Ayn's Scrap Book of Stories

Story: Hands on Training
Written by Ayn BlackFox

Kenja tightens his robe a little, walking back over to the training the dummy. He sighs a little and takes his karate stand in front of the dummy. The room goes silent as Kenja starts to focus in front the dummy wanting to keep his mind clear of any distracting thoughts. His close briefly before it suddenly lunges at the dummy with a spinning back kick. He lands on all fours and then sends a left and right chop to the neck of the dummy. He squats down and then legs sweeps the dummy and then springs up and straight punches at the dummy before a bell dings. He stops his punch holding it in front of the dummy. His breath is quick but short. He looks around a bit holding the stance wondering what has happened. With a gulp, Kenja returns to a normal stance. His tail flicks a little behind him, his nervousness showing. 
A short time later, Master Konen enters the training room. The Lucario looks over Kenja, wearing a white robe with a black and gold belt on. He shake his head and then stands in front of the nervous Eevee male, tapping him on the back with his bamboo stick. "You are too stiff." He taps Kenja on the arm and then the leg. "Your movements are not flowing like you have been taught." 
"I am very sorry Sensei. I will do better next time." Kenja said giving Konen a bow. A feeling comes over him, giving him the thought that he is done. He has messed up a few times before but this may have been last thread that held him up. He looks at his Sensei who just looks back at him still with a disappointed look. 
Master Konen place a hand on Kenja's shoulder. "Sorry Kenja-san but you have to leave my school. This months tution will refunded to you." He rubs the shoulder softly. "You were a very good student and I hate to have to let you go like this but I think it is for the better. I am sure you will find a way to continue your training." 
Kenja looks back at his Sensei and then nods. He sighs a bit and then gives Master Konen a final bow. "It will not be easy, but I will do my best." He turns and then heads out of the train room, Master Konen watchcing him. He walks past the other students with his head hung a little low. He goes into the changing room and takes off his robe and slips into a pair of blue jeans and grey shirt. He takes his backpack and then leaves the school taking one last look at it. He sighs and then walks down the street. He crosses over the 12th Avenue bridge and then back into the busy area of downtown, Carena City. It is lunch time and then sity streets are crowded for the lunch rush. 
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Story: Night with a Queen
By Ayn BlackFox (Old Style)\
It's 11pm, Friday. The local "street punks" are out on Old Exchange Street, racing down the perfecting straight and level road that's been out of use for over 10 years, but remains lit up at night. Like in every city street racing is illegal. Local police officer have stopped the racing once when someone complained of the noise. Other than that, the police have not been back on that street since. 
	Like every Friday night, all of the people who have those tuned, imported cars with the those mufflers that make that loud whining noise, are showing up. Most of them have Hondas, Toyotas or Nissans. There are even some the domestic makes showing up. In the mix of cars are a few mid-size sport sedan that have been tuned to compete. 
	Most of the racers are male but there are females racers too. Some of with are considered ruthless but fair players. But there is one female racer who stands out beyond all others. Her name is Roxanne. She is a Ninetales but has black fur instead of the normal Gold-Cream color. The tips of her long tails is silver. The crest of fur on her head is big and beuatiful with silver tips. Her strange blue eyes are mezmerizes. Her body is in perfect tone. Her fine tone of muscle and her perfect hieght of 5 feet 9 inches catches the eye of all the male racers. Her figure is perfect but her race record is better. Roxanne has never lost a race. She is even called the "Queen".  The "Queen", even with all the male attention she has, will not take a male who can not beat her in a race. So far, there has been no one to date that has beat her. 
	As the races start, the "Queen" pulls up in her electric slightly older model Ford Mustang, that has a 5.7 Liter Supercharged, powerhouse V8 that will crush the newest Mustang out. She steps out the car with her blue NASCAR like racer's bodysuit on. She goes over the on person in charage of the racing. Docman, a wealthy charmeleon who has a passion for racing. Docman even races when he wants to.
	"Docman, what up for tonight?" Roxanne said. 
	"Same crap, different night." Docman said. "You will be racing against June, Jule, and Mak."
	"Mak ain't showing." Some one said.
	"You serious?" Docman said. "I'm cutting him."
	"I'm not racing if people are not going show up." Roxanne said. "Where's the competetion at these days."
	"Calm down, Queen. I was waiting for this. I know someone who want to race." Docman said hear his cell phone ringing. He grins and chuckles at who it is. "Yo.... You still racing?"
	On his way to the race is, Darren Flyheart, a winged Eevee. He used to race a lot before some punks stole his car and sold it. He drives a silver AMG E55 Station wagon and works for a huge bank downtown. He does not race like he wants to. 
	"Yeah, I'm on my way." Darren said. "I won't break a promise. I'll see you when I get there."
	Darren hangs up his cell phone and continues towards old Exchange street. He sighs knowing that his car is going to be the talk of the night. It's the only Station  Wagon that's going to be there. 
	When the silver car rounds the last corner to get on old Exchange Street, the other racers look and point at the car. Darren steps out of his car seeing them mock his car. He just ignores them and goes over to Docman. They shake hands. 
	"Darren, I'm glad you can make it but are you sure your wagon can compete with these cars?" Docman asked.
	"I can hang with them." Darren said. 
	"Of all the things in the world, you bring out the the winged punk and his family car." Roxanne said. "What's your problem?"
	"Hey. I bet you $100. I beat you." Darren said to Roxanne. He digs in his pocket and pulls out the money. 
	"Deal." Roxanne said. They shake hands and line with the other two to just as the first four cars return. 
	Roxanne, June, Jule and Darren line up at the starting line. Everyone but Darren revs their engines making all the show off noise possible. Darren just remains calm and waits for the green flag to drop. The moment grows tense. As he waits for the green flag. Then suddenly the green flags drops down starting the race. Darren eases the gas into full throotle not wanting to burn rubber. The AMG is able to dart ahead of the Roxanne's Mustang. The powerhouse V8 under the hood of the AMG revs up high rocketing the car up to 70 mph in just seconds. Roxanne passes the other to car both Hondas and stays right Darren's tips as they hit the 100 mph mark. Darren eases up off the gas some but coninues to rocket down the street.
	Roxanne makes her move passing the AMG, approaching the first turn. She slows down to round the corner safely, with Darren right behind her. She is surprized that Darren can keep up with her. A smirk crosses her face. 
	Darren remains somewhat quiet, plotting a way to pass the Mustang. He follows her closely studying her movements, looking for a weakness as they round another corner. Behind him is no sign of the two Hondas. 

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Story: Calling in The Fire
Written by Ayn BlackFox

Sergio and Karukku climb over the fence that lines the perimeter of Sho-Ha Spa and Fitness Club. Sergio an anthro Pikachu lands in the soft grass followed by Karukku the Umbreon male. Sergio shakes his head. "Dude, if we are caught, you we are going to be in big trouble." Sergio said as they move behind a tall hedge. He sighs a bit as Karukku pulls out the compact digital camera from his pants pocket. "I am just unsure about this." He starts to bute his fingers softly not knowing if they are being watched or if they were seen. 
"Sergio, you are such a neverous wreck." Karukku said turning the camera on. He chuckles and follows the bush a little and then stops hearing footsteps. He presses his back against bush waiting for the footsteps to pass. "Do you know what is at stake here if I get tis footage? If you going to chicken out just climb over the fence and leave. I'll tell Rocky I got the footage alone." He lays down and starts to crawl along the hedge with Sergio close behind. 
They stop at the sound of a splash. Sergio peaks through the thick hedge, his body disappearing slowly as he slips the tangled mess. The Hedge is at least four thick but it becomes apparent that hedge which looks like one is actually several hedges lined up to form a thick wall. Sergio is glad that it twice as tall as the two of them as Karukku joins him. They peak out the hedge staying as quiet as possible, watching as the females on the other side dive into the swiming pool with other laying down on towel soaking up the sun. Karukku turns on the camera. He chuckles a bit elbows Sergio telling that this is good stuff. He gasps low as Tall, medium built Lopunny female dives into the pool. Sergio can only watch with wide eyes. 
As the secretive filming takes place from the bushes, the females around the pool start to become uneasy. They cover up and start to scan the pool area like watchful hawks. To them, a strange scent is in the air. One of the females, a slender, Lucario gets up and walks over to the security gaurd at the pool gate. She tells him somethings does seem right. The security gaurd, a tall, strong built Arcanine female looks at the Lucario and nods to her. An over head page is heard for all security personal to start patroling the grounds. This makes Sergio and Karukku gulp. 
"Maybe this was a bad idea." Karukku said quietly, turning off the camera and putting it in his pocket. 
"And now we are stuck here in the bushes." Sergio replied with a bit of a huff. He peeks his head out of the hedge and looks left and right. "The coast in clear." 
"Then lets make a run for it." 
Leaving the safety of the hedge they run long the side of it following the fence hoping to find a break in the links, but there seems to be no end to the fence. Both duck into the thick hedge as one of the Arcanine security gaurds walks towards them. They stick close to each other as the Arcanine passes by them. She stops and growls lowly. She walks away a few second later. Karukku and Sergio leave the hedge again and dash along side the hedge. The spot a break in the fence but suddenly dive into the hedge again. 
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Story The Cat's Eye
Written By Ayn BlackFox

Zak watches from the curb as the parade strolls by him. He takes pictures of the different marching bands at the pass by. He smiles a bit and then puts the camera as series of female dancers pass by. The warm weather allows the dancers to wear to short shirts that expose their bellies as they move and dance similar to some music videos. Zak keeps watching at a Star Wars Theme group passes by waving to them with blasters and light sabers. He takes pictures and then chuckles a bit being a Star Wars fan. He keeps watching as series of car clubs pass by showing new and classic cars most being grouped with others of the same. He takes a few more pictures and then waves to those in convertibles. Some even toss out candy and small plastic toys as they pass by or stop at times. 
In the distance, Zak can see the flashing lights of fire trucks. He grins a bit and then waits the parade starts to move again. He continues to take pictures as the last of the car clubs pass by bringing several troops of boy scouts in. He takes some pictures and then looks down as the fire truck sound horns and sirens. He grins and then takes a picture from the distance. He waits to take pictures again as the fire trucks make their pass still with lights and sirens. He blinks a bit and then seeing the fire truck from the airport pass by. He takes a picture and then watches as the fire fighters wave to those watching. 
Zak watches a group of river dancers stop and dance to a bit of Irish. He takes a picture and then keeps watching as plastic whistles are handed out by a group dressed in bright green but clown like. He takes a whistle and puts in his side bag along with the other things he was given. He smiles and then watches more. After the river dancers comes a group of athletes from very clubs and school riding on the back on a trailer pulled by an pickup truck. Zak continues to take pictures and waves a bit to someone he think he has seen before. He chuckles a bit and looks at the digital camera to see how much space he has left on the camera. He nods seeing that he still have 1 gigabyte of space left on the memory card. 
Next comes a nother car club with with import cars and expensive super cars. He takes a large number of pictures and then waves a bit to the driver of a Saleen S7. He keeps watching as more rare cars pass by and he takes a few pictures. He watches at another line of boy scouts from out of town pass by and wave. Zak does not take pictures and continues to watch as a truck flat bed truck passes by witha latin band playing. He takes a couple of pictures and then switches out to the new empty memory card. He keeps watching as the Latin band as another car club follows behind the Latin bad. He chuckles a bit as another boyscout troops marches followed by girl scouts on a float. He shakes his head a bit and then looks up to see another big rig coming from another the corner. 
