Setting: Team VRSZ Base
After the failure of the first day-off, Zelts convinced Violet to try again, but this time, the team decided to remain home to enjoy their free time. Violet was in the living room, sitting in her love seat and watching television with Zelts and Remus, who were eating bowls of cereal while sitting on the couch. Silver, on the other hand, had yet to leave his room this morning as he was preparing for the meeting with Turquoise by making sure Ceasefire was functioning in top form.
Silver was well-informed on how these kinds of encounters worked and it could get ugly if the wrong thing was said. Seeing as how he was going alone instead of going as a team like she originally requested, he'd rather be prepared for the worst. Reaching under his bed, Silver pulled out a metal box and inside that box was dust, specifically dust from Violet's personal and exclusive supply. Silver sneaked into her room one day to snoop and one thing he found was her large dust collection. He took several rounds of fire dust for himself with a 'Whatever Violet doesn't know won't hurt her' mentality.
With only an hour before the designated get-together, Silver left his room and quickly walked through the living room while grabbing the keys to the jeep.
"Hey. Where are you going?" Violet asked Silver, right when he was grasping the handle of the door. Her question and Silver's long silence captured the attention of Remus and Zelts, creating a scene Silver wished to avoid.
"Um..eh...I-uh...have to go get-um...I need to do a-uh..." Silver failed to come up with a good reason to leave on his day off. The pressure getting to him, Silver just made a random excuse he believed wouldn't come any with follow-up questions.
"...bowel movement," Silver said, awkwardly, and immediately left the base, leaving Violet and Zelts confused and disturbed while Remus seemed convinced.
Setting: The Outskirts of Fortuna
Silver made it to the destination with twenty minutes to spare. All he could do now was wait, wait until Turquoise arrived. He just stood and waited, playing with his hands then twirling Ceasefire in his hands to fight the boredom. He even started humming to himself. The fact that the others didn't follow him meant that they bought his story, or they were too disgusted to go after him. Either way, he was able to keep them out of it.
"I wonder what they're doing right now?"
Setting: VRSZ Base
The rest of Team VRSZ were in the same position they were in when Silver left. Remus was still watching television with Zelts. Violet was sitting in her love seat, but instead of watching with them, she appeared to be scribbling on a notepad and it looked like all her focus was on whatever she was writing.
"What'cha writing?" Zelts asked, curiously, breaking her concentration.
Violet hesitated to answer his question. She held the notepad closer to her body and looked a tad embarrassed.
"Promise not to laugh?" Violet asked, very shy about what she wrote down. This was something she wanted to keep to herself.
"Promise." Zelts smiled genuinely which made her feel a little better about sharing her work.
"Since we're a team and all, I thought it would cool if we...had team attacks, so...I've been coming up with...some ideas for attacks based on our skills." Violet looked at Zelts for approval. He was the nicest one out of the team.
"That sounds pretty cool. What have you come up with so far?" Zelts asked, and he saw a shine in Violet's eyes.
"Here, let me show you." Violet displayed an eagerness she hadn't shown them before. This delight was something Zelts wanted to see more of from her.
Setting: The Outskirts of Fortuna
As time passed, Silver continued to wait in silence. Looking at his phone, he saw it was noon and should be expecting Turquoise anytime now. Another hour passed and no one was there. Silver was growing impatient. Frustrated that Turquoise didn't keep her end of the bargain, Silver was ready to leave. Behind him, a figure was slowly rising from the ground. The figure was Ghost, who phased through the earth and sand to stand behind Silver undetected. He gently placed Purgatory on the back of Silver's head and before the gunman could turn and shoot, Sliver's entire head was encased in ice and his body fell to the ground, unable to move.
Setting: Unknown
Silver slowly regained consciousness from the frozen black abyss his mind was swimming in. When he came to, he realized he was laying on a couch in a very large room. Further inspecting the room, he noticed it was surrounded by water. The walls, and floor were some kind of glass containing the water, making the room look very similar to an aquarium. It also made him feel like a prisoner.
"Yo," a feminine voice said, snapping Silver out of his current state of mind.
In front of him was a desk and behind it was a girl sitting in a chair. She wore a sky-blue hoodie and white shorts. Beneath that, Silver could see that she was wearing a blue-green bikini like she was planning go to the beach. Her hair was the same color as her bikini and was in a pixie cut. She wore light pink sandals and next to her was some kind of weird metal surfboard.
