DT1 - The Monster Mash

by **Archaea** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:20 am

Archaea is walking through the garden with a small insect cage in one hand. She keeps her eyes peeled and her ears open as she walks through the grass, mainly looking for grasshoppers because they're easiest to find due to announcing their presence more or less constantly. It doesn't take her long and she has a couple collected in her cage. She lifts it up and stares at the with a sigh that falls somewhere between grim and determined.

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by **Archaea** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:12 pm

She walks over to one of the benches and carefully takes off one of her gloves. She reaches into the cage and grabs one of the grasshoppers. Immediately she can feel her power surge out from her and into the insect. Biological structures and tissues flicker through her mind despite her best attempts to shut them out and reign in her power. Beads of sweat appear on her brow as she feels the grasshopper twitch against her palm as it's biological makeup deteriorates. Legs sprout from the creature all over, pushing out between Archaea's fingers before she throws the thing away in disgust. It twitches on the ground in front of her, easily three or four times it's original size with dozens of legs in varying stages of development twitching helplessly. She stands up and stomps down on the creature, grinding it underneath her heel until she's certain it's dead.

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:28 pm

"Well, that's a bit of a waste," Rob says as he approaches. "It looked interesting."

by **Archaea** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:44 pm

"It looked messed up." she says, quickly half-turning towards the bench to pick up her glove and pull it on.

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:49 pm

"That's just another word for 'interesting'," Rob says.

by **Archaea** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:53 pm

"And it means I failed. Again."

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:06 pm

"Failed at what?" Rob asks.

by **Archaea** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:08 pm

"At not making things grow a non-sense jumble of tissues and limbs."

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:12 pm

"Well, there's part of the problem right there," Rob says. "Not doing things is hard. You should focus on doing things. That's much easier."

by **Archaea** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:14 pm

"Too easy. You saw the thing."

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:39 pm

"I'm just saying if you're having so much trouble stopping yourself, maybe you should try going in the other direction," Rob says.

by **Archaea** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:42 pm

"That seems like it'd only make things worse."

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:52 am

"Yes! Exactly!" Rob says. "Aren't you curious to see what can happen? How far things can go?"

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:04 am

"Does it really matter if it has ten legs or twenty?"

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:07 am

"I don't know," Rob says. "It could. Who knows?"

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:10 am

"Besides, I don't have any control over it and the first step is to stop turning everything I touch into that." she says, pointing at the remains of the mutated grasshopper.

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:16 am

Rob shrugs, "I'm sure you know better than me. They're your powers."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:22 am

"It's what I'm being told. They say I could be an incredible healer if I learn how to control it. Personally I'm wondering if that's just wishful thinking on their part."

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:23 am

"Screw them. What do they know?" Rob asks. "You should figure out what you want to do."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:40 am

"What I want is to not have to deal with this in the first place."

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:02 am

"I'd offer to help but my time machine is still in development," Rob says.

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:44 pm

"Very funny." she says, unaware of the fact that he might not even be joking. "We're stuck with the shit that's thrown at us, that's just life. Just gotta learn how to deal..."

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:27 pm

"I don't subscribe to that philosophy," Rob says. "You got to take life by the throat. Really wrap your hands around it's neck and choke it, shouting 'how's this for fair, huh? You think this is fair, Life?' Really just torture the shit out life and run weird experiments on its body. Make a life-slash-death monstrosity and laugh in the face of all the fools who thought they were better than you as you lead your army into the heart of Washington!"

Rob pauses, "...Metaphorically speaking."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:29 pm

"An army of too-many-legged grasshoppers." she tries to glumly retort, but she can't help but crack a faint smile.

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:31 pm

"They'll make a fearfu army," Rob says. "'Cause they'll be hopping mad."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:39 pm

Archaea rolls her eyes but her smile, faint as it is, doesn't falter. "Already tried the whole villainy thing by accident. Didn't really go so great."

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:50 pm

"Well, yeah," Rob says. "Accidental villainy is just tragedy. Proper villainy is a lifestyle. You cultivate it."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:02 pm

"Not exactly something you'd expect to hear in a place like this..." she points out.

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:09 pm

"Maybe. But I have to follow my heart song," Rob says. "I'll never love wearing spandex and fighting crime. I'll always love death rays and...well, tying up people wearing spandex."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:00 pm

"And you don't have a problem with that? The school doesn't have a problem with that?"

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:05 pm

"I'm happy being me," Rob says. "And while there are people at the school that I have a certain...regard for, I could really care less what the school as some abstract entity thinks of my character."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:33 pm

"What if they throw you out?"

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:37 pm

"I become a dangerous, unhinged HOMELESS mad scientist with a vendetta against the university," Rob says. "I don't think it's in their best interests."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:56 pm

"That almost makes kind of sense."

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:45 pm

"That's practically my motto," Rob says.

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:56 pm

"So you just don't give a damn. What's your power?"

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:59 pm

"I fix things," Rob says.

by **Archaea** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:20 am

"What kind of things?"

by **Robert West** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:36 am

"Machines and technology specifically," Rob says. "But I like to think of myself as more general purpose then that. I fix problem. The future. Those weird floaty things you see at the edges of your eyes sometimes."

by **Archaea** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:40 am

"I can't tell if you're ambitious or just disgustingly optimistic."

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