Request: Strange Sightings and Myths

Tequila and his black wolf Lokita would drift from his usual working spot at the Mermaid Tear into the air conditioned hallways of the S.S Philemon, the place that had become his home ever since he had been picked from his home planet. While he did like the place, he found that he missed being able to walk about in a place that was not the ship, so after work he usually found himself drifting outside to look at the new city they were in or climbing to somewhere high to get a bird’s eye view of the place. A favorite spot of his was actually the top of the ship. He wasn’t sure what it was about that location, but it brought a calm to him unlike any other and also had a grand view of the huge sea that was the desert around them. It was from this perch after all that he had spotted one of many things in that sand sea that caught his interest - a disc shape object far out in the sands. It was too far away to tell what it was and that is exactly why he wanted to go out there and see with his own eyes what it was.

Granted, he wasn’t about to go out there by himself, so he instead sent out a message to see who would be interested in coming with. He said he needed people because it was much too dangerous for little old him to go out there alone which in a way was true, but let’s be real. Wasn’t it much more fun to have others around to be entertainment while one did work?

He’d chuckle himself at that one as he sent the request out. With that done, he did some research on his own, mainly scoping out what was needed to get across the desert to the disc and if anyone had any knowledge of the disc in the first place. While he did indeed get some interesting information on the desert itself, the disc object was an unknown. Whoever he talked to always shrugged and stated that it was probably just some old ruin or ship that went down among many. More intrigued, he’d secure the things needed for such a trip and then waited for someone to show interest.

When he didn’t get any interest over the course of a few days, he would become quite moody as he thought hard on how to get some form of entertainment for his journey. He refused to be bored here! He was even thinking of stealing one of the Waddle Dees if need be!

It was in this search for company that he came across a rather innocent looking newcomer to the ship as he was walking the halls. As his eye locked on the target summing her up to be human, he decided that she would indeed be a perfect company. Why? Only he knew. So with his true motives shrouded in mystery as usual, he approached her and being the gentleman he was he introduced himself and Lokita. With a little bit of talking, he got her to agree to come with him. Though the agreement almost felt like she heard a command and was like okay and went along with the request without resistance. Hmph. Strange, but he had company now, so they could go!

Happy with the end results, he would’ve gone straight to the departing area; however, he got pings shortly after securing his company with what looked like two others wanting to join. From the names these two were also newcomers too. Purrfect! The more the merrier! Though that meant he would have to wait for the others two to come to the meeting spot. Ah well. He wasn’t in a huge rush, so he could wait.

Sending the location to come two showing interest in this, Tequila and Lokita would take Colette to the meeting spot, a hanger of sorts that did not have air crafts, but rather a transport cart and a pair of seal like creatures there.

As Lokita took a position near the transport cart, Tequila would wander over to one of the seals to pet it.

Looking over at Colette, he’d speak to her while they waited.


The agreement from earlier did have him wondering if she did it because she wanted to or felt bullied into it. As he watched her, he would continue to pet the seal who seemed more or less content with this.

Colette was busy patting one of the seal like creatures as she was asked the question. Turning to face Tequila she started to fiddle with her hair a bit. "Well I really wasn't doing much other then wandering aimlessly on the ship and you needed it help so why not." she said with a smile. "And well I've been out here before or rather out on the planet before and thought I might be useful to have someone who knew about some of the enemies around."

X01 had gotten the message about someone wanting aid in exploring something they had seen on the planet surface, while the small description didn't sound like the Sarcophagus there could be a chance that going out could lead them to it, and so she made her way to the meeting spot specified in the message, which happened to be on the large ship that had only just recently landed on the planet, if searching through physical means lead to nothing she could perhaps request to patch herself into the Sensor suite of the ship to aid her search at least in the range that the sensors on this could reach on the planets surface.

As she walked along the halls of the ship though something small and round scooted by, turning to look she seen an odd small round little creature running by carrying something above its head, she watched the little creature run down the hall then turn and go down another hall way, while curious she had to be elsewhere, so turning she started to continue down the hall. As she turned the next corner she came upon a large group of the little things....

