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[cachemoney]

[Fiona is a little out of breath, like she just hustled very quickly away from somewhere. Which she did, but that's neither here nor there. The background behind her is some innocuous wood panelling; she's in a house.]

Okay. So. Crunch time. Things are getting nuts out there, if you didn't notice. We are gonna wind up super screwed if we don't hop to figuring out what the hell to do.

[She holds up a vial. It has some alien writing on it, as well as a familiar symbol on the label.]

We found this inside the hospital. A shit-ton of them, actually. So who wants to find out what Zymandis asshole is responsible for this mess and beat an antidote out of them?



[ ooc. PS, maya, hanzo, and mccree might show up in your threads. feel free to threadjack as well! ]

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[feytality]

[He could be possessing someone!!]

M-More or less.... so... you're a.... zombie!

B-But a real one!

[man that must be so awkward with these Bristol imitators.... they're like bad cosplayers]

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[feytality]

Gee... Slaqhive...?

[what is that username, Dipper...]

So Percy really is our guy, huh... Have you been snooping around the hospital?

[dbag]

[ Hugging each other into submission seems like a weird thing to talk about in public. IT SOUNDS WEIRD, they don't need to talk about their yaoi in public like SOME PPL ON THIS POST. Also, he doesn't really want to publicize the fact that he might start trying to eat people. Just in case. ]

Haha, yeah, but. Why would we need to do that. Neither of us are having any problems whatsoever. So it's fine.

[ex_adept136]

It's a possibility. We don't know their motives for using such a slow-acting method compared to last time.

[And it's that variance that concerns him most]

The operatives we met last time were Taraxa. They're a species of worm-like creatures who inhabit a host body and overtake their functions. While we were able to save some of the people they were controlling, those that recovered lost their memory.

[selfimage]

[ whoosh.

sounding a little sour. ]

I'll have to do without a demonstration.

[selfimage]

[ why him ]

He'd also have to wield a sword and make some stabby in a mortal court of law. Something tells me that sounds like the things humans fuss about.

[ don't play the ignorant god card, Loki. ]

[apoptotic]

It's been done before. [ and with that cryptic statement out of the way, ] We're dealing with a group whose purpose is to destroy entire timelines. What would it matter to them if one or two are sacrificed for purposes of the mission?

[cachemoney]

[To be fair, Rhys is basically a chick, so. Keep the dream alive, Sigma.]

Right. [She rolls her eyes up in thought.] Short of spitting in each other's faces and then waiting for three weeks... maybe they can test it medically. Somehow.

[Without putting the sick in danger of a mandatory quarantine.]

[selfimage]

Good help is hard to find.

I'll not question Zymandis' willful determination, but I wouldn't put all my coin on it, either.

[apoptotic]

In theory, yes. I assume that's one line of research. [ time for one of the brainiacs™ to jump in here and give their spiel.

anakin does not know how many of his friends have been infected. did he know, his answer would be very different. as it is — ]

I'm not saying we should give up on a search for a cure. But we need to consider our options. Especially now that we know Zymandis is responsible.

[apoptotic]

Does that mean you're up for another break-in?

[apoptotic]

[ anakin doesn't answer how many would be against it. he does not need to; they've made their opinion known often and loudly as has the contingent that would rather eliminate the problem regardless of the method.

if one of the infected attacks and cannot be subdued, anakin won't hesitate to shoot it. but that doesn't mean the idea of sweeping the town for them in order to kill them sits well with him. they're sick, not wrong or evil. ]

Indiscriminate slaughter isn't an option, [ he offers instead. ] Otherwise we're no better. I don't want to make any assumptions, not without going back to check. Maybe I can find something else.

[selfimage]

As if B&E isn't my middle name.

[strictdiscipline]

Not in the least.

[Her smile's quick to fade though.] But if you did want to go, I'm serious about going with you. We might not be able to find the good [read: terrible] doctor but we might be able to find other clues.

[strictdiscipline]

Is that so? What sorts of investigations have you done before?

[It's a semi-serious questions; she's not the type to judge before she gets a full story.]

[apoptotic]

[ not one for empty platitudes, anakin shakes his head, addressing only her question. ]

If you mean how the infection started, I doubt it. It'd be difficult — and raise too many questions — when the hospital is a perfect cover.

[strictdiscipline]

That would have been quite compromising. [Though—] Were you masquerading as anyone? A patient, or a nurse?

[pummelling]

That's really not the same thing, Maya.

[pummelling]

I'm 80% sure we've still got them. [Also, he kind of counts if you consider when he saved the world with #thesquad that one time.]

I get it, but... it's kinda silly when there's less than a hundred people on this team, don't you think?

[apoptotic]

So when we first set foot here, we'd already walked into a trap.

[ and, strangely, despite the direness of the situation, anakin smiles faintly. ]

Next move is obvious: spring the trap.

[ preferably while that's still a choice under their control. ]

[selfimage]

You work on something from your end, and hopefully they'll end up fitting together neatly. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Eggs in a few baskets. We need to side-step the zombie apocalypse, after all.

...

No movie really ends like that, does it?

[apoptotic]

[ despite the seriousness of the situation, the corners of anakin's mouth tilt up. loki recovered well — by someone's magic, he's sure.

more importantly, though, his friend still sounds like himself. ]

Avoid gluing the desk to the ceiling this time. We're trying not to get caught.

[secondnature]

We can't rule it out just because you want to kill someone before we get answers. That's my point.

[pummelling]

Well, I can't argue with that. Either way-- it's high time for us to become more than just a thorn in their side.

[selfimage]

Please.

[ Loki may always be hit heavily by his emotions, he may strain to hold on to his own bitterness, and there could be something in him akin to holding on for vengeance, but he's adaptable, and he bounces back.

always. ]

Who's trying not to get caught? When there's an elephant in the room, it's usually you.