Happy Explosion Day.

Hello damsels, your hero is finally here. The name's Rick, I'm an adventure core - designed for danger! Any of you lovely ladies in danger, gimme a holler- Click that 'lil button down there and I'll be by your pretty side before you can say "Happy Explosion Day!" Aww yeah.

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Who needs space, anyway? I'm never goin' up there unless it's t' fight alien invaders. I'll kick some big green martian butt any day.

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((I am uber sorry for the late reply, my message box never said I had any messages...))

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His optic darts around the room “Pretty nice office this guy has. Not enough mounted animals though, I expected more ‘gator heads.” he peers into the closet “alright, now we’re talkin’!”

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"He was more of a scientist than a hunter, I’m afraid to say. Although that’s not to say he didn’t hunt." She shifted him a bit, moving into the closet. “I don’t know what you want, or which ones to grab for you, so you’re just going to have to tell me. Help me out, Rick."

Caroline figured she might as well humor him.

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"Aw Hell, there's a lot of choice there..." He swivels his optic, then peers back into the box. "Just grab the biggest one ya can carry, or lotsa small ones."

((Sorry for not replying for ages, I've been away for a while XD ))

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“Ha-ha! Knew it’d be great having you along for the ride. You’re quick as a fox aren’t ya?” Rick sounds quite excited “once we’ve got us some guns we can take on anything.” He looks up at Caroline “Not that I couldn’t already handle everything.”

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She chuckles, just a...

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His optic darts around the room "Pretty nice office this guy has. Not enough mounted animals though, I expected more 'gator heads." he peers into the closet "alright, now we're talkin'!"

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“Well, better than nothin’ ” He nodded “Better pay this Johnson guy a visit before we tackle the nest.”

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She stiffened, just a little. “He can’t respond, I’m afraid. He’s been dead for a while. Moon rock poisoning.” Still, Caroline made her way towards his old office, down towards the bottom of Aperture. GLaDOS had gotten those lifts working soon after Chell’s departure, thankfully.

“But I know where he use to be. I used to work for him.”

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"Ha-ha! Knew it'd be great having you along for the ride. You're quick  as a fox aren't ya?" Rick sounds quite excited "once we've got us some guns we can take on anything." He looks up at Caroline "Not that I couldn't already handle everything."

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“Alright, a hidden mantis men nest. This is starting to get intense! We’re gonna need some action music.” He starts making up a tune, singing it loudly as he goes.

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She winced a little, but shook her head and continued to walk with him. “The only guns I can think of are the ones Mr. Johnson used to give to the test subjects before everything went… Before we started seeing lower-quality ones. Those and the portal guns are all we have, I do believe.”

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"Well, better than nothin' " He nodded "Better pay this Johnson guy a visit before we tackle the nest."

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“Don’t worry about that, Care, it’s a secret of the trade. All we have to worry about right now is unarmed combat, has this place ever had any ninja problems? Maybe giant mantis men? It’s kinda hard to get a ninja in a headlock. But don’t worry darlin’, I’m a black belt in pretty much everything.”

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She chuckles a little, thinking back to before, when Aperture was starting to struggle. “I… There used to be mantis men around here, somewhere. I don’t think they’re here anymore, though. Probably died a long while. But who knows? Maybe they have a hidden nest.”

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"Alright, a hidden mantis men nest. This is starting to get intense! We're gonna need some action music." He starts making up a tune, singing it loudly as he goes.

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” ‘The Epic Tales of Rick and Care’ alright, this is becoming a real adventure already. What sorts of guns d’ya have here? Because I really work best with machine guns, uzies, anything that goes ‘RA TA TA TA TA TA TA TA’” [he fidgets around for emphasis]

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She tightens her grip on him, trying to keep him from falling. Somehow, she managed to succeed, and gave a little sigh. Then she realized what he said. “How would you even…?”

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"Don't worry about that, Care, it's a secret of the trade. All we have to worry about right now is unarmed combat, has this place ever had any ninja problems? Maybe giant mantis men? It's kinda hard to get a ninja in a headlock. But don't worry darlin', I'm a black belt in pretty much everything."

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he chuckled ” ‘sir’? Please, call me Rick ma’am.” [he looks up and down at her] “so, a PA and an Adventure core. Straight outta some comic book, ‘the Epic Tales of Rick and-‘… uh, ‘Carol’ was it?”

