Aleister Nikolai Frankenstein

45 - Metahuman - CARMA Research & Development - Pseudoscience Manipulation - RP Blog for WOTNAHQ

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rowanaubri​:

Rowan almost wanted to ask what the hell was in the thermos but opted not to - something told her she didn’t want to know, not to mention she had enough crap to wrap her head around already.  So she told herself it was a green smoothie and left it at that.

A sigh parted her lips as he reassured her that it wasn’t a prank.  There went her last hope that Aleister wasn’t serious.  She was quiet as he explained, a rarity for the typical bubby scientist.  When he handed her the hot plate, she took it with one wary eyebrow raised but did as he instructed.  Skepticism still reigned, but she was still a scientist.  Hard proof, the replicability of an experiment, data - she believed in them all.  And if he could provide even one of those then she might be able to view him and his brand of pseudo-science with an open mind.  The plate plugged in, she turned to see what would happen, though - “You realize I’m going to want to investigate each of these materials in turn to ensure that it is precisely what it seems to be, yes?”

As soon as the electricity hit his shirt the silvery powder started to float up off the fabric, glowing various shades of blues, purples and reds.  The brighter the formerly silver dust glowed the higher it floated off the shirt.  "Of course you will," he grumbled, waving off her concern.  "Just like I'm sure that it has nothing to do with the fact that you are having trouble accepting the fact that there is a whole area of science you don't want to admit is real."  Watching the dust for a moment, Aleister decided this would be a good time to demonstrate exactly what the spray he had used on Rowan earlier did.  Picking up the bottle, he aimed it at a brightly glowing red section and gave it a couple spritzes, the glow immediately mellowing and drifting closer to the fabric.  "Now do you believe I didn't drug you?  This simply calms the extraneous energies you pick up throughout the day."

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luckilylucy​:

Lucky fought the urge to stomp her foot again. She hadn’t ever played pretend as a child. Not really. Why would she need to? Her mother took her everywhere she could possibly dream of and her father bought her anything she wanted when she wanted it. What would she need to pretend? Even if she did pretend, why on earth would she choose to pretend to be a 7 foot tall gorilla man that was obsessed with science? This was more like a nightmare than a dream. Still, Lucky took the notebook from him and did as she was asked when the car came for them and they were transported back to CARMA headquarters. For some reason, Lucky had a sinking feeling of confinement as they walked in. This must be what going to prison feels like, she thought. 

“Where are we going?” She mumbled to Aleister as they were walking through halls she did not recognize while trying to look like she did. 

Originally posted by scotchandwhitelies

At least the ride back to C.A.R.M.A. was relatively quiet, the agent that had come to pick them up being one that had done this many times before.  He normally just walked wherever he needed to go, but whenever he had one of his idea fits he had enough presence of mind to call for a ride.  Once inside C.A.R.M.A. Aleister surreptitiously took his body by the elbow guiding the woman through the halls.  “Just follow me, it’ll be quicker than trying to give you directions.”

It was quicker, only taking a few minutes to get through the halls and to his lab where he badged the door open and led himself inside.  “Ok, we’re here and we shouldn’t be disturbed.  Most people avoid my lab, particularly when I’m inside.”  Grabbing a chair, he pulled it over to his main work area and waved the girl over to the other one.  “Alright, let’s make Science happen.”

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strength-in-healing​:

She huffed in amusement and shook her head, “You’ll be smug for the next few days, won’t you?” She asked and didn’t bother waiting for an answer. She shuffled over a little to make way for his large physique and prepared herself to take notes on what he had to say.

It turned out he had very valid and interesting points, so much so that her hand began writing as he nodded along. “Then that isolated DNA must be compared to the current data pool we have, in order to understand which metas need it” she muttered loud enough for him to hear. “A lot of lab testing and grants for research. I knew I had taken on a lot, but this is going to be a long slog.”

