First off, I love the initial response that has been garnered for this. You guys are just grape. XD
Now here is my follow up on all that. Hope you continue to like it.
Props and costumes to my beta reader and editor, Starfang's Secrets. Would have had a few embarrassing errors otherwise. haha.
Anyways, enjoy, review, fav, follow, boost my ego, and grab that strange snack. Mine today is deep fried bananas in Doritos batter. mwahahaha.
Paws and hooves pounded the pavement, scrambling in all directions. Smaller mammals scurried desperately to cover to avoid being crushed under hoof or paw by much larger and none so mindful mammals as fear drove them away from the scene.
A lone rabbit eagerly sprinted against the tide, weaving in between legs and expertly dodging mammals she couldn't effectively slide under or jump over.
Devoid of any fear, the bunny doe's smile denoted her increased exhilaration as she pulled out her phone and readied it to record the scene before her.
Flux had appeared like usual, darting in from the rooftops and descending like a mighty hammer upon the new enemy. She pressed record just in time to get a wonderful shot of the Drone with glowing red accents becoming the hammer's target.
A resounding clang was heard as Flux twisted in midair and drove his foot into the Drone's shoulder.
The Drone barely moved. Instead of being crushed or thrown, it swung a large arm and batted the much smaller Flux away. Judy gasped at the sight but kept her camera trained. Flux impacted a light pole a few dozen feet away, skewing his trajectory. Before smashing into a small business, the green of the light bars running along Flux's suit glowed brighter and he slowed in the air, floating and shimmering in a green hue.
The red Drone spoke, something never done by previous Drones, its tongue strange and foreign to the rabbit's ears. She couldn't understand the words being spoken, but her eyes trained on Flux, whose mechanical ears twitched, as if the armored mammal could somewhat understand what it was saying or was in the process of translating the words.
A burst of speed had the rabbit trying to keep up with the camera's view, as she found refuge behind a postal drop box. Flux had fired off some form of boosters from the rear of his armor to propel himself forward at a phenomenal speed, catching the red Drone by surprise as Flux was prepared for the defensive strength of his foe.
Just before his body impacted the Drone, Flux let loose a wave of energy into the chest plating of his enemy, forcing the red Drone to topple back and roll across the pavement of Zootopia's Central Plaza.
The red Drone struggled to recover, having not expected a much smaller creature to overpower it. A red shield of sorts surrounded the being from further attack, making Judy gasp at the sight. This drone was different than the rest that landed. Most others that invaded Zootopia had armaments that seemed conventional, even if they used advanced weaponry. They fired off rockets and tracking missiles, used something akin to Gatling guns to shoot bolts of energy that were far inferior to Flux's own, and some even wielding varied melee weapons like swords and war hammers that had glowing edges to them. The doe surmised they used some form of energy to make them able to cut through armor and such if they connected with it. She once witnessed one such sword from a Drone cleaving straight through a mammal's car as cleanly as a vegetable knife through a tomato.
The point her mind tried to round back to, was that she had never seen a Drone use abilities that mimicked anything Flux was capable of. He had projected shields like that before and she loved it, especially when the fox would use it to protect innocents. This new Drone was tainting that now, making Judy scowl as she made sure to record everything with as steady a paw as she could muster.
It wasn't very easy when Flux leapt into the air and released a series of green bolts into the shield, the energy he expended splashing over the red encompassing barrier and rumbling the ground of the entire area.
Landing back upon the ground, Flux seemed to be scanning the area for civilians and assessing the new information. A new foe with higher defensive capabilities than he was prepared for and speaks.
The bunny wanted to bounce in excitement at how Flux would figure his way into exploiting a weakness. She couldn't do that though, because it would ruin her shot.
The red Drone was still as well, seemingly waiting for Flux to continue his assault.
Neither had to wait too long as the red shield faltered, and Flux took the chance to land a series of blows, accompanied by a blast of green energy just before each hit would have made contact. In seconds, the shield dispersed in a fumy cloud of red energy, with the Drone hitting the pavement. It rolled and sidestepped, using arm mounted guns to pepper Flux with scores of red bolts.
