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Enter Fox McCloud [Complete]

Character(s): Fox McCloud and Youko Kurama, drop-ins welcome
Content: Lylat's most famous mercenary arrives in Paixao.
Setting: Joutenheim Gate
Time: morning
Warnings: none, really; maybe some language

Fox woke abruptly, as he had no memory of going to sleep. Furthermore, as he surveyed the area, he had no memory of a place like this. He was sure he hadn't been drinking--the last thing he could remember was pacing the corridors of Great Fox, feeling restless. And now he was... Wherever here was. Standing, ears twitching atop his head at any sounds that might be worth hearing, he checked his wristcom. Unknown location.

That meant he wasn't in Lylat any more. But that was impossible; he didn't even have a starship with him. But fine, if this wasn't a dream--and he was pretty sure it wasn't--he was here now, and he would have to figure out what to do. There was a building that he had been resting against, and nearby, a gate that resembled two large, almost apelike creatures, clubs crossed at the top. He looked inside. A city.

Domed cities weren't unheard of in Lylat, but the air outside of this dome wasn't toxic, and even if it were to the residents, the gates were open. This warranted more exploring--it was certainly the most interesting thing in the area. He stepped into the line, and soon found himself facing another creature he'd never seen--another primate, but with a decided lack of fur--blonde hair, blue eyes, and young-looking, but who knew how long they lived?

"Welcome to Paixao!" the guard said, smiling broadly. "Name please?"

A place that demanded the names of those who entered was one he was suspicious of. "James." The dead didn't care if you used their names.

The guard handed him a brochure and a thin, dark blue machine of some sort, then turned her attention to the next one in line. Thus was Fox intruduced to the city, and thus was he immediately suspicious of the city in a dome. He turned his attention to the device he had received. It didn't take him long to figure out how to work the journal--it was an interesting piece of technology, but Lylat had better. Still, it could prove useful; he would keep it. Maybe someone else from Lylat was here--anything would be better than the parade of blonde-haired, blue-eyed primates that seemed to populate the city.

It was then he noticed the grass. What served as grass, at least--it was definitely not alive. He crouched to examine it. Cloth? Then the tree... Fake, too. What kind of place got rid of real plants to replace them with sparkly cloth? He plucked a leaf from the tree--it glittered in places as if it were woven with gold.

He definitely wasn't in Lylat any more.

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Youko wasn't sure where he was anymore. He had wandered through the lines, head held high, realizing that these humans - for that was certainly what they were - were quite short. At least compared to him. Though most humans were short compared to him. He chuckled to himself. This was a new place to explore, and he had been given a new body. At least he wasn't dead again, because that would have been most inconvenient.

He waited patiently in line, as he would actually have to get inside to start most of his thievery. "Name?" He was asked. Youko grinned. "Shuichi Minamino." The human would most likely never learn that he had used his name for false reasons, and if he did, what was he going to do? He was him, in a way. But also decidedly different. The guard handed him a brochure and a small machine, which Youko tucked into his robe pocket.

He continued his wanderings and came across a creature who also looked foxlike... except that he was completely covered in fur. He chuckled, and walked towards him, though not close enough to make him uncomfortable.

His first immediate thought was that he was simply another of the strange apes that were everywhere in this city. But the white hair set him apart instantly--and then he noticed the ears. Grey, pointed, distinctly foxlike. A fox's tail, too. Some sort of hybrid? He'd heard of some families getting such things done when they could not on their own have children... But this place was certainly not Lylat, so he couldn't say for sure.

"Hello," Fox said neutrally. "Your name?"

So it was sentient. Youko had at first thought it would be some sort of stupid animal, as anything that did not look demonlike was, to him, automatically categorized as a 'dumb beast'. But it seemed that he was at least able to converse with him, and so perhaps it was not so dim.

"You can call me Shuichi." Of course he wouldn't give out his real name automatically. He wasn't that stupid. "What are you?" He asked, voice perfectly calm, ears twitching. "You're not a demon." A statement of fact.

What, not who--but if his name wasn't asked, Fox wasn't giving it out freely.

A fox," he said. "Certainly not a demon." Demons didn't exist any more than fairies and leprechauns did. But if Shuichi--assuming that was his name--was asking, then perhaps he was one? It could mean something entirely different here, although the similarity in words was unusual.

The fact that he could understand him at all was unusual, actually--normally there were language barriers, or his translator did the work. Luck, or something going on?

"Are you a demon?" Fox felt rather silly just asking such a thing; a bit of sarcasm leaked through into the words.

