If VF is there, he may be doing "touch-ups" on shells for android and telepresence "booth girls."
2030-something, right?
Heart attack and emergency biomod.
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The sudden roar of an engine and a Kunstler tackled the old man away from the path of the runaway car. She swore softly as the puppeteer's face went ashen and his left hand clutched at his chest.
"Dammit! Who's got the nearest emergency guacamole?"
Lime's eyes were tearing up. "D-daddy?"
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What he winds up as is anybody's guess, and it will depend on the strain of goop they give him. JLI goo will likely give him a "generic hero" physique, Senshi rescue goo ... well.
Hmmm. Golden to Silver Age comics sources, 80s and 90s anime, with a splash of Urusei Yatsura...
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"Daddy? Can you hear me? The doctor is going to give you an emergency biomod. Can you get an image in your head and hold it?" Lime's pout was worried as her father gasped and nodded.
"Get the defibrilator over here! He's gotta still be alive when the mod starts!"
Eljay's eyes rolled in his head as the paddles made their way down.
"S-s-shazam..."
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
2030-something, right?
Heart attack and emergency biomod.
---
The sudden roar of an engine and a Kunstler tackled the old man away from the path of the runaway car. She swore softly as the puppeteer's face went ashen and his left hand clutched at his chest.
"Dammit! Who's got the nearest emergency guacamole?"
Lime's eyes were tearing up. "D-daddy?"
---
What he winds up as is anybody's guess, and it will depend on the strain of goop they give him. JLI goo will likely give him a "generic hero" physique, Senshi rescue goo ... well.
Hmmm. Golden to Silver Age comics sources, 80s and 90s anime, with a splash of Urusei Yatsura...
---
"Daddy? Can you hear me? The doctor is going to give you an emergency biomod. Can you get an image in your head and hold it?" Lime's pout was worried as her father gasped and nodded.
"Get the defibrilator over here! He's gotta still be alive when the mod starts!"
Eljay's eyes rolled in his head as the paddles made their way down.
"S-s-shazam..."
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll