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[venatical]

Who: Everyone who sees the network post re: the explosion and the impending blob threat!
When: Morning of Day 196. The blob threat and altered personalities have an open-ended date, atm, so people can be dealing with those as they wish!
Where: One of the science labs.
What: The orb causes an explosion of sorts in the lab, which results in two things: 1) some characters act "off," their personalities altering in some way, and 2) there are tiny red blobs (very The Blob-esque) everywhere that are harmless until you get close enough and you realize they want to jump onto your face.

[ The lab is a mess; cabinets and drawers are open, some faucets are dripping, and there's glass and scattered paper and things everywhere. Most troubling, however, are the blobs that like to suffocate people.

Freeze them, contain them in cupboards or whatever intact container you find handy, see if they're afraid of the Bunsen burner, try to use weapons on them -- best to get them cleaned up quickly, though! ]

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[commandertoolbelt]

[ It chars quickly, releasing him and falling to the floor with a quiet splat. Leo makes a face at the smell, and kicks it away for good measure. ]

Blessing of Hephaestus, [ he replies absently. It's not like it'll hurt anything, right? He already mentioned Gaea, and if the look on her face is anything to go by, she won't believe him, anyway. Not that he can blame her, even if he'd accepted the whole demigod thing pretty easily. It's a pretty screwed up thing to discover when you're fifteen. ]

[clearasil]

Oh, fine. [ She holds a hand up. ]

Don't tell me how you did it. [ Despite her own insistence that this surely must be a dream, she still clings to whatever realism she has left, not wanting to believe - what with all the blobs and everything - that he's actually lighting himself on fire. ]

[commandertoolbelt]

I did. The Blessing of Hephaestus, [ Leo repeats, slower this time, as if she isn't the sharpest tool in the belt. To be fair, though, it isn't easy for mortals to accept this kind of thing. He can't expect her to. ]

[clearasil]

[ She rolls her eyes. ] I'm not an idiot.

[ Not that she cares what anyone thinks about her intelligence. Natalie just throws her hand up and turns on her heels, preparing to leave the scene because she isn't contributing much at the moment. ]

[commandertoolbelt]

I didn't say you were, but you are obviously a regular old mortal and I'm surprised you can even see these stupid blobs, [ Leo says, kicking at them. Must be clear-sighted. Or maybe this place is just... completely free of the Mist.

But fine, whatever. Don't believe him. Not his problem, he supposes, but he won't be able to help you if you leave. ]

[clearasil]

Mostly regular, [ is all she says over her shoulder during her great escape, saluting him before she turns the corner. ] See you around.