Society of Justice 3: Crisis on the Earth

[tsatoma]

Garrus put the food container down in the cargo area before sitting himself and Renton down in one of the seats. He buckled himself in and told Levi that he could start whenever everyone was on board. Renton laid his head on his dad's shoulder and was asleep within a minute.

"Let's try to not make this too bumpy of a trip Levi, I'd rather Renton get a little while to sleep before being woken up," Garrus said quietly, leaning back in his seat.

 

[NeoAC]

"So hands to yourself. Got it," Brian said nodding as he held onto his stick. "Any other travel trips? Also, what meal are they offering on this flight? It better not be seafood. I don't need any seafood on here. That stuff is sick, and it put Leslie Nielsen in danger of crashing."

 

[socialtangent]

"The Merriweather is working beautifully. Everything's looking great for her first real trip," he replied to Taryn with a smile. "I hope my co-pilot is ready," he added quietly, kissing Taryn gently. As Levi pulled away, Garrus entered with Renton. He nodded when Garrus told him he could take off when ready. "Don't worry, Garrus. I'll be extra careful for the little one," he replied to him. It was a matter now of waiting for everyone else to enter and buckle up. In the meantime, he punched in the coordinates for the field the Society used for its training exercises into the Merriweather's navigation computer.

 

[blaze96]

"If punching her in the gut with electronic armor was the way to her heart, I am very concerned for her Eric." Richard said as he moved to take a seat.

"Ah yes, that story again. Still makes me wonder how the hell you two ended up together sometimes but then I remember eventually." Lillian joked as she took a seat on the other side and sat next to Garrus after buckling Renton in.

 

[Pm0n3y]

After finishing the conversation with the two, Jason began to make his way towards the front entrance, motioning for Tyson to follow him. With him and Tommy leading the way, Jason walked towards the garage where the Merriwheather was beginning to take flight. Once the three boarded the ship, Jason quickly buckled himself in behind Garrus.

"You should do the same Ty. Last I heard, the Merriweather goes pretty fast." He said to the recruit, adjusting his seatbelt accordingly.

 

[Lefthandofgod]

Steven buckled himself in, on edge, wondering what was waiting for him at the other end of this flight. "So, Levi. How fast does this giant oval go? I'm guessing it's on par with a standard propeller plane?" he asked, hoping the ride would be that gentle; he never could handle flight very well.

 

[Lizmichi]

"Eric I think I fell in love with him when he was willing to die for me so I would stay good." Alex said cuddling to Richard after she sat down next to him. "Besides who else will put up with Richard and him being a playboy?" Alex laughed some looking at Richard.

Eric laughed some. "And who else would put up with Alex flaunting her body." Eric said then blink feeling Alex's fist in his gut.

 

[elementsoul]

Tyson got on The Merriweather and placed his bag in the cargo bay. Looking around the cockpit Tyson was extremely impressed with the set up. I could never imagine making something like this let a lone actually making it. I'll definitely have to remember to compliment on how amazing this is to whoever set it up.

Tyson then saw a pair of vacant seats and sat in the one next to the wall. I'm really going to need to concentrate for this. I'm acting way to cocky for not having done anything like this in a couple of years. I'm here physically but not mentally and its time to change that before I get crushed under the weight of my own ego.

Tyson continued to sit not buckled up thinking of what he needs to do. Okay. So if the testing is individually done I will be fine as soon as I find out what we are doing. However I have no plans or ideas if the testing is group based or what all the powers of the new members are and how to work them with mine or together. Well I guess I should fix that problem first.

Tyson turned around to look at Brian and asked or rather ranted than asked, "This has been bothering me since the limo ride. In order to join this group you normally have to have a power or be extremely skilled in combat. You said yourself that you weren't skilled in combat and had only been in some hockey fights. However you only demonstrated an ability to lift glasses a few inches into the air before having them put to them back down. So you clearly have to have be holding something about yourself or powers back. If we happen to be tested as a team I'll need to know your power if I'm to make any plans or strategies. Not trying to be as pushing as all that may sound but can you inform me of what I lack about your abilities?"

