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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hand of Vecna" data-source="post: 3667054" data-attributes="member: 755">[sblock=Shoulder Daemons]Mind control chips?  Hrrmmm... I'd always wanted to look into designing some sort of hypno-ch-Stop right there!What?  What now?We are in a serious situation here!  We've got to stop this guy!  Maybe if we can talk to him long enough...[/sblock]Archeville nods, "You vouldn't be referring to our minor Major, vould you, Herr Minister?"  Archeville holsters his blaster, sits down, and pours three cups of tea."Zenji," he says, offering a cup of tea and a seat, "if he meant to harm us, I believe none of us vould be standing now."  He winks at the Antiquarian before turning back to the Minister.  "My, zhat does smell good, zhough I cannot place zhe source -- zhis is a good English tea, ja?""Lost a bet, eh?  Vell, zhat just raises more questions... but, tell me, zhough, Minister, vhy zhe need for bright minds?  From vhat Archer said, I'd gathered zhat zhe experiments vere purely biological -- do you mean to say zhe experiments, zhat Metahuman powers, all possess some sort of... psionic component?  Or merely zhat you vanted someone who vould use und test any new abilities zhey received?  At any rate, I vould point out zhat zhere is no correlation between being a socially inept wallflower und mental deficiency -- in fact, social awkwardness und mental brilliance often go hand-in-hand, as zhe mousy, shy bookworm stereotype shows -- und you fail to consider zhe possibility zhat zhe subjects vould experience a psychological change und social 'blossoming' once zhey acquire some sort of true power und vould eagerly use such abilities.  Your use of somewhat-prominent subjects like Jim zhe actor -- not to mention zhe giant und highly-visible force field -- vould seem to indicate zhat you yourself have fallen to certain comic book stereotypes, of zhe 'evil genius' who subconsciously sabotages his plans so he'll be stopped und captured."</blockquote>

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