Death by Camomile

 
(09:01:10 AM) kali the mad: Oh. It's a Tess. Don't you have work?
(09:02:32 AM) tess: I have a flight today, so I'm home packing.
(09:02:39 AM) kali the mad: Oh right.
(09:02:58 AM) tess: Ever see Aliens?
(09:03:03 AM) tess: (The film?)
(09:03:05 AM) kali the mad: Only 8,000 times.
(09:03:29 AM) tess: I just found out what would have happened if they *did* put Newt in charge.
(09:03:35 AM) kali the mad: ...
(09:03:40 AM) kali the mad: That bodes.
(09:04:00 AM) tess: Newt and all the aliens crowding around a dainty table sipping tea.
(09:04:07 AM) kali the mad: ...
(09:04:08 AM) tess: The Queen comments on the quality of the china.
(09:04:19 AM) tess: "Wait a minute, something's wrong here..."
(09:04:23 AM) tess: "Tea is poison to us!"
(09:04:32 AM) tess: *gaaaak, shudder, explode*
(09:04:36 AM) kali the mad: *giggle*
(09:04:45 AM) kali the mad: And little baby Newt-clones hatch out of them all
(09:04:50 AM) tess: hehehe.
09:05
(09:05:04 AM) kali the mad: Where did this come from?
(09:05:12 AM) kali the mad: And why are you inserting it into my brain?
(09:05:23 AM) tess: Free-associative morning thought.
(09:05:29 AM) tess: I have them once and a while.
(09:05:36 AM) kali the mad: You have a shiny brain.
(09:06:05 AM) tess: Who would have ever expected...xenomorphs can't hold their tea...
(09:06:22 AM) kali the mad: "We've got to get going, because it'll be teatime soon."
*marines stare blankly*
"They mostly take sugar in their tea...mostly..."

(09:07:06 AM) kali the mad: "I say we take off, get everyone some Starbucks'. It's the only way to be sure."
(09:07:27 AM) tess: "No, you fool! That's Caribou!"
(09:07:45 AM) kali the mad: And then Bishop explodes into white-flecked bits
(09:08:12 AM) tess: Poor Bishop, done in by the seasonal pumpkin spice latte...