The door opened to the large hangar that Colette and Tequila where waiting in and X01 walked in carrying a large group of Waddle-dee's in her 4 arms, using even her battle arms to gently carry large amounts of the little guys, they all seemed rather calm and where relaxing in her arms and seemed to all be genuinely happy... then again when was a Waddle-dee not happy? Walking up to the two she looked to Tequila "I require all your Data on these creatures, as they clearly require protection" she said simply her face still as stoic as always though she was also gently petting the top of the head of one of the Waddle-dees she was carrying.

Aryll had been scrolling through the various tasks and requests available for the day when one in particular had piqued his interest - a request to investigate an odd phenomenon on the planet's surface, which seemed right up his alley (an expression he had just learned but didn't quite understand; there were no alleys in the Philemon, and even if there were, Aryll didn't see any practical value in laying claim to one). He'd sent a short notice heralding his interest in participating before starting towards the arranged meeting spot, mechanical footsteps gently stirring the dust as he plodded along.

The desolate wasteland that made up the vast majority of Libertaria's surface was calming in how consistent it was, sand and stone broken only by the occasionally dried-out vegetation. The door to the meeting spot slid open with only a slight hydraulic hiss, revealing a few curious creatures and a cart - it seemed that he was the last one to arrive.

Aryll approached the blue-haired man who was already conversing with a human female, speaking in the phlegmatic tone of a student answering a particularly dull question. "I believe that this is where we were to meet."

As Colette petted the seal like creature, it would give a grunted as it shifted to move closer to her to try to nuzzle into her. It seemed the girl was lucky that the creature was deciding to be gentle and was in a good mood. That could've very easily turned ugly and while the blue haired male would move to protect if necessary, he rather not have to battle the helpers he had to literally pull teeth to even get...and that was no fun. He almost lost his other eye and his arm thanks to that insanity! Hmph! Anywho, he wasn't mad with the girl for her move, but rather amused she would try and pet it to begin with. Boldness or curiosity or something more, he couldn't quit tell; however, he would store this in the back of his head as he focused on the girl's words.

As for her response...

His lips would curl into small smirk. “Well, I cannot argue with that logic there,” he would say with a smile. Someone familiar with the planet would indeed be helpful, but he'd have to see when they were actually at the location just how helpful the girl was. In any case, Lokita who was waiting by the transport would look up as the hanger door slid open revealing the tall multi-armed woman and....

Lokita would tilt her head at the scene as Tequila's caught sight of what was coming in. By some miracle, he was able to hide the twitch of his hand with a smooth motion of simply placing it in his pocket as he managed to keep the smile on his face. The woman while tall was not a problem. He could handle women of all kind, but the little ones....

While he was quite used to them, he had a limit on how many he could be around before he felt like he was going to have a panic attack. The most he could handle was four and that was within a pretty nice size space, but the amount the woman brought in with her multiple arms? No. No sir. Hell no. Okay be calm. This. Is. Fine.

"Ah you must X01. A pleasure to meet you face to face. As for the creatures you are carrying, they are called Waddle Dees and pretty much take care of everything on the ship. They are very helpful and sweet and trust me...They need no protection. They can fight quite well from what I have observed," he would begin his voice calm despite his discomfort. Tilting his head a bit, he would hum as he saw one wiggle free and land on the floor. It would waddle across the floor and come close to him. On instinct, he'd move to pick it up. If he was successful, he'd hold it in his arms gently. Somehow having it there helped with the anxiety of numbers. Weird. "In any case, I would advise letting the little ones go back to their business. The area we are going to won't be good for them anyway." He tried to convince the woman to let them go. However, the woman could:


Wherever that matter went it would go as the last of the group arrived. As the other approach, he would lock his eye on the guy. "Indeed it is, Aryll," he would say with a smile not revealing how he knew their names yet and probably wouldn't unless questioned.

In any case now that all was gathered, he would shift in his spot as he looked over the group.

