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[explosivecombat]

[TEXT; LOCKED TO doitrockapella]

The offer for conversation is always open, should you desire to take me up on it; I can't guarantee that I'll respond immediately, nor will it necessarily be the response you want, but I'll always respond in some way.

In the name of enlightened discourse.

Comments

[doitrockapella]

That's right. He had a set of those, as well.

There was a strange sort of beauty to them, but it was hard to appreciate it amid the worry.

[explosivecombat]

Understandably so.

Consider yourself fortunate to have been unaffected; the power that particular incident tended to cause was certainly interesting, but nowhere near worth the hassle.

[doitrockapella]

Do you know what caused it?

[explosivecombat]

I have ideas, but I can't say for sure.

Why are you asking me, of all people?

[doitrockapella]

Because I have theories but no answers, and you're the person I happen to be talking to at the moment.

It's only conversation, this time.

[explosivecombat]

...I may have answers, but I have very few specifics. I have to withhold some things due to them being classified information. I have to withhold others because I legitimately don't know.

I'll listen to your theories; if I can provide answers, then I may be willing to do so. Fair enough?

[doitrockapella]

In that case — are you aware of who caused the incident?

[explosivecombat]

I know who was responsible for the initial strains of it. I have no idea what caused it to be spread to the public like that.

[doitrockapella]

To your knowledge, does anyone know what caused it to spread?

[explosivecombat]

To my knowledge, no.

[doitrockapella]

Then would I also be correct in assuming that you don't know what made some people susceptible to it but others immune?

[explosivecombat]

You would be correct, yes.

I don't think it was supposed to spread like that, however; I wouldn't be surprised if that was an accidental effect, not a deliberate one.

[doitrockapella]

And it had something to do with the legend behind the Burned Tower in Ecruteak City, didn't it?

[explosivecombat]

I couldn't tell you. I'm not very familiar with the legends of this place; that's more my superior officer's area of interest, not mine.

[doitrockapella]

Let me clarify, then. It had something to do with Entei, Raikou, and Suicune?

[explosivecombat]

I don't know for sure. It's possible.

[doitrockapella]

I'll settle for "it's likely", if you're dodging the question on a basis of certainty.

[explosivecombat]

If that's what you would like.

I told you when we started this that I wouldn't be able to provide specifics sometimes, because I don't know. I'll amend the statement to it's possible, but I don't understand how it would be possible.

[doitrockapella]

How what would be possible?

[explosivecombat]

I don't understand how the effects of that virus would have been created in the first place. Say that it had something to do with the legend of the tower, as you're saying; that would imply that the virus was specifically created to that end, wouldn't it?

[doitrockapella]

And who would have the technological resources to do the engineering necessary, you mean?

I imagine it's a fairly short list.

[explosivecombat]

I don't know what you're talking about.

That isn't an attempt to dodge the question or its implications; the year is still 1915 where I came from, mind you. I don't know what would be necessary.

[doitrockapella]

...Indulge me a moment of blasphemy, then. People have attempted to use alchemy to create living creatures, haven't they? Animals and people?

[explosivecombat]

They have, yes, and in some cases it wasn't an "attempt."

[doitrockapella]

Someone succeeded in engineering a human being from scratch? With alchemy?