<Citizen's Band> Reize Seatlan releases a scream of ultimate suffering. ....The kind that only dogs, cats, and non-humans can hear. ...Then, everyone else can hear, "COOTIES!" Flailing noises, "COOTIEFIED! COOTIEFIED! COOTIFIED!"

<Citizen's Band> Balrog says, "What are cooties?"

<Citizen's Band> Castile says, "Oh, not this again..."

<Citizen's Band> Toji Suzuhara says, "Oh, for the love of..."

<Citizen's Band> Zim mutters curiously, "Coo-ties?"

<Citizen's Band> Dio Brando says, "...Must we listen to this nonsense every time the boy sees a pair of breasts?"

<Citizen's Band> Dio Brando says, "...Hey, Seatlan."

<Citizen's Band> Reize Seatlan ...says nothing at first, although off radio with horror in his voice, "....a boy...?"

<Citizen's Band> Dio Brando VISUAL FEED TURN ON. It is a visual feed of Midler. She is scantily-clad.

<Citizen's Band> Reize Seatlan becomes the definition of freaking out, as the radio drops and his screams are heard. Fading...fading... to where it can no longer be heard.

<Citizen's Band> Zim says, "..." Suddenly at top volume: "No matter! I have more important work to attend to."

<Citizen's Band> Dio Brando click.

<Citizen's Band> Zim says, "GIR! Start unlocking the cages immediately." In the background, a cheerful metallic voice chimes, "Okey-dokey!"

<Citizen's Band> Greed says, "I need one of those."

<Citizen's Band> Greed says, "What, precisely, is a Grr?"

<Citizen's Band> Zim says, "GIR is my assistant robot! It stands for... uh..."

<Citizen's Band> Zim says, "Something impressive."

<Citizen's Band> Greed says, "Robot, huh? Sounds like he could be useful."

<Citizen's Band> Zim says, "Oh, yes, indeed. Although he can be a bit -- excuse me."

<Citizen's Band> Zim sets down the radio, but you can still hear him shout, "GIR! Put the weasels DOWN!"

<Citizen's Band> Peleps Kaizoku Seki says, "I knew an automation once."

<Citizen's Band> Peleps Kaizoku Seki says, "That...sounds about right, really."

<Citizen's Band> Greed says, "Weasels...? What would an automaton do with... I don't wanna know."

<Citizen's Band> Zim | GIR snatches the radio and says, "We were gonna play tic-tac-foot!"

<Citizen's Band> Zim says, "No, GIR! The weasels have rampaging to do, and you haven't even released the cow yet!"

<Citizen's Band> Balrog says, "Rampaging?"

<Live News> A news flash comes over the lines from Metropolis! The reporter speaks up: "We've just received news of enormous creatures marching through the city! We're attempting to get closer so we can provide you with a video feed..."

<Live News> Soon the cameraman picks up the sight of... an enormous cow. It's walking down the street without a care in the world, but it's so large that it smashes cars and windows as it goes. And is that a little green kid standing on its head? Laughing?

<Citizen's Band> Zim says, "That's BETTER!"

<Fac-IPA> Toji Suzuhara says, "....that doesn't sound good."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "...I know that g-guy!"

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "His name's, um, Z-zim, and he's an alien, and he made me fight King Kong once."

<Citizen's Band> Greed says, "My... that's a rather odd concoction of a plan. Weasels and cows?"

<Citizen's Band> Zim says, "And MORE! Oh, so much more."

<Citizen's Band> Greed says, "Half-baked sounds more the term."

<Citizen's Band> Zim suddenly calm again. "In a way I'm just getting my evil legs back. My last conquering was ages ago."

<Citizen's Band> Greed says, "That's no excuse for improper planning. The more time you take, the more successful your assault will be. Think it through, buddy."

<Citizen's Band> Zim says, "You make an excellent point. GIR! Remind me to consider this upon completion of tonight's scheme."

Just another day in Metropolis. The sun is half-hidden behind a few clouds, a mildly chilly breeze blows between the skyscrapers, and a giant cow has just spit its cud onto the mayor's limousine.

The cow isn't the only creature that's been let loose. Weasels, hamsters, puppies and kittens, all seeming perfectly happy and healthy, only they're close to a hundred feet tall. They're running around, exploring and playing -- and leaving a trail of destruction in their wakes. Zim stands atop the cow's head, Voot Cruiser parked next to him. And, as always, he's laughing maniacally. "AHAHAHAHAHAHA! See my wrath, puny earth worms! Your city will be lain waste to by your own pets! Ohhh, how delicious the irony is." He hunches up briefly to grin at his plot.