The fox lowered himself onto all fours, a surge of energy lighting up his suit. In the blink of an eye, he zipped in close, sending a fist into the knee joint of the red Drone. It misstepped and took a tumble…
Right towards Judy, still hiding behind the drop box. Her eyes went wide and she leapt away just in time to miss the large Drone falling upon the blue metal box, crushing it.
She missed a step herself and had to brace a paw against a street lamp pole, nearly dropping her phone in the process.
Aware of the impending danger, the grey bunny doe was giving in far more to the inquisitive journalist in her,safety be damned. True to that note, the bunny got a grip on her phone and turned back to record the Drone attempting to get up. Its leg, that Flux impacted, was heavily damaged. Red sparks of energy cascaded from the damaged portion of armor as the leg tried to move futilely.
Excited at the proximity she had to the Drone, Judy was barely comprehending that the red being was now looking at her and lifting an arm to point its arm-mounted gun at her. She gulped in realization, blood draining from her face and ears as she realized this thing actually wanted to kill her. Why?
All the others wanted to do was look around, tearing apart whatever lay in their way and only attacking when attacked, as if working by some basic function of programming or something, Judy mused in passing. She could only assume with the limited amount of info she had. This intent though… it was… sentient…
The gun glowed red as a bolt left the barrel….
A green blur surrounded the bunny, with red dispersing over green. A hiccup escaped her as she felt a relief from knowing what happened to a certain degree.
Flux stood beside her, looking down with glowing green eye slits. His paw was outstretched, a beam of energy diffusing into a spherical green shield around them. No amount of danger could stop her from internally fangirling at the prospect of being inside one of Flux's shields, being protected like so many others. It never happened to her before.
"Dumb bunny," Flux's filtered voice rasped at her. "Why in blazes are you still around?"
Judy was flabbergasted, having lost her ability to speak upon hearing Flux do so. The fox tilted his head, a sigh leaking through his voice filter. He might have been used to this reaction, a small, still functioning part of the doe's mind surmised.
Flux didn't bother being patient for an answer as he turned back to the red Drone, as it regained its footing and released a constant beam of red energy on the hero's shield. He grunted beside Judy, her phone still recording but it was pointed down as she was absorbed in the event happening.
"Woah…" she squeaked out.
"Now she speaks," Flux said evenly, sarcasm dripping from his voice.
The fox was obviously having trouble defending against the intense looking onslaught, the red beam causing shimmers in his shield as the armored arm producing the shield energy began to sizzle and smoke.
"Oh, screw this…" he muttered next to Judy. Rearing back his other arm, a brilliant amount of light gathered in his paw, creating such a radiating heat that the bunny's fur stood on end.
Dropping the shield, he pulled back the now damaged arm and released the energy collected in his other paw, a condensed beam intercepted the still firing red beam from the Drone. The image was worthy of being from a scene of top tier film franchise. Ultimately though, Flux's power outmatched the Drone's, with its beam being pushed back and the green energy ripping through the mechanical arm and tearing it apart.
Surprising both Flux and Judy, the Drone let out a deafening roar of pain upon the arm being obliterated from existence. A motley collection of warped metal parts and molten slag made up the stump that was left of the upper arm.
In a fit of rage, the Drone flailed its other arm towards the pair, with Flux pulling Judy in his arms and drifting away with all due haste.
The bunny clutched as tight as she could to the armored chest of the fox, taking some twisted, and probably untimely, joy in being held by her hero.
The duo rounded a corner of a building, with Flux landing on where his paw pads would be beneath the armor, haunches raised. He gently set the doe down, turning to dart away to finish the battle.
The rabbit bounced on her heels, ready to pop back out there and keep recording. As she tried to follow, Flux whirled on her.
"Stay!" he near yelled, pointing a paw to her muzzle, an inch from her nose. She went cross-eyed looking at the metal tip of the digit, gulping at the authority of his single word.
"But I want to see you do your thing," the doe defended meekly. It was odd being chastised by her hero. He seemed to mean no ill will and she could understand his need to keep her out of the fight, but she wanted to do this. She was drawn into it.
