So, was that meeting with Lab 8 just a one time thing? I had kinda thought it was going to be some sort of annual occurrence for comparing notes.
...Come to think of it, has any new research been conducted during the two years this ask blog has been active?
[WELL!]
[IT’S BEEN SLOW.]
[PROTOCOL WAS TO SLOW MOST RESEARCH DOWN DURING PERIODS OF SKULLGIRL ACTIVITY TO FOCUS ON TRAINING ASG UNITS. I ACTUALLY THINK THERE MIGHT BE A BIT MORE BEING DONE THAN THERE ‘SHOULD’ BE, BUT THAT’S MOSTLY UP IN LAB 8 WITH THE ARTIFICIAL PARASITES.]
Our big research assignment was supposed to be Painwheel. So far, well...the skullgirl blood has obviously had an effect on her. She’s stronger and faster even without the parasite assistance, but it’s draining away the energy that would usually be stored as body fat much faster than usual. It doesn’t seem to be having any obvious adverse physical effects, aside from looking a little ghastly.
“I’m surprised nobody ever called you out for starving her, actually.”
None of THAT, thank the Trinity. We don’t really know what would happen in real Skullgirl combat at this point, but it’s...ugh.
...It’s viable. On a technical level. I’m not particularly interested in trying it out on any greater scale, but it functions. It’s improved her capabilities. Just to look at it from a...purely objective viewpoint.
[INCOMING!]
This one’s pretty talkative. Aren’t they the one that told us our methods were bad and we should feel bad?
{THEY WERE RIGHT.}
“Hi, Carol!”
{HEY.}
Avian was...
...Where was Avian? He called the meeting, didn’t he? I thought so. I mean, I remember...I heard his voice, right? But he wasn’t there. Ileum was the only one that really...stepped up...I...
[ER-MAYBE HE WAS JUST BUSY WITH SOMETHING ELSE? SOMETHING MIGHT HAVE COME UP? BAD SCHEDULING WITH THE PRINCESS?]
No, if that was it he just would have called it off. Rescheduled. We’ve done it before. It’s not strange.
[OH, HEY, WE MISSED A PART. WHY DIDN’T WE MEET BACK UP WITH LAB 8 LAST YEAR?]
Oh! Right.
I brought it up with the director, but he said we didn’t have anything to report. My guess is, he just wasn’t interested in putting any more ideas in these three’s heads. He was probably already planning on the stunt he pulled with Fortune.
{SPEAKING OF WHICH, IS IT ME OR DOES IT SOUND LIKE SHE’S AVOIDING QUESTIONS AGAIN.}
[I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. END OF ASK!]
{WAI-}










