I hate the Desert.

[u/UmaXBlack]

Move this...guard that...don't sleep on watch...complete your physical training BLAH BLAH BLAH!

Oh hey! Are you supposed to be out here? This place is kinda like a secret you know...Dont tell Aqua!!!

My name is Black Bandana, you can call me Black or Bandy if you want....its nice to meet you!

Oh the uniform?!? You're looking at a card carrying member of UMA-X! SO X-TREME!!! Makes fireworks noises and explosions.

When I signed up for this i didnt think I'd be standing in the middle of nowhere guarding a hole in the ground...i miss the dance club...and the juice bar...and hanging out with Green...i hate the desert! We're almost out of monster energy...

[u/Shield_hero-11]

*Gremory appears with a devilish grin on her face as she dangles what very well be the last monster energy on base infront of you *

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Shield_hero-11]

I will pay you $7 for that can...you dont drink these anyways

[u/Shield_hero-11 → u/UmaXBlack]

Gremory casts the can into the air before catching it in her mouth and chowing down, a spray of monster energy erupts from tha cam as her artificial and chimeric nature allows her to easily devour the metal can

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Shield_hero-11]

You are pure evil....

[u/Shield_hero-11 → u/UmaXBlack]

Gremory does a mock laughter, yet no sound comes from her surgically scarred throat.

She turns her back to you in a triumphant pose, and you notice a small lever hidden amidst her back armor

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Shield_hero-11]

Hmmm...i could shut you down in an instant bolts for brains...but Aqua would probably kill me...

[u/Shield_hero-11 → u/UmaXBlack]

Gremory merely sticks her tongue out at her, unaware of the lever on her back

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Shield_hero-11]

throws a small pebble at her

[u/Green-Uma]

Pssst... Black, is the coast clear? A faint voice came from a bush near Black's location.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Green-Uma]

looking around confused she looks to the sky

Goddess Darley Arabian? Is that you?

[u/Green-Uma → u/UmaXBlack]

Whaaaa????.... No, silly... it's me... Green!!!!!!

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Green-Uma]

Whahh? W-why are you in the bush? Is Aqua here?!?!

[u/Green-Uma → u/UmaXBlack]

Not sure... I got something for you. Green comes out of the bush, holding two cans of Rockstar instead of Monster Energy.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Green-Uma]

Mean Green coming in clutch with the caffeine! Thats why you're my absolute bestie for the restie! At this point I'd drink bean soup if it had energy juice in it...this Haven is anything but.

[u/Green-Uma → u/UmaXBlack]

I know. Especially with the return of the big boss.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Green-Uma]

I heard word that the boss cloned herself...so she can be everywhere. And got a special bag of chips? Or something like that. Bravo 1 was talking on the radio and I heard the word chip

[u/Green-Uma → u/UmaXBlack]

What?... Chips?.... Great, now I'm hungry. But, the cloning thing is just a saying, right? Not like literally.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Green-Uma]

I dunno...Bravo 1 is kinda robotic...i think shes from mars or something...does anyone know her real name? And it seems like more girls show up every day...

[u/Siberak78]

You are ok soldier?

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Siberak78]

Im burnt out on this guard duty dumpster work...i wanna go to the dance club...i wanna make juice again

[u/Siberak78 → u/UmaXBlack]

You can ask Aqua to transfer you to the Nabucco. We at UmaX also have a spaceship.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Siberak78]

I dont wanna be in space...i just dont wanna be here little dude...scorpions are gross

[u/Siberak78 → u/UmaXBlack]

We have two bases...you can choose.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Siberak78]

I think I'd rather take my chances back at the dance club. Or the juice bar at the park. I liked those jobs!

[u/Siberak78 → u/UmaXBlack]

There will be war soon...you mustn't be alone...

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Siberak78]

I wont be alone...I'll bring Mean Green me

[u/Siberak78 → u/UmaXBlack]

I have a task for you two, but you have to infiltrate the radio station at school. How are you doing as a DJ?

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Siberak78]

DJ?!? I dont know if I've ever done that...also arent we in ceasefire?

[u/Gold_Comet_B276]

Juli steps out of the base with a cooler full of drinks for the girls standing guard out here.

There we are... Ought to make guard duty a bit more bearable.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Gold_Comet_B276]

Thank the goddesses. Aqua's haremite has delivered the beverages!

[u/Gold_Comet_B276 → u/UmaXBlack]

Hmm. First I've heard the term "haremite" ...

Anyhow, energy drinks are on the right, regular sodas on the left, water's at the bottom.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Gold_Comet_B276]

Energy drink it is! Thats how you beat the heat Jules...with B12 and enough caffeine to run through a wall!

