In the Rex Markets

[Thunderbirds]

Diaz wandered about the many consession stands and sales boothes, going over and over again down his list of "To Dos" and "Must Haves".

"Well, I think I've gotten just about everything on the "To Do" list," Diaz scribbled a few lines out on the parchment. "Now to finish the "Must Haves". Lets see...Ah!" He spots a crystal vendor and approaches to inspect the stock.

"Let's see..." Diaz browsed through the many baskets of crystals. "Floaters...no. Icers...we have enough. Slimers...ugh, we'd never use them." They just seemed to display low grade common crystals.

"Excuse me, sir vendor," Diaz raised his hand to the merchant. "Do you have anything a bit more...uncommon in your stock somewhere?"

"I do," The man replied. "But if you wish to purchass from that supply, it'll cost you at least three times what I have out here."

"What?!" Diaz exclaimed. "Three times?! That is absurd!"

[Warforged]

Aella snorted as she walked about the markets, her siblings following beside her. The lizard pulled her dark hood farther over her snout and folded her staunch arms across her chest with an irritated huff. "Hmph...why the hell did we have to come all the way to Terra Rex just to buy a couple of supplies for the airship and gorceries for Mother?"

Wandering beside her was the second oldest sibling, Feliciana, who held a small shopping satchel at her hip. Turning her gaze away from an archery shop to her left, the girl smiled up at Aella. "Because Mother said that there may be useful items here that we can't find on Atmosia. She also said that she always wanted to come here herself but..."

"Huh, she could've just come here with us on the Orphen."

Feliciana giggled. "You know Mother, Aella. She is getting a bit fragile in her old age." Aella rolled her eyes and huffed.
"Don't let her know you said that. She'll give you a whack to the head..." She grimaced and rubbed the back of her head in reminiscence. Behind her, Cassiah and Malandra snickered.

[Thunderbirds]

"If you cannot pay the price," The vendor crossed his arms. "Then don't bother asking for our un-common stocks."

"Instead of trippling the price," Diaz rummaged through his bag. "How about a trade? I have some fine originally crafted inventions. One of a kind, that I would be willing to trade for some of your uncommon stock?"

"Forget it," The vendor refused. "I don't need some begger's junk. Be gone if you cannot pay the price!"

"I beg your pardon!" Diaz snuffed. "But my inventions are anything BUT junk! You should at least consider looking at what I have to offer!"

[Warforged]

Feliciana paused and looked back at the two men at the crystal vendor. "Hm, wonder what going on there?" Aella huffed.

"Why should we care? It's just some stupid ol' crystal merchant trying to haggle with his customer and take all his money. Nothing new with vendors like those."

Feliciana forwned and turned back to her sibling. "Aella! I think we should help..." Said lizard snarled.

"No, Feliciana! Just because we're passing by doesn't mean we need to help that guy! This is probably a common thing here. So let's just move along and find a real crystal shop, not some pathetic street-side vendor."

[Thunderbirds]

"Now SEE HERE sir!" Diaz barked fairly insulted. "You don't have to be so unreasonable and unruly!"

"I already told you, fool!" The vendor spat. "I have no use for...what EVER this thing is!!!" he shook the device back in Diaz's face.

"Sir DO be CAREFUL with that!" Diaz snatched it back. "It is not a toy to be juggled about like that!"

"What do I care!" The vendor sneered. "Its junk as far as I am concerned!"

"THIS sir, is an ultrasonic detector!" Diaz stated. "Depending on the setting of the device, you can find objects imbedded inside almost any solid body! From crystals in solid rock, to a child in a mother's womb! It is certainly NOT junk!...though I guess I still have a few more adjustments to make...its probably unwise to give it to a man of your limited intellect..."

"What was that?!" The vendor became enraged. "Are you insulting me?!"

"Sir, I'm sure you can see clearly," Diaz took a step back. "That surely I am correct in assuming that the operation of this device is far beyond your ability and comprehention. I do not mean to be insulting, but it is the truth, afterall..."

"I should break you and your toys in two, smart mouth!" The vendor was fed up with Diaz, and cracked his knuckles.

"Oh dear!" Diaz flinched. The brawny man was at least twice his size. "When will I ever learn to rephrase my words?!"

[Warforged]

"Hm, he must be an inventor of some kind." Cassiah wondered while Aella and Feliciana tensed, hearing the crystal merchant's threats to the man. With a snort, Aella growled and rolled her eyes. "Fine! I'll help the stupid guy!" She snapped at her sister, before calmly walking back over to the vendor, arms still folded but her body still readied for an attack.

