[ It's not really said any differently than how he usually speaks, but there's a little bit of conviction in there!! Also, it helps when you 1) have a van, and 2) live really close to the junkyard in the first place.
It's cheating, really. So unless you were nearby already, Peter, there's either going to be a blue van waiting at the junkyard!! ...or driving into the junkyard, if you're that quick.
But here Gorgug comes with his ride, beep beep!!! ]
... Peter will not be there yet, because you are close and have a van. But he does swing over as Spider-Man before swapping into his civilian clothes. If Gorgug is allowed the time to think about it more than a minute, he'd probably realize that there's no way he'd taken the tram and have showed up as quickly as he did.
Weird.
But the nerd is here, in all of his nerd glory! The collared shirt and sweater combo does not beat those allegations. With one hand on the strap of his backpack and the other raised, he offers a friendly wave.]
Hey, Gorgug! Man. I guess I should've known I couldn't beat a van.
[ Does Gorgug think? In his own special way. But does he even know where Peter started off at? No, other than Peter suggested the trip to the junkyard in the first place, and also tried to make a race out of it. Clearly, Peter didn't think about Gorgug's van or his close proximity!!!
But Gorgug isn't smiling when Peter shows up because he won this prize-less competition: it's because he's getting a nerd pal, and that's pretty cool. He's dressed himself in hoodie and jeans (his usual combo at all times), the van keys tucked away in his pocket, and the rest of him otherwise free, beyond the goggles on his head, the headphones he pulls down around his neck, and the fingerless gloves on the hand he waves back with. ]
I'm glad I got it before the layout switch up Aurora did everywhere. We got moved far out from everyone, and Fabian's dance studio. [ Hm. Does Peter know Fabian? Anyway- ] That's one of my teammates, I don't know if you met him.
Oh, I think I've met Fabian before. He seems cool!
[Easy peasy. The town population is so small, it's easy to even off-handedly run into each other.
Much to Spider-Man's suffering, anyway.]
It must be a real pain to get around like that, huh? Maybe we should offer ways to improve the speed of the tram or something. After the other stuff we're doing. The sky's the limit, right?
Making vehicles go fast is cool. [ How can Gorgug decline on that truth alone? ] You think the speed's the problem, or the-- how many trams are there? I heard they go around all the islands...?
[ Maybe it's a routing problem and lack of trams...? ]
Speed, or how many trams, or how many roads... I just feel like something's off somewhere, you know? It takes so long to get anywhere! Where I'm from, we've got bullet trains in the world that can go over 200 miles an hour.
[WE COULD MAKE SOMETHING MORE ADVANCED. FASTER!!!]
There's not a lot of people, but there's a lot of space with everything spread out. [ That seems to be a big problem. ] 200 miles per hour trains would be cool, but would it be a lot for just a hundred people?
[ No, what if, instead... ]
Teleporters would be cool. But not everyone likes them... [ ... ] But I would.
[He kicks absently at a can, hands in his pockets.]
I guess I have been needing a little of that. Socializing. [Not that he's not social. He just kinda lost all of his friends to amnesia back home, so making more here is essential; not that Gorgug knows that.] You think that's a net benefit enough to keep travel time a tiny bit longer?
[ Oh, is Peter lonely? That's what Gorgug takes from that--he can be perceptive, sometimes! Though he won't immediately jump on it, offering instead: ]
I don't know if it's the real reason she chose what she did, but, it could be a part of it... she left those Valentine cards around, and- they did something? People had to socialise with them, or they got funny in the head?
[ Gorgug so doesn't know...he avoided them like the plague! ]
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I'll win.
[ It's not really said any differently than how he usually speaks, but there's a little bit of conviction in there!! Also, it helps when you 1) have a van, and 2) live really close to the junkyard in the first place.
It's cheating, really. So unless you were nearby already, Peter, there's either going to be a blue van waiting at the junkyard!! ...or driving into the junkyard, if you're that quick.
But here Gorgug comes with his ride, beep beep!!! ]
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... Peter will not be there yet, because you are close and have a van. But he does swing over as Spider-Man before swapping into his civilian clothes. If Gorgug is allowed the time to think about it more than a minute, he'd probably realize that there's no way he'd taken the tram and have showed up as quickly as he did.
Weird.
But the nerd is here, in all of his nerd glory! The collared shirt and sweater combo does not beat those allegations. With one hand on the strap of his backpack and the other raised, he offers a friendly wave.]
Hey, Gorgug! Man. I guess I should've known I couldn't beat a van.
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But Gorgug isn't smiling when Peter shows up because he won this prize-less competition: it's because he's getting a nerd pal, and that's pretty cool. He's dressed himself in hoodie and jeans (his usual combo at all times), the van keys tucked away in his pocket, and the rest of him otherwise free, beyond the goggles on his head, the headphones he pulls down around his neck, and the fingerless gloves on the hand he waves back with. ]
I'm glad I got it before the layout switch up Aurora did everywhere. We got moved far out from everyone, and Fabian's dance studio. [ Hm. Does Peter know Fabian? Anyway- ] That's one of my teammates, I don't know if you met him.
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[Easy peasy. The town population is so small, it's easy to even off-handedly run into each other.
Much to Spider-Man's suffering, anyway.]
It must be a real pain to get around like that, huh? Maybe we should offer ways to improve the speed of the tram or something. After the other stuff we're doing. The sky's the limit, right?
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[ Maybe it's a routing problem and lack of trams...? ]
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[WE COULD MAKE SOMETHING MORE ADVANCED. FASTER!!!]
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[ No, what if, instead... ]
Teleporters would be cool. But not everyone likes them... [ ... ] But I would.
[ Mini teleporters are cool!!! ]
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I think we kinda already have a 'too much' gene in Etraya.
[He rubs his chin.]
You think teleporters would be in Aurora's budget?
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[ If he were to consider what Aurora might think about teleporters, though... ]
She might have picked the trams so people get stuck on them and she likes everyone socialising. [ ... ] I don't think you can socialise teleporting.
[ That's kind of a goal with her, usually. ]
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[He kicks absently at a can, hands in his pockets.]
I guess I have been needing a little of that. Socializing. [Not that he's not social. He just kinda lost all of his friends to amnesia back home, so making more here is essential; not that Gorgug knows that.] You think that's a net benefit enough to keep travel time a tiny bit longer?
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I don't know if it's the real reason she chose what she did, but, it could be a part of it... she left those Valentine cards around, and- they did something? People had to socialise with them, or they got funny in the head?
[ Gorgug so doesn't know...he avoided them like the plague! ]
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Maybe... sometimes I think this place just likes to make us embarrass ourselves.
I'm just glad I didn't get some romance compulsion.
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[ Gorgug's making a rather anxious expression... ]
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[... He rubs his chin, looking a little worried.]
I think, anyway.
How about you?