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thedreadpirateratchet:

“I… !”

Quickly sitting straight up for a brief moment the lombax just as quickly leaned back in his seat, looking rather defeated. His feet falling off that engine, hitting the floor with a thud, he moved his hand over his alternate’s.

Pi honestly had no idea why he was talking about this or with them of all people, espically since there were other people he was closer to. Maybe he just could not hold it all in any longer and just had to tell someone. While Ratchet ended up just being in the right place at the right time to hear it. Still didn’t stop him from feeling bad about dumping this whole thing on him like this though.

“Ss-sorry… Some fearless pirate I am, huh?”

Ratchet just shook his head, giving the other’s shoulder a small squeeze. There was really no need to apologize.

“No, c’mon, don’t worry about it! You’re fine. I... It’s...” 

He sighs. He’s not sure of what to say entirely and, not wishing to continue to stumble over his words, he decides to go with something that’s more... his style, so to speak. With a faint grin, he adds:

“...Besides, I never thought you were some ‘fearless pirate’ to begin with.”

Hopefully that dumb comment would get some sort of amusement out of the other. On second thought, joking around might not have been the best thing to do in this situation... but, alas, it’s already left his lips. 

With that, he bends down to pick up the previously dropped engine and places it back on the table. Thinking for a moment, he turns back to Pi with a hand outstretched.

“Now, how about we finish working on this some other time? I mean... it is getting kinda late and... I think we both could use the rest.”

[wrenchninja]

wow your alternates a wimp

“A wimp? Because he cried?”

Ratchet’s teeth grit, his fists clench.

“You don’t have the right to call him weak! You don’t have a clue what he’s been through! If anything… he’s strong! He’s strong because he survived! He got out. So don’t call him weak. Because he’s not.”

If your goal was to make him angry… congratulations.

[wrenchninja]

thedreadpirateratchet:

Placing the engine down onto the floor the lombax just stopped everything and stared at nothing in particular. His mind was struggling somewhere between figuring out what to do next with the mechanical parts and what words to use next.

“A Vendra.”

Leaning back he used the engine as a makeshift footstool.

“The purple bitch just shows up out of nowhere on my ship with a dimensionator on her head. I’d never seen her before but wearing that kind of headgear you can imagine what my crew and I thought.”

His lone eye watering now he quickly tried to hide the fact by covering it up with his hand. But Pi could not do anything to stop himself from becoming more and more choked up as he spoke.

“So I, being the captain, went out to defend my ship and got my ass handed to me in short order. Then using that glowy thing she does she picked me up and took me with her back to her universe.”

Moving his hand down to his throat, revealing his now bloodshot eye, he coughed a few times to try and clear his throat. Unfortunately it did not seem to help all that much as he tried to find the words.

“I was… I was in her… care for months. And I don’t even know what she did to me.”

There was no way he could’ve been prepared for what Pi said next.

It was unexpected that Pi knew about Vendra and even more unexpected what she apparently did to him. The Vendra he knew never really hurt him directly, at least definitely not to the same extent. From what he could assume, it sounded like she experimented on him? He couldn’t even begin to imagine. It made his own problems seem rather small in comparison.

It hurt to watch Pi in such anguish, unable to do anything to help. All he could do was try and comfort his friend. Nothing he would say or do could reverse what the space witch did to him, whatever it was. He had a feeling he didn’t want to know and he certainly wasn’t going to try to pry it out of his friend.

With the best smile he can muster, Ratchet makes his way over to Pi’s side and places what he hopes to be a comforting hand on his shoulder.

“It’s okay, you don’t have to talk about it.”

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thedreadpirateratchet:

That was true, due to being captured he had to take this massive delay and do a lot in order to have some proof he was still strong when he returned. Last thing he wanted to do was to let that witch cause him any more delays or detours.

Leaving the severed engine and its wires alone for a moment Pi just stat there, staring at the huge hunk of machinery in his lap. Planning out how he was going to go about testing it in his head so hopefully he wouldn’t electrocute himself half to death.

Taking in a tired breath he scooted over to the work table at the back of the garage where he placed the hunk of metal. Getting some tools and a battery, which he hoped still held a charge after all this time, out of the table’s drawers he stripped the wires and attached some clips to the now exposed metal.

“Do you know what it’s like to be opened up and have someone play with your insides?”

Attaching the other ends of the clips to the battery the engine attempted to roar back into life. But there just wasn’t enough charge to get it started, which was just as well since Pi didn’t have a way to anchor the thing down now that he thought about it. While still not completely sure if this thing would work he removed the clips, placed it back into his lap, and scooted on back to the sled’s main body.

“You ever run into someone in your universe named Vendra?”

Rather than actively work on his own part of the sled, Ratchet’s more focused on Pi’s previous outburst. After his outburst, he remained rather silent, not even having any response to Ratchet’s attempt at lightening the mood. He was both worried and naturally curious, but really wasn’t sure if he should ask.

Then, Pi breaks the silence with a question. An... odd question. Looking up at Pi, Ratchet can’t tell if the question is serious or not. Pi did have an odd sense of humor, after all.

“Uh... not that I know of...?”

At the mention of the space witch, Ratchet stiffens, eyes widening, and he nearly drops what he was working on. That was a name he hadn’t heard in quite some time and he clearly didn’t expect her to be brought up now. He almost felt sick thanks to the flood of memories that came back simply at the mention of her name.

“Wha... how do-- that’s--”

Deep breath, Ratchet. Regain your composure.

