[ If he's seemingly going to keep taking this in stride, she's going to keep asking the tough questions, though there's a bit of a gap between her responses. She's still picking at the new ciphers, thinking them over. ]
Do you really want to go back? More than just out of being homesick. Because I never got the impression you would be going back to anything good.
yes staying here 2 avoid the specific bad thing im gonna have to deal with would be irresponsible, selfish and overall stupid besides getaway definitely dies in the future so like how bad can it be?
me neither, but i don't think he's the kind of person to admit defeat the way he did he did what he did to me out of spite, after all though... i don't know what he's going to do to the crew now that we escaped atomizer helped so he's probably dead honestly the worst case scenario is getaway rocking up to cyberutopia with no crew, 200 spines and i can't imagine that would end well for him. maybe that's how he died. that would be kind of funny.
[little does riptide know, the narrator says. that there's a fate waiting for the crew that's worse than death.]
i absolutely did do u know how many romcoms we watched in space? even that weird alien one
Riptide, I hope you know I didn't understand a solid fifty percent of the words you just said. [ Atomizer? Cyberutopia? 200 spines?? Actually, let's call that one out. ] Then again, I don't want to know what it means that Getaway had a few hundred spines. The mental image is fucked enough.
Good to know your wartorn galaxy still had romcoms?
all of it was bad so did i not tell u? he was monetizing the crew using those as the currency ig? i dont know the entire story. but its why he shot me :/
the entire galaxy isnt war-torn. it was earth movies actually. back to the future was my fave... mayb watching one of those will help?
Not sure if I want to process why there's a spine market for Cybertronians right now.
And Back to the Future is not a rom-com. It's sci-fi. [ Obviously!! ] Isn't this world's version called "Ahead of the Past" or something ridiculous like that?
Okay, then I'm not sure I want to know why he had spines in general. Really not in the mood for that sort of war crime.
And I'm also not in the mood to evaluate a bizarre knock-off of one of my home world's movies. Does it count as a knock-off here? How do we define slightly different, slightly shittier media from another dimension?
But- fine. Might be a little interesting to see how it compares, anyway. But you're the one with the reality TV cash, so you're figuring out whatever app it's on, alright?
You made them fast. Like I said, still not sure how you were able to do that. [ cybertronians how do they work ]
And look, I'll be perfectly happy with you punching Atropos as long as I know it means you won't be struck down from on high. Let's make sure of that first.
let's just mark it down as technology that's indistinguishable from magic and move on
okay i know i was gung ho about it before but honestly? i would hate to give her the satisfaction. i lived through getaway shooting me in the head out of damn spite i'll do the same to her
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[ Hm. Should she send this? But she supposes if anyone will answer it, it's Riptide. ]
You're the only one from your world here left, right? How do you even handle that?
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sucks but what can u do
just gotta keep on keepin on until i get ported bak home and see how that ends up
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Do you really want to go back? More than just out of being homesick. Because I never got the impression you would be going back to anything good.
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yes
staying here 2 avoid the specific bad thing im gonna have to deal with would be irresponsible, selfish and overall stupid
besides getaway definitely dies in the future so like
how bad can it be?
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If you're so sure. I'm not going to underestimate that fucker's propensity for pulling bullshit.
[ After another moment: ] You didn't have to make all of these so cheesy. [ About the ciphers. This is what she thinks of comforting messages. ]
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he did what he did to me out of spite, after all
though... i don't know what he's going to do to the crew now that we escaped
atomizer helped so he's probably dead
honestly the worst case scenario is getaway rocking up to cyberutopia with no crew, 200 spines and i can't imagine that would end well for him. maybe that's how he died. that would be kind of funny.
[little does riptide know, the narrator says. that there's a fate waiting for the crew that's worse than death.]
i absolutely did
do u know how many romcoms we watched in space?
even that weird alien one
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Good to know your wartorn galaxy still had romcoms?
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did i not tell u?
he was monetizing the crew
using those as the currency ig? i dont know the entire story. but its why he shot me :/
the entire galaxy isnt war-torn. it was earth movies actually. back to the future was my fave... mayb watching one of those will help?
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And Back to the Future is not a rom-com. It's sci-fi. [ Obviously!! ] Isn't this world's version called "Ahead of the Past" or something ridiculous like that?
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that's why it was bad
i have no idea, but im feelin a movie night 👀
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And I'm also not in the mood to evaluate a bizarre knock-off of one of my home world's movies. Does it count as a knock-off here? How do we define slightly different, slightly shittier media from another dimension?
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y would u want to evaluate it? just watch it and stuff
4get ur interdimensional problems for like 2 seconds
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But- fine. Might be a little interesting to see how it compares, anyway. But you're the one with the reality TV cash, so you're figuring out whatever app it's on, alright?
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ill give u a couple weeks then we can do this?
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[ There's a short pause before the next message. She's finishing up her last cipher. ]
Thanks for the messages. Even if they are completely hokey.
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no prob
u got through em fast
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And look, I'll be perfectly happy with you punching Atropos as long as I know it means you won't be struck down from on high. Let's make sure of that first.
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okay i know i was gung ho about it before but honestly?
i would hate to give her the satisfaction. i lived through getaway shooting me in the head out of damn spite i'll do the same to her
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If anyone would live through that, it's you. Still. Let's not risk it. Please?
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promise!!
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Whatever- I'll see you soon, then?
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ok
later