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[sketchycharacter]

[The face that appears on the network is a familiar one—Nate's a chatty guy, and he made a grumpy address not long ago. But something's different this time—he looks a little disoriented, a little older. A little beefier.]

Hey. [He raises a hand in a casual greeting.] Sorry if I freaked anyone out. Complete accident, I swear. By the way, that cryo slime is incredibly gross. Don't get it in your mouth if you can help it.

[Ha, ha. This is no big deal, right?]

It's been a while. Three days for you guys, I guess? More like...three years for me.

[He smiles weakly. He's not freaked out! He's not freaked out!!]

Nice to see everyone again.

[It's been three years since Nathan Drake set foot on Avagi, but he still remembers his way around. ...mostly. Once he's got some of his bearings back, he makes a circuit of the accessible areas of the facility, re-familiarizing himself with his way around.

And eventually, he makes his way back to their quarters, plopping down in the common area and trying to digest.]

Back in space. How about that.

Comments

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[redshitlord]

Whoa! Whoaaa!

Rude!

Now I'm not even sorry I said you looked bad.

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[sketchycharacter]

You wouldn't have been sorry anyway!

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[redshitlord]

I might've been!

But now, ooooo, you'll never know!

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[sketchycharacter]

No, I'm pretty sure I know.

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[redshitlord]

You can't say that. You're not my creator.

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[sketchycharacter]

Except I just did say that. I could say it again. "I'm pretty sure I know." There.

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[redshitlord]

And I could say I've got a jetpack but, dude. Doesn't make it true.

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[sketchycharacter]

Why don't you have a jetpack?

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[redshitlord]

'Cause my alt-mode is a car.

Duh.

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[sketchycharacter]

Why can't you have more than one?

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[redshitlord]

Uh, cause.

...

Why can't you have more than one head?

[He doesn't know.]

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[sketchycharacter]

Because our bodies don't grow that way. Some people could really use that head—it might give them one whole brain if you put them together. But it'll never happen.

You guys transform, though. Maybe you should try transforming into different stuff. Just see what happens.

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[redshitlord]

Thennnnn... yeah dude our frames don't work that way either. You got your normal shape, and your alt.

That's it.

Like you guys got... I dunno. Chest pillows and no chest pillows.

[He's trying to say "men and women". It's not even an accurate comparison, but he's trying.]

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[sketchycharacter]

Breasts. Or boobs, if you want to be casual about it.

[There are other terms, but Nate's not going to teach him about tits.]

Anyway, that's too bad. It'd be cool if you could turn into metal-anything.

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[redshitlord]

Why do you guys have so many names for those things? Can you just not. Agree or something?

[the management is sorry for this line of questioning.]

Dude, then I'd have like way too many parts hanging off me.

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[sketchycharacter]

Hell, those are just different words from one language.

[He shrugs.]

At least you get to be a cool car.

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[redshitlord]

Dude.

Why?

[He ... preens a little bit, because praise is praise.]

Uh, schyeah I am. Never gonna find a better one.

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[sketchycharacter]

You're probably sturdier than the cars I've driven off cliffs, too.

[Is that like murdering Sideswipe's relatives?]

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[redshitlord]

... why are you driving stuff off cliffs?

[No, but it's still baffling.]

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[sketchycharacter]

To get away from the guys who're shooting at me.

[Obviously.]

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[redshitlord]

... Why're guys shooting at you?

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[sketchycharacter]

They're jealous of my rakish good looks.

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[redshitlord]

Your ... what?

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[sketchycharacter]

They were jealous because I'm so handsome. Obviously.

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[redshitlord]

... You are?