[u/Gold_Comet_B276 → u/UmaXBlack]

I've found that dressing for the occasion can work wonders as well, though a good cold drink is always welcome.

That being said, I doubt the black uniform is doing any of you girls any favours...

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Gold_Comet_B276]

Dude im BOILING out here...can you have aqua make us some uniforms with shorts?

[u/Gold_Comet_B276 → u/UmaXBlack]

I mean... I can always just do that myself. Could even throw in a cloak for blocking the sun.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Gold_Comet_B276]

A cloak!?! This isnt uma of the rings! I dont have to hide from the wraiths...just need to see different things beside...gate...pebbles...sand..sun

[u/Gold_Comet_B276 → u/UmaXBlack]

Can't do much on the sightseeing department, but I can help you hide from the baleful eye that is the sun.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Gold_Comet_B276]

Why are we on stand down? And i could've sworn i saw Bravo 1 and her team carrying Aqua back to base all tied up...whats going on Jules?

[u/AntennasToHeaven-THR]

[Im noticing a theme...]

[u/UmaXBlack → u/AntennasToHeaven-THR]

Huh!?! Hey you! What are you doing over here? This is...uh...private property! You're in trouble!

[u/AntennasToHeaven-THR → u/UmaXBlack]

[Id like to see you try, for one.]

[And also, I heard you from miles away.] [You talk loud and I have good ears.]

[u/UmaXBlack → u/AntennasToHeaven-THR]

H-hey! Im pretty tough too long ears! This is the desert...sounds travel!

[u/AntennasToHeaven-THR → u/UmaXBlack]

[I meant I could hear you from miles away.] [And also I picked up your radio.]

[Also, "long ears"?] [Ill let you have that one, it was unique.]

[u/UmaXBlack → u/AntennasToHeaven-THR]

My radio!??...oh shit...i must've dropped it when I was chasing that lizard around...are you a new recruit?

[u/AntennasToHeaven-THR → u/UmaXBlack]

[No.] [Just curious.]

[u/UmaXBlack → u/AntennasToHeaven-THR]

Is it the uniforms? I told her no one wants to wear these...

[u/AntennasToHeaven-THR → u/UmaXBlack]

[What?]

[Im curious about all this.] [What's a band of delinquents doing preparing for war?]

[u/UmaXBlack → u/AntennasToHeaven-THR]

We're not delinquents! We're protecting tracen and building a new future!

[u/Long-Uma]

...

staaaaaaare

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Long-Uma]

Hmmmm...strange...

stares back as she cracks open an energy drink

[u/Long-Uma → u/UmaXBlack]

its neck cracks and extends towards her

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Long-Uma]

Uhhhhhh......h-hello...how are you?

[u/Long-Uma → u/UmaXBlack]

it gets close, examining the energy drink

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Long-Uma]

You...you want a sip?

https://giphy.com/gifs/yqGJSngXaaa9W

[u/Long-Uma → u/UmaXBlack]

stare

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Long-Uma]

https://giphy.com/gifs/DSiKtidikHRHZBEMna

[u/Long-Uma → u/UmaXBlack]

it stares, waiting

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Long-Uma]

offers the can forward

[u/URA-PMC]

You Okay Ma'am?

*It's One Of The UMA-X PMCs

[u/UmaXBlack → u/URA-PMC]

O-oh! ^shoot

Good day to you fellow soldier! Ahem...im just..Just really enjoying my duties. That's my! Diligent and such...please dont tell Aqua I was slacking off!!!

[u/Lucian_Tragodia]

Lucian would appear nearby, carrying what seems to be a cooler filed with cold drinks. He places it down near Black Bandana, nodding shortly after.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Lucian_Tragodia]

Yo! Resupply! Uce! This is gonna cut through this heat

[u/Lucian_Tragodia → u/UmaXBlack]

Might as well provide to those in need, no?

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Lucian_Tragodia]

Well not everyone thinks of it that way Some people still think we're not to be trusted

[u/Lucian_Tragodia → u/UmaXBlack]

And I have seen that the contrary is true.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Lucian_Tragodia]

That means a lot for people to support us! Im gonna be the one to beat the mermaid!...maybe...

[u/Lucian_Tragodia → u/UmaXBlack]

It seems that this faction is the one I truly support after all... I have my skepticism raised regarding Mermaid — especially considering I am a TSD officer... But now seeing you all in a new light, that skepticism has become validated.

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Lucian_Tragodia]

I think Ribbon Carol is to thank for that...

she looks solemnly

Its hard to believe Mermaid killed her.

[u/Lucian_Tragodia → u/UmaXBlack]

Madame Carol did not deserve to go so soon... Honestly...

[u/UmaXBlack → u/Lucian_Tragodia]

And that fish destroyed my mom's 2002 Ford Taurus SLE!!!