Chapter 24: Show of Skill
As Ruel and Mei Feng navigated the RV Battleship into the base, the sight that greeted them was... chaotic.
A huge crowd of people milled about, a bizarre mix of tattered clothing, makeshift armor, and startling nudity.
Ruel stared, his eyebrows raised in sardonic amusement.
"Well, that's... a look," he commented, gesturing to a group of men wearing nothing but scraps of cloth around their waists.
"Hey, they stole my fashion sense, huh? Bloody copycats."
Mei Feng, despite the gravity of the situation, managed a small, shaky laugh. "Ruel, seriously? Now?"
They parked the RV in a relatively open area, the crowd parting around them like water around a boulder.
"Alright," Ruel said, turning to Mei Feng.
"You wait here. I'll go find some clothes for you. I'm not about to let these... specimens gawk at your fine body."
He gave her a reassuring smile, though his eyes held a hint of possessive warning.
He stepped out of the RV, the doors hissing shut behind him.