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The problems with hominid physiology

May 25, 2010 18:07

WHO: Gates (socialistinsect) and Jill (deeplyunnormal)
WHERE: Somewhere not that far from Stark Tower and the 'Porter labs.
WHEN: Earlier this afternoon.
WARNINGS: Not as far as I know.
SUMMARY: Gates arrives. He is not pleased. Or upright.
FORMAT: Prose to start with.

( Where did these vertebrae come from? )

† jill and jack | cycler, † ti'julk mr'asz | gates

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deeplyunnormal May 25 2010, 22:36:24 UTC

Living in the MAC meant that Jill lived relatively close to Stark Tower and it wasn't that odd for her to be wandering around there after lunch because she often went home during lunch. Being at the Institute with a bunch of normal folk and some people who always had powers was a little awkward - especially since Jill hadn't explained to her classmates why she disappeared. She'd be graduating in a month, it wasn't that big of a deal and she didn't need people freaking out on her.

Anyway, Jill was used to some weird things. The guy flailing and falling through green discs wasn't the weirdest thing she had seen, but it was pretty out there and something was obviously wrong so when he finally stopped and just clung to a lamp post Jill hurried over, ignoring Jack's comments about rapists and pod people.

"Hey," Jill said softly, "you okay? It looked like you were having some trouble."

socialistinsect May 25 2010, 22:44:01 UTC

"Oh, yes, I must be okay," Gates said peevishly, still clutching the lamp post. "I can now match the physical expectations of a conformist society! How could I be anything but okay? No, surely I am wonderful."

He turned the most pitiful expression on Jill, his eyes still wide. "How did this happen? I wish I'd never been hatched!"

deeplyunnormal May 25 2010, 22:58:41 UTC

I told you he was probably crazy.
Be quiet, you deeply freaked out when we were Ported in.

Jill had gotten better at bitching out Jack without actually being distracted from the situation at hand so while she chided Jack, she also listened to the guy in front of her and blinked when he finished. Hatched. The only thing Jill could think of that hatched were chickens and dinosaurs but she was pretty sure he wasn't a chicken somehow so that left her with dinosaur.

"Hatched? Were you a dinosaur or something before being Ported in?"

socialistinsect May 25 2010, 23:15:02 UTC

"Typical humanoid 'tunnel vision,' as they call it," Gates scoffed. "Of course you'd assume I was always a vertebrate. As a matter of fact I belong to an insectoid race from the planet Vyrga--and I won't be forced to abandon my heritage just because I've had my body replaced against my will!"

Here he hesitated, as his observations started to catch up with his righteous wrath. "This is Earth, isn't it? It certainly looks the part. But it's awfully primitive...it would figure! I must be back in the twentieth century again, and just after I escaped it, too."

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