He blinks as the purple truck rolls by playing dance music. He takes a pictures and then gasps seeing that the a group of mascots are on the flat bed trailer dancing with what looks like a large cushion in the middle. Some are walking along side of the truck. He takes pictures of each mascot smiling and giggling lowly. There are several foxes, wolves and felines of all kinds. Among the mix is an eagle stand on the back of the trailer and waves. The truck stop right in front of him and then music stops the mascots all point the sky. Confused like the rest of the crowd, Zak looks up and the spots another mascot up on a 3 story building in front of him and then truck. He uses the camera and zooms up to the where the mascot is. He giggles seening that the mascot is a white tiger with blue stripes. 
Suddenly the tiger jumps from the building. Zak gasps a bit and watches as the tiger falls from the building. He watches the white and blue blur falls from the build and then lands on the cushion with a loud bang as then trailer takes the impact. Zak blinks and stares on like the rest of the crowd. The tiger appears from the cushion and then waves to everyone. The cheer and whistle as Zak continues to take pictures. The mascots jump off the flat bed trailer and then look around as if they are looking for someone. Zak looks to to see who the mascots are looking for. He keeps in camera in his hands 
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Graditrek: Dark Ride
By Ayn BlackFox

3103.515 - 3rd Quadrant 
Captian's Log 3103.515.2130: "It has been about 6 hours since we left the "Alpha sector" (only area name of its kind) or 4th Quardant. We are heading to a small planet called Jiro. Apparently Star Command officers are being held hostage there. The Escambia was called in help, being the fasest ship was closest Jiro. I simply wonder if Star Command has order more than one ship, just in case something goes wrong. 
Captian McKomb sits in his room looking over the orders Star Command sent him. He sighs a bit and then shakes his head, closing the folder. Frustrated slightly, he reaches over and drinks the last bit of coffed that was in his cup. He walks out of the ready room waving a bit to the crew members as he passes them. He gets on the turbo lift and heads down to deck 5 were the cafe is. He walks over to the bar seats and then takes a seat. The chatter in the cafe briefly stopd when he entered but went back to normal. He sets his cup down on the counter and then waits a bit, knowing that the staff was working as hard as they can since early morning was always so busy. 
A few minutes into his entry, the cafe manager, Shi'ku, walks over to him. Her head dress seperates her from the rest of the crew being from the planet, Parnora where females especailly highly respected female wear customary hats. These hats are similar to the ones worn by the El Aurian race but much more decorated with very small jewels. Shi'ku likes to see the captian down in the cafe, finding a smile in him all the time. 
"Good morning, captian." She said looking at his empty cup. 
"Oh, good morning Shi'ku. How are things here?" He asked pushing the cup towards her. "I am sorta in a funk. A funk that only a captian can get himself into. Oh an can a I get a coffee please, french." 
Shi'ku smiles and then nods. "Well of course captian." She walks over to the coffee machine and then pours hims a full cup. She returns and places the cup in front of him. The hot coffee steams filling McKomb's nose with the sweet smell. 
McKomb smiles and then nods a bit. "Shi'ku, you seem to always have a smile. How do you do it?" He asked adding sugar and creamer to his coffee. He stirs the contents slowly. 
"It is fairly easy captian. I just think of the things that make me happy." Shi'ku said places a hand on his cup. "Do not let your duties get the best of you." 
McKomb smiles and then nods. "Thanks! You have lifted me up a bit." He takes a sip of his coffee and then chuckles. "Good stuff. Well I have work to do." He gets up and walks out of the cafe with a smile. 
He gets on the turbo lift and then heads back up to the main deck. He slides back into the ready room and sits down in front of the work orders. He sips a bit more of his coffee as Shi'Ku's thoughts repeat over and over in his mind. He smiles widely and looks at a paper that says crew evaluations. He chuckles and then shakes his head having almost forgot about them. He places it off the side and then looks over at more papers seeing that rest where signed and completed. He sips a bit more of the coffee and then looks over at the door hearing the door chime sound. 
