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<span class="mu-r">“I get the spider mutation part,”</span> you began, rubbing the back of your head. <span class="mu-r">“But what about that whole ‘lizard’ thing?”</span>
Connors’ eyes darted around the room nervously. <span class="mu-g">“I, uh…I might have been using my own body to conduct a series of rather…controversial experiments.”</span> he muttered
<span class="mu-r">“Define ‘controversial’.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“...I injected myself with reptile DNA.”</span> he said quickly.
WHAT THE FUCK!? Why? Why would anyone do something so stupid and not expect there to be any side-effects?
<span class="mu-r">“And that seemed like a good idea to you?”</span> you asked in complete disbelief. <span class="mu-r">“There’s ‘crazy’, and then there’s ‘batshit insane’. Wanna guess which category you fall into, or should I give you a hint?”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“...I did it to regrow my arm. And my experiment was, more or less, a success! But there were…unfortunate side effects.”</span> he said, feeling at his scales. <span class="mu-g">“For the most part, I was able to hide them from my family, and I was taking daily doses of a genetic cleansing agent that was helping me to keep things under control.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“But then you got bit by one of your spiders and it gave your DNA a juice boost.”</span> you concluded. Connors nodded slowly.
<span class="mu-g">“But I’m not clumsy enough to let one of our spiders out of their enclosures. Especially on a day when there would be so many people entering and leaving our lab. Someone’s been letting them out, I think.”</span> he proclaimed, before staring directly into your eyes. <span class="mu-g">“I think someone’s using us as…test subjects.”</span>
It was a declaration that made your blood run cold. Just the idea that your very origin as a metahuman could’ve been orchestrated, or even worse, monitored.
<span class="mu-r">“Do you know who might be behind this?”</span> you asked carefully.
Connors shook his head. <span class="mu-g">“This experiment has changed many hands over the past couple of years. Between my people, the bioengineers at Oscorp and Horizon Labs’ specialists, I can’t say for certain who might be directly responsible for this. It could be one person, or it could be an entire team.”</span> he said, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
He returned his gaze to you then, his expression being one of confidence. <span class="mu-g">“I know you don’t owe me anything, but if you could help me get to the bottom of this, then we might be able to save a lot of innocent people.”</span> he declared.
What will you say?
>”I owe you more than you think, Doc. I’ll see what I can do.”
>”If you want my help, then I’m gonna need a list of the most likely suspects that you can think of.”
>”I’ll need access to your lab, and anything else that might prove useful during my investigation. I also charge by the hour.”
>”What’ll you give me in return? I’m a busy guy.”
>”How many of these spiders did you make? Can they create more people like you and me?”
>”Just out of curiosity, what would happen if one of these spiders bit me again?”
>Write-in.
