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maskormenacelogs2016-07-31 12:36 am
driftsintobuffetline) wrote in maskormenacelogs2016-07-31 12:36 am
So, you've come to stare at the beast, have you?
WHO: Newton Geiszler, Hermann Gottlieb, Qubit, Kang, and SEMI-OPEN (aka the popcorn thread if you have reason to be there?)
WHERE: Several miles outside De Chima, in an abandoned train yard
WHEN: Sunday afternoon - July 31
WHAT: KAIJU TRANSFORMATION TEST, TAKE 1 - Part 2 of 'if you give a biologist some neat powers...he's going to want to test them.' Newt's powers have been upgraded to turn him into a mini-Kaiju, so he's going to give the new body a spin
WARNINGS: Probably some cursing, some male nakedness (he will undress before transforming because the clothes will be destroyed...and when he comes back to human form, he'll be naked until he re-dresses), human to non-human transformation, self-experimentation
Newt was pretty sure there were a million more precautions they should have been taking and weren't, but with his worry and antsiness making this a NOW thing, they were just going to have to ...hope they had most of their bases covered.
Hey, so far, fortune HAD favored the brave (and foolhardy).
He was optimistic that his blood had not worsened in toxicity, nor in its ability to spread (ie, turn into a vapor, poison while dry, poison by proximity without contact, etc). Nevertheless, he had equipped his phone to be a Geiger Counter, brought plenty of swabs and containers for samples, and had supplied each of his three intended guests/observers with a level B HAZMAT suit (a tychem coverall, gloves, and self-contained breathing apparatus). Whether they chose to wear the suit was entirely up to them, but Newt HAD modified Kang's to spec, so...you know. The option was there (Stark wasn't going to miss ONE suit, really).
...and it wasn't like Hermann hadn't worn one before.
There was no point bringing weapons--a bullet was probably pretty damn near ineffectual even on a small Kaiju--so he hadn't bothered. If Newt didn't retain his mind during the transformation and chose to attack them, Hermann or Qubit would have to port him elsewhere. And, if absolutely necessary, Miles had been put on alert for his dad to be ready to do whatever his thing was with nulling powers. Handy.
So, while Qubit could have ported them anywhere in the world, Newt still chose for the test area a former railroad yard, crisscrossed with old tracks and the odd abandoned boxcar or two, that was well out of the populated limits of De Chima. A large limestone mine and small rural pockets laid between them and the city, granting them enough time, he was sure, for Qubit to port Newt away or for the US military to scramble some jets as they were wont to do...should anything go horribly wrong. There was a small hospital twenty minutes south. Again, just in case. Earlier in the day, one of Hermann's drones had scanned the area for anyone who might have taken up residence in the empty watchtower or one of the old cars. It appeared to be free of any potential collateral damage.
The drone was also accompanying them now to film this--for posterity--and because if something really BAD went down, well... For posterity. Let's go with that. Newt had exhausted himself with worst case scenarios already. He was tired of feeling like Hermann.
Newt grinned at the camera. "Human-Kaiju transformation experiment Take 1. Dr. Newton Geiszler conducting experiment. Kang, Qubit, and Dr. Hermann Gottlieb--" in attendance He paused, turning with concern to his partner. "--You doing okay there, Hermann?"
WHERE: Several miles outside De Chima, in an abandoned train yard
WHEN: Sunday afternoon - July 31
WHAT: KAIJU TRANSFORMATION TEST, TAKE 1 - Part 2 of 'if you give a biologist some neat powers...he's going to want to test them.' Newt's powers have been upgraded to turn him into a mini-Kaiju, so he's going to give the new body a spin
WARNINGS: Probably some cursing, some male nakedness (he will undress before transforming because the clothes will be destroyed...and when he comes back to human form, he'll be naked until he re-dresses), human to non-human transformation, self-experimentation
Newt was pretty sure there were a million more precautions they should have been taking and weren't, but with his worry and antsiness making this a NOW thing, they were just going to have to ...hope they had most of their bases covered.
Hey, so far, fortune HAD favored the brave (and foolhardy).
He was optimistic that his blood had not worsened in toxicity, nor in its ability to spread (ie, turn into a vapor, poison while dry, poison by proximity without contact, etc). Nevertheless, he had equipped his phone to be a Geiger Counter, brought plenty of swabs and containers for samples, and had supplied each of his three intended guests/observers with a level B HAZMAT suit (a tychem coverall, gloves, and self-contained breathing apparatus). Whether they chose to wear the suit was entirely up to them, but Newt HAD modified Kang's to spec, so...you know. The option was there (Stark wasn't going to miss ONE suit, really).
...and it wasn't like Hermann hadn't worn one before.
There was no point bringing weapons--a bullet was probably pretty damn near ineffectual even on a small Kaiju--so he hadn't bothered. If Newt didn't retain his mind during the transformation and chose to attack them, Hermann or Qubit would have to port him elsewhere. And, if absolutely necessary, Miles had been put on alert for his dad to be ready to do whatever his thing was with nulling powers. Handy.
So, while Qubit could have ported them anywhere in the world, Newt still chose for the test area a former railroad yard, crisscrossed with old tracks and the odd abandoned boxcar or two, that was well out of the populated limits of De Chima. A large limestone mine and small rural pockets laid between them and the city, granting them enough time, he was sure, for Qubit to port Newt away or for the US military to scramble some jets as they were wont to do...should anything go horribly wrong. There was a small hospital twenty minutes south. Again, just in case. Earlier in the day, one of Hermann's drones had scanned the area for anyone who might have taken up residence in the empty watchtower or one of the old cars. It appeared to be free of any potential collateral damage.
The drone was also accompanying them now to film this--for posterity--and because if something really BAD went down, well... For posterity. Let's go with that. Newt had exhausted himself with worst case scenarios already. He was tired of feeling like Hermann.
Newt grinned at the camera. "Human-Kaiju transformation experiment Take 1. Dr. Newton Geiszler conducting experiment. Kang, Qubit, and Dr. Hermann Gottlieb--" in attendance He paused, turning with concern to his partner. "--You doing okay there, Hermann?"
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Other than the obvious, given the name of the experiment. Miles abruptly finds himself wondering exactly how big these giant monsters of theirs are.