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Who: Gakuto and Byodoin
When: Back when the blob was found.
Where: Outside the base.
What: Byodoin and Gakuto blow shit up.
Gakuto held onto a canvas bag very carefully as he headed to the hangar. He had agreed to meet with Byodoin to practice shooting, and he had his end of the bargain with him. He had never met Byodoin face-to-face, but the man had a very particular personality. He was sure he wouldn't have any problems finding him.
Byodoin was easy to find- he was the mountain of a man waiting by one of the loaded transports for the redhead so they could go blow up worms.
"Oh good, I was wondering when you'd show. Ready to leave base?"
Gakuto stared at the man for a moment. This guy looked like he could snap Gakuto in half. He grinned. "Hey, I'm not late! And hell yeah, I'm ready!" He was suited up and everything!
Byodoin looked Gakuto over thoughtfully before nodding. "Okay, let's go then, Red. It'll be a bit of a drive to where I picked out for us."
He climbed into the drivers seat of the transport.
Gakuto climbed into the passenger seat, grinning from ear to ear. He loved blowing stuff up, but he had never blown up a monster before… and that’s basically what the sandworms were. “Oh yeah, I have your stuff.”
Byodoin nodded. "Maybe we'll get a chance to try some of your explosives out on site, then. Sounds like a literal blast."
He pulled them out of the hangar and off in search of one of his handy target practice worm decomposition piles.
Gakuto nodded. “Yeah, sure. I’m guessing the worms are why you want them, right?” What else would Byodoin need explosives for. “I do have to warn you, some of them are highly experimental!”
"If I can break the worms up, maybe they'll decay faster. They're taking a long time to fester." Byodoin replied, pulling up to his chosen pile and just... stopping.
There was some kind of giant slime encasing his worms and, well, digesting them.
"Huh. Doctor Sexy is going to want a sample of this shit." He mused.
Gakuto gaped at the disgusting display. “What the hell…?” He took a break from being disgusted to look at Byodoin. “Oh, Oshitari? …Yeah, he is pretty sexy. Anyway, yeah… it looks pretty viscous…” He dug through his bag and pulled out a purple grenade. “Try this one. It might make it easier to gather…” He wasn’t sure, but it couldn’t hurt.
Byodoin was walking around the pile of... whatever it was. Taking pictures. Damn, his worms were half gone already, this was wild.
He looked at the offered grenade and nodded. It was worth a shot.
"Okay, let's try it out." He moved to take shelter behind the transport before opening and tossing the grenade on top of the pile of slime.
Gakuto grinned as he also took cover. He watched Byodoin launch the grenade and covered his ears. The sound of the slime monster exploding was one of the grossest things he had ever heard, but sure enough, the slime dispersed into coagulated chunks in response to the chemicals in the grenade.
Byodoin looked suitably impressed as he took a containment unit from the trunk of the vehicle. He was prepared this time.
"I wonder how much that nerd is going to want..." he muttered to himself, starting to shove slime in the box.
The chunks of matter all still seemed alive at least. That was creepy.
“It’s really gross, whatever it is.” It was like living stomach acid, or something. “So…does this mean I can’t blow anything up?” Gakuto wasn’t sure how time sensitive slime delivery was.
Byodoin shrugged. "We can still blow shit up. Hell, here comes a worm right now."
He pointed to some shifting sand on the horizon, before grabbing rocket launchers for them both.
Gakuto was very proud of himself. The shriek that had wanted to come out stayed stifled as he was handed a rocket launcher. He had used one before, just once, but he remembered how to hold it. “Alright, I’m ready. On your cue.”
"Just do what I do and you'll be fine. Remember, aim for the mouth for the best results."
He waited, watching the sand shift as the worm moved closer, and then finally the worm emerged, big and mean and full of teeth.
He fired his rocket launcher right into the thing's mouth.
Gakuto nodded and fired just a millisecond after Byodoin, straight into the sandworm's mouth. It was a visceral explosion of flesh and blood as they decimated the large creature.
