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SRoss wrote:[
The Death of Rats I believe.

Guy wins a free token to ride the River Styx.

"At least its not a date with Minmei..."
"Minmei: (Still brandishing custom mike stand) "I HEARD THAT!"
"Dammit!"
"Subtle, aren't we?"

Arnie100 wrote:"At least its not a date with Minmei..."
Minmei: (Still brandishing custom mike stand) "I HEARD THAT!"
"Dammit!"
"Subtle, aren't we?"

"Your water Ms Minmei..."

Minmei: "Thank You..." (Gulps it down) "Who am I again?"

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"At least its not a date with Minmei..."
Minmei: (Still brandishing custom mike stand) "I HEARD THAT!"
"Dammit!"
"Subtle, aren't we?"

"Your water Ms Minmei..."

Minmei: "Thank You..." (Gulps it down) "Who am I again?"

That's Lethe, not Styx.

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"At least its not a date with Minmei..."
Minmei: (Still brandishing custom mike stand) "I HEARD THAT!"
"Dammit!"
"Subtle, aren't we?"

"Your water Ms Minmei..."

Minmei: "Thank You..." (Gulps it down) "Who am I again?"

That's Lethe, not Styx.

"Tis just a short jog when you're REALLY motivated."

Zor: "Is this the support group meeting."

SRoss wrote:Zor: "Is this the support group meeting."

Yep, Zor was a grade-A noodge who was smart enough to create Robotechnology, but not poltically savvy to see how the Masters were snookering him. He then dumped his whole mess on Earth to clean up, and left a legacy of deferred guilt that drove Zor Prime to madness and stupidity.
Way to Break It, Hero.

"Yep. This is the meeting of the They Constantly Kill Us All The Time group."

SRoss wrote:

Alpha 11 wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Charon: "No kidding. I may need to hire out some help."

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Charon: "No kidding. I may need to hire out some help."

SQUEAK?

Squirrel?

The Death of Rats I believe.

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:[
The Death of Rats I believe.

Guy wins a free token to ride the River Styx.

SRoss: Ya...

Arnie100 wrote:"At least its not a date with Minmei..."
"Minmei: (Still brandishing custom mike stand) "I HEARD THAT!"
"Dammit!"
"Subtle, aren't we?"

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"At least its not a date with Minmei..."
Minmei: (Still brandishing custom mike stand) "I HEARD THAT!"
"Dammit!"
"Subtle, aren't we?"

"Your water Ms Minmei..."

Minmei: "Thank You..." (Gulps it down) "Who am I again?"

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"At least its not a date with Minmei..."
Minmei: (Still brandishing custom mike stand) "I HEARD THAT!"
"Dammit!"
"Subtle, aren't we?"

"Your water Ms Minmei..."

Minmei: "Thank You..." (Gulps it down) "Who am I again?"

That's Lethe, not Styx.

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"At least its not a date with Minmei..."
Minmei: (Still brandishing custom mike stand) "I HEARD THAT!"
"Dammit!"
"Subtle, aren't we?"

"Your water Ms Minmei..."

Minmei: "Thank You..." (Gulps it down) "Who am I again?"

That's Lethe, not Styx.

"Tis just a short jog when you're REALLY motivated."

SRoss wrote:Zor: "Is this the support group meeting."

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:Zor: "Is this the support group meeting."

Yep, Zor was a grade-A noodge who was smart enough to create Robotechnology, but not poltically savvy to see how the Masters were snookering him. He then dumped his whole mess on Earth to clean up, and left a legacy of deferred guilt that drove Zor Prime to madness and stupidity.
Way to Break It, Hero.

When you point it out like that, earth got the short stick indeed.

Arnie100 wrote:"Yep. This is the meeting of the They Constantly Kill Us All The Time group."

Arnie100 wrote:"Yep. This is the meeting of the They Constantly Kill Us All The Time group."

"And suicide doesn't count. You want the "Dated Dana Sterling" support group across the hall."
"That was his clone that dated her."
"Who among us here does NOT effectively count as a clone of our former selves, and yet we continue to suffer for the acts of our defacto forefathers?"
"I thought we were blaming all our suffering on bastards like Rick Hunter, the Sterlings, humanity in general?"
"It's true, you're all vermin to deserve to die!"
"Corg, do I have to get out the 'Raid' again?"
"I agree with Corg. You humans all deserve de-"
"Regent, I got the extra-strength 'Slug-b-Gone' formulated for inverterbrates."
"...I'll be quiet..."