Now what? Well, for the moment, Zim seems content to watch the animals he's enlarged, as they unknowingly wreck Metropolis.

Balrog was walking peacefully through the city before the chaos began. The only odd thing about Balrog today is a small pack attached, possibly with glue, to his top. Of course, you'd only notice this if you were already used to seeing the walking box. When the animals are loosed, Balrog's face shows a look of awe, coupled with a strong urge to pet the giant furry animals, which is followed by worry as he sees how much destruction is being caused. Then, another thought floats through Balrog's mostly empty head. He quickly runs down a nearby alley, out of sight.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of town, a machine that's somewhat familiar to the residents of Metropolis begins to lumber its way over from the Gate. The NERV Mobile Power Carrier is vital to the operation of non-bishy-operated Evangelions, and thus the defense of various places in the Multiverse from giant threats. Even giant fuzzy threats.

And so the huge machine soldiers on, tracks squealing every now and again...at least the route in is mostly evacuated. On top of the vehicle? EVA-03, in a kneeling position, with various cable ties holding it down for secure transport. Inside the entry plug, Toji Suzuhara sits with his arms folded over his chest. "....a giant cow. They're joking, right? They have to be...."

Poor kittens. Poor, poor kittens.

Somewhere on the outskirts of Metropolis, SOMETHING appears. It is large and predominantly white, and it actually looks pretty similar to the other giant robot that's going to be showing up here today save for a notable omission. Evangelion Unit 04 has no need for an umbilical cord. Mobile Power Carrier nothin'.

The fourth is walking beside the truck.

Inside the red entry plug, Kaworu Nagisa sits with his eyes closed and a smile on his face, looking like he could very well be napping. The guys in the truck might notice his through-the-roof and impossible stable synch rating, but he isn't being obvious about it.

He opens his eyes. "I don't know. Is there humour in this, Toji-kun?"

He doesn't wait for an answer before Unit 04 takes off like a shot, breaking into a run towards the streets. Kaworu is immune to cute. He is going to strangle some motherf***ing kitties.

A black kitten with white spots turns and mews at Unit 04. A puppy curls up on the street not far from Unit 03. And atop the cow, Zim continues to laugh, posing overdramatically with the sun behind him. He seems quite satisfied with his work -- and then he notices the giant robots approaching. "Aha! The defenders of this puny planet have arrived! KNOW THIS, foolish robot-pilots: today you face Invader ZIIIM, and soon after you shall face DEFEAT!"

The cow moos boredly, and turns around to face toward Kaworu and Toji. As they get closer, they may notice all the giant pets are wearing collars with some mechanical-looking badges on them.

"HUZZAH!" Panicking civilians look up as the cry echoes across the city. The source is on top of a large skyscraper opposite the cow. It's Balrog! Or... IS IT?! Yes, it is, but he's wearing a costume. Or rather, a red cape and a mask stuck to his face with scotch tape. The mask appears to be made of cardboard. It covers up most of his face except for the eyes and mouth. It's green, with red stripes where the stripes on his face would be.

Having spotted the likely source of trouble, Balrog begins yelling at Zim. "Stop your evil, evildoer! I have arrived to stop your-" Pause to think of a word other than "evil". "-bad stuff! My name is-" Dramatic pause. "CAPTAIN DESTINY!"

<OOC> Zim applauds.

<OOC> Balrog bows.

<OOC> Zim says, "Best part is, Zim is going to take you completely seriously. XD"

<OOC> Balrog says, "Sweet,"

Toji Suzuhara frowns. The cable-ties holding EVA-03 down are released on the carrier's end, allowing the machine to straighten to its full height. The 'robot' folds its arms over its chest and lowers its head menacingly, in a fashion that Nono might find eerily familiar. "Using pets for your evil schemes...that's something I can't forgive!"

Then Toji realizes that he's not going to be fighting here if he can at all help it. "So....uh....shut up and stay there while I fix this mess you made, okay?" And with that he hops down from the carrier and approaches the puppy. This is rather comical because it looks, well, rather like a fourteen-year-old approaching a puppy, writ large.

Kaworu's methods are extremely straightforward. He ignores Zim's taunting and cackling in favour of his own smiling, sending Unit 04 charging straight towards the poor adorable little kitty. The huge white monster shoots its hand forward towards the throat of the little fuzzball-

And stops in mid-snap.

