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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

[explosivecombat]

In theory, that's fair - however, were it really that simple, you can't tell me that we wouldn't have people with such alterations running around already. That sounds like the sort of thing human nature wouldn't allow to be left alone - someone would be creating abominations left, right and center.

[doitrockapella]

That's precisely what has me wondering about where that mysterious illness of last year came from.

I think you put it exactly right — someone wasn't able to leave it alone, and ended up with an abomination because of it.

[explosivecombat]

[...]

The initial strain of it was given to volunteers. It was intended to remain among that group of volunteers; it wasn't seen as an illness at the time, either. The unfortunate side effects came later.

[doitrockapella]

You volunteered for it, didn't you.

[explosivecombat]

I was also one of the first to experiment with testing its boundaries.

You remember what happened on the fourth of this month, last year.

[doitrockapella]

You were one of the ones upon whom I founded my theory in the first place. Are you flattered?

[explosivecombat]

Very.

For what it's worth, I wouldn't do it a second time, if offered the chance.

[doitrockapella]

Do you know how it got out to the population at large?

[explosivecombat]

I wasn't being misleading when I told you that I have no idea how that happened; only that it wasn't supposed to.

[doitrockapella]

That rules out some unpleasant possibilities, at least.

I'm assuming there was no "cure" subsequently developed after it got out of hand? Whatever it was, it resolved itself on its own?

[explosivecombat]

That's right, yes...or, if there was any sort of cure, then I wasn't made aware of it. Given how many volunteers there were, I'd think that they would have at least received an offer, if something like that was available; as it stood, I didn't hear anything about it - we were more or less expected to just deal with it.

[doitrockapella]

The aftereffects on my SO lingered for months. "Just deal with it" as a solution doesn't particularly endear me to your...event coordinators.

Not that I was ever particularly enamored with them in the first place.

[explosivecombat]

Believe me, I didn't find that to be acceptable either, nor am I fond of those particular individuals myself.

[doitrockapella]

If they didn't take care of you, I hope your superior did, at least.

[explosivecombat]

He did, actually; he's good to me like that.

[doitrockapella]

I'd be disappointed if he weren't. It's a shame to see a good sword go to rust for lack of care.

[explosivecombat]

Indeed, though he claims that isn't even a part of the equation. He gets rather annoyed with the entire "weapon" business, actually.

[doitrockapella]

In other words, he's fond of you, and you find it irritating in its needless sentimentality.

[explosivecombat]

...Something along those lines. It's more complicated than that, but that's accurate enough.

[doitrockapella]

I'm not looking for particulars. Just being a bit sentimental, myself.

[explosivecombat]

I don't think I could give you particulars even if you asked - he's a bit of a peculiar one like that.

Whether I understand him or not, however, is really neither here nor there; at risk of joining all of you in being sentimental, he's rather important to me either way.

[doitrockapella]

Some would find it unfair, you know, for someone as terrible as you to be so lucky.

[explosivecombat]

Well, yes, but this goes back to something that was said earlier - if the universe sees fit to give me such things, then I'm not about to question its poor judgement.

[doitrockapella]

And what do you suppose the universe was thinking when it gave you me?

[explosivecombat]

I don't know about the universe, but I'd like to think this is the sort of arrangement that Truth would approve of, in some way.

After all, we do have the power to change the world.