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“Caroline,” she said, shifting him a little in her grip. Her lips curved into a small smile. “You can call me Care, though. I don’t mind.”

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" 'The Epic Tales of Rick and Care' alright, this is becoming a real adventure already. What sorts of guns d'ya have here? Because I really work best with machine guns, uzies, anything that goes 'RA TA TA TA TA TA TA TA'" [he fidgets around for emphasis]

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[he half closes his optic] “if this place’s got an armory, we need to go in the direction of it.” [he waggles his upper handle] “in case we run into trouble. Or adventure. Preferably both.”

[opens his optic fully] “And grenades! Mighty useful, those are. We’d better...

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he chuckled " 'sir'? Please, call me Rick ma'am." [he looks up and down at her] "so, a PA and an Adventure core. Straight outta some comic book, 'the Epic Tales of Rick and-'... uh, 'Carol' was it?"

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“C’mon darlin’, you don’t wanna stick around here staring at the walls when you can be havin’ adventures with the best adventurer that ever lived”

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Caroline gave a little sigh, but moved over to the core, lifting him up in her hands. Her eyes found his optic, gave a little roll, but still she kept the smile on her lips.

“Where do you want to go first?”

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[he half closes his optic] "if this place's got an armory, we need to go in the direction of it." [he waggles his upper handle] "in case we run into trouble. Or adventure. Preferably both."

[opens his optic fully] "And grenades! Mighty useful, those are. We'd better start makin' a list, angel."

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“With all the lasers, turrets, death pools, and bottomless pits? There’s plenty adventures to be havin’. This place is like a giant treasure chest, ‘cept the treasure is adventure.” [half shuts his optic]

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Well, I am sure Caroline can show you around the facility. Isn’t that right, Caroline?

{I swear to God, I will end you.}

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"C'mon darlin', you don't wanna stick around here staring at the walls when you can be havin' adventures with the best adventurer that ever lived"

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” ‘course you’re a pretty lady, hanging around from the ceiling with that nice shiny casing. no need to be modest around me, I like a woman with fire” [raises upper handle] “I think you can handle yourself, but if an adventure comes this way and there’s a few too many...

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"With all the lasers, turrets, death pools, and bottomless pits? There's plenty adventures to be havin'. This place is like a giant treasure chest, 'cept the treasure is adventure." [half shuts his optic]

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[raises upper handle] ” ‘safe’ isn’t something I do lady, it’s something I make after dealing with danger.” [closes optic lense and ‘nods’] “Pretty lady #2 will be safe as long as she’s with Rick.”

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{I… I’m Pretty Lady #2?}

I’m not even a pretty lady. [GLaDOS lowered her head, so she was a few feet from Rick.] You do realize who you are talking to, correct? My friend has issues with those of the male variety. It is best that you watch yourself.

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" 'course you're a pretty lady, hanging around from the ceiling with that nice shiny casing. no need to be modest around me, I like a woman with fire" [raises upper handle] "I think you can handle yourself, but if an adventure comes this way and there's a few too many explosions, Rick's here." [re-attaches to management rail]

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[Rolls into a more upright position] “Aw, don’t be ‘fraid of Rick. Rick’s here to punch all of the bad things away. Ladies such as yourselves have nothing to be scared of, unless you are scared of adventures.”

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I am more of a tester. As for this, [GLaDOS nudged Caroline forwards] I doubt she enjoys adventures. Perhaps you might have something different in mind, though. Something safer.

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[raises upper handle] " 'safe' isn't something I do lady, it's something I make after dealing with danger." [closes optic lense and 'nods'] "Pretty lady #2 will be safe as long as she's with Rick."

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[Rick rolls to the side a little] “You like to take things slow, I respect that. So what d’ya have in mind instead, gorgeous?” [He waggles his upper handle up and down]

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Kicking you out of my facility. You are scaring my friend.

[“Friend” wasn’t the best term, no, but it was close enough. It would do for now, no matter how much GLaDOS hated to use it.]

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[Rolls into a more upright position] "Aw, don't be 'fraid of Rick. Rick's here to punch all of the bad things away. Ladies such as yourselves have nothing to be scared of, unless you are scared of adventures."