"Y'know...isn't this why we have those huge salt vats underground?"
Corg and The Regent: "We get the hint."

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"Yep. This is the meeting of the They Constantly Kill Us All The Time group."

"And suicide doesn't count. You want the "Dated Dana Sterling" support group across the hall."
"That was his clone that dated her."
"Who among us here does NOT effectively count as a clone of our former selves, and yet we continue to suffer for the acts of our defacto forefathers?"
"I thought we were blaming all our suffering on bastards like Rick Hunter, the Sterlings, humanity in general?"
"It's true, you're all vermin to deserve to die!"
"Corg, do I have to get out the 'Raid' again?"
"I agree with Corg. You humans all deserve de-"
"Regent, I got the extra-strength 'Slug-b-Gone' formulated for inverterbrates."
"...I'll be quiet..."

Arnie100 wrote:"Y'know...isn't this why we have those huge salt vats underground?"
Corg and The Regent: "We get the hint."

"Gentlemen, we're here to commiserate with each other, not conspire AGAINST each other!"
"Leave your touchy-feely $^&$# out of this, Edwards. We know you're already checking our backs for the best angle for the knife."
("Damn...I mighta overdone it in the past; they're onto me.")

An Amazon drone arrives delivering one of those Stripper sized cakes...

Edwards: "THE DRONE'S A BOLO!!! GET BEFORE IT GETS US!!!"

(Drone goes down in a hail of gunfire)

Karno: "Why is this cake beeping?"



Veidt: "Cake is a lie!"

Charon: "This is getting to be annoying. I'm trying to finish my lunch here."

"Why don't we just hold the meeting here, on the banks of the Styx?"
Charon: "NO LOITERING!"

Charon: "NOT ON MY FRIGGING BOAT. OUT!! OUT!!"

taalismn wrote:"Gentlemen, we're here to commiserate with each other, not conspire AGAINST each other!"
"Leave your touchy-feely $^&$# out of this, Edwards. We know you're already checking our backs for the best angle for the knife."
("Damn...I mighta overdone it in the past; they're onto me.")

SRoss wrote:An Amazon drone arrives delivering one of those Stripper sized cakes...

Edwards: "THE DRONE'S A BOLO!!! GET BEFORE IT GETS US!!!"

(Drone goes down in a hail of gunfire)

Karno: "Why is this cake beeping?"

#BBBBBOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!#

Veidt: "Cake is a lie!"

So true!

Arnie100 wrote:Charon: "This is getting to be annoying. I'm trying to finish my lunch here."

taalismn wrote:"Why don't we just hold the meeting here, on the banks of the Styx?"
Charon: "NO LOITERING!"

Arnie100 wrote:Charon: "NOT ON MY FRIGGING BOAT. OUT!! OUT!!"

Poor guy needs a vacation.

Octavia: "Sisters! Someone just gave us MDC Chainsaws!"

Lisa, Minmei and Dana: "Us too!"

Charon: "OH COME ON!!!"

SRoss wrote:Octavia: "Sisters! Someone just gave us MDC Chainsaws!"

Lisa, Minmei and Dana: "Us too!"

Charon: "OH COME ON!!!"

So that's why Charon got the pump and hose installed on his boat....
"We're going POWER this time. PowerWASH."

SRoss wrote:Octavia: "Sisters! Someone just gave us MDC Chainsaws!"

Lisa, Minmei and Dana: "Us too!"

Charon: "OH COME ON!!!"

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:Octavia: "Sisters! Someone just gave us MDC Chainsaws!"

Lisa, Minmei and Dana: "Us too!"

Charon: "OH COME ON!!!"

So that's why Charon got the pump and hose installed on his boat....
"We're going POWER this time. PowerWASH."

Zor: (Laying in a bloody mess with the others on the floor) "At least it can't get any worse."

Edwards: "NEVER SAY THAT!!!"

Suddenly, they hear a vacuuming sound as a group of Roombas appear line abreast.

Charon: "Why should I do all the work?"

Charon: "Death by vacuum cleaners...HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Kyle: "SERIOUSLY?! COME ON! At least let us die with SOME dignity!"
Edwards: "Speak for yourself! I WANNA LIVE!!"

'Problem with living, then dying, then living again is, unlike certain lucky bastards, WE DON'T GET BETTER AT ANYTHING WITH EACH NEW REITERATION!!!"
"Well, we get better at dying."
"AEERRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!"

