Level 17 [Action for Goldenrod Rocket Base] - SLACK OFF

[rocketralph]

<sub>[Good morning, Rockets! I hope you slept well. Somebody certainly did!]

[In fact, he's still sleeping. In really inconvenient places.]

[Ralph can be found throughout the base dozing in front of office doors, dorm doors, hallways, or the snack machines. You could try to wake 'em up...but he's a pretty cranky guy after all. Otherwise, I hope you don't have anywhere important to be for a while!]</sub>

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[rocketralph]

_{[Peridot's efforts are rewarded only with a cavernous yawn and Ralph scratching his face.]}

[peridork]

[Well. That sure didn't work. Obviously she's being too gentle about this.

She tries a swift kick in the side next, winding up and then lashing out with all her might. WELCOME TO THE PAIN TRAIN, PAL!

...except not really because Peridot is puny and not very physically adept.

Also she just winds up hurting herself. Her foot bounces off, the impact rebounding back through her poor toes. Peridot shrieks and leaps back on one foot, hopping around and spewing out a slew of choice swear words that she's picked up from other people around the base.]

[rocketralph]

_{[The kick doesn't wake him up but Peridot's unhappy goblin noises do. He opens an eye and gives his teammate a squint.]}

Where's th' fire?

[peridork]

[Gingerly, she sets her foot back down and levels a glare at him, teeth gritted in residual pain.]

Fire!? There's no fire, I was trying to wake you up because you're blocking my habitation suite like a clodding snorlax!

[rocketralph]

_{[A grunt.]}

Sheesh, would it kill ya to say somethin' nice once in a while?

[peridork]

[yes]

I don't care, would you just move already? I have important training to get to and I can't do that unless I cram my stupid human stomach full of nutrients first!

[IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY, RALPH. THE BREAKING OF THE NUTRIENT FAST.]

[rocketralph]

_{[Wow, such rudeness!]}

Mmmmn....no.

[peridork]

WHAT?

[No really. WHAT. SHE IS SO TAKEN ABACK RIGHT NOW.]

F-fine, be like that! Keep laying there, see if I care! I'm gonna get out of this room one way or another anyway!

[And indeed, as she says that, she takes a few steps backwards, putting her head down like she's intending to charge and leap over him.]

[rocketralph]

_{[Ralph was going to doze back off or at least keep an ear open to see if she said please...but now he has got to see this.]}

Go'head.

[peridork]

[Growling, Peridot tenses herself and then bolts forward at top speed with a nasally war cry, socked feet drumming across the linoleum floor tiles. She's gonna do it. She's gonna leap Mt. Wreck-It.]

NGHAAAHHH--

[Actually no she isn't. She's actually going to totally slip and faceplant onto Ralph's stomach! Really hard.]

[rocketralph]

_{[Ralph doesn't see any cause for alarm until he notices that the apex of Peridot's jump isn't quite high enough. He puts out a hand.]}

Wait wait--WHOOOF!

_{[OH, ow, he's gonna feel that tomorrow.]}

Alright, ALRIGHT, that's enough of that!

_{[He reaches around and snatches her up by the back of her uniform as if she were an unruly kitten.]}

[peridork]

[Completely livid at him and at her own failure, Peridot acts the part and hisses wordlessly in response, clawing at the air. It's very undignified. Her short little limbs are flailing everywhere.]

[rocketralph]

<sub>[Ralph watches her struggle for a beat before deciding something needs to be done with her. He slowly rocks to his feet and plods drowsily down the hall, occasionally bumping into things as he does. Finally he locates exactly what he's looking for.]

[A trash can.]</sub>

[peridork]

[Peridot keeps squalling like a nasally voiced demon and kicking with her little legs, her displeasure only increasing by the fact that he's now carrying her off to some unknown destination.]

What are you doing, unhand me at once!! Ralph-- RALPH ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME!? RELEASE ME!!!!

[What is he even--??

...Oh.

The offended snarling noise she makes is so real, so vicious. Like a tiny rat dog growling. She takes a few swipes at him with her puny fists.]

Ralph don't you dare drop me in that rubbish receptacle, or you're going to regret this--!!

[rocketralph]

I doubt that.

_{[CA-CHUNK! Ralph drops Peridot into her new home and slams the lid down. He's kind enough not to boot it down the hallway though, so you gotta give him some points for that. Dusting his hands off, the wrecker turns on his heel and plods slowly back to his napping spot.]}

[peridork]

HEY--!

[She is not giving him points for anything. There's a lot of furious caterwauling and banging from inside the trashcan before she manages to knock the lid loose and poke her head out from under it, scowling like a less-furry version of Oscar the Grouch. She emerges just in time to see Ralph disappearing down the hall.

Still growling like an angry chihuahua, she starts punching her little fists at the air in an almighty temper tantrum.]

I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY FOR THIS, RALPH! JUST YOU WAIT!!!

[He really shouldn't be surprised if, in a few hours, he finds an angry rattata and houndour on his case. Peridot holds grudges.]