Commander Cathy Anson walks in. She stops and then rubs her head a but having not seen that captain with a smile in the past few days. She clears her throat and then sits down in front of the captain. "Captain, we are a bit a head of schedule. Our ETA to Jiro is 15 hours instead of 18. Shall we continue present speed captain?" The captain's smiling still holding her in a bit of shock. 
"That is good. Maintain course and speed." McKomb said sipping a bit of his coffee. He looks over at his tatical commander a young chakat named Rasia Longstar, who is standing at the door. "Lieutenant Longstar, are the sensors picking up anything with in maxium range?" 
Longstar blinks since McKomb rarily calls out his ranks like that. "Sensor are picking up a "dust cloud" if you will sir. At the present speed it will take 20 minutes to get there." Shi walks over and then sits down at the table with hir tricoder in hand. "May I show you captain?" 
"Yes. Please do. Commander Anson join us please." McKomb said. He moves the papers off the side and then actives the table top projector. 
Longstar plugs in the Tricoder and then display on the table changes to show a map of the scans. "OK, this is the dust cloud that I was talking about. It about 2000 meters in diameter. In side the cloud appears to the remains of a ship." Shi pushes a button that shows the outline of a ship. "Long Range scans shows that the ship had sustained extensive damage to engines." 
McKomb blinks a bit and the looks at the picture of the ship as the sensors show. He scratches his head and then turns the display so he can get a better look at it. The ready room goes quiet as McKomb looks over the ship. He waves a finger a bit. "Where is Lieutenant Commander Dejorn? Is he still down in engineering?" 
Commander Anson nods slowly. "He was looking over the sub-light engines, again." 
"Call him up here I need his opinon on something." McKomb ordered as he looks over the scan pictures. His ears twitch slightly as the ready room goes quiet. Commander Anson stands by the door talking over the intercom. 
Several minutes pass and Lt. Commander Dejorn comed into the ready room. He blinks and then looks over to McKomb. He crosses his arms and then sits down at the table. He groans lowly as the rest of the crew look at him. He looks at the others in the room before looking back at McKomb. "Why am I needed at this time?" He asked hating to have been bothered with his work. 
Mckomb leans forward a bit. "No time for attitude. Look at the screen and tell me what you think." He points the dust cloud. 
Dejorn looks at the screen and then rubs his head a bit. "It is debris from a ship. A nice sized ship too." He turns the image and then looks over at Mckomb again. "It about 150-200 meters in size. Extensive damage to the rear of the ship seems to be confined to the back of the ship." 
Mckomb nods a bit. "Smaller than I thought but is it worth investigating?" He asked as Longstar and Anson looks on. 
"I would not know until we got closer to it." Dejorn said shaking his head a bit. "These scans are not giving me enough details to see exactly what has happened to it." 
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Finding Home 
By Ayn BlackFox 
Tazer lives up to the phrase, "Lone Wolf". Being a traveler, he has no particular place to call home. Some consider him a nomad since he travels so much, bubt Tazer feels that he is at his best when his out traveling. He feels that the hussel and bussle of the city is not the type of life he would like to live. Born into a rich family, Tazer went to all private schools. He wore fancy clothes, got a escort to school in only the finest of limousines. The other students were jealous but Tazer kept to himself through outu school. He told his parents that he wanted to see the world. They laughed but then realized after 21 years that thier son was ready to go out on his own. They complied him several accounts with banks and creditors, preparing him for the world ahead so only the finest of insurances were given to him to help in case he is hurt some how. It was not long before he left home. He left the richnenss that held him back and took the first bus out of town. The smell of diesel fuel, the noise from the engine made me smile. He left alive as the bus rolled away from the station. The muffled roar of the turbo charged diesel engine under his seat made him grin. The light bump he felt when then automatic transmission shifted gears made him laugh. He know that his parents would have called all sort of names but that did not matter to him. Tazer is taken by surprise when then bus hits a bump and hen goes a bit air born. He can only laugh and since riding on the bus was so novel to him. 
