24th Invasion

[moemoetentacles]

[Action; in and around 452 Stone Street]

[For anyone living on, hanging out near, or walking down Stone Street today - there is something happening on at 452 Stone Street that you may wish to investigate.  The windows to the house are open, and the sound of a small explosion rings through the air, followed by the surprised and panicked scream of a certain little squid-child.  There is now black smoke billowing out of the living room window, and the sound of coughing.  After a few seconds, Squid Girl's head pops out of the window as she tries to get some fresh air into her lungs.]

Aaaaaahhhhh... what's wrong with that stupid thing!

Comments

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

Jus' curious. Th' tech of this time period don't seem suited to things like holographic displays.

[Not the same thing as a 3D TV, but in Gat's mind that's what he's thinking it's like.]

So Mayfield's sixty, maybe fifty years behind where you're from.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I can't believe humans were ever this lame.

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[Gat blinks a few times. He looks a little surprised.]

You ain't human?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Of course not!

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[He rubs the back of his neck with uncertainty.]

You look like a human to me. I reckon you didn't get your, uh, original body back yet?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Huh? Yeah, I did.

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[There's a look of scrutiny on his face.]

You did?

[Hey, he's allowed to be confused! Blue is a natural hair color in Phantasy Star!]

What're you s'posed to be if you ain't human, then?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

A squid, of course!

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[There's a blank look on Gat's face.]

... What's a squid?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Huh? You don't know?

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[Gat shakes his head.]

'Fraid I don't, miss.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Don't they have oceans where you're from?

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[There's a look of recognition on Gat's face, as if he can see what Squid Girl's getting at.]

There are, yeah, on pretty much all of th' planets I've been to. But I ain't ever heard of a human-like species called "squids."

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I'm not human-like! Take it back!

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[Gat's looking completely dumbfounded by that reaction. No a phone did not materialize in his hand.]

Why's that offend you? Hell, I can't distinguish you from any of th' humans here.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Stop saying stuff like that! I'm nothing like them!

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[... Ooookay. Gat just idly rubs the back of his neck while looking extremely confused. She's acting the same way many CASTs would if they were treated as mere machines, but he really can't figure out what Squid Girl's deal is in this case.]

You're gonna have to show me what makes you so different, girl. Aside from you sayin' you live in th' ocean, I ain't seein' it.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[In response, Squid Girl starts menacingly waving her tentacles around. Not attacking or anything, but just posturing and trying to look scary.]

There! See!

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[Gat does take a step back as Squid Girl puts her tentacles on display—and by watching his face, it's pretty clear that this is definitely not something he was expecting.]

... Prehensile hair. Yeah, that's a good one. There anything else different about your biology?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Try this on for size!

[Squid Girl takes a deep breath and then spits some ink out onto the grass in front of Gat.]

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[Gat steps back again, if only so that the ink doesn't splatter all over his clothes. He looks mildly impressed, though.]

Alright, I reckon that proves it enough.

Uh—I take what I said back.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Good! I'm far superior to humans, so I don't like being compared to them.

Plus, they're jerks.

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[And now he's casting a skeptical frown at Squid Girl once more. Great, more racial tensions. As if he didn't see enough of that in Gurhal as it is.]

An' why do you say that, if'n ya don't mind my askin'?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Because they totally messed up the ocean with their garbage!

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[Okay, depending on those circumstances, she may have some justification in disliking humans—but Gat's skeptical frown doesn't leave his face.]

An' th' part about considerin' yourself superior?