☞ 034. (accidental video + text)

[wouldnotkindly]

[When the feed clicks on, it shows . . . a pair of jaws adamantly chewing at the camera lens. They retreat after a moment, revealing the owner to be a small black dragon, evidently one of those left over from the infestation a few weeks ago; it cocks its head, scratches at the camera lens, and then resumes chewing on it.

After about a minute of this, though, it's interrupted by a noise: a loud, low rumbling sound reminiscent of the bellow of a whale. The dragon's head jerks back at once, looking somewhere beyond the camera, and it makes a high-pitched trilling noise in response before it tries to chew on the camera again. Before it can do much more damage, however, the device is lifted up and away, and the feed clicks off.

A short time later, a text post follows:]

Sorry about that, if anyone saw
I dont know how he got a hold of this thing
Anyway

1 wrench, $25
4 first aid kits, $60
3 EVE hypos, $75
1 pistol, $100
36 pistol rounds, $150

This is all thats left of what i brought from home
I dont know what anything else here might be worth
In terms of money i mean
But thats all

Comments

[mortemscintilla]

[ Oh snap, too late Jack. His interest is piqued. (He's not as innocent as he seems, either.) ]

Superpowers?

Wh-what kind? Like superspeed and X-ray vision? [ Awkward pause. ] Also: What's a plasmid?

[wouldnotkindly]

Thats what plasmids are i mean
Superpowers
Nothing like that though
Its stuff like setting things on fire or moving things around with your mind or making them freeze

[mortemscintilla]

That sounds... [ Useful ] ...scary.

Can they work on just anyone? Or only people from your world?

[wouldnotkindly]

Im the only one who can use them if thats what you mean
The EVE makes them work but its not what gives you the powers in the first place

But i can use them on other people just fine

[mortemscintilla]

I see. [ He hesitates. ] So were you born with these, er, plasmid things?

[wouldnotkindly]

No
Nobody is
You have to inject yourself with them before you can use any powers

[mortemscintilla]

Do they have any side-effects?