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[he's sitting at a table somewhere, a cup of coffee nearby, his briefcase leaning against the table leg, and his laptop out. he's currently staring at the screen, which is filled with a mass of calculations and formulae, tapping his chin in thought.]

Hmmm. I suppose that as frustrating as it is being stuck here, it gives me time to perfect certain projects. I don't suppose anyone knows the components of this 'truth gas' that seems to have affected that majority of this place's occupants?

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(ooc: It's fine. Doesn't bother me, and Vexen needs to be bothered. :D)

[glances behind him briefly at the sound of footsteps before reaching forwards and pressing a key, closing the page full of notes]

Can I help you?

What were you writing?

Something involving a few experiments I have been working on lately.

Like?

Are you certain you wish to know?

[weird look.]

Yeah. That's why I asked.

They have to do with the human body.

[yes, he is being vague on purpose]

What's so interesting about that? It's just blood, flesh, and bones.

[may or may not be speaking from close experience.]

It is much, much more than that.

[all he sees in that statement is a lack of education]

[waves a dismissive hand.]

Well, and the heart and the soul, but those aren't really parts of a body.

[raises an eyebrow]

We must have different ideas of what the heart is, then. And there are quite a few things. You forgot the brain, for one.

[scuffs the toe of his shoe into the floor and predictably ignores the mention of his mistake.]

Those Heartless used to be hearts until the darkness took them.

I was under the impression that the heart was the muscle within one's ribcage used to pump blood throughout the body. [dryly]

It's that too.

But if you take that heart out, you'll just be dead. Not turn into a Heartless.

How very interesting... [taps a finger against his chin in thought]

So are you going to make the truth gas thing again after you find out what's in it?

It depends on whether or not it is useful at the time of completion.

[smiles.] It'd be very useful to me.

And what would be the point in giving it to you? [raises an eyebrow]

I'd give you one of those hearts you don't know about in exchange.

While that would be interesting to experiment with, I do not have the proper equipment for such a thing, nor would knowledge of it have any influence on my life's work.

[scoffs.]

There's whole rooms with that kind of equipment. And the stuff you're working on isn't going to be as useful around here as finding out about hearts.

Is there? I admit I have not explored as much of this place as I could have by now. And it does not matter whether it is useful here or not.

You won't be saying that if you get turned into a Nobody.

What is a Nobody?