The annoyed look on Misato’s face is the cherry on top.
“What website do I go to to kick your ass?”
Yeah, kinda hard to ignore those themes in a game whose antagonist is a deliberate gender-swap of Ayn Rand.
Have you seen what’s down there? It’s terrifying.
You don’t have to tell me. Deep down at the bottom of the ocean? The whole place is crawling with…capitalists.
Yeah, yeah. I know. Andrew Ryan gave us all the big, shiny speech, “sweat of your brow” and all that, but what’s he got down there now? Just a buncha junkies and opportunists running guns and peeling off all of that pretty art deco veneer.
Thanks but no thanks, Ryan.
glances into mirror
Oh.
Right.
…Shit.
I’M GOING TO RELEASE THE BEES!
It helps me know that you have exquisite taste. 👍
GET OUTTA HERE, MONSTA! WE WORK FOR OUR MONEY!
You can never go wrong with a gunblade.
You’ve been hit by
You’ve been struck by
A smooth man o’ war.
gestures broadly
GESTURES BROADLY
HOW MUCH MORE BROADLY DO I HAVE TO FRIGGIN’ GESTURE?!?
This reminds me of a surprisingly wholesome conversation between a group of (what sounded like) middle schoolers in flamboyant anime and furry avatars I overheard once when I was exploring a public VRChat world…
Person 1: This is awesome. Have you looked at any other worlds on here?
Person 2: Yeah, a few. How come most of them are covered in mirrors?
Person 1: It’s so you can look at your avatar and stuff.
Person 2: I don’t get it. There so much cool stuff on here to explore. Why spend so much time looking at yourself?
Person 1: Well…some people on here like this because they can make themselves look different than real life. They can wear something that they like better.
Person 2: Oh.
(Silence.)
Person 1: (quietly) I…I like this better…
Ah, Coop. Operating entirely on vibes and damn fine coffee.
Keep throwing Tibetan rocks at glass bottles, you absolute maniac.