dear_mun | homeless for everybody's sake

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homeless for everybody's sake

Oh, but whatever do you mean by that? I've never done anything out of malicious intent before - everything I am, everything I've done, all of it has been in the name of uninhibited scientific research. It is not that I am evil, as you believe, but simply that your moral fiber is an inherent weakness that so many find themselves crippled with.

But! You must not be as kind as you would assume yourself to be, am I correct? For you set me free, when you could just as easily have kept me tucked away, unable to "harm" anyone. Or perhaps you couldn't? Perhaps your will is truly that weak after all?

Fascinating. I'll have to perform some tests on you later. But for now, I must find new subjects, new experiments, new hosts! There is so much I have yet to discover, to create, to destroy if need be - ah, which leads me to addressing all of the rest of you who are watching. I've a simple question, no strings attached. I won't inject you with anything, even!

Is there such a place in this "dreamwidth" where one may have the resources to experiment without hindrance? I care not if the residents themselves may object, only that the materials are available.

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[A crazy scientist? Big whoop.]

It might not be so much moral fiber as it is moral imperative. Which, granted, is the worst end of the morality spectrum to find yourself dealing with. Flexible morals, though! You could shoot for that. Get him there and you may very well climb up the ladder of amorality!

His resolve is already weakened. His curiosity, it would appear, surpasses his indignation.

You seem to lack that indignation entirely. How... curious. May I ask who you are?

[HE IS THE BATMAN

TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY

Oops wrong movie.]

Nick Naylor, Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies.

[God, that smile is so winning a gold medal should just appear out of nowhere, carried by cherubim and draped over his neck as he extends his hand for a good, manly shake.]

[ YOUR PUNISHMENT MUST BE MORE SEVERE ]

Ahhhh... that explains much.

[ And apparently not in a bad way, since he takes Nick's hand to return the shake with a smile of his own.

It isn't... winning. It looks more like he should have snakes emerging from his sleeves and spiders from between his lips. It isn't malicious, but there is nothing in his expression that reflects an ounce of goodness. ]

Call me Caulder. I used to spend much time experimenting with the effects of various stimuli on nicotine addicts - simpler times, then.

[More severe than seeing the Joker in a nurse's uniform? That's fucked up, man.

It's okay if he looks like the Oogie Boogie Man, Nick's tangoed with worse. Except they never look like literal evil, of course, hiding it behind smiles for the press and thumbs-up for the tabloids. He ain't bovvured, basically.]

Really? You were involved with tobacco? There's been more experiments involving it than any one person could keep track of, I'm sure, so forgive me for not recognizing you in regards to it.

Not directly - but smoking is a common stress reliever on the battlefield. If you cut off the supply, let the withdrawal set in for a bit, and then step in with an offer to sell some for cheap...

Well, no one ever asks where they came from. Slip a slow-acting virus in, let it travel through the camp via smoke, and soon you've incapacitated the majority of their forces without firing a single bullet.

I am a military scientist - but that doesn't always involve bombs and guns. Addiction is a hilariously easy weakness to exploit.

[What

the

fuck]

Have to admit that I don't know all that much about the military, Caulder—is it Doctor, or Mister?—other than both world wars really helped boost the tobacco market's revenue.

I believe your mun has a point.

In completely disregarding the will of your "subjects" in pursuit of scientific research that only you seem to find a sick pleasure in, you're blatantly defying a core value of what it means to be human. By my recommendation, too, you belong absolutely nowhere.

Neither - simply Caulder will suffice, thank you.

Do not be ashamed of your ignorance, Nick. You and I are simply experts in different fields.

[lolwat]

Oh, no, no I'm not ashamed. [Did he seem ashamed? Or was this guy really that intent on humiliating people? That's a judgment call, though, Nick will puzzle this shit out later.] I'm a lobbyist, not a scientist.

We have the same haircut! [Because, out of everything to comment on, that was definitely the most obvious thing to notice. Kronk was all smiles, though!]

You should get a hat like mine and then you can pretend you're me when I'm old.

Human? What does that mean, other than skeletal and muscular composition? Do you speak, perhaps, of the delusion that having a conscience is beneficial? That by denying ourselves opportunities based on pointless ethics, we prove ourselves above the other beasts of this earth?

How pitifully naive. Advancement through science should never be hindered.

Heh. Aren't you an interesting one? I had almost forgotten how refreshing it is to see someone so understanding to true methods of achievements when conducting scientific research.

Although making such deals with others makes it quite hindering to get any results. Why bother with such things when you should just simply take your needed specimens and carry out what plans you would make? Unless you're the type that would lower the guard of others and strike when they least suspect it, then I would applaud to you.