Charon: "Okay, offing each other is old hat. It's a backslide."
"AEERRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!"

SRoss wrote:Zor: (Laying in a bloody mess with the others on the floor) "At least it can't get any worse."

Edwards: "NEVER SAY THAT!!!"

Suddenly, they hear a vacuuming sound as a group of Roombas appear line abreast.

Charon: "Why should I do all the work?"

Arnie100 wrote:Charon: "Death by vacuum cleaners...HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Kyle: "SERIOUSLY?! COME ON! At least let us die with SOME dignity!"
Edwards: "Speak for yourself! I WANNA LIVE!!"

taalismn wrote:'Problem with living, then dying, then living again is, unlike certain lucky bastards, WE DON'T GET BETTER AT ANYTHING WITH EACH NEW REITERATION!!!"
"Well, we get better at dying."
"AEERRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!"

Charon: "Okay, offing each other is old hat. It's a backslide."
"AEERRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!"

Not really.

Face it, they die and are reincarnated back in their old lives so quickly they appear to be flickering or strobing, even in broad daylight.
"Would you quit that? It's not as if you're being killed EVERY MINUTE!"
"Sez you. All this time we've been talking, I've been getting fatally nailed by the microwave sniper laser somewhere on the skylight, the microwave beam of the power sat in orbit above us, the gamma ray beamer from across the street giving me n instantly fatal dose of radiation, the phase beamer from the Promethean assassin behind you, the molecular disrupter knife of the out of phase hitman behind me, the timetraveling assassin killing me somewhere in my past. the death curse being cast on me from across town, the voodoo pin through my heart, the black goo nanites in my sandwich spread, the curare derivative in my bottled water, the nerve gas variant in my tampered-with nicotine patch...."

Edwards: "I just wanna LIVE. Is that too hard to ask?!" (Sobbing...)
Kyle: "I don't think anyone cares."
Edwards: "SHUT UP."

Arnie100 wrote:Edwards: "I just wanna LIVE. Is that too hard to ask?!" (Sobbing...)
Kyle: "I don't think anyone cares."
Edwards: "SHUT UP."

"Sure you can live. You have to live in and for the moment...see, you didn't make the most of that moment before that RPG creamed you...or that flying plank just impaled you just then...Well, right now you have a moment to live, make the mos-okay, you ALMOST pressed the speed-dial on your cellphone before that blowgun dart hit you in the eye, but you had the right idea, going for the gusto!"

Kyle And Edwards: "Oh, just shut UP."
"What?"

"Okay, who hired the damn life style counselor?"
"I thought it was you. You're the one into the touchy-feely $#!+, Kyle."
"Sez Mister 'Real Men Don't Cry' Wailing-Like-a-Baby."
"I was screaming bloody vengeance on the Hunters, the UEEF, and the world in general!"
"Right, whatever you say."
"She was under-age, Kyle."
" "


Charon: "....yeah, apparently with angry-hysterical strength you CAN pick up a municipal garbage dumpster and beat somebody to death with it?"

taalismn wrote:Face it, they die and are reincarnated back in their old lives so quickly they appear to be flickering or strobing, even in broad daylight.
"Would you quit that? It's not as if you're being killed EVERY MINUTE!"
"Sez you. All this time we've been talking, I've been getting fatally nailed by the microwave sniper laser somewhere on the skylight, the microwave beam of the power sat in orbit above us, the gamma ray beamer from across the street giving me n instantly fatal dose of radiation, the phase beamer from the Promethean assassin behind you, the molecular disrupter knife of the out of phase hitman behind me, the timetraveling assassin killing me somewhere in my past. the death curse being cast on me from across town, the voodoo pin through my heart, the black goo nanites in my sandwich spread, the curare derivative in my bottled water, the nerve gas variant in my tampered-with nicotine patch...."

Arnie100 wrote:Edwards: "I just wanna LIVE. Is that too hard to ask?!" (Sobbing...)
Kyle: "I don't think anyone cares."
Edwards: "SHUT UP."

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Edwards: "I just wanna LIVE. Is that too hard to ask?!" (Sobbing...)
Kyle: "I don't think anyone cares."
Edwards: "SHUT UP."

