Artemis-cellaneous: Memorable whatevers from The Borderlands

[+ Yalu]

The post-mission chat scene between @Talos Dakora and @Addison MacKenzie just kept getting brilliant-er as its two writers developed it. But to kick off the new Artemis quips, quaps and quotes thread, I chose to showcase this particular snippet.

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Dakora: Oh, that was great. ::His eyes lit up a little.:: Or when the Commodore said the Excal was coming back online and Vo'kor was all: ::He assumed an inaccurate but comical impression of the Klingon's deep voice::"What, that's impossible! My little nano-bots! Boo-hoo! ::He switched back to his normal voice.:: and I was all like: "Shut up, Captain A-hat!". 

 

I'm imagining the inaccurate-but-comical impression sounds like Tina from Bob's Burgers.

[Robin Hopper]

It was a small line in an overall-impressive handling of some key events, but this line from @Yalu struck me as a reader trying to learn all about this new crew I'll be simming with:

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Despite having died seven times, Yogan still had yet to master the art of the goodbye.

Powerful stuff.

[+ Yalu]

This bit from @Genkos Adea has totally not been taken out of context.

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Genkos waited patiently for the rest of his team to appear. His fingers drummed on the handle of his cane, and he shot the Transporter Chief

 

[Genkos Adea]

On 3/7/2023 at 12:32 AM, Yalu said:

This bit from @Genkos Adea has totally not been taken out of context.

 

Also, thanks. I know can't shoot anyone a smile for risk of getting put here....

I'M DOUBLE THINKING EVERYTHING

[+ Yalu]

I loved this from @Hiro Jones, a description of Osuna's reaction to Hiro's bit of science:

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Hiro looked at the Lieutenant, expecting to see a puzzled expression. The one Osuna now wore WAS in fact puzzlement, but less "That is odd behavior," and more "Your hiccups sound weird."

[+ Yalu]

@Addison MacKenzie gets the slow burn comedy award here. 

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Erbil: And [the Human race], Commander, has managed to overcome a violent and fractured past to be a standard-bearer for peaceful coexistence.

Her gaze shifted back to Erbil, wondering exactly where the line of questioning might be going.

MacKenzie: It would appear so…

 

I imagine she’s like, “Whelp darnit, if I smack him around now, I’ll make us look bad…”