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[hydeandgeek]

Awwww right Munny-D! You got rockin' taste in muses, baby. All we gotta do now is find my creeps and we can get this party started!

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[hydeandgeek]

...Well, yeah, somethings I guess.

[Like telling off jocks without getting his head kicked in.]

But nothing bad. The worst thing I've ever done is get a tattoo without asking my folks first.

[Or consulting Jackson about the matter, since it was also his body being permanently marked.]

Well I'm off to bed, I'll tag tomorrow.

[hydeing_monster]

Then perhaps it is different when you are born with it rather than an introduction to it at adulthood.

[He didn't dwell too much on this.]

But that is the fundamental fact about what the experiment did. It will explain most questions you have.

The only thing that I don't understand is how you change body types so easily between yourself and Jackson.

Same here.

[hydeandgeek]

I wouldn't know, man. Jackie-boy is the one that's into mad-science, not me.

[Scientific curiosity must run in the family.]

And to be honest, I ain't really sure how the change works either. My doc says it's probably got something to do with "complimentary-genes" or something. I guess being half-fire elemental does something to speed up the change.

[He wasn't really paying attention when his doctor was explaining everything, okay? Jackson's the one with the patience and lasting attention-span, not him.]

[hydeing_monster]

Fire elemental?

[This peaks his interest.]

Well that would explain the deviation from the human skin tone.

Can fire elementals make their body well, not as solid or change it in some way?

[hydeandgeek]

Some of 'em, yeah, if you count being made of flames as "not as solid."

[He, unfortunately, is not one of those elementals.]

[hydeing_monster]

Hm that might help the switch then. Count yourself lucky. It's a painful experience for Jekyll and myself.

[hydeandgeek]

For real? It's not exactly a walk in the cemetery for us either, but a little heat-flash ain't exactly hurtin' us any.

[The transformation is a little uncomfortable, but it doesn't really hurt.]

I guess me and JJ really lucked out.

[hydeing_monster]

Yes. Knowing a little about your universe I would say it may be something like the werewolves you know.

The pain of shifting bodies coupled with the disorienting euphoria of wanting everything and the rush of adrenaline. An inner beast.

[hydeandgeek]

Hey, man, watch your nouns. I know I got a bit of a temper, but I ain't a beast.

[...At least he hopes he isn't.]

[hydeing_monster]

It depends on your definition of beast. Some people throw around the word just to mean a "bad wild thing".

[hydeandgeek]

The wild part I'm okay with. It's the "bad" that's got my temper flaring.

[No offense, Hyde, but he really doesn't want to be like you.]

[hydeing_monster]

They just call it bad because they're scared of it. I am every little thing that humans really want to do. I'm desire, I'm anger and I'm power.

[hydeandgeek]

No offense, man, but I'm starting to think they got a reason to be scared of you.

[hydeing_monster]

I doubt you're the only one who has ended up like this. Where are they now?

[hydeandgeek]

I--how am I supposed to know? It's not like I got a detailed record of the family tree.

[Which is to say, his mother is the only high-functioning member of the Hyde family that he knows of. Everyone else, he's never met. Or heard of, really, since his mother never talks about her side of the family.]

[hydeing_monster]

Then that should give you some idea of how society viewed the rest of the line.

[hydeandgeek]

---What're you trying to say, man? That people are scared of us? That's ain't news: most people are scared of monsters.

[hydeing_monster]

No, I mean right now every other Jekyll and Hyde are either locked up or dead.

[hydeandgeek]

[No nononono. He was hoping Hyde wouldn't say that.]

--How would you know somthin' like that? You're not even from my reality.

[He's grasping at straws at this point, but he sincerely doesn't want what Hyde said to be true.]

[hydeing_monster]

Because it's exactly what you're afraid of.

[hydeandgeek]

...Th-that doesn't mean it's true, man.

[Someone's in denial.]

[hydeing_monster]

But what if it is?

What if you're just more able to be human and every other person like you has become demons?

[He remembers not to use the term monsters since for him that means just people like his friends.]

[hydeandgeek]

I--

[He doesn't want to think about this. He doesn't even want to consider the possibility that Hyde is right.]

On the way off chance they did...end up that way, the same ain't gonna happen to me.

[...He hopes.]