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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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[apoptotic]

Yeah, there's a few. None of them's called that.

[ stop shoving your earth-centrism everywhere, man. you ought to know better. :| ]

[moneyman]

Ahh, good point. [ he lowers his voice to a loud whisper. ] My bad. I mean, why wouldn't they be jealous, right?

[moneyman]

I... cannot imagine that shit, no. [ thanks for the mental image, though, bruh. ] But yes, agreed. I mean, herpes is for life, so I would assume zombie herpes is also for life. Totally not worth it.

[ why the fuck is he having this conversation. ]

[12inches]

[ what did you think this journal was just for show?? ]

[ Okay maybe they're all flying by the seat of their pants here but... Doesn't that mean they should all be joking around a little more? Lighten things up!! ... Neither of them are remotely light about this are they, she's talking a lot again. ]

Okay, okay, just— Enough about the pain, I can take it...

[ He settles on the left leg, as if it would make a difference which he favored if one of them did freakishly go numb. Shifting the meeting edges of the blanket accordingly, he sits again, letting his leg stick out as unfortunately far as it needs to. ]

Alright, I'm decent.

[ Kind of... With the blanket tucked firmly in place, he folds his arms, expression the picture of stoic. Just get it over with. ]

[selfimage]

Name one.

[ hey, it's not like elephants are a thing in Asgard. ]

[assent]

[ LALALALALA COVERS EARS ]

[ It's hard to lighten up when you're two weeks on your own countdown to madness and that's something you've already had to live through, okay??? She does give him an apologetic smile though as she turns after he announces he's ready.

She definitely avoids looking at him for a moment though, picking up the tourniquet instead so she can focus on his leg and only his leg. It takes some wiggling to get it underneath and tied in place, but once it is the real hard part kicks in.

In one hand she holds onto the syringe with the first vial in place, the other lightly presses in one or two spots on his leg to try and find the best place to do it. ]

How long have you been here?

[ She starts up idle conversation while doing that, then gently presses in the needle.

Despite all that talk from before though, unless he's tensing up he won't actually feel much at all. smh. ]

[apoptotic]

[ for force's sake, loki. ]

The biodiversity class can wait.

[figureitout]

... shit, right. The mayor, I'd nearly forgotten about him. [ there's no masking the slight disappointment in his tone, a disappointment in himself. ]

I'll investigate him. I've been working with the police until now, there's gotta be something we can do. Pull some strings.

[figureitout]

Yeah. I found some shirts in the sewers, all the same size. Men's shirts.

[ and while there's a chance they could be someone else's... it's a slim chance. all signs point to Dr. Percy. ]'

I've still got them, if you think you could use them for tracking him.

[selfimage]

Fine, fine.

[ but he doesn't have to sound happy about it. ]

[predomination]

Just remember- he knows about who we really are, so that's an excuse to be forward if you question him to his face, but cautious if you go behind his back.

[steler]

Sounds like you've been having some fun conversations.

[lord knows he knows all about it]

[ex_adept136]

It's definitely a possibility. At the least, Giovanni or I should be able to know if he was nearby.

[He doesn't even know just how sharp the other man's nose is, but he's quite sure they're at least comparable in that department]

I couldn't make any promises, but it might help us identify him if he's hanging around.

[cachemoney]

It sounds like they have more manpower than us, so... my guess would be a lot.

[respired]

[ ... well. That's fine, then. Because it's true: he can't help what he is. ]

What do you mean? What can you do?

[ His tone is less harsh than before. More simply inquisitive. ]

[respired]

[ Koltira's been immersed in modern slang for long enough that he knows a few colloquialisms--or at least, he's able to patch together meaning out of context clues.

He grits his teeth. ]

I can take no such pill.

[ A beat, and then he adds, before Asher can rush to correct him -- ]

And I know you do not mean actual medicine. But the fact remains.

[figureitout]

Exactly. I wouldn't be surprised if they just left and let the virus do the rest of the work.

[ he sighs. ] Probably not... but that's pretty much our one lifeline. To hope that they've realized we're here and want to stick around to be sure we don't pull off the cure.

[figureitout]

Yeah... don't worry, man, you know "cautious" is like my middle name.

[ OR SOMETHING ]

[figureitout]

Then... it's worth a try. Even if you can't promise anything, just the chance that it'll do something's better than nothing.

[ they have to take all the chances they can, right now. ]

[cachemoney]

Yeah, I got it. But people are sick, we don't exactly need an "I told you so" lecture.

[cachemoney]

Uh, I'm not in the hospital right now. I got the hell out of there as soon as I could. If you want to go back and look around for boxes or... "packing straw"... feel free.

[flashbanging]

Naw. Reckon I've just been lucky, though.

[ He thumbs the brim of his hat, 'hem'ing thoughtfully. ]

Was just wonderin' if it might be different for you.

[secondnature]

Honestly, we have to be more worried that they'll lash out. But they haven't done anything to make this spread beyond this town, so ...

That's something. [Back home (read: in a cartoon universe), whenever threatened, the bad guys usually lash out in a crazy way.]

[flashbanging]

[ Rub, rub ... ]

I didn't have a soul outside of myself for a real long time. Then I got a family, or something like it, for a little while. It wasn't easy comin' to think of'em that way, and it sure made things harder when I had to skip out. But I don't regret it. Folks will surprise you, if you put the time in.

[ He grins as he leans forward, over her shoulder. ]

Sometimes for the better. Sometimes not. Still worth it.

[predomination]

Oh nothing I can't handle. I'm resilient. [yes because it's definitely his feelings that Kaz is worried about.]