"As much as I appreciate the enthusiasm… Stay," Flux ordered once more. "I can't fight that thing effectively with you continuously getting in the way. I'll come back to check on you, but only if you stay here. Got it?"
Judy nodded, the thought of her hero showing her compassion and returning to check upon her made her fur bristle with excitement. A smile broke out on her muzzle, being answer enough for the fox as he glowed brighter and hovered away, whipping around the corner to pursue the red Drone… or what was left of it.
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Judy fiddled with the video editing features on her phone, the battery now below half-life. It had been nearly half an hour since Flux left the alleyway to take care of the Drone. She had plenty of video to use for her blog, with loads of great close up clips. If a potential employer saw this, it might interest them, knowing she would be willing to get close to dangerous situations.
Growing impatient, the doe released a long sigh, tugging the sleeves of her hoodie to cover her paws partially. The cold air was nipping at her a little too much. She still hadn't properly grown into her winter coat yet and the temperature was a bit colder than normally should be this early into autumn. Looking down at her pants, she lamented it was probably a bad idea to go running outside in this weather in cut off jeans. She had taken pants and cut them just below the knee, wanting to make them more… sporty.
Her stomach growled, reminding her that she hadn't the chance to take part in a proper meal as of yet today. Getting up to leave the safety of the alley, she heard mammals conversing and beginning to resume a normal flow along undamaged avenues.
"I guess he isn't coming," the doe surmised with a sigh.
"Hello?" a voice cut through the alley. Judy froze, her first reaction to keep hidden next to the stack of boxes that obstructed the view of any mammal that cared to glance down the alleyway. "I was told there would be a bunny over here waiting for someone?"
Judy perked up at that, feeling both elated her hero remembered to check on her, but immediately deflated when she realized that he sent someone else. Stifling the urge to become grumpy and thump her foot, the grey rabbit dared to leave the cover of the boxes and let her eyes peruse the new mammal.
Her breath hitched.
Before her stood a rather tall and lean fox, paws in his pants pockets and black-rimmed glasses set upon the bridge of his muzzle. His fur and eyes were what struck her to the core most of all. It was him. That red fur and gleaming emerald eyes. It was those two details that she caught glimpses of in her mind at the most random of times, with no clear image to give her a good guess at how he would look over all. For all Judy knew, the mammal she caught those glimpses of could have been female.
The fox looked her over, his jaw tensed, holding back a few words as the rabbit flicked her eyes along his form. He had a small black shirt on, snug to his chest with fur spilling out from the V of the neck. It was a creamy color, to which Judy instantly found appealing.
A few conflicting thoughts entered her mind about having such thoughts about a fox… What bunny would? More specifically, what normal bunny would? she deadpanned in her own mind, realizing she was anything but.
"That's me…" the doe supplied weakly, smiling awkwardly. The fox pressed his glasses further along the bridge of his muzzle, giving the rabbit a close look.
"I was asked to make sure you were fine," the tod mentioned as more an explanation than a question.
"I am fine. Thank you for checking," Judy replied, beginning to pad past the mammal, trying to shake loose the thoughts that became her first reaction to him.
"Why did you get so close?" he asked, surprising the bunny. "You must have a death wish..."
"Excuse me?" Judy asked, in wonder as to how he knew. Curious, she stopped and turned to the red fox before walking past him.
"Flux made a mention of you and told me you got too close to the fighting," the fox replied evenly.
The doe chose to ignore his somewhat irritating tone, focusing on the small details of his fur and form. Everything she had been seeing in her mind for years appeared to be present on this fox. The flashing images and such fit him perfectly. The blend of his cream-colored fur into red. The luster of his coarse fur. And the brilliance of his green eyes, nearly sparkling like emeralds.
His facial expressions, however, denoted irritations and cynicism. He didn't want to be here and he wasn't making any effort to hide it.
"Oh, I see," the grey bunny mumbled back. Her demeanor changed as she tried to answer his question, her tone perking up as she said, "I'm a journalist… or at least I'm going to be… and I wanted to record the battles of Flux for my blog."
The fox's ears lifted slightly from their pinned back position, giving her a clue to his potential interest. The ears settled back down, his expression hard and continuing to look irritated.
