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[germhating_hypochondriac]

[Eddie paces as he talks. There's a cast on his arm with the word loser written in black, with a red V written over the s to spell lover.]

Hello? Can you hear me? We're all kidnapping victims here; you guys know that right?

This nanite stuff sucks. There are tiny germ sized robots crawling around inside us! Something's gotta be powering them. They could be hanging out in our stomachs eating our food. Or they could be eating us and making tiny little holes inside our bodies. They could all build up in one place and block off the blood flowing through our arteries and our veins. Or build up in our organs, our lungs and our brains! And, our bodies are mostly water. They could be rusting inside us.

[He stops pacing and starts scratching his face with his cast-free hand]

I think I'm allergic to them! Everything's itchy. I'm gonna break out into hives!

[He starts wheezing and rubs his chest.]

I could be allergic to the tattoo too. I'm just a kid. I shouldn't have one. I think it's starting to swell up. I could have an infection. Or a blood disease. I don't trust these government people to be clean.

[The wheezing continues and his voice becomes strained with each word. He takes his inhaler out of a fanny pack and uses it, only speaking again when he's breathing is back to normal.]

How are we supposed to deal with this shit?

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[germhating_hypochondriac]

Wait, what? You work as a monster fighter and your boss is God...or are Gods. [It's hard for him to think of God as plural, only because of his mother's teachings.] You sound like a badass.

I'm okay. I was really young when he died so I don't remember him much.

[ambasciatore]

Well, I'm a demigod. Son of Hades.

[ He's not shy about it anymore. Why hide when everyone comes in with surreal powers? ]

I'm glad. It took me a long time to come to terms with my mother and my sister's death.

[germhating_hypochondriac]

[He takes a moment to process that, he has to push past a lot of what his mother told him about God - only one God, a Christian God, etc.]

That's..cool.

I'm sorry.  It must have been hard to lose both of them.

[ambasciatore]

It was not easy but, that's part of growing up isn't it? Learning to move forward.

[ Certainly a hard lesson to learn. ]

What kind of super powers did you arrive with?

[germhating_hypochondriac]

Yeah, it is. [His friend Bill had the hardest time with that, never truly accepting his brother was gone until he found his raincoat in It's lair.] I guess. [He had his own hard time too, never able to let go of his dependence on placebos.]

I got like a direction power.  I can find stuff and I don't get lost.  [That's the power that doesn't scare him so it's the easiest to talk about.]

[ambasciatore]

That's handy! Does it just deal to not getting lost with directions or does it also help with objects?

[germhating_hypochondriac]

It helps with objects too. The papers they gave me say I can find anything.

[ambasciatore]

That's pretty useful. Just don't let people try and take advantage of you with it.

[ With an ability like that, who knows what someone might want to use it for. ]

[germhating_hypochondriac]

[A new worry.]

Wait, what? Wouldn't it only be good, like I could find lost kids or lost wallets for them?

[ambasciatore]

If you're able to find anything you may be able to find like... other people's weapons, secrets they don't want getting out if they have physical objects to keep such things.

[ Oh no, poor kid. He doesn't know the worst of humanity does he? ]

Did the paperwork give you limitations?

[germhating_hypochondriac]

Oh, like crooks and bullies. Shit.  I didn't think of that.  Fuck, no, I don't want to help any assholes.  It's okay.  I always got away from the bullies back home.

[He looks down.] 

It didn't mention any limitations with that power. 

[His other powers are a different story.]