itsjustagamerp | Thar She Blows

Characters: Crow and 90s Kid for now; maybe more later
Content: One robot and one dumb kid go out space whale-watching...what could possibly go wrong?
Location: Starting at the Launch Deck, going outside
Time of day: Near evening
Warnings: None so far, but considering the pods' passengers, things will undoubtedly go wrong...

It wasn't that often that Crow (or Tom for that matter) bothered to go outside the Satellite. Mostly because, when you got down to it, space was kinda boring. But it definitely wasn't boring when there were space whales flying about! He knew Mike would never be up for something like this, as his own ventures in space had not ended well, but at least he was able to drag along that noisy 90s Kid!

The launch deck was now prepped for a subpod to head out. Crow sat in the driver's seat of the subpod, because at least he knew how to drive it. Not very well mind you, but at least it wasn't like Tom's driving. He bounced a bit with anticipation...his plan was to take pictures and make millions selling them to National Geographic, and maybe also pretend to be Space Captain Ahab for awhile.

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"Dude, come on, let's go!"

90s Kid was just as bouncy in the back seat of the subpod, not even bothering to buckle his seatbelt, because it was more HARDCORE that way. He'd never seen space whales before but he sure as well wasn't gonna miss his chance to. Now if he could drive the pod himself this day would be even better...

"Okay, okay! But buckle up, will ya? We don't want to get pulled over by some annoying Fifth Galaxy cops," Crow warned. He always was a bit of a stickler for the rules.

But without waiting for 90s Kid to actually comply, he went ahead and started up the engine for the subpod. The small vehicle hovered up above the ground for a moment as the launch area depressurized, and once ready, the launch doors opened and Crow directed the subpod outdoors.

And of course, Crow had to give the appropriate reaction. "Woooooohoooo!"

90s Kid totally ignored Crow's nagging and instead braced himself for take-off. This was gonna be the most awesome, baddass, most excellent--

...Oh. He was actually expecting it to go faster than that.

He would have been more bummed out, but suddenly the up close and personal view of outer space distracted him. He grinned from ear to ear, pressing his face up against the window to watch the stars pass by, reflecting off his shades.

And just as he was thinking that he must have been the youngest person to travel in space like this and how AWESOME that was, the crooning song of the space whales caught his attention, and he leaped forward, bumping into the front seat as he pointed.

"LOOK! THERE THEY ARE!"

The subpods weren't super fast...not fast enough to get up to light speed, certainly. But they were at least good enough for getting up close and personal to these space whales!

Which is what Crow intended to do now. He steered the small craft towards a group of the huge whales that were currently sailing by, looking to intercept them. Whether they would be bothered by their sudden appearance or not didn't really occur to Crow.

"Yes yes, I see 'em!" Crow replied. "Betcha never saw anything this big back home!" Not like he had seen anything this big, either...except for maybe Aaron Spelling's house. Crow reached down to try and get that National Geographic-worthy camera, and hoped that he could take pictures well and steer at the same time.

"Those whales much have huge guts or something, man..." 90s Kid uttered softly, staring in awe at the pod of whales as they swam through the vacuum over the subpod.

He paid no attention to Crow with his camera, instead watching out the window at one of the smaller whales as it came closer, seemingly undeterred by the little vessel that was invading its territory, while the others continued to swim around it and pay it no attention at all. His eyes widened as the orca approached, squeaking a soft whale song as it stared at the subpod, soon coming right up to its side, one great big eye staring into the window right back at him. Maybe it liked him!

Even the hyperactive and EXTREME 90s Kid had to take pause. Not everybody had the chance to be this close to such a huge, magnificent creature, let alone him of all people. He just pressed his hand up to the glass, as if to pet her - he assumed it was a her anyway - if it weren't in the way. She was beautiful, and for just a moment he could practically feel the wisdom deep in that one eye. He wondered what she had seen out in space, and wished she could tell him what she knew.

Wow, this was getting really deep, man.

His goofy grin returned to his face, and with his other hand he waved to the whale. She crooned again before disappearing out of view of the window, falling back. He pressed closer to the window trying to see where she went, when suddenly the whole subpod suddenly jostled as the whale playfully thumped the ship with her tail. 90s Kid fell backwards with the shake, just barely catching himself from hitting his head on the other wall.

Maybe Crow was right about the seatbelt.

"I think they've got huge everything," Crow remarked. They were whales, huge just tended to come with the territory.

Crow was barely steering as one of the baby space whales ventured very close to their craft. He ended up shooting a ton of photos...probably none of them that good, considering he was holding the camera with his skinny little robot arm and wasn't really looking where he was shooting. But who cares! At least one of those had to turn out as magazine cover material! "Awwww, who's a widdle space whale! YOU are! YOU are!"

Just as the whale was leaving, however, it decided to give the ship a big bump with its tail...and nearly sent the kid flying out the back. "I tooooldja to put on a seat belt!" Crow chided him.

Crow didn't even notice that now one of the significantly bigger whales was approaching them...

"Shut up." 90s Kid muttered, jaw set with an embarrassed frown as he pulled himself back into his seat.

But as he readjusted his hat and shades, his jaw dropped again as a much larger whale started to swim their way.

"Uh...dude?" he muttered, pointing behind Crow as he gaped and subtly slipping his seat belt into place. Maybe he was actually going to need it in a few seconds.

Kids these days. Never paid attention to good advice! After all, it didn't cost anything, and was worth the price.

"Dude what?" Crow sighed...and then caught sight of the massive whale in the ship's rearview mirror, fast approaching them. And most importantly, fast approaching them with its mouth wide open.

"WuuuuhhhhAAAAAAAAA! Immediate and prompt EVASIVE ACTIOOOON!" Crow yelled, and tried to steer the small subpod out of the way. Unfortunately for the both of them, the subpod wasn't quite as fast as the whale...at least at things like bank turns. Just as Crow was starting to get the ship to head out of the way, the whale caught up and closed its massive mouth right over the subpod.

90s Kid was screaming right along with Crow as the subpot steered desperately, but as the whale overtook them he couldn't help but cover his eyes before it swallowed them.

"We're dead. We're dead we're dead we're dead we're so dead."

Then it slowly caught up to him. He didn't feel any different. There wasn't even any heavenly light he found himself approaching. Or any light, for that matter.

Slowly he lowered his hands, blinking his eyes open to see the headlights of the subpod staring down the whale's throat.

"Whoah..."

Crow probably would have yelled at 90s Kid for screaming if he hadn't been screaming itself. But before either of them could do anything about it, they were inside the whale. Probably a good thing the subpod was airtight, or else it would've smelled pretty awful.

"Oh we're not gonna die. At least, I won't, I'm not organic and all!" He was pretty sure space whales couldn't digest robots, anyway. But Mike would probably yell at him if he didn't bring that kid back in one piece, so he should probably get them both out of here.

"Make sure you're buckled this time!" Crow warned as he locked the subpod's weapons. They weren't anything special -mostly used for blasting space debris that they could run into- but it would probably be useful enough here.

Just before the ship got to the back of the throat, Crow fired the ship's guns. The shot went into the roof of the whale's mouth, and they got a violent reaction as a result. The whale roared in pain, causing the ship to vibrate dangerously from the surrounding sound. However, the whale also opened its mouth to roar, presenting a path to freedom!

Thar She Blows - [Closed]

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