text | in spacetext no one can see you crying like a toddler.

[borndying]

Who cares if you die?

( feel free to interpret that however you please, denizens of the EXTREMELY POORLY NAMED tranquility! all possible interpretations are acceptable in harry's current state of complete emotional breakdown. he probably doesn't care if any of you die, for instance, and may bitterly resent you for having an actual answer to this question.

who cared when norman died? who really cared. people mourned the man who'd contributed so much, but that man was an idea. an image carefully cultivated. harry knew enough to know better, but even he wouldn't pretend to have known his father, and who's going to care when harry dies? just like norman did.

harry's legacy is just disappointment and isolation. his best friend is his only friend and he's pretty sure they're totally not friends any more, also. everything sucks and he broke a bottle when he got back to his room and he can't be bothered to clean it up, he's just going to sit here and hate all of you, publicly and violently, and

you know, by text, because he looks even shitter than usual. )

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[borndying]

He was a miserable old bastard and he's dead now.

[technologist]

What was he trying to cure?

[borndying]

Retroviral hypodisplasia.

[technologist]

[ Bio isn't his thing, but he's spent enough time with Simmons to have gleaned enough. There's a slight delay. ]

Never heard of it. A problem with cellular reproduction? Is it contagious?

[borndying]

Hereditary.

( a h. )

[technologist]

[ It only took this long to get an answer to his 'why', look at that. ]

Do you know how long you have?

[borndying]

Nope.

[technologist]

Sucks either way, I suppose, though knowing doesn't really help. Then again, neither does telling everyone to fuck off.

[ Maybe. ] Has it helped? Telling everyone they're wrong.

[borndying]

Well, this suddenly got real touchy feely.

[technologist]

Yeah, it's funny, people have a habit of getting touchy feely when you tell them you're dying.

Not asking how you're feeling, just wondering if there's anything that makes any difference. Suppose you've already answered that.

[borndying]

Someone should tell that to Ms Mouthy with the attitude problem.

( HAHAHA HARRY FUCKING OSBORN ACCUSING ANYONE ELSE OF HAVING AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM. and yet while the irony wouldn't be lost on him, he also wouldn't care. )

Hey, if it helps, I don't care if any of you die, either.

[technologist]

[ It's so hypocritical it's almost amusing. But also: ]

Which one?

[ This entire post is people arguing with you, js. ]

And that's thoughtful, thanks, but the thing is I still care if I die. Thought maybe taking it out on other people was the secret I've been missing out on, but apparently not.

[borndying]

Hey, if you aren't getting what you want out of this situation, the power to disconnect and send the girl of your choice a video of your dick is yours.

[technologist]

Not really my style.

[ understatement. ]

And if I was looking for a fun or productive conversation I wouldn't be talking to some asshole I don't know about death. Was there anything useful in your dad's research? Or was it all just mad science.

[borndying]

Mad science and useful aren't mutually exclusive, dude. A body count doesn't preclude results. It turns out.

None of it saved him, that's all.

[technologist]

Yeah, I guess they do tend to go together.

So why'd he give it to you?

[borndying]

Apparently he figured I might have more luck.

[technologist]

Surely there's one or two geniuses who could look at his work, maybe continue it. Minus the moral ambiguity.

[borndying]

Yeah, like me, for instance, I think was the plan there.

[technologist]

[ Oh. Probably no point in offering more suggestions, then. Instead there's a slightly petty: ]

At least it's better than having no chance at all.

[borndying]

( yeah sorry about making you care for a minute, STILL A DOUCHEBAG )

Alternately he just liked the idea of giving me enough rope to hang myself, I mean. He was kind of in a place, at the end.

[technologist]

[ Caring about douchebags is basically his profession at this point tbh ]

Most of us are in a bit of a place, in the end. Doesn't always have to be a spiteful one.

[ Simple observation or a pitch in Mr. Osborn's favor; hard to say which. ]