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Richard Chelsea Max

Dick sighed as he left home for the day pretty early as he rushed to get dressed. He donned his regular attire of a vest, dress pants, and corresponding shoes and shirt, while keeping his notably messy hair unbrushed. It had been a busy day the day before that left him in a bit of a predicament, he was now in possession of a interesting if not dangerous item in his pocket. It was known as Red mist, which took on almost a syrupy texture to it and as the name implied it was a murky red color almost reminiscent of blood. It was very obviously meant to be injected into the body as it was in a vial that had a hypodermic needle poking out of one of the ends and seemed to have some sort of quick injection feature that did not need the person who was using it to press a button. All and all the substance that he had was more than ready to be injected into whatever decided to use it.

The story behind the substance was relatively brief, Dick knew, as the drug itself seemed to have a very short history on the island in that it was just created. He was actually one of the only people, that he knew of, with a vial and he was determined to not only avoid using it, but also turn it in to the authorities. This was a untested and unregistered drug that was intended to be used on himself. And they indeed would have gotten him to use it if not for the preparatory measures he took in advance to not actually do so.

He rushed as fast as he could into the city and to the nearest police office that he knew of and he walked into the door. He strolled up to the counter and said to the person in front of him.

"I would like to report the testing of an unregistered and Dangerous substance without any sort of clearance on the general public. Is this the right place to do so?"


 

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Angelo did not normally handle walk ins. He was a sergeant, and that meant handling the big stuff. It meant organizing other stuff. But people were busy, he was free, and the secretary who'd heard the report seemed... concerned? Worried? Maybe even a little bit distressed. It was enough to catch his attention, and after being told to go sit for a moment, Angelo had appeared at a side entrance, waving Dick over.

He didn't know him--they'd never met, even if Angelo had heard about him without the context of his face--but that hardly mattered on a place as big as Manta Carlos.

"Come on this way," he said, waving him in before guiding him to a small room. It wasn't an interrogation room--it was more comfortable--but was used for interviews just the same. Angelo turned after he'd closed the door, offering his hand.

"Sergeant Genovese," he said by way of introduction. "I hear you have something to report?"
 

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Dick had been told to sit down for a short bit as the secretary seemed to be hard pressed with what to do next. Dick just simply nodded and went to the nearest chair to sit in. After a short while he turned to see a relatively large man with a huge, what he would later describe to others, mane on his head. Dick also took note of the man's scar as he got up and nodded to the signal to follow the man.

Dick followed Angelo into the room and looked around. He didn't really care what he would have seen, but it was admittedly better than what he expected as he envisioned some sort of interrogation room that one could see in movies when talking to the police. Instead what he saw was more of a regular room, nothing too special.

He took Angelo's hand and gave a firm shake that was a result of him training in a family who emphasized a martial art.

"Richard Chelsea Max, Call me Dick. Nice to meet you Officer Genovese"

He then let go of Angelo and took a red vial with a hypodermic needle out of his pocket. He offered it to Angelo for two reasons the first was that so Angelo could see it more clearly and the second reason was to offer it to be inspected by Angelo himself if he so desired.

"As I told the person outside, I came here to report the testing of an unregistered and Dangerous substance without any sort of clearance to my knowledge. I was brought to this conclusion for several reasons, but the most prominent is that I was given it for free for what I expect to be a way to them to test it on mundane humans. Oh if I remember it was called Red mist."


 

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Dick wasn't a suspect, as far as he knew, and he wasn't going to give him the fifth degree and interrogate him. Not when he was coming in to... what, let them know? Something about drug testing. He didn't quite get it, but a large part of that was simply that he'd been given only a brief summary of what had been said.

There were a lot of details missing, and a lot of those details stayed missing even as the needle was offered. He waved Dick off, telling him to set it down on the table before he bent down, inspecting it carefully.

"Alright so... followup questions. Who gave this to you exactly? And what leads you to the conclusion that they wanted to test it on mundane humans?"
 

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Dick nodded and set the vial down on the table with a small clink. It was slightly odd as it actually started to fizz and bubble almost as if it was carbonated when it hit the table. This sight would be disturbing in itself for those who made the connection between the blood like carbonated liquid in the vial and a common affliction that can be generated while diving, namely the bends and how if this was in the body it may generate a similar result.

"We'll there are several reasons, but the most prominent reason would probably be this..."

Dick pulled out his phone after awkwardly shuffling through his pockets for a couple seconds are so, in fact, he almost dropped it as he pulled it out. He quickly typed in the password and pulled up a picture of what seemed like a medical record. It listed another man's height, weight, age, lineage, other few miscellaneous data points, like the fact that this test was isolated to only normal humans as they were the most plentiful, as well as a picture of the man after he had taken the drug before delving into the effects of the drug. On the one documented case of usage on this man it had been noted that after it had taken effect that even though the man in the picture was severely wounded by his own body, the man didnt care and asked for a second dose.

A little farther down a potential list could be seen listing the next potential targets as well as the way to get them to take it.

Dick's name was on the top with a small note to just remind him of his own weakness before handing it to him. It seemed like they thought it was a 100% chance that he would take it.

Dick turned the phone to Angelo and offered it to the Sergeant.

"I don't know if this is enough, but its all I have. Its all I could get before I left. And the dealer was named Johnny, but I don't know if that is relevant"


 

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Angelo leaned over, inspecting the image before Dick simply handed him the phone. He read through it carefully, trying to follow along.

"So they had this, and you snapped a picture before you had to go. They gave you the drug, but..."

He trailed off for a moment, considering.

"I guess you escaped, more than just walked off?"

The question was what, exactly, the drug was supposed to be doing. The side effects seemed absolutely horrible, and Angelo was having a hard time imagining what could possibly be worth it.

"I might need to take your phone," Angelo said with a sympathetic wince. "This looks important, and it's our point of contact."
 

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Dick shrugged to the statement suggesting escape. He could refer it to it as an escape, but it wasn't particularly what he would consider an escape, it was literally just him walking out of a building, albeit because they no doubt thought he would take it and self destruct and they would probably be able to observe the effect.

"I wouldn't call it an escape, but I wouldn't particularly think I just walked out either. Based on some... profiling they had of me beforehand they seemed to have thought that I would have taken it without a second thought. In fact I wasn't even supposed to know what happened as a .... side effect? Its just that they were that complacent, and I was slightly vigilant at the time. All I was told was that it would give me enough strength to beat certain people in a fight, not that I really care to do so these days."

Dick then offered Angelo the phone, understanding the reason why it was needed.

"Take it, if you are lucky you actually might have the guy who gave me the drug to call me from it. The password is 'Dick to the Max'."


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Dick to the Max? Despite the seriousness of the situation, Angelo couldn't help but snort, taking the phone carefully and making a mental note. Not like he'd forget the password...

"You were smart not to," Angelo said. "You think you know what it does, but it's possible it does even worse than that. I can't imagine any sort of benefits would be worth that kind of fallout, but..."

Well, they'd look into it either way.

"Technically speaking we can't contact you about any further information," Angelo said, "but if you hear anything else, please let us know. We'll be looking into this."
 
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