Chapter 1: Names
Will happily take suggestions on names and jobs.
* Diamond Head (Captain) — Di, Mondy (he hates this one)
* Fourarms (Muscle/security, second-in-command) — Four, Spyder?
* Heatblast (???) — Wick? (as in candle wick)
* Stinkfly (???) — Stink, Stinky, Bug
* XLR8 (???) — Eight
* Ripjaws (???) — RJ, Rip
* Ghostfreak (???) — Freak
* Grey Matter (Engineer, researcher, chief medical officer, etc) — Grey, Boss (Upgrade only)
* Upgrade (Lab assistant, pilot, engineer, etc) — Upgrade
* Wildmutt (???) — Mutt
Chapter 2: Breathe
Stinkfly: Hey, Di?
Diamond Head: Yeah?
Stinkfly: Can a person breathe inside a washing machine while it’s on?
Diamond Head: What?
Stinkfly: Keep in mind that they're partially amphibious.
Diamond Head: ...
Diamond Head: Where’s Grey Matter?
Chapter 3: Blasphemy Is Fun! (Down With God)
Stinkfly: Forgive me Father, for I have sinny-sin-sinned.
Grey Matter: For the last time, it's–!
XLR8, covering Grey Matter's mouth: Do you want him to go back to saying 'sorry, Daddy, I've been naughty'!?
Grey Matter, muffled: No...
Fourarms, laughing: YES
Chapter 4: Jail
XLR8: Jail is no fun. I’ll tell you that much.
Ghostfreak: Oh, you’ve been?
XLR8: Once. In Monopoly.
Chapter 5: Stoic
Heat Blast: That was a joke. Say ha.
Diamond Head: Ha.
Heat Blast: Now do it again.
Diamond Head: Ha.
Heat Blast: Now put them together.
Diamond Head: Ha-Ha.
Heat Blast: Congratulations, you are officially the life of the party.
Chapter 6: Rivalry
Heat Blast, to Ripjaws: If you can ever manage to get over yourself, I would highly recommend being me.
Chapter 7: This Turned Out Sweeter Than I Expected
XLR8: How do tall people people sleep at night when the blanket can't possibly cover you?
Fourarms: Wha–? Eight, it's four o'clock in the morning!
XLR8, perched on Fourarms' chest: So, you can't sleep, huh? [whispers] Is it because of the blanket?
Fourarms: ...What are even doing in my quarters?
XLR8: Grey Matter kicked me out of his.
Fourarms: And what were you doing in his quarters?
XLR8: Well, I couldn't stay in Wildmutt's, he drools!
Fourarms: What were you– nevermind. Why did you leave your quarters?
XLR8: [mutters something under his breath]
Fourarms: What?
XLR8: Bad dream. But that's not important, I'm over it n– yipe!
Fourarms, wrapping his arms around XLR8: Sleep now.
XLR8: But–
Fourarms: Shhh. Sleep.
XLR8: ...
XLR8, closing his eyes: Goodnight, Four.
Fourarms: [yawns] 'Night, Eight...
Chapter 8: Insomnia
Grey Matter, vibrating and holding a small-for-anyone-but-him cup of coffee: I cannot cease nor slow my progress, not when I am on the verge of accomplishing greatness!
Upgrade: [shuts off power to the lab]
Grey Matter: Et tu, Upgrade?!
Fourarms: [cocks raygun] Go to bed. This is no longer a request, this is now a Threat.
Grey Matter: But–
Fourarms: Don't try me, pipsqueak; I will let Eight in here with a permanent marker and no supervision.
Grey Matter, paling briefly: ...Fine, you ignorant heathen. You have bested me.
Grey Matter, snuggling into the lab drawer he uses for a bed: For [yawn] now. But I will have my [eyes drift shut] revenge... [snores]
Chapter 9: Worrisome
//making contact with a landing party that's been sent planetside
Ghostfreak, texting through a communicator: Hey, thanks for checking in, I’m ✨still a piece of garbage✨
Ghostfreak: ;)
Diamond Head, looking up from the communications console: Is Freak okay..?
Grey Matter, not even bothering to look up from his work and read the message: Not since I've known him, no.
Chapter 10: One Way Or Another
Posting has been paused due to real life stuff. It will resume shortly. Or not. I don't particularly care at the moment.
