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[pkemeter]

Greetings. My name is Dr. Egon Spengler. I am looking for participants in a study regarding Psychic Pokémon, particularly telepathic Pokémon, and the effects of their powers on human beings. Participants must be:

• At least 18 years old
  
• Willing to subject themselves to extremely powerful waves of psychokinetic energy
  
• Must currently be human
  
• Must not be deceased or undead in any way
  
• Must not have severe reactions to electric shocks
  
• Must not be pregnant or planning on bearing children in the next five years
  
• Must not be associated with any currently operating law enforcement agency
  
• Previous experience with the Psychic Pokémon is appreciated but not necessary

Participating in this experiment may or may not result in severe to lethal brain trauma or other unspecified side effects. Taking certain medication may alter the results of this experiment. There will be no material compensation beyond the satisfaction that knowledge has been furthered in the name of science. By participating in this experiment, you acknowledge all risk associated with the procedure.

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding the experiment.

[...He didn't...describe the actual experiment in question....]

Comments

[sociallychallenged]

I don't know about fascinating, but it certainly does repeat itself. When I was in narcotics, we'd start seeing less of one drug and seeing the rise of another one just because people were trying to hide from the world. 'Red Ice' was the last one that was getting big before I moved to homicide. You know what they used to make it? Android blood.

I guess being fascinated is a hell of a lot better than pumping yourself full of allergy medicine and kitchen cleaner concoctions to avoid thinking about it.

[Says the guy who uses whiskey but, you know, at least it's a legal thing.]

[pkemeter]

It's fascinating to me in the fact that humans never learn despite frequently boasting to be the superior species of their world. Almost everything human beings engage in are irrational and almost none of their decisions are based entirely in logic. Of course, this is why I prefer studying non-living, non-mammalian subjects, but it is important to understand yourself at a base level.

[He almost talks as if he's not human, himself....]

I don't exactly understand why androids would require blood if they do not consume food or require the transfer of various compounds throughout their body. Is it some sort of elaborate coolant system?

[sociallychallenged]

Honestly? Fuck if I know. Like their skin was a sort of liquid they could control, too. They could peel it back and show their chassis sometimes. Weird stuff I didn't get. I just know their blood was blue and when exposed to a few other things like an antiseptic, battery lithium, and hydrochloric acid it turned red and hardened. And addicts fucking smoked it or inject it or get it in them however best suited their tastes.

[He remembers how dealers make the stuff but not how the android blood actually works.]

Humans got their good points. Took me a while to remember what they were, honestly. But they're there. Empathy, for one. Adaptability. Creativity. Willfulness and cooperation in one fucked up package.

[pkemeter]

Intriguing. I wonder if they could camouflage themselves through changing their skin pigment like cuttlefish or octopuses. From what you describe alone, I would find it fascinating to get my hands on an android and dismantle it to see how it functions.

Oh, I agree on those points. It's rare that humans display these traits consistently, especially within such restrictive social systems in place in my home dimension. Though I suppose that makes such displays of cooperation and empathy all the more interesting.

[sociallychallenged]

I don't think so. At most they could change hair color. If they'd been able to blend in, it would have been harder to find them when we were searching for them. For the most part they just had to try and blend in with humans. Their eyes were always visible, too. Set color because they were solid devices in their heads.

[It had been weird that the android savior had a green one and a blue one, rather than exact matches.]

Easy to forget they're there because we can be such fucking assholes.

[pkemeter]

So their eyes functioned as sensors? I see. I suppose if the androids functioned exactly like humans and had the same intent as humans did, there would be little actually separating them from humans. Of course, one might argue that there exist certain biological differences between the two, but exceptions always exist within human beings that prevent this from being clearly defined.

Though I suppose bureaucracy makes most things quite complicated.