alex: eating fast is a very good way to get indigestion - especially with dense substances like pasta, beans and bread (also, stips is not a valid denomination...was he trying to say slips or strips?)
*alex is busy digging his way through the first bowl of macaroni* so...bets on how much of this i get through before krystal and everyone else coming with her actually shows up?
*an image of the weird boiled cactus from prehistoric earth pops up in krystal's head* (also, surprised tala isn't saying anything...pretty sure she hasn't seen alex's appetite on display yet)
maybe in small doses, but shove enough of those multi-million scoville peppers down your gullet within a short period of time and it probably WILL kill you...if not directly, then from the resulting heart attack
*starts carrying each bowl to the table as it's replicated to make room for the next, then after all that is done, he orders several large bowls of corn to go with the macaroni, followed by several large jugs of sarsaparilla*
alex: no, i'm telling you to wear it as a hat...*he say sarcastically before ordering ten huge bowls of macaroni with mixed cheddar/ asiago cheese for himself*
alex: well, they're going to be a while in coming...and if they're having food, so am i...those ration packs were a few hours ago *he gets to his feet and heads for the conference room's replicator*
sci-fi nonsense not applicable in reality - there is nothing humans can provide that can't be gotten from something that DOESN'T fight back...or if it does, won't fight back with TRIBBLE like chemical, biological or nuclear weapons
(oh, and i guess add jessica to that list of who was already there, if she showed up - and maybe oculus will show up too, since west was trying to do something earlier but none of us had characters present at the time)
alex: no, bring everybody - because this AFFECTS everybody...the reapers do not differentiate between soldier and civilian, between adult and child....they will slaughter EVERYONE in their path, so everyone who wants to deserves a say in how to deal with them (also...seriously? i didn't want to be RIGHT when i said it…
(nick right now...in more ways than one: ) alex: it's about what to do about the reaper spikes down on the surface along with what to do about whatever's jamming us
alex: still feeling a little fuzzy from earlier? *he asks, subtly hinting to briana what he means with the 'fuzzy' comment, though anyone not in the know might think he means the colloquial meaning of fuzzy*