[closed] dumb science

[completelycrazy]

Who: Newton Geiszler, Alphys, Shigeru Miyata, Michael Munroe, Cashmere, Scott Ryder, George Lass, Steak, Lee Rosen, Cecily Trevelyan, Sora, Red Wine, Riku
What: Time to attempt to catch a nautilus!!!!! This is a catch-all mingle for The Plan
Where: The lab & around town
When: Throughout the month of Feb (this plan has Phases, all good plans have Phases)
Warnings: N/A but will update as necessary; everyone cw your threads accordingly please

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[completelycrazy]

Oh yeah? Good to know.

[Newt feels like he knew that somewhere in the back of his mind, but there's a lot of moving parts to keep track of. He hasn't actually managed a team of this size in a while, and even then, labs back home tended to be more... Structured. Not a bunch of randos building crap out of garbage with little to no information to go on.]

How does that ability work on, like, living stuff?

[casualryder]

[He crosses his arms and squints in thought, head tilted upward a bit as if he's trying to replay in his head every time he's tossed a living thing across the room.]

Depends on the size and how much they struggle. Someone like you or me, [Humanoid, he means.] I could lift pretty easily. But I don't exactly have the energy reserves I need here and biotics can be unpredictable as is.

[He quickly adds on:]

Not that I don't have good control over mine. I do.

[completelycrazy]

[Okay, hold the phone, buddy.]

How unpredictable are we talking? It's not going to go haywire and blow this plan on us, is it?

[casualryder]

Not unpredictable in that way. At least, not with me. [That gets complicated and he's not sure now is the time to go into detail about mega powerful biotics when he isn't one.] It's more like..."is the thing I'm holding down or moving too heavy for the amount of energy I have at this point in time and how long can I hold it" and not "am I accidentally going to crush five people simultaneously", you know? I'm not that strong.

[JOKING ASIDE...

Actually he's got nothing after that.]

[completelycrazy]

...Right.

[That's only moderately reassuring.]

Does the biotic run on your own energy? You'd better get plenty of rest before we actually try this thing.

[casualryder]

[He's generally only moderately reassuring.]

It's a physically demanding task to generate dark energy, but I know how to pace myself. Moving things and holding them still are some of the less strenuous things.

[It's mostly all the other stuff that gets kinda dicey, and he's fairly certain he's not going to be charging full force or creating big waves to smash things. Totally fine!]

[completelycrazy]

[This whole team is a mess, honestly.]

Okay, if you're sure. You'd better not be overselling me on this just to keep me happy.

[It doesn't sound like that's the case? But it's worth saying just the same.]

What else can you do with it?