"Hey, Bubba! Ya know you're never gonna get any decent customers with that pathetic, greedy attitude. But of course, you do look like the type of person who's 'all brawn and no brains', I suppose." The lizard smirked while her siblings suddenly coughed nervously a ways behind her.

[Thunderbirds]

"Mind your own business!" The man bellowed at Aella. "This is none of your concern unless this man is a companion of yours!"

"Sir!" Diaz was opposed to such crudeness to a woman. "Certainly you should re-think your method of speech to a female-"

"I've had just about enough of you, smart guy!" The vendor raised a heavy blunt item, thretening to strike at Diaz.

"Please, refrian from this display!" Diaz jumped back. "I am opposed to violence!"

[Warforged]

Aella scoffed, reaching back and drawing her large double-bladed axe that was slung across her back. Her black hood fell back as she grasped her weapon, but she paid it no mind.

"Huh, to be blunt, I don't even know the guy's name. I just can't stand greedy, violent and stupid humans like you...although I admit, I could hardly tell if you were human or not, the first time I saw ya."

[Thunderbirds]

The vendor took a step back as the female reptile drew forth her weapon. Diaz as well was a bit startled by her agressive display.

"Keep away with that!" The Vendor repled as he backed off. "We have no business here! Begone!"

"Oh dear, me..." Diaz quivered. "What have I gotten myself into?"

[gatt]

(mind if I join)

Vio had decided to leave the Clipper on autopilot while he whent out to find some decent black fabric as his was starting to fade. Unfortunatly most of the stores didn't sell fabric that was black enough for him.
"They sell the bluest of blues, reddest of reds, but they don't sell anything that's blacker then a pail pirate flag" Vio muttered to himself with a caugh "what is happening to this world."

He then looked over and noticed the comotion at a crystal vendor. He looked over and asked "isss there anything wrong?" in a voice that could make the hair stand up on someones back.

[Warforged]

Aella scoffed and ran a claw down one of the axe's blades, smirking at the merchant. "Why should I? So you can go back to taking some poor guy's money for a few lousy crystals? But look, I'll be kind for a change and refrain from hacking down your little vendor here if you give the guy whatever stupid crystals he wants for the normal price of a common low-grade crystal. And if you think I'm lying...I'm not." She held her axe in one hand, while the other adjusted the loose belt round her waist, her black cloak falling away to reveal her pistol in the holster at her hip.

Feliciana jumped and spun around to look at Vio, her expression unerved. "Um, no. Not really, sir. Just a little argument over some crystals, although my sister there is only helping the customer...in her own, violent way." She mumbled the last bit under her breath.

[Thunderbirds]

"I-I-I want no trouble!" The Vendor protested.

"Please, There is no need for such agression!" Diaz pleaded with the female. "I'll simply go elsewhere to find what I'm looking for. There are several other vendors I could inquire at..." Diaz heard a commotion coming down the street as Peace Soldiers of Terra Rex approached to investigate the tense situation.

"What manner of deviancy is this?!" The lead soldier demanded. "Civilian! Yeild and surrender your weapon!"

[gatt]

"Every tttthing is alright hhhere ssssir" Vio said as he seemed to float over to the Peace Soldier "everything is taken care of."
It could be seen that Vio was cyclonian, but in a way, he seemed a little.... darker, but still had a heart.

[Warforged]

In a quick act of panic, Cassiah all but dove at her reptilian sister and held onto her upper arm, smiling nervously at the soldiers. "Ah-hah! We're really sorry, sir! Um, our sister here can be a bit...uh..." She trailed off.

Feliciana suddenly exclaimed, "Impulsive! She can be quite impulsive, is what my sister means to say. But we shall take our leave now and continue on with our day with no more...interruptions." Giving Aella a rough elbow to the gut, Feliciana wrapped and arm around Cassiah's shoulders and walked back towards her other siblings, dragging the other girl along. Almost sickeningly sweet, she looked back at Aella and shouted, "Come along now, Aella! Put that thing away and let's get going!"

After a moment of confusion, the lizard finally huffed loudly and withdrew her weapon, completely ignoring the soldiers that stood in front of her. "Gods, after living my entire life with humans, you'd think that I'd understand them by now! Dammit all..."

[Thunderbirds]

"I was not addressing you," The soldier eyed the Cyclonian who hissed at him. "I was speaking o the female who has drawn her weapon!"

"OH my good sirs!," Diaz grinned. "Surely there is a reasonable explanation to all this chaos..." Before Diaz could continue, the reptile woman's companions interviened with their own reasoning to the soldiers, all the while making the aggressive female at last withdraw her blade.