“...You know Vendra?”

To be honest, what sickened him even more was his own weakness. It had been months since his run-in with Vendra and the whole Nether situation and he was still shaken up by it? Simply by mention of her name, no less. It was almost laughable, really...

[wrenchninja]

thedreadpirateratchet:

“A loooonng list of complete snagglebeast shit I have to deal AND, even though I’m the one in charge I’m not allowed to make any changes, even MINOR ONES, to any part of the code without a unanimous vote from the entire crew!”

It seemed the lombax’s method to keep from breaking down again included getting angry and trying to stay that way. Strangely that did not appear to hamper his work in anyway this time, or at least that’s what it would look like from the other side of the sled blocking the view of just what he was doing.

“According to the code to be captain you have to prove yourself the strongest in the entire fleet, this is usually done by killing the current captain, it’s how I got the job from Slag.”

Picking up the detached engine again and placing it in his lap Pi pulled a number of wires out of the spot where it had broken off of the sled. It looked just about ready to test and see if it still worked after all this time. The lombax hoped he did a decent enough job cleaning it and getting it ready.

“Well I got my ass captured so to keep on being captain I have to do something to prove I’m still the strongest. That ffffFFFFFFFFFFUCKING WITCH!”

Ratchet didn’t know what to think of Pi’s sudden mood change, the pirate code seemed to be a touchy subject, to say the least. He opts to watch on in amusement. The other’s anger was doing nothing to halt his work on the sled. He had to stop himself from chuckling at the scene.

He perks up when Pi explains in a much calmer tone how he became the captain of the pirates. The exact same thing had happened to him, actually. The first time he’d defeated Slag. Ratchet more or less turned down the offer, though, and after getting captured by the same space pirates he’d apparently became the captain of, Ratchet figured that whole thing was moot at this point.

“Oh, right. Same thing happened to me.”

He doesn’t explain further, it was pretty obvious he wasn’t a pirate captain, after all. He continues working on the sled, only stopping when interrupted by Pi’s sudden outburst. So much for being calm. Though, at the mention of a witch, he couldn’t help but be curious... he shakes his head. Now wasn’t a good time to ask, for sure.

“Whoa-- calm down, pal!”

“...Don’t wanna break the sled again, right?”

The pirate code was definitely a touchy subject.

[wrenchninja]

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[wrenchninja]

dxfenderofpolaris:

‘Alright that’s it. This madness needs to end.’

Barely dodging another large piece of metal, Elias would run over to Ratchet, practically yank the weapon out of his hand, and with all the strength he could muster toss it over the walkway’s railing and down to the ground like a frisbee. 

“There.” he’d say in between breaths, “Problem solved.”

Still fiddling with his contraption, Ratchet had no time to react when said contraption was unceremoniously ripped from his grasp and thrown over the railway to it’s own destruction. If he wasn’t already on the ground, he would’ve fallen to his knees in utter despair upon seeing his own invention destroyed before his very eyes.

“Elias.......... why--?”

[wrenchninja]

thedreadpirateratchet:

“I…”

His voice cracking pretty badly Pi reached up for his throat as he began to cough. It took him a little bit to clear his pipes but once he did he spat the gunk he hacked up onto the ground.

“Trying to contact him would just put him and a whole lot of other people in more danger.”

Getting up from his seat he started to pace around the garage, his hand moving from place to place on himself as he thought.

“Right now Tachyon’s forces believe I’m dead. So while they’re more into celebrating how “the last lombax is dead” and taking it easy instead of actually fighting a war they believe they’ve already won. I can use that time they’re lapsing to get resources and troops.”

Sitting back down he attempted to start working on the sled again to distract himself. Last thing he wanted to do was come as close to breaking down as he did just a few moments ago, especially in front of his alternate. He could become a mess… more of a mess when he had some privacy.

“Then there’s the issues with the pirate code I have to work around.”

Ratchet waited for Pi’s cough to clear up, stifling disgust when he spat on the ground. Eugh, note to self: watch where you step. Disregarding that, though, Pi did answer his question. He sighs, of course it wouldn’t be that easy.

As Pi paced around and told his ‘story’, Ratchet couldn’t help but wonder just how much their paths differed. Compared to Pi, Ratchet certainly had it easy during Tachyon’s reign. Pi had been fighting Tachyon for much longer than he had and had even lost an arm and an eye because of it. It almost made him feel bad for being more fortunate than his alternate.

Upon noticing Pi had moved back to working on the sled, Ratchet did, too. Although, he was more or less absentmindedly fiddling with it than actually working on it at this point. When Pi spoke up again, Ratchet perked up in attention.

“...Pirate code?”

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[wrenchninja]

{{Kira}} "Ratchet, honey? Are you okay?"

@phoenix--guard

“Ah, Kira--! “

“I-I’m fine, don’t worry!”

[wrenchninja]

Well look at that, the anon suddenly got punched right in their non-face. How could this have happened?

It all happened a bit fast (when did Pi get here?), but he couldn’t help but laugh at both Pi’s punch and feigned innocence.

“Hah... thanks, Pi.”

[wrenchninja]

Yeah, no wonder you were left on veldin

Whoa, now that’s a sore subject. His ears instantly droop. 

“Yeah... a real mystery...”

[wrenchninja]

You didn't need a costume in the first place, have you seen your face? Scary enough.

SAVAGE. He’s quick to recover, though.

“Sorry, but have you seen my face?”