#xcom torque

[heljay]

I was gonna wait until I was done the video essay this is going to be the thumbnail for, but I'm going to need an extra month to edit the visuals for that, so have this ahead of time lol

The best agents of Chimera Squad. Maybe not necessarily gameplay-wise (though Axiom is, in fact, best boy in that regard), but definitely character-wise. I'm not biased,

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[dreadblades]

Transcribing my favourite Chimera Squad conversations, pt. 9 (Rescue Outspoken D.J., Encounter 3)

Floyd Tesseract: Always knew XCOM would come for me. Didn't see it going down like this.

Whisper: Holy crap, it's Floyd Tesseract!

Godmother: Great. This guy.

Floyd Tesseract: I'm just as underwhelmed.

~

Torque: Oh no. We preemptively lost the hostage. There was nothing we could have done.

Floyd Tesseract: That's what I expected from XCOM.

~

Claymore: The sectoid prepper?

Floyd Tesseract: I prepare you against future indoctrination.

~

Patchwork: The ranty guy? I expected more spittle at the corners of his mouth.

Floyd Tesseract: Preposterous. I posess no natural oral lubricant.

~

Blueblood: The conspiracy theorist?

Floyd Tesseract: Oh, they aren't theories.

~

Axiom: Don't care. You move when we say.

Floyd Tesseract: Story of my life.

~

Zephyr: I thought he'd be taller.

Floyd Tesseract: You could say I'm a late bloomer.

~

Shelter: The angry man? Who thinks everything is linked to... Everything else?

Floyd Tesseract: Oh, but it is.

~

Verge: "Floyd". You were just as insufferable during the invasion.

Floyd Tesseract: "Verge". You were just as self-righteous.

~

Terminal: Oh, wow! I am the biggest fan of your show.

Floyd Tesseract: No autographs in a combat zone.

~

Cherub: The guy from You Should Have Believed?

Floyd Tesseract: You don't fit my demographic.

Cherub: Darn it.

Floyd Tesseract: But demographics are a lie built to justify short-term decision-making.

Cherub: Hooray?

Whisper: Mr. Tesseract? We need to get you out of there.

Floyd Tesseract: I know the drill. I devised the drill. Head down, follow orders, keep living.

Floyd Tesseract: Old habits die hard.

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

i refuse to accept a world without terminal snake shenanigans

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

via u/visitiomicron on Reddit

[doolallymagpie]

don’t know what to make of the civilian vipers wearing skirts (or something that sure looks like a skirt)

and that torque wears nothing on that part of her body

[occasionallydiverting]

XCOM Chimera Squad is fun for multiple reasons but my favorite bit so far is the banter between Verge (a Sectoid) and Torque (a Viper)

“I never thought they’d let an alien on the squad.” “Torque, you’re an alien.” “Nah, I came from a facility in the Arctic. I’m an earthling by definition.” “You have fangs! And venom sacs!” “Some earthlings are just hatched lucky.”

[dreadblades]

She is such a child 😭

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

More fun snek girl facts: Torque can use her tongue pull ability on allies as well as enemies, which can make for some very useful mobility. Terminal in particular loves it; she'll shout "Wheeeee, again!" While, you know, in the middle of a raid against heavily armed organized criminals.

"snake woman can pull ppl around with her tongue including allies" is not something I expected to read and for sure wasn't expecting the "im gonna be dead soon like my family lol gonna go out fighting" medic gal to treat the mid-combat tongue yoinking like a carnival ride.

That's so cute tho. Local venomous snek girl also gives tongue hugs <3 deadly or otherwise <3 <3