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[living_proof]

[The picture clicks on, almost entirely filled with the pale face of one Olivia Moore, brow bunched up as she taps at something on the screen.

Murmurred:] Okay, I think that's recording.

[Sitting back, she gives her head a little, resolute shake, and brushes some platinum hair from her face. She pulls in a breath, sighs it out again.]

Hi, everyone. This is Liv. I think most of you know me, but we've kind of had a run on newbies recently, so you might just know me as "that short girl with the white hair." I'm a doctor, originally from Seattle on Earth, around 2017. I've been here about six months-ish. And... none of that is really the point of this video.

So, here's the thing. I'm a zombie. [A thin, nervous laugh and slight shrug.] Obviously not the mindless, face-falling-off kind, although that does happen if I don't get enough brains to eat. [A slow nod, lips pressed together.] Yeah, some of you who work in the kitchen are probably starting to put some things together right about now. I'm sure my obsession with saving venison brains has seemed a little weird.

[Another breath.] The good news is, I can survive just fine on animal brains, which is what I've been doing. The zombie virus can't be transmitted by touch or saliva or me sneezing on you or anything like that. It's strictly blood-borne, doesn't survive outside the human body. Sex and a blood-drawing scratch are the big ways to catch it. [She lifts her hand, fingers splayed to show her nails.] I keep 'em short.

The chance of me being a threat in any way to any of you is very, very slim, but the chance is there. So I get it if you would rather I not be your doctor. Beverly is awesome and I'm sure she'll be happy to help you instead. And I'm just kind of hoping that most of you understand why I kept this a secret, and don't hold it against me too much. It's kind of an instinctive thing for me. People usually don't react well. So.

[A bite of her bottom lip, tilt of her head.] If you have questions, you can send a text to this video once I post it, public or private. I'll do my best to answer them.

Oh, and Bull, I kinda need to talk to you.

Thanks. [A finger lifts toward the screen and the picture cuts off]

Comments

[nonstopnarcissist]

Not my area but I'll throw in what I can. Put microscopes and lab equipment on the high priority list.

Private:

And liver failure. And a martyr complex.

[living_proof]

guess what? I've actually got the microscope covered

[nonstopnarcissist]

Then I'll hop right on to a centrifuge.

Private

[living_proof]

WHAT THE FUCK VENOM

Private

[nonstopnarcissist]

What the- oh. You know? That- really shouldn't be that surprising, I guess, since you've come out as a brain eater.

This is also why it wasn't weird for me to hear about aforementioned brain eating. Venom needs it, there's a chemical in brains and chocolate it needs to survive, otherwise it starts eating parts of Eddie, I think.

It's fucked up, not my kind of science and uh-


You okay?

[living_proof]

HAVE YOU SEEN IT
HAVE YOU SEEN ITS FACE TONY
I AM SKYPING WITH SATAN

[nonstopnarcissist]

....No? I've seen it try to gt out of Eddie but I thought it couldn't? Unless that's changed.

And neither of them told me. Rude. I'm trying to help them handle the thing.




Let me guess: Fucking terrifying?

[living_proof]

SO.MANY.TEETH.
JFC

ok ok
taking a breath but seriously
I'm trying to help too, offering some of all these brains coming my way, but Tony
legit
you need to understand something
I am deadly serious
if this thing COMES OUT around PEOPLE, if it threatens someone, one of us is going to die, me or it
if it LOOKS at Bucky wrong

[nonstopnarcissist]

Why can it never be a cuddly abomination of science and man? Why is it always viscerally horrifying?

Look, I'm working on it, on him. I think 7 ran into it wandering around the village a few nights ago, I mentioned the wendigo and she thought Venom was it. Didn't engage.

I'm not going to let it get to a point where it threatens people, I'm not going to let it hurt Bucky. Okay? I promise you, it will not hurt Bucky. Stark Guarantee, right here.

[living_proof]

you're not understanding
it won't hurt Bucky because I will KILL IT
I will go full-on zombie and I will rip its throat WITH MY TEETH
NOBODY WANTS THAT

and you need to STAY AWAY from it
I am serious
you don't have special powers or a suit here

[nonstopnarcissist]

...I might pay to see that, actually.

I mean

Right, no. No one wants that. At all.




Liv, my best friend was a Hulk. I spend free time with Alec. I fuck Bull semi-regularly. I've had a 7 foot tall wrinkly faced grape stab me after throwing a fucking moon at me.

A tall toothy bastard with the vocabulary of an edgy 14 year old isn't something I have enough fucks in me to be afraid of.

