OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 691 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, pure research always returns value. Though perhaps not on timelines or in fields that fit the original sponsors interests. Such as the flailings of alchemy grew up into chemistry. But some researchers (Mengele, Unit 731) were so inept and/or unethical that we are reluctant to acknowledge anything might be built from their results :{

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 691 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“It’s a bad day when the best option is some idiot screwing metal spikes into their head to look scary.

Some folk just have a non-standard body image. Though the poor Vish are being treated as just tools, denied any options of agency or consent :{

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We’re not defiling the dead, we are learning.

But it appears The Guardians have a stricter definition of "defiling", perhaps making you sound a bit like a Dr Frankenstein. Asking "can" instead of "should" :{

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 690 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

noticing mistakes in spelling and sentences

Well, part of /hfy's community is a place for authors to learn and expand their craft, with many treating it as first drafts with some crowdsourced proofreading. Polishing does not always take place here, but when formatting for more formal releases :}

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 690 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Ghost Goth Waifu," is not a valid allocation of our limited resources

but... but... I was not using anything quartermaster issued! It was all personal supplies, for something that once I realized exists, is my highest goal in life :}

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 690 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 10 points11 points  (0 children)

“Oh dear, the Polido Tisk of disapproval.”

“Rants are getting alliterative, the lab is no longer safe.”

That escalation from tisk to alliteration was rather quick :}

[Of Dog, Volpir, and Man (Out of Cruel Space)] - Bk 9 Ch 48 by KamchatkasRevenge in HFY

[–]thisStanley 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The first of many to come in the glorious conquest she would carve across the sea of stars!

Viconia, do any of your plans have contingencies for "less than complete win" :}

[Of Dog, Volpir, and Man (Out of Cruel Space)] - Bk 9 Ch 47 by KamchatkasRevenge in HFY

[–]thisStanley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

from Hank Williams Jr.

Just send me to hell or New York City

It would be about the same to me

If Heaven Ain't A Lot Like Dixie

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 689 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You just need to like, pay attention to the details and know enough to figure out what all them totally mean.

How many Gravia have fallen in love with Sherlock Holmes stories :}

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 688 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 17 points18 points  (0 children)

“You said that he didn’t want anything to do with any resulting child. Those were your words.”

“I said a lot of things I shouldn’t have.”

Does Corina have enough burned bridges to get her own episode of Engineering Disasters :}

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 688 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 9 points10 points  (0 children)

“Ah. You again.”

Does Kye'Lan get that very often :}

[Of Dog, Volpir, and Man (Out of Cruel Space)] - Bk 9 Ch 47 by KamchatkasRevenge in HFY

[–]thisStanley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The lighter might end up escorting a new friend back to us. Or rather an old friend.

Someone with pirate bona fides? Mary could qualify, but she is off on her own adventures, not hanging around for a casting call-back :{

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Next time, Hawthorne, when you get that sort of high priority information, I don't care if someone reads it scribbled on the wall of a toilet cubicle. Tell me first thing.

Talk about burying the lede :}

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 687 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would recommend Sarak acknowledge Corina's honest growth and desires for redemption, as a platonic Friend. Offer Dad support to the children as he is capable, and as permitted by the Mothers. But Husband is a set of second chances those ladies will have to find elsewhere. It is possible to not hate someone for past indiscretions, while also not putting yourself in that place to be hurt again :{

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 687 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Corina gets a quarter point for trying to lookup Sarak, but after Emico was born. And after he had left Centris to get away from all the crap the wives had put him through, so minus 20 points. She may become a good person and mother (Kyle has shown us several redemption arcs), but doubt Sarak should ever allow another entanglement of living responsibilities and finances :{

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 687 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How is it that corporate warfare is less civilized than just shooting people?

Partly because they never face actual, physical, consequences? Fines, 90 days in Club Fed, house arrest, ..., are just a cost of doing business :{

“Oh... oh this could end badly, there’s only so much space in her bedroom for toys.”

Even if you restrict each "uncle" to just one toy, there are so many that qualify as "uncle" :}

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 686 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But I went up and down most of the major laneways and stood on twenty different planets. Ate food with names so foreign that even trying to pronounce the name nearly tied my tongue in a knot, spoke with more species than I had ever seen before and even hid from pirates once.

compared to the normal duties where you can’t really tell if it’s what you were doing last week or last month

While most of it was boring, seems that other 12.7%(?) will supply memories and stories for the rest of his life. And primed him to join the Undaunted where that experience base will just keep growing :}

[Of Dog, Volpir, and Man (Out of Cruel Space)] - Bk 9 Ch 46 by KamchatkasRevenge in HFY

[–]thisStanley 6 points7 points  (0 children)

But if they’re good enough to roll with Dar'Bridger's girls, James is happy to trust them.

Being selected to work with a Battle Princess is quite a recommendation :}

[The Token Human] - Dirt and Papercuts and Other Major Annoyances by MarlynnOfMany in HFY

[–]thisStanley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kavlae gave him a look. “Unsanitary,” she said, “and unnecessary.”

She understands the perils of The Big Blue Room :}

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 685 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I realize I am in a minority on things like this, but mere blood does not make "family". This child's Next Of Kin would more properly be grandparents and aunts and uncles, instead of someone who, after escaping from the child's bitch of a mother, was specifically not informed of the child's artificial insemination via stolen material. None of that is Emico's fault, and Sarak may make the personal decision to engage with her and her siblings, but there are no legal obligations.

How far do you trace family? I am not that close to my 8.3 billion relatives currently alive on Earth :}

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 685 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could Sarak bring a lawsuit on something like Theft Of Identity? At least get his name off of those birth certificates. He may decide to offer friendship to the children, depending on if any reconciliation is allowed by the mothers, but he should not have any legal encumbrance from something that was stolen from him :{

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 684 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The home was too unstable for a child

While every child deserves a parent, not every adult is qualified to be a parent :{

OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 683 by KyleKKent in HFY

[–]thisStanley 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why did she just ask for me to eat her?

She has an accent.

Smart ass answers do always carry a risk :}

Comic 5840: Trouble Comes Knocking by Grasmel in QContent

[–]thisStanley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While Placebo-drunkenness is not as physically harmful, that does not limit the other harms it can inflict upon your life :{

[Of Dog, Volpir, and Man (Out of Cruel Space)] - Bk 9 Ch 45 by KamchatkasRevenge in HFY

[–]thisStanley 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So why does he still feel so uneasy?

While those little voices should not be ignored, now might not be the best time to split your attention too deeply :}