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[exasperation]

Display Name: Ripley Arkwright
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Notes:

[ the video starts up with ripley at his desk. he clears his throat, trying to seem composed and business-like. he's probably half-way succeeding. ]

Soo. That blackout. That was rough. Right? Right? . . . Right.

Anyway, uh! Stuff happened and — stuff got lost. Or stolen. Stuff and stuff. Oh my god, what am I doing.

[ he clears his throat. ]

My point is. I'm sort of freelancing my . . . powers? They work in teleportation. So I can teleport objects to anywhere in the world, but also if you lost something, I can locate it for you. Anywhere. And that applies to people too.

And, uh, I can also check where to find the best food. Like Yelp, but in my head. Don't ask.

Soo. Anyone . . . interested? Probably?

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[exasperation]

Yes and if I say it enough times, it'll work. Like a mantra.

[frenchkissed]

We don't... have to be friends...

We can start off as pals.

[exasperation]

What's the difference?

[frenchkissed]

On the scale of how annoying we get, it goes buddies, pals, friends, besties, boyfriends.

Jumping up to friends is like subscribing to the Tier Three Eddie Brock package, and that comes with a lot.

[exasperation]

Yeah but we're both. Kind of a lot anyway.

But sure, we can start with pals. I can do that.

[frenchkissed]

You think?

Cool. Pal. Good chat.

[exasperation]

In our own ways?

But yeah. Good.

[frenchkissed]

Kind of a lot, yeah? I feel like one of us is way more than the other.

[exasperation]

Because of . . . Venom?

[frenchkissed]

Not, like, his personhood or anything. He's a good bro.

( Back at'cha, pal. )

But.

Hypothetically speaking.

Would you reconsider this palship if your pal was, like, hypothetically a cannibal?

[exasperation]

How hypothetical are we talking here? From like a scale of what?

[frenchkissed]

On a scale of hypotheticality? ( wow, eddie is surprised he didn't get tongue tied over that one. )

Uh... Less hypothetical than the moon landing being fake, but more hypothetical than the chances of everyone leaving here and getting back to their homeworlds unscathed.

[exasperation]

Okay. Okay.

Is there a reason why?

[frenchkissed]

Uh. Yeah. He sorta needs them to survive... Brains. The chemical in them. It's what Symbiotes need to live on this planet, the closest thing to their natural resource back home.

[exasperation]

[ ripley nods. he thought it might be something like that. ]

So that's different. I mean, I'm not — saying it's okay. But everyone has the right to survive and live. That's what I believe. And it sucks that this is how he has to do it. And maybe we can find another way or a substitute.

But it wouldn't be right to . . . judge that.

[frenchkissed]

Yeah?

...Cool.

If you want to judge, that's fine. I won't judge you for judging... Plus, like, we already found a pretty good work-around, but it'd be weird for me not to tell you that we occasionally relapse and go back to chasing people down dark alleys at night.

[exasperation]

Yeah. It's — Like I get it. I can't really blame anyone for wanting to survive.

[frenchkissed]

If it helps, we usually don't eat anyone?

[exasperation]

It does, actually.

Still, that must be rough. For both of you.

[frenchkissed]

It's... been an experience.

There's cool sides, too.

[exasperation]

Really? Like what?

[frenchkissed]

We can jump really high?

[exasperation]

That is pretty cool.

[frenchkissed]

Save on gas. That’s another one…

I mean, I dunno. It’s kind of cool to be able to see the world through new eyes, I guess? V’s never seen most Earth things, so it’s nice to have that sense of wonder again. Like being a kid. It’s like what parents say having kids is like without actually having kids…

Speaking of… I have two kids?

( apparently??? )

[exasperation]

[ uh. ]

You have kids?