by RussetDivinity on Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:30 pm
1. The scientist was actually the genderflipped clone you engineered from Ethan, and she was turned into a chest of drawers in the course of a tragic boating accident.
2. The scientist was from a rival lab; your star-crossed, passionate affair was cut short when she and her lab accidentally removed itself from the time stream.
3. The scientist was you. Both of you had reached out across the space between worlds (and maybe universes) and decided to start a morally-questionable-yet-not-quite-objectionable relationship rooted in passionate physics-breaking and pseudo-narcissism. Eventually, space-time decided to stop being a voyeur, and somehow broke your physics-breaking machines. You haven't decided to fix it yet, because you're wondering if maybe you were a bit too clingy...
4. It was Kayak-Girl, who was going through a rebellious phase and going against her uncle's wishes (her uncle being Kayak-Man).
5. The scientist was your arch-rival. Eventually you realized that the reason you couldn't stand each other was that you were so similar. Later still you realized that being so similar, you still couldn't stand each other.
6. She was an old colleague from the academy. You happened to meet her again one day, years after graduation, when both of you were trying to cut in line at a coffee shop. Having froze the left side of your body, she agreed to pay your coffee. She had lost weight. You then wondered if you should have said that out loud, but she simply thanked you. She explained she started to really lose weight after she tried to destroy the academy. You asked if she had been the one behind the hydra or the one behind turning all the vegetables into candy, those were your favorites. She said she was the one behind the hydra, that she hadn't some sort of crazy fixation with her weight to try and have an ironic vengeance about it. Taking it as a cue, you mention you wanted to try to destroy the academy someday, but that you never really figured out what to do.
The conversation went on. You managed to disguise your fixed staring at the green lock of hair that covered one of her eyes as result of being partially frozen. Ahh, that green lock of mutant hair, result of a lab accident... You were never quite sure if you stared at it because it was weird and freaky or because it was what made her unique and beautiful, but it surely made her stand out back at the academy. By the time she left, you were still partially frozen, wet and cold, but you had told her you would be okay by yourself, so you'd have to figure out a way to leave before the cops could arrive. You're pretty sure you succeeded, because you remember then enjoying a beautiful afternoon in the park. It was the beginning of spring, the cherry flowers were blooming and the Winter-Wrath had been slain for another year. Or maybe that was just a dream you had while in jail, you can't really remember.
Die roll says... 6.
You still have a small scar from where her ice machine nicked your skin. You deliberately asked not to have the scar heal over, because at the time you were sure she was your one true love. After all, anyone who would wreak havoc with a hydra had to be the one. Now, you're not so sure, but you have very fond memories of her.
With a sigh of regret, you pick up a newspaper and flick through it. Your minions leave them lying around for anyone who hasn't gotten to the comics yet or who needs a crossword break, but you're interested in the news. You skim the headlines, looking for something -- anything -- to spark your interest and get you out of this vague melancholy. Who knew a flirty cheese could put you in such a mood?
There isn't anything particularly special happening. There are the usual tensions in various areas around the globe, the government is still being annoying, and the Tour de France was delayed because all the roads were inexplicably covered in snakes. You're about to skip to the crossword when a small article catches your eye. It turns out your academy has made news for being the first ever school to offer a scholarship for students who have attempted to break reality. You read the article twice, a smile spreading over your face. You had been rather busy running around and wreaking general havoc, and you completely forgot about your plan to destroy the academy. Perhaps you can catch the eye of that green-eyed girl. Seeds of an idea start spinning in your head, and you're pretty sure spinning seeds makes a more scientific plant.
What are you going to do with your alma mater?
Jubilation and despair are two sides of the same coin.