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Post by praiseofblood on Oct 3, 2009 20:45:56 GMT -5
"Nah," Darren smiled. "It's cool."
He told Oren to call Drake first--and smiled as his brother's handsome soot streaked face appeared on the screen.
"Darren?" the Leopard rumbled.
"Drakie-poo!" he cooed and the big guy rolled his eyes. "Don't call me that, jerk." he smiled. "What have you been up too?" he asked.
"I'm on my way to Jeskara to help out Rykan. How's Ji-ji?" he asked.
Drake frowned. "Ji-ji...is not too good. Farrah said--" his eyes landed on Eppi. "Who is that?" he asked, eye locking on Eppi.
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Post by clementine on Oct 3, 2009 22:31:13 GMT -5
Epsilon watched the soot covered male appear on screen. He was definitely good looking, but Eppi was rather partial to Darren's looks. The teen jumped though when he was suddenly spoken of. He hid a little behind Darren, feeling strangely shy. Perhaps this was because this person was Darren's brother.
"My name is Epsilon." Eppi replied, flashing Drake a cute smile.
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Post by praiseofblood on Oct 3, 2009 22:37:32 GMT -5
Drake rose and eyebrow. "Care to explain?"
"He's my mate," Darren said without pause.
Drake's eyes widened. "Really?" he asked, before sighing. "Good, now Tir will have someone to talk to." he sighed, "I swear that boy is wearing me down."
Darren laughed. "Tir is Drake's mate." Darren explained, even as a cute, short blonde appeared in the workshop, shouldering a surprisingly heavy amount of metal. It hit the ground with a heavy crash.
"Hey babe, here's your steel. Those Mentisquarians are real buggers when it comes to buying the stuff--Hi Darren!" the man grinned.
"Hey Tir." Darren smiled.
"Wh--Ooooohhhh! Who's that cutie with you?" he asked excitedly.
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Post by clementine on Oct 3, 2009 22:43:05 GMT -5
Eppi blinked before he burst out laughing, clutching his sides at having watched Tir. Who knew someone like that was so strong! He wasn't sure what he thought about being introduced as a mate, even though he and Darren had done nothing yet, but he brushed it aside.
"I-I'm E-E-Epsilon." The teen said through his giggles, instantly liking Tir. "It's nice to meet you." He grinned, brushing at the water in his eyes.
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Post by praiseofblood on Oct 3, 2009 23:20:50 GMT -5
"Nice to meet you too," he smiled. "You're so adorable! Darren...can I have him?" he asked.
Darren and Drake both cried out "Excuse me?"
Tir just laughed good naturedly, kissing Drake's cheek before walking off and replying to a call of "MOMMY! FORAY NEEDS A DIAPER CHANGE!"
"Oh god. Bye bye for now, Darren, bring over your cute mate later on," he smiled, sashaying away.
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Post by clementine on Oct 3, 2009 23:30:33 GMT -5
Epsilon just grinned and waved goodbye. "I love them!" The teen cried happily. "How many children do they have and more importantly, do they need a babysitter?" Eppi loved kids, having entertained them at the spa back home.
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Post by praiseofblood on Oct 3, 2009 23:35:38 GMT -5
"Three little monsters and dear Zerca yes," Drake said, looking at the boy with tired gratitude.
Darren smiled. "So, where's Gion?" he asked.
"He's around, I can patch you in on the A.I. upstairs." he said.
"Please do." Darren smiled and another screen appeared--split. It was black for a moment until the face of a beautiful, yet serious young man appeared on screen.
"What?" he snapped before his eyes focused on the screen. "Darren," he said with recognition.
"Hey squirt." he smiled.
"Don't call me that, jerk." Gion frowned. "Who's that?" he asked, nodding towards Eppi.
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Post by clementine on Oct 4, 2009 0:03:52 GMT -5
"Hurray!" Epsilon cheered. "I look forward to watching them for you Drake." He said with a grin. His nervousness was gone now, completely wiped out by how great Drake and his mate were. The teen was still smiling when Gion appeared on the screen.
"Hello." He greeted the new face. "I'm Epsilon."
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Post by praiseofblood on Oct 4, 2009 9:11:19 GMT -5
"Yo, I'm Gion." the boy said, without change of expression. He looked at Darren. "Where'd you pick him up?"