"Yes. I am." Again, a statement of fact, nothing more. "I find it hard to believe that you're a fox, and talking, without being a kitsune - that is, a fox demon. Most foxes that I know of... they do not speak." Amusement glittered in his eyes a bit. "However... you may be from somewhere very different than I am. As I was pulled here from a different place, that is something that could be entirely possible."

Youko was growing more and more interested in this place the longer he was here. Something was translating for him. He didn't really care what - human technology didn't really interest him at all. Or whatever species had developed this technology. "So. You know my name. What is yours?"

So, a real name, or a fake one? Giving the guard a faked name was obvious--no need to have his real name on record. But did it really matter if Shuichi knew it? In Lylat, his name meant something. Here, he was a nobody.

It was kind of nice.

"Fox," he said. "Yeah, it's a weird name for someone who is a fox; it's a family name. We're definitely from very different places--I've never seen anyone who looks like you, and demons don't exist back home. What kind of planet are you from?"

"Hm, I see." Youko looked Fox over again. "I'm from the Makai, the demon world. Though I've spent a while in the human world. The humans call their world 'Earth', but I would assume that many call their homes that. And... well. I suppose the Makai could be considered a planet, though I don't know that you can leave the planet with a rocket ship or something like that."

He smirked. "Though I've never seen something like you. Most demons aren't covered in fur. A few are monstrous, but those tend to be more in the category of dumb lower-level demons."

So, he really was claiming to be a demon? Why not--this place was strange enough, throw in some demons! Maybe he'd see an angel, too. A place you couldn't leave in a starship? Not exactly a planet, then, but at least he recognized the term, and recognized the idea of a starship. Timon, the strange meerkat he had spoken to over the journals, had no idea. Fox's tail twitched back and forth as he thought.

"Fur is the norm in Lylat--which is a solar system, not just one plant--if you're a mammal," Fox said--and while he looked mammalian, did demons count? Certainly primate-like. "I take it you just got here as well?"

"Yes, I did." Youko's tail twitched, he wasn't used to carrying on conversations this long. It wasn't that he was bored, exactly, it was just that he was unchallenged. And that was a state he didn't like. "A solar system, interesting. So there is life in the universe besides that one planet. That's something to think about."

His eyes narrowed, not in challenge, but in interest. "What's that leaf?" He asked, wondering what would have possessed someone to create so many fake plants. Was this world dead? He might not be able to get any more seeds here, then.

"Yes, there's life all over the universe if you know where to look," Fox said.

Fox had forgotten he was holding it, honestly. He looked down at it, and then sighed. "Apparently, this is what passes for money around here. What a place to be, huh? Won't be doing any work around here." His team would laugh him out of Star Fox if he came back with piles of leaves.

"I don't think this place has any real plants..." he said thoughtfully. And that reminded him of something else he had heard on the journals. "Apparently there's an organization at work here. Kidnappings and the like. Maybe they're the ones that brought us here?"

"And you can just get it off the trees? Strange." Youko examined the false plants and scoffed. "Shoddy. They don't look real. Why they couldn't just plant real trees and flowers is beyond me. Nothing compares to the real thing."

He looked back at Fox. "An organization that kidnaps people. Che. They'd be hard-pressed to kidnap me. I'd outrun them, and outfight them. I don't think I have anything to worry about. And if they are the ones who brought us here, I'm not sure whether to kill them or thank them."

"I'd have to agree with that," Fox said; there was something unsettling about a place with no real plants.

He grinned at the next statement. "Confident, aren't you?" Fox knew nothing of the organization except what he had learned from the message board, and it wasn't much. There were too many unknowns for the vulpine to decide his chances if it came down to a fight. "I'd much rather return home than stay here," he added. "The technology's not what I'm used to, for one." And Krystal didn't seem to be here. Good for her, but he really didn't want to be trapped for months away from her.

Youko's smirk grew at Fox's question. "Yes, I'd say I'm confident. There are few things where I'm from that can stand up to me and the powers I control. So I don't really have to worry about much." 'Except demon hunters, but even then...' He thought. "And the technology here seems to be about the level it is in the human world. Maybe a little above. But I've been around for so long that not much surprises me anymore."

His powers were either great, or he was foolish. Possibly both--maybe in his world he was capable, but here, to make such an assumption said something about this Shuichi. "Powers you control?" Perhaps he would elaborate. It would certainly be interesting to see what he could do. "Technology in Lylat is to the point where starships are the primary means of transport," Fox said. "Here... Well, it's a step down." And he would go crazy if he couldn't get back to flying.