"Whoa…"
Byodoin smirked. "Exhilarating, right? Bet you've never done anything like that back on Earth!"
"Well. No. All the animals that big on Earth are endangered species." Gakuto pointed out. "But that was pretty awesome." Even if it stank. "It was way more exciting than blowing up a building!"
Byodoin nodded. "We can go find some more, if you want. Just hop back on the transport."
The slime sample would be fine, probably.
Gakuto cheered and climbed back into the transport, bouncing in his seat. “So, is this what you do all day? Just blow up sand worms?”
Byodoin climbed into the driver's seat, shaking his head sadly. "Mostly I do paperwork. I'll send the brat out to kill worms to wear him out sometimes, but I'm mostly on paperwork."
He just trained a lot to stay sharp.
Gakuto’s face scrunched up in sympathetic disgust. “That’s rough. I have to do a lot more paperwork now, and it is not fun.” He would rather just blow stuff up and have a nerd do the paperpushing. “You definitely seem more in your element out here.”
Byodoin laughed. "Yeah. Up until this posting they kept me active in the field... guess I pissed off someone in command."
It wasn't really a guess. He knew he's pissed someone off.
Gakuto raised an eyebrow. “Oh? I’m pretty good at doing that. I’m surprised I got the lead position here…” He thought about it for a moment. “Wait…” Those bastards sent him here on purpose, didn’t they?!
Byodoin couldn't help it. He laughed more at the expression on Gakuto’s face. "Just realizing they sent you here to forget about you, huh? At least you have friends with you, you'll be okay."
Gakuto sighed. “Yeah, it could be worse.” Way worse. “And the people here are interesting enough. And hey, not everyday I get to blow up sandworms for funsies.”
Byodoin smirked. "That is true. We could make it a regular thing though. It's probably good for my blood pressure to blow shit up."
“Cool, because I can’t blow holes in the ground until I’m told to.” Gakuto pouted. Everyone was so unreasonable. “So, any worms on the radar?” He was getting itchy with anticipation.
Byodoin looked at the radar and nodded his head, turning and heading towards the offending worm.
"Here we go. There's one around the side of the base."
Gakuto grinned. “Alright. I know where to aim, now…” He was determined to get the killing shot in this time.
Byodoin pulled up not far from where the worm seemed to be digging in circles, smirking to his companion. "Have at it, Red!"
Gakuto hoisted his rocket launcher on his shoulder and aimed carefully. Once that gaping maw was open, he fired with a cheerful holler. The explosion of guts was pretty awesome. “How’s that, Big Guy??”
Byodoin laughed, pleased with that display. "You blow me away, Red! You blow me away!"
Gakuto laughed. He liked this guy. Just the right amount of crass and humor. “Maybe I should join security.” He grinned. He knew security was short-staffed, but he honestly liked his lab. “Or at least, if you ever need help blowing stuff up…”
“Next time security needs to blow something up we’ll offer you some freelance work.” Byodoin agreed with a smirk and a slap on the back for Gakuto. Not too hard through, he didn’t want to break the tiny man.
Gakuto was hardier than he looked, but he appreciated the gentle smack. “Sounds good, this was fun!” He did like blowing stuff up… and living things were just so much more visceral than buildings.
Byodoin headed back for their vehicle, ready to head in now. This had been fun, but he did have a lot of actual work to do back at the base. “It’s a regular thing now, so there’s no need for us to urgently keep going on today. I have some paperwork I need to finish back on base. Are you ready to go, Red?”
“Yeah, I should probably get back to my work. Were you satisfied with the grenade we tried today?” Gakuto was absolutely willing to make more if it meant coming out here more often.
“Yeah, it was good. I could probably use some more of those. You know, just in case.” He fully intended to keep blowing up any blobs he happened to encounter.
“Sounds good, Big Guy!” Gakuto winked. He was looking forward to their beautiful partnership from here on out.
