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WHO WEARS SHORT SKORTS? ([personal profile] skort) wrote in [community profile] exsilium2013-06-08 11:47 am

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Hello, fellow Transports! I know we're in a bit of a pinch right now what with this super-virus mutating and infecting some of the population, but if you have a minute I've got some questions I'd appreciate some answers to. Some of them may help either now, if we're going to be trying to treat this virus at all, or in the future should anything like this happen again.

What's your name?
Age?
Place of origin? Planet, country, and city of origin would be the most helpful.
Species? If you're anything other than a baseline human, does your biology differ in any notable ways?
What occupation did you have in your world of origin? "Student" and "unemployed" are perfectly valid answers.
Do you have any prior experience with war?
Time travel?
Alternate universes?
Technology at the level the Initiative is operating with?
Do you have any background in medicine?
What about the STEM fields? For anyone who doesn't know, that would be Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
What kind of weapon did you choose upon entrance to Exsilium? If it has a special function, feel free to include that at your discretion.
Have you made use of the Initiative's training areas outside of mandatory training hours?
If you answered no to the above, why not?
What is your opinion on the Initiative and their missions?


Feel free to skip any questions you feel are too intrusive, or encrypt things if you would like to answer but would rather not answer to the whole network. Similarly, if you would like to answer but don't trust the Initiative's technology, I can currently be found in the library (the one not in the Hold) and would love to either talk face to face or take answers written elsewhere. Look for the blonde in the Metropolis University sweatshirt. Any and all private communication will be kept completely confidential and is only to satisfy my own curiosity. Thank you in advance for any answers!

And, out of the interest of fairness, I'll give you my own answers to this little survey.


What's your name? Kara Zor-El.
Age? Functionally somewhere around 19/20.
Place of origin? Earth, United States of America, Metropolis. Originally from the planet Krypton.
Species? Kryptonian. We look fairly human on the outside, but our internal organs are vastly different from those of the Homo sapiens sapiens. Radiation from a yellow sun also affects our bodies in ways baseline humans don't experience.
What occupation did you have in your world of origin? Full-time superhero. I've also sold some technology to a business with a large R&D department.
Do you have any prior experience with war? Yes.
Time travel? Yes.
Alternate universes? Sadly, yes.
Technology at the level the Initiative is operating with? Possibly, yes. I haven't had time to analyze all of it.
Do you have any background in medicine? Nothing more than basic first aid, but I'm interested in learning more.
What about the STEM fields? Yes. I was part of the Science Guild back on New Krypton. These days I mostly focus on mechanical and electronic engineering, with astro- and temporal physics being a hobby.
What kind of weapon did you choose upon entrance to Exsilium? A small sphere the functions of which are unknown.
Have you made use of the Initiative's training areas outside of mandatory training hours? I have plans to.
If you answered no to the above, why not? N/A
What is your opinion on the Initiative and their missions? I haven't been here long enough to form a complete opinion, but so far I think they're in over their heads a bit. Messing with time is always difficult and usually inadvisable.



[ ooc | here, have a textbox with the survey in it to make filling it out easier! ]
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[personal profile] agodintheopen 2013-06-08 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
What's your name? Lestat de Lioncourt
Age? 252
Place of origin? Auvergne, France
Species? Vampire
What occupation did you have in your world of origin? Where to start? Musician, author, poet, actor...
Do you have any prior experience with war? Oh, no. I dislike war.
Time travel? No.
Alternate universes? No, but the concept fascinates me.
Technology at the level the Initiative is operating with? No, but again, I am interested in learning more.
Do you have any background in medicine? Unfortunately not.
What about the STEM fields? No, but I'd be interested in learning.
What kind of weapon did you choose upon entrance to Exsilium? A really interesting cane. I'm still not entirely sure what it does.
Have you made use of the Initiative's training areas outside of mandatory training hours? No.
If you answered no to the above, why not? I already know how to fight. Why bother?
What is your opinion on the Initiative and their missions? It depresses me to see what has become of London.
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[personal profile] agodintheopen 2013-06-09 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. Depending on whom you ask, the proper term is 'undead.' I disagree. I feel more alive now than I ever did as a mortal.

Oh? I don't suppose you've seen it during its glory days? I may be French, but I hold no animosity towards the British. On the contrary, they were some of my most dedicated fans.
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[personal profile] agodintheopen 2013-06-09 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it certainly isn't now.
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[personal profile] agodintheopen 2013-06-09 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I think once got the point across more than adequately.

It's because of that that I've had to make do with donated blood, and the tasteless, synthetic vaguely-sanguine water the Initiative gives me. Vampires are naturally immune to disease, so I've had to drink the the synthetic blood. They need the donated blood for transfusions.
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[personal profile] agodintheopen 2013-06-09 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
As if I would lower myself to drinking from an animal.

[ At least, not unless he literally had no other options. ]
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[personal profile] agodintheopen 2013-06-10 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
To use a term mortals would understand, it's less 'nutritious.' And no, it doesn't taste quite as well.
Edited (derp) 2013-06-10 22:29 (UTC)
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[personal profile] agodintheopen 2013-06-12 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
I suspect it is because we were originally human. Unfortunately, as you might expect, more... specific scientific study of vampires is lacking.

Alien blood? I've never tried it. Though I have tried magical blood.
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[personal profile] agodintheopen 2013-06-15 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
The blood of a witch, for example.
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[personal profile] agodintheopen 2013-06-16 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
It is delicious. Like the first time I ever tasted blood as a vampire.