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Post by Jonathan Crane on Dec 25, 2007 18:51:51 GMT -5
"What...exactly..are you? If you don't mind my asking."
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Post by Pestilence on Dec 26, 2007 12:10:15 GMT -5
*Pestilence stared at him, as if she did. But she answered anyway.*
"Men call me Pestilence."
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Post by Jonathan Crane on Dec 26, 2007 21:14:30 GMT -5
*Crane resisted making a joke about this.*
"You know, I think this may be my first time sleeping with an anthropomorphic personification."
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Post by Pestilence on Dec 27, 2007 0:19:11 GMT -5
*She raised an eyebrow.*
"And your verdict?"
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Post by Jonathan Crane on Dec 27, 2007 10:48:37 GMT -5
"Interesting."
*He leaned back*
"So, it's your job to spead plauge across the world. What kinds have you done?"
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Post by Pestilence on Jan 1, 2008 17:11:35 GMT -5
*She stared at him, unblinking.*
"All of them," *she said.* "As a doctor, that must disturb you."
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Post by Jonathan Crane on Jan 1, 2008 17:18:55 GMT -5
"It does give me pause."
*He hoped she hadn't spread anything to him.*
"What about mental illness?"
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Post by Pestilence on Jan 1, 2008 18:02:01 GMT -5
"The more spiritual side--what you call mental--is generally outside my purview. Though I am not without recourse."
*She had been thinking of something. A new blight on mankind. A rather clever one, she thought--utilizing humanity's own fears against them. But it was hardly worth explaining to this mortal.*
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Post by Jonathan Crane on Jan 1, 2008 18:03:47 GMT -5
"True, it usually isn't contagious."
*He smiled, thinking of his own work on the city of Gotham*
"But a chemical causing mental reactions, if inhaled, could cause mass hysteria."
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Post by Pestilence on Jan 1, 2008 18:09:10 GMT -5
*She raised an eyebrow at him. Mortals could not read minds, but he was disturbingly close.*
"Indeed," *she murmured.* "You take an interest, then, in my work?"
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Post by Jonathan Crane on Jan 1, 2008 22:02:44 GMT -5
"I'll admit a certain curiosity."
*He rolled over on his side, facing her*
"I don't know much about the apocalypse, but I do know about causing fear."
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Post by Pestilence on Jan 1, 2008 23:02:12 GMT -5
*Pestilence laughed throatily.*
"I do not care for the apocalypse. It will come in time, and it will be glorious. But there is enough to do until then. But you interest me more than I first anticipated. What has a curer of minds to do with causing fear?"
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Post by Jonathan Crane on Jan 5, 2008 14:58:44 GMT -5
"I am a bit more than a healer of minds..."
*He smiled mysteriously.*
"I am, first and foremost, a scientist. Fear has always been my main interest...it can give the weak power over the strong, cause a man to tear himself apart, revert power to the mind rather than the body."
*He wondered briefly about whether telling her his criminal invention was a good idea, then decided the hell with it*
"I've even found a certain toxin that can stimulate it in the mind...whatever people most fear. It very nearly destroyed Gotham City."
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Post by Pestilence on Jan 5, 2008 20:06:20 GMT -5
*Pesto laughed, now openly amused.*
"How curious! You require a toxin. It is almost quaint. Endearing. You should be interested in accompanying me to the Opera, then. It seems to be the center of this universe--and I guarantee you will enjoy my latest project."
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Post by Jonathan Crane on Jan 5, 2008 21:07:42 GMT -5
"I woud be honored."
*He pulled on the remainder of his clothes*
"My methods may be primitive by your standards, but as one who has studied the mind, I'd like to think I could be of some use."
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