"Blog?" he inquired. "Why have a blog for a guy like him?" Judy wouldn't have cared for the question if the fox hadn't spoken the line with such tepid indifference.
"But he's SO awesome!" she blurted before thinking. "He defends the city and has always done his best to make sure mammals are safe. Can't discount the cool armor and all the skillful move he uses…"
"What makes you think it's armor? Or a he?" cut in the red fox. "It could be some sort of robot." He shrugged, starting to tick the rabbit off.
"I just know," Judy said in a clipped tone. "And by the way, my name is Judy Hopps. What's yours?"
The fox raised an eyebrow.
"I don't think my name matters," he spoke, his tone more agitated than even now.
"I disagree. I want to thank you and it's a bit difficult when I don't know you're name."
"You say 'Thank you' and walk away," the tod mentioned, dry sarcasm evident in his voice. "Pretty simple if you ask me."
"Just tell me," the rabbit ordered. The fox sighed.
"Flash," he breathed. "There… you happy?"
Judy raised an eyebrow and felt this twinge in her mind. A far-off voice muttered something almost incomprehensible. It was like a recording of something. A memory. It was soft… sweet… loving?
"You're lying," the doe bluntly spoke.
"So, what if I am?" he fired back. "I don't care to let somebunny know my name just because she asked. Look… can we get out of the alleyway? I'm not exactly in the mood to make bystanders passing by think I'm using you like some escort."
The grey doe was now livid. How dare he say such insulting things?! Who was he to get all high and mighty over being in an alleyway?! She wasn't exactly there by choice.
Taking in a shaky breath, Judy stepped close to the fox and grabbed the collar of his shirt to drag him in close, angry eyes boring into his.
"Listen here you stupid excuse for a caring individual," the infuriated doe began. "I'm not some cowardly bunny that's gonna lie back and take an insult like that and I resent that you would refer to me as an escort. I expect an apology. Now."
Her foot thumped angrily as she awaited any sort of reaction from the fox, whose expression was frozen, jaw slightly slack. He was staring into her eyes as if they were lit aflame.
After nearly a minute, her tail began twitching in impatience, the fox having not moved and his eyes wide as he seemed to be comprehending something.
"Well? I'm waiting."
His jaw tried to work, failing as he continued to stare into her eyes, disbelief in his.
"Sorry…" he mumbled. Judy didn't release him though, instead tightening her grip.
"Name," she bluntly demanded. Not asked, demanded.
"Will."
"Nope."
"Fin."
"Next."
"Penny."
"Wrong gender buddy."
"Melvin."
"Are you even trying?"
The red fox tod tried to pull away, being tugged back by the smaller rabbit. he wasn't trying too hard, but he didn't think he would need to. A groan escaped him.
"Nicholas."
Judy almost wrote that off as another joke. Almost. The voice that echoed in her head before resounded a bit louder. Nicky.
The other tell he was being truthful was his averted gaze as opposed to the other names he blurted, whereas he simply held eye contact with an irritating twitch to his eye.
"Alright Tricky Nicky," the bunny softly spoke, loosening her grip and letting the fox stand straight once more, "was that so hard?" she rested a paw on her hip, swaying a bit as she spoke.
Her bravado was shaken a bit when she saw Nick staring down at her with a venomous look in his eyes.
"Never call me Nicky again…" he near growled. "Are we clear?" Judy nodded in reflex, now realizing she might have overstepped a bit. Or… more than a bit. She bit her tongue though. It wouldn't do good to get hyped up again.
"Now then," Nick started, "I'm going to take my leave. I've checked on you and I'm sure by your ferocity and such that you can easily make it home on your own. I'll let you do as you will now."
"Wait!" Judy blurted before she could stop herself. The fact remained, despite his obviously callous and abrasive demeanor, that he was the one she was seeing in her head for years. She had to pursue that curiosity, even if it ended with disappointment.
"What?" the tod sighed, evidently lost for patience now.
"Dinner?" she asked simply. Her eyes bugged out. "I mean…! Would you like to grab dinner? Not a date! Just a thank you… or… something. I don't know." Her ears fell as she realized she couldn't create a coherent sentence any longer, devolving into mumbles and haphazard whimpers.
