Guardians: The Guardian Kitsune War

"Umm, no. I wanted to ask about taking a ship to Alumia's hangar...the brand I was branded with wasnt an exile brand, but a clan symbol."

"So it has to do with her. So no." She mumbles.

"Grr...this is important." He grumbles. "Please..."

"No, you little shits have been nothing but problems since you came back. Alice is under direct orders now not to loan you her ship. Out of my office and just LET ME DO MY JOB!" He yells sitting up.

Gladius crosses his arms. "...I see this is what my services in the guardians has gotten me. Absolutely nothing." He says before walking away.

Meanwhile, Ix has returned to the prosthetics shop, getting her arm looked at.

"And don't you dare think of abandoning! Else the council will charge you for every crime you've committed!" She calls flinging her desk into the wall.

He looks back. "Abandon? What gave you that idea?" HE asks, shaking his head before walking back to check on Ix.

Meanwhile Scarlet is looking at ships on her comm, wanting to have a backup ship for herself in case anything does go wrong. Alumia taking off with the ship being an eye opener. "So many new models and I'm not sure where to even start." She mutters to herself as she walks to get some lunch leaving the others to their own things. Well everyone but Alice who she's forced to tag along. "Alice what's some of the best ships on the market?"

Sitting at an empty table in the far corner of the mess hall is Aerisa, the kitsune eating a large slab of meat along with a salad. Seems the Guardians were keeping a wide berth from her.

And of course, Ix is the only one to approach her, having noticed this after her rather uneventful tune up.
"Hey Aerisa." She calls.

This is when Ix notices her arm is actually not there and that she left without it.

Because

Uhn
>_< I wasn't focused and forgot to respond.




Either way Alice comes over as well, being slightly uncomfortable with scarlet and Gladius.

Aerisa looks between the two, welcoming Ix with a small, timid smile, but stopping short of Alice, confused on whom she was, other than helping her out the other day/

Alice blinks looking at the two."Err, sorry I was just going to get lunch. I'll just go talk to Scarlet." She says quickly back peddling to the wolf thinking.

Ix blinks a few times, and quietly mumbles, "Darn, maybe I'll get to know her later."

Aerisa smiles if not just a little. "...Thanks..."

"What is the thanks for?" Ix asks, casually ignoring her missing arm now.

"Well, it seems noone likes me...and I accept that. It's what I am, I guess."

"Well, I like you, don't I?" she points out.

"Yes...and that's why you have my gratitude, Ixtli. You're my...friend." She replies.

"And as long as that is, ignore those that avoid you. They treated me the same way, you know. Mob mentality."

She nods slowly, then motions a paw towards an empty seat next to her.

The guardians around them all begin to drop to the ground or to their faces onto the tables as another claim wearing guardian comes walking from the hangers. This being a five star guardian. His descent can't be seen and as he gets closer the urge to sleep begins to become overwhelming.

Scarlet is by herself as Alice gets to her. She seeming to be in a huff that she left her without answering the question. Of course when a few Guardians hit the tables she looks up towards the fire star entering. "You can't make much of an entrance if you put everyone to sleep!" Scarlet growls.

Ix stoops over for a moment, one eye closing with ease, while she fights to keep the other open.
"No....I'm not being put to sleep again...!"
After being drugged so recently, she was resisting some of the effects, even forcing herself to stand up.

All three heads of Alice slam into the ground as she falls over asleep. The five star ignoring her as he walks into Zilla's office. The sleeping effect vanishing.