shitposting rave 4: (almost) anything goes

yes!!

 

Medic privilege. But yes. -nudges Soundy- I´d rather ya didn´t go after yer caer with that kitten.

 

We're getting you another one set up. Just remind me when we're awake again, yes? And as for the other thing... I know, it's unfortunate. But everyone has to deal with it. I should revisit that cubicle idea again for the labs.

 

Ford remembers this and laughs to himself. They're working on the immortal part, really they are! All three of them.

 

Sunshine kisses him. "Usually am."

"Okay, there's a po1nt you are m1ss1ng," says Sunsh1ne. "Troll surnames are ass1gned on the basis of blood colour and phenotype and astronomolog1cal fuckery. Th1s 1s why 1 actually prefer the surname B1ll gave me over the one 1 was hatched w1th, because at least 1t doesn't mean 'ps1onic talent su1table for 1nstallat1on 1nto an 1mper1al warsh1p'. 1f you are an Ampora, you can call yourself someth1ng else, but call1ng yourself Meg1do means that you are actually cla1m1ng to be a rustblood who talks to dead people, wh1ch th1s person 1s clearly not."

 

the fuck are you talking about, theyre lusus sounds.

are you thinking of symbols.

 

Twitchy, Valiska thinks. Nichrome knew damn well what she meant too. But her kit is her kit.

 

"Maybe your Altern1a 1s d1fferent. The f1rst name's always a lusus sound, but the symbol always goes w1th the same surname, your lus11 know how to read symbols?"

 

probably.

fuck if i knowv evwerything hes capable of.

 

all i talk to are dead people, actually.

 

Sunshine scowls. "We aren't dead."

 

Primus and all the Hand--

You know what, no, I dealt with Scanner vs Norm, if these trolls wanna start it back up again someone else can run damage control. [Eclipse all but melts onto Venture, strategically hiding his face against a pauldron. He is not cut out for ashen hookups.]

 

and im dreaming. vwhats your point here.

 

"1 was just try1ng to expla1n what the names mean. 1n a way, they're l1ke t1tles or ranks...they're des1gnat1ons. 1 don't use the one 1 was ass1gned, and 1 w1sh no one else would, but 1 wouldn't cla1m one that belongs to another caste. Though 1ns1st1ng that you're rust when you're purple 1s e1ther a s1gn of s1ncer1ty, delus1on or both. 1 don't really care. The hemospectrum 1s fuck1ng stup1d."

Sunshine shrugs.

 

[Eclipse's voice sounds a little odd, both reverberating off and muffled by Venture's armor.] Infinite universes, infinite variations, we don't know which one bodyswap Damara's from or how it works, I fail to see why your experience even fragging mat--

...okay, okay, no, I'm stressed and being petty for no reason now, I can step away like a sane adult without lashing out or flouncing, really. Uh. Is there a way to force yourself awake from here or should I just silence-bubble myself?

 

its sincerity and NOT delusion, thank you vwery much.

 

"Organics run on sugars, fats and proteins," says Ford. "Those of us who only eat meat require more fat and protein. Those of us who only eat plants require more sugars. Those of us who eat both require a more balanced proportion. Valiska actually cannot have much sugar. She has to eat meat. But even she has to have some glucose in her blood. Her body breaks down fat very efficiently in order to get glucose."

 

"1 apolog1se," Sunshine says. "My 1ntent was to expla1n, not to cause more d1scomfort." He sighs. He wants to say that even if this person really truly feels they ought to be in a body with rust-coloured blood, nothing can change the fact that with violet blood, this person could kill a dozen rustbloods and no-one would stop her, that people say rustbloods can talk to the dead because they're never far from being dead themselves, that no matter how deep this person's feelings are, it will never not be offensive for them to use a name and a symbol that belongs to people who can't even say that their lives are their own.

But he doesn't want to hurt Eclipse.

 

-pout-

Ok, I´ll do that -noofs-

You mean different species of organic, or just individuals?

 

"Both," Ford says. "Members of some omnivorous species choose to eat only plants. But an obligate carnivore can't do that."