Looking for a game! [canon: Monsters vs Aliens]

[carshoeswagger]

So you want me to abandon my world which is frequently attacked by aliens, robots, giant snails, demonic pumpkins and sentient carrots for... what, exactly?

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[nannyfish]

Mundanes tend to overlook important things like that.

[A beat.]

You are extremely tall.

[carshoeswagger]

[That's a talking fish. This should be weird, but Link has kind of already filled the niche of 'thing that shouldn't speak but does' in Susan's life.]

I know. I get that a lot.

[Let the beat rock!]

You're a talking fish.

[nannyfish]

[A talking fish in a robot suit, even. It's a weird world.]

Oh! I'm sorry; I didn't mean to be rude...

And yes. Well. Sort of.

[carshoeswagger]

[So he's a futuristic Link. Pretty cool, brah.]

No, it's fine. I mean, I am pretty tall.

So... How's that going for you? Being a fish, I mean?

[nannyfish]

Can I ask how that happened?

Oh, uh. Fine, thank you! I've always been a fish. Or. Alien fish.

[carshoeswagger]

Well, I was at my wedding, just doing 'weddingly' things and then I kinda got hit by a meteorite. One full of radiation. So, when I went back to the church for the 'I dos', I ended up outgrowing the place while I was in it.

[Incredibly nervous smile.]

Then there's the military and, well, now I'm here.

[Hold up, did he say alien? Aliens are usually pretty bad, but he's not being an ass, but maybe he's just softening her up, but maybe--]

If you don't mind me asking, are you... Uh... Evil?

[nannyfish]

Your wedding? Oh, you poor thing! That's awful...

Oh! Well... Formerly. Formerly bad, now good.

[carshoeswagger]

It's not that bad. If anything, it was a blessing in disguise. If I hadn't gotten hit by the meteorite, I'd never have known what a jerk Derek was.

Oh, that's good. Because otherwise I'd have to fight you, which I don't really wanna do, seeing as you seem like a pretty nice guy.

[nannyfish]

Oh, I see. Well, um... Congratulations, then?

Why, thank you! Are you some sort of superhero, then?

[carshoeswagger]

Superhero? Um... I don't think so. I do missions for the government, but nobody really calls me 'super', just 'monster'.

Ink City?

[pink_resonates]

[What's this extremely tiny looking (by comparison), floating, pink kitty thing? Susan won't freak if there's suddenly a voice in her head, right?]

How about for a city that is frequently harassed by megalomaniacs, robots, ink monsters, demonic plant-things, and...uh...problematic weather?

[wallcrawler]

...time off?

I mean seriously, I had to deal with less than that, and even I wanted a vacation.

[carshoeswagger]

...

I don't even know what I'd do with free time. Free time outside of the facility, I mean.

[megamind]

For adventure!

[Listen Megamind is all about this stuff, okay? ADVENTURE and AWESOME and he's very enthusiastic about the places he goes and the evil he now fights.]

Isn't it better than just sitting around waiting for the next predictable crisis? I mean, really.

Some places are better than others, of course, but most of them are a grand time! Not always perfect, mind you, but-- the thrll of the mystery of what comes next is always exciting! There's never a dull moment!

[carshoeswagger]

[Honestly, this is kind of unexpected. Megamind seems more like the 'I TRY REALLY HARD TO BE CALM AND COOL, WHAT ARE EMOTIONS?' type. Basically, she thought he'd be a JRPG anti-hero.]

Right. Do you need to sit down, or something? You're getting pretty worked up there.