Welcome! You have entered [Neutral Grounds] at 2:29 am
[ Kidman ]: Try to always stay in character. (Use parentheses for out-of-character chats.)
[Neutral Grounds]: Mikal has left at 2:29 am
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[ Mikal ]: Shalom.
[ Contessa ]: Hello Mikal.
[ Ivy ]: Hey Mikal.
[ Kidman ]: Hey guy
[ Chase ]: Kidman, Mikal, come in.
[ Contessa ]: Helllo Kidman.
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has entered at 2:33 am
[ Ivy ]: Shalom Mikal, hey Kidman.
[Neutral Grounds]: DrRoux has entered at 2:33 am
[ Kidman ]: Roux! Hullo!
[ Ivy ]: Sure fills up fast.
[ Ivy ]: Hello Roux.
[ Mikal ]: Shalom Carmen, Shalom Roux.
[ Carmen ]: This is lovely.
[ DrRoux ]: bonjour!
[ Chase ]: Hello.
[ Chase ]: So I'm guessing nothing from Euge on Friday?
[ Kidman ]: I wanted to ask; Dr. Roux, what is your stance on zombies?
[ Ivy ]: Ha, nope. I guess I can slap him through the internet now.
[ DrRoux ]: I do not believe in zombies.
[ DrRoux ]: I do believe in the possible reanimation of supposedly 'dead' things, but I do not believe in the fictional portrayal of zombies in films.
[ Kidman ]: using this? :Punch:
[ Kidman ]: How so?
[ DrRoux ]: Organ transplants to start.
[ DrRoux ]: Head transplants have been possible with rats and monkeys as well.
[ Contessa ]: Fascinating.
[ Kidman ]: For serious?
[ Kidman ]: Could you bring someone back from the dead?
[ DrRoux ]: yes, it was done on several occasions by scientists.
[ DrRoux ]: Ah not always
[ DrRoux ]: to bring someone back from the dead is very difficult and depends on the circumstance of that death.
[ Kidman ]: But have you done it?
[ DrRoux ]: I have caused a temporary death and have revived the person, yes.
[ Kidman ]: ...for...science?
[ DrRoux ]: Always, for my research.
[ Kidman ]: nods
[ Carmen ]: By which method?
[ Chase ]: I'm guessing the most popular one.
[ Kidman ]: Eh?
[ Ivy ]: Roux's research doesn't seem like something Carmen would endorse.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, I also don't like the use of tetrodotoxin.
[ DrRoux ]: The locals call them Sea Toads, but yes, essentially, it is the Tetraodontidae.
[ Contessa ]: What about this halting of age?
[ Contessa ]: I've heard rumors your research points in that direction.
[ DrRoux ]: It is research that combines all parts of living.
[ DrRoux ]: from food intake to external factors
[ DrRoux ]: (Dr. Roux is researching indestructible skin, but he cannot tell you that in character)
[ Contessa ]: (That is something Contessa would be very, very interested in.)
[ DrRoux ]: (It requires grafting of the entire body, and very difficult to conceive)
[ Chase ]: So you're a neutritionist too?
[ Ivy ]: That's an odd way of thinking about Roux.
[ Kidman ]: http://news.discovery.com/tech/spray-on-skin-cells-for-burn-victims.html
[ DrRoux ]: Neutrition, neurology, I aim to help the body regenerate as it needs.
[ Kidman ]: (He could try this method)
[ DrRoux ]: (I have read that article, but no, it cannot be sprayed on as it must genetically be tranformed)
[ DrRoux ]: (The skin is an organ, that can be transplanted by a genetically modified substitution)
[ Kidman ]: (Could not the genetically modified cells be sprayed on?)
[ DrRoux ]: (non)
[ DrRoux ]: (It cannot, it must be given blood supply, it must become a part of the body.)
[ DrRoux ]: (Sprayed on skin cells do not regenerate with the body the way actual skin cells do.)
[ Mikal ]: I can see many uses for Dr. Roux.
[ Mikal ]: If this is his speciality.
[ Kidman ]: (Ah, I see)
[ Chase ]: Yeah.
[ Chase ]: He's great.
[ DrRoux ]: Thank you
[ Ivy ]: Great and scary.
[ Ivy ]: (although Lee might be a slight more creepy.)
[ Kidman ]: wonders where she is on the creep-o-meter
[ DrRoux ]: (Dr. Roux has no interest in the physical aspects of a woman the same way Lee does.)
[ Ivy ]: (Not at all?)
[ DrRoux ]: (He is more excited by the mind.)
[ DrRoux ]: (You are speaking of physical pleasure?)
[ Contessa ]: That many explain much.
[ DrRoux ]: (I am saying that he needs to be marveled by wit and interlect to have the sense of pleasure.)
[ Chase ]: (Okay, I just understood that.)
[ Chase ]: (Basically, you're saying Playboy does nothing for him... but Science Weekly just might.)
[ Ivy ]: (That explains his attachment to Carmen.)
[ DrRoux ]: (rs rs rs Mr. Chase is very funny)
[ Mikal ]: heh heh.
[ Carmen ]: Does it explain his attachment to me, or simply the 'image' of me?
[ DrRoux ]: The image, I believe.
[ Kidman ]: furrows her brow a little.
