RESISTANCE MEETING 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

[decrees]

[Like last week, the conference room is set up with enough chairs for everyone (two less than last week) but there isn't any food provided because of the uh... dinner party. Hopefully that didn't go so poorly that the entire group has been split or anything, that would certainly suck.

But once again it's time to discuss the state of things here. Logan's in the same seat he was last time at one end of the table. He's particularly distracted today and he can't seem to focus on that book he's been carrying around, so he'll start things a little earlier today.]

As I'm sure you all know, this week's incentive could easily motivate someone to attempt to murder someone. We need to discuss the state of things here - has anyone found anything since the last meeting? Nighttime patrols have been discussed and I believe Giovanni was handling that. Do we have any other ideas for how we could prevent any more deaths?

(OOC: Like last time, treat this post like a trial - threadjack and go crazy!)

Comments

[hashtagafreakingghost]

U-um...

[She doesn't want to CORRECT him but-]

I...did ask about the last incentive. It- sounds like he has a lot of powerful technology.

[She really doesn't want to say I think it might've worked but]

[midnightsea]

Technology can't just make someone immorta-

[. . . Dio stopped midsentence, realizing that an ancient Aztec mask could do exactly that.]

[So who was to say technology he had no concept of couldn't do the same?]

...How powerful, exactly?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[she didn't want to actually go into this-]

He...only told me about the one from last week, but...it sounds pretty powerful. Not foolproof, but...if you keep it with you, and safe...it sounds like it would've done what it said.

[So before anyone jumps to conclusions--]

M- Maybe- maybe if we can get our hands on them- if he has more- um. It could help. If we...get out.

[midnightsea]

Did he--?!

[That highly offended unfinished question sounded like something Dio was asking himself more than the others, but he quickly stopped himself. Suddenly looking thoughtful, he spoke half under his breath.]

...Some kind of technology to grant limited immortality...if it works, where could he have gotten that power from?

[zomgboom]

Uh, like. You just implant a bunch of nanobots in someone. That's, like, the easiest because every science-y type has those lying around.

[seriously don't question comics.]

[midnightsea]

What in the hell is a nanobot.

[zomgboom]

It's like a suuuuuper small robot that can, like, go in your blood or whatever.

[Duh, Dio.]

[midnightsea]

That raises more questions than it answers, not the least of which is 'what is a robot'.

[zomgboom]

[think, think, think.]

Do you, like, have golems? Or, like, magical things that move on their own? Like that, but metal.

[midnightsea]

No, but I can at least understand the concept.

[luckily]

So you're telling me enough of them on a small scale can make someone effectively immortal?

[zomgboom]

Basically. Like, if you make them really small they can basically repair anything in your body forever . . . until they break down. So, like, if he just had bad nanotech, it'd probably only work once or whatever. Really lame, honestly, my world has way better tech on the black market.

[decrees]

...Technology?

[OH NO, NOT AGAIN--]

You're certain it was some sort of technology and not magic?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Yes. He said it wasn't supernatural. It's a...physical device.

[decrees]

[??????????]

I suppose that's beyond me, then.

[TECHNOLOGY....]

Did he say anything about this incentive? Do you believe he's capable of it?

[forcegalactic]

Like I've been thinkin', this is the work of mad scientists. You get a group of them workin' together, and they can build anythin' they set their minds to.

[He has a list of specific examples, but Logan may not appreciate learning more about Mars.]

[decrees]

[WHY IS IT ALWAYS TECHNOLOGY.....]

Mad scientists... So a group who genuinely thinks of us as an experiment?

[...well, he knows of one mad scientist who was thrown into Ravenscar Keep, so...???]

[forcegalactic]

That's how they are. Mad scientists are pretty common in my time, but most of them work alone and all they can accomplish are science guns or makin' animals talk. Together, they turned Mars into a giant weapon.

The Conductor's the calmest mad scientist I ever had the non-pleasure of meetin', but I can't say the same for the others that helped come up with this "experiment".

[hashtagafreakingghost]

...He didn't tell me. I asked, but- he only explained last week because...I asked after the trial was already over. So, I...have no idea.

[Yes. Yes, definitely believes he's capable of it.]

[decrees]

...So he most likely won't speak of this incentive until...

[Two more people are dead.]

Did he say if the incentives stack?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

No. Another good question...

[She jots it down.]

[decrees]

It would make more sense for him to stack them every week, but if he was doing that, I'm sure he would have mentioned it.

[...he should probably just give up on trying to understand the Conductor...]