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They are at…Where are they?. Rudo is just following Jabber to where he fought those trash beasts. They both have no idea where they're going, dumbass didn't get the map last time he was in that town.
“So, I was here…Then I finished my mission and went there.” He mutters, trying to retrace his steps but Rudo is annoyed.
“Where are we going?. This isn't where I usually get my trash.” He said as he looked around the area but Jabber suddenly grabbed his shoulders.
He shook him a bit, “We gotta find a town, someone I'm looking for has to be there.” He said but that just confused Rudo more.
When has Jabber ever cared for someone this much?, “Soo…No trash diving?.”
“No trash diving, we can always go that later.” He said but Rudo just had to keep on talking.
“But you told Enjin-” he tried to say but got interrupted and flicked on the head.
“I was lying, Dumbass. If I told Blondie my task then he'd obviously not let me out of there.” He said, a bit annoyed at Rudo but lil dude was mad at him.
Rudo probably should've known by the way he was acting earlier…Let's take a minute to think about that.
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“Hey, where are you going?.” Enjin asked again, starting to get annoyed with Jabber trying to get out.
“Oh, Nothing. I'm just training Rudo but wait…Oh no, he ain't got no trash.” He said, nudging Rudo since Enjin wasn't buying it.
Rudo rubbed his neck, “Yeah, I'm kinda running out of trash. We gotta get some more.” He said to back Jabber up.
Enjin had to think before Gris pulled up and put his two cents in, “It is work related so he can technically leave for a while, right?.” He asked, getting Enjin a bit annoyed.
“Yeah, what Gris said. I can leave now, right?.” Jabber asked too just to piss Enjin off.
It's working. This guy really can find a loophole in every word. He sighed, “Fine, you can go but come back once you're done.” He said, Getting Jabber to be a lil smug about it.
“Yeah, We get to leave…You thought you could keep me here like I'm a caged animal but you can't. I have ways to leave.” He said, Rudo is still confused but he nodded.
“And guess what?.” He asked Enjin and he started mad shit once he got Enjin's full attention, “We gonna talk shit about you when we start trash digging.” He said.
Rudo didn't think about Jabber's sentence and agreed, “Yeah…Wait, Hold on.”
“Yeah, Cause you suck.” He said as he poked Enjin's chest.
“Mhm.” Is all Enjin said, hearing Gris try and keep him calm since “Jabber is still young, Don't take his words seriously”.
“WE hate you.” He said but Rudo stopped that.
“Ay, ay no I don't-”
“And you a bitch.”
“An old bitch too. When you gonna retire, old man?.” He said to Enjin, who's trying his hardest to not crash out.
“...Your hair also sucks. Blonde makes you look like trash.”
“Mhm.”
“And WE” Jabber said, pointing at him and Rudo who's shaking his head frantically, “Gonna keep on talking about how much you a bitch.”
“Mhm.”
“You also get no women. No girl wants an old blonde dude that has no bands, no money in that ugly ass wallet.”
“Got it.”
“You might as well start getting with men with how hoeless you are.’
“Yup.”
Jabber had to think for a moment, “...Hey, did I mention that you a bitch-”
“GET THE HELL OUT!.”
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“Why'd you even say that, and add me into it?.” Rudo said to Jabber who's just chuckling at that trip down memory lane.
“Yeah, that was nice…But enough of that, we gotta find that town.” He said, ignoring Rudo's question.
Rudo was gotta keep on talking but noticed Jabber scrambling around before pulling out binoculars. Now he's just looking around with them.
“Come on, Help me out.” He said, pulling Rudo's arm and getting him close so they both use the binoculars at the same time.
“Where did you even get these?.” Rudo asked but Jabber just shook his head as if Rudo said something stupid.
“Ah, You got so much to learn, Lil dude.” He said as he patted Rudo's back, “Ever heard of breaking into Korvus’s room and taking his stuff?.”
Rudo had to think before being surprised, “What?!. Why would you do that?…Did you get caught?.” he asked but Jabber just laughed a bit.
“Man, You acting like that would ever happen to me. I just switched it with something else, He doesn't even realize that it's gone.” he said before getting back to looking.
Silly Rudo, How would he think that Jabber got caught?...That's cause he did and just doesn't realize it himself. That whole switching thing he bragged about, Yeah he decided to switch Korvus's binoculars with one of Semiu's limited edition magazines.
Semiu would've been in trouble if both of them didn't know who the culprit was. They only decided to let him off the hook cause Jabber was much younger in that situation. Just a bad ass little boy they had to deal with.