The red fox's expression softened the tiniest amount, his seemingly permanent scowl now upturning slightly to a thin straight line. He appeared to be giving the prospect thought, real thought, and looked to the side, his gaze raking over the uninteresting wall in its way.
Judy stood there, unable to figure out how to follow up with that. She hadn't much experience in dealing with males in the aspect of what asking one out implied, having been too strange a doe for any buck to ask out. Anytime she took an interest or was taken interest in, those green eyes and red fur interrupted those thoughts, like some sort of compass telling her that the current interest was wrong. She didn't want to romanticize mental images of a mammal she hadn't met yet, but it always seemed to pull her away from said interests.
She didn't really regret it though. Usually, Judy figured out those bucks didn't have her best interests at heart. They wanted her to settle down, brace for impact, then be a rapid firing kit cannon for the rest of her youth. She wanted to be free and explore many things. The world was so large, so why should one stay with what they have always known?
"I guess…" Nick tentatively spoke, shaking the doe from her thoughts, "I could succumb to one meal with you."
"You make me sound like a vampire…" the grey bunny replied with a confused expression at his choice of words.
"I wouldn't doubt it," the tod deadpanned. The words should have been a joke, but his voice was so devoid of humor, it left her confused with how to read the mammal before her. "So, where to?"
"Oh… uh… we could… meet there?" she supplied, not meaning to make it sound like a question.
"Yes, I assumed that," said Nick, "but I meant where would we go? I'm pretty sure you're not asking me to your place… are you?" His brow shot up as he considered that she might have actually, unintentionally, implied that and he missed it.
"What?" Judy blurted. "No no no…. just no. I'm not that easy. NOT that I'm easy." She groaned and dragged a paw over her muzzle. "Just… give me your number and I'll figure it out for later. Alright?"
"Fine." The fox tod pulled out his phone and typed up his number in a text box, showing it to her. Getting out her own phone, the rabbit copied the number into her contacts and sent a quick text to ensure he wasn't blowing her off. The screen pinged with a new message and she felt satisfied that the fox actually trusted her with his number.
"Thank you very much," she chirped sweetly. "I'll let you know when I make a decision."
"Sure," Nick replied with his even and hollow tone returning. "I shall wait with baited breath, Fluff N Stuff." With that, the red fox swiftly walked away, leaving a flabbergasted Judy to comprehend that he just called her Fluff N Stuff. Now she was back to feeling annoyed at the idiot who now disappeared in the crowd of mammals outside the alleyway.
She had tried to pursue him once more to give him a piece of her mind, but she gave up when she realized there wasn't much she could do. She did have his phone, so maybe she could vent her frustration at him that way. No, that would possibly keep him from dinner with her. She had to stifle her anger for now until she could figure out what was what.
She didn't even know what she would ask him. It wasn't like she could go, "Well hey there, foxy. I have been seeing flashing images of you for years and was wondering why that was. Know anything?"
He would probably quirk an eyebrow and leave without a word. That sounded like the best-case scenario. Worst case, she gets maced and ends up looking like some delusional stalker. Just great.
With her ears down, though still inwardly a little happy knowing she had probably the best footage she has ever gotten while chasing down a Drone vs. Flux battle, Judy padded away to find something to eat. She was starving now that she thought about it.
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Nick slammed the door as he walked in, grumbling to himself. Taking off his glasses, he set them down on a stand nearby with a level of care that barely seemed gentle.
"Are you quite alright, sir?" a voice asked from nearby.
"Yeah yeah, Leo. I'm fine," the fox replied with an ambiguous grunt.
"If I might make my daily reminder, my name is actually Galileo," the voice said in a polite and even tone.
"Noted," said the tod, as he ambled into kitchen area nearby and grabbed a granola bar from a cupboard. "Same time tomorrow?"
"Of course," was the reply.
"Right…" Nick spoke with a roll of his eyes and a bite of the bar. "So… what was that new Drone all about?"
"It wasn't a Drone."
"What?" the red fox asked, nearly choking on his second bite of the granola bar. "Are you saying it was a…"
"Another Shard, yes."
