how they feed, so he's thinking they might still be out on the Skyway.]

If you come across any signs of them, let us know right away, okay?

[notachickenhawk]

<I will. But unless they have a portable Kandrona machine - it replicates their sun - they won't be able to survive. As far as I know, at least.>