Swith Witherward wrote:The New Velociraptor Empire wrote:"You'll never get in my head! I know you have mind reading owls! Zuul mammals! Zuul!" NVE shouted and ran for the nearest exit then kept running to the nearest supplier of aluminum foil.
"Well he said he was out. And last time anyone got a whiff of what we were up to, it didn't go well for us. Now for skills, myself and Gretta can handle R&D." Neil said. "Mad Science is a passion. and we really want to field test a couple things." Gretta added.
"Hacking." Fortu said.
"Nevvie can handle spying. She is great at stealth and breaking and entering undetected. I can solve problems and track targets through my powers of deduction and psychological profiling. Not to mention we can both hold our own in a fight." Arthur offered.
Minerva watched NVE run off. "Alright, level with me. Is what Naomi said true? The longer you're in existence, the more insane you become? She rattled on about that but I really wasn't paying her much attention that day. And yes, especially if the Drones return, we could really use your intelligence, and your intelligence, in handling them. Beyond that, I have no idea what the city expects us to do. They invited Bran, Torii, Katya, Sig and Gio. These people are just regular people, except Gio, but she's not exactly some potent thing that zaps people with energy or cracks code. There has to be a reason behind that. Any guesses?"
"We just age a lot faster, prolonging our lifespan past ten years is rough on the brain. Well having kids and putting parts of our brains in clones did help us get more level, but not by much." Gretta said. "However the clones are becoming more unstable because they do age a lot faster mentally...that includes you Fortu." Neil answered.
"Not listening, I'm not crazy, and I don't intend to go crazy. The coffeemaker agrees that I'm the sane one of the lot of you." Fortu protested.
"I self-medicate, but Fortu inadvertently screwed up my body chemistry. Now as for the mystery of why the others have been ask to do this, maybe the city sees great potential in them. Bran does work with advanced technology, I'm not too sure about the others yet." Arthur said.