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Looking to the right, the hallway goes quite a ways down. There are several doors along the way, but also an open space at the far end that looks like it might be a stairwell.
Unfortunately, it's immediately clear that these hallways aren't going to provide any cover whatsoever.
Unfortunately, it's immediately clear that these hallways aren't going to provide any cover whatsoever.
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More worms!
"Hey, you wanna see, you go out there!"
"I like it here."
"Would you guys shut up!?"
The rubber tubes are jostling around a lot more now.
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Re: More worms!
"Hey. You in the tubes. Show yourselves! You've got three seconds before meltdown commences."
She taps her headset.
"Zed. More potential hostiles in the Landing Bay. Don't wait for me."
All she gets back is a mixture of static and frenzied noise.
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Re: More worms!
"Wanga!"
"Shut up!"
"Yeah, shut up!"
"Quiet already!"
"Sssshh, maybe they'll go away."
Beat.
Beat.
"Think they're gone yet?"
"SHUT UP!!"
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Re: More worms!
"Two!"
She shoves the muzzle of the flamethrower into the tubes, and uses it to shift a few of them out of the way.
"TWO AND A HALF!"
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Re: More worms!
"'Swaka! 'Swaka!"
"All right, all right, quit shovin'! Look, I'm out! You happy now--WHOA!"
"Babe alert!"
"Babe with a flamethrower."
"I love a strong woman."
"How's it goin', baby?"
They look like ... worms. With legs and little arms.
And apparently, big, big mouths....
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Re: More worms!
"Identify yourselves, maggots."
She isn't in a mood for acknowledging compliments, especially from alien worms. She's still enveloped in bug guts—she feels quite un-babe-like.
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Re: More worms!
"We're WORMS, babe, can't you tell?"
"BIG difference!"
"We got CLASS!"
"We're not like those other guys!"
One worm, of course, is already making his move:
"So. Babe. I'm Neeble. Who are you?"
"Oh, uh, I'm Gleeble!"
"I'm Sleeble!"
"I'm Joe!"
The other worms look at him.
"What?!" the worm shrugs. Then glares.
"Oh, all right, I'm Reeble."
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Re: More worms!
"Cute," she says drily. "Though I'm not quite feeling the class at this point." The last comment is directed at Neeble.
"I'm Goldilocks. Goldy. I'm with Zed's clean-up crew from Milliways. You'd better be friends of his, otherwise, there's going to be five roasted worm torsos bound for the local 7-11 wiener grill."
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Re: More worms!
"Are you kidding?"
"We're old buds!"
"He's like my brothah."
"A big... round...."
"He loves us!"
"So. Goldy...." Yeah, it's still Neeble. Busting his move.
"Ever meet a worm before?"
"ONCE YOU GO WORM, THAT'S WHAT YOU YEARN!!"
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Goldy can't help but chuckle at their well-rehearsed chorus.
"Heh. I get the feeling that Zed doesn't love anything in the entire multiverse."
She scans Neeble up and down.
"And... notwithstanding your anatomical deficiencies, you don't exactly fit the standard definition of loveable."
But they are amusing.
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"Yeah, he grows on ya!"
"Like fungus!"
"Hey, shut up!" Neeble yells.
"You just need to get outta this dump, Goldy!"
"Yeah, come over to our pad!"
"It's a happening place!"
"Yeah, it's bangin'!" (That J has a lot to answer for.)
"Hot tub, wet bar...."
"TWISTER!!!"
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"Fuck! I'd better go, guys. Maybe some other time. People are having way too much fun without me."
She jogs off towards the shaft, grabs the cable of Steph's that is still attached to the fragmented flooring, and prepares to rappel down. However, even as she hops off the brink, a huge smash sounds out from beneath her, and one last tremor rocks the surrounds...