"Alright now that everyone is here. Let's go over some details. What we are aiming for are some ruins way out in the distance marked by a ring like object. I tried get data on it from the locals, but honestly not much was to be gained," he would say sigh a bit before looking out at the desert. "Some of you may have been out there already; however, the sands spread pretty far and wide so it is no telling what we will find out there in that rather deceiving sea of gold." He would look back at the group, his expression serious. "Our goal is to gather as much information on the ruin as we can and stay in one piece. So let's be careful and play nice together, ok?" He would end the briefing on a more or less cheerful note as he gave a friendly smile to all. "Now then are there any questions?"

An Important Thing to Note:

The Waddle-dee that had wriggled free was picked up by Tequila and as normal it flailed about for a second before relaxing in his arms and seemingly was quite happy being held, though all the ones in X01's arms also all looked quite happy as well.

As for the AHSW she listened to Tequila explain what the creatures were, and that they basically did everything on the ship, that made them vital for the ships operation, it also meant there were a lot more of them on the ship, but hearing they likely had work to do she nodded and started to gently put them down on the floor and giving them each a head pat which made the little creatures smile all the more "Understood, if they are able to take care of themselves and mostly remain on the ship anyway then there is no need to take them into danger"


With that the Waddle-dee's all started to scoot out of the hangar well aware that Tequila didn't like huge groups of them, or at the very least they knew that he had requested that only four be around him at any one time, and he was holding one, so three remained and they started to clean the room they were meeting in.

After letting the little creatures leave X01 looked to Tequila but as they spoke her gaze slowly turned to the Waddle-dee he was holding, then to Colette who was standing near one of the creatures that apparently was going to take them where they needed to go, after he finished talking and asking for question X01 looked to Tequila "as I assume you are Tequila, the requester for this mission, this unit has a statement and a question, Statement: this unit may be to heavy or large to fit on the sled, however my boosters will make it easier for the creatures you have to pull her along witht he sled and Question:..." X01 then pointed to Colette "if we are not bringing small cute things along, does that mean Colette is not coming?" she asked, her expressionless face looking to the smaller girl now.

Ancient ruins in the desert...this could be most interesting. Who knew what sort of wonders could be waiting for them? When Tequila asked them if they had any questions, Aryll spoke up.

"I have no questions save for one. Could we not have chosen a more efficient mode of transport?" The ASSW gestured to the seals that now flopped around on the ground. "Wouldn't these creatures be...unreliable?"

Noting how X01 referred to the human who must've been "Colette" as "cute," Aryll turned to face the AHSW with a contemplative expression on his face. "I believe the term "cute" is subjective - your individual definition of the term may differ from Tequila's own," He demurred. "From what I understand, the human expression 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' applies here." Aryll added, paying no mind to whatever embarrassment Colette was feeling at the moment.

"Do you believe that Colette is "cute," Tequila?"

Colette kept quiet for the most part as Tequlia talked to X01 not wanting to interrupt them...at until X started talking about leaving her behind cause she was small and cute especially so once the other person joined in.

"H..hey he didn't say not to bring them because of that. He said they had stuff to do on the ship. S..so my looks shouldn't matter if I am going or not." she stammered out with a mix of annoyance and embarrassment.

She was fine with people calling her cute or small but it was slightly embarrassing coming from people who weren't fans or even knew that she was an idol.

Tequila felt the flail and wiggling of the Waddle-dee that he had picked up; however, he did not try to put it down. In fact the second, it had calmed down the little creature would find itself in a firm, yet gentle grip as the ASSW held it close to him somehow finding comfort and having the creature there.

That aside, the blue haired male would more or less appear calm on the outside as he spoke to X01 about the little creatures. She seemed to understand what he was saying about them and thankfully began to put them down, agreeing not to take the little creatures with them. As he watched them leave with only three staying behind, he would sigh inwardly. Good. Everything was good now.