She flicked a drawer open and began rifling through it for a pan of paper which was unused. “Aha!” She whispered triumphantly. “Now to listing the powers I’m aware of. Then I shall check the database.” She thanked him with a smile and tilted her head. “Do let me know when you need help. It’s the least I can do in thanks for your input”

Originally posted by chicastrology

Aleister just shrugged at her comment and chuckled.  "No not really, I'm not that vain.  I'm just amused at being able to make you admit it."  He was all business once the topic switched to science however.  "I think your biggest worry is going to be finding people that are willing to have their genetic code messed with.  Though you're right, there's going to be a lot of database combing and lab testing in your future."

Smirking, he moved over to his own lab station and settled into his chair.  "Better you than me.  I find scouring databases to be utterly boring."  He scooted his alchemy set closer and fired up a couple of the burners to get things heating up.  "Of course. That's what being lab mates is for yes?"

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When Science needs Magic - Aleister/Hayden

Ever since he’d run into Hope in her guise as Mirror of the Hero Squad, Aleister’s mind had been abuzz with possibilities.  The fact that she could still copy abilities from those that had been “cured” meant that those abilities weren’t completely gone… just dormant.  So the “cure”, such as it was, didn't completely change the person's genetic code, just turned it off.  This was a new direction to attack this cure than they had been doing.  All of this was going through his mind as he walked through the halls of C.A.R.M.A, a datapad in one hand and a pair of data gloves on his hands. 

His aimless wandering was a common occurrence at C.A.R.M.A., even back in his original time.  Though this time however, his walking wasn't aimless.  He was taking the very familiar route from his lab to Hayden's office.  With his mind on his revelations, he didn't even bother to knock and wait for her to answer.  Pushing the door open in his rush, Aleister looked up in a hurry.  "We've been going about this entirely wrong way.  I know how to beat the cure."

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[aleisterfrankenstein]

Aleister Nikolai Frankenstein  ||  Future Event Bio

Age:  50

Status:  Metahuman

Affiliation:  C.A.R.M.A

Aleister has continued his work in C.A.R.M.A.’s research labs, though his work has taken on a different focus these days.  Half of his time is devoted to using both his alchemy and gene-splicing abilities to both produce the ‘power pills’ and attempt to make a more permanent solution.

The other half of the time Aleister is focused on try to push the limit on known technological advances, trying to ensure that C.A.R.M.A.’s agents have every advantage they can get.

With all the long days and nights in the lab it was unsurprising when he and Rowan started seeing each other.  They still bicker about science vs ‘his’ science, though most of the time they try to work together to try to help

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strength-in-healing​:

The swishing of his tail was surprisingly soothing and amusingly matched the ticking of the clock that sat behind her on the wall. She laughed at his feline purr and she was sure she’d hear about this, when he was back in human form, for a long time. But some how that didn’t phase her much and she began to take out her necessary tools for a day of in depth research.

Every now and then she’d look up at him and smile cautiously to check if he was getting impatient. She couldn’t have the liger impatient and unamused for too long. At the next sign of impatience, she saw, she moved herself and her belongings over to his lab desk and tilted her head. “Now, don’t look at me like that” she said with a slight smirk. “I’m going to sit here and give you ear scritches while I continue my work, okay?”

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Aleister was focused on his goal almost to the exclusion of everything else, his mind working through what he needed to do to be able to talk in this form.  It was his nature, to completely focus on a project to the exclusion fo all else.  In this instance, he wasn’t even aware of the fact that his tail was swishing back and forth.

He wasn’t impatient, though that didnt stop him from looking at Kya a strange look when she moved over to his side of the lab to start scratching him behind the ears.  Her defense had him amused and he showed it by letting out a huff of rumbling laughter and outright purring in response to her actions. 

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candygraham​:

“I know it’s not part of the scientific method or anything, but you’d think that the presentation of new evidence that differs from previously held conclusions would be enough, you know?”  It was more syllables than she usually shoved into her sentences, but just because she typically spoke in simple words didn’t mean that she was lacking in intelligence.  Candy’s brow furrowed, slightly confused.  “Why would the type of industry matter?  As long as it’s a physical injury, I can fully heal it!”

