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[gordonowesmeabeer]

[The last few minutes of the fighting on Elmer's world involved someone literally dragging a semi-conscious Barney out of a crashed UE tank and back through the portal, after a piece of rubble from an explosion clipped him on the side of the head and knocked him half unconscious. It's a mystery why he chose video for this, as the left half of his face is basically one big mess of bruise and scab, his eyes are blood-shot, and he generally looks like hell.]

Hey, uh, I don't exactly remember who it was, but thanks for dragging me back through the portal back there. Just because they can bring us back from the dead doesn't mean I'm wild about throwing my life away.

[He winces, reaches off screen and gingerly plants a giant ice pack on the injured side of his face.]

Sort of related to that, important thought:

UE pretty clearly just followed us to that world. Almost like they did it just to spite us. They KNOW what we're doing here. Seems to me it's only a matter of time before they just show up here and smash us into raspberry jam. Do we have some sort of secret weapon no one told me about that'll stop them?

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Re: Voice

[gordonowesmeabeer]

Yes. That's why I'm asking.

Voice

[maddeninghatter]

Do you think we really - to use your turn of phrase - "pissed them off?"

[ He's been eavesdropping on the other conversations. ]

Re: Voice

[gordonowesmeabeer]

[Eavesdropping is a bad habit you know.]

It can't just be a coincidence that they showed up there so soon after our guys did. Didn't look like they were enslaving anyone either, they were just killing everyone. That sounds to me like they were sending us a message. "We know where you came from. Step off."

And if that wasn't enough, we did just kill tons and tons of their soldiers.

Voice

[maddeninghatter]

Yes, yes - the United Earth seems the sort of organization that cares very much about the well being of its infantrymen.

[gordonowesmeabeer]

They'll care about the well being of their wallets, if nothing else.

[maddeninghatter]

Which they're fattening up, with all the riches of that world.

[ A little pause. ]

Haha! How depressing this conversation is. Particularly when my intention was to allay your fears.

[gordonowesmeabeer]

It was a good try, but I guess I'm just gonna be a pessimist no matter what.

[maddeninghatter]

Yes, you are! A determined one, too. You must be delightful at parties~♥

But I must say - the prospect of being turned into strawberry jam isn't such a terrible one, particularly if there are hot crumpets, too.