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smashacademy2012-02-29 04:50 pm
shipscomingout) wrote in smashacademy2012-02-29 04:50 pm
Give me Money. That's what I want.
For a guy who's birthday was coming up in less than a week, Slippy had been mopey for the last couple of days. His friend, Agitha had left the school and he pretty much had another rotten Valentine's Day thanks to Cupid Man's antics.
But that was just the tip of the iceberg for our froggy hero.
The Star Fox team was flat broke. Ever since the Lylat Wars ended a few years ago, there has been less need for mercenaries in the Lylat System. Finding work was always a struggle but normally they were able to find SOMETHING to bring in some cash. But for the past couple of months, the team had found themselves in big trouble. They had received zero job offers. It was almost as if crime had decided to take a long vacation.
To make matters worse, the Great Fox was falling apart more each day. Every time Slippy called his teammates, he always picked up the sound of a pipe bursting or watched a light flicker out in the background. Slippy kept asking if he was needed back to make repairs and was always rebuffed by Fox and Peppy who told him that everything was fine. Not that it matter whether Slippy returned or not, without money to purchase the necessary replacement parts, Slippy was unable to fix anything anyway.
To to it all off, they STILL owed Beltino a huge debt for the ship. Slippy had pleaded to his father several times for extensions and lower payments to which Beltino had granted at first, the team was reaching their limit in the favors department. Slippy, being a teacher's assistant was the only one with a steady job and that only covered his studies and living expenses at Smash Academy. Even with all the penny pinching: buying cheap Christmas and Valentines gifts, scouring through trashcans for spare parts, spending as little as possible on himself so he had something to send back but it was hardly enough.
And through this, Slippy smiled and told no one of his problems, not even to Krystal or the Fox that was attending Smash Academy too. Slippy didn't want to worry anyone and he definitely did not want to resort on depending on other people's handouts. He didn't want want to go back to his more childish behavior and ask people to bail him out of his problems. He wanted to solve his problems by himself.
Anyone know where I can find a good part-time job?
But that was just the tip of the iceberg for our froggy hero.
The Star Fox team was flat broke. Ever since the Lylat Wars ended a few years ago, there has been less need for mercenaries in the Lylat System. Finding work was always a struggle but normally they were able to find SOMETHING to bring in some cash. But for the past couple of months, the team had found themselves in big trouble. They had received zero job offers. It was almost as if crime had decided to take a long vacation.
To make matters worse, the Great Fox was falling apart more each day. Every time Slippy called his teammates, he always picked up the sound of a pipe bursting or watched a light flicker out in the background. Slippy kept asking if he was needed back to make repairs and was always rebuffed by Fox and Peppy who told him that everything was fine. Not that it matter whether Slippy returned or not, without money to purchase the necessary replacement parts, Slippy was unable to fix anything anyway.
To to it all off, they STILL owed Beltino a huge debt for the ship. Slippy had pleaded to his father several times for extensions and lower payments to which Beltino had granted at first, the team was reaching their limit in the favors department. Slippy, being a teacher's assistant was the only one with a steady job and that only covered his studies and living expenses at Smash Academy. Even with all the penny pinching: buying cheap Christmas and Valentines gifts, scouring through trashcans for spare parts, spending as little as possible on himself so he had something to send back but it was hardly enough.
And through this, Slippy smiled and told no one of his problems, not even to Krystal or the Fox that was attending Smash Academy too. Slippy didn't want to worry anyone and he definitely did not want to resort on depending on other people's handouts. He didn't want want to go back to his more childish behavior and ask people to bail him out of his problems. He wanted to solve his problems by himself.
Anyone know where I can find a good part-time job?