“You would, but I believe that part of the problem stems from the fact that my own abilities change how science works and so what I can do is not really repeatable for other people.  Makes it hard for other scientists to believe.”   He shrugged and sighed as he turned his attention back to Candy.  Ever since he’d started to work at CARMA that had been his reality.  “I understand that, but knowing the exact size and nature of the injury would allow me to measure how long it takes you to heal different kinds of wounds.”

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luckilylucy​:

Lucky handed her purse over reluctantly but kept her keys. She wasn’t entirely sure what his plan was but, either way, he was a meta and she didn’t trust him. As he had instructed she pulled out his phone and called the work number saved in it. That was where her confidence stopped. She opened and closed her mouth a few times unsure of how to start. 

“Umm…this is Aleister…um…Frankenstein? Like…like the monster…I think…and he needs-I mean I need a car at the…University?” She looked confused up at her own face and shrugged. She wasn’t sure how he expected her to act like him when she didn’t even know he existed until this morning. 

Originally posted by allthesepurplelights

Slinging the girl's purse over his shoulder, Aleister wanted nothing more than to raise an eyebrow at the way she stumbled her way through the phone call.  She was going to have to pull things together if they had any hope of getting into CARMA at this rate.

"By Science, that was terrible.  Did you never play pretend as a child?"  Looking around the girl's room, Aleister found what he was looking for.  "Here, take this."  He said, handing her a notebook and a pen.  "When the car gets here just mumble vaguely sciencetific sounding things and draw designs in the book.  I'll just tell the agent that I'm, um you're having one of your breakthroughs.  This happens sometimes where I'll zone out and not really pay attention to my surroundings.  Hopefully none of my lab mates are in today."

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strength-in-healing​:

She shook her head to clear it of the thoughts that were suddenly running through it rampantly. “Oh, stop. You know you are attractive, I’m sure you can guess what I meant. Not that you’d use that means to gather support and funding anyhow” she ranmbled, hoping that she hadn’t stuck her foot in her mouth. They had gotten off to a good start and she didn’t want to make things awkward between them. “But yes, projects and funding always work well together.” She finished off lamely.

Twirling her pens tbryweeb her fingers, she hummed as she listened to his thoughts on her research. She had heard that many a time, with varying degrees of awe and incredulity. Some even saying it couldn’t be done. “It can be dangerous and wouldn’t work with all powers,” she tempered her voice with tact as she still hadn’t reached that point in her research. But the logic made sense. “Well, upon first mention. What do you suppose will be the outcome of my research?”

Originally posted by chicastrology

@aleisterfrankenstein

Aleister grinned as Kya stumbled through the explanation of her statement.  He wasn't the slightest bit put out by her comments, he had done whatever he had needed to do to get funding for his projects.  "I know I am, but I wanted to hear you say it."

Finishing dressing, Aleister grabbed a stool and pulled it over, intrigued by her idea.  "It makes sense.  Many abilities already have some element of self healing to them, especially the more physical ones.  Even my own ability has a small element of it."  Rubbing his hand over his scalp, he hummed in thought.  "I think your first hurdle is going to be how to isolate and separate the initial genes that you're going to replicate and insert.  Not to mention trying to figure out how to get the DNA strands to connect so that it transfers the ability and not just result in a random mutation."

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luckilylucy​:

“Look, whatever, I don’t need to know about some historic detective.” Lucky threw her hands back down. She couldn’t understand why listening to all this mumbo jumbo coming out of her own mouth made things so much worse. It shouldn’t. She wasn’t some mad scientist but she was still smart…right? She watched this meta get her own hand tangled in her own hair and it about set her off again but she managed to control her anger. She pursed her lips and sighed deeply. 

“Ok, then let’s go science our way out of this,” she grabbed her keys off the desk and slung her purse of the very large shoulder. “I’m not entirely sure how all of this,” she said gesturing to the body she was wearing, “is going to fit in my car though.”

Originally posted by lovedwaynejohnson

Aleister sighed and rolled his eyes, trying his best to keep his annoyance in check and remember that not everyone had the same outlook on life.  Even if it was rather silly considering the girl was enrolled in college.  Finally shaking her hand free of her hair, Aleister huffed.  "This is why I don't have hair."

