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[deformer]

Just once, can we like, go to space or pilot some giant robots or blow up a meteor that's on a collision course with the Earth or fight some aliens or I dunno, ride around on jetpacks or something or do SOMETHING COOL instead of the stupid fantasy village and the wild west?!

I think we earned it after those other two.

I guess three for some of you guys.







I guess the dinosaurs are kinda cool though.

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[dragony]

Way more than three by now.

But now that you mention it, you missed the machine city, didn't you?

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[deformer]

metrosomething? Yeah. I missed that.

[dragony]

Metrocog. It was pretty miserable, like they all are, but I think you would have liked it.

[deformer]

What was its deal anyway?

[dragony]

All the residents were different kinds of mechanical, or components to machines in some way. I remember some were like clockwork, but some were made of things like oil, or gasoline.

I got pretty sick while we were there, so I don't have the best memory of what happened.

[deformer]

Man, that does sound pretty cool, but now that I'm thinkin' about it, I bet there was some kinda really horrible twist just like all the rest'a these places.

Except Asthenoa. That one was just BORING.

[dragony]

You'd have to ask Karkat about that. Metricog, I mean.

What was so boring about Asthenoa?

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[waiting]

The dinosaurs are pretty cool. [ Beat. ] And I dunno, maybe we get enough of all that other stuff back in the City.

I'm getting pretty sick of all the world-hopping myself.

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[deformer]

We do?! Since when?!

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[waiting]

Well, the Skrulls are technically aliens, I'm pretty sure someone had to get up into space to put graffiti on the moon, we've got a few imPorts who used to be robots and we've got people who can build jetpacks... [ He trails off. Maybe this train of thought wasn't the best one to pursue. He shouldn't be giving Rua any ideas. ]

... Yeah, well, you get the idea.

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[deformer]

....those are some compelling points.

....you wouldn't happen to know the names of these people that can build jetpacks, would you?

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[waiting]

[ Mitch would probably kill him if he put him in the crosshairs of a kid like this, so... ]

The guy I knew got Ported out, but his... [ Partner? Girlfriend? ] ... the gal who worked with him is still around, I'm pretty sure. Danger. Works at NOHoPE, last I checked. [ Also, she's a robot. Might have wanted to mention that first. ]

There's also Tony Stark, if you can get ahold of him. Guy's got a pretty busy schedule.

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[smarterthandad]

Dinosaurs are totally overrated.

[Val is now dead to a lot of people.]

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[deformer]

...

No they're not.

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[smarterthandad]

[Look, her father and her godfather both keep time machines in their labs; she's so used to dinosaurs.]

Dromaeosauridae and Troodontinae are okay, I guess.

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[deformer]

uhhhhh

[Give him a sec, he hasn't figured out how to get google working here yet.]

I....concur!

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[smarterthandad]

If you want me to believe you know what you're talking about, don't type the "uhhhhh" part next time.

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[deformer]

Well who the heck calls them...whatever that was!

Just call them raptor or triceratops or something, geez!

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[smarterthandad]

Raptors are dromaeosaurids, yes.

[Eyerolls are not conveyed by text.]

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[deformer]

Oh.

So I did know what they were!

And yes, raptors are 100% badass.

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[smarterthandad]

Velociraptors are about the size of a turkey, you realize. The ones in the movie were more like Deinonychus or Utahraptor.

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[deformer]

What? No! The velociraptors were the big ones that ran around in packs and were super intelligent and deadly and ambushed the CRAP outta that one warden dude! They weren't the size of a turkey!

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[smarterthandad]

The fossil evidence suggests they were very intelligent for something that weighed 30 pounds. I'm sure the rat-sized mammals of the Cretaceous were utterly terrified of them.

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[deformer]

Man

That sucks.

...the T-rex was still huge and ate everything and was basically awesome though, right?

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[smarterthandad]

There's every indication that Tyrannosaurus was an apex predator, yes.

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[deformer]

Good!

...'apex' meas 'top' right?

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[smarterthandad]

[Val refuses to accept half the people she talks to are for real.]

Yes.

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[hackeralastair]

dinosaurs, huh?

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[deformer]

Yes
Every animal here is a dinosaur.
It's kinda far out

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[hackeralastair]

trippy. is it lame otherwise?

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[deformer]

Super duper hyper lame factor 5

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[hackeralastair]

glad I got left behind this time.

hope nobody wanted the city standing when they got back...