second gear ; voice + action

[sugarglitch]

[Hello, Luceti! Have another accidental recording over the journal network. This time, you'll hear is two similarly shrill voices arguing over each other. A peek at the camera reveals something leafy and green...]

Somethin' wrong with your ears, buddy? I already said I'd rather race off a cliff before I'd eat one of those!!

But don't you want to be big and strong like your friend, little girl?

Uh, no? AI's don't grow up to be anything, genius. [DRAMATIC EYEROLL] Also, I don't care what you say, that stuff's nasty.

But it's good for you!

Gross is what it is! Leave me alone!!

[The camera then shifts around, only to show a flurry of pixels flickering in place! When that clears, the setting is clearly different (outdoors this time!) and a nine year old's face is peering into the journal.]

So some kid with a stupid name keeps tryin' to poison me, guys. What do I do?

Comments

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[sugarglitch]

Like I'd ever be related to anything that annoying! [She grimaces.] And if I were, I'd totally run away from home or something!

[Action]

[gonnawreckit]

Yep, all the pieces are coming together. We got a Snotface family reunion going on here.

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[sugarglitch]

Oh man, you know what that means though, right? We're gonna need to collect 'em all and stuff them into all the closets we can find! There's no way I'm dealin' with 'em all!

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[gonnawreckit]

You'd have to them on your own, sister! I hate those kinds of games, where you just collect things endlessly. What if I don't wanna collect 'em all?

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[sugarglitch]

Too bad, 'cause they're gonna end up botherin' ya too if I keep hanging around ya all day! You're totally helping!

[Action]

[gonnawreckit]

[He sighs.]

Yeah, yeah, fine. As long as it feels more like a pounding than a collecting.

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[sugarglitch]

Ooh, think we can do that? I'll hold 'em, and you punch?

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[gonnawreckit]

Of course! They got it coming, coming here from nowhere to try to tell us what to do!

[Action]

[sugarglitch]

Sounds like a plan! And after, we can set 'em loose on people who annoy us. Starting with those Malnosso guys!

[Action]

[gonnawreckit]

Yeah, that's a good idea. Keep 'em stockpiled. That way we fight annoying with annoying!

[Action]

[sugarglitch]

More like that way they're actually useful to us...

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[gonnawreckit]

Yeah... Right! We could make a company of it. Collecting elves and redistributing them for the greater good of this weird game.

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[sugarglitch]

[Snickers.]

But what'll we call it? Elf-Help?

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[gonnawreckit]

How about Elf Be Gone?

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[sugarglitch]

[She grins widely. Because the best way to spend the holiday is to go elf-hunting, right?]

That works! Sounds like a great way to spend this Christmas thing, if you ask me!

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[gonnawreckit]

Yeah, heck of a lot of a better way than that whole "good will towards man" spiel that elf was trying to sell me. I know I ain't hugging any strangers!

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[sugarglitch]

Um, yeah, 'cause most people like being able to breathe, Stinkbreath.

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[gonnawreckit]

I can grab someone without crushing them, kid, otherwise you'd be look like a stepped-on wad of gum by now.

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[sugarglitch]

I know that. [She's been picked up more times than she can count!] But you still totally need a breath mint or something!

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[gonnawreckit]

If ya can't stand it, don't go near it, sister. You don't have to be right in my face to talk at me. Or that, uh, hugging thing.

[Action]

[sugarglitch]

... Wait, wait, hold on a second. So what you're sayin' is... All you gotta do for your elf to stop bothering you is to hug someone? [That's way easier than having to scarf down anything healthy, Ralph! Come on!]

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[gonnawreckit]

How do I know it'd stop bothering me? And not just think of something more annoying?

[Action]

[sugarglitch]

I guess. Worth a shot, though. And at least it isn't trying to feed you anything gross.

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[gonnawreckit]

I don't care, I'm not doing something just 'cuz the elf says to - specifically BECAUSE the elf says to. But I think I see how it is. You really want a hug for yourself, don't you?

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[sugarglitch]

[She wrinkles her face.]

What, no! Hugs are weird. [And don't they give you cooties or something...]