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[trampire]

Well, it seems the lot of you got up to quite the party just before my arriVal.
Terrible timing, but I can't complain if this is hoW you conduct yourselVes on the regular.
As is obVious, I'm neW here. The name's Lanque Bombyx.
For those more experienced With this World and this organization, I'd appreciate WhateVer adVice you might haVe for someone in my position.
It isn't one I'm particularly used to, after all, but I'm adaptable and knoWn for being flexible—in many Ways.
Who knoWs, We might enjoy getting to knoW one another While We're at it.
NeVer hurts to make neW friends, right?

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[trampire]

So, this is a planet of humans, then. Can't say I'Ve eVer met one before. Can't say I Was missing much.

Is it customary that humans just type in black? That's just Weird.

[epitaffio]

[... Kind of rude!!]

Well yeah
It's probably because we don't have fun blood colors like your people.

[trampire]

[Oops spoilers, he's kinda rude!]

Wait. What?
What color IS your blood?
I guess I could find out for myself, but I'm not entirely interested in finding a knife.

[epitaffio]

That wouldn't work anyway.
It's red though.

[trampire]

[Well, that's odd. Both things, actually, but the fact a knife wouldn't work...?]

Red? Like a burgundy?

[epitaffio]

[Uhh.]

Maybe when it's low on oxygen?

[trampire]

Huh, Weird.
We don't really haVe red bloods, at least, that aren't burgundy.

[epitaffio]

Is it really that weird?
It's just another color.

[trampire]

Is it not Weird to you that my species bleeds eVery color that you don't?

[epitaffio]

I mean kind of...
But you see aliens with strange blood colors all the time in movies.
This place is weird enough as it is, so I can buy that much.

[trampire]

Yes, but you also only haVe a single hemocaste, Where as We haVe tWelVe, and you happen to bleed the one color We don't haVe.
Also, moVies are hardly reality, you can make anything up in fiction and it's just there because you say so. That isn't actually comparable to dealing With the real thing.
So, are you telling me if you just saW some dude bleeding mint green blood, you'd find that perfectly normal because you saW it in a moVie once?

[epitaffio]

No, that'd be pretty weird
But I'm not sure if it'd be any of my business, you know?

[trampire]

WoW. It's almost staggering hoW stupid you are.
The point Wasn't if it Was your business, it Was if it's Weird or not. Your blood is Weird to me. My blood is Weird to you.
That's all.

[epitaffio]

And I ADMITTED it'd be weird, right?
But... Sometimes when you see something weird, the right thing to do is mind your own business.
As long as nobody's in danger, why would you want to stir up trouble?

[trampire]

Dude, are We eVen haVing the same conVersation? At no point Was this about doing anything about the Weirdness of the blood, just if it Was Weird.
Seriously, it Was a simple question, not WhateVer strange scenario you'Ve cooked up in your head.

[epitaffio]

[... He's starting to wonder if the pedanticness is an alien thing.]

Well I answered the question!
I just thought I might as well explain where I was coming from, too!

[trampire]

[It's less that it's alien pedantry, and more to do with Lanque not caring for unrelated sidebars to the conversation that distract from the core of the matter. He's a fan of conversational efficiency, even if that can make him pretty sharp-tongued or downright bitchy.]

You do knoW if something is Weird or not has little to do With if it's your business, right? Those things aren't remotely related, so you bringing it up Was utterly pointless.
Something can be Weird and not your business at the same time, it's not exclusiVe to each other.

[epitaffio]

Fine!
I guess it's kind of weird, but so what? Why are you even so hung up on this?

[trampire]

Really.
SWeetheart, don't act like you Weren't the one Who started this by pretending otherWise.
Like, it's fine if you're a CJW or WhateVer, I don't and can't care either Way, but don't be a bitch acting like I'm the one hung up on anything.

[epitaffio]

[... He'd be figuring out a way to ask this guy not to call him "sWeetheart" if he weren't immediately presented with a more pressing question.]

CJW?

[trampire]

Caste Justice Warrior. Or, the equiValent of that to you humans, I suppose.

[epitaffio]

I don't know what that is

[Sorry, Lanque. He is from 2001 and thus Barely Online.]

[trampire]

Really?
It's someone Who, on my planet, Was against the hemospectrum and diVide betWeen the castes. Tried to fight What they saW as injustices, eVen if that Was a bit of a death sentence.
AnyWay, it's just mostly futile prong Wringing oVer a system that isn't going to change, and it's fucking stupid to put that kind of target on your back in the hopes you come across more Woke than anyone else, especially When all it does is end With you getting culled and nothing changes.
But I guess some idiots think their life is Worth sacrificing if it means they died for What lost cause they belieVe in, or WhateVer.

[epitaffio]

[... So this is a lot of information. He's not sure what "Woke" is supposed to mean in this context either, but he's kind of afraid of asking, because who knows if the next window into alien society will be any less overwhelming?]

Oh...
Okay

[Still... He thinks he SORT of gets it?]

You made it sound like some kind of job title though. Do people seriously say that?
I feel like there's "justice warriors" just about everywhere, but it's not like they get a special name.

[... Maybe martyrs, if they die for it.]