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Hey, you've reached the voicemail of Carlos [heavily distorted feedback punctuated by sharp clicking noises], leave a message after the collective screech of eight different kinds of buzzards.
1. aw that's cute...at least his is spelt differently! what if i called you gogo
2. can you elaborate on this arrow? i think i've heard of a similar artifact.
3. any science fact you could want to know! or just a carlos fact! those are two kinds of facts i am good at!
2. can you elaborate on this arrow? i think i've heard of a similar artifact.
3. any science fact you could want to know! or just a carlos fact! those are two kinds of facts i am good at!
1. no, to both of those things.
2. STEP A: get stuck with the arrow. STEP B-1: if you have the potential, your stand will wake up and the wound will heal even if it's fatal. STEP B-2: if you don't, you die even if it's just a scratch.
if you want to know about where the arrow comes from or how it works, I don't really know.
3. ok
[There's a long, long pause as Fugo struggles to think of something to ask Carlos about him through the fog that seems to come hand-in-hand with his nastier nightmares.]
do you have a surname or are you really just "the scientist"?
2. STEP A: get stuck with the arrow. STEP B-1: if you have the potential, your stand will wake up and the wound will heal even if it's fatal. STEP B-2: if you don't, you die even if it's just a scratch.
if you want to know about where the arrow comes from or how it works, I don't really know.
3. ok
[There's a long, long pause as Fugo struggles to think of something to ask Carlos about him through the fog that seems to come hand-in-hand with his nastier nightmares.]
do you have a surname or are you really just "the scientist"?
1. i only asked one thing though
2. are there multiple arrows in existence? would it be possible to hypthetically create one, given the right materials, or is there something special about the process? do you know any of that?
3. i do have a last name! but "the scientist" really describes me more, i think, and it's kind of become a surname in its own right, so i just use it more. i'm a bit estranged from my family, as well, so i don't like using it when i don't absolutely have to
2. are there multiple arrows in existence? would it be possible to hypthetically create one, given the right materials, or is there something special about the process? do you know any of that?
3. i do have a last name! but "the scientist" really describes me more, i think, and it's kind of become a surname in its own right, so i just use it more. i'm a bit estranged from my family, as well, so i don't like using it when i don't absolutely have to
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1. no, it wasn't cute and no, I'd rather you not call me gogo. I don't like nicknames, most of the time it feels like people use them to talk down to me.
2. yes, there are multiple arrows. I don't have any information about the latter, but I believe it has to be possible considering that the arrows are obviously manmade to begin with.
3. oh... I get that, actually.
I hate my name and the way it connects me to my blood relatives. but, three years ago, when I did something that would have badly damaged our family's reputation, my grandfather cut me off and tried to make me disappear. and I refuse to give him the satisfaction. he doesn't get to make me just go away when I stop being convenient to him.
I know that you do all kinds of science. but do you have a favorite?
2. yes, there are multiple arrows. I don't have any information about the latter, but I believe it has to be possible considering that the arrows are obviously manmade to begin with.
3. oh... I get that, actually.
I hate my name and the way it connects me to my blood relatives. but, three years ago, when I did something that would have badly damaged our family's reputation, my grandfather cut me off and tried to make me disappear. and I refuse to give him the satisfaction. he doesn't get to make me just go away when I stop being convenient to him.
I know that you do all kinds of science. but do you have a favorite?
1. i get that last part, and i won't use it, but the other thing is inarguably cute. scientifically speaking
2. that's interesting! do you know of any other artifacts that have the same effect? like, um, a special stand sword, or something
3. i don't think that i hate my family so much as they don't want to talk to me! but that makes sense. i don't think i could do the same thing, though, but i'm glad it works for you. i have a new family as well so it balances out, more or less, kinda, sorta,
~*!!!GEOLOGY!!!*~ which i don't get to practice back home because it's illegal
2. that's interesting! do you know of any other artifacts that have the same effect? like, um, a special stand sword, or something
3. i don't think that i hate my family so much as they don't want to talk to me! but that makes sense. i don't think i could do the same thing, though, but i'm glad it works for you. i have a new family as well so it balances out, more or less, kinda, sorta,
~*!!!GEOLOGY!!!*~ which i don't get to practice back home because it's illegal
1. Purple Haze spreads a flesh-eating virus that has the following qualities:
- It's initially contained in six capsules on his fists, three per hand between his knuckles. When the capsules are broken the virus is released. It takes 24 hours to regenerate a capsule. The capsules can be removed or discharged but they're very delicate.
- It's an airborne pathogen that can also be transmitted by physical contact with someone/something infected.
- It infects anything organic, including Stands. Purple Haze himself is the only thing that appears to be immune.
- Average time of death is ~30 seconds, if the virus has been inhaled and spreads throughout the body through the lungs.
- It's weak to light. Sunlight is the best and fastest way to kill it, but any kind of light will weaken and eventually kill it.
I killed Volpe by hiding a capsule in my mouth, which I broke when he was too close to run away and spat it at him. I believe I survived because when it was in my mouth, the virus was so strong it consumed itself before it attacked my body.
2. That sounds illegal. The law itself, not geology.
- It's initially contained in six capsules on his fists, three per hand between his knuckles. When the capsules are broken the virus is released. It takes 24 hours to regenerate a capsule. The capsules can be removed or discharged but they're very delicate.
- It's an airborne pathogen that can also be transmitted by physical contact with someone/something infected.
- It infects anything organic, including Stands. Purple Haze himself is the only thing that appears to be immune.
- Average time of death is ~30 seconds, if the virus has been inhaled and spreads throughout the body through the lungs.
