A removed conversation between Robin and AL-AN that remains in the games audio files.
It’s a very interesting interaction, but I do see why they opted to leave it out. Though it is nice to see a longer conversation between them. Especially one where they talk out their reasonings for differing views, and one where Robin ends up expressing empathy for AL-AN.
Transcript under the cut
AL-AN: Thank you for undertaking the quest for an alternative storage medium.
Robin: I would really love it if you could stop referring to me as a storage medium.
A: Not you. Your body.
R: My body is a significant part of who I am and how I experience life.
A: It is different for us.
R: Clearly. Or you wouldn’t have been hanging out in that sanctuary waiting to hitch a ride with me.
R: How did you get in there anyway?
A: We came here in search of a cure for the Kharaa bacterium.
R: What? Thousands of years ago?
A: I do not experience time as you do, but yes, that is technically correct.
A: My body was infected before a vaccine could be developed. I uploaded my consciousness to the sanctuary for storage.
R: What happened to the others?
A: Some left, others perished. Over time my connection to them grew weaker… I cannot sense them now.
R: AL-AN… I—
[missing piece of dialogue]
R: Yes okay, but— what I was going to say was… I’m sorry.
A: …Why? You have done nothing wrong.
R: Not sorry like an apology. Sorry like I feel empathy.
A: Are all your human languages so… confusing?
R: All the ones I know are.
on earth: it must be so loney on mars. i wonder what's going on in his head mark watney: *elevator music*
is it normal to have 2 oc's that are just like alternate versions of eachother but they were both born from the same thing? like basically identical.
the best example of this (other than mine) that i can think of is beta Xiao and ingame Xiao and i remember before Xiao was called Atlus in game some fics called beta Xiao Atlus and he was a diiiiiick. Like still prettyboy but an asshole but the main reason im saying this is bc i cemented the lastname for one of my oc's recently and that really diferientiated him between his beta and his current.
Viktor Sweeney was the original and inspired by this cunty vampire i made in a picrew on a whim and went "shit hes actually really hot" so i give him a whole personality and hes a DICK which was the intention because ooo hot sexy vampire. Main difference (other than personality) is that og Viktor was the son of irish imigrants who came to the US in the early 1900's and was very 20's-30's styled. he also lived in the great lakes area which i cant explain why but it just feels right to place him there
and now hes Viktor Soulier (shoutout to my pookie wookie who came up w his lastname <333) and hes just. wet. like a sopping wet cat who got stuck in the shower and accepted their fate. He's also France and has an actual partner instead of just a random y/n situation?? and they have lore??? Cecil doesnt really have a beta version though so fuck them rn
but like is divergent evolution oc's a thing that happens to anybody else???
DEADASS FORGOT THE WORD "FACILITY" LAST NIGHT THIS IS A GODSEND
some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.
i can turn into this thing at will
i dont know what he is but hes the first thing that shows up when i google beebo
zeekayart, with the power of phonetic pronunciation of letters, and general art snobbery!
does anyone else feel violated every time they see an old spice ad because if i see any more unsolicited toes im killing someone
i just started up a new slime rancher save today so i can automate everything and i found the twinkle slime and i didn't get a picture of him but i did get a picture of the notes he left behind :D
so i got Carmilla for crisis right? anyways OH MY GOD it is SO much raunchier than I expected?????? like yeah i knew it was the Lesbian Vampire Novel but it was also written in 1871-1872?????? i was expecting a lot of implied stuff, but Carmilla is just flat out getting handsy w/ Laura and calling her pet names and they deadass make out??? good shit. great shit
thinkin about Astarion's eye color prior to being turned and everyone has the wrong idea. His eyes were blue. ik people have said "oh he has blue eyes" before but hold on
blue like "get brown contacts. NOW" blue. and Astarion refused to get brown contacts. so the universe turned him into a vampire
im so fucking GRRRYYYFFYYFFFUFUUFUFUUFUFUFFRRGFRRGRGRGGHHHH I NEED SUBNAUTICA 2 TO OPEN EARLY ACCESS IM GONNA LOSE IT IT JUST SAYS 2025 BUT I NEED IT NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!
I need to roam and explore and scan fish and the only way to really continue the series is to focus on the Precursors instead of Alterra bc fuck Alterra am I right gang and like I would fuck SO HARD with finding more shit out about Architects and their culture and maybe hold on this is coming to me as I type what if the new planet is in the same system as 4546B and all the planets in that system are water planets or some shit? What if. and hear me out. if its not this game and they make more. what if we're on the Architect homeworld???? actually going feral rn at all the possibilities. gonna have to be locked in a padded room until early access if i keep thinking about it