He really did not care where the bus took him. He was enjoying himself. Everything about it was perfect and Tazer called the bus his home away from home. The first stop was a small town, 5 hours into the trip called Bonaire. Tazer got off the bus and went into the store which was also the bus station. He grabs some snack food, bottled iced tea, soda and a three foot long subs, few things he craved the most. He got back on the bus and sat back in the far back seat where he was sitting. The bus left Bonaire taking him passed the farm areas they he had only heard about. He could not help but smile. He is then startled when something in his small suitcase vibration in the baggage comparment over his head. He blinks and checks his suitcase and find a cell phone. Nt just a cell phone but a BlackBerry. He shakes his head and reads the text message. His parents. They are just hoping he is enjoying himself and want to hear from him later. He chuckles and then puts the phone in his jacket pocket and then starts to eat. He closes his eyes and relaxes enjoying the new tastes from his sub and snack food. He chuckles a bit before taking a drink of the soda he purchase. Another wide smile. He covers his muzzle and burps, something his parents hated. He excuses himself incase anyone hears him and keeps eating. He stops eating after he has eaten half of the ham and cheese sub. A six count pack of cookies and a whole 24 ounce soda. He puts the left overs up with his suitcase and then looks out the window. He grins as the bus passes limousines reminding him of how slow they went. He starts to laugh again seeing a car on the opposite side of the highway that has been pulled over by highway patrol. He sits back and then puts his legs over the other two unoccupied chairs in the back row where he is sitting. He closes his eyes letting the silence of the bus lure him to sleep. He figures the bus is just cruising since the engine noise is not so loud. He lets a long sigh before he is fast asleep. 
Two hours later, Tazer walks up and slips into the bath room of the bus. He turns the light on and locks the door. He unzips his pants and lets out along stream of his wolf pee int the buses septic system. He sighs and shakes a bit before zipping his pants back up. He looks in the mirror before grapping a pack of the hand santizing wipes and cleaning his white colored hands. He keeps lookng at the mirror, fixing his brown hair so that it does not cover his eyes. His greyish-silver fur shines a little even in the dim light. The white hands is a little dark from clean but the gold ring around both wrists has the slightly shine as well. His tail tipped in white and having a gold ring around it just below the white part has the same shine. His ear stand tall aslo tipped in white with gold band only on the back side of them. He grins and then leaves the bathroom and takes his seat back in the last row. He looks out of the window seeing that they are approaching a large city. He stands to reach into his suitcase and then pulls out a small book. He sits back down and starts to read it. His mind blocks out the outside world, allowing him to lose himself in the book. He start to visualize what is happening in his book, where two mages are battling each other. They are throwing fire balls casting lightning spells against each other but suddenly he is interuppted when hen bus comes to a spot. He loses his visual and closes the book. He finds that they are at a bus station, in the city of Kyento. He grabs his suitcase and snacks and exits the bus. The driver tells him that the next trip out is not for another 5 hours. He nods and then heads into the bus station. Unlike the bus station back home this one was much bigger, crowded and smelled like fast food. Hevean, Tazer thought as he walked out of the front door of the bus station having a lot of time to use before he departed again. 
