Doctor doctor, gimme the news

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

After the meeting, and after some bickering with the Emergency Medical Hologram, down at the bottom of the Hub, Brainy is arranging the MedBay to his liking and familiarizing himself with the medical equipment and its functions.

Right now, for instance, as anyone walks in the door, he's wearing some sort of scanning goggles and a rather sinister-looking surgical glove with micro-scalpels, little lasers and surgical saws on the fingertips.

This makes him look like a green-faced Freddy Krueger with mad scientist goggles. For anyone that walks in like he instructed him to at the meeting, this is the first thing they see.

"Hmmmm."

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[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

He hadn't wanted to speak up in the meeting, because Jono had enough issues with his powers without letting EVERYBODY know. At least, like that. But the green kid made some sense, which is why Jono heads down after the meeting breaks up.

Of course, the sight that greets him doesn't exactly inspire the greatest confidence, either. He pauses in the doorway and looks over his shoulder. Ah. Sorry, mate. Didn' realize you were busy. I'll call back later.

Like, maybe never. That sounds about right.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

Wait, why is he--

Oh.

"Ah, wait! I was just familiarizing myself with Stacy's...admittedly sinister-looking medical equipment."

Brainy takes off the glove and it retreats back into the ceiling, and pulls the goggles up on his head.

"Which, yes, I certainly agree appears somewhat crude and intimidating, especially compared to my equipment back home."

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

Demented cross between Edward Scissor'ands an' a Formula-One driver, Jono agreed, sticking his hands in the pockets kindly provided by his outfit. He'd really stopped noticing by now. Some'ow, shouldn' s'prise me at all that her equipment's sinister-lookin'. Given the computer in question an' all.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"The references are likely a thousand years out of date, but I imagine you're referring to characters from the horror genre, yes?" Brainy says, as he takes a seat on a puffy stool and nods towards another puffy stool, picking up his omnicom.

"I would also imagine you're here because of nonstandard physiology--the cowl over your mouth is something of a giveaway."

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

Danny, entering the room and seeing Brainy, begins to slowly back out.

"...maybe deciding to give you permission to re-scan me wasn't such a good idea."

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"Get back in here. I'm just familiarizing myself with Stacy's medical technology," he says, putting it away.

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"And freaking me out in the process." Danny replies, walking back in.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"Unintentional, I assure you."

A pause.

"What changed your mind?"

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Eh, mostly the fact that you were willing to apologize and actually started asking people for the scans. Plus, if the monkey likes you you can't be all bad."

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

Koko was sitting on top of some kind of fleshy monitor, grooming himself, and Koko scratched him on the head.

"Well, considering I find the monkey more tolerable than most people, it stands to reason he'd like me back."

He's just joking!

Probably.

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Ha ha. Funny." Danny says, deadpan.

"So, how're we gonna do this? You just want to take a new scan, or do you want a DNA sample too?"

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"Both, if you find that acceptable."

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

Formula One's a sport. Pause. Kin'a. Involves racin' cars. Ain't really my cuppa. Jono's a footie man and always will be.

He glances at the stool, still not entirely certain what to make of Stacy's furnishings before he nods and takes a seat. Yeah. Reckon I'm 'bout as non-standard as you get an' still basically call yerself human in me world.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"Metahuman?" he asks. "May I scan you?"

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

Mutant. He didn't know it was basically the same thing in Brainy's world. At the second question he shrugged, rolling his shoulders a bit. 'Ave at.

Frankly, Jono was a little interested in what it would find. Not that he'd ever say that out loud.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"Most metahumans are mutants, provided they aren't powered because their entire species is. After all, mutation is a base-pair sequence change in the DNA that results in new traits. There are a multitude of ways to create that effe--Sweet muses! You're an energy-based lifeform."

That's not horribly surprising, it's just the mostly-human-looking thing and--damn. This is...damn.

This is interesting.

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

Jono had...actually started to space off a bit there. It wasn't Brainy. It was just that he wasn't all that scientifically minded and it was pretty much all over his head.

Right up until the exclamation. Jono blinks, eyebrows raised. Beg pardon, mate?1

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"Can you remove your cowl?" He adds, "Please."

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

Yer startin' t' remind me of Dr. McCoy. He didn't say it like it was a bad thing. And it wasn't. He kind of liked Hank, after all.

Still, it took a moment for him to reach up and start pulling the cowling away. Which was a lot easier with the plant stuff than it was with normal cloth. He had to give Stacy that, at least.

He also turned a bit, putting Brainy out of the immediate line of fire.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

He goes back to scanning, and the more he sees, the higher his eyebrows raise.

"Has anyone properly explained your condition to you before?"

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

Jono tilted his head slightly. No more'an theories. Nobody's too sure what it all means.

They didn't HAVE twelfth-level intellects on Jono's world. Though Hank McCoy probably made up at least five of Earth's combined levels himself.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"Would you permit me to take more extensive scans with Stacy's equipment? I have a very strong theory, but I'd like to verify."

He stands and gestures to a sort of upright scanner thingy.

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

This is all pretty weird. Jono pauses only a moment before he shrugs, standing again. Awroight. But if I blow it up, it's yer fault.

He isn't likely to blow it up. But the little bit of snark helps keep him on an even keel right now. He doesn't LIKE having his chest exposed like this.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"If you blow it up, I'm sure Stacy will grow another one," he says, both joking and serious.

"Stand on the circle."

And when he as, he runs the scan. A flat plan of light passes up and down his body and he likely feels a slight tickle, as much as someone like him can feel. There might be a slight flare of energy in his body, but no boom.

Brainy is standing back of course.

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

He's not exactly got the greatest sense of touch, no. Even so, the tickle is a little surprising. The flare of energy is slightly worrying, but it doesn't go out of control. Which is definitely good.

He closes his eyes, though, trying not to be nervous. Nobody's ever been able to tell him more than theories about his powers. So the idea of finding out more is a little daunting.