(after getting out of the headspace, jane reluctantly waits for druzy to make their new body for the “isikai ruse” that they thought up)

“i can't believe you thought up such a fucking nerdish plan, the sentiment is fine, but the way you plan to do it is just.....bad.”

“you were the emotionally strongest member of your...clique... I don't want sobbing young adults on my planet just yet. besides, they were both open to the idea of reincarnation, so it is doable.”

“...it's not your planet, and there are still robots on here that want to kill us!”

“you know what I mean,.....and speaking of that, please put my plant body in a place that the upcoming duo won't see it immediately.”

“can I bury it?”

“.......? well, of course you can bury it, I would be worried if you didn't.”

“..not the response was going for, but, fine. I will bury the no-nut soy boy.”

“another gold nugget of an insult...my new body is almost done btw”

“wat?”

“btw,...the internet abbreviation of by the way.”

“..how many people have you ever talked to in person before me?”

“do my mom and siblings count? if not.........i had a friend in primary school....who outgrew me soon after.”

“...(shakes head slowly before leaving to burry the body)”

(after the cathartic action, jane came back to the pod room)

“right on time, it is finished, my goddess body”

(flatly)”woo-hoo”

“oh, don't be like that”(starts the pod draining)

“im still upset you traped me in your headspace for a week”

“i invited you in, i just...made time go slower in there...my intentions were pure!”

“yeah, sure..ya nerd.”

(the pod opens, to have a small pale girl with raven black hair step out, wearing leather)

“.....”

“aww, that's actually kinda cu-”

(the girl punches her in the mouth)”........don't....call me cute.”

“oww....(picks her up by the coller) listen here you little-”

(the small girl headbutts her hard, making jane drop her)

“.....(sticks her tongue out)..bleeehh”

“........why am i loving this?”

“because you never had a sister, but secretly wanted one.”

“GET OUT OF MY HEAD!”

“no.”

“what do i even call you when your....this girl?”

“...drakonia demonsbane”

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“...(sucks teeth and points) no.”

“then mary”

“okay that sounds like something id feel okay calling you-”

“mary hellsmouth.”

“(laughs)...no..”

“(as deep as a little girls voice can go) I am the night”

“okay, now I know you're messing with me.”

“...no....”

“..well do you have a speech prepared?”

“yes....hey, you 2, i am the goddess of this world, and i need you to help me gather stuff and kill robots so i can make and grow things in peace, this orb is where you should put the rocks, i will give you a house over there, and give you guns and alcohol if you comply.”

“...they would just push you over if you said that”

“..not if i do this(picks her up with one hand)”

“.....maybe if you pick up tubs like this”

“...ok(sets jane down)”

“...so~~...are-”

“their bodies are already being made, yes.”

“...i guess i just not good with kids, eh?”

“im older than you.”

“but your body and brain aren't.(jostles the little ones' hair)”

“(freaks, and waves arms threateningly, like a cat) “snarl” “

“ [this is nice...I'm feeling so calm right now...like I'm with true family already]”

“technically I am your parent, so you are.”

“...what did I say about staying out of my head?”

“pfffth”

“(holds marys ear and pulls)”

“owwwww, stahp!”

“...pf-hahahahahaaah...I'm definitely callin this one sis.”

“I WILL DESTROY YOU~~~~~!”

“no you're not. we're gonna kill some shit.”

“...im bringing my chain scythe”

“p-ha! can i get my own version of this cutie later, not with you in it of course.”

“...maybe.”

(they walked past the deathworms, and began seeing the robots, this time, they also included not just the Doberman sized drilldogs, but also ones that spins in a whirlwind of blades and sledgehammers)

“[dramatic gasp] kamaitachi!”

“wha? tamagachi? what the hell you takin bout?”

“blade weasles”

“...they look more like demolition tornatos...demo-tatos..no...demo-torns..yeah, that sounds badass!”

“(raises the bodies' signature weapon) demotorns!”

(they rush headlong into the fray...and regret it immediately when Jane gets hit on the side of the head by a sledgehammer)

““CRCH- TWAP”...OOOOOOOWWWWWW [CENSERED RANT OF PAIN](rolls around in pain) WHY AM I NOT DEAD?”

“because of your thick skull”

(a blade cuts a gash into marys chest)

“MARY!”

(the deep scratch on mary oozes black)

“My blood is black”

(it is the slurry that the pod produces, and as a result, causes the blade that caused the cut to begin to come apart as ball barrings)

(after seeing the blade falling apart)”...i almost forgot who was in the body, of course, you would add something like that to a little girl's body.”

“my blood is black you know”

“...(momentary blank face turns into furrowed brows)stop being cute, they're still are trying to kill us(gets up and cocks shotgun)”

“okay”(the small body gets up and cushes the offending demotorn by wrapping the chain sythe around it and pulling hard)

(after a battle that ends with the deathworms chomping the robots)

“we are victorious.”

(she smacks the smaller one on the head)”what was that about my THINK SKULL?”

“owwie..i meant literally, your skull is made thicker with shock-absorbing materials to protect your brain from concussion.”

“next body is gonna be a robot, this is rediculous”

“I'll tell you later why I don't wanna do that....after we get some ice for our head owies”

“im going to throw you if you don't hurry......(chases the smaller one to the base)”

(when they got back to homebase and have iocepacks)

(from the pod, the little girl is empty)”i don't wanna use a robot body because it would be the same as in here.”

“so?”

“...it's like having your mind constantly connected to wikapedia, because it's exactly that!”

“that sound cool actualy”

“I know every detail of every tragedy, defeat, victory, every skill invented by humans, every nitty gritty detail about humanity, and believe me, it is tiring, I even know how every proverbial sausage is made..”

“okay...i think I get it.”

..but I can see how having a mobile manipulator base could prove useful. or at least you know, one without it's own personality.”

“well, it was admitidly kinda fun hanging with the real you.”

“yeah,...after I make one, wanna see me turn one of the drill dogs heads into a radio?”

“shure...whait, what?..why?”

“to make it play this song”(plays “atomic dog”)”...oh, wait, I could use it as a secondary proximity alarm!”

“theres a punchline here, isnm't there?”

“yes, it would blare “who let the dogs out” after as pack of those things approach us”

“hmhm...nerd. what about the others, you know, involving your “plan”?”

“well, I can dress it up as a guardian or preist.....or tech-preist”

“(facehand)...sure, Im not gonna ask about that last one though.”

“good, that would be a can of worms if you did.”

(after almost a week)

(the bio cultivation pods drain and open to let janes friends out)

(they groggily crawl out of the capsule-shaped metal uteruses that birthed them, luckily they already have clothes on their bodies)

tubs is a 7-foot tall man of African descent with almost visible muscle under a layer of fat with short dreads, wearing an open leather jacket over a hoodie and jeans.

Diane is a thin barrel-chested woman with long blond hair, standing a full foot taller than jane, wearing a cross top and leather boot pants

[tubs]”what the hell happened, I feel sticky.”

[diane ]”i don't know, but it looks like we were abducted by aliens or some shit”