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[rocket_man26]

[The camera blinks on focusing on the background where the pilot is standing at a window. Pulling open the tattered old drapes he lets the light spill in, revealing a sleeping figure in the foreground.]

Morn'n starshine! Up an at'em, sure you wanna get a looksy at that floorspace, tell me if it'll do for your crazy R and D's an--

Huh.

[Turning around he scratches his temple under his goggles before striding over to the figure. The scream focuses and reveals the clear profile of Professor Lucrecia lost in a deep sleep.]

Still dose'n eh?

[Despite finding her in the street during all the chaos he took her plight lightly just as a way to psyche himself out and not lose his cool. Taking off his glove with a pull of his teeth, he touches two fingers to her neck.]

Pulse is still stable but I'm no doc.

[Glancing up at the blinking screen his concerned demeanor snaps into one of that familiar steadfast urgency.]

Yo Vin, if you're out there an' not flip'n your shit, you best get over here, 510L, otherwise I'm take'n her over to the clinic. Sounds like everyone's taken their chill-pills 'bout now.

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[rocket-man26.livejournal.com]

An' that's what I'm gonna treat it as. Tolerate it, maybe. Accept it as my new reality, hell no.

Story's pretty complicated from how I heard it an' even saw it. After Meteorfall those at ground-zero, where the Lifestream conjured most and came in direct contact with it, got caught with a disease call the Planet Scar Syndrome syndrome--Geo-stig-ma.

Somethin' 'bout, Jenova still infesting the Lifestream.. an' well, that disease was actually her cells attack'n the host that felt the brunt of the Lifestream.

Anywho, kids were a main target'a this 'cause their immune systems just can't fight it. Whatever was in those kids, that maggot and his two stooges wanted. Took a good girl an' boy Marlene an' Denzel an use'd 'em for whatever sick ritual. Honestly the details are @#$%'n botched on me. The maggot summoned some lame bug version'a Bahamut, shit went down in Edge city, we were called in to kick ass, an' Cloud went to have a man-to-man throw-down with'a "you", I think.

All'uva sudden it starts rain'n and BAM, disease is finito. Tifa tells me it was Aerith all'along, but if that's the case, girl sure did take her sweet-ass time cure'n everyone--@#$$%^%don'ttellherIsaidthat.

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[withoutawing.livejournal.com]

That sounds entirely too complex of a plan considering the creature's goals. I would think that a tactical strike would work better then long term diseases. As for getting rid of a disease, the best way would be to first get rid of the largest cell cluster and then treat the rest with its killer. That was probably why it took so long.

I can understand your mistrust given what I am hearing, but I shall warn you not to get him riled up - I do not enjoy stabbing other pieces of myself even if they do deserve it.

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[rocket-man26.livejournal.com]

Huh, explain'n it that way makes a whole helluva lot more sense.

Shit seem'sa bit too late for that, but I'll lay off for now, not look'n for a throw-down myself, specially when I wanna keep some peace-a-mind for Lu's sake.

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[withoutawing.livejournal.com]

Blame the explanation on countless hours in a lab.

Thank you. I know it must be hard but I doubt she would like us to be fighting while she is recovering.

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[rocket-man26.livejournal.com]

I'll take your word for it, I was more out an' about in lab maintenance for a spell. Damn whitecoats blew shit up faster than I could fix it.

Uh yeah, no prob'.

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[withoutawing.livejournal.com]

I was probably the cause for some malfunctioning machines. I did have some fun using gum and other substances to slow the equipment down.

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[rocket-man26.livejournal.com]

Oh pfft THANKS PAL, just LOVED hear'n them nasaly bastards gripe on 'bout how it was my bad handywork that kept the lifts overheating an' shutting down due to a jam in the @#%&'n fan. Ksh, all them extra malfunctions did pay a pretty gil, so I'll let ya off the hook.

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[withoutawing.livejournal.com]

I would have thought that they would have noticed that I found the whole thing rather funny and that there was some pink substance in the pipes on number occasions.

[Locked] Oh he's laughing now, but back /then/ OH LORD

[rocket-man26.livejournal.com]

Yeah that was just nasty and a waste'a perfectly good gum, try a buildup of silica next time an' that'll really clog-em for weeks. Here I thought those assholes were jes' @#$%'n with me after they'd offer me a stick in exchange for my cigs cause of that damn no-smoking policy, only to find that pink crap everywhere.

[Locked] Seph was a little demon back then XD

[withoutawing.livejournal.com]

Hojo had tried switching the gum for suckers, but I think he reconsidered after someone started leaving the candy in his test tubes. What it did to the mako was just unsightly and he had to have a nap when one of the animals gotten into a whole bag of them and was on a sugar rush for about ten hours.

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[rocket-man26.livejournal.com]

PFFFTAHAHAA! Now what I wouldnt'a gave to see that mess! Never imagined ya'd be such a lil' instigator.

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[withoutawing.livejournal.com]

I was a bored, hyperactive boy stuck in a big lab with a group of scientists who would rather talk about their work then entertain me. I had to make what I could with what I had.

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[rocket-man26.livejournal.com]

Sound like a real grade-A hellion. Had t'grow up entertain'n myself as a kid, what with live'n in the no-where boonies. Favorite passtime was jump'n off the roof. Went to see how many times I could skirt break'n my legs before Pop threatened to saw 'em off.

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[withoutawing.livejournal.com]

I tried that a couple times, but then I grew bored with it. It seems I had a knack for landing on my feet early on in my childhood.