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Post by Manah on May 14, 2019 20:35:01 GMT -5
Samus
The mention of the massage made her cheeks redden quite noticeably.
"....O... Okay. Well... alright then. Um, your... your turn."
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on May 14, 2019 21:07:43 GMT -5
"Do you have a favorite animal?" He asked. "If not for a pet, then for something to either see in a zoo, or at least have a picture of?" He asked.
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Post by Manah on May 14, 2019 21:33:54 GMT -5
Samus
The blonde paused, the question seemingly proving to be... probably more meaningful to her than Travis had intended.
"A... favorite animal, huh?" she repeated. She remained silent for a moment, before activating her holographic screen from her watch, and pressing various keys. "...Not... exactly, but I did have something similar, once."
She showed him a pic. If he was familiar with them, he recognized a Metroid in its Larva life-cycle stage... though instead of attacking people, on the picture... it was somewhat comically peeking over Samus' shoulder as she was reading files. He could see in the background of the screen that she apparently had dozens of such pictures of the same creature in a large file, along with some videos, the latest one being from about half a year ago.
"...If you know Metroids, you probably think it's weird that I of all people would have had a friendly one as a traveling companion. This one was... it was the last of his kind, an orphan, just like me. I came across it just as its egg hatched, and as I readied my arm cannon to finish its damned species once and for all... it imprinted onto me. It thought I was its mother, and instead of attacking me, it just... followed me around, wanting only to play with me, have fun and protect me. Like... a child, you know?"
She smiled with poorly veiled melancholy. "...I couldn't do it. I spared it, and as it turned out, we ended up traveling together, and it saved my life, twice. It was thanks to it that the Federation scientists managed to save me from a deadly X-Parasite infection."
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on May 14, 2019 21:37:07 GMT -5
He seemed to pick up on your sadness. "And it's gone now isn't it." It was meant more as a statement than a question.
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Post by Manah on May 14, 2019 22:20:45 GMT -5
(OOC: Changed the time of the last picture/video to 'half a year ago'. Apparently Super Metroid happened after Prime series.)
Samus
She nodded somewhat bitterly.
"...Five months ago... I was sent on a mission for the Federation, to head over to Zebes, the planet I once called home and where I was raised by the Chozo, in order to destroy the Space Pirates who had once again taken residence on it, as well as to once again defeat Mother Brain, their leader", she explained.
"I wiped the floor with most of them, as usual. I even fought my mother's murderer, the Space Pirate leader known as Ridley. But when I made it to Mother Brain, she almost killed me outright. And... the baby sensed it. It rushed to Mother Brain as fast as it could, attacking her, and draining loads of energy from it, which it then transfered into me, restoring me to full health and re-powering my armor fully. And... and then... Mother Brain killed it with another blast of energy."
She sighed. "...Thanks to the lifeforce it transferred to me, I copied Mother Brain's blast, and was able to use it against her to destroy her and avenge it. I couldn't even give it a decent burial, because Mother Brain activated a self-destruct sequence which destroyed the entire planet soon afterwards, and I was forced to escape. My body shares its DNA with its own, and my armor still bears the weapon system it gave its life to provide me with so I could survive. I... will never forget it."
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on May 14, 2019 22:26:31 GMT -5
he then hugged you close wrapping his tail around your waist. "It's okay... I won't judge you." he said patting your back.
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Post by Manah on May 15, 2019 7:33:58 GMT -5
Samus
She couldn't help but cry silently and tremble as he hugged her, having seemingly kept a whole lot of those emotions bottled up inside for a long while. Still, despite the tears running down her cheeks, she managed to control herself not to start openly sobbing.
"Y-Yeah... t... thank you", she said sadly. "I miss it a lot."
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on May 15, 2019 11:59:31 GMT -5
Somehow you end up sitting in his lap, which considering you are taller than him is kinda silly looking.
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Post by Manah on May 15, 2019 14:12:31 GMT -5
Samus
"A-Ah?" she let out cutely, blushing a lot again.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on May 15, 2019 14:16:26 GMT -5
"Sorry I thought you needed to be..." He awkwardly let you go.
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Post by Manah on May 15, 2019 14:44:34 GMT -5
Samus
She didn't move, merely smiling at him.
"...I... needed to be what?" she asked softly, wiping her tears with the back of her hand.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on May 15, 2019 14:54:37 GMT -5
"Hekd and comforted." He said shyly and awkwardly.
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Post by Manah on May 15, 2019 16:53:18 GMT -5
Samus
"W-Well... maybe you were right", she said, about equally embarrassed, but not smiling any less.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on May 15, 2019 17:00:07 GMT -5
He paused. "So... How about we go see about testing some weapons." He stammered.
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Post by Manah on May 15, 2019 22:01:10 GMT -5
Samus
"We... we probably should", she said, her cheeks reddening again. "O... Okay. Please lead the way", she said with a nod, getting up.
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