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[fratropathic]

I know you're here. I've felt your presence ever since I arrived. Don't you think it's rude, making me wait this long to hear from you?

[This was absolutely meant to be public, and absolutely meant to be too vague for anyone to guess the intended recipient. Riverview, meet Regene Regetta and his flair for the dramatic.]

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[fratropathic]

[Did he actually hook someone? Oh, this could be fun.]

Yes, this again, and again and again until you learn some manners.

[500gallontank]

don't need manners to beat you

proved that enough times

go away pretty boy

[fratropathic]

[... mistaken identity or not, "pretty boy" is unsettling in how close it is to the mark.]

You can hardly call a process you need to repeat so many times "beating" someone. At this point, aren't you really just fending me off?

[500gallontank]

[Talk about too close to the mark...?!? ]

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

[ Looks like he's found the capslock. ]

[fratropathic]

You must have so many more opinions on that than I do, why don't you tell me?

[500gallontank]

probably started in whatever lab they cooked you in

[Is that the right verb for genetic engineering? No clue, but he's going to roll with it.]

[fratropathic]

[Wait. Wait.]

What, exactly, is that meant to imply?

[Because now whoever this is has hit an unexpected bull's eye, and Regene is officially uncomfortable.]

[500gallontank]

[ Frankenstein isn't subtle enough to *imply* anything. ]

maybe too many cooks spoiled the soup

[fratropathic]

Just how much do you know about me?

[He knows damn well he's spinning out and has to get himself back under control, but having his game backfire on him like this is too unnerving. Using his DNA type as a username was a mistake when there could be other Innovators here, just beyond his ability to feel their presence.]

[500gallontank]

as little as possible

[Just what the holovision specials ran on endless repeat leading up to the race. It was hard to avoid the Perfectus is Perfection backstory. Not to mention the commercials.]

made in a lab.

asshole.

likes gold spandex a little too much

[fratropathic]

Gold spandex.

[The other two are accurate, or close enough - technically he was programmed, and his component parts spent most of their time in a pod - but the last point makes it clear that they're dealing with nothing but massive coincidence.

Thank goodness whoever this is specified spandex, too, or Regene might have wondered if this was one of Ribbons's enemies.]

There's been a misunderstanding of considerable size here.

[500gallontank]

maybe its not spandex

not a fucking expert

[ What else would you call shiny gold thongs and booty shorts? He is at a loss! ]

now you decide its a misunderstanding

nice try

[fratropathic]

I can promise you, this is not who you think, and you're not who I'm looking for.

[500gallontank]

[ Wait. What? Oh, no. Frankenstein is not stupid. He's not buying this. ]


supposed to take YOUR word for it

?

[fratropathic]

Okay, fair enough. I did start this conversation by fooling you, after all. What would be the best form of proof?

[500gallontank]

[ There's a long, loooong pause. Because in a weird way, just admitting that something was unfair was so NOT Jed Perfectus that, well, what more proof does Frankenstein need? ]

how about a name

[fratropathic]

Are you sure? I could make up whatever name I want and have almost no chance of stumbling into the one you expect.

[500gallontank]

[That...was a damn good point. And more evidence that that wasn't Perfectus on the other end. ]

how about you tell me who you thought i was

[fratropathic]

Someone who knew far too much about me, considering you weren't actually supposed to know me. You were right about my being pretty and mostly artificial, but I've never worn anything in any shade of gold.

I accidentally got a few things right too, didn't I?

[500gallontank]

[Frankenstein is trying to wrap his mind around the coincidences here. Weird. ]

a few

[Or, a lot, but he doesn't want to admit how much.]

[fratropathic]

[So is Regene. So is Regene. His heart rate still hasn't quite dropped since the moment he thought he'd been found by someone who really might have it out for him.]

It sounds like all of us genetically enhanced beings may just be the same kind of asshole, or only slight variations.

[500gallontank]

we only had one

one was enough


[Frankenstein still can't figure out what he did to get a full dose of Jed's crazy. There was friendly competition and then there was...a guy in a gold speedo throwing you on a bed. ]

[fratropathic]

Strangely enough, I know the feeling. Be glad that yours doesn't have an entourage.

[500gallontank]

think he scored on one of his own fans

pretty sure he would have scored on any entourage too

[fratropathic]

"Scored on" being a euphemism for - I hate to assume the worst, but since I know our type so well, I'd guess murder?