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[withtheoldbreed]

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[Gene's so far from being an expert about stuff like this that he feels like an idiot for even beginning to hypothesize why things are heading the way they are, but after talking to Merlin, and all the murders, and how weird and off certain people have felt...

Anyway, he'd rather know a little more about who's been changed by it and who hasn't. Whatever it is. Maybe it's just people being strange.]

Anyone been noticing they're feelin' weird since we got back from port? Or seen anyone else been actin' kinda strange?

[Asiatic, he'd almost want to say, like being here for too long is making people depressed and angry and different, but it's not exactly the same. People got like that in the islands when they'd just been away from home and decent food for too long.]

[Private to Snafu]

[And on a completely unrelated note:] I was gonna run by the mess, you want anything?

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[freezerburns]

Steve, I think. Abigail too. And... Scott as well.

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[withtheoldbreed]

Captain Rogers? [He sounds surprised - he hasn't noticed anything different with him, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.] I'd noticed Scott seemed kinda down. Don't really know Abigail.

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[freezerburns]

Yeah. I mean, I think so? It's not like it's a big change, so it's hard to spot unless I know them well. [Like with Scott. He sounds pretty unhappy about this.] There's got to be more, maybe a lot. You noticed anyone else?

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[withtheoldbreed]

Snafu, I think. [He doesn't sound certain, though.] And Merlin. Unless it's just a coincidence.

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[freezerburns]

Knowing the Barge? No way is this coincidence.

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[withtheoldbreed]

So, what're we supposed to do?

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[freezerburns]

Maybe if we knew what it was, we could figure that out.

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[withtheoldbreed]

Doubt I'm gonna be much help with that. We don't have things like this where I'm from.

Whatever it is.

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[freezerburns]

Sometimes I kinda wish I could still say the same thing.

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[withtheoldbreed]

Gee, why?

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[freezerburns]

Well hey, at least the super strength and speed is a plus.

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[withtheoldbreed]

Stuff's complicated enough without superpowers.

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[freezerburns]

Yeah. I'd still prefer to have them when stuff gets complicated, though.

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[withtheoldbreed]

Got me there.

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[freezerburns]

It's got to be... I don't know, weird? Hard? Coming here without them.

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[withtheoldbreed]

Kinda feels like bein' the new kid in boot camp again, except no one's tellin' you what to do.

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[freezerburns]

Would you prefer it if someone was?

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[withtheoldbreed]

Maybe.

Not the Admiral, though. [But if Steve pulled rank on him, he probably wouldn't complain.]

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[freezerburns]

Good thing he's a hands-off boss then.

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[withtheoldbreed]

Most higher ups don't really know what they're talkin' about.

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[freezerburns]

Other than him, the only higher ups I've got experience with are teachers and my dad. But I guess they didn't usually know what they were taking about either, so.

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[withtheoldbreed]

At least they're not gonna crash you into any alien planets without warning.

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[freezerburns]

Parents and teachers one, Admiral zero.

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[withtheoldbreed]

So, what're you gonna do about Scott?

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[freezerburns]

[Isaac pauses and sighs, shaking his head.]

I don't know yet. Watch him, for now. Look out for him. Try to figure out if anyone else knows what's going on. Maybe it's like a flood and whatever it is'll wear off.

[D o u b t f u l.]