“Oooh.” Rudo was just in awe about that, He didn't think Jabber would be that good. No wonder he's his teacher.
Jabber was just letting that soak in until Rudo pulled his binoculars, getting him annoyed until he noticed Rudo pointing at something.
“Is that the town?.” He asked, getting Jabber to look too.
“Hmm, I think so..” he said as he thought before getting up, “C'mon, let's go.” He said before leaving.
Rudo immediately followed him, tripping a bit cause of the trash.
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Now we at The Town, the two are sorta happy that they made it and it looks nicer than ever. The food, the stores and…That brochure holder. Jabber would take a glance, still seeing the pamphlet Zanka was gonna grab. Why the hell did no one pick that up?.
He was gonna grab it but Rudo interrupted him, “So, who are we finding?.” He asked.
That got Jabber to think since he can't really tell Rudo that he's looking for Zanka, Not yet. This guy…He can't exactly keep a secret, or lie at all. It gets irritating, especially since Rudo happens to be the main reason The Cleaner's actually find out if Jabber's doing anything suspicious.
This asshole be spilling the beans five minutes into the interrogation, unless he bribes him…Then he'd probably keep that secret for a month.
He took another thinker but just said, “You'll see.” Before walking further into The Town.
“Hey, what do you mean by that?.” He asked as he quickly followed Jabber.
Jabber was deep in thought as he looked around, getting Rudo irritated, "Are you listening-” he tried to say but Jabber just shushed him.
He was thinking before getting a brain blast, “Yo, We're looking for a place that sells tea.”
“Huh?.”
“A few people said that he buys tea and stuff. He's probably there.” Jabber explained before looking around more.
Rudo was still irritated but he started looking as well. A place that sells tea?, doesn't seem that hard to find.
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After an entire hour of just straight looking, they finally found it. They're just on the ground, crawling to the tea shop cause their feet hurt.
They have done nothing but walk, run, skim through brochures then ripping it apart out of frustration. Hell, they even teamed up on beating the shit out of the bulletin board cause they always landed there.
That was…Scary for the other town people. They're just whispering to each other as they notice them crawling on the ground.
“Are they ok?.”
“Who the hell are these guys?.”
“That poor boy…C'mon dear, give the homeless kid some money.”
“Hey, it's the asshole that pushed me!.”
“Why are they army crawling?.”
“Probably playing.”
“Should we…help?.”
“Just give em some money like that old couple.”
“Aren't they cleaners?.”
The random people said, even a few are just throwing loose change or showing their pity for Rudo. For Jabber?, a few are just irritated at him for pushing him to follow Zanka yesterday.
The two have no idea what the hell the town people are doing but they did pocket the money as they finally made it into The Shop.
The Owner was gonna greet them but saw them still on the ground, getting the old women a bit concerned before going and helping them.
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After resting and eating the butterscotch candy The Owner gave them, mostly Rudo hogging all of it. They finally had enough energy to start asking questions.
“Hey, lady.” Jabber said as he got up and went to the table with Rudo following him and looking at the stuff on display.
The Owner looked and waited for his question, getting Jabber a bit happy.
“Soooo, Uh…You got a customer that always sells tea?.” He asked.
That got her to think about it before telling Jabber to be more specific since she has plenty of customers that buy tea.
He had to take a think since he doesn't exactly know how Zanka looks in public besides his first time meeting him. He probably doesn't show his hair, Ugh.
“Uhm, He's like around my age…Droopy eyes, had a scarf at times. Y'know, looks all serious and stuff.” He tried to describe but it ain't really helping the lady.
He has to think a bit more, then Rudo spoke up. “C'mon, do better than that. Like…Uh…What makes this guy special?.” He said and that gave Jabber a brain blast.
“He likes cool clothes and stuff, and wears different clothes everyday." he said and she immediately understood.
Jabber is talking about the sweet boy that always gets the same tea for his “Boss”. That got both of them confused.
“Sweet?.” Jabber asked, trying to see if she's being for real but she is.
She explained that who Jabber is talking about is the sweetest boy she's met, he'd often help her close for extra bags of that black tea his Boss seems to love so much. She even told them that the boy would even give her makeup or skincare tips that made her look a lot younger, even receiving compliments.
Jabber is just dumbfounded, Rudo is just confused on why his teacher wants to find a sweet guy. Zanka helping an old lady?, even giving beauty tips?...That doesn't sound like the rude and snobby guy he knows and gets hard for.
“Uh…Well when does he get tea?.” He asked but heard a lil “awe” from The Lady before telling him that he just missed him.
