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FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Because it doesn't work that way for people like me.
Because it doesn't work that way for people like me.
[ Uh huh. . . ]
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
This isn't a euphemism thing, right.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
This isn't a euphemism thing, right.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Please. It would excite me. Go ahead.
Please. It would excite me. Go ahead.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Still up for the offer?
Still up for the offer?
[ Oh, huh. ]
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
I wish I did.
And what's the second thing for? You in trouble? Do you need to kill someone?
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
I wish I did.
And what's the second thing for? You in trouble? Do you need to kill someone?
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
It's like trying on clothes that don't fit, or a body you're not used to.
It's like trying on clothes that don't fit, or a body you're not used to.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
It's neither.
Growing into things doesn't make them right.
It's neither.
Growing into things doesn't make them right.
[ gross ]
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Yeah? How's that.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Yeah? How's that.
FROM: benjamin.jonathan@cdc.org
Weird. Ok.
No. If I needed to kill someone I'd do it myself, thanks.
[ which is a little bit the problem and a little bit not. jack's pretty sure, as long as he has time to plan on something and research it, he'd be able to find a way to take out most people, one way or another. but this place rarely ever allows for either, and if someone like barnes or deadpool woke up deciding they'd like to break his face against the side of a rover, well, not a whole lot he could do aside from try to talk his way out of it or run. or go hide behind dagger, if he really wants to be pathetic about it. ]
FROM: benjamin.jonathan@cdc.org
I need something to cover the disadvantages of being a normal, weak, fragile human. And I don't want to sit at the position of cannon fodder for the rest of this contract. [ because lbr, that's what recruits are. ] I didn't come this far to die in something stupid like a sudden rock fall, or bear mauling.
Weird. Ok.
No. If I needed to kill someone I'd do it myself, thanks.
[ which is a little bit the problem and a little bit not. jack's pretty sure, as long as he has time to plan on something and research it, he'd be able to find a way to take out most people, one way or another. but this place rarely ever allows for either, and if someone like barnes or deadpool woke up deciding they'd like to break his face against the side of a rover, well, not a whole lot he could do aside from try to talk his way out of it or run. or go hide behind dagger, if he really wants to be pathetic about it. ]
FROM: benjamin.jonathan@cdc.org
I need something to cover the disadvantages of being a normal, weak, fragile human. And I don't want to sit at the position of cannon fodder for the rest of this contract. [ because lbr, that's what recruits are. ] I didn't come this far to die in something stupid like a sudden rock fall, or bear mauling.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
I can respect that.
So obviously the human part of "normal, weak, fragile human" isn't gonna go away. Just fix the rest of that phrase, then. Problem solved.
I can respect that.
So obviously the human part of "normal, weak, fragile human" isn't gonna go away. Just fix the rest of that phrase, then. Problem solved.
[ The trouble is over! Do not fret, favorite. . . ]
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
We're getting your shoes.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
We're getting your shoes.
Edited 2014-11-27 19:36 (UTC)
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Getting to know people is only useful if you're going to use what you know against them.
Otherwise it's just a liability.
Getting to know people is only useful if you're going to use what you know against them.
Otherwise it's just a liability.
FROM: benjamin.jonathan@cdc.org
There's a lot of ways to do that, if we can ask for whatever power we want. I've seen people come in with telepathy, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, Rogers' super soldier crap, your whole icecube thing. What kind of thing ends up being more valuable, for the CDC?
There's a lot of ways to do that, if we can ask for whatever power we want. I've seen people come in with telepathy, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, Rogers' super soldier crap, your whole icecube thing. What kind of thing ends up being more valuable, for the CDC?
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Dedication.
But that's not something you can ask for, I'm pretty sure. You can ask for anything in the whole universe but they won't change who you are, and if you're a complete failure, you have to work that out on your own.
Gliese was already terrifying when she came in, and that was when she could still be killed pretty easy. Powers are pointless if you don't have the guts to use them when you have to.
Dedication.
But that's not something you can ask for, I'm pretty sure. You can ask for anything in the whole universe but they won't change who you are, and if you're a complete failure, you have to work that out on your own.
Gliese was already terrifying when she came in, and that was when she could still be killed pretty easy. Powers are pointless if you don't have the guts to use them when you have to.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
There isn't a middle ground?
There isn't a middle ground?
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