Q&A Sessions for Orders and Conscience

Question: Taking a Dip Into the Fray

Northwind: Well, that was interesting.

Brown, Black, and White: *Look at each other*

Blue: C'mon, now that you've seen a future, why don't you let it come truuuuueeeee...?

Orange: I admit, as much as I don't get romance, Ku'i is cute.

Black: Please... let's just... carry on...

Northwind: Alright. Umbitr, K'dela, Vac'shar, you guys got a question from @rosevoltaris. You guys mentioned something happening on the first few missions and the Council not wanting a repeat of that. What was the incident?

Red: Oh. That.

Brown and Black: *Wincing*

Yellow: Which part were you talking about? When the attacks began?

Green: *Raising her hand* Does it have anything to do with half corpses whose other halves were never to be found?

Everyone except for Red, Black, Brown, White, Green and Northwind: WHAT?!

White: Oh yeah, the 'Disappearing Tops' thing?

Brown: Uh, that's the thing... the halves didn't... disappear. We, uh... we kind of...

Red: *Sitting down and holding Pluffsy in his lap* We ate them.

Everyone: *Blinks*

Cyan: Sorry?

Black: You heard Vac'shar right. We sort of... used to eat your top halves. At least, that's what the Council says happened. You probably would have to ask a veteran for the details.

Red: Have you forgotten that I'm here?

Black: Right. Sorry.

Red: *Sighs* It's fine. So, onto the reason for the cannibalism-

Lime: Wait, wait, wait, you mean to tell me that you ate us?!

Brown: Yeah... it's quite awkward for some of us to discuss...

Blue: You won't eat us though... right? I mean, maybe Orange'll be better off eaten-

Orange: HEY!!!

Blue: Chill, it was a joke. Geez. Don't get your wires in a twist.

Black: No, that's the purpose of the supplements. We were essentially starving to death on your ships because we were lacking key nutrients found only on our home planet.

Red: The brain has some weird ideas, I must say. The early missions consisted of killing someone and eating them because, well, people were stupid. It was only forty years ago that we started taking supplements with us and we stopped cannibalizing your bodies.

Green: That explains it. I must say thank you for not inflicting more emotional damage onto Alec by having my half-body be transported with pieces of flesh ripped off and consumed.

Everyone: ...

Northwind: That was very graphic. Want to rephrase that?

Green: ... Thank you for not splitting my body in half and causing Alec more distress.

Yellow: Yeah, I agree. For my partner...

Green: *Mutters something under her breath*

Northwind: No, you can't say that. *Sighs* I don't care what you do, but don't say that.

Yellow: Were you insulting my partner?

Green: It's got nothing to do with you. *Nods pointedly* Them.

Red: Okay, what'd we do now? If we didn't eat you, it's alright, right?

Green: You still killed us!

Northwind: Here we go again.