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cancry2022-05-25 08:14 pm
mementomoritz) wrote in cancry2022-05-25 08:14 pm
Experiment Log 04: Symbiosis
[So, anyone who's been in Medic's lab recently may have noticed some... changes. A tank full of increasing large marimos, for one thing. Another, substantially larger tank in the back covered by a sheet, for another.]
[Also, she's been transporting a bizarrely large amount of food there, none of which seems to be the kind of thing she usually eats. The need to donate food to Gula put that on pause for a bit, but it ramped back up as soon as the layer's troubles were under control.]
[When she sends out a mass video call to her fellow Executors, the giant tank at the back is uncovered. And open. And empty.]
Good news! [Medic herself pops into view, smiling cheerfully and waving at the camera. She looks more or less the same as ever, but she's wearing what appears to be some kind of thick black glove that covers her entire arm, up onto the shoulder.] I made a new friend!
[She lifts up her gloved arm, and all at once the seamless back material surges off of her, forming into a roughly spherical shape that puddles comfortably on the table in front of the camera.]
I wasn't sure if it would be possible to create new life in a place that fundamentally contains no living beings, but it worked!
Meet my new bioengineered mycological organism. I named it Mantle! Say hello to everybody, Mantle- [She pats the top of the blob on the featureless lack of a head. It makes a happy-sounding "blup" noise.]
[Medic makes another gesture and Mantle obligingly slides back onto her arm, settling down until it could be mistaken for simple, unliving armor.]
[Until she flexes her hand and her armored fingertips abruptly sharpen into claws.]
I'm really happy with their stability and responsiveness, and they're ready for field testing now! I think it could be super useful in combat.
If anyone wants to drop by and help me test them, feel free to contribute to science!
[Yes, fellow Executors, you're seeing this right: your team's mad scientist has created a discount Venom suit.]
[This is your fault for leaving her unsupervised.]
[Also, she's been transporting a bizarrely large amount of food there, none of which seems to be the kind of thing she usually eats. The need to donate food to Gula put that on pause for a bit, but it ramped back up as soon as the layer's troubles were under control.]
[When she sends out a mass video call to her fellow Executors, the giant tank at the back is uncovered. And open. And empty.]
Good news! [Medic herself pops into view, smiling cheerfully and waving at the camera. She looks more or less the same as ever, but she's wearing what appears to be some kind of thick black glove that covers her entire arm, up onto the shoulder.] I made a new friend!
[She lifts up her gloved arm, and all at once the seamless back material surges off of her, forming into a roughly spherical shape that puddles comfortably on the table in front of the camera.]
I wasn't sure if it would be possible to create new life in a place that fundamentally contains no living beings, but it worked!
Meet my new bioengineered mycological organism. I named it Mantle! Say hello to everybody, Mantle- [She pats the top of the blob on the featureless lack of a head. It makes a happy-sounding "blup" noise.]
[Medic makes another gesture and Mantle obligingly slides back onto her arm, settling down until it could be mistaken for simple, unliving armor.]
[Until she flexes her hand and her armored fingertips abruptly sharpen into claws.]
I'm really happy with their stability and responsiveness, and they're ready for field testing now! I think it could be super useful in combat.
If anyone wants to drop by and help me test them, feel free to contribute to science!
[Yes, fellow Executors, you're seeing this right: your team's mad scientist has created a discount Venom suit.]
[This is your fault for leaving her unsupervised.]
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[ A pause. ]
It's not going to grow a second head, right?
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[It doesn't really have... any body parts, it looks like? It's all just blob.]
I did use some tissue samples from Achilles to make it, though. [HE LET HER WALK OFF WITH AN ENTIRE SEVERED WING. It was like mad science Christmas.] It's where I got the idea for something that could change shape!
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[ yall get in enough trouble as it is without a weird mould dog in the mix ]
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[Rei's a friend, her creepy lab is always open to her.]
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[ she says, with her her entire knowledge of science coming from like. books from invidia she's read and also, medic herself. ]
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At least in my lab, right now. I don't have the equipment to work on anything more volatile here, anyway!
[That's probably for the best.]