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The next morning found Wall.e huddled in a pile with her slugcats and her dragons, the first rays forcing wedges under her eyelids. Wall.e automatically popped up out of a pangolin-esque ball of sleepyness and stumbled around the truck, sleepily grumbling something about coffee as she pulled her clothes and armor on. She was able to get mostly dressed, but then tried to just step into her boots. The rubber boots flopped under her feet as she tried to step into them, causing her to grumble even more. Rivulet cheekily whispered, to Spearmaster, who simply rolled his eyes and casually lanced an unfortunate batfly with his spear. Hal quipped, , and earned a half asleep frown in return.

Later that morning, Wall.e was fully awake and deep in the heart of the urban jungle, working on a new trash tower, and keeping an eye out for new finds. The slugcats were searching the debris as well, each one coming to Wall.e, or adding something to the cooler as they found it. Some of the debris ended up being... interesting. Wall.e first tried out an old paddle board and accidentally whacking herself in the face with the ball. The artificer and the hunter both fell over laughing at the sight. Next, Wall.e picked up some old car keys. The car alarm that went off in the distance startled the Survivor and the Monk into hightailing it out of that particular trash mound, and a Stormcutter attacked the car not too long afterwards. Wall.e tossed the keys past the Stormcutter to distract it from the fleeing slugcats. Then, Wall.e put a bra on over her eyes... she'd forgotten how to wear the garment, having long since switched to the sarashi as a more comfortable garment. The gourmand almost choked on her lunch and the saint almost choked on his tongue laughing as Wall.e quipped, "Woah!", and blindly felt around for the cooler. Then, the Rivulet brought her a data pearl. Inside was the image of another data pearl. Inside that was yet another image of a data pearl, and so on... Wall.e recalled being sent a string of such pearls by No Significant Harassment- who was a pretty amusing iterator to say the least. The recursive comedy pearl joined the rest of the finds in the cooler. Wall.e soon found a fire extinguisher, and squeezed the handle, wondering what would happen. The force of the previously compressed gas escaping the nozzle was enough to recoil Wall.e backwards across the room, startling even the Saint into opening his eyes to watch. Wall.e landed on her back in the middle of a clearing, and struggled to make the extinguisher turn itself off. Eventually, she threw the extinguisher away in a fit of machine rage. The Spearmaster briefly thurst one spear through the nozzle as the can flew, and quickly launched the gas out of his spear in disgust.

Early Afternoon found Wall.e, the Spearmaster, and the Rivulet crowded around an old fridge. Graffiti on one door depicted a strange symbol- a circle containing an X... Wall.e could swear she had seen the symbol before, but she didn't know where she'd seen it. Rivulet tapped on the other door with her claws, while Spearmaster tried to force his spears in between the doors without luck. Wall.e was studying the fridge for exploitable weaknesses... Bingo! The right doors hinges were at best loosely attached. Wall.e took a deep breath, and opened her mouth. Rivulet and Spearmaster both backed away as Wall.e's laser cut the door off its hinges. Wall.e pulled the heavy steel door away from its frame and peered inside. Spearmaster and Rivulet rejoined her, and the trio found themselves staring at a plant. Spearmaster gestured at the plant, then pointed at the door, and then blew air through the holes in his tail, which made a whistling noise. Rivulet nodded in agreement, and Wall.e queried, Spearmaster nodded, and pointed at his eyes. Wall.e gingerly scooped up the plant and potted it in an old boot. Rivulet and Spearmaster joined the rest of the Slugcats on Whiptails back while Wall.e closed the cooler, and clambered on Hals back. They were calling it a day early, due to Wall.e getting some strange feelings... almost like something was about to happen.

The ground started shaking as they flew back home, and a dull roar began to sound in their ears. Soon, a shockwave of air blasted through the area, tearing down multiple trash towers and startling multiple flocks of dragons all into the air at once. Wall.es dragons struggled to make a headway against the wind, and the dull roar soon crescendoed into a cacophony of dragons hooting and hollering... all against an earthquake caused by some massive blasts of... hot air? Wall.e, the slugcats, and the dragons were now all confused and frightened half-out of their minds. What on earth was going on? Suddenly, a red light appeared on the ground, and in a half-panicked state, Hal and Whiptail tried to attack it. the slugcats followed suit. Then, they started chasing the light as it began to erratically love along the ground- towards the blasts of hot air, the earthquake, and the shockwave vibrations. The roar itself intensified, and Wall.e, panicked, and now feeling straight up terrfied as well, shouted and began to run after her errant pets. She could barely hear her own shouting above the noise.

