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[is_hisrealname]

☼ INBOX text / audio / video / action you've reached otto octavius. i can't come to the phone, right now, but if you leave your name, number and a brief message, i'll be happy to get back to you. thanks. code credit

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text; un: King

[millenniumeyed]

Morning, doc. It's Pegasus. I have a few questions regarding something you mentioned during our fun little chat at the club, if you don't mind.

[Hopefully he isn't mad about Pegasus nosing into his business and, uh, all that other stuff, which would be understandable, but he'll shoot his shot regardless.]

text | un:o.octavius

[is_hisrealname]

That would be depend on the question.

[he's understandably guarded. that whole experience could have been worse, but it wasn't necessarily a good time, either. being drugged like that isn't his idea of a good time -- nor is telling a random stranger all about his tragic backstory. he is, however, at least willing to let Pegasus ask, even if he ultimately shoots him down, so maybe that's something?]

[millenniumeyed]

[Well, he hasn't been immediately shot down. That's a good sign.]

You mentioned an 'alternate version' of a friend. I assume that means either you or him dimension travelled. How was that achieved?

[is_hisrealname]

[ah, that's not what he was expecting at all. he's more than happy to answer that one]

Would you believe me if I said 'magic'?

The alternate-friend's resident magician botched a spell and it pulled me and a number of others into that reality.

[millenniumeyed]

[Not the answer he was hoping for. Considering the mans condition, he'd been anticipating something to do with science, something he could replicate, but he'll look into this regardless.]

I'm well acquainted with magic. There's quite a lot of it in hell, in fact, so one doesn't really have a choice but to believe in it.

Is that magician here, by any chance?

[is_hisrealname]

A fair point.

[he was lucky enough to have at least a brief familiarity with magic, having been brought to the other Peter's world. it cut down on some of the culture shock, here]

Unfortunately, not that I'm aware of. His name was Stephen Strange, of all things.

[millenniumeyed]

And yours is Otto Octavius, of all things. I really hope the alliteration is a theme, because I'd find that delightful.

Thank you for the answers, doctor.

[is_hisrealname]

It may just be.

[considering Peter is Peter Parker and all]

Anything else I can try and clarify for you?

[millenniumeyed]

Aha, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for such names then.

That's all I need on that front, but I never did get an explanation for why the human element was necessary for your experiment. I don't suppose you feel like enlightening me?

[is_hisrealname]

Due to the nature of the experiment, there was a good chance there would be spikes in the reaction that read as a lead up to a critical failure. In that case, a mechanical mind would have shut everything down neatly, whether or not it could be corrected.

A human mind, on the other hand ...

[could read the situation and make an informed decision. a human mind could correct the variance and bring the reaction back under control. it happened a dozen times in the simulations he ran -- things getting a little dicey, until he set them right. he unfortunately misjudged, in the moment, and it lead to disaster]