- It's weak to light. Sunlight is the best and fastest way to kill it, but any kind of light will weaken and eventually kill it.
I killed Volpe by hiding a capsule in my mouth, which I broke when he was too close to run away and spat it at him. I believe I survived because when it was in my mouth, the virus was so strong it consumed itself before it attacked my body.
2. That sounds illegal. The law itself, not geology.
1. scientifically speaking, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but i guess that's pretty par for the course in this line of study! i've seen weirder things. a self-consuming ouroboros of a virus isn't really the MOST bizarre!
can the capsules sustain themselves? ie, if you retract your stand but have removed a capsule, will it stay behind? hypothetically.
2. it is what it is. it's not like i let the law stop me from doing my job! i have a pretty good reputation around town anyways
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can the capsules sustain themselves? ie, if you retract your stand but have removed a capsule, will it stay behind? hypothetically.
2. it is what it is. it's not like i let the law stop me from doing my job! i have a pretty good reputation around town anyways
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whatever
1. I feel like that was meant to be comforting but honestly it just makes me worried about what you've seen that counts as weirder than a "self-consuming ouroboros of a virus"
That being said, it's never behaved like that before. Eating itself I mean. I don't know if that's just how it behaves in complete darkness or if it's because something about Purple Haze has changed. He's been acting kind of funny lately.
About the capsules: I think so yes. I had to pull him back when I first approached Volpe to make it seem like I was reacting to his attack rather than leading him into a trap. The capsule stayed in my mouth when Purple Haze disappeared, but he wasn't gone for long. But other than that I haven't really experimented with it because that's not sort of the thing that's a good idea to have just lying around.
2. Well good. Laws like that are stupid.
That being said, it's never behaved like that before. Eating itself I mean. I don't know if that's just how it behaves in complete darkness or if it's because something about Purple Haze has changed. He's been acting kind of funny lately.
About the capsules: I think so yes. I had to pull him back when I first approached Volpe to make it seem like I was reacting to his attack rather than leading him into a trap. The capsule stayed in my mouth when Purple Haze disappeared, but he wasn't gone for long. But other than that I haven't really experimented with it because that's not sort of the thing that's a good idea to have just lying around.
2. Well good. Laws like that are stupid.
[ On Carlos's lab's doorstep, someone has left a basket of flowers!
Except it's a basket of totally normal flowers... a little queens lace, a little bit of carnations, and one slightly wiggling plant. This plant doesn't do much aside from wiggle and occasionally spread its blossom to reveal its dripping purple insides, but other than that, it's completely benign. Even playing venus fly trap by sticking your hand in the middle will just get your hand all sappy.
The little note on the card says 'it feeds on sugar. A tablespoon of honey every week is fine.'
The other side, in sloppy calligraphy, reads 'From Kurama's Flower Shop'. ]
Except it's a basket of totally normal flowers... a little queens lace, a little bit of carnations, and one slightly wiggling plant. This plant doesn't do much aside from wiggle and occasionally spread its blossom to reveal its dripping purple insides, but other than that, it's completely benign. Even playing venus fly trap by sticking your hand in the middle will just get your hand all sappy.
The little note on the card says 'it feeds on sugar. A tablespoon of honey every week is fine.'
The other side, in sloppy calligraphy, reads 'From Kurama's Flower Shop'. ]
[There is a fancy new plant waiting for Carlos outside his lab! It's a little potted cactus under a portable heat lamp, and it hasn't been out for long, don't worry--and there's a little note stuck in the soil at the front of the pot. It's not in Giorno's handwriting.]
DONT OVERWATER
HARDY
GOOD FOR SCIENCE?
HA VE FUN DAD
HARDY
GOOD FOR SCIENCE?
HA VE FUN DAD
[Hey, Carlos! You're having a great day, right? You've been working hard doing important science all morning. It's a perfect time of day for a visit from your boyfriend. Here he comes, with a cup of coffee and a scone from the coffee shop, an excellent science helper.]
[Unfortunately, he's also crawling across the ceiling to deliver them. So. You win some, you lose some? On the plus side, the coffee isn't spilling because he's holding it with the opening towards the ceiling. And handing it down like that. Still an okay boyfriend.]
Good afternoon.
[Unfortunately, he's also crawling across the ceiling to deliver them. So. You win some, you lose some? On the plus side, the coffee isn't spilling because he's holding it with the opening towards the ceiling. And handing it down like that. Still an okay boyfriend.]
Good afternoon.
Any time.
[There's something faintly amused in his tone.]
What is it, Giorno?
[He draws out the name to a matching degree--something that could be seen as mocking if it were anyone else doing it, but since it's Carlos, he's likely trying to be sincerely funny. Bless his heart.]
[There's something faintly amused in his tone.]
What is it, Giorno?
[He draws out the name to a matching degree--something that could be seen as mocking if it were anyone else doing it, but since it's Carlos, he's likely trying to be sincerely funny. Bless his heart.]
[Carlos very genuinely loves his boyfriend more than anything else in the world, including science, but he also happens to love a few other things, like the sanctity of his workspace, and peace and quiet, and people not crawling on his ceiling like cut footage from the Exorcist. He's a simple man, really.
Luckily, he manages to control his reaction enough to not smack the coffee across the room or ruin his Very Important experiment, but he still jumps, craning his neck to give Cecil a Look.]
Babe.
[He's not mad, just disappointed.]
Luckily, he manages to control his reaction enough to not smack the coffee across the room or ruin his Very Important experiment, but he still jumps, craning his neck to give Cecil a Look.]
Babe.
[He's not mad, just disappointed.]
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