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[wifeonmars]

[The video opens on a patch of blue sky, with some birds flying by. The camera turns and there's a surprisingly green girl giving a smile and a wave. And apparently holding the comm with no hands. She floats (??) peacefully for a bit, wind catching her cape before looking at the camera again.]

Hey, everyone! I'm Miss Martian. But you can call me M'gann. Just thought I'd introduce myself. A-and even though I am actually from Mars, I promise I'm not here to invade or anything! I mean, an invasion of just one person isn't a very good invasion. And I'd probably go all undercover so you wouldn't even notice... It'd be pretty easy actually.

[She actually appears to be considering the logistics of an alien invasion before remembering herself.]

Anyways! I'm really excited to meet everyone and I hope we can be friends!

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[fastballspeciaaaaal]

Oh! That's good! It's the human stuff you gotta watch out for.

See, cause I was thinking about War of the Worlds, y'know? Like how the invading Martians like, take over the world and then at the end they all get killed by the common cold cause their immune system dunno what to do about it?

Yeah, if you're a a nice alien-- and it seems like you are! --I don't want that to happen.

[wifeonmars]

That sounds kind of scary. But I've been on Earth for years and it's fine. Must be a different kind of Martian.

I'm glad you think I'm nice!

[Never ever tell this small child about the brainwashing.

[fastballspeciaaaaal]

I can totally tell. See, cause you wanna make friends, that's always a sign of a nice person.

--Ohmykittenholy! I totally forgot to introduce myself, that's so rude! I'm Ripley, hi!

[wifeonmars]

Hi, Ripley! It's nice to meet you.

...And I guess you're right. Someone who's mean wouldn't want to make friends. Usually. [But she won't go into how tricksy people can be when they want something.]

[fastballspeciaaaaal]

Yeah, that's what I've found anyways. Usually the bad guys just wanna sulk and be alone and wear a lot of black.

Bad guys and teenagers are a lot alike.

[wifeonmars]

[That gets a laugh.]

I never really thought about it like that! I guess it's pretty true.

[fastballspeciaaaaal]

Right? That's my leading theory on why all my siblings say that high school is so awful.

[wifeonmars]

High school is fun! That might just be because I like Earth so much, though.

[fastballspeciaaaaal]

Really? You like Earth that much? I woulda thought Mars would be a lot cooler. [Was that a pun? Maybe. Who knows.]

[wifeonmars]

Mars is definitely cooler in that it's really cold. But it's mostly just red rocks and sand. There's a lot more variety here on Earth.