Quote-bot Era | Penumbra, Reversed

... where Vespa is the private eye, Buddy is the master thief, and Jet is the plucky secretary. #reverseau
Rewritten & produced by @entropyre and @stubborn_jerk

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Hi, travelers, old and new.

The following thread will serve as our team’s official statement and will be stating our actions moving forward after the official Penumbra crew and Kevin Vibert’s statement re: the previous week’s events.

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What I told Vespa wasn’t a complete lie. I didn’t take it personally that they wouldn't believe it was Aurinko.

I did, however, take it personally that Sikuliaq would lie just to make me feel better about myself.
– the cracks beneath

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I'm not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be
I wanna be what my body wants me to be
– townie (mitski)

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Dark Matters may have the technical know-how but they do not have what we have.
VESPA: A migraine?
JET: A functional security system?
BUDDY: Me.
Come along now.
– safety overdrive

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JET: The garage is on the other side of that wall. We will have to make our way around it.
VESPA: You could always just cut through it.
BUDDY: What happened to ‘we don’t know how many there are?’
VESPA: Yeah, well, my head hurts, okay?
– safety overdrive

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BUDDY: (CHARMING LITTLE NERVOUS LAUGH) Jet, as I live and breathe! How are your children, which is to say the bots, which is to say our operation’s most important requirement, which is to say the only part of it we absolutely cannot lose now?
– safety overdrive

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“Alright. Night, Sikuliaq.”
“Good night, Vespa. Jet out.”
Vespa brought her comms in front of her, looking down at its glass screen. “Jet out,” she snorted. “Weirdo.”
– phoenix of sol

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And I could do it. I could change. Made sure he never came back. With enough time, I’d manage to completely erase him. Because I’d lost M’tendere already. I still had to keep the rest of them alive.
– safety overdrive

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I want the world to see me
And hear me yell
No, I never needed you
But I loved you like hell
– take care of yourself (the childlike empress)

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JUNO: (LAUGHING? CRYING?) I’ll always come for you, you hear me? You’re not getting rid of me that easily.
NUREYEV: How are you so sure, love?
JUNO: Because I love you, you idiot. Think something like that just happens everyday?
– the sudden dawn

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JET: We have a map of this facility and the means to sneak past them. That will have to be enough.
BUDDY: (GRINNING) And, it will be.
Jet Sikuliaq, you truly are a gem upon Mars.
JET: Thank you.
– safety overdrive

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VESPA: You could have just said that much, y’know.
BUDDY: (IGNORING HER) It’s all done. Your turn, Jet.
JET: (NOT IGNORING HER; HE’S DONE ENOUGH OF THAT) If Buddy had spoken plainly, it would be a waste of all the time she spent rehearsing.
– safety overdrive

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BUDDY: Necessity would defeat the purpose of a desire to change, would it not? If I only apologized because I needed to, would I mean it?
JET: (BEAT) You have a point.
– safety overdrive

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VESPA: (FADING OUT) How would you know I wouldn’t be able to figure out how this thing works?
JET: (FADING OUT) Would you?
VESPA: (FADING OUT) It’s a rhetorical question.
– the cracks beneath

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Our plan, however, can be accomplished right now, in… oh, about how long would you say we might take, Mister Sikuliaq?
JET: (A MOMENT OF HESITATION; BUDDY HADN’T REHEARSED THIS WITH HIM) Approximately an hour. Give or take.
– safety overdrive

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Can't you hear me?
I'm not comin' home
Do you understand?
I've changed my plans
'Cause I, I'm in love
With my future
Can't wait to meet her
– my future (chika)

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VESPA: (BEAT, THEN ALMOST AS IF IN A TRANCE) Think our bots can withstand the vacuum of space, Sikuliaq?
JET: Possibly.
BUDDY: If we leave now, would we be able to escape the blast radius?
SOUND: A PAUSE. NONE OF THEM THINK THEY’D BE ABLE TO ESCAPE IT EITHER.
– safety overdrive

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Rita’s affect of stating the obvious might annoy some, but it is a boon to me, one she’s aware I appreciate.
– the cracks beneath

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BUDDY: (ALL FACADE; SHE’S NOT USED TO VESPA BEING SO DOWN) Not to worry. I’ve heard three heads is better than two.
– safety overdrive

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JET: (SLY) Vespa, you do not have to lie about watching reruns of Love Planet: Venus with Rita.

NUREYEV: (DEEP SIGH THAT IS MOSTLY HIM TRYING TO CALM DOWN)

VESPA: (UNDER; GRUMBLED:) It’s Love Planet: Pluto.
– the cracks beneath

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VESPA: Okay… but, how do I do that, exactly? I didn’t really get to practice, remember?
BUDDY: No time like the present.
VESPA: (GROANS)
SOUND: VESPA’S BOT WHISTLES AND POWERS UP A HOLOGRAM PROJECTION.
Whoa!
Oh. (SMILING) Oh, I get it.
– safety overdrive