video;

[reptiledysfunction]

[ for one of the few times in his life, Connors is actually using the video function. And, he's sitting in a nice little lab with a small smile on his face. ]

Pretty nice, huh? I finally got up the courage to ask about a promotion. You're looking at an actual research biologist now--no 'assistant' attached.

[ yaaaay still smiling. And then...that smile falters for just a moment as Connors pauses, regains his strength, and then starts talking again. ]

That's not the only reason I'm making this post, though. There's something that I need to tell people. It's...been a long time coming and honestly, I should have done this earlier. But, I'm telling everybody this now, while- [ while he's still got the courage ] while it's relatively quiet.

I know I've been a bit cagey about what my power is, and here's the reason why. Many years back, I tried to regrow my arm by injecting myself with a reptile DNA based experimental formula, designed to help stimulate cellular regrowth. Obviously, it didn't work. In fact, I'd say it made things worse. [ pause, take a small breath, continue on. ]

My power is that occasionally, in times of stress or high anxiety or simply even surprise, I change into this...this monstrous lizard thing. And I'm not myself. The way I understand it is my mind lies dormant--but it can be reached. Spider-Man's managed to save me by reminding me of my wife and son before. Anyway, it's dangerous. If I transform into that, I'm dangerous. The Lizard...it's killed people. And if you're a human, or what it thinks of as a "mammal," there's a high probability that it would try to kill you. So if I transform again, you've got to take me down before anybody gets hurt.

[ There's a pause where Curt scratches at the back of his neck for a moment. ] So that's...that. Not exactly a fun topic of conversation. [ said with a small chuckle, look at him trying to lighten the mood a bit. ] But it's something that needs to be done.

Comments

/slides in here late

[tooscience]

MAMMALS CAN'T BE REPTILES!

/accepts you anyway

[reptiledysfunction]

[ yeah he should have expected this.... ]

When I'm a reptile, I'm not hu--ah, I'm not a mammal. It's an either or sort of thing.

♥

[tooscience]

Prove it, mammal!

[reptiledysfunction]

What?! I'm not going to turn into that thing here and now!

[tooscience]

DO IT! LET ME SEE!

[reptiledysfunction]

Of course not!

[tooscience]

Where are you?

[reptiledysfunction]

........I'm not telling.

[ HE KNOWS WHERE THIS IS GOING, DR. DINOSAUR. ]

[tooscience]

[YOU KNOW NOTHING.]

Why?

What was your name again, mammal?

[reptiledysfunction]

It's Dr. Connors. Curt Connors.

[tooscience]

Hah! Now you will be vastly simple to track! Stay were you are mammal! Maybe put on some coffee.

[reptiledysfunction]

Dinosaurs drink coffee?

[tooscience]

I've had some late work nights!

video; also late

[dionychus]

[Well, he wasn't really going to comment; just save the main video for later, filed under "interesting" (that's one of the people he's living with, isn't it?) but uhhh that's a fucking talking dinosaur.

Like he's pretty sure this dinosaur is talking and he just stares, surprised into speechlessness.

Let's give Dr. Dino a big round of applause for making Diego speechless.]

video;

[tooscience]

[H'ssssk is just going to stare right back, looking rather unimpressed.]

[dionychus]

[Hey there lil' guy.]

...I'd take his word for it, if I were you.

[Not that he's trying to be nice, he just doesn't want to deal with someone's lizard transformation powers going so out of control.]

[tooscience]

His words are no more than primitive half-ape grunts!

[dionychus]

What does that make yours, then? Semi-coherent screeching?

[tooscience]

SUPERIOR!