"Very well then," The lead soldier nodded. "See to it that you raise no further trouble here in the Markets, otherwise we will be forced to take you and your companions into custody."

"Not nessessary, good sir, I assure you," Diaz smiled politely. "Business shall be conducted elsewhere, and this vendor will be allowed to return to his swindling ways."

"Swindle?" The guard raised a curious eyebrow.

"Oh...there I go again..." Diaz hushed himself.

"Do not heed that troublesome fool," The vendor defended himself. "He talks too much for his own good. The whole conflict started because of him!"

[gatt]

"Jusssst walk away" Vio said to Diaz as he floated over to him placing his cold hand on his sholder.
"Every man get's there jusssst deserts one day" he then jentaly tugged Diaz.

[Warforged]

Once out of earshot and away from the soldiers, Feliciana scowled and removed her arm from Cassiah's shoulders then proceeded to slap Aella upside her head. "What on Atmos did you think you were doing over there, Aella!? You could've gotten in a lot more trouble if you made good those threats you gave to that merchant!" ...Not like she was mad or anything.

"Hmph! I was only doing what you asked me to! You said to help the guy since that stupid merchant was trying to swindle the man out of all his money and I was 'til those soldiers came by! Grr...you humans tell me one thing but everytime, I end up doing something wrong when I'm just doing what you asked!"

"Well, 'we humans' don't usually threaten to chop down people's vendors! You could've been more civil with the man." Feliciana snapped.
Aella growled in her throat, pulling her black hood back over her head roughly with a snarl. "Whatever. I'm pissed off enough today, so let's just get whatever the hell we need and go."

[Thunderbirds]

Diaz shivered at the sound of the Cyclonian's voice, and chills ran down his back when the hand touched him. Despite his awkwardness, Diaz followed suit and walked away with the group.

"Please...let me say I'm sorry," Diaz turned to the women. "It was my fault the man became angry, and I probably should have just accepted his ire and walked away. You shouldn't have placed yourself in the path of his rage for someone you don't know. I was too careless with my words..."

[gatt]

Vio looked down at Diaz and then looked to the women, eyeing the lizard for her "human" comment earlyer. He then held out a crystal in his gloved hand wrapped around it tightly and said "what do you want specificly from that man, because I have a waaaay of persuasion that he can not refuse."

[Warforged]

Feliciana turned toward Diaz and smiled, waving her hand to dismiss his words. "Oh no, sir. There's no need to apologize, it was our fault for only making matters worse," She glanced in Aella's direction, hearing a soft growl, kicking the reptile's tail before looking back at Diaz. "We are the ones who should be apologizing."

[Thunderbirds]

"Oh no sir," Diaz smiled awkwardly and waved his hands. "I simply wanted to see the man's hidden stock of uncommon goods. I just wasn't sure of what he had in stock. I'd rather not return there after having such a sour encounter with that man."

"Please, dear ladies," Diaz looked back at Feliciana and her friends. "Do not feel the need to apologize to me. The whole situation was my fault to begin with. I cannot have you apologizing for trying to defend my foolish tongue in its hour of despair. I would never live it down..."

Diaz paused for a moment and muttered lowly to himself; "She wouldn't let me live it down either..."

[gatt]

The Cloaking crystal in Vio's hands glowed as he dissapered in a flash, only his foot steps in the ground showed that he was walking into the merchant's shop.

[Warforged]

Waving her hand, Feliciana laughed and kindly held her hand out to the man. "Well, standing around here apologizing to each other doesn't sound too exciting, so let's just forget about it. " She smiled at the man while her sisters jumped, staring at the spot where Vio had been standing a moment before.

Aella raised an eyebrow at the girls and snorted, rolling her eyes.

(Sorry for the late reply. ^^; )

[Thunderbirds]

Diaz looked back to address the man who had also assisted in the earlier conflict, only to find that he had vanished.

"That was a tad rude," Diaz sighed, none the wiser of Vio's whereabouts. "Leaving before saying goodbye."

"Alow me to introduce myself," Diaz smiled as he turned his attention back to Feliciana. "I am Diaz, Inventor and crewman of the Thunderbirds Squadron. Despite the oddness of our first meeting, I would like to repay you and your friends for your assistance earlier. Is there anything I can do for you?"

[gatt]

"How about you repay them with thissss." came Vio's voice as a Striker Crystal seemed to appere from nowhere. Vio then apered holding it.
"If you wan't to take it do it now becaussse the owner will notice it'sss missssing."