Gaia Gang Running Jokes

Gaia Gang Running Jokes

I made a joke about Beta liking Old World memes the other day, and that got me thinking about the Gaia Gang/A-Team and what running/inside jokes they might have. Not sure if these are any good?

Also please feel free to add your own :D

*pointing at a poisonous plant* "Hey Zo, can I eat this?"

Whenever Aloy isn't around, everyone else brainstorms ideas for new titles/nicknames they can call her. The important part is that they never directly reveal the fact that they made them up, leaving Aloy to wonder if she's going to get bombarded with new nicknames next time she stops by a settlement. (On at least one occasion, Kotallo went out of his way to include Hekkaro in on the joke, much to Aloy's utter bafflement)

*holding up random Old World trinkets* "You see, this here is a Gigglegripper 3000, which the Old Ones used to trim nose hairs-" "Actually that's the JumbleHopper 4000, a tool for determining whether or not it's raining." "You're thinking of the WetWorks WhipperSnapper Dry XL LUXE edition, this is-" and so forth. Becomes way more prominent if Sylens or Tilda are around.

Constant half-joking debates about whether Aloy is Sobeck's daughter or Gaia's daughter, and if Gaia is technically Sobeck's daughter. Usually gets complicated further by someone asking if Current Gaia counts as the same person as Gaia Prime, and then someone suggesting that Current Gaia is actually Aloy's daughter (because Aloy did restore her, after all). Although things could be even further complicated (to a humorous degree) by the idea that Aloy is Sobeck (renewed/extended/reborn/reincarnated, whatever you want to call it), everyone knows that Aloy wouldn't be comfortable with the notion, so they exclude that from their joking.

"So Aloy is Sobeck's daughter, and Gaia Prime is Sobeck's daughter, but Current Gaia is Aloy's daughter?" "No no no, Aloy is Gaia Prime's daughter, Gaia Prime is Sobeck's daughter, so Aloy is Sobeck's granddaughter. Current Gaia both is and is not the same as Gaia Prime, and is Aloy's daughter. Therefore, Aloy's daughter is also her mother, and her sister is genetically her grandmother :)" (cue Aloy looking incredibly exasperated in the background)

*Aloy is about to leave the base* "Hey, wait, you almost forgot the most important tool of all!" *hands her a fucking rock*

Jokingly blaming Ted Faro for literally anything going wrong. Accidentally spilled your food? Ugh, way to go, Ted. The machine you killed doesn't have that part you needed? *sarcastic* Thanks, Ted! It takes a while for Alva to adjust, but after she joins the team it becomes one of her favorite jokes, though she also suggests occasionally swapping out "Ted" with "Ceo".

Sometimes folks will use "we/ours/us" in cases where "I/my/me" would be more appropriate, mainly in an attempt to remind Aloy that she's not alone. However, over time it evolved and now she uses it to her advantage. "Aloy... we need to talk about your hoarding problem. There are literally over a thousand medicinal berries in your stash!" "Don't you mean our hoarding problem?"

*handing something very light to Kotallo or Erend* "can you hold this" or "this is heavy, please carry it for me" or one of those followed by several seconds of silence prior to the realization that the prankster has, in fact, initialized hand holding

At one point Alva makes an offhand comment about the Old World concept of an "Evil Clone" (specifying that it was a common trope in Old World media), and there's a brief, uncomfortable moment before everyone immediately agrees that neither Aloy nor Beta are anything close to an evil clone. Eventually it becomes a running joke to point at masked/concealed enemies (and sometimes ones whose faces are clearly visible) and ask if they're an evil clone of Aloy