[living_proof]

gdi Tony
I know you're all about the martyr complex, but when you finally see this thing, THEN you can come back to me and shrug it off
it is in no way comparable to Bull's dick, no matter how big
until them, I'm going to worry about your safety
actually I'm worrying about your safety anyway, it's part and partial to the oath

we need to come up with a plan, a SOLID plan, for keeping this thing contained

[nonstopnarcissist]

I have probably seen worse.

Not even bragging just- I've seen shit. You've seen shit.


Honestly? I'm building a flamethrower. Kind of a bitch without a way to pressurize fuel in a canister but I'm working on it.

[living_proof]

that... actually makes me feel a lot better
we could actually use something like that generally for the next time a wendigo pops in

of course, now that I've outed myself, I could technically take care of it if I had to

anyway, I digress
I promised Eddie I'd only talk to you about his little friend, but just to be clear: Bae doesn't need to know
he's seen me go semi-zombie once but he still doesn't really get it, and he'd just stress

[nonstopnarcissist]

I haven't even told his ex fiancee about it, and she's had Venom ride her for a little while. For. Whatever reason? Anne's good people but she's out of that game. I've been trying to get Eddie to build himself a support network but- right now it's me, you, and Bruce. Maybe Anne if he decides to come clean but that's a clusterfuck of it's own I am not getting involved in.

Also on the theme of 'how to handle dangerous moments with our friends and neighbors'-

What do you need if you go full zombie? I'm assuming a big motherfucker if you're asking for Bull.

[living_proof]

Bruce is actually really good, he's amazingly calm and level-headed for a guy who used to be a giant rage monster, and this guy clearly needs a touchstone

and yeah, that would be why I was asking for Bull, he's massive enough I think he could handle it, and I trust him
that said, I'm currently scoping other trustworthy big dudes
even if they're not massive, two or three together could hold me down until it passed
because tbh, I don't think the lack of brains is likely to ever be an issue, it's more being triggered by things like pain
when I switched on B, he'd zapped me with lightning from one of those lilies

[nonstopnarcissist]

He's a ball of anxiety, don't let him fool you. But he's doing better, I think, now that he's not at risk of going Hulk on everyone if he gets upset.

Scratching is an issue- a weighted blanket from hell or capture net combo might be able to restrain you but the question is A) building one that we can test for strength without hurting you B) deployment and C) how many to keep around and where to stow them.

[living_proof]

it would have to be really, really heavy
as in item B would, to me, be the biggest issue

but you know what COULD work? something like a safe room, fortified and locked from the outside
it's not that hard to lure zombies, it would just be a matter of doing it safely, having a plan

[nonstopnarcissist]

That I could build- but it'd mean educating everyone a la fire drill for clearing a path, having baiters, and getting you to the room without hurting you or letting you hurt anyone else.

Probably something we should set up in case of another wendigo anyway.

[living_proof]

for the wendigo or to keep me away from the wendigo lol

I mean, it's a plan that probably should be in place regardless of the actual logistics, lbr
it doesn't necessarily have to involve everybody, just enough people to corral everybody else as needed
you guys were a team, right? you think this could be a team project?

[nonstopnarcissist]

...you want me to train the ex-avengers up on zombie and venom wrangling.

I no longer have overt beef with all of them but let's say there are still communication issues that'd have to be worked out, and then it's a question of whether or not they'll fucking listen to me at all.

[living_proof]

look, I'm not here to try and fix the family dysfunction, I'm just saying you're a group of people used to working together on extraordinary and difficult problems such as this one

and I guess that means family Christmas at Liv's house is off, then
I thought you and Steve made up

[nonstopnarcissist]

It does fit our MO.

I've spent the past few years moving on from the mess being involve with them made of my life. It's a whole thing. I was doing Yoga, I had my fiancee, I had my mentee, stocks were up, I was getting well, staying healthy, protecting my friends and the public, inventing incredible new technology, looking to the future with hope. Living my best life. Being the better person. Dia Lupa's new rules was playing faintly in the background, I was doing that thing where you make yourself a better and more capable person as the ultimate revenge on the ex who wronged you deal.

And then a bunch of shit happened and then I woke up here.

So we're- kind of good? We're neutral. Out of the red. Dealing with him on a personal level is one thing- trusting him with my back in the field? Last time I did that I needed a new sternum. I don't anticipate it happening again but can you blame me for being a little wary?

[living_proof]

well, I don't know his side of it because I don't really talk to him, but no, I don't blame you
clearly there's baggage there, nobody's denying the baggage
I think the baggage can be seen from space
the question is, do you have to trust him to have your back to do this one thing?
not Venom, just me
because what I do know about Steve is that Steve would do anything for Bucky, and Bucky would do anything to keep me safe

[living_proof]

and Tony?
idk how you were before all of that, but I know you're a good person now and I appreciate you