Nick came back from the kitchen, finding the source of the voice. He found it and stared at the figure in confusion and disbelief.
Galileo was some sort of mechanical being, standing thin and tall. Probably a good six feet, two more than the fox himself, with amorphous facial features that were just meant to be functional instead of aesthetic. It had the stature of a gazelle or antelope like mammal but looked wider and more built like a buffalo. It was hard to quantify what species the mechanical being was supposed to resemble, though it wasn't even from their world.
"I thought you told me it would be years more before they could come through…"
"I made calculations that gave me that assessment, though I did note there were variables I couldn't account for," Leo, as Nick liked to call him, explained.
The mechanical being fell to Earth some time ago, apparently being sent to follow a power he would oversee and protect. When the fox had been infused with that strange entity, he was left confused for years before being approached by the being. At first, he wouldn't hear a word of the machinations rantings, viewing them as preposterous and wanting nothing more than to ignore it.
It refused to leave him alone, his parameters concerning Nick being perfectly clear.
Over time, he accepted his guidance and was told that he was something called a Shard. They were beings of sentience that were infused with dark matter that had absorbed the energy of a star. Depending on the time a Shard spend in a star and its method of being cast away into the rest of the galaxy, it could be quantified by varying levels.
Red Shards were the least powerful, with the dark matter only having been infused for a few thousand to a few hundred thousand years in a star, likely being expunged due to a solar flare or sunspot. These were the most common but still extremely rare Shards.
Blue Shards were the next tier and exponentially more powerful, with the dark matter having been saturated for potentially millions of years. They were usually expunged in the same manner as Red Shards, though just 'charged' for longer.
Red and Blue Shards were part of a bracket known as Star Shards, being the staple name across many civilizations in varying languages.
The next level up, were the Nova Shards. These were the rarest shards, seeing as they are created under the right conditions during a supernova. In such a violent spread of energy, the dark matter that resided in the star at the time would be exposed to a massive influx of power. Supposedly that was what Nick had infused into himself, though he was 'incomplete' as Galileo reminded him.
Sent in to monitor and protect that which was infused with the Nova Shard, Galileo explained that Nick's Shard was cultivated and sent away to protect the galaxy from its power.
However, something unexpected happened. The power from the Shard was so great that it split a piece off as a 'Limiter' of sorts. At least, that was the mechanical being's analytical assessment based on science that Nick didn't always understand.
Ever since being infused with this power, he felt this growing hollow spot, metaphorically speaking, like a pit in his heart. It was like he was incomplete. It hurt, almost physically so. He'd spent a long time trying to find it, but to no avail.
Although… that rabbit made him forget that feeling for a moment. When she grabbed his shirt and pulled him in, he was shocked to feel that pit disappear. He felt so relieved for that brief moment that he couldn't properly address whatever the doe had been asking. It took him a short bit to remember and process what she said and reply in kind.
"What did you do to the Shard then?" Leo asked, his tone polite as ever but with a tinge of worry. Or at least, something that equated to worry for him.
"I dragged him off like I did the others and obliterated him," the fox replied easily. "Shard or no, I wasn't letting some governmental whatever get their paws on all that tech."
Nick walked over to a doorway across the way, opening it to reveal a very messy workshop. In the back of the room, walking around on autopilot, was his exoskeletal suit of armor. Upon his entrance, the suit looked over at Nick, scanning and recognizing him. Finding a point in the center of the room, it stood still and separated at certain parts to reveal the emptiness inside it.
"Just doing maintenance for now," the red fox tod told it. It closed up and sagged a bit as it powered down. The arms both looked burnt out, with one of them still smoking a bit from being overloaded.
Since Nick didn't have his limiter, he couldn't properly harness his Shard abilities. To that end, Galileo spent years helping him acquire a semblance of expertise in mechanical engineering and offered specs and designs modified from ones based on blueprints from his creators. It allowed him to draw upon his power without too much stress on his body, provided he didn't go overboard like he was forced to today.
The cultivation of both their efforts was the Flux power suit. Nick himself basically became the power core for it, with residual energy being able to fuel it should he need to call it from far away or send it away without him in it.