[ Chase ]: There are a lot of facets to the idea of Carmen Sandiego.
[ Mikal ]: Agreed.
[ Chase ]: You have the Lee part -- where she's physically attractive, and the Roux part -- where she's got the brains to outwit anybody.
[ DrRoux ]: Yes, and more.
[ Kidman ]: wonders if Carmen finds this conversation creepy.
[ Contessa ]: Certainly more.
[ Carmen ]: I should hope to hear some of this in my eulogy.
[ Chase ]: Heh heh
[ Chase ]: Just casual observation.
[ Mikal ]: (Wish I could stay longer, but gotta go)
[ Mikal ]: SHalom everyone.
[ Ivy ]: Later Mikal.
[ Kidman ]: Bye mate
[ Contessa ]: Farewell Mikal.
[ Chase ]: Take care
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[ DrRoux ]: I am curious about you, Director.
[ Chase ]: Me?
[ DrRoux ]: oui
[ Chase ]: I'm not really here to answer your questions.
[ DrRoux ]: Your division of ACME was not directly pitted against VILE, non?
[ Chase ]: No, I dealt with International Crimes. Chief Weller deals with VILE.
[ DrRoux ]: And yet you are now directly taking care of VILE cases?
[ Chase ]: No, not all VILE cases.
[ Chase ]: Those will still be handled by agents under Chief Weller.
[ Chase ]: I only oversee a large part of the ACME operation to subdue VILE.
[ Ivy ]: Chase's real job is a bit of a mystery.
[ Ivy ]: No one knows exactly what he's doing.
[ Kidman ]: I think that chair is part of it.
[ DrRoux ]: He has stated that he is to subdue VILE, hasn't he?
[ Carmen ]: "Subdue"?
[ Chase ]: Pacify, lessen, outplay...
[ Kidman ]: decides to sit closer to Carmen.
[ Chase ]: overtake, vanquish... need any more synonyms?
[ Contessa ]: I think ACME believes he may be the only one who can.
[ Kidman ]: I like 'vanquish'.
[ DrRoux ]: It matters little what ACME believes.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, as ACME has been proven wrong before.
[ Chase ]: No, you're right.
[ Chase ]: The only thing that matters is what VILE believes.
[ DrRoux ]: Then we are at an impasse.
[ Kidman ]: Actually I think it does matter what ACME believes.
[ Ivy ]: Not sure I like it when Carmen taunts.
[ Kidman ]: ...You mean it's possible that you do?
[ DrRoux ]: VILE does not believe ACME can "vanquish" us.
[ Kidman ]: rubs her head and sighs.
[ Chase ]: Why not? I'm guessing a few nuts and bolts in VILE already think it's possible.
[ Kidman ]: That would be the responsible way to approach things, yes.
[ Carmen ]: Minor inconvenience.
[ Chase ]: Really?
[ Carmen ]: Yes. Really.
[ Kidman ]: Yep.
[ Chase ]: Not worried at all?
[ Ivy ]: If they aren't worried, we aren't doing our jobs.
[ Kidman ]: Who, Master?
[ Kidman ]: Of course she's not. That's my job.
[ Carmen ]: Nonsense, a smart person always worries, a wise person knows how to express it.
[ Chase ]: How are you expressing your worries then?
[ Chase ]: Hold on.
[ Chase ]: Let me guess...
[ Chase ]: By planning a way out?
[ Carmen ]: I plan out resolutions, yes. No need to be condescending.
[ Chase ]: Enjoy running.
[ Carmen ]: But, Chase, who said anything about running?
[ Carmen ]: I plan to use all your weaknesses against you. Honorably as well, I might add.
[ Chase ]: Bold words.
[ Carmen ]: The truth is easier to say.
[ Kidman ]: wishes she was like Master.
[ DrRoux ]: wishes he could create more people like Carmen.
[ Ivy ]: ...
[ Ivy ]: (just pondering the "create more people like Carmen" part.)
[ Chase ]: (Yeah, not exactly kosher)
[ Carmen ]: (You're starting to sound more like Mikal)
[ DrRoux ]: (I have stated it, and I stand by it)
[ DrRoux ]: Does Carmen truly plan to not run?
[ Contessa ]: finds this very interesting
[ Carmen ]: Acton, it's often necessary to step into a swinging bat to block it than to allow it to hit at full force.
[ Chase ]: Decent logic.
[ DrRoux ]: She has always had a strong core for logic.
[ Chase ]: Sure, her doctor would know.
[ Carmen ]: He's not my doctor.
[ Kidman ]: shivers involutarily.
[ Carmen ]: But I'm pleased you think me frivolous enough to trust men in plague masks.
[ Kidman ]: 8s
[ Contessa ]: I'm sure he will eventually prove his worth to you Carmen.
[ Kidman ]: feels just a little bad to Roux.
[ Carmen ]: I'm not saying he's unworthy.
[ DrRoux ]: I am happy to at least be mentioned.
[ Carmen ]: You're very talented, Acton, but you're currently unwelcomed.
[ DrRoux ]: A oui, I will accept that for now.
[ Chase ]: Shutting him out, like that?
[ Carmen ]: I'm not shutting him out of VILE, that would be stopping potential.
[ DrRoux ]: Non, I understand. I am not invited into her inner circle of trust.
[ DrRoux ]: But I must ask.