Some stoned ramblings for @cosybunny's aus
I think Leon is the closest thing to non human a human can get. He was there at the start, before there was a need for men like him. The technology to heal instantly already existed, and theres been probably an insane amount of research and progress since then. Research that needed to be tested, because it was specifically for him. Specifically to fight BOWs and other bullshit the government wanted him to do. This man should have been dead years ago.
Did you see him grab a fucking random injector and stab it into his neck in 9? He knows this shit. He probably had his fair share of medical horrors, before AND after spain. Hes probably regrown an organ or two. He knows damn good and well his DNA is fucked, and genuinely thought RCS was the final nail in this bullshit.
Instead hes living his best cryptid life, raising a younger, slightly weirder, fellow cryptid.
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This is basically what happens trust.
Leon is the actual cryptid of the D.S.O. Those rumours didn't spring up from nowhere; there were already whispers. This man is the real director of the D.S.O. Shows up, drains the coffee from one specific breakroom like a vampire, clocks out at midnight. Does he even fucking sleep? lmao no
It would be funny if, being that they live together, Leon's borderline cryptidness flies right over Zeno's head because he's also a strange little creature who thinks these are perfectly normal human behaviours to exhibit.
Any other roommate would be freaked out by the shit Leon does but Zeno just vibes with it. Parallel play.
He never thinks about physically dubious positions this man flops into when he's relaxed (plagas spine hydraulics). He is unbothered when he wakes at 3 am because Leon's watching him sleep (the door was locked). It never occurs to him that it's strange Leon, who drinks like a fish when given the chance, is never particularly hungover the next day, nor does he suffer any kind of withdrawal symptoms when he's deprived of his favourite vice because Zeno's dumped his stash of copium alcohol down the sink.
They're both weird little guys, your honor.
This extends into how Leon and Zeno communicate too. Incredibly subtle, under the obvious jokes. Chris knows his fair share of Leon tells, so catching Zeno doing them throws him for a loop sometimes.
Chris absolutely has had bio work done. Maybe not in the way he had expected, like it was supposed to just help his muscles recover or something else mundane. Instead, hes slightly bigger and about to boulder punch a BSAA scientist's head in. Then mix in general consistent exposure to the Horrors™ and their Bad Goop™
Congrats, Redfield! You are technically part of the cryptid club! He will deny this, he hasn't completely gone off the deep end like those two.
