VOICETESTING. ❶ pick a character. ❷ leave a prompt. (also accepting tflns) ❸ help me write this character via threading. ❹ laugh at my shortcomings. ❺ i'm probably going to be worst at spike if that's appealing.
[except she, you know, did. they watch Big Shot all the time, and she's tired of it. for one afternoon, then, she made the executive decision that she would take over. he can complain all he wants, she'll just stick her tongue out at him and turn back to the TV.
the mermaid on screen is singing about she wants to go to the surface, and Ed frowns.]
How does she breathe in water? No gills.
[she pats her cheeks for emphasis. fish have gills, she had learned this a long time ago on Earth when someone had tried to keep a fish as a pet and it almost died.]
[ so it's not real. lazily, spike's eyes flick over to ed and he sighs oh-so drearily. he's one to talk about imaginary things, given his subconscious going at a mile a minute.
those are memories. those are different.
but, regardless, no need for gills. that's disney magic, right there, plain for all of space to see! ]
[it's important that the pretty mermaid doesn't drown, because she's got to go meet her friend again. a very simple thing for Ed, and Spike not being concerned and not seeing this makes her frustrated. she pulls her knees up to her chest, and her question is answered when the evil octopus pulls her voice out-so it's in the voice, okay.
second question, though, once the movie's gone on longer.]
She's not gonna drown, it's a kids' movie. [ he grumbles, but you don't see him moving from his place on the couch, do you? he doesn't exactly watch with rapt attention, but it's enough to keep him from being entirely idle. or, you know. walking off to go hit a punching bag. ]
A note to who? Teen rebels don't exactly see the point of giving their dads notice like that.
[ what he doesn't say is it's a good question. there's probably some weird character choice answer for it - maybe - but he's not exactly one for analyzing animation. ]
[congratulations you actually got her to stop and think about it.
truthfully?]
No.
[this is delivered after what looks like pondering really hard about it-it's hard to pay attention to the movie and to think about such serious questions at the same time! at least when Edward's not actually trying to multitask.]
he'd totally enjoy this movie a lot more if she weren't around, but really, it's basic plot structure. which he's not terribly familiar with, but he does know how to keep things interesting, at the very least. ]
[she settles down after that, watching more peacefully-or at least as peacefully as the term implies with her usual fidgeting, and laughing out loud at whatever she finds funny. when it ends, she has a new goal in mind.]
Spike! Spike! Let's go to the sea. With Faye and Jet and Ein!
[because she can look for mermaids, and if she sees one, everyone should see it too.]
What? No. [ that's the stupidest thing he's ever heard. besides, mermaids aren't real (though, let's be real - if someone can genetically alter people to turn into apes? mermaids can totally be real). ] We're not gonna change the course so you can go to the beach.
[ this is why cartoons suck. ]
Just go lay out in the sun when we land. It's the same thing.
Like doing my job?[ ROUND UP CRIMINALS GET MONEY ] Making sure I actually get the information I need to do that.[ and here look he's changing the channel back. where is big shot. where did it go in an hour and a half. ]
Is that seriously all the gratitude we're gonna get? We let you stay here, and all you do is want to take a vacation. Next thing I know, you and Faye will be ganging up on us.
[and there she goes, out of his personal space, in the direction of where Jet will be. of course, she's going to rephrase it to be "the next time we get a bounty out by the beach can we go to the ocean" which is an entirely OTHER question, but regardless.]
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IT'S PERFECT shhh
[except she, you know, did. they watch Big Shot all the time, and she's tired of it. for one afternoon, then, she made the executive decision that she would take over. he can complain all he wants, she'll just stick her tongue out at him and turn back to the TV.
the mermaid on screen is singing about she wants to go to the surface, and Ed frowns.]
How does she breathe in water? No gills.
[she pats her cheeks for emphasis. fish have gills, she had learned this a long time ago on Earth when someone had tried to keep a fish as a pet and it almost died.]
;;;;
[ so it's not real. lazily, spike's eyes flick over to ed and he sighs oh-so drearily. he's one to talk about imaginary things, given his subconscious going at a mile a minute.
those are memories. those are different.
but, regardless, no need for gills. that's disney magic, right there, plain for all of space to see! ]
Not exactly a nature documentary.
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[it's important that the pretty mermaid doesn't drown, because she's got to go meet her friend again. a very simple thing for Ed, and Spike not being concerned and not seeing this makes her frustrated. she pulls her knees up to her chest, and her question is answered when the evil octopus pulls her voice out-so it's in the voice, okay.
second question, though, once the movie's gone on longer.]
Why didn't she write a note?
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A note to who? Teen rebels don't exactly see the point of giving their dads notice like that.
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[then she would be able to tell him she was a mermaid and she saved him and this mess that was going on would be easier.]
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[ what he doesn't say is it's a good question. there's probably some weird character choice answer for it - maybe - but he's not exactly one for analyzing animation. ]
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[the most patronizing look she can muster headed to spike]
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HE WOULDN'T BE.
he was totally worried they were going to eat her crab friend, okay. ]
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truthfully?]
No.
[this is delivered after what looks like pondering really hard about it-it's hard to pay attention to the movie and to think about such serious questions at the same time! at least when Edward's not actually trying to multitask.]
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[ he guesses.
he'd totally enjoy this movie a lot more if she weren't around, but really, it's basic plot structure. which he's not terribly familiar with, but he does know how to keep things interesting, at the very least. ]
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Spike! Spike! Let's go to the sea. With Faye and Jet and Ein!
[because she can look for mermaids, and if she sees one, everyone should see it too.]
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[ this is why cartoons suck. ]
Just go lay out in the sun when we land. It's the same thing.
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[you do know she could hack the Bebop again and change course herself, right. that's if she got upset enough.]
Spike, please? Pleeeeeeeeease? Sometime soon? Please?
[GETTING INTO HIS PERSONAL SPACE.]
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he frowns and reels back, practically leaning over the armrest of the sofa. ]
...Go whine to Jet about it, Ed. I have better things to do.
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[give her a solid reason.]
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[which means you can take a few hours out of your day to watch a kids' movie.]
...If the next bad guy is by the ocean do we get to go?
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Is that seriously all the gratitude we're gonna get? We let you stay here, and all you do is want to take a vacation. Next thing I know, you and Faye will be ganging up on us.
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[vacation implies several days. she just wants one. how is that unreasonable.]
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spike scowls, eyes trained on ed for a long moment.
a long moment.
he sighs, seeming, perhaps, like he's going to relent, but instead: ]
Ask Jet.
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[and there she goes, out of his personal space, in the direction of where Jet will be. of course, she's going to rephrase it to be "the next time we get a bounty out by the beach can we go to the ocean" which is an entirely OTHER question, but regardless.]