When: Back when the blob was found.
Where: Outside the base.
What: Byodoin and Gakuto blow shit up.
Gakuto held onto a canvas bag very carefully as he headed to the hangar. He had agreed to meet with Byodoin to practice shooting, and he had his end of the bargain with him. He had never met Byodoin face-to-face, but the man had a very particular personality. He was sure he wouldn't have any problems finding him.
Byodoin was easy to find- he was the mountain of a man waiting by one of the loaded transports for the redhead so they could go blow up worms.
"Oh good, I was wondering when you'd show. Ready to leave base?"
Gakuto stared at the man for a moment. This guy looked like he could snap Gakuto in half. He grinned. "Hey, I'm not late! And hell yeah, I'm ready!" He was suited up and everything!
Byodoin looked Gakuto over thoughtfully before nodding. "Okay, let's go then, Red. It'll be a bit of a drive to where I picked out for us."
He climbed into the drivers seat of the transport.
Gakuto climbed into the passenger seat, grinning from ear to ear. He loved blowing stuff up, but he had never blown up a monster before… and that’s basically what the sandworms were. “Oh yeah, I have your stuff.”
Byodoin nodded. "Maybe we'll get a chance to try some of your explosives out on site, then. Sounds like a literal blast."
He pulled them out of the hangar and off in search of one of his handy target practice worm decomposition piles.
Gakuto nodded. “Yeah, sure. I’m guessing the worms are why you want them, right?” What else would Byodoin need explosives for. “I do have to warn you, some of them are highly experimental!”
"If I can break the worms up, maybe they'll decay faster. They're taking a long time to fester." Byodoin replied, pulling up to his chosen pile and just... stopping.
There was some kind of giant slime encasing his worms and, well, digesting them.
"Huh. Doctor Sexy is going to want a sample of this shit." He mused.
Gakuto gaped at the disgusting display. “What the hell…?” He took a break from being disgusted to look at Byodoin. “Oh, Oshitari? …Yeah, he is pretty sexy. Anyway, yeah… it looks pretty viscous…” He dug through his bag and pulled out a purple grenade. “Try this one. It might make it easier to gather…” He wasn’t sure, but it couldn’t hurt.
Byodoin was walking around the pile of... whatever it was. Taking pictures. Damn, his worms were half gone already, this was wild.
He looked at the offered grenade and nodded. It was worth a shot.
"Okay, let's try it out." He moved to take shelter behind the transport before opening and tossing the grenade on top of the pile of slime.
Gakuto grinned as he also took cover. He watched Byodoin launch the grenade and covered his ears. The sound of the slime monster exploding was one of the grossest things he had ever heard, but sure enough, the slime dispersed into coagulated chunks in response to the chemicals in the grenade.
Byodoin looked suitably impressed as he took a containment unit from the trunk of the vehicle. He was prepared this time.
"I wonder how much that nerd is going to want..." he muttered to himself, starting to shove slime in the box.
The chunks of matter all still seemed alive at least. That was creepy.
“It’s really gross, whatever it is.” It was like living stomach acid, or something. “So…does this mean I can’t blow anything up?” Gakuto wasn’t sure how time sensitive slime delivery was.
Byodoin shrugged. "We can still blow shit up. Hell, here comes a worm right now."
He pointed to some shifting sand on the horizon, before grabbing rocket launchers for them both.
Gakuto was very proud of himself. The shriek that had wanted to come out stayed stifled as he was handed a rocket launcher. He had used one before, just once, but he remembered how to hold it. “Alright, I’m ready. On your cue.”
"Just do what I do and you'll be fine. Remember, aim for the mouth for the best results."
He waited, watching the sand shift as the worm moved closer, and then finally the worm emerged, big and mean and full of teeth.
He fired his rocket launcher right into the thing's mouth.
Gakuto nodded and fired just a millisecond after Byodoin, straight into the sandworm's mouth. It was a visceral explosion of flesh and blood as they decimated the large creature.
