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DR. CURTIS CONNORS ([personal profile] connors) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2012-09-25 06:57 pm

VIDEO » 002

[ The sight of the science department behind Betty whenever she posts is likely a familiar one by now, though this time there’s no dinosaur. There is, however, Dr. Connors. Less of a surprise, perhaps, despite his relatively short tenure so far upon the ship. The broadcast is a little more structured than not, the brief silence before any actual speech suggesting the preparation of some kind of presentation.

Betty holds up a vial filled with blue liquid so that the camera can get a clear shot. To anyone who’s paid attention the past several jumps, it’s very obviously the same fluid that’s within the gravity couches. ]


Some of you may have noticed that I was taking samples of the gravity couch fluid this most recent jump.

[ Curt cuts in at this point, raising his hand once to adjust his glasses on the bridge of his nose. ]

You’ll be glad to know it doesn’t carry anything harmful, I’m sure, [ he says, with a half-smile. ] We’ve managed to figure out that it actually provides nutrients to the body, as well as various healing agents.

[ There’s a little jiggle of the vial from Betty, the liquid sloshing about inside. ]

We’re still working out how, exactly, but it does answer why everyone has been so healthy despite a general lack of a balanced diet [ Tony, she means you ] and why surface injuries have been healing so quickly.

[ A beat passes before Connors speaks again, brow creasing as he glances at the vial that Betty holds. ] Unfortunately, it doesn’t explain anything about the stasis sickness that occurred previously, but — barring a recurrence — it should only be beneficial. As it stands, we’d be happy to field any further questions. Hopefully we’ll be able to answer them.


[ ooc; blue is curt, green is betty! tag one or both! :D ]
culver: unknown. (i wanna go)

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[personal profile] culver 2012-09-25 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[her wings flick behind her back and she smiles (a little uncertainly, sorry doctor connors).]

Good to know. Thank you.
Edited 2012-09-25 23:09 (UTC)
soothing: (back smile)

[personal profile] soothing 2012-09-25 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Betty smiles back at Nill, setting the vial down. ]

You're welcome. It's why we're here.
culver: soundninjakin @ lj (easy)

[personal profile] culver 2012-09-25 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
You are very smart.
I am glad it does not hurt us.
cargojet: (Laugh it out)

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[personal profile] cargojet 2012-09-25 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
And I thought I didn't like science.
cargojet: (Love/Hate with rooftops)

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[personal profile] cargojet 2012-09-25 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad I could help. And relieved that blue crap hasn't got anything in it to make us all sick again. I had my fill of that the first time.
soothing: (camera)

[personal profile] soothing 2012-09-25 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. I was a teacher back home, actually.

So am I.
soothing: (picture taking)

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[personal profile] soothing 2012-09-25 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe you've just never had the right teacher.
culver: seaverse @ lj (summer nights)

[personal profile] culver 2012-09-25 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
That is neat. You taught science?
cargojet: (To honour and serve)

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[personal profile] cargojet 2012-09-25 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
My brother was one of the first for whom the effects were extreme. He almost died before they found the cure; McCoy had to put him into a medically induced coma just to help him survive long enough to take it.

Being infected was like having space take a dump on you. You died slowly, and you knew that it was coming long before it did. If I never have to feel that way again, see the people I care about that sick again, I'll die happy.
cargojet: (Just one more tequila okay?)

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[personal profile] cargojet 2012-09-25 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, just had my fill of a fleet of scientists and doctors. Some of them aren't so bad. Others are fucking psychopaths. Mostly the latter.

[ Lol sorry Mohinder. ]
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[personal profile] soothing 2012-09-25 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I did. Biology, technically.
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[personal profile] culver 2012-09-25 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not know much about that.
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[personal profile] soothing 2012-09-25 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. [ Yeah, no, she... gets that. ]

I can't deny that science has been used for terrible things -- but that's not always the case.
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[personal profile] soothing 2012-09-25 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the study of life, and what makes up life.

I could teach you, if you'd be interested in learning.
culver: chitterbee @ lj (before he cheats)

[personal profile] culver 2012-09-25 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not know.

[she isn't a fan of science, to be honest]
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[personal profile] soothing 2012-09-26 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ That fact really doesn't surprise her. ]

Well, let me know if you'd like to try, okay?
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[personal profile] culver 2012-09-26 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Okay.
Thank you.
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[personal profile] soothing 2012-09-26 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
You're welcome.
cargojet: (Dark dealings)

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[personal profile] cargojet 2012-09-26 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Not always, but enough in my world that I've got a real dislike of it.

[ Betty it's not like he's told you that his own abilities were artificially given to him, cause this shit is just really personal okay. ]

But I like you. The science types on this ship have made me think twice in general, to be honest.
soothing: (scientist)

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[personal profile] soothing 2012-09-26 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well no, but she's engaged to the Hulk. So. She gets it. ]

I try to keep them in line. [ There's a bit of a lip quirk as she says it, but... it's true. ]
culver: amachete @ lj (are you gonna kiss me or not?)

[personal profile] culver 2012-09-26 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Who is that?

[meaning connors]
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[personal profile] soothing 2012-09-26 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
His name is Doctor Connors. He's and I work together on the ship -- he likes lizards.

[ Because she is not mentioning cross-species genetics to Nill. ]
culver: faggotmakesicon @ lj (you save me)

[personal profile] culver 2012-09-26 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[good choice]

I have never seen one.

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