Canon is Aliens... idek what I'm doing.

[341_bishop]

So. How did you manage to get me back in perfect working condition? Even Weyland would have had some trouble fixing what that queen did to me, if they would even bother spending the money and effort to do so.

I can assume Ripley would have put in a good word, but with her standing with the company, I doubt it would have made any difference.

I suppose this means I should thank you. I may be a synthetic, but that doesn't mean I don't prefer being "alive".

Comments

[getawayfromheryoubitch]

I wouldn't count on anything I say holding much weight with the company.

[341_bishop]

No, I wouldn't.

You've foiled their attempts to gain a living specimen twice now. Can't say that will put you in their favor at all.

[rhinemaid]

Probably a mixed blessing.

[341_bishop]

Probably.

But I have no use for blessings either way.

[rhinemaid]

No. Well. Figuratively speaking.

[341_bishop]

Hm. Even then, would something without a soul reap any benefits from a blessing? Figurative or not.

[rhinemaid]

In the figurative sense it's only a turn of phrase. In the practical sense, God is dead anyway.

[ ........... well, in her world. ]

Oh hai Bishop

[nukeitfromorbit]

I'm still not quite sure how I made it off that hell-hole alive myself.

I'm supposed to be dead. But, you know how it goes....

Oh hai Hicks

[341_bishop]

You have Ripley to thank. She was quite determined not to leave anyone behind, not even me.

[Messed up as he had been, she could have easily just left him to the explosion. But she'd brought him along with them.]

I've heard things do not end well for us, for all the effort put into our escape. But you seem in good health currently, Corporal, have you seen any of the other marines? This place does seem capable, by some unknown means, to bring the dead back to life.

Quite the fantasy.

[nukeitfromorbit]

Maybe we are dead and this is the afterlife. Always thought there'd be more white light and choirs, though.

[Huh.]

Can't complain, really. I've got my health. I've seen Hudson around - and I know he's supposed to be dead.

[341_bishop]

If such an idea was probable or existed, I doubt I would be there. The afterlife does work on the idea of a soul going there after death, which I don't have.

There is always room for complaining, but I've found that it doesn't help. Speaking of Hudson that is.

[nukeitfromorbit]

Don't sell yourself short, Bishop. I keep hearing about some academic types who think synthetics are just as human as the rest of us.

[It's kind of a joke, but there you are.]

Complaining makes you feel better. Maybe. Doesn't fix the problem, though.

[341_bishop]

Next thing you know they will be fighting for equal rights for us.

[An attempt at joking back. His monotone delivery of things does tend to ruin the effect though.]

No, figuring out how to solve the problem does. But even then that doesn't always work out, not for everyone.

[nukeitfromorbit]

Maybe it'll be the next big thing.

[Hey, Hicks tends to be pretty dry and deadpan himself. But that next bit gives him pause and he frowns.]

No. Not everyone.

[There's a very small exhale.]

But that's life. Right?

[341_bishop]

You never know what you humans will do next. Hard to predict at times.

[For good or worse.]

... yes. At least from my observations.

[nukeitfromorbit]

We try to be - well, some of us do.

[Hmm.]

I guess the rest of us just get to be lucky.

[blabbermouth]

From one synthetic to another, I wish to inquire: What do you mean by "alive"?

[341_bishop]

[Don't mind Bishop as he takes a moment to take in EDI. Studying her appearance. She looked very human, but there was no effort to hide that she was an android, strange, usually that was the case.]

To be active. In perfect working condition. Alive is a subjective word for something like us, but it a simple and broad enough word to use when speaking with this human.