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exsilium2013-01-08 05:38 pm
oncearanger) wrote in exsilium2013-01-08 05:38 pm
02. [video]
[The face of a man about sixty-five years old appears on screen. He's squinting at the blasted device through glasses that he's very glad he kept, but he would still struggle to make a text post at the moment---not with his old prescription. The voice is rougher, but still recognizable as Billy's to the few people he knows.]
Please answer this question for me: it's urgent.
Is extreme accelerated aging a known side effect of the transporter? I have several other hypotheses about my sudden condition, but this is the first I should test. And if you know of any cures for this condition, I'd appreciate a pointer. I'm drawing up my own attempts at a cure, but there's not much I can do with our limited supplies.
[He sighs wearily.]
I calculate that I'll age to the point of death within the next 36 hours, or sooner if it accelerates further, so there's not much that I have to lose.
((ooc: The aging is a canon event caused by his own tinkering at home gone wrong with a delayed reaction. And there's a canon medicine that would likely be at the Hold, but he hasn't a clue.))
Please answer this question for me: it's urgent.
Is extreme accelerated aging a known side effect of the transporter? I have several other hypotheses about my sudden condition, but this is the first I should test. And if you know of any cures for this condition, I'd appreciate a pointer. I'm drawing up my own attempts at a cure, but there's not much I can do with our limited supplies.
[He sighs wearily.]
I calculate that I'll age to the point of death within the next 36 hours, or sooner if it accelerates further, so there's not much that I have to lose.
((ooc: The aging is a canon event caused by his own tinkering at home gone wrong with a delayed reaction. And there's a canon medicine that would likely be at the Hold, but he hasn't a clue.))
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[Billy still looks faintly embarrassed by his outburst, but the bounce soon returns to his step. It's over. He's safe now---probably.]
But I won't let this research opportunity go to waste. I have to go log all my observations, as well as everything I can remember about Aquitar. I wasn't told much about the falls on my last visit, but maybe I can piece some things together.
You can get back to whatever you were doing. I'm sorry about the interruption.
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[Shut up and don't apologize ok?]
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[Whatever, it's all cool. Billy smiles brightly as they leave.]
...are there any other life-threatening emergencies in my future that I should know about?
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Ok, can't stay serious all the time.]
Not to my knowledge.
[Maybe he should tell him that he moved to Aquitar after the whole aging thing went down.]
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Good. And...if I knew anything about your future, I promise I'd say something. I'll have to thank you some other way.