"Sure you can live. You have to live in and for the moment...see, you didn't make the most of that moment before that RPG creamed you...or that flying plank just impaled you just then...Well, right now you have a moment to live, make the mos-okay, you ALMOST pressed the speed-dial on your cellphone before that blowgun dart hit you in the eye, but you had the right idea, going for the gusto!"

That would be fun to see.

Arnie100 wrote:Kyle And Edwards: "Oh, just shut UP."
"What?"

taalismn wrote:"Okay, who hired the damn life style counselor?"
"I thought it was you. You're the one into the touchy-feely $#!+, Kyle."
"Sez Mister 'Real Men Don't Cry' Wailing-Like-a-Baby."
"I was screaming bloody vengeance on the Hunters, the UEEF, and the world in general!"
"Right, whatever you say."
"She was under-age, Kyle."
" "


Charon: "....yeah, apparently with angry-hysterical strength you CAN pick up a municipal garbage dumpster and beat somebody to death with it?"

"You realize, sir, that you've double-parked your GMU?"
"Officer, you can't help BUT double-park a GMU!"
"That's no excuse. Nor is the 'handicapped' sticker way up there on the window."
"I have a really BIG wheelchair."

Regess: "Prepare yourselves my children for YOUR NEW INVID FORM!!!"

Later...

Lancer: "EEEEKKK! APHIDS! THEY'RE INTO EVERYTHING!!!"

SRoss wrote:Regess: "Prepare yourselves my children for YOUR NEW INVID FORM!!!"

Later...

Lancer: "EEEEKKK! APHIDS! THEY'RE INTO EVERYTHING!!!"

Lunk: "I'm on it, I just phoned for a rush delivery of ladybugs. What? I said I was going to start a farm. Made sense to read up on organic farming practices."

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:Regess: "Prepare yourselves my children for YOUR NEW INVID FORM!!!"

Later...

Lancer: "EEEEKKK! APHIDS! THEY'RE INTO EVERYTHING!!!"

Lunk: "I'm on it, I just phoned for a rush delivery of ladybugs. What? I said I was going to start a farm. Made sense to read up on organic farming practices."

Lancer: "Sorry, I meant EEEEEKKKK! ASIAN BEETLES!!! THEY'RE IN EVERYTHING!!!"

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:Regess: "Prepare yourselves my children for YOUR NEW INVID FORM!!!"

Later...

Lancer: "EEEEKKK! APHIDS! THEY'RE INTO EVERYTHING!!!"

Lunk: "I'm on it, I just phoned for a rush delivery of ladybugs. What? I said I was going to start a farm. Made sense to read up on organic farming practices."

Lancer: "Sorry, I meant EEEEEKKKK! ASIAN BEETLES!!! THEY'RE IN EVERYTHING!!!"

Actually been bitten, or at least sticky-clawed, by Asian LadyBugs...they're starting to swarm here, prior to crawling inside crevices and absesses. It can be quite surprisingly to blunder into a swarm of them buzzing around a tree, especially near old stonework(we have a lot of stonewalls and stone outdoor buildings in this part of New England, including several impressive castle-like public lookout towers).

taalismn wrote:"You realize, sir, that you've double-parked your GMU?"
"Officer, you can't help BUT double-park a GMU!"
"That's no excuse. Nor is the 'handicapped' sticker way up there on the window."
"I have a really BIG wheelchair."

SRoss wrote:Regess: "Prepare yourselves my children for YOUR NEW INVID FORM!!!"

Later...

Lancer: "EEEEKKK! APHIDS! THEY'RE INTO EVERYTHING!!!"

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:Regess: "Prepare yourselves my children for YOUR NEW INVID FORM!!!"

Later...

Lancer: "EEEEKKK! APHIDS! THEY'RE INTO EVERYTHING!!!"

Lunk: "I'm on it, I just phoned for a rush delivery of ladybugs. What? I said I was going to start a farm. Made sense to read up on organic farming practices."

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:Regess: "Prepare yourselves my children for YOUR NEW INVID FORM!!!"

Later...

Lancer: "EEEEKKK! APHIDS! THEY'RE INTO EVERYTHING!!!"

Lunk: "I'm on it, I just phoned for a rush delivery of ladybugs. What? I said I was going to start a farm. Made sense to read up on organic farming practices."

Lancer: "Sorry, I meant EEEEEKKKK! ASIAN BEETLES!!! THEY'RE IN EVERYTHING!!!"

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:Regess: "Prepare yourselves my children for YOUR NEW INVID FORM!!!"

Later...