More relaxed than before, he would take note of the tall woman looking from the Waddle Dee in his arms to Colette as he gave the group information on where they were going and what they were doing. As he was waiting for questions, he would snug the little Waddle Dee he had before kneeling down to let it go about its business or join the others in the hanger if it wanted to.

As he was getting back to his feet, Lokita would drift over to his side and sit next to him for now seemingly distracted by the sand seal as it gave a grunt and patted the ground with its tail a bit. Not too bothered by the creatures, he would absorb the statements and questions that were coming out of X01 and Aryll.

The beginning was more or less easy to handle as he gave a nod and answered each in turn.

"Yes, ma'am. I am indeed Tequila and the one who summoned you all," he said giving her an elegant bow, his usual charm and flashiness back in play now that he was calm. With that out of the way, he would become more serious as he considered what was asked.

"To your point about the transport, its techonology allows it to hold quite a bit of weight and even large objects and beings. Also the transport has devices in it to float above the sands. You mentioned you have boosters, so if you wish to use them travel you can on the condition that if you get tired or feel you are running low on energy you get on the transport. Even if you don't come inside, I am pretty confident the transport can hold your weight. The thing I must stress here is that you cannot under any circumstances touch the sands. They have the tendency to swallow things up, so there is that," he would say and then looking at Aryll, he'd would smirk.

"These little puppies may look unreliable and even not the smartest thing to use; however, they are the only thing that can be in the sands without sinking or upsetting them and also the only thing that can navigate us to where we are meant to go. I don't know about you, but I rather not end up lost or drowned in sands." His words were light and playful, but his eyes dead serious. Mysterious ruins would remain a mystery if they underestimated the sands that stood between them and the place after all.

As for what followed after this explanation. Tequila would hear X01's question and then the follow up that came from Aryll.

He would blink a couple of times giving a "wait what?" expression at this turn of events as he tried to understand how what he said about the Waddle Dees translated to this conversation or even applied to Colette. Look, even the human was trying to logic them! Now would Tequila help the poor girl out?

Yes and no. After all, he did have a question to answer did he not? Giving an amused "hmph" he would shake his head.

"I have to agree with the little lady's logic here. Besides, she did decide to join because she wanted to and wanted to help. In doing that she pretty much signed a contract with me, so there is no backing out for her," he would say, his blue eyes narrowing in a mischievous way making it hard to tell just how serious he was about that. Figuring out what he what he was thinking would only become harder as he came closer to the girl and circled her a bit as he looked her up and down before pausing before her and leaning down low enough that he was eye level with her. "As for her being cute. Upon closer inspection, she is pretty cute." His tones were calm and serious as he gave her a small wink. Though if the girl was good at reading things and made eye contact with the guy she would discover that he was mostly teasing her for one reason or another.

However that went, Tequila would eventually straighten himself back up as he drifted to the back of the transport and pushed a button that caused the back to unfold revealing a spacious inside that had seats within.

"Now then. If there are no more questions or comments shall we go?" he would ask as his head tilted at the group.

The Waddle-dee gave a little wave then scooted off once it was released to work with the others in the hanger to make sure the place was well maintained, though it stayed nearby in case Tequila needed it again.

X01 listened to the information about the device, and then the creatures and nodded "It is normally the case that creatures that evolve on a planet have natural means to survive in certain biomes, it stands to reason that these creatures are adapted to move and live on these sands" she said as she looked to the vehicle scanning it before looking back to the others "This device seems capable of Carrying this unit, We will ride witht he rest of you to preserve energy."

X01 nodded as things were talked about and explained about Colette and she walked over to the smaller Female "Very well, As they are the one that requested to come This unit will not try to stop them" she then raised her hand and gently placed it on Colette's head, petting her gently as she looked to Tequila "Is This the proper motion? you seemed to be doing the same to the Small creature that you picked up... should this unit also pick up and embrace the small Collete? is this what you do with small creatures?" she asked still clearly looking for appropriate ways to interact as she got ready to pick up and hug Colette in the same manner that Tequila had been holding the Waddle-dee previously.