That got Jabber sad but happy since that means Zanka is still here somewhere. “Well, can you tell me whenever he comes here and stuff?.” He asked.
The Lady thought before telling him he comes every Tuesday and Friday in the afternoon, even spending some extra time browsing for new things to try.
He nudged Rudo, “Write that down, write that down.” He whispers, getting Rudo to scramble for some papers and a pen.
After sadly using up that loose change for a notebook and pen, they left after saying bye to The Owner.
“Alright, We did it…But what does she mean by nice?. That doesn't make any sense.” He mutters but Rudo stopped that.
“Come on, Can you tell me who we're looking for?.” He asked again, that got Jabber a bit annoyed but sighed.
“Fine. Just…Do you promise to not freak out?.”
“Why would I do that?.”
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“Cause we're looking for…Zanka.” He said, covering his ears to muffle the loud ass “WHAT!?” Rudo yelled.
He sighed as he saw the complicated look on Rudo's face, “Yo-You. Why?. He's a Raider and almost killed Gris…Even you!.” He tried to say but heard even more shocking words.
“That's the reason. He almost killed me, Jabber!. I gotta find him and fight him again after that.” He said, not really telling Rudo the full story since it's not something lil dude should hear.
“But you-”
“We can talk about it later. Just help me out, you do know a bit about Zanka right?.” He asked.
Rudo is still confused about why the hell Jabber wants to track Zanka down but he took a thinker. Knowing Zanka?…”Well, I guess so. He was pretty nice to me from the start, before showing me what he's actually like.” He said.
Jabber had to think before getting an idea, “Do you think he was acting nice then?.” He asked Rudo, who gave him a shrug in return.
They were still thinking but someone butted in, mostly cause the two were still in front of the door but the person was curious about who they're on about.
Jabber didn't give any info but Rudo just had to say, “We're talking about someone with really good fashion sense and droopy eyes. You know someone like that?.” He asked.
Jabber was irritated, happy at Rudo for not saying Zanka's name but still pissed at him for being stupid enough to tell a Rando that.
The person had to think until they assumed they were talking about…Stephanie?.
“Stephanie?.” The two said, very confused but hearing The Person's description, It's clearly Zanka.
That's until the person started saying that this Stephanie is the kindest and sweetest girl you could ever meet, even a smile would make the most depressed person happy. This Person is just straight glazing Zanka, like stop dick riding him.
The two are just stunned, “...Woah. Wish I could meet her.” Jabber said so Zanka's number one dick rider could leave.
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“What the hell is he talking about?.” Both of em said in unison.
“Sweet?.”
“Kind?.”
“Smiling?.”
“Girl?.”
They tried to think about that but can only think about the Zanka they know. Y'know, the one that's an asshole and has a burning hatred for Cleaner's…And also clearly mentally unstable.
“So he's just pretending to be someone else, Fake name and everything…Interesting. Write that down.” Jabber said as he thought for a while.
When Rudo was writing that down, he got a brain blast himself, “If Zanka's acting then what would the others say?.” He asked, noticing Jabber slowly turn his head to him.
Rudo was a bit nervous at Jabber just staring at him, “Well that one thought he was a girl but the lady thought he was a guy…Sooo, what would the other people think of him?.”
After a while, Jabber took Rudo's shoulders before shaking him, "Investigating and questioning the town?. That's a great idea, Lil dude.” He said, getting Rudo a bit happy.
“We're gonna be like detectives.”
“Like in TV?.” Rudo asked, getting a nod from Jabber.
He stopped shaking him and getting ready to start asking questions. It's time to know what Zanka acts like in public!.
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They started asking The Townspeople questions about Zanka, obviously not saying his name but just describing him. Jabber doing the talking and Rudo writing everything down, even doodling a bit.
“Ah, are you talking about Monique?.”
“Once in a week guy?.”
“The girl with the cute earrings?.”
“Oh, Cheni.”
“Max.”
“Tea babe.”
“The hot one in the group?.”
“Ah, You're talking about Genny.”
“Honey.”
“Maddie.”
“John Cena?.”
“Licorice.”
“Ooh…You mean William spear?.”
“Roberta.”
“Oscar.”
“The brat that took all of the limited edition snacks."
“Chika chika bow wow, wow bow…I don't know his name but he's pretty.”
Jabber is surprised by the amount of names Zanka made up, Rudo had to take a food break before writing the rest of that down. Then they're back to questioning.
“Oh, how is she?. Well she's the sweetest girl I've met.”