"Whoa…"
Byodoin smirked. "Exhilarating, right? Bet you've never done anything like that back on Earth!"
"Well. No. All the animals that big on Earth are endangered species." Gakuto pointed out. "But that was pretty awesome." Even if it stank. "It was way more exciting than blowing up a building!"
Byodoin nodded. "We can go find some more, if you want. Just hop back on the transport."
The slime sample would be fine, probably.
Gakuto cheered and climbed back into the transport, bouncing in his seat. “So, is this what you do all day? Just blow up sand worms?”
Byodoin climbed into the driver's seat, shaking his head sadly. "Mostly I do paperwork. I'll send the brat out to kill worms to wear him out sometimes, but I'm mostly on paperwork."
He just trained a lot to stay sharp.
Gakuto’s face scrunched up in sympathetic disgust. “That’s rough. I have to do a lot more paperwork now, and it is not fun.” He would rather just blow stuff up and have a nerd do the paperpushing. “You definitely seem more in your element out here.”
Byodoin laughed. "Yeah. Up until this posting they kept me active in the field... guess I pissed off someone in command."
It wasn't really a guess. He knew he's pissed someone off.
Gakuto raised an eyebrow. “Oh? I’m pretty good at doing that. I’m surprised I got the lead position here…” He thought about it for a moment. “Wait…” Those bastards sent him here on purpose, didn’t they?!
Byodoin couldn't help it. He laughed more at the expression on Gakuto’s face. "Just realizing they sent you here to forget about you, huh? At least you have friends with you, you'll be okay."
Gakuto sighed. “Yeah, it could be worse.” Way worse. “And the people here are interesting enough. And hey, not everyday I get to blow up sandworms for funsies.”
Byodoin smirked. "That is true. We could make it a regular thing though. It's probably good for my blood pressure to blow shit up."
“Cool, because I can’t blow holes in the ground until I’m told to.” Gakuto pouted. Everyone was so unreasonable. “So, any worms on the radar?” He was getting itchy with anticipation.
Byodoin looked at the radar and nodded his head, turning and heading towards the offending worm.
"Here we go. There's one around the side of the base."
Gakuto grinned. “Alright. I know where to aim, now…” He was determined to get the killing shot in this time.
Byodoin pulled up not far from where the worm seemed to be digging in circles, smirking to his companion. "Have at it, Red!"
Gakuto hoisted his rocket launcher on his shoulder and aimed carefully. Once that gaping maw was open, he fired with a cheerful holler. The explosion of guts was pretty awesome. “How’s that, Big Guy??”
Byodoin laughed, pleased with that display. "You blow me away, Red! You blow me away!"
Gakuto laughed. He liked this guy. Just the right amount of crass and humor. “Maybe I should join security.” He grinned. He knew security was short-staffed, but he honestly liked his lab. “Or at least, if you ever need help blowing stuff up…”
“Next time security needs to blow something up we’ll offer you some freelance work.” Byodoin agreed with a smirk and a slap on the back for Gakuto. Not too hard through, he didn’t want to break the tiny man.
Gakuto was hardier than he looked, but he appreciated the gentle smack. “Sounds good, this was fun!” He did like blowing stuff up… and living things were just so much more visceral than buildings.
Byodoin headed back for their vehicle, ready to head in now. This had been fun, but he did have a lot of actual work to do back at the base. “It’s a regular thing now, so there’s no need for us to urgently keep going on today. I have some paperwork I need to finish back on base. Are you ready to go, Red?”
“Yeah, I should probably get back to my work. Were you satisfied with the grenade we tried today?” Gakuto was absolutely willing to make more if it meant coming out here more often.
“Yeah, it was good. I could probably use some more of those. You know, just in case.” He fully intended to keep blowing up any blobs he happened to encounter.
“Sounds good, Big Guy!” Gakuto winked. He was looking forward to their beautiful partnership from here on out.
