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thelegion2017-10-12 07:34 pm
the_civilian) wrote in thelegion2017-10-12 07:34 pm
Team Bonding, AMA
[ Tadashi is reclining in a bed in medical, wearing the beatific smile of the enlightened and the well and truly stoned. ]
I love biology. Well, no, I'm enthusiastic about biology, I don't love it. I love programming and engineering and my family and helping people. Not in that order. Maybe in that order in regards to science. Except programming and engineering are the tools I use to help people, but I do love them too.
[ He stares off into space for a moment, then shakes himself and focuses back on the camera again. ]
But, you know, the thing about biology that's so cool is that we don't understand it all the way. Sometimes biological interactions happen unexpectedly. Like, these painkillers. I don't have an example of them to show you; they're already in my system and the medical staff won't give me more of them because they make me really loopy. Which is cool, because it's not an allergic reaction or a result of a miscalculated dose, it's just a reaction that happens sometimes to some people. Which is cool! Even almost a thousand years in the future of an alternate universe -- which has seriously weird rules, oh my god you guys I wish I loved biology and philosophy and physics more so I could study how weird this place is, I could write so many papers -- people still don't really know how our bodies work and why they react to certain things the way they do. Reality is amazing and I am so happy it exists!
[ He beams at the camera, but his smile eventually fades into confusion. Then he gasps in apparent surprise. ]
Oh yeah! Anyway, I'm super bored right now and I can't concentrate enough to read anything longer than a few sentences. And I've kind of been focused on dealing with my own stuff and not lighting things on fire when I shouldn't to get to know people, so I was thinking I should get off my ass and do that. Metaphorically, not literally, because the medical staff has confined to this bed until I metabolize the painkillers.
I was thinking we could do a...thingy. That thing people sometimes-- AMA! Ask Me Anything, that thing! We could do that, but just for Legionnaires. Not that I don't love the staffers here, I do, but I was thinking it could be a team bonding thing and some people here are more private than others. But I'd need one of the scary computer ladies to lock it down for me, because I can't figure out how to do that right now.
[ His eyes widen suddenly. ]
I'm sorry, I didn't mean that like "scary computers who are women", that would be rude, I meant it like "scary women who are good with computers". Computer programming has a long history of ignoring the contributions of the women who are it's backbone, and we have a lot of women here who area really good at what they do and they deserve to be afforded all the respect due to them as people and as badasses. The patriarchy sucks like the vacuum abhorred by nature.
...I think this got away from me. What was I talking about?
I love biology. Well, no, I'm enthusiastic about biology, I don't love it. I love programming and engineering and my family and helping people. Not in that order. Maybe in that order in regards to science. Except programming and engineering are the tools I use to help people, but I do love them too.
[ He stares off into space for a moment, then shakes himself and focuses back on the camera again. ]
But, you know, the thing about biology that's so cool is that we don't understand it all the way. Sometimes biological interactions happen unexpectedly. Like, these painkillers. I don't have an example of them to show you; they're already in my system and the medical staff won't give me more of them because they make me really loopy. Which is cool, because it's not an allergic reaction or a result of a miscalculated dose, it's just a reaction that happens sometimes to some people. Which is cool! Even almost a thousand years in the future of an alternate universe -- which has seriously weird rules, oh my god you guys I wish I loved biology and philosophy and physics more so I could study how weird this place is, I could write so many papers -- people still don't really know how our bodies work and why they react to certain things the way they do. Reality is amazing and I am so happy it exists!
[ He beams at the camera, but his smile eventually fades into confusion. Then he gasps in apparent surprise. ]
Oh yeah! Anyway, I'm super bored right now and I can't concentrate enough to read anything longer than a few sentences. And I've kind of been focused on dealing with my own stuff and not lighting things on fire when I shouldn't to get to know people, so I was thinking I should get off my ass and do that. Metaphorically, not literally, because the medical staff has confined to this bed until I metabolize the painkillers.
I was thinking we could do a...thingy. That thing people sometimes-- AMA! Ask Me Anything, that thing! We could do that, but just for Legionnaires. Not that I don't love the staffers here, I do, but I was thinking it could be a team bonding thing and some people here are more private than others. But I'd need one of the scary computer ladies to lock it down for me, because I can't figure out how to do that right now.
[ His eyes widen suddenly. ]
I'm sorry, I didn't mean that like "scary computers who are women", that would be rude, I meant it like "scary women who are good with computers". Computer programming has a long history of ignoring the contributions of the women who are it's backbone, and we have a lot of women here who area really good at what they do and they deserve to be afforded all the respect due to them as people and as badasses. The patriarchy sucks like the vacuum abhorred by nature.
...I think this got away from me. What was I talking about?
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When someone with that many years on the streets speaks up, it's usually a good idea to listen.
Usually.
[He'd never appreciate the finer details. Budget. Paperwork. Dealing with civilians.
She grunts at Rico's continued commentary. He's not wrong, the Justice System does need an overhaul. But she's also not going to slip up and let his flattery disguise what he really is.]
I'd probably have to fight to get you out of your current position, but I'll see if I can't pull a few strings once the time comes. [Then again, she's pretty sure you need a body left for any kind of resurrection. It's been forty years and a trip to resyk. But that's not something he needs to know.]
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But from my current position as... an Academy tutor, I'm assuming? [He asks slowly. Either that or the long walk, and fat chance of that. Strange. He'd never figured himself to really live that long, let alone go ahead and retire to teach a bunch of snot-nosed brats. He had plans, didn't he? What the hell was future Rico thinking? He cocks his head to the side, and tries not to look too doubtful.]
Not much else I'd be doing at eighty, though I can't say that I ever saw that for myself.
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[Anyway. She holds up a hand to the camera and shakes her head.]
Don't want to tell you too much. You might get overconfident that you'll live that long and slip up somewhere. That's no way for a Dredd to go out.
[He only had to love to his forties, anyway.]
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[Or however long he chooses. But the smirk he flashes at her shows some self-awareness, at least.]
Though if you are so concerned about changing the future, things will have already changed just by being acquainted with you now. So what's the harm in telling me a little more?