Space Bunnies!

Chapter 12: Maxion's Invasion

"Stop! Stop!" The teal Omeocoon yelped as Kai tied him up with specialized rope. It dampened the powers of Omeocoon. This rope was for training, it was how Kai showed Bodi how to sharpen his shapeshifting skills. On their planet— it was used to help extrusions practice their ability to resist shapeshifting inhibitors. The intensity could be adjusted through eight different levels, one being the easiest to resist; that was the amateur bounty hunter who knew nothing of Omeocoon biology, and level eight was for police-grade shift bands and handcuffs. Bodi set this white and teal Gel-Raccoon at level six. He didn't want to hurt his prisoner, but he also wanted to make sure that he wouldn't gooify and slip out of his bonds. Six seemed to be the safest. Bodi wasn't sure just how good of a shapeshifter this one was.

"Who are you?!" Bodi shouted and the stranger flinched away as Bodi came closer to his face. "Ugh..! Why's it so bright in here?" The Gel-Raccoon whined with furrowed eyebrows, it looked like he was half-unconscious. Bodi thought; Fine, if you won't give me the answer. I'll find it myself. He looked at the leg sack which was secured to his prisoner's thigh, and he felt around inside of it for some form of ID. And he found what he was looking for, he pulled out a 3.375" x 2.125" semi-transparent card that was common on their home planet. 'Maxion,' wriggled against his restraints, he was slurring his words and seemed to have trouble recognizing where he was. Maxion giggled and broke out into a dazed hum, which eventually evolved into an annoying solo. Bodi watched in slight fear and took a step back as if whatever Maxion had was highly contagious. Now... Bodi had been given the 'eating is gross' talk by his brother and his tribe members as he was growing up. But more unorthodox members of their species took part in drinking and eating, just because they liked it and viewed it as a recreational activity in order to fit in with their non-Omeocoon friends. Some of the members of the species have been known to drink or nibble to integrate into the party scene or a dinner date, this is more common with 'young' Omeocoon. There would be no nutritional value to the matter that they were consuming. But alcohol was different... since they literally don't have organs that means there is no liver for alcohol to pass through, so soon as it hits their mouth. It's just inside of their body— the effect of alcohol is potent. And very much dangerous. Drunkness can occur after one 'shot.' The Doctors on the homeworld do not know why this happens, but they assume it has something to do with the fact that medication and sedatives are also effective on Omeocoon. Why was this important at all? Well because Bodi didn't have to be a rocket scientist to know that Maxion was drunk.

Bodi snapped his fingers near Maxion's ear, causing the Gel-Raccoon to react in an unusual way by jerking away from Bodi's fingers as if a bombshell had exploded in his ear canal. Bodi sighed, "Can you stop singing? It's... very annoying." He did not stop. Bodi continued to observe Maxion's intoxicated behavior, clearly frustrated by the situation. Maxion's inebriation was making the interrogation difficult and somewhat absurd. Bodi knew that he needed to extract information from Maxion, but it seemed that getting coherent answers would be a challenge in his current state. Bodi moved over to a COMM panel and pressed a few buttons. He wasn't sure what time it was on the surface... but he hoped that Kai picked up.