nextgen_parent (nextgen_parent) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-09-24 19:22:00

Entry tags:

adrienne batroc, anya stark, armadillo jr., bea dayspring, martin baum, team - thunderbolts

Threat Assessment
"Thank you both for agreeing to conference this discussion. I know we all have concerns about the young man. I think he's fairly significantly tied into the attacks by the... beings that were wearing the generic suits the Thunderbolts recovered." Dr Henry Pym, Scientist Supreme (it's on his business cards and everything), addresses the others present.

"Before I share my findings, and present my working theory at this point, I'd like to hear both of your thoughts on Jack."

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	charmedlife 2012-09-24 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Doc Samson gave me his initial report; he said he considered it the ethical equivalent of giving it to a traumatized four-year-old's mother. It's... not good" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-09-24 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Probably not," Anya said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-09-24 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	"He says Jack's been subjected to some intensive mental conditioning. Scary stuff. Almost Kelly-level stuff, but with a different bent." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2012-09-24 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	"That... tracks." Hank answers uncomfortably. "Anything about where he comes from? I've already confirmed that Jack isn't human, but he's more surprising than just a mutant or the typical irradiated or chemically altered metahuman." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-09-24 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	"It explains a lot," Anya said. "Mental conditioning isn't fun or pleasant. So not human, mutant or metahuman? What is he then?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-09-24 08:49 pm UTC (link)
	"No idea. Woke up in a lab somewhere in the greater metropolitan area, all we know about it is that they apparently manage to work with both conditioning and yeast cultures, from Jack's description." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2012-09-24 08:52 pm UTC (link)

"He's... something new. His genetic sequence may have been derived from a mutant at some point, but it's been so heavily modified since then I'm not sure what to label him as."

Hank nods to Bea's contributions. "That makes sense.

I suppose I should open with this. Have either of you ever found any evidence that Jack uses the bathroom, or seen him sleep? I'm willing to bet not. His body takes the energy conservation principles of the suits and takes it to the extreme. Every last molecule of the food he intakes is broken down and used to replace wear and tear of his body. He doesn't need to sleep either. I'm guessing emulating it is part of his conditioning."

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	charmedlife 2012-09-24 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Even my realizations are kind enough not to inform my conscious mind of people's bathroom habits. And that's... interesting. So Jack's probably a genegineered life form? Figures. People are jerks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-09-24 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes," Anya agreed. "Some are bigger jerks than others." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2012-09-24 09:19 pm UTC (link)

"Your reports said that the suited beings were putting people in danger as much as they were rescuing them, yes? I'm fairly certain both their composition and behaviors were beta tests for the finished prod-- for Jack."

Hank holds up a diagram, showing an estimate of Jack's body, and more detailed information about the suits and their former contents. "The same, yeast-based, genetic base was used to fill up the suits and animate them. As you saw, they were still vulnerable to being ruptured and destabilizing the contents.

Jack, on the other hand, is... a much more distilled composition of the same substance. He more than just fills the suit, it and he are one and the same."

He grimaces.

"That's not the disturbing part, though."

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	charmedlife 2012-09-24 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	"I get what you're saying," Bea says as she listens. "What's the other shoe?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-09-24 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	"There's always something else." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2012-09-24 09:49 pm UTC (link)

"Think of the electrical impulses in the human brain as programming code. In Jack's case, someone not only inserted code, but wrote a language from scratch. His brainwaves run through every cell of his body. One piece of him is the same as any other, just expressed in different ways to simulate skin, hair, and clothing.

The programming code that makes him... 'him', has completely organized packets of data. Languages, media trends, a... somewhat narrow code of ethics, basic societal concepts and the like are all in accessible memories and skills. Underneath that, and this is where it begins to get more disturbing... as best I can tell, his appearance and simulation of biological functions are also part of the programming.

Everything about this boy was constructed by someone else's design."

