Bully: if little boys are made of frogs and snails and puppy-dogs’ tails, and little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice, exactly what are you made of?
Alex: 4 large russet potatoes, quarter cup of butter, sour cream, and chives, green onions, three quarters cup cheddar cheese, 6 slices of crispy bacon. Bake for an hour.
Joe: Synch is so damn annoying, so precise and always telling folk what to do and when to do it and pushy and …
Mette: That sounds like kind of a dark reaction. (Edges slightly away.)
Joe: Did I say annoying? I meant endearing! Damn … endearing!
Why would you put anything in a metal alloy container? Don’t you understand genetics and polly-synthetic drift?
that goes with the mayonnaise comments
Mette: Goo Natt Måne!
Syc: How do you say barbarian in Swedgilish?
Mette: Babar.
Syc: Like the elephant?
Mette: Yes, barbarians are large.
Alex: hey, some attractive woman wants to see Joe
Joe: really?! (grooms fur)
Alex: It’s Dian Fossey
Joe: GOD DAMMIT
Hunter: Yeah, I’m keeping an eye on this dweeb Kiln I’m sitting next to.
Joe: …
((When I realized that Hunter got seated between Kiln and me.))
Alex: Joe, do you think being a hero is the adventure of a lifetime?
Joe: I guess…?
Alex: great, do you need sidekicks?
Kiln: I’m done with my homework.
Joe: You did it?
Kiln: That’s not what I said.
Alex: bad news, thicc people
Alex: Isn’t it kind of messed up that other than scientists to run the thing, your colony ship was rich people and supermodels?
Mette: We have a saying. Wealth and beauty are the same. If you did not receive it from your parents, an expert with a sharp knife can help you attain it.
Alex: Holy shit, that is peak capitalism.
Joe: What’s the signal if something goes wrong?
Alex: How about “oh shit?”
Joe: That works
Sync: Which country has the most birds?
Sync: Portugeese
Sync: Wait-
Mette: That’s a language
Alex: Portugull
Mette: Nice recovery
Kiln: Don’t you mean nice redovery
Later:
Joe: Turkey! How did we miss turkey!?
Alex: So. Tiffani, huh?
Roddy: what? Uh, she’s a classmate, what about her?
Alex: You squirm in your seat whenever she sits down
Roddy: I’m just nervous about people being near me
Alex: you look at her in the hallway
Roddy: she sits behind me so I don’t see her face and want to make sure I don’t forget my classmates!
Alex: you spend 32% of your time on social media following her feeds, I have logfiles
Roddy: …
Joe: I’m worried about Kid Kool. He seems nice and helped me out but he seems kind of edgy
Alex: I think you can trust him
Joe: Are you sure? He showed me a picture of him holding a pistol and flashing cash
Alex: if you zoom in, you’ll see it’s the track team’s starter pistol and Monopoly money
Joe: is that Duncan guy going to be a problem for any of my other friends?
Roy: well, that fella might ask the tall blonde girl out. He likes the pretty an’ popular ones
Joe: the only way Mette is going to fall for him is if he trips her in the hallway
Duncan: what can you tell me about Mette?
Alex: She’s too young for you
Duncan: what do you mean?
Alex: by like 5, maybe 600 years
Kiln: so this is… a mobile phone?
Alex: yeah. It’s new so you’ll make some mistakes using it. That’s totally okay, I’m here to help.
Kiln: and with this I can sign up for… the Face Book?
Alex: (snatching phone away) barbarian.
Continued here