He heads up the street and arrives in the downtown area. He grins and walks over a statue of man holding a sword straight up in the air. He pulls out his digital camera and takes a picture. He walks a bit further down the street and comes to the shopping district. There are various vendors lined up along the sidewalk, trying to get their wares sold. They yell, point and even offer someething free with a purchase. Tazer grins and turns right and follows the street. He stops a jewelry selller and looks at what is being sold. He stares gold necklace with a coin as a charm. He coin is gold and has the head of an eagle on it. The stand owner, a female skunk looks at Tazer with a giggle. Tazer tells her that he want the eagle head coin necklace. The skunk smiles and then pulls out the neck and gives it too him. She tell him that it is $69.99. He nods and hands her $70. He puts the neck on and starts walking down the street again. He looks at the other vendors are selling, making his way through then crowd. He makes his way over a small building that says: "Trade Center". He enters the building through the revolviing glass door trimmmed in gold. Upon entering, he greeted by two bunnies in grass skirts. They give him a smalle booklet and kiss him on the cheek. He blushes but slowly walks down the hall and then enters the door into front of him. He walks into the open area where there are many people walking around, looking at different displays. He smiles and walks over to where the stands are. He smiles and starts to looks at the different items the vendors are selling. He gasp seeing how expensive the items are as compared to the ones outside. He shakes his head a bit after about an hour of looking around. He leaves the building and then heads back outside. 
Outside, Tazer starts to head back to the bus station. The crowd has grown larger and he has to slowly make his way back. He looks at the time on his cell phone and has been out for 90 minutes. He picks up his pace a little bit and weaves through the crowd until he gets back to the street here the bus station is. He sighs and then walks down the bus station. His stomach growls loudly at him as he enters the bus station. He walks over to gate 5 where the bus he was riding is. He takes a seat in front of th gate. He takes out his half eaten sub and starts to eat it. Other walk by talking about thier travel plans. A few sit in the seat close to where Tazer is sitting, but he keeps to himself enjoying the taste of the ham and cheese sub. An announce comes over the PA about buses departing from other gates at the current time. He pays the anouncement no mind since his gate was not mentioned. He finishes off the sub and then balls up the wrapping paper and then walks over the trash can. He puts the paper in the trash and then looks up at the clock. He sighs a bit and then sits down in his seat. 
Before he knows his it, Tazer is asleep. He sleeps silently, his arms acrossed over his chest. He breathes slowly with his head hung low. People walk by and looks at Tazer and keep walking. Others mumble to themselves about him sleeping in the us station, thinking he is a homeless person. People come and go from around the the gate as time goes by. Some even stand close to him, talking loudly but not able wake Tazer from his slumber. 
Three hours pass.
Tazer wakes up to the sound of the PA anouncing the departure from his gate. He rubs his eyes, standing up. He strecthes out and then looks around. He notes that there are others around him. Even family of foxtaurs are at the gate. He smiles and the looks around a bit. The same bus driver from before walks over to the gate. Those around the gate form a line and the bus driver starts to take or punch tickets. When Tazer reaches him he smiles. He looks at the ticket book and punches a star on the second book. He ask Tazer where he is headed and Tazer tells him where the bus goes. The bus driver winks and then tells Tazer to sit in the front. Tazer blinks and then takes his ticket book and then boards the bus. It is cool inside and sits in the first seat. A few minutes later after everyone has boarded the bus, the bus drive gets on and then takes a head count before sitting in the driver seat. He leaves the bus station but comes over the PA and starts to talk about the rules of riding the bus. The bus stays silent while he is talking, then livens up a bit after he is done. The talking is keep low like the rules stated. The bus driver looks over at Tazer and then smiles. 
"So you are going where ever the bus takes you, eh?" He asked Tazer.
"Yes. I am one a long term vacation to get away from home." Tazer said. "I spent my entire life around the lap of luxury and I thought I just need to get away from it." 
"I see. Well I guess I can tell you that is why I became a bus driver." He said coming to a stop at red light. "My parents had more money than they could handle. 95% off it went into the bank. They ran a clothing line of sorts. I left home taking a load of the money with me. I get into a training school and started driving for Sky Trailways. I live on the road. I sleep at bus stations in the crew longue and I drive everywhere. I often take this route back to the check my mail at the Kyento bus station."