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[cleanedslate]

[ not too much later in the day, on a less populated section of the beach, Tony and Bruce are on a mission.

the mission is science, of course. and their weapons, at the moment, are a large expanse of beach that is currently serving as a makeshift whiteboard.

scrawled across it are a series of equations, all of them deceptively brief (read: condensed), but also filled with cryptic symbols that won't be familiar to anyone who hasn't gotten deep into physics. a healthy heaping of biochemistry will also help you to parse their work, which at the moment seems to be very focused on energy conversion and heat especially.

come stare! or step all over their hard work! you jerk :(

feel free to tag either of them but expect some thread jacking! after all, they are both standing right there ♥ ]

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[cleanedslate]

Of course they would, it's great work. [ totally confident in that, and not looking up ]

[sublimating]

I think it -- probably would actually depend on what kind of "science guys" they were. I don't imagine an astrophysicist is going to want to spectate. [right, Jane? he does look up at the newcomer though]

[neverforgets]

[ Gives Bruce a faint grin and then crouches down unsteadily to get a better look. ]

Alchemists and inventors, mostly. But they dabble in everything. They like t'tinker with things an' invent potions that turn people into zombies. [ Reaches out to trace one equation with his finger -- very carefully, of course. ]

What's all this for?

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[cleanedslate]

[ slooooowly lifting his head to give you this look ]

[cleanedslate]

So, what's that like? Working for the Umbrella Corporation. [ he points at Lavi with his stick ] You must be infected with like, three strains of the T-Virus by now.

[ to Bruce ] Officially demoting them. No more "science". From now on, they're just "guys".

[ did you ask a question, Lavi, because he's a little distracted ]

[sublimating]

[his lips quirk up, but he tells Lavi] Back home we've got a manmade virus floating around that's a little bit -- dangerous. We're trying to find a way to stabilize it.

[neverforgets]

[ Snorts. You have Komui in your time, too? Mostly to himself: ] Guess some things don't change.

So is this chemistry? [ Since virus = medicine = chemistry... right? ] Are you doctors?

[cleanedslate]

Yes. [ to both! hey it's true. he doesn't stop working ]

[sublimating]

Not -- medical doctors. But we both have doctorates in scientific fields. [he nods at the sand] This is technically biochemistry. It's a division of chemistry that focuses on chemical reactions inside living things. [he's helpful because he's well aware of the fact that 90% of people in his own world wouldn't know what biochemistry actually entails]