Red vs Blue and its characters are the creation of the crew at Rooster Teeth. It is itself inspired by Halo, owned by Bungie and Microsoft.
Spoilers through RvB13-9, "You Better Watch Out."
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"Why should we avoid activating the Temple of Procreation?" said the AI. "My scans indicate that you do not have sufficient numbers for the coming battles."
"For one," chirped Dr. Grey, "our species is so naturally fecund that most of us employ artificial contraceptive measures as a matter of course. Also, it sounds as though you've grossly underestimated the time and resource expenditure required to produce a human infant, let alone a grownup. Even if more children than usual were conceived your sexual frenzy, many would likely perish before growing enough to become helpful. Finally, sexual activity has profound implications within many of our entrenched cultural institutions. It is likely that activating the temple would simply disrupt our social order while offering little to no benefit within the desired time frame."
"Man, I love exploring these places. All the ladies say my body's a temple. Bow-chica-bow-wow!"
"That reminds me of working on the farm as a kid," said Donut. "I know some people look down on manual labor, but I'm actually igreat/i at hand jobs!"
"Also, those two don't need more encouragement."
"Understood."
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Originally posted as Darkfrog24 under the title "The Desired Effect." Please note that this and the subsequent chapter, "What Else" are posted out of order. I felt this chapter would be less funny if read immediately after the other.
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