As for your question, there is quite a large number of places. All that really matters is if you are either willing on having to deal with power reduction, follow a set of rules, and-slash-or face... well, negative criticism from others never fazed me at all, but whats there is there.

I'm afraid you have your priorities reversed, Doctor.

The advancement of science is pointless without the humanity behind it. Our ancestors saw their loved ones grow sick and die at young ages without proper care or medicine, so it was their prerogative to find ways to live happier and healthier. We created antibiotics and learned about the human body not simply for the sake of science, but for the sake improving human welfare. Other advancements in science have been less directly beneficial, but they were all created to assist mankind.

Since you deem our ethics to pointless and hindering, then it must be frustrating for you to live among us. Perhaps you really are more of a beast at heart.

Ha! Maybe they'll take pleasure in watching you work. I know my mun does whenever he feels particularly fiendish.

It seems you have already fallen down the same slippery road we did.

[ Neither, really - Caulder just tends to assume the worst of people, so if someone admits they don't know something he assumes they find it shameful. He doesn't seem too taken aback at the revelation that he's mistaken in any event. ]

Even so, your knowledge on the matter must outweigh that of the average man, no?

That is my point - all of us are beasts in the end. Those who saw their loved ones die did not do research in their memory, but out of fear that they may share a similar fate. Those antibiotics you spoke of, do you believe they were all concocted without a single unethical deed? Human experimentation is very real and very involuntary; rather than slow progress by fighting against ethics, is it not better to seek results in the quickest and most efficient manner?

Do not pretend you are my better, boy. I have grown far more accepting of the world as it is than you know. Just as there are those who.would oppose me such as you are, there are many who turn a blind eye to any morally ambiguous operations I perform for their sake.

Humans are beasts. Runts like you are only exceptions because you pretend otherwise.

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... I don't think I had a single thing in common with you at your age.

Forging an alliance is as simple as telling the right lie at the right time - there are times when a bit of subtlety saves time instead of sheer force.

... Not to say force does not have its moments, either.

As for your input... well, other than my intelligence I have no powers to speak of, so that is a trivial matter. The rules could be annoying if enforced strongly, and as for naysayers?

I call them test subjects.

Ah! I know a fellow man of science when I see one. What work do you perform that your mun delights in? I may be interested in observing, myself.

Fallen? I think not - I stride proudly where others cower away, in the name of progress!

Tee hee hee! You threaten that mun with experiments! That's the only way they'll really listen, you know?

[ oh he likes the sound of this one already, and his smirk shows it. ]

It delights me to see one so young who already appears to understand so much. But the time for experimenting on him will come later - he has, after all, delivered me to a hub of intriguing new subjects to perform tests on. As a scientist, I would be rather foolish to let the opportunity slip away.

I don't care what your experiences with the world have been. Unethical deeds done for the right reasons are not in the same category as your mindless taste for experimentation. I carry as much sin as you, but I don't pretend otherwise.

Whatever you believe isn't relevant to the world, because you're a madman who ignores the most well-defined ethics and morals that mankind has put into place. Society's rules were not decided on a whim; they exist to keep the bullies, tyrants and murderers from damaging the lives of others without punishment or restriction.

You have no right to use the world however you see fit, however it seems increasingly unlikely that I could ever convince you of that.

Ah, I suppose it was optimistic of me to hope that you might understand your errors. You're bright, I can tell that much, but your devotion to such useless ideals has ruined any chance you have of using that brain of yours to its full potential.

... ah! Perhaps you would be willing to donate a sample of your DNA? It would be fascinating to see if you could be a match for a clone of yourself without those pesky ideals.

[Cough.]

No, I don't think that would be a very good idea.

I am Dr. Albert W. Wily, the world's greatest robotic genius!

Oh, well. It would be interesting to try to take it by force but... no, I think you may be an intriguing variable just as you are.

Robotics - I've dabbled in that field myself, though I feel my greatest accomplishments have been... biological in nature. What manner of robots do you create?

Given the circumstances, we may have to settle for a live and let live approach.

[He sighs.] As disgusting as I find that to be.

Hey I'm not young, I'm ~~mentally five~~ sixteen!

And pffft of course I understand, I'm Black Hole's wunderkind prodigy, Lash! You name it, I've tried to build and explode it!

Ooooh can I help? I'm kinda bored, and Flak's not around for me to test on either...

It's certainly a shame, to have so many potential subjects right at my fingertips but yet just outside my reach. No matter. In time I will find a place where my experiments will be more... tangible.

Relatively speaking.

Lash, is it? A violent name - charming. You may call me Caulder.

If you wish to assist me, a sample of your DNA would be an excellent start.

[Kronk looked all kinds of disheartened! It had been such a great idea and.... and.]

...oh. You didn't talk to chipmunks or jumped rope a lot?

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