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[prodigalbrat]

i haven't seen rats like that since the trenches. and those crocodile things-- what are they called? manticores? anyone know where they come from?

i'd guess a flood in the sewer scenario, but i can't say i know space ships.

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[unparental]

According to the science team, they used to be people.

[ yeah. ]

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[prodigalbrat]

[ wow, gross. i mean, really gross. ]

You mean like werewolves? Wererats?

[ he's guessing it's not, but the alternative is disgusting.]

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

Science experiments, both of them. No surprise it's the genetics lab that's so infested.

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[prodigalbrat]

So you're telling me that these creatures were once human? How does that even work?

[chuffle]

The trenches of the Fire Swamp?

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[ex_question191]

10/10

[prodigalbrat]

On my way to scale the Ogre mountains.

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[swedge]

came from? probably the labs.
everyone's saying their experiments, so that would make sense.
but they hang out mostly in the deeper parts of the ship.
so if you wanna avoid them, I'd suggest staying out of there.

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[prodigalbrat]

i wouldn't call giant rats threatening, poisonous or not. they're mostly disgusting.

what else can you find in the deeper parts?

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[chaineddog]

They came from someone thinking it's fun to fuck around with human genetics and splicing.

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[prodigalbrat]

That's what everyone's been telling me. Think you can tell me how it works?

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[blunted]

Not a fan of rats?

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[prodigalbrat]

Is anyone a fan of rats?

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[leaps]

Experiments, left by whoever was here before us. We thought they'd been dealt with, last time we came across them.

[ sulu sounds more tired than distrubed. it's been a long couple of weeks. ]

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[prodigalbrat]

Takes only two to multiply. [ and that's what you get for being a do-gooder, sulu. nevermind that henry is his own brand of tired. hungry. ] Any idea why they carried out the experiments, besides playing dr. frankenstein?

[sufferances]

They could have arrived up the same way the rest of us did.

[prodigalbrat]

Well, from what I've seen - whoever brought us here is not above taking animals too.

[ Like werewolves. ]

But if that's true, why just those two?

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[doggedly]

where are you from that theres trenches that have got massive rats with poisoned teeth


is it wales

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[prodigalbrat]

france, actually. but then you'd think the french would've eaten them before they got that fat.

why wales?

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[growling]

[ HARK a reluctant but not entirely hostile text. He's feeling homesick, what do you want. ]

Careful, you'll date yourself. Trenches are very last century.

Best guess is that the ship made them, or the previous crew did.

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[prodigalbrat]

i'm pretty sure merlin and king arthur live on the floor below me.

i'm not dating myself, if there's no reference point.

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[tirade]

i'm guessing the general consensus is 'diabolical science experiment' but i'm still not ruling them out as not being from the dank pits of space hell.

either way, making giant rats instead of an actual creepy crawly takes the mad scientist intimidation factor out of things.

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[prodigalbrat]

maybe the rats were the first stage. who knows what we might find next. mutant cats? giant spiders?

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[emerges]

i think the more important question is, does anyone know how to send them back?

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[prodigalbrat]

as far as i know, if you kill them, they stay dead.

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[surrogates]

You've already heard the science experiment spiel. Honestly, I'm more concerned about how they keep appearing when we think they're all dead.

[ and okay no he's gotta say it. ]

Unless you were fighting in some country where the rats were mutated to hell and back, rats weren't that big in the trenches.

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[prodigalbrat]

This ship's a big place.

[ To that, he responds with an abrupt laugh.]

And that's obviously an exaggeration.