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The next morning found Wall.e huddled in a pile with her slugcats and her dragons, the first rays forcing wedges under her eyelids. Wall.e automatically popped up out of a pangolin-esque ball of sleepyness and stumbled around the truck, sleepily grumbling something about coffee as she pulled her clothes and armor on. She was able to get mostly dressed, but then tried to just step into her boots. The rubber boots flopped under her feet as she tried to step into them, causing her to grumble even more. Rivulet cheekily whispered, to Spearmaster, who simply rolled his eyes and casually lanced an unfortunate batfly with his spear. Hal quipped, , and earned a half asleep frown in return.

Later that morning, Wall.e was fully awake and deep in the heart of the urban jungle, working on a new trash tower, and keeping an eye out for new finds. The slugcats were searching the debris as well, each one coming to Wall.e, or adding something to the cooler as they found it. Some of the debris ended up being... interesting. Wall.e first tried out an old paddle board and accidentally whacking herself in the face with the ball. The artificer and the hunter both fell over laughing at the sight. Next, Wall.e picked up some old car keys. The car alarm that went off in the distance startled the Survivor and the Monk into hightailing it out of that particular trash mound, and a Stormcutter attacked the car not too long afterwards. Wall.e tossed the keys past the Stormcutter to distract it from the fleeing slugcats. Then, Wall.e put a bra on over her eyes... she'd forgotten how to wear the garment, having long since switched to the sarashi as a more comfortable garment. The gourmand almost choked on her lunch and the saint almost choked on his tongue laughing as Wall.e quipped, "Woah!", and blindly felt around for the cooler. Then, the Rivulet brought her a data pearl. Inside was the image of another data pearl. Inside that was yet another image of a data pearl, and so on... Wall.e recalled being sent a string of such pearls by No Significant Harassment- who was a pretty amusing iterator to say the least. The recursive comedy pearl joined the rest of the finds in the cooler. Wall.e soon found a fire extinguisher, and squeezed the handle, wondering what would happen. The force of the previously compressed gas escaping the nozzle was enough to recoil Wall.e backwards across the room, startling even the Saint into opening his eyes to watch. Wall.e landed on her back in the middle of a clearing, and struggled to make the extinguisher turn itself off. Eventually, she threw the extinguisher away in a fit of machine rage. The Spearmaster briefly thurst one spear through the nozzle as the can flew, and quickly launched the gas out of his spear in disgust.

Early Afternoon found Wall.e, the Spearmaster, and the Rivulet crowded around an old fridge. Graffiti on one door depicted a strange symbol- a circle containing an X... Wall.e could swear she had seen the symbol before, but she didn't know where she'd seen it. Rivulet tapped on the other door with her claws, while Spearmaster tried to force his spears in between the doors without luck. Wall.e was studying the fridge for exploitable weaknesses... Bingo! The right doors hinges were at best loosely attached. Wall.e took a deep breath, and opened her mouth. Rivulet and Spearmaster both backed away as Wall.e's laser cut the door off its hinges. Wall.e pulled the heavy steel door away from its frame and peered inside. Spearmaster and Rivulet rejoined her, and the trio found themselves staring at a plant. Spearmaster gestured at the plant, then pointed at the door, and then blew air through the holes in his tail, which made a whistling noise. Rivulet nodded in agreement, and Wall.e queried, Spearmaster nodded, and pointed at his eyes. Wall.e gingerly scooped up the plant and potted it in an old boot. Rivulet and Spearmaster joined the rest of the Slugcats on Whiptails back while Wall.e closed the cooler, and clambered on Hals back. They were calling it a day early, due to Wall.e getting some strange feelings... almost like something was about to happen.

The ground started shaking as they flew back home, and a dull roar began to sound in their ears. Soon, a shockwave of air blasted through the area, tearing down multiple trash towers and startling multiple flocks of dragons all into the air at once. Wall.es dragons struggled to make a headway against the wind, and the dull roar soon crescendoed into a cacophony of dragons hooting and hollering... all against an earthquake caused by some massive blasts of... hot air? Wall.e, the slugcats, and the dragons were now all confused and frightened half-out of their minds. What on earth was going on? Suddenly, a red light appeared on the ground, and in a half-panicked state, Hal and Whiptail tried to attack it. the slugcats followed suit. Then, they started chasing the light as it began to erratically love along the ground- towards the blasts of hot air, the earthquake, and the shockwave vibrations. The roar itself intensified, and Wall.e, panicked, and now feeling straight up terrfied as well, shouted and began to run after her errant pets. She could barely hear her own shouting above the noise.