"Whaaaaaaaaaaaat's haaaaaaappening?"
"Oh, wow! I don't know what just happened but it looks like that guy needs help! Hold on, Pai-Pai!"
Hajime declared with the same wide-eyed enthusiasm she always sported, glancing down at the fluffy little ball of adorbs in her arms as she slickly flipped around on the sky-hook to navigate the line she was riding in the opposite direction. At first, the panda bear's mouth bubbles just made her coo and giggle with glee, but it didn't take her long to realize... those were sleep-bubbles, not bubble-bubbles! Her leader was, like, totally passed out! Oh no! Her sweet Gatchaman rescue maneuver was gonna require both hands, and if Pai-Pai was being a limp little bear-bear...
"Gosh, Pai-Pai, don'tcha think this is a weird time for a nap? Well, don't worry about it!"
Her tone wasn't accusing or anything like that. Hajime Ichinose had a plan!
CHOMP
...Weeeeeeeell, maybe CHOMP was a biiit of an exaggeration. She just picked Pai-Pai up in her mouth like a momma kitty! Now she could devote both hands to the rescue while keeping her daring team leader safe and sound; it was perfect!
Also, it felt kinda nice to be the one biting him for once-- it was usually the other way around.
Her cunning strategy put into action, Hajime wasted no time in spotting Ed where he was falling, angling her body appropriately... and letting go of the sky-hook.
And as she fell...
G-G-G-G-G-G-GA-TCHA-MAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
"BIIIIIIIIIIRDH, GHBO!"
Her words were a little slurred with her mouth full, but the effect was instantaneous nonetheless; the patented Gatchaman logo marking her transformation in bright pink. Gone were her stylish suspenders, dashing dress, striking scarf and heavenly hairclip... and in their place, the ribbons, scissors and metal suit of a Gatchaman! With a technological cli-clak, two metallic wings protracted from her armor's back, and the undersides of her heels glowed with a sudden energy as her fall became a swoop and her swoop became straight-up flight. She blasted in Ed's direction like the pinkest rocket you've ever seen, snatching the haplessCartoon Network/Jetix (can't remember which) characterboy out of mid-air as gently as possible.
"GATCHA!"
She exclaimed cheerily with a wink beneath her helmet, the LED on her visor briefly shifting to (^_~) to convey the expression. She didn't fly too long, alighting on the nearest platform with Ed safe in hand as she whooped, threw her arms out to the side and posed excitedly in victory.
"Howdhgy-doobdhy, misdter mahnmh! Yu'rbhe save nowh! Bud youh shudld be mbore carefudh wid yur helicopder hairh from dnow on, kay? Duh Gadchamanh won'dh alwaydz be aroundh to save yuh, so watdch oud!"
She advised him sagely, beaming and sticking two fingers up in a scissor-like pose with a snip-snip or two for emphasis. And with that, the day saved and her heroic advice delivered, the Gatchaman took off to patrol the skies, definitely not letting anything that might distract her catch her eye--
Oooooh!
Waking up inside Hajime's armor was an experience. See, people don't realize is that, while the gatchaman are in "armor", inside the armor, it's more of a pocket dimension. So as Hajima saved the day, Paiman floated around like a balloon, shouting at her.
"OHMIGODH, YUR HAAAAAAAAAIR! ID'S SOH PRETTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!~~~"Hajime positively squee'd, showcasing her appreciation for Junko's taste in hairstyles in what was probably the most tactful way she possibly could have; by blasting down from the sky and touching it."Oh, 'old on jusdh one secondh! Pweh!"She recalled her helmet and spat Pai-Pai out, the little panda landing on a grass patch safe and sound."There we go! Hey, you gotta tell me how you styled that, okay??? It's like, superMEGAultracute!"She grinned innocently, and it was obvious the thought that she might've been killing the moment or something never even occurred to her.@Josh M @TheSpringwoodSlasher @Atomyk @The Silver Paladin
Doing a combat roll onto feet, paiman was ready for the exit. Almost on cue, Paiman jumps onto Hajma's head, stomping, while lecturing. Panda aliens had a talent for multi tasking
"You did it now, Newbie! I don't even know where to begin! break the rules and leave on a vacation; a vacation I told you not to go on ! Then after i searched for you here for hours, you snap your leader off his feet, and onto some death machine! When your leader says stop swinging, you stop!"
The anger was at max. Paiman was in full rage.
"We're leaving, now!"
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