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[calibrates_big_guns]

Is the anon meme always this ... [He trails off, swirling the half-empty highball of something alcoholic in his hand as he searches for the right word. He settles on:] Colorful?

[He chuckles, scrolling down the page. Facially, he's not the easiest guy to read, but everything here just screams amusement.]

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[walkingballpit]

She's a teammate, and she already has my respect.

[ However grudging it's been, he can't deny she's been a solid Legionnaire. The heads up about Rico, while it's not being strictly heeded, was appreciated and raised her a couple of notches to fully "Beeny? She's okay." But he holds off on telling Dredd that he thinks America has lightened up since she arrived.

Instead, Robbie runs his tongue over his teeth 'thoughtfully'. ]

I don't feel any cavaties! I think I'm good. Mom was very being on oral hygiene. When you wake up in the morning at a quarter to one and you want to have a little fun, you brush your teeth ch ch ch ch, ch ch ch ch... Raffi's an ear worm for life.

[truefaceofthelaw]

If she has your respect - for what little it's worth - then you refer to her by her proper designation.

[Yeah he's being a massive suck up. So what? But when Robbie segues into song, Rico looks flatly straight into the camera. Not a single muscle twitches up or down. This is the most pointlessly inane display he's seen in a while, and that's fairly impressive considering what he's seen.]

You're a simping, slack-jawed idiot.

[walkingballpit]

The thing is, Beeny and I already went a couple of rounds on this. I'm not from your world and think the laws are borked, I'm not a member of the Justice Department, she's not a judge in this universe, and I have a lot of objections to using a power title when we're supposed to be a team of equals. We've got a ceasefire going. Don't rock the boat.

[ Man, tough crowd. Not even a flicker. ]

And I'll have you know, I have a great jawline for heroing. Sure, I don't have a swell cleft in my chin like [ Gaston! ] Captain America, but it's a rock solid profile.

[ He turns his head to the side to prove this. ]

[truefaceofthelaw]

A Judge isn't something you stop being. Whether in this universe or another. Your objections are duly noted and discarded.

[With that said, Rico won't just... take him at his word, but he'll back off for now until he can confirm this with Beeny. Behave, she told him. So he'll behave. But there's something just so irking about a civ calling a Judge by their last name. How presumptuous. And they're hardly a team of equals.]

You have a weak jawline that suggests a genetic aberration and a multitude of underlying health defects.

[Don't try to have a chin-off with a Dredd. Hmph.]

[walkingballpit]

[ Dredd may lose his mind if he finds their past conversations and sees that Robbie tried to call her America outloud more than once. ]

Oh, believe me, I heard that spiel already. Like, have you met that chick? She is her job.

[ A beat. Robbie holds up an index finger. ]

And a really awesome instant-meat power.

[ Obviously, he loses to Dredd as well. ]

Rude, man. My genes are great, mutants are awesome, and I don't have any "health defects."

[truefaceofthelaw]

As it should be. She shows a strong dedication to her duties. Very admirable.

[Rico is absolutely grinding out lies in between his teeth. It isn't at all how it should be. But he'll shore up their practices in public, at least. And ugh, that chick. He's just making it worse for himself.]

Well clearly there's still something wrong with you. You could always have been dropped on the head one too many times.

[walkingballpit]

Very boring, you mean.

[ Robbie doesn't bother to ask if Rico saw the latest Legion Legacy - like, it's obvious what's wrong with him.

But there are jokes to be had at his own expense instead. ]

Baby Robbie - Speedbaby, if you will - would've had to get picked up to get dropped.

self injury mention

[truefaceofthelaw]

[It's less fun when people pre-empt his comments, but that doesn't mean that he still can't try. And this idiot keeps talking at him for whatever reason, and Rico wants him to have shut up five minutes ago. But he barks a harsh laugh at that, genuinely amused despite himself.]

Hah! Well. I was trying to be sensitive, but you're the one who thought wearing a souped-up porcupine suit and cutting up your head was a fine way to make up for the kids you got killed.

[Whoops, he was supposed to be behaving. There's a pause.]

So you'd know better than me about that, I suppose.

self injury mention

[walkingballpit]

I appreciate the effort. Most people wouldn't know the delicate approach if you beat them over the head with it.

[ Robbie isn't too upset by the mention of what he was doing as Penance, but he doesn't correct the details of how he'd mess himself up. ]

At least get one thing right, I wasn't trying to make up for it. If I was, I would've done it as Speedball and not worn a full-face mask. Nothing's going to make up for what happened to those kids.