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[doubleppk]

[Fujiko's in a bad mood. Not that this is unusual per se, but at least when there were crazy things running around she had things to take her frustrations out on. Now she's low on bullets, and in a foul mood.]

Everybody leaves. [BANG!]
Why bother. [Bang bang bang!]

Che. And I finally got my iPod charged to show him... [But she doesn't seem too thrilled.]

Lupin you stupid... All men! All men are just--! [A couple more shots and then finally a sigh as she sits down with a frown and realizes that her journal's been recording. And forces a grin.] Hey~ Anyone in Luceti feel like cooking something good? I don't think I can take another day of finger sandwiches and oatmeal.

[ooc: Feel free to interrupt her shooting (seeing as there's nothing she's shooting *at.*) She won't hit anyone with them, but you can yell at her recklessness nonetheless. After this post/later this evening she'll be mallynapped off-screen. Feel free to find Thompson machine gun casings everywhere.]

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Ah... definitely. But it's not always so bad right? I mean you got some good things out of some of them, ne?

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[semper_cogitans]

[Staring down at the table a moment, Robert ponders this statement carefully.]

I... I suppose I have. [Even experiments like the false life had imparted something... useful. Something interesting.]

... A-Although I would have... preferred other methods of learning them...

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[A shrug on Fujiko's end.]

As far as mad scientist types go... they're pretty mild.

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[semper_cogitans]

...

You have... met worse? [Oh gods. Robert didn't even want to think it was possible.]

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[doubleppk]

[... Yeah.... wow... a mental list just popped up... it's so long.]

Oh honey... so much worse. Dr. Oz wanted to kidnap and torture Nessie. The entire Scorpion organization is just fudged in the head, Scorpion himself is the most messed up of all, Magician Boy -- that is Pycal, he was SUPER smart, but also such a creepy sadist, then there's that guy who made his own earthquake machine to collapse Italy -- I don't even remember that dude's name. Something with a V? Honestly... it'd take me hours to explain them all and you probably wouldn't believe it.

[HUNDREDS. HUNDREDS ROBERT.] It's sort of... my job to deal with them in a way. [Sabotage them, hunt them down, assassinate them, do odd jobs for them. This is what she calls "a little of this, a little of that.]

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[semper_cogitans]

[And now Robert is a little genuinely horrified. The Malnosso, as far as he's known, are the one exception to his mental picture of scientists-are-always-cool-people, and though he's heard of the concept from Don, he's never seen it spelled out in shocking detail like this.

So Fujiko is right in that he doesn't want to believe it, but with the Malnosso as evidence he can't discount it out of hand, either.]

... Your job... is to deal with d-dangerous individuals?

[Well, that explains her ability to kick ass.]

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Yes. It's sort of one of those slippery slope things. Do it once, you can run so many times, but you start getting more of a reputation and then more things happen, more things where only you can do it. [Shrugs and spreads her hands.] Better than farming I guess.

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[semper_cogitans]

[He sort of understands. When one gets to a specialist in one's field, one of course is sought out for one's expertise...]

It sounds... like a r-risky job, but I understand that... that is rather the norm, here.

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[doubleppk]

Yeah, looks like the Malnosso are a little picky about who they bring here, hm?

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[semper_cogitans]

Assuming it is... deliberate, then yes. They... c-certainly are.

... If this is a natural s-sort of selection, however... it is fascinatingly constant...

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[doubleppk]

You think so? But if it's a natural accident then what is the criteria? Unlikely superpowers or unusual lifestyles or something?

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[semper_cogitans]

That is what I wish I c-could understand... It would seem to discount someone like myself.

... And yet I am... here. [And it's frustrating. Why?]

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[doubleppk]

You've got a super brain silly. You know more about most sciences than the rest of people here, for all the things they've done or not. Maybe when you get back to your world your future has all sorts of crazy things happening that you fix.

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[semper_cogitans]

I am... not that intelligent, by T-Terran standards... [Actually, he is pretty smart, enough to be considered for placement at the Head Institute... but he doesn't want to exaggerate.]

... So I... doubt that c-claim.

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[A shrug.] You're smart even compared to some of the people here. And you know a lot about science and technology, which most people here don't. They're more likely to be into magic or stuff. Maybe you're a counterweight, you know?

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[semper_cogitans]

... It is possible... but how effective would one p-person be at that? There is a... significant bias towards magical or paranormal u-universes here in Luceti...

[... In fact, he and now Ginia is the only one...]

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[doubleppk]

Well there's you and Japan and... I forget who else. But maybe you can make a bunch of electronics and computers and stuff for this place. Magic only works for the person making it. The person making computers or whatever makes it for tons of people.

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[semper_cogitans]

Ah... my friend Helios u-uses his magic to benefit others as well.

... But I suppose you have a point. [Especially since magic is highly individualized in Luceti, whereas general Lucetian physics are universal. Of course, physics for the people themselves are very individual...] Just... I am not certain exactly how much assistance I can be in this regard...

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[doubleppk]

TVs, communication devices, anything you want to do, sugar.

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[semper_cogitans]

That is more Mr. Japan's area of e-expertise than mine.

... If... if I could assist though... perhaps. [And Robert shifts shyly a little bit in his seat.]

... I am... n-not used to a situation in which I am so routinely unhelpful...

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[doubleppk]

I'm sure he wouldn't mind the help. He seems to have a lot of requests for stuff.

What is you do back home again?

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[semper_cogitans]

I am an... astrobiologist, for the Randi Institute - a prestigious s-scientific institute in my part of Linden. I... mostly contribute to the body of knowledge surrounding exosolar life-forms, based on reports coming in from p-probe data and the like...

... Admittedly, I... enjoy dabbling in the sciences in general. [And Robert's version of dabbling is more like diving into the deep end.]

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[doubleppk]

So basically everything here, huh?

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[semper_cogitans]

Yes, more or less.

... [He brightens noticeably after a moment.] If there were... some way to bring this information home... w-well, I am certain the Head Institute would be delighted at the sheer volume of data that is present here...

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[doubleppk]

Maybe you can work on that next. A way to cheat their system, hm?