 

[CounterAttack]

Katie laughed at the sight of Alex punching Eric. "Surely you'd have learned that that's what you get, Eric." She turned to the recruits and said, "Take note, guys. Comments on Alex's body - as good-looking as it may be, though I can't exactly comment - will generally get you hit. However, I'm not exactly sure on how she takes compliments. Figure that one out for yourselves... if you dare." She giggled and settled back in her seat.

 

[socialtangent]

Spoiler: OOC

When you think of the Merriweather, think of Nite Owl's ship Archie from Watchmen, but less owl-like. Google it if you're unfamiliar with it.

With everyone on the Merriweather, Levi made the final preparations to take off. Retreating the boarding ramp and feeding power to the engines, the ship lifted from the ground and headed skywards, gaining speed as it flew. Reaching a safe altitude, Levi locked the Merriweather's engines at cruising speed. "Sure was nice of the Feds to give us our own cruising altitude. Even gave us the clearance to use military airspace in emergencies," he said to nobody in particular.

After about fifteen minutes of flying, Levi began to bring the Merriweather down for the landing. Gradually, he reduced the speed as they approached the all-too familiar clearing. He brought the ship down in a gentle landing, a far cry from the first time he attempted such a maneuver. It took him hours to fix the dents and scratches on the Merriweather's underside after that ordeal. Disengaging the boarding ramp, Levi gave the all-clear for everyone to exit the ship.

 

[tsatoma]

Garrus told Levi he did a good job not crashing the Merriweather as the ship landed. He unbuckled his seat belt and got up. He grabbed the container of food and a picnic blanket that were in the cargo area and stepped down the boarding ramp as he found a good spot closer to the edge of the forest that circled the empty field. He spread out the picnic blanket and put everything down before looking back at the Merriweather and realizing....they had forgotten the test.

"Fuck! Levi you forgot the....you know what! Ah shit...uh...okay I have a plan we'll be fine," Garrus yelled as he ran back to the ship and everyone that were just exiting it. "Just give me a few minutes and we'll be fine," he said as solutions ran through his head, picking the best option and getting out his phone to make a call.

 

[Lefthandofgod]

Slowly walking out of the bathroom, Steven gratefully walked onto solid land. "Uhhh Levi next time could we keep the speed somewhere in the realm of sanity? I left my lunch back at the promenade," he said, swaying slightly on the spot.

 

[socialtangent]

Looking at Garrus for a moment, Levi struggled to remember what he had forgotten. Wait, did I forget the...

"Oh, damn!" he exclaimed, remembering exactly what he had forgotten to bring. He nodded when Garrus said he had a plan and let him run back into the Merriweather. Shortly after Garrus ran back in, he saw Steven slowly stepping down the ramp. "If you thought that was fast, Steven, that wasn't even the maximum speed I can squeeze out of the Merriweather's engines!" he said with a short chuckle. "Don't worry, you'll get over it pretty quickly," he added.

 

[Captainguy42]

Tommy followed Steven out of the Merriweather. As he stepped out he forgot to duck, and banged his head on the threshold, leaving a fairly large dent in it. Oh shit, Tommy thought, before quickly forced the dent back out with his hands, he took a second to see if it was ok; he had certainly made the dent a smaller but it was still noticeable, eh that'll buff right out. He dismissed the issue, before joining Garrus.

"Ah yes the training grounds, I have found memories of this place because I never had to actually run it, the joys of late entry." Tommy mused to no one in particular.

 

[CounterAttack]

Another impressed whistle escaped Rowan as he stepped down from the boarding ramp after Tommy, whose name he had yet to catch. It was kinda hard to believe that the trip had taken fifteen minutes; from the speed people were talking about, it seemed like it had taken less time. He looked around the field that was evidently to be the training grounds. Grasslands for the most part; he filed the note away for future reference. You never knew what little details could be put to effective use, in combat or otherwise.