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	Team Meeting (minus one) nextgen_misc 2012-09-26 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	Jack was sent out to pick up take-out a decent distance away, even by web-slinging. There was ample time for an uninterrupted discussion. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: Team Meeting (minus one) soft_inside 2012-09-26 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Manny didn't know what this meeting was about, but figured it was probably important. He say down in his custom-built chair, made to support both his bulk and his weight. He carefully takes a Pepsi can, pokes a hole in the top with a claw, and takes a sip. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Team Meeting (minus one) anyastark 2012-09-26 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	Anya grabbed a seat and worked on her laptop until everyone was ready. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Team Meeting (minus one)

magic_hands
2012-09-26 07:56 pm UTC (link)

Martin appears on his magic disc when he gets a notice about a meeting on his new comm. It'd been a pretty bad week or so for him. Hat being stolen, blowing up in the HQ, then having someone kick him and nearly break his nose, and on top of all of that, now he wasn't allowed to get back at her. So he'd been avoiding the HQ, especially Jack, for the last bit. But his visit to Marlow had made him feel a lot better and even his badly bruised nose was improving, so he did show up for the meeting.

But stayed on the disc just in case. It was an easy teleport out if he felt too uncomfortable or if Jack made a second attempt on his hat.

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	Re: Team Meeting (minus one) ze_leaper 2012-09-26 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	Adrienne entered and sat herself down in a chair. "Bonjour, mes amis," she said. "How are we zis fine day?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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goesbothways
2012-09-26 09:10 pm UTC (link)

Kelly meanders into the meeting, wearing her 'I'm a polyamorous, bisexual slut... and I still won't sleep with you' t-shirt.

As she walks, she's currently playing the knife game, stabbing a knife between her fingers as fast as she can, going back and forth between her outspread fingers, with the obvious objective of not stabbing any fingers. So far, she's doing alright there... with the small issue that, because the game is best played on a hard surface, she's nailed a cutting board to her hand, somewhat defying the usual general idea.

She pauses in the game to cheerily wave her cutting board, as opposed to entering a team meeting waving a knife, as some might predict.

"Good morning, Sunshines."

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Re: Team Meeting (minus one)

charmedlife
2012-09-26 11:46 pm UTC (link)

"Okay, everybody, let's make this quick. We're going to brief you about a possible security risk. Jack Smith is a bioengineered lifeform with disgustingly unethical psychological programming. He's some pretty serious workmanship, so the manufacturers are bound to come after him eventually and we have no idea what they're capable of. We're taking our time in terms of telling Jack himself until it can be done properly, but in the meanwhile, keep an extra-eye out for possible intrusion, or possible triggers of whatever hooks they may have in him. Kelly and I are old hands at this, but Anya and I wanted the rest of you to know what was up."

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	Re: Team Meeting (minus one) anyastark 2012-09-27 12:08 am UTC (link)
	"So basically keep a really close eye on him for any strange or erratic behavior." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Team Meeting (minus one) soft_inside 2012-09-27 12:13 am UTC (link)
	Manny tentatively raises a hand. "Perdon, but..I don't want to sound ignorant..but..what s unusual for Jack?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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magic_hands
2012-09-27 12:26 am UTC (link)

It was a good thing Bea had jumped into the explanaition right away. Otherwise at the mention of Jack, Martin would have been considering teleporting away. He was still quite mad at the guy.

He pauses for a moment to take it in and consider the terminology. While bright, he had little exposure to science terms so most of it seems foreign to him. But he gets the basics. "So...he's not human, someone made him? And we have to watch out for if he goes more crazy or evil right? And if even more people break in? Okay."

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	Re: Team Meeting (minus one) charmedlife 2012-09-27 12:27 am UTC (link)
	"If Jack ever starts acting less like a four-year-old and more like a robot, or his headaches get more severe, or he says he's been getting information or instructions from people we don't now, those would be things to look for." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Team Meeting (minus one) goesbothways 2012-09-27 12:37 am UTC (link)
	"And then we nuke him from orbit? Its the only way to be sure." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)