“Give it to me straight, doc, how long I got?”Xerox laughed lightheartedly to Ramses's words words.
"Thanks, but no thank you. I have my own right here."Was the reply Xerox got from Gracelyn. As his mind wondered off momentarily, Gracelyn spoke up,
"I guess this isn't much of a celebration, since there's only three of us here."He was silent. However, Ramses spoke up.
“Hey, three’s company. Ain’t no reason why we can’t celebrate a little. You guys fuckin’ won out there. You went in, kicked some ass, took some names, and came home. Not all of you, but if that ain’t more reason to celebrate, then I don’t know what is.”Ramses held up his glass. Xerox smiled a little, raising his own to Ramses's glass.
“You fuckin’ owe it to those that didn’t come back to keep on livin’. Because mopin’ around ain’t gonna fix a damn thing. So let’s live, people. Let’s live enough for those that can’t. Show ‘em that they didn’t go out in vain. We’re fuckin’ SeeD.Ouch, a little harsh don't you think. But nonetheless, he is quite correct. Xerox thought, taking the drink. For a while after that, they kept drinking and talking.
Waking up to a numbing headache, Xerox lifted his hand to his temple.
Agh... what happened last night? He could not recall last not properly. Xerox had only ever gotten drunk once before this time. Normally, when he drinks, he does so responsibly, although he can drink quite a bit. The sun had started to ascend, Xerox was sleeping with Rue, as he normally would. They seemed to have found a separate area to sleep in. Heading to the toilet to wash his face to wake him up a bit, he saw people, still asleep, ... who he didn't recall being on part of the mission.
Were there other people that I didn't see? Shaking his head, he took off his glasses and proceeded to wash his face. Looking at his lab-coat sleeves, he pondered
Were these always this long?. Rolling up the sleeves, he washed his face. As he started to dry his face, he looked into the mirror. At first he just blinked. Then he rubbed his eyes. Taking a good look in the mirror.
"WWWWHHHHHHAAAATTTTT TTTTTHHHHEEEE FFFFUUUCCCKKK!!!!????" came out a voice more high pitched than his own.
"Wait, what's with my voice!? What he had saw in the mirror was.... a female version of himself.
If anyone was still asleep, they were most likely awake now. Xerox patted his body down. His chest had swollen, and his lower region was missing. Putting his hand to his forehead, he sighed,
"I'm actually a girl now." He was shocked, but started to calm down. Xerox started to recall last night.
Someone was asking something about the opposite sex and said something like they just don't understand them. Xerox can't seem to recall who said it. But from that, Xerox decided to make something, while in his drunken state. The result of it, was a gun that changed a person's gender. With it, he tested it on numerous people. That's right, first was Ramses and Gracelyn. Followed by about half of the team. Duncan, Mei and Jericho also got caught up in the testing. Eventually, someone got their hands on it and it was fired at Xerox. A whole bunch of screams and laughter and other things happened, before people ended up falling asleep.
Putting his/her hand into his/her
ESS, Xerox rummaged through his/her stuff, to pull out the gun that changed a person's gender. It was more sophisticated then some of his/her other works. Scanning the insides he/she wanted to see what the settings for the effects were. Were they permanent? Would they work on someone only once? After a while, he/she found out, it could not reverse the effects, however, the effects were temporary.
Phew he/she felt relieved. They should last somewhere between 24 and 36 hours.
Rolling up his/her lab-coat sleeves, Xerox decided to see if he/she could determine who was who. Walking around, he/she found a bald woman. Judging from the fact that only Gracelyn and Ramses were bald, as Xerox could recall, it was likely that this was Ramses.
With a scythe lying around, he/she found the woman whom Xerox presumed to be Jericho.
There was a guy near the wounded Syrus and Taylor.
The only person I can think of close to those two would be ... Mei ... Could it be?Continuing on, Xerox decided to head back to his/her ... safer area. While on his way back, he/she noticed someone smoking outside near the entrance.
Could that be Duncan? he/she wondered.