Lancer: "EEEEKKK! APHIDS! THEY'RE INTO EVERYTHING!!!"

Lunk: "I'm on it, I just phoned for a rush delivery of ladybugs. What? I said I was going to start a farm. Made sense to read up on organic farming practices."

Lancer: "Sorry, I meant EEEEEKKKK! ASIAN BEETLES!!! THEY'RE IN EVERYTHING!!!"

Actually been bitten, or at least sticky-clawed, by Asian LadyBugs...they're starting to swarm here, prior to crawling inside crevices and absesses. It can be quite surprisingly to blunder into a swarm of them buzzing around a tree, especially near old stonework(we have a lot of stonewalls and stone outdoor buildings in this part of New England, including several impressive castle-like public lookout towers).

Interesting.

On the flightline, a family conversation takes place:

VF-1 Valkyrie: son, we need to talk.
VF/A-6 Alpha: ok, mom. What's up?
VF-1: I've heard talk about you, people say you're slow, and your payload, while plentiful, is unimpressive. It's just those jealous ASC kids. Don't listen to them. You're a real veritech with 3 different modes, just like your mother.
Alpha: Uh...yeah, ok.
VF-1: but I want to warn you about that fat kid you've been hanging out with lately.
Alpha: fat kid? You mean Beta? He's not fat, he's just...big bomb bayed...
VF-1: well, I think he's a bad influence. You don't need him, one day you'll get your own FAST packs and Beta can't be a part of that.
Alpha: but moooommmm, Beta and I are in a band! Its called Legios, we're totally opening for Yellow Dancer next week!
VF-1: No son of mine is going to open for that rubbish! This Beta's idea, I knew he would lead you astray! The next thing I know you'll be sniffing protoculture and cavorting with Logans!
Alpha: you just don't understand me! Dad! Make her say it's okay!
Dr. Emil Lang: *rustles newspaper* listen to your mother.
Alpha: ugh! I'm outta here! *putts off straining to break the sound barrier*
VF-1: *sobs quietly* sniffing the PC...he gets out from you, Emil!
Lang: *long, tired sigh*

Cousin Logan: "Don't I get say in any of this?"
Cousin AJACS: "NOPE."

Arnie100 wrote:Cousin Logan: "Don't I get say in any of this?"
Cousin AJACS: "NOPE."

Cousin Hover Tank: "At least I get a FAST Pack..."

Dr Lang: Boys, quiet. Your uncle Emil is trying to read. Or do you want to go back to papa Leonard's farm to do chores already?

Arnie100 wrote:Cousin Logan: "Don't I get say in any of this?"
Cousin AJACS: "NOPE."

Otherwise known as the Pygmy and the Beanpole.
"So...just how much ordnance can you hang under those shoulders?"
"Shut up."
"I mean, you're technically a helicopter....and the Commanchero sure could tote a lot of hurt on its hardpoints. Surely progress has gifted you with greater capability?"
"SHUT UP!"
"And the itty-bitty lasers..."
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"
"Kids, don't make me come up there and MAKE you be quiet!"

Uncle Beta: "I'm related to tnem?!"
VF-1 Valkyrie: "Unfortunately."

Arnie100 wrote:Uncle Beta: "I'm related to tnem?!"
VF-1 Valkyrie: "Unfortunately."

Not really...The AJACS is completely unrelated mechanics-wise to any other in-service mecha, and has an even smaller 'family tree' than the Logan. The Logan at least spawned the (non-canon) SuperLogan(and, if you count the fan creations of Stan Bundy, an amphibious model as well), whereas the AJACS was perfected too late and deployed too late to have any derivatives aside from mutant-spawn frankenmecha assembled from spare airframes during the Invid Occupation. The AJACS just doesn't have the same charisma and apparent modularity for fans to go to town like they have with the VFs.

Uncle Beta: "THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!"
Coisin Logan and AJACS: "HHHEEYYY!!"

The Beta, on the other hand, probably has some bloodline of Phalanx destroid in it; the configuration is fairly simple; legs fold back, wings/arms are outboard of the main missile pods...It charitably looks like somebody tried to streamline a Phalanx with a big honking jetpack on its back, and made it fully flight worthy.

Phalanx: "Leave ME out of this discussion, please."

Arnie100 wrote:Phalanx: "Leave ME out of this discussion, please."

'Aw, but you might have relatives that learned how to FLY!"

Condor: "THAT would be ME...I think..."