Grey Matter: There are three ways to handle a difficult situation. My way, the wrong way, and the XLR8 way.
XLR8: What?
Upgrade: The wrong way but faster.
XLR8: Oh. Hey, wait a second...
Ghostfreak: To be fair, it's not always faster.
XLR8, nodding: That's righ– Hey!
Grey Matter: Hmm, you do have a point.
XLR8: ..I'm telling Di you guys are being mean to me. [runs off]
Ghost Freak: [flat] Oh no. I am so scared. Shaking in my ectoplasm, truly.
Diamond Head, from another room: Grey! Freak! Upgrade! We need to talk!
Ghostfreak: Later, losers. [phases through a wall]
Upgrade: I, uh, think I left something on in the lab. Bye, Boss. [goes digital and disappears into the ship systems]
Grey Matter: I... Possibly made a miscalculation in this situation.
Grey Matter: In Layman's terms; fuck.
Chapter 11: Kinda A Bad One
Grey Matter, holding a small raygun: [scowls] Someone will die...
Upgrade, bonded with four giant rayguns: Of fun!
--alt--
Ghostfreak, gleefully: Someone will die...
Stinkfly: Of fun!
Ghostfreak: Oh, it'll definitely be fun.
Chapter 12: Token Evil Teammate
Heatblast: Why would you think any of this was a good idea?!
Ghostfreak, deadpan: Probably because I’m a unstable sociopath with a long history of violence and sabotage.
Heatblast: Oh, right...
Grey Matter, from across the room: I don’t understand how you keep forgetting that.
Chapter 13: Fond
Grey Matter: You know, when I first met you I thought you all were complete idiots.
Stinkfly: What changed your mind?
Grey Matter: Nothing, I've just grown surprisingly fond of that side of you.
Chapter 14: TW: Heavy Cursing
Fourarms: You say 'Please' and 'Thank you' in front of Stinkfly all the time, and he never repeats it.
Fourarms: But you call Di 'Ass-Faced Motherfucker' ONE TIME–
Chapter 15: True To Life
Fourarms: You're a lying piece of shit!
Ghost Freak: Oh yeah? Well, you're the idiot that thinks you can get away with everything you do, WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!
Grey Matter: I'm leaving the ship, and I'm taking Upgrade with me! Good luck making repairs on your own, you motherf–
Ripjaws, gathering cards: Aaaaand that's enough Monopoly for today.
Wildmutt: [whines and starts chewing on the gameboard]
Chapter 16: Good Boy..?
Wildmutt: [is woken up by ringing commutation console]
Wildmutt: [waits a minute for Grey Matter or Upgrade to come in to the room and answer it]
Grey Matter & Upgrade: [neither come in nor answer it]
Wildmutt: [barks and bites communication console until it stops making noise]
Wildmutt: [makes happy rumbles and goes back to sleep]
Landing Party: [is screwed]
Chapter 17: Zs'Skayr Was The Guy Ghostfreak's DNA Was Pulled From, Remember?
Upgrade: When Grey Matter was generated, the Gods said 'he is too perfect for this world.'
Stinkfly: Please. When he was born, the Devil said 'Oh, competition.'
Grey Matter: There is no such thing as God nor the Devil, so this argument has no logical basis–
Ghostfreak: Oh, the Devil was very real.
Heatblast: I'm sorry, 'was'?
Ghostfreak: Zs'Skayr gave him a chance for peaceful surrender, but he just wouldn't give up the throne. I– Zs'Skayr had no choice, really. [stretches and calmly phases through wall before anyone can say anything]
XLR8: He's joking, right?
Everyone: ...
XLR8, running into the corridor: Freak, wait up! You're joking, right?!
Chapter 18: Possibly A Continuation
XLR8, knocking on the door: Freak, open up!
Ghostfreak: It all started when my DNA donor highjacked my brain...
Grey Matter: That’s not what he–
XLR8: Let him finish!
Chapter 19: Henway
Everyone immediately starts high-fiving and cackling.
Heatblast: Every time I hear someone talking about updog, I’m torn between not wanting to fall for it and wanting to help them complete their joke.
Fourarms: Okay, but what is updog?
Stinkfly: Updog is a long sausage in a bun, often served with ketchup, mustard, onions, and/or relish.