"How ya feeling? I hope my buddy Ghost didn't cause any... haha brain freeze." The girl laughed at her own joke while Silver looked confused.
"Soooo, I'm guessing you're Turquoise?" Silver asked, unimpressed by the girl's relaxed disposition. She appeared lazy, unrefined, basically someone lacking an air of part of the criminal underworld, let alone any position of power.
"Yeah that's me, but sometimes I wish I wasn't. Being a part of organized crime is such a bore. You know, when I first got to this town stealing dust was chaotic, risky, and fun. It was so fun that old man Terra Cotta's gang would clash with me over and over until Royal contacted us to behave and work under him for great pay. Man what a pain that turned out to be."
Turquoise continued to drone, but Sliver stopped paying attention a long time ago. He was disillusioned with her. If there was anything remotely positive he could say about her, it was she was pretty and unsuspecting. "She doesn't seem like a threat. Sh-Should I just end this and take her down?"
"Oh I almost forgot, wasn't the whole team suppose to be here?" Her question brought him out of his thoughts. He needed to play this right to get any information, but his patience was wearing thin.
"They were...too occupied so they sent me as compensation. So on behalf of VRSZ, what the hell do you want?"
"Rude, anyway, I already told you what a pain organized crime is and having VRSZ on my back wouldn't help either, so I want to hire VRSZ as my own gang."
"What?"
"That's right. With my old rival, Terry, gone, I have less to worry about and having VRSZ on my side would be even better. And with more people around, we can totally party. It's been so lonely with just me and Ghost. He isn't much for partying like me," Turquoise said, which caught Silver's ear.
"Wait it's just you and the other guy?"
"Yeah"
"But you said your gang rivaled Terra Cotta's gang. Were there more of you or-"
"No, just me at first, then I recruited Ghost."
"But, how?"
"I'm just that strong," she said, grinning. She knew exactly what Silver was thinking.
"Guess she isn't a pushover. She's right in front of me, but, I don't think I can beat her, not on my own," Silver thought, a little worried about how this conversation will end.
"Don't worry, I'm not expecting an immediate answer, just think about it. Oh, and as of now, any further aggression between us before an answer is made will result in war," she threatened in a lax manner, but Silver knew she meant every word.
"Deal," Silver said, as he got off of the couch ready to leave.
"Hopefully I won't have to leave the same way I got her- AAARRRGGGHHH!" Silver was electrocuted before he could finish his sentence. He fell to the ground and behind him was Ghost with Purgatory discharging electricity from the palm.
"You know you didn't have to do that," Turquoise said, as she looked impassively at Silver's unconscious body. Even though she said this, she didn't care about his condition.
"He didn't want to be frozen, so this was the alternative," Ghost retorted, dryly.
Setting: Outskirts of Fortuna
Ghost carried an unconscious Silver back to the rendezvous point to drop him off in the sand and leave him there before he woke up.
"You're not going to have your way with me, are you?" Ghost stopped in his tracks surprised that Silver was now conscious and cracking jokes. Seeing as how Silver was awake, Ghost gracelessly dropped him from over his shoulder and walked away.
"Silent as the grave, huh?" Silver thought, rubbing his tailbone.
Silver picked himself up and left as well seeing this as the beginning and end of their conversation. When he got a closer look at Ghost's retreating figure, he noticed something about his jacket.
"His jacket is...familiar. It's ripped up and all, but it looks like it belongs to...no, no I'm just imagining things,"
Setting: Team VRSZ Base
Silver opened the front door to the base and saw his teammates in the same position they've been in since he left six hours ago. They saw him come in, but returned to watching television as part of their day off. Silver sauntered down the hall back to his room.
"Silver," Remus called out before Silver could exile himself to his room.
"Yeah," Silver said, exhausted from his private meeting, and getting frozen and shocked didn't help either.
"How was your bowel movement?" Remus said, grabbing the attention of everyone else in the living room as they looked at Remus surprised by his question then at Silver to hear his response.
"Long, hard, and painful." Silver went to his room and dropped on his bed to sleep the rest of the day away.
His answer received expressions of disgust from Violet and Zelts, but Remus looked confused before turning to his remaining teammates with a follow-up question.
"What does 'bowel movement' mean?" This was not a topic Violet nor Zelts wanted to dive into on their day off.
Additional Information
Zelts' name is Latvian for Gold.
Remus' full name is Remus Cobalt.