random loose threads

[driftsintobuffetline]

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2016
January 29 - Returning from Submarining
February 13 - What are you thoughts on MARRIAGE?
February 16 - Day 1, Soviet Occupied Import Cities
March 12 - They were supposed to talk about Miles and Greg, but talked about themselves instead
April 14th - Kinks, Tatts, and Power Suppression
June - Admiring the Ring
July 27 - Hermann's New Car
After the Kaiju Test - Need a New Apartment

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[driftsintobuffetline]

[The level of safe-sex required for Hermann's survival is absurd and sometimes frustrating--it's like having a disease. But it's the second thought, that his own minor injury could mean Hermann can't touch him, that he could bleed and KILL surrounding victims, that scares him most. It is too full of variables. It's something he cannot properly prepare for or prevent, no matter how well they plan.]

No. And I mean, there's no sure way to know MY toxin will be something you can build up immunity to. It's mostly a theory. I think snake tamers do it, but depending on how the body processes the toxin, we could just be talking about building up a bunch of that junk in your system and killing you slowly.

I've had some luck with antivenom administered via hypodermic needle after the fact, and maybe that will lead to more. It doesn't solve anything now, but... [A sigh. He leans into Hermann's shoulder.] ...sometimes I just think, you know, a power-suppressor isn't a bad idea.

[mathemagier]

Yes, I know.

[It's the most obvious solution, and would be ideal if it would only affect Newton's toxicity. But they have the drift to consider.]

Well it may not be immunity, but an antivenom is still significant progress in the case of accidental contact.

[Which does make it sound like Newton has some sort of contagious disease. And carrying around a bunch of needles just in case hardly sounds convenient.

Hermann presses a kiss to the top of Newton's head]

We could do more research into it. If we understand how the power suppressors function, we could learn how to apply it in different and less permanent forms. And possibly even counteract that effect should the need arise.

[driftsintobuffetline]

I am never going to tire of you saying you don't want me to just flat-out neutralize my side of everything. [He kisses Hermann's shoulder because he's comfortable, curled up like this and doesn't want to move.]

Maybe I can make a power-specific suppressor. Since neutralizing the blood in me isn't going to work and immunization isn't working. I'd like to stop worrying about bloody noses and papercuts.

[mathemagier]

Of course I don't. If you decided to do that, then I may as well go along with it. Working through an incomplete Drift is an experience I'd rather not repeat.

[But he's also grown used to his abilities and would be more reluctant to part with them. Hermann loops an arm behind Newton's back, fingers curling about his shoulder. Comfortable- yes, as his lingering nerves settle]

But I wouldn't abandon the idea for an anti-venom. Develop that for emergencies, then look into a more sophisticated approach perhaps. I know you've already been working on identifying the different biological factors between your abilities.

[driftsintobuffetline]

I'm working on it, yeah. Sometimes I'm just tired of how long scientific discovery takes. Like...we gave ten years of our lives, Hermann, ten years...building giant robots, mapping breaches, and studying alien biology and all it took was the inelegant solution of grabbing a kaiju carcass and riding the motherfucker into the Breach and then detonating a bomb.

[Granted, they needed some of that time to develop the Jaegers and perfect them enough to defeat Kaiju while they worked to find the Breach. And there was politics regarding what they could attempt and could not, especially once detonating a bomb at the Breach DID fail... But. STILL.]

Ten years. [He traces an invisible line down one of Hermann's pantlegs.] What am I missing? Is it really so complicated or am I going to spend years looking for an answer to this, only to find I was missing a single variable that would have made all the difference?

[A sigh.]...This was not what I was going to talk about. We were going to talk about kinky shit and fun stuff and how we should totally reenact every one of those fancomics.