"Something like that, yes. All demons have some sort of spiritual power, that can be developed and harnessed, and most have some area that they specialize in. Mine happens to be plants." Youko listened to Fox as he continued.

"Ah... well. In the demon world there is very little in the way of technology, but the human world... they have gone to their moon at the least, and they seem to have satellites exploring their solar system. Cars and planes are primary means of transport."

"If everything here is as fake as it looks, power over plants might not be that useful," Fox said thoughtfully. "I've met people with strange powers, but never ones like that before." Really, it was only a matter of time, considering the places his job took him sometimes.

"Still not high tech..." Fox muttered, "but better than here." Not that he had a grasp on all the technology in place here, but it seemed there was a train, and not much else by way of quick transport. "This place... It's not normal. The technology." All too mushed together from different times.

"Heh, well." Youko looked around. "Perhaps it is not the most useful power here, yes, but it's the one I have. I'm sure I can find some sort of use for it..." And it was true, because Youko was nothing if not adaptable.

"The technology's not normal? Well, to me, technology isn't normal at all, but true, there's something different about this technology, too disorganized and irrational. I wonder if this 'organization' is behind this city. It wouldn't surprise me."

Shuichi, despite not coming from a world with much technology, seemed to pick up very quickly on things, which Fox liked. He couldn't stand being around idiots for very long. "It would make sense. I doubt we're showing up here for no reason."

Of course, it was the reason that was unknown, so Fox couldn't do much to get home. The city should be investigated, although perhaps finding some place to stay while he explored would be a good idea. And maybe Shuichi would come along, though whether or not he could be trusted was still very much in the air. But in a place like this, Fox would rather have a group. "What do you do in your world? Occupation-wise." Shuichi had powers, seemed confident in his control of them. Military, mercenary, some other job related to fighting? Who knew what demons did with their time?

Youko had been in the human world for long enough to pick up things, and kitsune by their very natures were curious and resourceful. He nodded. "That would make sense."

He chuckled at Fox's question. "That's a tricky one. Some would say I'm a thief. I prefer to think of it as liberating significant objects from owners who don't appreciate them as I do. Or a thief. Either one works fine for me."

Fox grinned. "Not many people who'd say that so bluntly." Blunt was good, though. Fox hated it when people sugarcoated things. "I'm a mercenary, myself," he said. "Y'know, a greedy, uncaring bastard." A wider grin--he didn't always live up to--down to?--that reputation, but it was really the best way to describe it.

"True, not many would. I'm not ashamed of it, though. It's a worthwhile job. And someone's going to do it, why not someone who's good at it?" Youko considered Fox for a moment. "You don't look like any of the mercenaries I've known, but then again, I probably don't look like many of the thieves you've met, either."

He liked Shuichi's style. Sure, stealing was wrong and all, but if you were going to do it, his attitude was the one to have. And mercenaries never had the moral high ground.

"Can't say you do, but it's not like thieves point themselves out most of the time," Fox said.

His wristcom beeped. It had loaded a map of Paixao from the journal, and the holographic map popped up. It was two-dimensional, but as he travelled it would have more detail--the immediate area of the gate was shown in all its dimensions. Best yet, the radar was working. He grinned at it.

Youko peered at the map curiously. That would be a useful item to have, though he couldn't exactly steal it at the moment - Fox would have to look away first. "Interesting little device there. Holograms? I've seen such things in works of fiction... the human world has things like that, but not quite there yet."

"And you're right, most thieves don't point themselves out that much. I'm just confident enough to be able to point myself out and still get away with it."

"Holograms," Fox said with a slight nod. Not just that--the entire thing was a computer. Of course, he had neither the ability nor the want to explain the thing in detail. That was more Slippy's thing. "Does basic mapping, radar, communication, that sort of thing."

Confident, sure, but possibly foolish. Pressing a few buttons, the hologram faded. Best not to show off its capabilities too much, even if it was locked onto his wrist. "Is that what you plan on doing here, then?"

Youko smirked again. "Perhaps I'll do that here. Perhaps not. I think it'd be best to figure out the 'lay of the land', so to speak." He flicked his hair back over his shoulder again. "I don't plan to do menial labor for a living here, if that's what you mean."

((OOC: Random disappearance: Youko has dropped.))

He swore he'd only looked away for a moment--not long enough to take more than a couple steps away, even at a run. And he hadn't heard anything, despite keeping an ear on the thief just in case. It was as if he'd vanished where he stood.

All that was left was a very confused Fox McCloud, who decided perhaps he should keep an eye out for things that spirited people away as soon as they arrived.

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