"Yes, let's.  You are very tiny and I'd like to have my powers back."  As soon as Lucky swung her purse up onto his should he couldn't help but laugh.  "Why don't you give me that?  It has your ID in it and I'm sure you'd rather not draw a ton of attention to us."  Stopping as she waved at his body he thought a moment.  "Use my phone and call CARMA headquarters, they can have an agent come by with a bigger vehicle."

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strength-in-healing​:

This…. jungle cat seemed much more human than she’d care to admit and it was unsettling. And concerning. Her wary gaze followed the liger’s lithe movements as she moved back to her lab table. She would not be waylaid by such distractions. She had her work cut out for her after the ridiculous week that had been.

But before she could even put pen to paper a loud cat-like pouncing noise interrupted her thought process. “You are rather majestic in this form…” she thought out loud, just imagining the man himself smirking back at her. “An hour, and I will help you with whatever project you were meant to be working on. Deal?” She asked looking into the large cat’s eyes.

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Stretching out over his lab table, Aleister let his tail swing back and forth while he watched Kya.  He was rather amused at the whole situation, though the lack of being able to speak annoyed him to know end.  

Her comment about how majestic he was earned her a loud purr of appreciation, even though he was of the option that he was majestic in his human form as well.  Letting out a huff he nodded, knowing he was unlikely to get her help beforehand.

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strength-in-healing​:

She turned down the sympathy in her gesture and smiles a little more brightly. “Let’s see if we can turn you being stuck here into a positive experience?” She asked slightly hopefully. It was her fatal flaw that her family would forever mock her for. She let her eyes wander from her piece of paper to his naked chest, a blush tinting her cheeks yet again. “You could always find funding or…” she had no idea where that idea was going to end, so she laughed.

Again, she focused back on her work and just barely heard the question he had uttered. “Genetics, specifically how to integrate regenerative healing at a lower capacity into other meta DNA” she growled at the research, shaking her head. “But it seems no one has bothered looking into in depth until now”

Originally posted by jazminesullivan

@aleisterfrankenstein

Aleister chuckled and shrugged, having become rather used to the whole being stuck working for CARMA.  It was infinitely better than the alternative option he was given.  "As long as I get to perform my experiments and work on my projects I'll be fine."  He caught the woman's gaze shifting to him and he grinned as he saw her blush again.  "Or?"  He asked, the smirk returning to his face as he finished getting dressed.

When the conversation shifted to her research, Aleister's tone became more serious.  Science wasn't something he took lightly after all.  "Interesting.  Genetics isn't my forte but that sounds fascinating.  I'll have to be honest, I hadn't even thought of trying to combine powers in people before."

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luckilylucy​:

“It’s Lucky, not Nancy,” she said with a huff. This guy was making her freak out more. He was too calm and rational about everything even though he was in a teenage girl’s body. Lucky crossed her arms and fidgeted from foot to foot. “Ok there was a lot there and I’m not entirely sure what about half of that meant but the gist of it is that you’re working on a solution. Right? What if this ends up not being temporary like the other ones?” She finally voiced the fear that had been plaguing her all week. What if she was stuck as a meta for the rest of her life? Humiliating. 

Originally posted by lovedwaynejohnson

Aleister let out a heavy sigh and shook his head, feeling his age at that moment.  "Yes, I know your name is Lucky.  Nancy Drew was a young detective from a book series that was popular during the mid to late 1900s."  Watching the young woman fidget in his body was very strange considering it wasn't something he normally did.  Reaching up to rub his scalp as he tended to do when frustrated he scoffed when the woman's mass of hair.  "How you get anything done with all this hair in the way I will never understand."  Shaking his hand free he turned his gaze back on the young woman.  "The statistical probability that is a permanent change while none of the others were is astronomically small.  Besides, I'm sure that with enough time I, or well you using my abilities, would be able to science our way out of this."

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strength-in-healing​:

Kya was genuinely sick of the drama that had surrounded the past few weeks. She hadn’t needed to shrinking episode, more did she want the apparition of her mother following her. Mercifully, she was back to normal size and in a good state of mind after having finally gotten days on end of sleep. She found herself settled back into her lab with her mini centrifuge whirring next to her while she was looking at slides of DNA under her microscope.

