PROMPTS FROM PROJECT HAIL MARY
* assorted dialogue from the book by andy weir, some lines reworked to suit a roleplay format, adjust as necessary
human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.
it'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
glad i could be part of it.
you're my friend. heck, you're my best friend.
we have figured this out.
got to love computers. they do all the thinking for you so you don't have to.
another day, another staff meeting.
who would have thought saving the world could be so boring?
does that mean it's not no? is that another yes?
you're not alone. neither of us are.
sometimes the stuff we all hate ends up being the only way to do things.
now we're getting somewhere!
time for me to use science.
when stupid ideas work, they become genius ideas.
i know it's a personal question.
it's like he's inviting us to explore the universe.
if i had a nickel for every time i wanted to smack a kid's parents for not teaching them even the most basic things... well... i'd have enough nickels to put in a sock and smack those parents with it.
your face opening is in sad mode.
we're pretty untrustworthy, but i don't want him to know that.
i'm smart enough to know that i'm stupid. that's progress.
you poked it with a stick?
it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.
first i have to wait for my computer to wake up.
usually you're not stupid.
once again, i'm struck by melancholy.
i have to save humanity first. stupid humanity. getting in the way of my hobbies.
oh thank god. i can't imagine explaining sleep to someone who had never heard of it.
if i can't do it for a while, i go insane and eventually die.
we're as smart as evolution made us.
we're the minimum intelligence needed to ensure we can dominate our planet.
i spend a lot of time un-suiciding this suicide mission.
that's not creepy at all.
wait a minute! am i a guinea pig?
no. you cannot die. you are my friend.
i don't want to look dumb in front of the aliens.
math is not thinking. math is procedure.
you get to watch your food cook without melting your face off.
the hardest part about working with aliens and saving humanity from extinction is constantly having to come up with names for stuff.
it gives me a feeling of control.
i'm on a suicide mission.
all i have to do is tell you something you don't want to hear.
it's the kids of today that'll have to make the world of tomorrow work.
when you're stupid tired, accept that you're stupid tired. don't try to solve things right then.
want to meet up in the bathroom down the hall and have sex?
let's see what we can do when we really set our minds to it.
you want me to observe you sleep?
you're a coward and you always have been!
you avoid risk like the plague.
