❝...to see what would happen when one who could not use the Seventh Fonon tried.❞

[clinical]

[Walking across the Plane, Jade stops in his tracks. He is completely still for a moment, and then he pulls off his left glove. He calls his spear into form in his right hand, then cuts his left palm open.]

[Black blood pools as Jade dissolves his spear back into his arm. He waits for a moment, then lifts his right hand once more. White glyphs appear, and when he calls a little water forth to wash away the blood, there is no injury. He just tried to use the Seventh Fonon to heal himself, and it worked.]

What a terrible sense of humour.

[And this is going to interrupt his work. How troublesome.]

Comments

[lamb_of_gold]

[No recent death, then]

Are there outward symptoms of it?

[clinical]

I might turn into a large, purple monster. I'm hoping to avoid that.

[lamb_of_gold]

Yes, I can see how that would be an undesirable side-effect.

[clinical]

Oh, I don't know. It could solve a couple problems around the palace. ["HI JADE I WANT TO VISIT YOU IN YOUR OFFICE WHILE YOU ARE WORKING holy shit. Okay I'll go to my meeting now, PLEASE ENJOY YOUR WORK."

Oh, if only.]

[lamb_of_gold]

It won't do much for your social life, however.

[clinical]

Yes, I'd have to be left completely on my own. It would be very distressing.

[lamb_of_gold]

Given that the alternative is public panic, I should hope you'd be kept apart.

[clinical]

The sacrifices we make for our nation.

[lamb_of_gold]

Well, then let us hope this is not one you're required to make.

[clinical]

I hope it isn't common for their experiments to have unfortunate side-effects.

[lamb_of_gold]

In my experience, that isn't the case, unless the experiment itself was negative.

[Which he knows very well.]

[clinical]

Is that so? Interesting.

[lamb_of_gold]

Mm. That's been my experience since I've been here.

[clinical]

It's unusual. Even the best scientists make mistakes in their work. And it's often the mistakes that are the most informative in their results.

[lamb_of_gold]

I sometimes doubt these are done for information.

[clinical]

Do you suspect sadism instead?

[lamb_of_gold]

Can you blame me?

[clinical]

No, but it's a serious question. It's an elaborate set-up for pure sadism, but there are enough clear flaws in its set up as experimentation that I'd put that into question as well. Which asks what the purpose of this truly is.

[lamb_of_gold]

Any theories?

[clinical]

Nothing worth making note of, but you've been here longer. Your suggestions are welcome.

[lamb_of_gold]

Perhaps seeking another way to give energy to the machine. Or, perhaps, simple amusement.

[clinical]

Would you consider compiling what you know about the hosts we've had into some record we can all reference?

[lamb_of_gold]

I'll see what I can recall about them, yes.

[clinical]

Thank you, Mu.