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[puppydogeyes]

[Taylor is looking better than she has in a while, less agitated and more steady, but there's still a frown pinching her brow for the announcement she has to make.]

Genetics lab is to be considered hostile territory. The place is fucking infested with those rats and attempts to clear and secure the area aren't putting a dent in their population.

[And she wasn't wasting any more ammo on trying it.]

You really want to head down there, you let me and SEC know. Don't go alone or unarmed. You want to do a proper run and need a security detail with you, we can provide one. Otherwise stay the fuck away.

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[northerner]

If anyone needs an escort, Grey Wind and myself would oblige them.

[ because maybe giant ass wolves would scare off the rats for a few minutes, who knows ]

Though would it not be wiser to close the area off?

[puppydogeyes]

I don't have the access to seal those doors. And I'm betting the way we found the place means anything like that'd glitch out anyway.

[Half a shrug, which is a more casual gesture than she really feels for the issue. She doesn't subscribe to the thinking of it being okay when people ignore her warnings and get hurt anyway.]

Sometimes I've gotta rely on people here having some common fucking sense.

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[redhotsummers]

Are you going to be setting up patrols to make sure people are staying away?

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[puppydogeyes]

Don't have the bodies to spare for that.
We get an actual problem, might have to put a guard on it.

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[goldshirt]

Hey, did Johns sign up for security?

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[puppydogeyes]

Yeah, he did.

[And she has a feeling what this might be about, but she waits for Kirk to say it first.]

[wolfinthesnow]

Do they need a reason? For us to take them?

[puppydogeyes]

Prefer not to waste the team's time on people that just feel like sightseeing.

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[staytofight]

Do you need anyone to go play exterminator on their off days? They haven't been able to bite through my skin, so they're hardly a problem.

[Even if they could, he's not so sure they could make him sick... He's kinda marble-y and stuff. Don't quote him on that. But regardless, kicking around annoying pests is just a lot of fun, to not offer.]

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[puppydogeyes]

[She doesn't even seem to miss a beat at the idea of someone with skin that can't be bitten through. Too many weird things on the ship to get tripped up by something like that.]

Don't know if it's gonna make much difference. They're nested in there, they're breeding. Can't even get a rough estimate on how large the population is.

[intersection]

Do we know how they're managing to stay alive? [ ... ] Apart from what they managed to eat off of us, I mean.

[puppydogeyes]

Probably eating each other. And I'll consider it a fucking victory when I find out how the damn things are surviving the jumps.

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[chromosomes]

Never thought I'd hate rats so much.

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[puppydogeyes]

Not usually high on the cute and cuddly list.

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[skindeep]

Do you reckon rats dream? Maybe I could play the pied piper and lead them off somewhere else.

Though they'd probably need to dream and sleepwalk for that, wouldn't they.

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[puppydogeyes]

I'm not taking you in there to try it. And if they're anything like the manticores, you don't want in their heads anyway.

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[supfirehawk]

Are the rats the only thing in there now?

[puppydogeyes]

No. Still some of the manticores around.

[interns]

[ Gwen has a minor teenager moment of going SERIOUSLY?! at her comm, but, that's before she turns it on. ahem ahem. ]

When is the soonest I can get down to the labs for about thirty minutes? The tests I need to run aren't too time sensitive, but after a few days I'll have to collect new samples. Which.. means finding another manticore and another rat to- [ to kill and take samples from baaaarrrrfff ] -um, donate their body to science.

[puppydogeyes]

You really need samples, someone else can get them. Don't think you're gonna get another chance at a manticore, though.

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[doggedly]

but do you want more presents

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[puppydogeyes]

No.

[She hadn't wanted the first one, Sirius.]

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[backwardscompatible]

Sounds like fun. I suppose this is me letting you know I intend to visit on the odd occasion.

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[puppydogeyes]

It's not fun. Their bites are infectious, and you can bet there are enough of them to swarm someone.

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[notjelly]

Are those rats edible? I can defend myself, by the by! Can't I just wander over there and munch on a few?

[puppydogeyes]

Way people get sick when they bite them, I'm gonna guess no.

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[parkours]

Question though, did you guys get any useful information off the stuff there?

[ Sure he's one for breaking the rules, but not this time. When Peter's short on actual defensive equipment, he's in a position where being trapped is just about the only thing he can go for right now. ]

I mean I'd go by myself, cause you know, threats and all, but it's a lab. And it's genetics. [ If that means anything to Tyke, cause it means a ton to Peter. ]

[puppydogeyes]

I don't do the tech shit. [Half a shrug.] Far as I know, most of it's busted in some way, and there was talk of a virus. Got other teams running retrieval.

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[nubilate]

Oh, hey — you're the lady who was arranging that big trip down there, right?

Man, that sounds pretty scary... I'm very sorry that your clearance job didn't go so well. I really hope you and your team're all safe, at least.

[puppydogeyes]

I'm the head of security here.

[Not lady.]

My people are trained to deal with situations like this. We've dealt with scarier.

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[swedge]

[ jo has been down there. jo has been bitten. jo does not understand why people are being so dumb. ]

Why would anyone wanna go down there anyway?

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[puppydogeyes]

Because they're fucking idiots.

[It's said with the kind of edge to it like she's said it a hell of a lot of times before, and she expects to have to say it again a hell of a lot in the future. But then she gives half a shrug.]

Some people think they're gonna find answers out in the dark parts of the ship. Some people get stir-crazy. Some just wanna find things to shoot at.

[jilt]

Seems like survival instinct is in short supply, if you've the need to make such an announcement.

[puppydogeyes]

You've been here long enough. Should know that already.

[How little survival instinct seems to be around.]

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[slipperysoul]

Any way to help clear the things out?

[puppydogeyes]

Unless they start getting out of the lab, I'm considering clearing it low priority now.

[Because it looks seriously impossible.]

We thought we'd have a section clear and they'd just reclaim it.

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[firstofficer]

May I inquire after your own intentions?

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[puppydogeyes]

I'll help with recon and retrieval, but trying to win the place back from those fuckers is gonna take a hell of a lot more than we've got. [A slight shrug, even if he can't see it.] Might put a guard detail on it if too many people are getting in and getting hurt.

[willpunchfaces]

Do you want a dedicated team for runs, or by request? I don't mind going back down there.

[puppydogeyes]

Probably put them together as and when needed. [Based on who's available and who she needs on patrol.] I can keep you in mind for it.

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[stacked]

If we get a party together and clearance, cool using that shit for a little stress relief?

...I'm just saying, boss, long as everybody can handle their end we're talking war games shit, here. Sparring's only gonna get everybody so far, this shit we can kill.

[puppydogeyes]

You know there's people gonna say having kill-shit-for-fun parties is fanning flames.

[She's not saying no, though.]

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[quantified]

And if we simply want to make use of the lab? [ a beat ] I would be amenable to helping clear the area.

[puppydogeyes]

[Okay, big glowing blue guy. Has she seen that before? Nope. But any real surprise is gone in a blink.]

From what I heard there's fuck all in there that's working to be used.

[endeavors]

Sorry to hear it's still infested.

[After he ate those things and everything. Euck.]

[puppydogeyes]

[She doesn't really understand what he's apologising for, and just shrugs.]

That's rats for you. Even huge fucking crazy ones.