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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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[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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Parents and teachers one, Admiral zero.

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[withtheoldbreed]

So, what're you gonna do about Scott?

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[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.]

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[withtheoldbreed]

One hell of a long flood.

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Yeah. What are you gonna do about Snafu?

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[withtheoldbreed]

I don't know. [Confronting him about it seems like a bad idea, and maybe he's just in a bad mood, but.]

Try and make sure he doesn't try rippin' anyone's head off.

[Metaphorically, obviously. And he's making a joke, but... also kind of not.]

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[freezerburns]

You think he would?

[Not that he knows Snafu at all, but Scott's just been kind of weird and down rather than aggressive, so.]

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[withtheoldbreed]

Not physically. [Prrrrobably. Gene's less than enthusiastic response is less a reflection on Snaf's propensity for violence and more his own uncertainty about how to help him.]

He's just seemed kinda cranky. More than usual.

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[freezerburns]

He kinda always seems like that.

[Hence why Isaac doesn't talk to him..........]

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[withtheoldbreed]

He hasn't called me a boot in months.

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A boot? [What.]

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[withtheoldbreed]

Green, like I've never been in combat before. Never seen him this pissed at me, either.

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[freezerburns]

Right. So definitely whatever the hell this is messing with him too, then.

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[withtheoldbreed]

Yeah.

[Probably. 8(

(It doesn't really shock him that the other marine's behavior bothers him, but at the same time, it does. It feels more than slightly pathetic to be so desperate for other people's approval, even after he's already proved he's just as good as anyone else in K/3/5 when it comes to getting the job done.)]

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You okay?

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[withtheoldbreed]

Yeah. [He is, even if it turns out there's truth to what Snaf said. It's fine, he's fine, this isn't the worst thing that's ever happened to him.]

Just wish I knew more about what's going on.