[Re-aging.]

[takeme2urpants]

[In this post, the Intruder, ZEX's ship, is in ruins.]

[Nothing exploded, and the interior is still fine, but huge mechanical chunks of it are scattered around the neighboring field, and a computerized voice is loudly arguing with Admiral ZEX. Usually this sort of thing wouldn't be broadcast, inviting eavesdroppers. But this is Camp, after all.]

Comments

[hitme_baby]

I'd...offer to help, but this is really more Spanner's deal...

[hitme_baby]

Oh good, I'm not botching this explanation entirely then...

[takeme2urpants]

Hee! Not at all, it is simply very different than anything else I have studied.

[hitme_baby]

Even in my world it's not all that common. It's a mafia thing only, I guess.

[takeme2urpants]

The mafia is organized crime, yes?

[hitme_baby]

...yes...

[takeme2urpants]

Hee! I do not particularly mind it, I am simply surprised.

[hitme_baby]

I don't really look much like a mob boss, I know. I'm...really not very interested in being the next boss though.

[takeme2urpants]

Well, I would not know what a "mob boss" looks like--it is that you are kinder than criminal intent usually allows.

[hitme_baby]

We're not...bad guys. My family and I are usually fighting the bad guys...though that really is too black and white. This is the only way I can protect my friends though.

[takeme2urpants]

I do not know the standards of your world, and I do not hope to pass judgment. If what you do is right by you, then I am glad for your happiness.

[hitme_baby]

We don't look for trouble, it just finds us. All we're trying to do is go to school. And yet all these people want to attack us. I have to defend them...

[takeme2urpants]

Of course--it is within your power to fight for your friends, and so you do.

[hitme_baby]

*Nods :(*

[takeme2urpants]

...But, I am tempted to ask--what brings you happiness, if not this conflict?

[hitme_baby]

What do you mean?