The albino tilts his head, listening to his radio. "...Oh, so I shouldn't kill them," he observes. He looks forward again through his viewfinder, and indeed, he spots the collar. He also spots CAPTAIN DESTINY, but being a well-disguised apocalyptic world-destroyer, he doesn't get the joke and quickly looks back to the kitty.

And then he whips out his frigging huge prog knife and makes a really brusque grab at the kitten's collar, which, should he get ahold of it, he will attempt to saw off. Brusquely. But he is trying really hard not to stab the kitty.

(Because Toji said so.)

Ooh, the puppy thinks, here's a person who wants to play! It sits up straight, barking happily, then turns and runs down the street, leaving huge pawprints in the concrete. A few blocks down, it turns to look at Toji, barking again and wagging its tail.

The kitten flips over onto its back, catching a few sunrays -- and also dodging Kaworu's grab at the collar. It seems to be falling asleep, though, so if he tries again he should be able to catch it with little or no fuss.

As for Zim? He turns and stares in fury at the interloper atop the skyscraper. "Who DARES interfere with my bad stuff?! Prepare yourself, Captain Destiny! If you think you can defeat me, you're about to be disappointed!" Long metallic spider-legs click out from Zim's PAK, and he pulls a laser gun out, readying it and glaring across at Balrog. The magical lunchbox will have the chance to make the first move, though.

"Wrong! You will be disappointed if you think you can stop me from defeating you, because I will defeat you, or my name isn't Bal- Captain Destiny! HUZZAH!" The Captain leaps into the air and flies. His flippers flap madly in what should be a vain attempt to fly, yet he somehow manages to actually fly. Maybe he really does have super powers. He flies slowly toward Zim and his cow. "Super Magical Missiles Away!" A back panel opens on the flying box, which releases a plethora of missiles. The turn around and shoot straight toward Zim.

Toji Suzuhara frowns, and seems to consider his options. "....man, nobody even has dogs where I come from..." he grumbles irritably, before pushing forward on the throttle; EVA-03 begins to approach the puppy again, holding its hand out in front of it as if inviting the dog to smell it. That's what you're supposed to do with strange dogs, right?

...okay, so he totally has no idea what he's doing.

If Kaworu understood such concepts as shame he might be a little embarrassed at having been thwarted by a jumbo-sized kitten. Alas, his comprehension doesn't extend that far. He does, however, check his readouts again, mostly to keep an eye on what Toji's doing.

A flying box in a cape is not such a weird thing to him. Some of his friends are flying diamonds and two-dimensional things with three-dimensional ball shadows.

He frowns, and guides Unit 04 down to a knee, reaching for the collar more gently this time. MUCH more gently. The boy is looking for a latch. If he doesn't find one he will try and cut the thing off.

"Arf! Arf!" The puppy bounds back toward Toji -- then away another block -- then back closer to him. It leans forward and sniffs at the Eva's hand, experimentally.

The kitten squirms a bit, but only meows in complaint. Unit 04 is blocking its sun, after all. There's no visible latch; it must be hidden behind or withiin the large clump of electronics, which are whirring audibly.

Zim yelps and rears up on his spider-legs as the missiles fly toward him. Most of them fly past him (and into his Voot Cruiser, though he doesn't notice), but one pegs him right in the face and detonates. "Aaarghlmrph!" he growls, lifting up his laser gun and blasting at Balrog repeatedly. "Your Super Magical Missiles won't save you now! Er." Should he shout out an attack name too? No, that would be silly.

Toji Suzuhara's EVA smells a little plasticy, but also living. But the puppy probably isn't capable of finding that as creepy as a person would. Either way, he reaches up with the other hand to scritch the puppy behind the ears...then moves his way down towards the collar, assuming the puppy cooperates, where he attempts to grab the machine part of it between his thumb and forefinger and squeeze. *smash*

"Your lasers are no match for me," Balrog yells as he flies toward Zim. After all, he's taken lasers to the face before, although they do singe his mask a bit. "I will stop you and your destruction of this place, no matter what it takes, huzzah!" Balrog doesn't fly straight towards Zim now, but rather to a point a hundred feet above him. "Super Meteor Drop Attack!" Captain Destiny stops flapping and drops.

Kaworu's Eva also smells alive, though... somehow not as much so as Toji's. This may have something to do with its lacking a soul.

The young man eases his prog knife to his off hand, easing his hand towards the machine portion of the collar by slipping a couple of fingers around to the underside of it. He tilts his head for a moment. Then he squeezes the corresponding hand trigger, closing the Eva unit's hand crushingly tightly around the electronics.