"He's Sensaforian." Darren said hugging Eppi to him. "What's up with you."
"I've got to go on duty in a few minutes." the boy said, tying back his long hair. "Farrah should be on break now. Goodbye Epsilon." he said before clicking off. Darren shook his head. "See, I told you he was too serious."
There was an imcoming call on Oren, and Darren opened the message to reveal the face of a gorgeous snow leopard.
"Darren!" he smiled. "It's about time you answered your phone, you prick." he said shaking his head. He too caught sight of Eppi.
"Hullo there, I suppose you're with Darren. What's your name?" he asked.
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Post by clementine on Oct 4, 2009 14:41:59 GMT -5
Eppi just nodded. He was going to have fun trying to unwind Gion. It was definitely going to be one of his new projects.
The teen smiled when Farrah clicked on, thinking him just as handsome as all the other brothers. "I'm Epsilon." He said for what seemed the millionth time. "You know," he said turning to Darren, "this might have been a lot easier having them all on at the time." He laughed, knowing that would have been impossible, but liking the idea nonetheless.
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Post by praiseofblood on Oct 4, 2009 15:22:54 GMT -5
"Oh! You're the cute little Sensaforian Tir was rambling about. I think he's in love with you. Drake has some competition," he joked. "I'm Farrah, the oldest of all of us--and consequently--the wrangler for these losers. If Darren ever gives you toruble, you just tell me." he smiled.
"Farrah! That's not even fair!" Darren protested.
Farrah grinned, readjusting his smart frames. "Is too." he smiled. "Tell Rykan and Xero that Ji-Ji is stable for now, but I'd only give him a couple more weeks of full brain function." he said seriously, his eyes a bit troubled.
Darren nodded solemly. "Is the the Captain around? I want to tell him that I'm on my way." he said.
"Yeah, just let me go get him." Farrah said and the camera followed him around until he opened a door that revealed a large, silver haired male.
"Captain," Farrah said softly as the man looked up. His intense blue eyes focused tiredly on Farrah, then the A.I projecting Darren and Eppi's face.
"Farrah...Darren." he greeted.
"Hey captain." Darren smiled a bit sadly, he hated seeing him so out of sorts. "How are you holding up?" he asked.
"I'm fine." he said. "Just worried." the man rumbled, flashing a small, yet still brilliant smile.
"I know, well--I'm less than a day away from Jeskara now, so we should be landing soon and be all that much closer to Rykan." he said reassuringly.
"We?" Soren asked. "You have someone there with you?" he asked, before spotting Eppi.
"Oh, a little Sensaforian," he observed. "How did you come to be mixed up with riff-raff like Darren?" he asked kindly, even though his voice and words were imposing.
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Post by clementine on Oct 4, 2009 15:47:09 GMT -5
Eppi giggled, secretly adoring that he was being called cute. Only his brothers had called him that before. He smiled at Farrah softly, listening to the conversation about Jikan before the screen was suddenly on an entirely different male.
The teen wasn't intimidated at all, the Zercan reminding him a lot of his own father when he had still been alive. He wished to relieve that man of his sadness but regretted that he was unable to. "I snuck on his ship." Epsilon replied proudly. "It's nice to meet you Mr...um..Captain Sir!"
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Post by praiseofblood on Oct 4, 2009 16:06:26 GMT -5
Soren blinked, then laughed. "Nice to meet you too, Epsilon." he nodded.
"Darren, you will bring him by so he can be introduced to the family formally, correct?" the Captain said with a raise of one fine silver brow.
"Yes sir." Darren said rigidly.
"Good. Now pilot your ship and get back to your mate. I have faith in you boys." the captain said, before clicking off of the screen.
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Post by clementine on Oct 4, 2009 16:23:13 GMT -5
"You're so silly." Eppi said once the Captain had flicked off, poking his mate's toned tummy. "Does he scare you that much?" He asked. "And you promise to introduce me to his family?"
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Post by praiseofblood on Oct 4, 2009 16:29:32 GMT -5
"When you're meeting him for the first time, he's really intimidating--he's actually quite huge, but like I said, a big softie. And sure, I"ll take you to meet the family." he smiled.
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