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Jax sprints down the hall, just in time to see Pomni shoot 4 guns out of Zoobles 4 arms.
"Oh sick!" He practically whispered that, astonished by the move she pulled. Pomni doesn't hear him, he doesn't want her to anyways, he didn't even care.
2 guns spawn nearby him, he picks them up and yells out to Pomni. "Pomni! Catch!" She turned to see him just in time to catch the gun. They start running down the balcony to catch up to Zooble.
When they reach the first floor, Zooble is nowhere to be found. Him and Pomni walk forward scanning the massive room for Zooble.
"Where the f- AGH!" Jax tries to ask himself a question but gets cut off by a deafening bang.
Everything went black.
Jax hears his name being called, but it's spoken distant and faded. He recognizes the voice. It brings his teammate to mind.
Before Jax can speak, he gets teleported to a miniature room, it's about the size of his bedroom. There's a faint, blue glow coming from the center of the room, an aquarium lays there, it's bigger than the average fish tank.
He turns around and sees a white banner. 'LOSER CORNER' is spray painted on the poster. "Crap.." Jax sighs out on the word.
He hears something behind him and instinctively turns around just to see Ragatha, Gangle and Kinger in cat costumes. They freeze in their tracks, staring at him. The 2 girls look like they've been caught, meanwhile Kinger doesn't seem to be fazed.
Jax's mind is frozen in place until he finally speaks up, breaking the longed silence. "What the actual hell..?" He says in a puzzled tone.
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Jax sat at a bench far from the others. He's not too bothered about what their talking about. He notices a tall figure sitting down next to him, but he doesn't acknowledge the silhouette.
"Hello, Jax, how are you doing?" The chess piece asks, he sounds calm and collected, like he's not crazy for once.
Jax puts on his yellow smile as an attempt to get the nut case to back off and leave him alone. "Peachy." He says smiling, yet his voice has no emotion to be found.
"You and Pomni have been spending a bit more time together, huh?" Kinger speaks in a surprisingly curious way. Jax shifts his gaze towards him, raising an eyebrow.
"I mean, we are in the same team so we kind of had no choice." His voice falters, the uncertainty in his tone betraying his confusion. Kinger hummed along acting as if he understood. "Do you... like spending time with Pomni?"
Okay, now he was really confused. "What do you want, old man?" Jax spoke suspecting Kinder was up to something, although he didn't seem the type to be.
"It's just-" Kinger tries to respond, but instead is cut off by Jax standing up.
"Welp! That's enough out of you today!" Jax then walks off to the other side of the room near the loser banner. When he reaches his destination, he watches Kinger walk towards the other 2, they were engaged in a joyful, lively conversation, except for, of course, Jax.
Soon after there came a pop noise, like a bubble being burst as Zooble appeared. Their attention immediately went over to the 3 in cat cosplay, he watched as they all stared at eachother. At that moment, Jax was completely amused at their reactions.
Suddenly, Zooble bursts out. "What.." They say, very bewildered at the situation, but not as much as Jax was. The moment was as clear as mud. Jax had to hold in his laughter, he practically was holding his breath.
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Jax woke up the next day exhausted and his legs aching from the other day, god, he did not want to go on today's adventure, but there was no use in trying. Caine always forced him to anyways.
He dragged himself out of his room and slowly walked out of his bedroom door feeling like he had a ball and chain attached to both of his purple legs. He plodded down the corridor, which seemed to stretch on forever until he reached the end.
Jax looked down from the balcony by the stairs only to see Pomni and Zooble on the couched. They were opposite each other in the square of couches. He might as well go down and talk with them, he had nothing better to do so he might as well.
He walked down the stairs and on the third step, he tripped on his own banana peel. Why the hell did he do that? He knew it was there, but he went ahead and slipped on it.
He heard distant laughter, it was obvious the cackle came from Zooble and they were laughing at him because, lets be real, who else would they laugh at? He face planted on the ground, Jax pushed himself up to a sit and sees Pomni jogging towards. She met his gaze, her eyes full of disquiet. "Hey, you alright?" He paused for a moment, thinking of what to say. He could be genuine, but he wasn't really the type to be. "Yep." He chuckled and spoke again. "Can you believe I slipped on my own banana peel?"
She giggled at that, her laugh was always light and somehow airy. "Didn't think you would fall for your own tricks." She responded, reaching out her hand to help him up. He took it. Jax stood and the 3 walked to the couches.
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After a few minutes of mindless talking, Zooble asked. "What adventure do you think Caine has prepared for us?" Jax let out a breathless laugh. "I thought you hated Caine's adventures, or are-" He abruptly got cut off by Zooble. "I do. But.. his adventures have been more, well, tolerable you could say." They sounded like they were ashamed of themselves when they said 'tolerable', glancing at the floor.
After a moment of quiet from Pomni in that conversation. She spoke. "You mean the suggestion adventures?"
They looked up from the floor and looked at Pomni as if they felt understood for the first time in an eternity. They raised their hand and pointed the unusual limb in her direction. "Yes!"
He bursted out in laughter again. "What? The President Pomni one?" He chuckled.
"No, you idiot. Of course not." The abstract character said in an annoyed tone.
"Yeah, I think they mean the stargazing and bar adventure, you know? The calming ones. Not that one, I-it was uh... kinda stressful." Pomni spoke in a more anxious way. Jax could hear it in her tone, the way she fidgeted with her pom-pom on her chest, and the way she stuttered on the last sentence.
"Oh, yeah, THAT was funny!" He'd say shifting his gaze towards the ceiling, smiling like a maniac. There was a deafening silence after a moment, Jax looked down at Pomni, she was now staring at her feet, he kind of felt bad for her now. Wait, no, what was he thinking? He didn't care for or about anyone! Yet his stupid head decided to say something, and this time it was out loud. "Hey, uh... Pom-"
Jax got abruptly cut off again, but at this moment, it wasn't Zooble who spoke.