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[neveraskedforthis]

[ Video--coming from Adam's tablet for once, and not his retinal enhancements. it shows him, obviously in his messy apartment, and obviously... different from what one might be used to. he's neither properly dressed nor his usual stoic, composed, monotone self.

but most notably, the lenses of his shades--which are mounted to his head--are retracted. his eyes are visibly artificial. here's the usual gravely voice: ]

...And they keep dragging more and more people here. Or is that the machine malfunctioning again? Can't be sure anymore.

Anyway, hello. My name's Adam Jensen and I'm -- [ insert vague, dismissive gesture here--his hand, too, is artificial and looks like it's made out of black metal. ] ... who the fuck even cares. I'm the local oversized can opener. Hi.

[ if it wasn't obvious before that he's drunk, it's sure as hell now. ]

Given the uh, premise under which you all arrived here as well as the popularity of thought-provoking surveys lately, let's talk about a topic each of you surely can contribute to with a story or two. Since I couldn't help but notice that we're quite a miserable bunch of misfits. Exceptions prove the rule by the way.

[ pause, during which he reaches off screen... for his smoke. ]

So, broken dreams. There's a pretty catchy song on them by Green Day which I can only recommend. But before you scurry off to find it, why don't we share with the class why we're all so damn bitter, and not only since we ended up in this shithole. Though I guess the shithole made it worse, in some cases. I don't know. Getting it off your chest might have a soothing effect, or something.

[ another pause, and he seems pensive for a moment. he might be able to offer alternative treatment methods for your troubles which may involve punching ahem. ]

Here, I'll start. I was planning to get married not too long ago, start a family. I had the perfect girl, a decent job I liked and paid well, and then--then science happened.

[ a dry, humorless chuckle. ]

Gotta love science. Your turn.

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[whatsupcroc]

Why're your metabolisms all messed up? Is that new?

Thanks for the example, I'll add it in to the ones my brother handed down as gems of wisdom over the years.

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[neveraskedforthis]

its;fm

its got to do witgh some energy convrersion thingie idunno how it works exactly

basically my metabolism is lightinng fast so nothing lasts really

sry abut your brohter

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[whatsupcroc]

How much do you have to eat like that?!

Hahaha don't be feel sorry for him I got to speak at his wedding and I remembered a whole lot more of his teen years than he thought an eight-year-old at the time would. It was great!

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[neveraskedforthis]

not much

i can store bioenergy sort of like

a battery so its slow burning & much more effective cause it doenst really matter what i eat as long as its got proteisn

downside is side effects never last long, be it drunkenness or medicine

for example i take painkilolers and itll make the pain go away immedtiately but only for like five minutes at most



oh good i thought your brother might have been a really bad alcoholic

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[whatsupcroc]

You can do all sorts of weird things but that pain one wouldn't it work better if you were on a morphine drip? You'd take way too much morphine but something like that could be monitored for pain reasons if you had something really big hurting.

Oh no though that's usually something people worry about for anyone in the service too long but Phil's not a really addictive personality so he'll be fine!

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[neveraskedforthis]

that wont be necessary i just sometimes got a migraine

not a fan of drips anyway


and im glad to haer taht