Liliya

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@LiliyaAnd then there, who has no clue how humans work, but tries to figure it out to the best of her abilities.

@Raijinslayer

Meanwhile, each of us are showing her a very different take on what being human is. I mean, Alex shows her this raw cynicism coupled with an intrinsic and obvious fear of death and the belief that anyone can be good if they choose to be and the past means nothing compared to the present, Andrea shows her this caring side of the human condition with the underlying knowledge of her impending death, Swarm shows her a sped up version of growing up in a harsh world and developing self confidence in the process, Ian shows her how difficult it really is to walk a path of righteousness while being the outwardly most damned of us all, and Malcolm shows her how easily humans can withdraw into the cold, hard lizard brain logic as well as just how much we can take and still come back to the light side of the fence. Mostly though, I think Riley thinks we're all petty, surface-focused assholes who could be a lot more happy if we would just get over our egos and let each other in.

Also, shark bug.



Come to think of it, I actually think Riley is obviously the main character of this story. Just sayin'.

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I like that we have this divide between the levels of social conservatisms between the different members of the team. Like, Alex would never care about anyone sleeping with anyone (unless she was interested in one or the other) let alone watching pr@n, she'd be more likely to sit there and watch with Riley than V-Chip her tablet, Andrea is very casually gay, Hana is fairly conservative, Swarm less so, Ian is literally afraid of going down the routes he could go down if he followed that path, and Malcolm considers anything remotely sex related, let alone gayness, as being immoral and illogical.

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Age of Ultron but Ultron just wants to bang everyone

@Grey

Layage of Ultron (tm)

EDIT: I feel like I shouldn't have to clarify this, but just in case. This is meant as a pun, and if such a thing exists I in no way endorse anyone to go look for or watch it kthnksbai.

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@Liliya
Part of what I was going for, ya ^~^

Also the idea that in a lot of movies you see the AI or the superintelligent alien or whathaveyou plug themselves into the internet and learn all this hot garbage about war and assumes that humanity is nothing but a warmongering race of hate and murder, when in reality the amount of porn out there far outweighs the amount of war.

@Hyper Harlequin

Clearly we should be fighting war with p@rn. The aliens see it right away. ^^ I dunno, Alex doesn't have the personality to censor anything anyone watches. She probably is more concerned that Riley would put herself in danger fighting super villains than that she'd f#$% the pizza guy without understanding the societal impacts of doing so. (And OOC, I like the idea of Riley just thinking that humans are like p@rn logic humans) Considering the age groups of the team, maybe that isn't such a good idea though, I dunno. Who gave her a tablet anyway? I mean, it could be justified that her only access to the internet is through Shannon, who probably does have a V-Chip on the home interwebs, and her little go phone that presumably isn't being used for much pr@n watchin'.

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@Liliya
Riley's just trying to please you, Alex! You're so cruel ;~;

@Hyper Harlequin

I like the idea that, though this is a different form of reciprocation based economics, Riley is used to bartering for goods with favors (presumably not sexual stuff, but that's just how her culture is, right?) so the idea that humans pay for everything by having sex all the time is just normal to her, thanks to the damn internet, but the concept of money is completely foreign. Like, want an anchovy pizza on her planet? You at some point are going to be expected to reciprocate with volcano baked sponge cake. Want an anchovy pizza on Earth? F#$% the pizza guy. And occasionally multiple partners are required to, "reciprocate," the pizza guy, the specific justifications of which are lost on Riley.

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@Liliya
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF RILEY TRIES TO FUCK THE PIZZA DELIVERY MAN???

@Hyper Harlequin

"Earth instructional videos have explained that in return for pizza I must preform fella--," "Riley, no! You pay the pizza guy, with double dollars!" "But the video clearly instructed," "Riley, go put actual clothes on, --, where the hell did you get a sheer negligee anyway? I'll pay the pizza guy," "My apologies, friend Alex, I did not mean to, as you say, 'step on your toes,'. I recognize that you would prefer to pay for the pizza. There is another video instructing on two different women paying for the pizza together--," "Riley!"

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Well, I mean, at some point any intelligent species is going to have to wonder about how these weird, terrestrial beings reproduce. I mean, bugs lay eggs, right? I guess sharks have live birth (I think?) but unless her people have a different way of doing things than Earth lifeforms, she's certainly going to wonder at some point.

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@TengriThis is how I picture interactions between Alex and Malcolm right before a mission.

@Ermine What have you done? I've watched like thirty minutes of these in a row now. :o

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Honestly, standard issue equipment for the team should just include a can of Raid.

@Grey

Super raid. Demon bug raid. ^^ Alex carries a canister in her bag.

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"Nooo, you mean that guy who looks just like you, but doesn't wear glasses, is you!?!?" Well, I dislike comic logic. Being as literally the whole team have a good reason to know (Ian is like seriously connected to her and she basically straight up confronted him at school about it, Riley just followed her around shapeshifting, Hana knows Andrea and how many six foot tall blondes just hang out with Andrea, and Andrea and Malcolm are with the Guardians) they probably should all know.