>>5279708“Well it goes without saying that the tree conveniently disappeared shortly after.” The professor explains, his <span class="mu-r">NERD VIGOR</span> slowing down a bit. “DeCourt never published anything again after that, and no trace of the tenement building remains to this day.” He pauses. “With similar occurrences documented all over the world, however, your friend echoes a question countless other researchers have asked: could <span class="mu-g">WILD MAGIC</span> take root in a <span class="mu-i">person?</span>”
Well it’d certainly <span class="mu-i">explain</span> things, you growl! These <span class="mu-b">FUGU STATES</span> of yours are no joke!
“<span class="mu-i">Fugue States?</span> I suppose that could be a side-effect…” Darby muses idly to himself. “<span class="mu-g">CLEARWATER’S</span> a hotbed for <span class="mu-g">WILD MAGIC</span> activity, but most potential research subjects disappear before we can conduct a thorough examination… Curious.”
You blink. What, they run off, or something?
“Hah! They wish!” The professor chuckles! “No, most people who come into <span class="mu-g">WILD MAGIC</span> die in horrible, painful ways! Why, my colleague Professor Barker brought in a girl, once–one who sent our instruments <span class="mu-i">skyrocketing</span> when we scanned her.”
<span class="mu-i">Competition, ey?</span> Clearing your mind, you ask the professor what happened to her.
“Well I hardly believed it when he told me, but Barker was adamant that some kind of <span class="mu-r">CARTOON CAT WITH A MALLET</span> appeared out of the lab sink and smashed the poor girl into a thin <span class="mu-i">slime</span>! Had the last few days not happened, I would have never believed the man.”
Note to self: avoid <span class="mu-r">CARTOON CATS…</span>
“Anyways, Stanley, I’m afraid this is a long-winded way of saying ‘<span class="mu-i">maybe</span>’. I’m sure there are those who could tell you more, but it’s called <span class="mu-g">WILD MAGIC</span> for a reason!”
Darby pauses for an uncomfortable minute. “Erm, perhaps when all this is over you’d be willing to swing by the lab for some tests?”
No dice, creep! Your body, your <span class="mu-s">CHOICE!</span> <span class="mu-i">HASHTAG!</span>
“You’d be paid for your time, of course.”
Well… if it’s for <span class="mu-i">academia’s</span> sake....
>CONTD. 