Upgrade: No, that's a hot dog. An updog is when an existing application or device is improved upon in some way
Ripjaws: No, that's you. You’re thinking of the fourth largest city in Sweden.
XLR8: Surely that’s Uppsala, where as updog is the giant spider in Harry Potter.
Fourarms: That’s Aragog. Updog is a symbol conventionally used for an arbitrarily small number in analysis proofs.
Grey Matter: You’re thinking of epsilon. Updog is an upward-moving air current.
Ghostfreak: No, that’s an updraft. An updog is the modern version of a henway.
Diamond Head: What’s a henway??
Fourarms: Oh, about five pounds.
Chapter 20: Crew
Diamond Head: We’re all in this together. If one of us falls, we all fall. Nobody is expendable on this crew.
Grey Matter: That isn't even close to true. In fact, I have a numbered list of most expendable crewmate to most necessary one.
Diamond Head: Grey, that isn't–
Grey Matter: Number five will shock you.
Chapter 21: Possessed
Heatblast, singing to the tune of I Kissed a Girl: I kicked Stinkfly, and I liked it–
Fourarms, whispering: Think we should call the space-exorcist?
Diamond Head: We have no proof that Freak's behind this.
Wild Mutt, also singing: The taste of his cherry chapstick!
Diamond Head: ...
Diamond Head, sighing: Call the exorcist.
Chapter 22: I'm Getting Bored
Grey Matter, about to join the landing party off-ship: Don’t spend all day playing videogames, okay? There's still a lot of lab work to get done.
Upgrade: You got it, of course! Bye, Boss!
Upgrade, 0.3 seconds after Grey Matter's gone: I FORGE MY OWN PATH!! [spends all day playing videogames and doing lab work]
Upgrade, proudly: I'm so independent.
Chapter 23: Ride-Or-Die
Upgrade: Wow! Stinkfly made you cry?
Grey Matter, tearing up: Yes, and he said some really mean things that are only partly accurate.
Upgrade, patting his head: Don't worry, it'll be okay.
Stinkfly, hitting into an automatic door for the tenth time that day: Is it just me, or does the ship hate me all of a sudden?
Upgrade, deep in the ship's system: [hisses] VENGEANCE
Chapter 24: F***
Fourarms: Swear words are illegal now. If you say one, you'll be in trouble.
Stinkfly, cheerfully: Heck <3
Fourarms: You're on thin fucking ice, Bug.
Fourarms: Oh no
Chapter 25: Zs'Skayr/Ghostfreak Died At Least A Few Times, I'm 90% Sure
Okay, 82%
Fourarms: Oh no, I’m doomed!
Ripjaws: Seriously? All you have to do is not insult Ghostfreak on his death day.
Fourarms: Exactly, it’s impossible!
Chapter 26: Need For Speed
No matter which way you look at it, all these guys are ten or younger...
Grey Matter, teaching XLR8 to pilot the ship: Okay, what does it mean when the debris detector is green?
XLR8: Go!
Grey Matter: Good. And when it's red?
XLR8: Stop!
Grey Matter: Very good! What about yellow?
XLR8: If you floor it, you can make it!
Grey Matter: ...
Grey Matter: New rule, only Upgrade drives.
Chapter 27: Greedy Fleabags
And that brings us to the end. Hopefully I'll write more in this AU soon.
What do you think of introducing an AU through Incorrect Quotes? A good idea, a bad idea, or just a silly idea? I'd love to hear your feedback!
Grey Matter: It’s just… no matter what I do, relating to others enough to befriend them is complex in a way entirely different than what I'm accustomed to.
Heatblast: Yeah, I literally can’t relate to that problem at all, but you know who no one likes? Hey Ghostfreak~!
Ghostfreak: Fuck you, you overgrown candle.
Heatblast: See?? Entirely unlikable. That's your standard; be better than Ghostfreak.
Grey Matter: That seems like too low of a standard to be accurate.
Ghostfreak: Fuck all of you...
Ghostfreak: ...except Ripjaws.
Heatblast: Why not RJ?
Ghostfreak: He shares his snacks with me. Unlike some greedy fleabags. [glares at Wildmutt]
Wildmutt: [growls and pulls his food closer]
Chapter 28: Fanart!
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