[ huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh. thinks about people treating shoma like he's 12 and shu also just takes a moment to mentally stare at the ceiling for a moment. ]
... I'm trying to ask the obvious without hitting a nerve, give me a moment.
Oh. [ he seems surprised by this show of sensitivity (?), actually. ] Um. Thanks.
...[ truly, because it's one thing to tell people, and it's another to go into the details. so he seems to be thinking and just. reaches around shu for a moment to pour himself some coffee. ]
The easy, straightforward answer is genetic engineering. My body's always going to look like this now no matter how old I am.
[ he tilts his head. which is probably shu for "any time". ]
...
[ please understand he's been exposed to magic, eikons, wizards, superheroes and now genetic engineering. it's been a week so far. (icly, it's monday ]
Genetic engineering. How the heck did you get wrapped up in genetic engineering?
[ yeah happy memshare. but that question makes him go quiet again for a bit. ]
Um. [ he has shared this with a few people here both via this week and of his own volition but he still feels weird about explaining it. ] ...when I was in elementary school, something on one of my health checkups came back as abnormal so I was sent to an institute that studied DNA and genome therapy. They told me there was something really wrong with my genes that could only be fixed with therapy. So I started. I found out later it was all a lie. They were just using me for human experimentation and rewriting my genetic code to try and find the perfect combination to achieve immortality.
It...the therapy hurt sometimes and the medicine made me sick sometimes, but I thought it was supposed to do that because it meant it was working. I didn't really notice any changes at the time, which I now know was probably the point. When I confronted Chikara about it he just told me I should be grateful because my body was special now.
Yeah, something like that. [ broadly. ] He killed Chikara and my dad, and he's been working on a plan with Naix to release TC-Perge and spread it across the country. Amame confronted him, and she killed him. But she didn't know someone else saw what she did and...[ ... ]
I can't say I'm sad about Chikara either. [ but there's a complicated little frown. ] ...my dad...made some mistakes that led to this. He did a lot of bad things and he made a choice that cost him in the end. But I never actually wanted him dead. [ ... ] But thanks. Even though it's been so long, it's still...[ he sort of waves a hand because he doesn't want to fully admit he's still having a hard time with everything despite the fact this is an extremely normal thing to be upset about and also his adventure last week really did reopen literally all of those wounds. ]
And yet every week stuff like this happens to try and set us back. [ annoying... ] ...which kind of reminds me. Shu, have you seen the information people have been finding all around the ship?
A little idea sharing? I'm up for that. It's all been pretty fractured what I've seen, and I haven't had a chance to go looking for more information myself yet. [ hmmm. ]
Putting it all together to look for clues might not be a bad plan.
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Eighteen.
[ huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh. thinks about people treating shoma like he's 12 and shu also just takes a moment to mentally stare at the ceiling for a moment. ]
... I'm trying to ask the obvious without hitting a nerve, give me a moment.
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Shu. Memories are being broadcast everywhere right now. My nerves have been hit, repeatedly. You may as well ask however you want.
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[ but. hey. ]
How? There's looking young, but this seems different. [ this is straight up "i told puberty to leave and it listened" territory. ]
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...[ truly, because it's one thing to tell people, and it's another to go into the details. so he seems to be thinking and just. reaches around shu for a moment to pour himself some coffee. ]
The easy, straightforward answer is genetic engineering. My body's always going to look like this now no matter how old I am.
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[ please understand he's been exposed to magic, eikons, wizards, superheroes and now genetic engineering. it's been a week so far. (icly, it's monday ]
Genetic engineering. How the heck did you get wrapped up in genetic engineering?
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Um. [ he has shared this with a few people here both via this week and of his own volition but he still feels weird about explaining it. ] ...when I was in elementary school, something on one of my health checkups came back as abnormal so I was sent to an institute that studied DNA and genome therapy. They told me there was something really wrong with my genes that could only be fixed with therapy. So I started. I found out later it was all a lie. They were just using me for human experimentation and rewriting my genetic code to try and find the perfect combination to achieve immortality.
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sharply, but not at shoma. ] What the fuck?
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You're saying they lied to you, make you think you were sick, and messed with your body while you thought they were helping you.
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...I only found out because I stole my file from my doctor's desk. They were never planning to tell me.
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Did they just think you weren't going to question why you stopped growing? Aging?
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It...the therapy hurt sometimes and the medicine made me sick sometimes, but I thought it was supposed to do that because it meant it was working. I didn't really notice any changes at the time, which I now know was probably the point. When I confronted Chikara about it he just told me I should be grateful because my body was special now.
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Chikara's an idiot. And an asshole.
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So, this serial killer was active six years ago and then crawled out of the woodwork again recently. That's the timeline I'm getting here.
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It's a long story.
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I can't say I'm mad that Chikara guy ended up in his firing line. But I am sorry about your dad.
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I can't say I'm sad about Chikara either. [ but there's a complicated little frown. ] ...my dad...made some mistakes that led to this. He did a lot of bad things and he made a choice that cost him in the end. But I never actually wanted him dead. [ ... ] But thanks. Even though it's been so long, it's still...[ he sort of waves a hand because he doesn't want to fully admit he's still having a hard time with everything despite the fact this is an extremely normal thing to be upset about and also his adventure last week really did reopen literally all of those wounds. ]
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Grief doesn't really go away, it just lessens. Sometimes you prod it wrong and it's agonising all over again, but eventually it dulls down.
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but...yeah. there is that. ]
Eventually. Whenever that is. [ it's okay though. ] All I can do is keep moving forward and try to figure out what to do about this situation first.
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[ it’s a gap year! from idek literally the higher than average guarantee of making it through the week???? give them their money back. ]
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Some of it. It's a lot of articles and logs about the old crew so far, isn't it?
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Putting it all together to look for clues might not be a bad plan.
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