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[There’s a clicking noise, then a burst of static, before a moment of silence. A male voice speaks first, recognizable as Greg’s.] Did it work?

[A female speaks up.] Is it a plant? No. How should I know if it works? Mine got eaten by the Hungry Vine.

[A third voice speaks up, a new male.] He was asking in general, not you, Abbot. And yeah, I think it’s going. But not video. You’re the codemonkey, fix it.

[Greg snorts.] Fixing, fixing, bug boy. You go play with your beetles, I’ll get this… there.

[The video flickers on, showing Greg, Caroline Abbot, and another young man who resembles Greg slightly. ]

[Greg nods happily.] Guess what? We have blankets! [He holds up stiffer-looking greenish-white blankets.] We’re going to share! Abbot can explain!

[Caroline sighs.] They’re plant fiber. I modified the Hungry Vine to have stronger limbs, and—

[The other guy shakes his head.] She’ll talk for hours. Look. Plants became blankets. It’s not good weather for them, but you’ll have them. Anyone wants to pick them up, we already dropped off a load at [x,y]. Outreach and shit, since our PR department is fuc—

Matthew! [Greg’s voice is sharp.] There’s a lady present.

[Caroline blinks, staring at Greg.]

[Matthew snorts.] Fine. Since our PR department is sleeping around instead of making sweet, sweet love to all of y—

[Greg reaches over and shuts the sound of the PCD off. He and Matthew talk for a moment, while Caroline looks very awkward. She plays with a vine that’s crawling up her arm, smiling at it. The boys stop talking, and Greg rolls his eyes and turns the sound back on.]

[Matthew sighs.] The PR department isn’t doing its job. So we’re doing what we can. Better?

[Greg nods, then looks off to the side.] We’ve got to stop transmitting for now. Guard cycles. But we’ll answer questions in a few minutes. It should be safe.

[He smiles, and with a quick wave, he shuts off the PCD.]

[[ooc: There are twenty-five plant-fiber blankets at the location listed.]]

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Sharing is caring, you know. Couldn't you slip something out to perk this place up a bit more?

What's a squid though?

Thank you very much for the blankets, but...they won't come alive, will they?

I saw over the video, but who are all of you?

[Not a child, not an adult. Caught somewhere in between.]

... safe. That's what matters.

Neither of us are here to be liked. If that even registers as a concern, it's no surprise that the best you've yet to show us is some trash you threw together at the last minute, and put out as a gift.

[Caroline really doesn't know. She's willing to believe just about anything of the Outsiders at this point.]

It is.

[Matthew smirks widely]

I do bugs. I don't think you want them running around. But I can see about sending some out.

What's a squid? If you go jump in that lake out there, you'll find out pretty da-- fast.

Don't take any. That's no skin off my back.

[Caroline shrugs.]

We'll do what we can, and if it's not good enough for you, I don't care. At least I haven't come in and trashed your place.

People aren't talking about us anymore?

[Greg looks surprised.]

We're in what everyone calls the inner city. Scientists and such.

[Caroline giggles.]

No, that's over. Or it is in here. Is it still going on out there?

They'd make things much more interesting out here~

I try to avoid making a habit out of jumping into unknown waters. I'll just assume it's dangerous.

All of them do.

...Huh. Doubt it'll make sense to me but where did you do this experiment before "here"?

I wasn't planning on picking up someone else's garbage.

Oh, you're welcome to come out here and trash as much as you'd like! Much easier than having to go in there after you.

Who the heck are you guys?

Well, if you're sure...

[Matthew walks over to a small cage in the corner and brings it over, showing several large preying-mantis-looking things. Except they're red, and have another pair of legs.]

I call this baby the Bleeding Mantis. You want me to let loose a few?

It's dangerous and big. It was here before we were, it looks like.

You're one of the ones that they keep saying hates us, then? I worked hard on-- No, you're not worth it.

So you guys can speak to us on purpose sometimes, huh?

Sure.

[Greg frowns.]

We were in the city. New Science City. It came with us.

[Matthew points to himself.]

I'm the smart one.

[He points to Caroline.]

She's the hot one.

[He points to Greg, who is glaring at him.]

And that's mister snippy.

[Greg nods, sitting back as if slipping into lecture mode.]

There's a lot of security on the network, so it's very hard sometimes. Especially because some people don't want everyone getting so friendly. We just have to do it when opportunity presents.

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that blankets are somehow hard to make?

Bleeding Mantis? Because of the colour?

If those things were here before then they might come back one day anyway. How big is big though?

Hate you? I don't even know you.

If inefficiency and lack of usefulness was worthy of hatred, I'd never get anything done, I'd be too exhausted despising the world.

Do something terrible, and I'll reconsider - how's that?

Yeah, yeah. Boooring.

I'm already stuck here 'cause of you. Might as well at least try to be entertaining.

No, I think it's over out here! At least, I hope!

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