savetheearth | 002 ✮ handwritten/hand-drawn text

[ Even if there were other important matters on his mind, Gerald Vakarian had been thinking about one thing in particular since the New Year began. So, after a productive day (or as productive as police officers stating "we've told you all we know about ThunderCorp, Agent Vakarian" in ten different ways can be"), he figures it's time to give this strange network a whirl yet again.

This time, he connects via a piece of paper, and he can't quite say that it makes him comfortable. Thankfully, his bold text doesn't quite give that away. ]

SO, SEEING HOW THIS IS ALL NOT A DREAM, I WAS WONDERING IF ANY OF YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT SORT OF THING THIS IS.

[ What follows is an assortment of images clearly glued onto paper by someone who is not a professional artist. ]

[ . . . ]

ACTUALLY... SCRATCH THAT.

[ This is exactly what he does, scribbling furiously over the image. ]

HERE, LET ME TRY TO ACTUALLY DRAW IT WITHOUT USING OLD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES.

[ The following sketch demonstrates that while Gerald may be a man of many talents (and a truly remarkable programmer), art is definitelynot his strongest point. ]

YEAH... SOMETHING LIKE A SECOND ONE. IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SQUINT.

[ Well... it was worth a shot. But it still doesn't stop him from scribbling over that one too... ]

IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE A COMBINATION BETWEEN A DINOSAUR, A BIRD, AND A BUG THING.

IT'S TIMES LIKE THIS I REALLY WISH I MAJORED IN ART.

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How do you know that it's overrated? Have you experienced thirty, yet?

[ His argument is totally foolproof, kid. ]

Have you? How do you know it's not?

Call me morbidly curious, but I'd kinda like to see if it is or it isn't for myself.

[ THIS IS ALL STILL HYPOTHETICAL RIGHT??? RIGHT?!?! ]

Laaaaame. You should live a little more, Rumbles.

[ PROBABLY. Unless the situation arises where the whole radiation thing would come into play.

THEN SHE CAN POINT OUT HIS IMMUNITY (?) TO THE WORLD. ]

Oh, I live plenty. That's why I'm a little apprehensive about anything that might cause me to end the whole "living" part.

I guess that's fair. But what if it was your life or the world?

[ ...

Wow, kid. That just took a turn for the heavy. ]

The world, definitely. Although if I can preferably live while saving said world, I'm not exactly against that either.

[ She's not even sure where the conversation is any longer. She just likes talking, sometimes. ]

That's always preferable unless it's one of those lame tearjerkers, I guess.

I can see it now. I shed a single tear as Aerosmith's playing in the background, and BAM.

Possible death by radiation.

Why's it always aerosmith, anyway? Man, if I go out I want like, heavy death metal playing or something.

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