The kitten purrs; the puppy licks Unit 03's hand. With metallic grinding sounds, the mechanics on the dog's and cat's collars crunch into pieces, and the collars slip to the ground (where, due to their large size, they crush a couple of cars. Ah, well). The puppy and kitten, at first, seem to be unaffected... but after a few seconds, they can be seen to visibly begin shrinking. In a few minutes, at this rate, they'll be normal-sized again.

So the day is saved! Except... didn't Zim mention weasels earlier? Indeed, one of them is suddenly crawling on the back of Unit 04, and Toji may notice the second one clinging to a skyscraper near him. Lovely!

Meanwhile, Zim's eyes dart back and forth as he looks for Balrog. "Where did you go?! I warn you, a sneak attack is useless! My powers of observation are as waitaminuteeaaaaAAAAGH!" SPLAT. Zim is flattened beneath Captain Destiny's formidable form. One spider-leg twitches a bit.

GIR gets back at this point with his arms full of Taco Pit take-out bags. "Hi!" he cheerfully says to Balrog. "Whatcha doin'?"

<Fac-IPA> Toji Suzuhara says, "Oy, any of you guys ever owned a ferret?"

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari looks vaguely thankful at Toji. Also confused. "A ferret?"

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "Nope. I think..uh...what's her name...Nanoha has one."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "I was, um, beaten up by a squirrel once..."

<Fac-IPA> Zero says, "...how?"

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "....A squirrel?"

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "That's it. I'm gonna teach you how to hit things."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari doesn't realize how depressed he sounds, "Well, I was six, and I was sitting in my aunt's front lawn, just sort of, um, playing in the sandbox. And I wasn't really paying attention, untill I felt something weird under my shirt. I looked down and this gray squirrel about as big of my head was climbing all along my body-I stand up, and try to, um, get it off, but it's too fast for me and scratches and bites me for a little bit, and then it almost got down my pants, but I sort of grabbed it's, um, tail..."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "I f-felt kind of guilty, but my Uncle was video taping the thing and the people they had over for dinner that night thought it was pretty funny. ...well, I heard laughing outside. So, um, I guess it wasn't so bad."

<Fac-IPA> Kaworu Nagisa says, "Poor Shinji."

<Fac-IPA> Kaworu Nagisa's tone is... pretty fond.

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari um. "Err, I d-didn't mean to, uh, whine. Just, uh, if there's a giant, um, rodent...go for the, um, tail?"

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "Yeah, You need to learn how to fight."

<Fac-IPA> Sakura Kinomoto |Kero cuts in. "The tail is playing very dirty, ya know! But if that's whatcha gotta do, man, do whatcha gotta do."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari flushes, "I'm n-not that bad. I won that, uh, mecha competition we had! I'm just kind of, err, clumsy...and skinny...and I don't really like to fight..."

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "What's a squirrel?"

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "Sounds big and ferocious."

<Fac-IPA> Toji Suzuhara says, "It's a small rodent that lives in trees."

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "Oh."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari berserker-voiced. "Evil."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari cough. "Um, sorry. Sore throat."

<Fac-IPA> Toji Suzuhara says, "And, uh, anyone know how to get a ferret's attention?"

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "Did you try something shiny?"

<Fac-IPA> Toji Suzuhara says, "...good idea."

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "Like one of those la-sor poin-taa things."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "So you just need to work out some. Then maybe you won't be embarassed to change for gym class."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "It's n-not my fault you're that much taller than me..."

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "Eh he's not that tall. Oniisama and Renji are taller."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "Who said anything about tall? Muscle, Shinji. It's about the muscles."

<Fac-IPA> Toji Suzuhara says, "Yeah! I mean...uh...hey, be nice."

<Fac-IPA> Kaworu Nagisa says, "Why would he be embarrassed about gym class?"

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "Anyways the shiny things technique works on Pyon. So...I guess she's sort of like a rodent."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari mutter, "Kuchiki doesn't need muscles to push you around, Kurosaki..."

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "Eh, I've always taken down people bigger than me usually growing up. All you really have to do is be clever about it."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "......"

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "What's that supposed to mean?"

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "Hush Ichigo, he's only being honest."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari meekly, "Um, n-nothing. Sorry. Just kind of, um, unconscious. Misato likes to k-kid around, see..."

<Fac-IPA> Sakura Kinomoto says, "It means you're soft-hearted, Mr. Strawberry! It's a good thing!"

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, sweetly. "Indeed he is, Sakura-chan. He's so soft, he folds like a pillow when punched."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "...You be quiet, Rukia! I don't need crap from you!"

