i am kaiju, hear me roar

[driftsintobuffetline]

[And Newt is back from his excursion through the Porter. Power update is go.]

(Private) Direct Call to Hermann

Hermann? Hey. Look, I don't have my keys on me and I think I got Ported out? If you're pissed at me, let me just say this is no more my fault than the submarine was, or than your German excursion for you, but--no, that was ACTUALLY KIND OF your fault. It was within your power to control, so-- So anyway. Not the point.

You home?

(Private) Direct Text to Qubit

Hey, can I have a portal or something from the Porter to our--mine and Hermann's--apartment?

Public Post

What the HELL? I go away for two-three--FIVE days and KAIJU attack the cities? Please tell me someone saved me a piece of the action. A brain? A liver? A spleen, even? ...A scale? And I hope it's been preserved, because I'm getting REALly tired of ground-up, slice-and-dice samples left out to decompose. Doesn't anyone have any appreciation for what I'm trying to do?

This is bullshit. Seriously. The most prominent kaiju-xenobiologist in this dimension-- It DID that on purpose!

Comments

Video;

[knifecollecting]

You want pieces of the monsters? [She knew he was a biologist but this is just kind of weird.]

Video

[driftsintobuffetline]

Well, barring having an actual Kaiju alive and intact, YES! I would like pieces of them.

Honestly, Jo, what do you think I did for ten years? Watch Hermann do math?

Video

[knifecollecting]

[She laughs.]

As in love with him as you are, yes. Kind of.

private; audio

[mathemagier]

Newton!?

[Something drops- probably his cane, because he suddenly needs to cradle his phone with both hands. He sounds on either the verge of tears or hyperventilation]

Oh god. [And a slow slide to the floor, voice thickening] I'm.. yes, I'm home.. Where- where are you?

private; audio

[driftsintobuffetline]

At the Porter. I left a message for Qubit to--Hermann, dude, babe, sit DOWN. It's not that bad, really, you're--you're-- BREATHE, man. I went on a little vacay, okay? Just a field trip--

[His stomach's flipflopping. He's sure that's partly Hermann, but this is all making him nervous and his voice pitches higher.] Why are we--why are we panicking?

private; text

[mathemagier]

[His throat closes, there's a deep inhale and the audio feed shuts off because there's just a flood of fluctuating emotions he can't handle.]

Just come home.

Permavid

[governorkang]

Only you would choose to complain about a lack of samples after an attack.

[He's smiling, though.]

Welcome back.

Permavid

[driftsintobuffetline]

Yeah, well, if you want to prevent attacks, you have to understand what you're up against.

Thanks, dude.

[governorkang]

I can't argue that point.

How long were you back at home?

audio;

[rideme]

... Pretty sure there's still some blood on an axe I picked up.

You want that?

audio;

[driftsintobuffetline]

Hell, yes!

How much do you want for it?

voice

[jacksonian]

What the hell is a ky-ju?

Voice

[driftsintobuffetline]

Kaiju. It's the name my world uses for giant monsters. It's a Japanese word, meaning "strange beast"...there were a series of films...Godzilla, for example, with big monsters attacking cities. Those were Kaiju. So when actual, not fictional big monsters attacked our cities, we called them Kaiju, too.

[Video]

[monge]

I could draw one for you and you could appreciate that, zura!

[Because that's probably the same thing as a body part. ...Probably. Also, haha, what's a kaiju?]

Video

[driftsintobuffetline]

Dude, I'd totally take a drawing! And any other observational notes you can make.

voice;

[newwaver]

Ew.

Voice;

[driftsintobuffetline]

YOU'RE ew!

video

[notsheepish]

Okay, I have to ask. Are you for real right now, or...?

Video

[driftsintobuffetline]

What, you think you're hallucinating me? I'm flattered.

direct text

[superposition]

[Qubit is actually very relieved to get this text. Hermann had told him Newt was gone, and while he'd been hoping it was only temporary, he's at least half pessimist, so...]

Newt! Good to hear from you. I can't 'port directly into the lab, but if you're on the surface I can do that.

Is everything all right? Does Hermann know you're back? - No, of course he knows. Does he know you're en route?

Re: direct text

[driftsintobuffetline]

Hey, they won't let me look around in the Porter lab. They booted me out, like, first thing. I tried looking, too. So yeah, I'm chilling roughly where you, me, and Herm first ran into each other last year. I thought it was about as good a spot as any.

And look, I get you guys think I'm super thoughtless, but I called him first thing.

No, since I'm not officially en route, I'm not telling him I'm en route. ...is he pissed at me? He didn't get another lab partner while I was gone, right?

video

[resipiscent]

Did you go home?

video

[driftsintobuffetline]

I guess I did.

private!!! with a backdoor encryption for qubit if that nerd wants in on the nerdscussion

[akito]

[ also AUDIO because they look exhausted and wane and more like a half-dead dissertation student than a teenager. And too tired to bother with typing. ]

Me and Agito took a bunch of skin and scale samples, and a few slices of the organic internals. Everything has been preserved and stored properly. We were hoping to find a way to replicate the growth of the artificial organic materials...

They respired through their skin so we also wanted to see how they did that.

Same as above

[driftsintobuffetline]

Oh, shit, really? That is sick. You guys are awesome! You're willing to share, I hope? Or at least share your findings and let me observe? Because I am all over that.

You okay? You sound exhausted.