Fury Panda

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Ally and Alvina were so sure of themselves. They had always been, since she met them both. Within minutes they had decided what they wanted, and were going to do it, even if everyone else decided not to. Zoey wished she had that much fortitude.

"I've gotta get going, I'm teaching a few classes today, don't wanna be late." Trip said as he got up to leave. He seemed upset, Zoey was pretty sure she had overstepped, she didn't mean to put more burden on him. But, in truth, if this was happening, she couldn't imagine doing it without him. She pulled out her phone and started to write a text to Trip,(Sorry about the name drop) but stopped as Alan began to speak.

It sounded like he was interested in joining, even if his words were more than a little scary. It would be important, there wasn't anyone else at this table with his skills on computers, and they were going to need every advantage if they were going to do this without getting hurt, arrested...or worse.

Zoey looked over at Marcus, she wondered if he had known how each of his friends would respond. Beneath his hyper exterior lived a thoughtful guy, someone who cared about everyone, even the people in his comics. For a minute she wondered if he cared about her more, but she pushed the thought back like she had since last year.

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I'll wait a bit. Don't want to overwhelm yall with my enthusiasm :P

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@1Hawkeyes Btw, I dont know if you (or Ally :P) noticed but I had responded to Trip already. I could void that and respond to you instead?

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@1Hawkeyes Looks good! Same to @Slingshot. Much better on my silly eyes!

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@Crossfire@Conscripts
Zoey's blood turned to ice. If anybody knew about this stuff it was Trip. He was a trained boxer, he was going to be an MMA fighter. He was trained to fight, and he knew the reality of the danger, I'm sure he had seen all types of bad guys at and around his gym...But, there had to be something they could do, that well of passion returned.

"Maybe...we could train. At your gym, you could teach us...and...and...we could start small. Like little things maybe...we could be smart about it." she stopped to breath and attempt to stop from trembling, it could still be heard in her voice though. "Alan can run the numbers, and we only do what we're capable of. Maybe."

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Some more

Zero Doodles

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Zoey looked at Marcus with his head in his hands. She had always been jealous of how he could wear his heart on his sleeve. They had both lost a father recently, and she understood his feelings. Zoey remembered Marcus' Pop, always helping customers at the shop, he had a certain air about him that made everyone comfortable, that made the comic shop a second home. His dad had introduced her to some of her favorite books Lumberjanes, Rat Queens, freaking Saga. He was a cool guy, if not for him she wouldn't have met Marcus or everyone else here either. She'd be alone.

Now he was gone, just like Papá. A victim of this city, no, of it's criminals. At least Zoey's family had got a life insurance claim...Marcus' was left with a shop, that needed attention and the constant reminder of his dad.

"He's right." she muttered to the group, "If we all think about it...this city is our home, it might have taken things from us. But, I grew up here. I remember when I could walk through the pier, and didn't have to worry about being abducted or raped...or killed by some thug" she took a deep breath and continued "I want my brother and sister to have the same type of childhood I did, I want my family, and you guys to be safe. Nobody else is going to do it..."

Zoey could feel her face turning red as she spoke. She knew she sounded ridiculous, but she wasn't the only one, and she wasn't going to leave Marcus hanging.

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@Slingshot could you use a different color for your dialogue? I don't know if it's because I'm slightly color blind or something but I can barely make out the purple x.x

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will probably do ones for each character when I have time :D

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I drew up a possible Azure as well

Azure Art