IC CONTACT

[pyms]

Hello, this is the voicemail of Hank Pym. I check my messages every day at 9PM. If I don't get back to you in an hour, please don't come knocking. I promise I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Comments

[ifnotloyal]

[ Sadly, it maaay have more hocus pocus than protozoans. ]

Have you heard of lycanthropy before?

[pyms]

[ . . . ]

Unfortunately, I have. I've never heard of anyone calling that a disease, though.

[ifnotloyal]

Really? But the way it's passed along, wouldn't it have to be one?

[pyms]

Technically, yes. But I wouldn't have said that they have a disease in front of their faces, if they happen to be proud of being in that state. They might get offended and try to eat my heart out.

[ifnotloyal]

Somehow I don't think I fall into that particular category.

[pyms]

[ Ah well this gets more and more interesting. ]

Let's start with blood work. I'll need your blood to get a better picture. But you're going to have to tell me exactly what happened before you got to this world and after.

[ifnotloyal]

[ Tell him? What, the entire story? ]

Just to be clear, I'm not looking to cure myself. I'm only worried if we end up with, well... others. [ Either from Lucifer's mess or himself. He's always been worried about the latter. ] But I'm fine with blood work.

[ The rest, however... ]

I contracted mine from a werewolf back home.

[pyms]

Well, it's a good idea to look into some kind of counter measure, if it comes to that. [ And he briefly wonders if it has come to that. ]

So, it works both ways. You can contract it from a werewolf and, what exactly? Turn human, half-human... ?

[ifnotloyal]

I don't turn. I'm not really sure why, maybe because I'm not human at all? [ It's confusing, but he's actually very grateful he does not turn into a human. ] It did give me most of what people here are calling my superpowers, though.

[pyms]

[ He bet he can turn you into a human, Ace. ]

Just to be clear, what are your powers besides being able to talk?

[ifnotloyal]

[ hank pym, inventor of werehumans...... ]

I'm really strong, I don't get tired easily anymore, my sense of smell, my hearing, even my sight all improved since then. I mean, abnormally so, even for a dog.

[ There are probably words for all of this, but those were all written on the file the military gave him and those have long since been buried behind the roses. ]

[pyms]

[ The possibilities ]

So you have enhanced everything. And we don't know what an enhanced everything dog bite might transfer to others.

Any reason why you decided to bring this up now?

[ifnotloyal]

[ man's best friend, now literally able to do anything with you* (*only guaranteed on full moons, not valid outside of the us) ]

I'm not sure if I can transfer it or not, actually...

[ So far no maulings have turned up new werewolves, but then, Mitch was already a freak of nature. ]

But I've been worrying that the other werewolves that turned up during that mess with Lucifer. They may have left a few surprises behind and, well, people weren't too thrilled with the idea of just killing those if it turns out that way.

[pyms]

[ Some people are into that okay. His gf at home is cat people and human hybrid. ]

We'll have to do some studies and examine transmission rate; and to settle all of our worries, we'll have to see if there are any other werewolves around that will be happy to provide samples. Most of this is... could be classified as mythical or magic, but at any rate we'll be cautious and examine for the possibility of different strains...

[ It's at this point he realize that he's talking to a dog who might not understand a lot of this. ]

The point is don't worry about it. We'll handle it. It was a good idea to let me know.

[ifnotloyal]

[ A cat people. Wow. Judging. Judging.

Anyway, Hank's realization is a good one, because while Ace is trying with all his might to follow what he was going on about, he could only get a vague idea of what he meant.

Science must be very hard... ]

Oh. [ The summary, however, does get a response. ] Good. Good, I'm glad to hear that!

[pyms]

[ She's a classy lady who wears a bikini around school, ok!!

Hank smiles. Nailed it. ]

Drop by my place anytime, we'll wrestle your worries away.

[ifnotloyal]

Will do. [ Eventually. Somehow. Uh. ] Once I figure out where your place is.

[pyms]

What, no super nose to track me down with? [ A moment later in text: current location of his lab. ]

[ifnotloyal]

[ Great Dog, not text again. This struggle is despairingly real. ]

Oh. [ There's a long pause as he gives it an effort, he tries, but in the end... ] I, um, actually I can't read. If I could get a general area, then the nose part would definitely work.

[pyms]

[ It was so inconsiderate and dumb of him that he frowns and stared off for a moment before speaking again. ]

I'll tell you what, my equipment is portable. We can meet in a park [ location mentioned here blah ]. It'll be quick and painless.

[ifnotloyal]

[ The park! He knows that park!

To this option, he sounds much less sheepish. ]

That works! I know where that is for sure!

[pyms]

I'll see you there, Ace.

[ Ends call.

Good one, Hank. You invited a dog to a park. ]