When We're Rollin Through the Wild Wild West

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Who: Everyone! EVERYONE!
Broadcast: IF YOU WANNA
Action: Everywhere! EVERYWHERE!
When: Mid-September - Mid-October

[How's your ship doing, pardners? Is it still pretty damaged? Is it glitching out hardcore? Well, there is one place to land to take care of all that, and that's on a dusty old moon in front of a planet that no one wants to go to. On this moon, you'll find a civilization that looks a lot like one's stepped into a wild west movie, hardened cowpolk and mutant horses and all. Will you become a vigilante, hunting bounties and stopping gangs from doing their dirty work? Will you go exploring planetside, with a cowboy hat and a stalk of wheat in your mouth to complete the look? Good luck with that; there is no wheat. This town ain't big enough for all you flooters, but make it so! For the ratings!

In other words, it's a planet mingle! Get 'er done!]

[September Planet info here]

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[Clay looks a bit perturbed by the makeshift weapons they're picking up, and he takes a step back. Yes, he's been getting trained in hand-to-hand combat, but he hasn't learned anything about what he should do if someone uses a weapon on him. Pearl, on the other hand...]

Think you can take them, Pearl?

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I believe so, yes.

[and she's drawing her spear out of her gem, twirling it out of habit before leveling it at the nearest group.

The big burly one with a pool cue is the first to break ranks. His ground shaking charge aside, it's not quite as impressive when she jabs him hard in the diaphragm and then sweeps his feet out from under him while he's still wheezing.]

You're ten thousand years too early to be facing me.

[she's a nerd. Who knew?]

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[HOLY SPACE DUST, PEARL. THAT'S. INCREDIBLE??

Clay watches in awe, from the moment she pulled her spear out to her making that quip. He then grins after that, so full of admiration that he almost forgets that yeah, they're in a middle of a fight and everything.]

All right, Pearl! Show 'em what you've got!

[But that just makes one of them come at him, too. He just manages to duck under it, and he gives a big smile again as he uses the floor to give a good solid kick to the guy's stomach.]

You've got to teach me how to do that!

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[she kicks up the pool cue into her other hand and holds it out to Clay] Can you use this?

[that grin she's got on might be related to the unexpected praise]

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[He shares her grin as he takes the pool cue, then turns back to his opponents.]

I think I can!

[... Sort of? Now that he's actually holding it, he's, uh... never used one before like this? But when one man dives at him, he dodges to the side, holding the cue like a baseball bat, then smacks the guy in the back as he passes by as if he were hitting a baseball. And indeed, the guy goes down.]

Ha - Yeah, I can!

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[there we go. Pearl chuckles.] That's the spirit.

[yeah okay. The footing here is getting difficult, what with the pile-up of guys they've got on the floor. One of them, not quite unconscious yet, grabs at Pearl's ankle just as she's about to jab somebody else in a soft spot.]

Whoa - [Pearl falls forward, only to use that momentum to spring back up onto her feet. Your back is no long protected though, so watch out!]

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Pearl!

[Clay looks back to make sure she's okay, though it looks like she's gotten back up pretty much right away. Someone, meanwhile, has decided to deliver a hook right to Clay's jaw, and - owwww, that connects. Clay stumbles back a step or two, blinks hard and shakes the stars out of his head, then moves forward again to swing at the guy who punched him.

Aaand he can taste blood. Ugh, that totally cut his lip there.]

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[she's not one to waste any movements. Getting back to Clay apparently involves a flying kick right at the guy who had punched him. The unfortunate dude slams into the ground as she...uses that momentum to backflip back onto her feet.

A glance at Clay.] We should go.

[humans are mostly fragile, right????]

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[Clay watches her as she moves, since he was about to slap that guy across the face with that pool cue before Pearl moved in. He nods as he wipes at his lip, looking around and backing off while trying to lose whoever else might be after them in a crowd.]

Yeah - Yeah, let's go. [He still wants to kick some faces in, but he's got someone else here now, and hell, he's bleeding and still hurt too.]

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[she nods in response and follows, weapon at the ready. It's amazing how much less attention one gets when one isn't standing in the middle of a pile of unconscious dudes.]

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[And indeed, making it out of there is easier than expected. Sure, Clay had to turn and hit someone in the stomach with the pool cue, but other than that, they make it out without much more trouble.

And once they're out and away enough to be considered safe? Clay, not even realizing he's still got the pool cue in his hand, catches his breath for a moment, looks at Pearl, then breaks out into a smile as he throws his arms around her and begins jumping in place a bit.]

We did it! You were amazing in there, Pearl!

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[whoa that's a hug. She kinda freezes in place and she's got a strained smile on.]

Uh, was I?

[yup, she's going to take a step backward to try and get out of the hug.]

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Yeah!

[And thankfully for Pearl, he lets go once she takes a step back. He's still a bit bloody, after all; it'd be totally rude to get it on her!]

You handled all those guys like it was nothing! And the way you flipped around, like - [He tries to demonstrate, hands moving in an attempt to mimic it.] Whoosh! You were like a shooting star, Pearl!

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[oh good. That's much better. Her smile is a lot more genuine this time around.]

Well, I've been fighting for a long time. You eventually learn to use every movement to your advantage.