Shenanigans!

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[isaymechro]

Man you don't even know. Did Maya tell you that Lilith had her own cult?

[nostalgiabomb]

-- What the hell? No.

[ He pauses. ]

I was about to ask if it was a cool cult, but since it was a cult, I'm thinkin' it's a no.

[isaymechro]

She asked us to infiltrate it to see if they were doin' like, unwilling human sacrifice and shiz.

Turns out they were, so Lili like, phasewalked in like a badass and helped us melt all their faces. It was pretty sweet.

[nostalgiabomb]

You guys have all the fun. [ He says it around a mouthful of food. A life among space pirates does little for one's table manners. He looks thoughtful for a second. ]

Huh. You know, we haven't had to disband a cult yet. Definitely puttin' that one on the bucket list.

[isaymechro]

Well, if the Children of the Firehawk ever start making a comeback, I'll give you a call.

[nostalgiabomb]

I'd appreciate it.

I'm pretty sure bustin' up a crazy religious group is, like, one of the things you have to check off before you can really call yourself a team. We've mostly been takin' out smugglers and black-market weapons dealers and shit. Small time, to be honest.

[isaymechro]

I, uh, I hate to bring this up, but what the hell were those asshole monks if not a crazy religious group?

[nostalgiabomb]

[ His expression darkens a little -- just a quick flash, but it's gone in an instant. ] I wouldn't call them cult status. Just a buncha crazy fuckmooks, if anything.

[isaymechro]

Okay, "fuckmooks" needs to find a way into my everyday vocabulary.

[nostalgiabomb]

Hey, you're more than welcome to it.

Besides, we didn't really disband them, since a few got left behind. More about sending a message, I guess.

[isaymechro]

Yeah, okay. I get that.

Well, here's hopin' you get your crazy cult one day.

[nostalgiabomb]

And I appreciate it. Keep your fingers crossed that I get an extra crazy one.

Maybe they'll worship robots and pray for the day that AI becomes self-aware enough to rise up and take out their fleshy meatbag overlords.

[isaymechro]

What? Like people who hope Terminator actually happens?

[nostalgiabomb]

Yeah, why not? The Terminator was pretty frikkin' cool. The cyborg I mean, but the movie too.

[isaymechro]

Was the second movie a thing before you became a space pirate? Or did that happen afterwards?

[nostalgiabomb]

[ wide-eyed shock is go ] There was a second movie?

[isaymechro]

There's four movies and a TV series, actually. Never saw the show, but the second movie is the shit.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ The look of disappointment on his face is one for the ages. ]

Fuck! Fuck, I missed it. God damn, I need to see it five times.

[isaymechro]

Uuuuh, well I'm thinking after I build a library for your girlfriend, we need to have a movie night.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ The response is immediate: ] Yes, we absolutely do.

[isaymechro]

Hell yes! Makes some popcorn and get ready cause it's gonna be off the chain.

[nostalgiabomb]

Shit, you're gonna have to make a list of all the good stuff I've missed.

[isaymechro]

Gimme a frame of reference, dude. What year did you leave?

[nostalgiabomb]

Um... Pretty sure it was 1988?

[ Actually, he's 100% sure. And on the slim chance he ever forgot, all the school papers he had in his backpack the night he was taken have the date clearly written on them. He kept everything from that night, even the note the principal had written for him to take home discussing the fight Peter had gotten into earlier that day.

Some twenty-odd years later, and Peter still has a weird thing about making anything about that night concrete, even if he's slowly working past it. ]

Didn't really see much that year. We... um. We had other stuff to worry about.

[isaymechro]

[ She nods, opting not to touch on the "other stuff". She doesn't want to ruin the mood, and something about the way he says it just screams mood ruiner. ]

Oh man. You missed so much! Like Demolition Man and Jurassic Park and... shit, you got a pen and some paper??