Across all of Pansaw weird and whacky things were taking hold and she hadn’t liked it one bit and at one point, vowed to injure the meta responsible. But how was not the time, she smiled as she took down a few notes before a loud roar interrupted her thought process. What on earth, she thought to herself. Forcing herself to stand from her comfortable position, she made her way over to the door which was still trembling from the strength of the attack it had just endured. Opening the door, a shocked gasp rent the air. “And I suppose I’m meant to let you in?” She said the… hybrid beast. “And how did you get Aleister’s badge?” She stepped aside and watched the large cat with wary eyes.

Originally posted by sansasdolls

@aleisterfrankenstein

Aleister was about to smack the door again when it finally opened, revealing Kya standing looking rather dumbfounded.  Of course, seeing a strange wild animal running loose inside CARMA would do that to a person.  Her question earned her a nod and he nudged her out of the way so he could make his way inside the lab.

Leaping up on the onto his lab table, Aleister padded around it in a circle before settling down and letting out a loud yawn.  Looking at his lab equipment, he knew that there had to be a way to give himself the ability to talk.  He just needed to figure out how to convey instructions in this form.

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strength-in-healing​:

She was beginning to wonder why he was constantly smirking. Had she said something inappropriate? She was known for doing that unknowingly and it was getting problematic. “Perfect” she smiled at him as she sat down, wrapping her already tied hair I to a bun and poercing it with a pen she knew no longer worked. “I’m already behind on my research”

She eyed him after he finished his speech about his own research and she suddenly felt bad for me. Perhaps he’d had a hard time getting anything approved. She took a moment and bit her lip and moved over to him once more. “I’m sure your work is appreciated.” She said lowly as she placed a hand on his shoulder in a comforting g manner. “Yes, most things come by accidents, but they eventually followed due process.” It was at this point she knew she had wordlessly offered her help for him to use whenever he pleased.

Originally posted by tessanjali

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After having doused both his own clothing and Kya's, Aleister decided to go ahead and take pity on her and put his own clothes back on, albeit slowly.  He paused with his shirt in his hands when she placed her hand on his shoulder.  "Oh I know that it was.  That's why I ended up stuck working here.  At least they give me funding for my experiments."

Slipping his arms into his shirt, Aleister shrugged as he looked over at Kya once more, nodding at her paperwork.  "What are you working on?"

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luckilylucy​:

“It’s Lucky,” she corrected him as she stomped into her dorm room, “Thanks so much for inviting me into my OWN ROOM!” She was breathing hard and kept fidgeting. Nothing about this situation was comfortable and she couldn’t figure out what to do about it. She was on the verge of tears and kept having to swallow them back. All of the other things were temporary this week but that didn’t mean this one was and she sure as shit wasn’t going to be stuck like this the rest of her life. She had plans. Plans that involved her being a girl. 

“Ok ok but I keep getting these weird flashes of stuff that involves tin foil and lightning or like welding random shit together so I’m guessing that means you’re some sort of meta and I found this badge in your coat for CARMA R & D so I think that the combination of those things means you can figure out some way to fix this. And why are your clothes so uncomfortable! Who wears things that make you want to tear your skin off?”

Originally posted by scotchandwhitelies

"Just because things have gone crazy doesn't mean we can't still be polite,"  Aleister remarked as he stepped to the side to let the woman in, shutting the door behind her.  It was odd looking at himself getting so worked up over something like this, normally that was reserved for his experiments.

"You're a regular Nancy Drew aren't you?  I have to say I'm honestly impressed.  I don't think most people would have put together the meta part."  Aleister walked over to the desk and hopped up on it, crossing his legs as he swung them back and forth.  "To answer the easiest question first, those clothes you're wearing are a prototype I've been working on.  It's not finished yet, so that's probably why they're uncomfortable.  As for fixing this… I've been working on it since it began, or at least once I was finished being some strange lion/tiger hybrid animal."