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[mississippikiss]

[ When the feed switches on, it shows Rogue seated at her desk, distractedly flicking some folded paper bits across it. She seems lost in thought, and it looks like she's been chewing on her lower lip a bit more than is healthy. A nervous habit, perhaps...

She sighs and glances over to the camera. ]I hate this waitin' game... ain't my style and

Comments

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[worldentire]

Almost have enough ADAM t'start playin' around with it. Shouldn't be too much longer, now.

[audio]

[mississippikiss]

[ Rogue looks... apprehensive, for a moment. But then she nods resolutely. ]

Just... tell me when you're ready for me.

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[worldentire]

Will do.

You doin' okay, besides?

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[mississippikiss]

[ She shrugs and passes a hand through her hair. ]

Just... nervous about it.

[audio]

[worldentire]

You're in good hands, don't worry about a damn thing.

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[mississippikiss]

'Don't worry 'bout a damn thing' is a lot to be askin' someone when you're gonna' be pokin' around in her brain.

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[worldentire]

[laugh] Alright, that's fair enough.

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[mississippikiss]

'least you're confident about it...

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[worldentire]

Wouldn't've offered if I weren't. Means I know what I'm doin', beyond a shadow've a doubt.

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[mississippikiss]

Just promise you'll kill me if ya' slip up, alright? I don't wanna' be a vegetable.

[audio]

[worldentire]

I promise. [The sentiment is genuine.] I've got an idea as t'get you t'respond t'the treatment without a single miscalculation, but it's ... still just an idea, for now.

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[mississippikiss]

Care t' fill me in on how that's workin'?

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[worldentire]

Well...

[He sighs, takes a puff off his cigarette.]

Basically, I'd be makin' it so that your body could not only handle but respond favourably to the amount'a ADAM I'd have to be pumpin' into your system. See, the problem with ADAM is, if someone gets too much too fast, they become addicted and their entire genetic code starts t'fall apart, but there's a certain thing one can do t'ensure that doesn't happen, but it'd be... unpleasant for a few days. T'make sure it took, see.

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[mississippikiss]

Define 'unpleasant'?

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[worldentire]

For starters, you'd have a slug in your stomach, and you'd have t'ingest a bit'a blood t'create enough ADAM for me t'be able t'take out that ability'a yours without stoppin' the rest. Your eyes'd start glowin' yellow and your skin'd be a bit green.

But we'd be able t'"purify" it, in a manner'a speakin', makin' it so I could do whatever I need to and you wouldn't lose your mind. 'Course, the glowin' eyes'n greenish skin'd go away.

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[mississippikiss]

[ Deadpan... ]

A slug. In my stomach.