"So..." he began, cracking a couple of his knuckles before shuddering and shaking the hand in question. "How's this gonna play out, I wonder."

[hr]

Katie walked down the Merriweather's ramp with a light, almost jump-like step from the ramp to the grass, and quickly joined Garrus at the picnic blanket. She poked at the ground with one finger, and a small piece of hedge grew from the grass. She began to mentally shape it for a minute or so, until she had grown the equivalent of a long couch, which she promptly flopped down on to watch the show that would unfold soon enough.

 

[Pm0n3y]

Jason couldn't help but chuckle as stepped down from the boarding ramp, hearing Steven's comment.

"Phfft, he thinks the flight was bad..." He snorted to himself as he joined the other seniors at the picnic blanket, quickly placing himself onto the blanket. He eventually laid down on the blanket, staring up towards the clouds.

"Hey Garrus, what'd you pack (other than sandwiches) for our picnic?" He asked.

 

[tsatoma]

Garrus could be heard talking on the phone, the voice on the other side almost being heard. Garrus quickly ended the call with a 'YES!' and hung up before heading back over to the picnic area.

"I brought chips, sodas, and some water along with this bag of skittles that was in the cupboard," Garrus replied to Jason before addressing the recruits, "You guys can just wait here for now I guess. At least until the test finally gets here..."

Not even ten minutes later as everyone was sitting down relaxing a large figure could be seen in the sky from the distance. As it drew closer it seemed to be a dark grey blob until it landed right next to the picnic area and slid across the ground: the MechaSnake had landed.

Patriot Punch! landed gracefully next to the shocked Society members, giving them a slight wave. "Ah that was a glorious throw! Half thought I was going to accidentally hit you guys! Ha-ha, thankfully I still have those throwing skills from my years in baseball at college," the man said in his booming voice, taking off his coconut hat for a moment to wipe his brow. He was still wearing his red, white, and blue PP! uniform; though there were a number of rips and tears on the edges from his time on Americaland. He dropped a bag of coconuts onto the picnic blanket, stating that they were the cocktails and that there should be enough for everyone.

"None for me of course. Not after that incident with Camille and her coworker. One moment I had taken a sip of a PP! and the next I was in a Florida hospital with absolutely no recollection of what happened," he exclaimed with a smile on his face as he recalled the story.
"That's great Patriot. I'm just happy you managed to bring it," Garrus replied, getting up and shaking Patriot's hand.
"But of course! Though I did initially think you were talking about the doctor, but there was no way I was going to bring him here. That man creeps me out. But then I realized what you were talking about and everything else went smoothly," Patriot said, patting Garrus on the back as Garrus grabbed a PP! out of the bag.

 

[blaze96]

"And here I thought today might just be rather boring." Richard said as he got up to shake Patriot's hand. He let go before grabbing a drink and going to sit down again.

"So Patriot, how's the banana republic coming? All your despotic dreams coming true?" He asked with a chuckle before taking a drink of a Patriot Punch.

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"So Garrus, now that everything and one is in place, when will we be getting started?" Lillian asked as she grabbed a sandwich while Renton hid behind her, only occasionally peaking out.

 

[socialtangent]

Levi yelped and jumped back when the MechaSnake made its rather surprising entrance. He reflexively swore and raised his hands to shield his eyes from the flying dirt. When he recovered, he saw that none other than Patriot Punch! standing before them. Levi relaxed and grinned. "You sure know how to make an entrance, Patriot," he said. "Like what we did to the MechaSnake from last time?"

 

[Lizmichi]

"Hey Patriot good to see you again." Alex said waving as the former president landed next to them then blinked seeing him drop a bag. "Did you bring some Patriot Punches?" she asked looking at the bag like it was filling with gold.

Eric sighed. "Oh shit not a bag of PPs shit. Please tell me PP! that you won't drink one of them. Remember what happen last time." Eric said.