muse has complaints about the ~SCIENCE~ Event at entranceway

[colorofthesky]

Are you serious?

[ Yes, very serious. ]

What happened to "you've suffered enough"??

[ ...terrible possibilities? ]

I don't need my 'worst fears' thrown in my face.

The food poisoning would have been better.

[ Uh, about that... ]

What do you mean that's still on the table?!

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[makesmonsters]

Subjects should remain silent unless answering a question.

[ Heeey Zaaaaa~aaaaack! Guess who has no sympathy whatsoever for you! ]

[colorofthesky]

[ YOU.

Instant glare. ]

Shut up.

[makesmonsters]

Hm.

[ He makes a note on his clipboard, speaking as he writes. ]

Subject Z remains uncooperative and hostile. Further measures may be necessary to ensure future complicity...

[mentors]

Well, if it is still on the table, it must be moldy enough for even you to know not to eat it.

[...That was a terrible joke Zack and he knows. Also Hi.]

[colorofthesky]

I'm not your subject.

[ You take one step near him, and he will use this bigass sword, okay. ]

[colorofthesky]

[ ...Angeal, that was a terrible joke, and you should feel terrible.

He sighs. ]

It's not mold.

It's really bad cooking.

[makesmonsters]

[ He adjusts his glasses and continues on. ]

Subject Z also exhibits persistent denial about its circumstances...

[ Yeeeah, he's not worried. Because science!

... also he's safely behind the 4th wall or something. ]

[colorofthesky]

[ ....yeah, that does it.

HAVE A FIRAGA, HOJO. ]

[makesmonsters]

[ Zack, didn't you read the bracket text? Hojo is safe.

Also the 4th wall has Reflect cast on it permanently. ]

Hm. [ Hojo watches the Firagas bounce right back. ] Subject Z expresses its displeasure and its over-abundance of energy quite clearly... Perhaps I should place a few other subjects in containment square #251462648 for testing purposes. Yes, yes... that will do quite nicely.

[ He may look all serious and science-y but Hojo is actually totally enjoying this. ]

[mentors]

[He does not and he will not you can't make him! He gives Zack a raised eyebrow.]

That just who cooked, exactly?

[colorofthesky]

[ He's not privy to the brackets, unfortunately. He does have to dodge his own Firaga, though, which is....................frustrating.

Have some more glaring, Hojo. ]

I'm not your damn subject.

[ Because this is the most important point. ]

[makesmonsters]

[ Hojo finally properly looks at Zack, a condescending sneer twisting his lips. ]

Oh but you are - voluntarily, even, or did you forget?

[ He chuckles unpleasantly. ]

[colorofthesky]

Aerith is.

[ A beat. ]

Or she's going to.

[ sob. ]

It's some 'event' where people want to experiment.

[ Science does bad things; you know that, Angeal. ]

[colorofthesky]

[ You filthy LIAR. ]

I never volunteered for anything, you piece of shit.

[ Ways you know Zack is angry: he curses. ]

You shot me full of S Cells while I was unconscious, and left me in a damn test tube for four years.

[ He has issues with this. Obviously. ]

[mentors]

That sounds like a bit like science.

[SCIENCE!]

We've never had much luck with that, have we?

[Sighs, and maybe going to ruffle Zack's hair because resons. Perfectly reasonable mentory reasons, that is.]

[colorofthesky]

Some of it is.

[ Bad cooking doesn't really count. But fear gas does!!

He makes a face at the hair-ruffling -- c'mon now, he's a grown-up!! ]

That's a rhetorical question, right?

[makesmonsters]

Although to satisfy the pencil-pushing bureaucrats and their adoration of tedious paperwork, SOLDIER Is technically its own division, all of its members are nonetheless my experiments.

[ He lifts his eyebrows at Zack and leans forward a little, clasping his arms behind his back. ]

You volunteered.

[ Q.E.D. ]

[colorofthesky]

I volunteered for SOLDIER.

[ He all but spits the words out. ]

I didn't volunteer for anything to do with Jenova.

[mentors]

I know you'll be as careful as you can.

[Fear gas? You never catch a break Zack, do you?]

Considering our track record, I would say so. [Pfft that face, he can't help but chuckle at that- He'll smooth hair back into place though, and finally let go.]

But you have Aerith with you, so I suppose there is a bit of a bright side to things.

[makesmonsters]

And what exactly do you think SOLDIER is?

[ He rolls his eyes. It physically pains him to have to always be explaining such completely basic information to thick-skulled sword-wielding troglodytes. ]

[colorofthesky]

[ A frustrated sigh. ]

I can't be careful when I'm out of my head.

[ Yaaaaay, fear gas? He grumbles a little and fusses with the hair after Angeal's done. ]

She doesn't remember everything.

I had to tell her why I never came back.

[ It was depressing. :c ]

[colorofthesky]

Nothing you advertised it to be.

[ He's not THAT stupid. ]

[makesmonsters]

Then perhaps this means you have learned a valuable lesson in reading the fine print.

[colorofthesky]

It doesn't matter what I learned.

If it was all a matter of fine print, Cloud wouldn't have been involved.

[ Just a Shinra infantryman. Remember, Hojo? ]

[makesmonsters]

Who? [ Hojo just gives Zack a blank look for a moment. But he recalls that kid with the chocobo butt hair and then he remembers. And rolls his eyes. ] Oh. The failure.

[ He waves a hand dismissively. ]

He wanted to become a SOLDIER, didn't he? I magnanimously granted his wish. How unfortunate that he lacked the fortitude to withstand it...