#md tripod

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V very gently cups her hand under her kids chin, tilting his head up. She uses the damp rag in her other hand to gently whipe down his visor and face

V: “how do you get all filthy so fast. What are you doing?”

Just then Uzi’s middle child, Wren comes darting by, but not fast enough for V to reach her arm out and grab Uzi’s kid mid run

V: “comere”

Wren: “NO!!!”

V hugs her arm around Wren, hugging her close with one arm and using the other to wipe down Wren’s visor. Wren is kicking and squirming to try and get away

V: “stop it! Hold still turd your COVERED in dirt”

Wren: “you interrupted my funky flow!”

V: “your always on a funky flow. Sit still child!”

Wren: “your not my mom!”

V: “uh no but I know your stinkin mom and I can have a chat with her right now!”

Wren groans and crosses her arms to pout

V: “it’s not gonna take that long. Then you can fly your funky flow all you want you little weirdo”

She starts wiping down Wren’s visor

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A lot of people think that Tripod is shy becuase he’s so quiet.

Tripod is a product of Lizzy and V! That child is SASSY! Seriously he is so petty and sassy. While he is quiet, that is a fact, he’s not that shy. He has a bit of a mean streak sometimes

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V: "yo Tess!!!!"

Tessa turns around and smiles when she sees V but her smile very suddenly drops when V holds Tripod up. Holding his one around and simply allowing the rest of his body to dangle down. He's picked his feet up and folded his legs so he's dangling in this weird but cute bean shape

V: "check this shit I made!"

Tessa: "VICTORY DON'T HOLD YOUR KLUTZIE LIKE THAT!!!! THEY AREN'T A TROUT YOU JUST PULLED OUT OF THE RIVER!!!"

V: "oh he's fine. right buddy?"

She holds Tripod a little higher so he's eye level with V

Tripod: "....I want....blue wires"

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V actully uses signal words or signal touches with Tripod like he’s a tiny soilder

Three shoulder taps mean “i’m here to protect you”

A single hearty pat to the upper back means “go on”

“Grape vine” means she’s going to pick him up. V tends to pick Tripod up by the arm and carries him around that way in short distances. He’s fine with this and even yields into a little C shape, allowing it

A sharp loud grunt or almost bark like sound means “to me!” Signaling Tripod to return to V or Lizzy asap

A very soft long lonely warbling whistle means “where is my baby?” And it’s signaled back by Tripod with a similar whistle

If he’s within 1-3 feet V will rapidly clack her teeth together. This sound means “pay attention to me, look at me”

And of course, she shakes containers of snacks to get his attention. She SEEMS like she’s mean to Tripod but Tripod actually lives a VERY comfy life. He’s extremely well loved by both parents and works well with the signals

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Tripod was acutely a runt just like Uzi

And dispute Lizzy bullying Uzi a lot for being the runt she frequently told Tripod that he could do ANYTHING, even save Copper 9. Because Uzi Doorman saved Copper 9 and she was the runt to. Because Uzi Doorman changed the course of things and she was the runt to. Because Uzi Doorman improved lives for so many others and she was the runt to. Uzi Doorman is one of the most powerful creatures on the face of Copper 9 and she’s the runt of the colony. That really helped Tripod love himself, helped him feel less small, less ‘flawed’

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Biffie: "oi mate!!!"

She wobbles over to Tripod who simply looks at her from the side of his visor

Biffie: "me momma says our moms know each other!!"

Tripod turns to give Biffie his full attention hearing that they may be good friends

Biffie: "crickey!! your missin an arm!!!"

Tripod: "....and...you walk like a car with a flat tire"

Biffie gives him a bit of an offended look at first then bursts out laughing

Biffie: "AAHAHAHAH!!! ahhh I like you! we should be friends!!!"

She spits into her hand then holds it out. Tripod promptly spits into her hand as well then grasps her hand in a hand shake

Tripod: "even long after the end!"

Biffie: "your weird!....perfect!"

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Tripod acutlly ends up getting analog horror and horror movies pretty early on.

How?

Uzi and N’s kids. Their kids introduced it to him and it hooked him

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Lizzy: “…..V where is Tripod?”

V: “he was giddy! I let him wonder a bit, he’ll be fine”

Lizzy: “V!! Doll roams this part of the colony on her nightly walks!!”

V: “…..TRIPOD!!! TRIPOD”

Lizzy and V quickly leap up and began franticly looking for their child.

Lizzy: “she woulden’t! She woulden’t! She’s not that monstrous!”

V: “if you belived that would you be running!?”

Lizzy: “good robo lord!!”

The two of then skid to a hault around a corner to see their young son Tripod staring up into a darkened abyss at the end of the hallway

V: “TRIPOD!!”

Tripod looks back at them with a smile

Tripod: “momma!! This shadow creature says she’s a doll!”

Lizzy: “honey come here! Come on!”

Tripod: “momma don’t be rude! Say hi! She says she knows you!”

A large hand with knarled claws emergages from the dark, reaching twaords the child

Lizzy: “TRIPOD COME HERE!!”

The knarled hand simply gives the child a small nudge to the back, signaling for him to go

Doll: “listen to mother. No ignore”

Tripod: “oh-…ok”

Tripod comes dashing over to Lizzy who wraps him up in a hug with relief. V postions herself in front of Lizzy and Tripod, ready for a fight

V: “I don’t want to catch you around my child ever again!!”

Doll: “V…..I do not like you…..but I no hurt baby….baby is the safe….”

Her thick Russian accent comes would in a smooth tone with an ever so slight edge to it

V: “he better be safe!”