So, everyone, satisfied with their purchases got back to the shuttle. Vincent was able to fit his massive chaingun into the shuttle by putting it on one of the seats, next to Mel. Sebastian, Vincent, Robert, Mel and Hitori were sitting in the passenger area.
"Compensating?" She asked Vincent with a chuckle, "It's not how big the gun is-"
Then Sebastian cut her off, "It's how you use it."
Meanwhile, in the Pilot's Compartment, John had managed to get his pants washed. He was playing with a paddle ball while he was waiting.
"Enjoy yourself?" John asked as Luca inspected his chair before he sat down, prodding the cushion for any traps. Nothing happened. So he sat down and put one leg over the other.
"Yep." Luca nodded, "We've now got standard inventory. Plus Vincent looks happy with what he bought. We also got these..." Luca tapped one the headsets Robert bought, "...radio headsets."
"Fancy, fancy. Now, buckle up." John said before making the clearances to fly back to base.
As the shuttle took flight, Luca's chair begun to rattle. Luca didn't notice this and thought it was just the general rattling of any aircraft as it takes flight. Then when John got to cruising altitude, he accelerated suddenly.
This made Luca's chair fall off its base and caused an almighty crash as Luca was left on the ground with his legs in the air.
"Got ya back!" John taunted as the marbles in Luca's head rolled around, trying to settle from the impact.
"Mnrghrhmgh." Luca grumbled as the shuttle was beginning to descend over the Base.
Naturally, Anna, Jim, Crane, Laeliel and Mitch were there.
Laeliel and Anna had managed to make brief discussions over just how Anna met Sebastian, which was strange, yet oddly heartwarming.
Mitch had woken up and promptly laid down on the brown couch, still somewhat addled by last night's binge.
Jim and Crane were busy trying to make sure the place was in general order. They hadn't had too much to do and were somewhat restless.
A delivery crate had come down from the sky via parachute and was sitting just near the front porch. It had Sebastian's order of SMG's.
The shuttle touched down and the airlock opened. Sebastian and Mel (with her new rifle) were the first out. John then ducked out and attempted to sit next to Mitch on the couch - seeing as it might be a bad idea to convince him to move over.
Luca was the next man out, nursing a lump on his head, carrying the headsets and Mitch's new crossbow.
"Hey, Mitch!" Luca said as he plonked the box down in front of his field of view.
"Hng?" He mumbled, "What?"
"I figured you deserved a little gift."
"Gnrgh." He replied, "I'll look at it later. Get it out of my way, now."
"Okies!" Luca slid it away from Mitch's view and next to the couch.
"Alright ladies, gentlemen." Sebastian announced, "I'm just going to offer a quick lesson on gun maintenance. Judging by all of your new boots..." He took a look at Luca, who shrugged, "...I figured you all you kids need to learn how to care for your instruments of combat..."
Mitch already knew how to do that, being the seasoned veteran he was, and flicked on the TV, watching some daytime documentaries. Mel already knew how to take care of her weapons as well and watched TV with Mitch.
"...after all, nobody wants their weapon to jam in the field of battle! It could determine life and death!"