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "Pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt!"

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "-that really just seems to encourage her, Kurosaki."

<Fac-IPA> Sakura Kinomoto says, "Hoee, well, that's not quite what I meant..."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "Aren't you too old to be doing that kind of thing?"

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "Just think of it like adults talking to babies, Ichigo. You know, with the cooing voices and the wiggling fingers?"

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "Have you, um, thought about, I don't know, apologizing and making her something to eat? That, uh, sometimes helps when one of my room mates gets a little, um, tempermental..."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "She doesn't want me to cook. I'd burn the house down."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "..really? Cooking's not all that hard."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "I leave it to my sister."

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "Better let Yuzu do it, Ikari. Ichigo likes playing with fire too much."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "Isn't that a little...um, s-sorry, not my place to say..."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "...."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki makes a grumbling sound, not unlike Sideshow Bob getting smacked in the face with a rake.

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari looks apologetic. ...from behind Sakura's icon.

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki whistles. Sounds of....paint in the background. Oh oh.

<O-IPA> Leeroy Jenkins: Ichigo Kurosaki is so abused. :(

<O-IPA> Japanese Charlie Brown, Shinji Ikari says, "We should start a club, man."

<O-IPA> Leeroy Jenkins: Ichigo Kurosaki says, "We should."

<O-IPA> Leeroy Jenkins: Ichigo Kurosaki says, "'ABUSED BY LADIES'"

<O-IPA> Frank Ishida, not Uryuu Ishida says, "The Browbeaten Society."

<O-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "I forgot who gave rukia the water colors"

<O-IPA> Japanese Charlie Brown, Shinji Ikari says, "It'll be like the royal order of water bufflo, right down to our having to go home early so as to fix darling her supper."

<O-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "But you can blame whoever it is for what she's doing <3"

<O-IPA> Drunk Or Not? Misato Katsuragi snickers.

<O-IPA> Japanese Charlie Brown, Shinji Ikari says, "IN FACT."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "...Rukia. I don't like the sound of that."

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "I'm just drawing! With this paint stuff I got as a gift."

<Fac-IPA> Tatsuki Arisawa says, "Question."

<Fac-IPA> Tatsuki Arisawa says, "Are you doing it on Ichigo?"

<Fac-IPA> Benjamin Sisko says, "Hm, a cooking contest, huh?"

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "A-arisawa!"

<Fac-IPA> Tatsuki Arisawa says, "Whaat?"

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "You shouldn't butt in on their private life like that! If, um, Kuchiki is painting Kurosaki, that's their busniess!"

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "....No she's not, what th--" His mind goes THERE. "DAMMIT TATSUKI! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!""

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "....why would I do that?"

<Fac-IPA> Benjamin Sisko> Worf can be heard smirking about something.

<Fac-IPA> Tatsuki Arisawa says, "What?"

<Fac-IPA> Tatsuki Arisawa says, "No, I meant like, painting on his face."

<Fac-IPA> Tatsuki Arisawa says, "Besides, I'm allowed to intrude in Ichigo's private life, I beat him up daily since we were four."

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "I'm just putting a big pink strawberry in his eastern wall, it's no big deal."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "YOU CUT THAT OUT!"

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari blinks...and looks(SHOCK) depressed. "...maybe Asuka's right about me being a per..." Cough. "Um. sorry."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "I hate strawberries!"

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "NO! It's a work of art~!"

<Fac-IPA> Sakura Kinomoto says, "Even in cake...?"

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "Can't stand 'em."

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "What's wrong with strawberries?"

<Fac-IPA> Tatsuki Arisawa says, "Man, Ichigo."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "I just don't like 'em. Is that allowed?"

<Fac-IPA> Sakura Kinomoto says, "What about cherries?"

<Fac-IPA> Shinji Ikari says, "oh, um, of course, s-sorry."

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "God wearing this thing makes it hard to breathe..."

<Fac-IPA> Ichigo Kurosaki says, "..."

<Fac-IPA> Rukia Kuchiki says, "What? It's supposed to protect me, why shouldn't I use it?"

Captain Destiny is suddenly distracted by GIR, temporarily forgetting about the evildoer beneath him. "Hi! I'm Captain Destiny and I'm" Inappropriate dramatic pause. "saving the day!" Thought filled pause. "What's your name?" Eyes turn to bag. "Ooh, tacos! Can I have some?"

AUGH WEASELS.

