Board Thread:Talkplays/@comment-7637833-20150117192853/@comment-7637833-20150121055958

Meanwhile!

"Hey."

The hyena looked dazedly at the sniper. He had been dressed in a hospital gown and hooked up to quite a few wires and machines so he'd be able to recover. Lockdown had never felt so much like crap in his whole life... well, there was the one time in Mazuri involving some crazy kangaroo getting him sick after sneaking a kiss in on him (he honestly forgot what the rest of the details were), but this was different.

"H-howdy," Lockdown managed. He noticed Deadline holding a cuppa joe in his hand, which made him smirk. The sniper slurped up coffee like nobody's business - he wouldn't be surprised if he bled coffee too.

"How're you feeling?" The lizard pulled up a chair and sat beside the hyena's bed, looking at his incapacitated partner.

"Well, sinuses're cruddy, head feels foggy, and every bone in mah body hurts... but other than that, Ah'm just dandy." Lockdown seemed real chipper despite the fact he was confined to a bed and unable to fight. That made the sniper chuckle - even a situation like this wouldn't get him down.

"So... I got a new partner," he said. Lockdown looked at him with sudden interest.

"Oh, really? Who are they?"

The sniper frowned. "Some jackal named Saffron. Made us fail our first mission together because she let herself get caught by our mark, and he got away while I tried to rescue her. She's terrible at stealth, too, and she thinks she's higher than me when she really isn't. What a b-"

"Hehehe... y'all sound like yer made fer each other."

"...what?"

Lockdown grinned and chuckled again. "Pard, the way you talk about her? Sounds like you like her, but you just don't know it yet."

There was a silence from Deadline. Then, "If you weren't in critical condition, I'd kick your a**."

This got another laugh from the hyena. "Hey, Ah'm just makin' an observation, pard... no need to get yer knickers in a twist."

Deadline grumbled and sipped his latte grumpily. What the hell was he on about? So far, Deadline didn't want anything to do with Saffron, but their partnership lasted until Lockdown got better. He was already starting to feel one of the headaches that would come...