“She's a bitch, like who the hell trashes on my outfit as if…Ugh, I couldn't even say a good comeback before she left.”
“He really loves tea and I think he's a country bumpkin.”
“Geez, that boy acts like he hasn't eaten good food in years. It's a pity.”
“I dunno but they're really hot. If only they weren't so cold…Ain't like that isn't hot too but y'know what I mean.”
“I tried asking her out but she was very clueless on my hints. It was cute but kinda awkward.”
“I hate that asshole. That son of a bitch beat my ass over some jewelry, then beat my ass again for dropping it!.”
“Mm, That person is very serious and uptight. It's pretty interesting seeing how strict he could be."
“That dude's pretty strong, even gave me some advice.”
“She has the best makeup, even her hands are soft. Ugh, I'm so jealous.”
“I very admire his fashion sense. Those clothes are one of a kind, I tried looking everywhere but couldn't find them.”
“That one…Is so big. If I remember, they wanted to try new food and ended up winning a trophy. I don't even know what the trophy was for.”
“She's sooo serious and intimidating, it's kinda scary but at least she puts eyeliner on good”
“Ugh, that one along with the other two is very reckless. Those guys would trash talk about everyone they dislike.”
“I hate him…What you mean say it to his face?. You think I wanna die?. He's strong and could probably beat my ass in seconds.”
“I remember seeing him stand up for some guy. It was sweet…I think he pickpocketed him though.”
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After hours and hours of questions and Rudo's hands cramping. They decided to take a break to get some grub.
“Geez, I didn't think he'd have so many…Uh…” he said as he thought for a minute, getting Rudo to help him.
“Some type of Alter Ego?.”
“Yeah, that's it. It is interesting though.” He said as he thought for a while, he really wants to see him now.
“Hey, Didn't that Lady say something about missing him at the last second?. Wouldn't he still be here.” Rudo asked but Jabber just laughed.
“C'mon, Don't be silly. I doubt he'd actually still be her-”
“Hey, isn't that him!?.” Rudo accidently shouted before pointing at someone ordering a drink.
Jabber looked and holy chedder, it was him. Same stick and voice…If only Rudo didn't shout, Now Zanka immediately left once he noticed them.
“Ugh, You idiot.” He said before getting up and running to Zanka.
“What did I do?.” Rudo asked as he quickly followed him, still eating their wumbo bumble combo.
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They've been trying to follow him for a long time, Jabber out here pushing or just punching people to get them outta here…Or for fun. He had to stop just to punch that one dude dick riding Zanka cause no one dick rides his boy like that.
After so much running and trying their hardest to keep up, Zanka took a swift turn which got the two to run into a wall.
“Ugh…” he mutters, feeling some pain in his head but notices that Zanka stopped. That got him to look up and see that Zanka started at him for a minute.
“...Pathetic Cleaner.” Is all he said before running into the alley way once some blue light was shining, Must be that manhole woman.
“Oh, Ok. Thought we were cool but whatever.” He yelled out but stopped once he felt his head hurt more. Zanka really stopped just to play in his face, Bitch move.
He focused on Rudo that already sat up, getting him to get up. “You good?.”
Rudo was rubbing his head but stood up, “Yeah…Are we done. It's getting late.” he said, getting Jabber to think.
He just sighed, “Yeah. Go call Gris to get us…” he said.
Rudo was about to call Gris with his lil choker but hears Jabber tell him something, “Rudo, I know you suck at lying but…Don't tell anyone that I'm tryna look for a Raider. This isn't for you or the other Cleaners, Just for myself. Got it?.”
He had to think for a minute, “What if you get caught though?. You've been getting in trouble a lot.”
“Psh, don't worry. I know that these guys wouldn't do anything but get Korvus to talk to me…Unless they wanted to ruin Old Man's wish. Plus I'm not actually breaking any rules.” He joked, smiling a bit which sorta reassured Rudo.
“...Fine. But if they find out, I'm not involved with this.” He said but Jabber stopped that.
“I doubt they'd believe it if you've been writing for me.” He said, getting Rudo to realize and get annoyed at himself but Jabber just patted his head, “Sorry man but we in this together. Sounds kinda cool, We're officially teacher and student.”
“What the hell does that mean?.” He was irritated but Jabber kept on laughing, getting him to calm down a bit and just start calling Gris.
As they were talking, Jabber was busy thinking as he read what Rudo wrote down. This guy really gets more interesting the more he sees him.
“Pathetic Cleaner.” That insult still lingers in his mind, getting him pretty excited.
Jabber knows that he'll find this Raider, He needs to fight him again.