Kaworu feels that, of course, though it surprisingly doesn't seem to hurt him. Unit 04 takes a couple of unsteady steps forward before straightening itself out, and Kaworu closes his eyes and hrms for a moment.

His synch ratio drops a smidge lower. He wasn't really enjoying the paws-on-his-back feeling.

"Toji," he says very calmmy, "There's a weasel on that building." As he's talking, Unit 04 reaches back and makes a grab for the weasel, aiming to grab it by the collar and yank it off its back to hold it at arm's length.

It is still extremely responsive and moves pretty well instantly. High synch ratio is hiiiiiiiiiiigh.

Toji Suzuhara noticed the ferret, and after some conferring with his IPA allies has decided on a course of action. EVA-03 quickly scans the surroundings for a shiny object, and finds....a light-pole. Well, property damage is property damage, so the Evangelion rips the light free of the sidewalk and holds it up into the air. The light catches the light-bulb end, causing a pretty glowy effect. A shiny thing, perfect for catching the attention of rodents and weasels!

GIR beams at Balrog. "Suuure!" The perky little robot plops one of the take-out bags down on the cow's head, right where Balrog will have to get up and walk over to pick it up. "Here ya go!" Zim's leg twitches again.

Meanwhile, Toji's weasel almost decides to scurry up the skyscraper, King Kong style, but the sparkly light bulb catches its attention instead. It skitters back down toward ground level, pauses briefly, sniffs the air, then pounces on the light bulb. Kaworu's weasel coughs and squirms around in Unit 04's grasp, as it's yanked around and held up by the collar it's wearing.

Balrog walks off of Zim and over to the taco bag. "Thanks!" He grabs the bag and tosses it into his mouth. He chews for a few minutes, spits out an empty bag, then swallows. "What's your name?", he asks the strange robot assistant.

Toji Suzuhara, having expected this, lunges back to keep the ferret from getting his desired toy straightaway. The other hand, now that the ferret is within grappling range, shoots out to grab said weasel by the collar. Owing to the fact that it's a furry tube-rat, if Toji's not able to rip the collar off, then the ferret probably will with all its flailing and stuff.

GIR grins disarmingly at Balrog. "Mah name's GIR!" He gobbles down a few tacos whole, then chimes, "Nice meetin' ya! Hey, lookit that!" And GIR points behind Balrog at Zim, who has regained full consciousness and is striking with all four pointy spider-legs!

Toji manages to snag the weasel's collar, and it quickly squirms its way out of it, flopping back to the ground. Kaworu's weasel does the same, wriggling out of the collar and already beginning to shrink again. Hmmm, that seems to only leave the cow...

Tink. Tink. Tink. Tinktinktink. Pointy spider-legs are not very effective against a creature encased in metal. Balrog spins around to face the aggressor. "So you have not been vanquished as I had thought you had been! I must stop you and your evil plans, huzzah!" Captain Destiny charges forward, attempting to ram into Zim at full speed.

Toji Suzuhara hm. Well, the cow doesn't seem to be minding the people hanging around on its head or whatever, so what's a forty-meter robot going to do for it anyway? With that logic in mind Toji guides EVA-03 into a slow walk towards the cow, keeping its hands where the cow can see them. Just in case it gets skittish or something.

Well, that didn't go as well as he'd planned. "Augh, augh, stoppit stoppit stoppit!" Zim flails at Balrog and skitters backward again. "I see I underestimated you, Captain Destiny. Well, know this: the next day we meet will be your last day on this earth! Victory shall be mine!! For I am ZIIIIM!!" Discretion is the better part of valor, when your weapons are having no effect. Zim scrambles up into the Voot Cruiser, firing one last blast at Balrog just to show how ticked off he is.

The cow chews its cud and swishes its tail back and forth. "Mooooo."

Balrog ignores the laser as Zim gets away. Normally, Balrog would attempt to shoot down the Zoot Cruiser, but now that he's a super hero, he has to let the villain get away. It's a rule! "I'll get you next time, ZIIIIM!!" Then, as Zim gets away, Balrog turns around and spots the EVA-03 for the first time. "Hi! I'm Bal-Captain Destiny! What's your name?"

Toji Suzuhara shakes his head. These people are weird. But, now that he's 'alone' he can grab the cow's collar and crush the electronics on that one as well. Yay, that's finished.

"...uh, I'm Toji Suzuhara. Thanks for getting the little green man to run away." File that under 'things he never expected he'd have to say in his life'.

And GIR, who has been briefly forgotten by his master, wanders off to finish his tacos in peace. ":D :D :D Tacooooooooo."