By that logic, it acted like an artificial 'Limiter'. It was crude to say the least, despite it being a marvel of technology to most in Zootopia, but did the job it was supposed to.
"A pity…" remarked Leo. "We could have used the Shard to collect info."
"I couldn't even understand him properly," the tod rebuked. "And your translation skills weren't helping. What you told me he said sounded like both a greeting and a threat."
"What can I say?" the being defended. "It was an abrasive language."
A ping sounded through the workshop as Nick pulled plating off the Flux suit's arms, trying to make sense of the damage inside. He stopped his work and looked to the workbench near him. Shaking his head, he turned back to his work.
Another ping sounded and the fox both sighed, then groaned, picking himself up and grabbing the phone making the offending racket.
He unlocked the device and looked a bit shocked to see a text from the bunny.
Hey, it's Judy. You know the bunny from earlier?
Anyways, I decided on a place.
Technically it's a bar but it serves both prey and pred food so… yeah.
Let me know. It's near the police precinct in Central Plaza.
Tonight at 7 then?
There was a second message attached with an address that Nick knew the street to, but was fuzzy on the establishments down that way.
Walking into the foyer and picking up his spectacles, he donned them and let the lenses adjust to his eyes.
He didn't actually need glasses but technically, what he was wearing were not glasses. They were a type of miniature computer that displayed info on the lenses and crossed the fields to create a 3-D effect. Much like a projected hologram but without being able to be touched. Using his phone to link to it, he searched the address and looked at the floor, a virtual map adjusting to be displayed through his vision on the floor like a strange diorama. It showed his location in the Tundratown District and highlighted a path to the establishment just outside of Central Plaza, heading into Downtown. A page blinked into existence, showing the places name and a picture of it.
"Yay," he cheered, his tone devoid of any such exuberance. "She's taking me to a cop bar."
His eyes bulged as he nearly sputtered laughing, something he hadn't done for a long time.
"And who names a bar the 'Drunk Tank'!"
This story is coming along fairly smoothly.
No, i'm not complementing my own story. I mean the motivation to type isnt forced. It feels wonderful to work on this.
I'll let you guys and gals and aliens do the commenting, whether positive or negative. XD
REVIEWS!:
GusTheBear: Glad to know the confusion doesnt deter you. I like a bit of mystery. reading as well as creating. hehe.
Starfang's Secrets: You are! here you go. Thanks for the help!
ChaoticImp: and I'm highly appreciative of your interest. XD Thank you.
UnremarkableFellow: Thank you for saying so. and here you are!
Fox in the hen house: hehehehehe. I knew sprinkling addictive additives in the plot would pay off.
TheSinfulDragonEmperor: and consider you appreciated for doing so. XD
Leon Banz: I know me evilz. hehehe. Though i do a lot of evil things. wonder which one i'm being blamed for this time. XD
And if you reach this review reply... then you know who Flux is by now. hehe. Consider yourself one of the creeple of the P.I.E. and you were right.
Uranium235: Glad to have gained your interest. Thank you for saying so.
as for your question... there is a reason for it. I shall reveal it with time. XD
DONE!
Alrighty then, I shall sign off for now and leave you to your obsessive reading sessions with other fanfics.
I have a few recommendations to bring to your attention. I have no where near the following some other of my fav authors do but I'd like to show them recognition anyways.
Ghostly Love by Fox in the hen house. It's a wonderful story about Judy striking out on her own and finding a home with a few tales attached to it. I'm sure that's not the only tail attached to it though. hehe.
Attack on Zootopia by Starfang's Secrets. A crossover between Zootopia and Attack on Titan (for those who dont know that fandom) denoting a rather interesting story that i'll let you read. hard to explain without ruining a few things. I'm not a fan of Attack on Titan but i love this story.
Wonder Bunny by JudithWildeHopps. A lovely crossover story with the newly released movie Wonder Woman. I still need to catch up the last couple of chapters but I love the writing style and smooth flow of storytelling.
I won't force anyone to read these. I mean... how could i anyways? lol. i'm not able to use the force on you. though I've been working on something called Hipnotism. I dance to get you to do what i ask.
Until next time, It's been a hustle, Sweethearts.