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Anonymous Fellow · 1y
Have Irene and Sally ever thought of doing Ping-Pong between the floor and ceiling before?
Interesting. They have not, and in fact I think the two of them would find that difficult to figure out. That being said, Sally has joined Irene in her aerobic dance sessions before, and those can take place on all sorts of surfaces once the gas gets going.
Anonymous Fellow · 2y
If it was possible, would you fill an inflatable suit with helium to float around. Mabye in like a sports hall? Or if your brave, do it outside and tie a rope to your foot?
ABSOLUTELY! If physics and economics allowed it, I'd love to inflate a suit and go floating in a gymnasium (or maybe a covered arena)! Not outdoors; I'm not brave enough for that. But a controlled, covered environment? In a heartbeat. My only concern would be, ahem, making a mess of the suit. Sorry if that's a little too frank!
Anonymous Fellow · 2y
Would the alternate universe Irene's nanomachines be infused with sulfur hexafluoride (heavier than air gas)?
Probably not. My fetish, my rules. 😀
FaeBlimpDrgn · 2y
Has Irene ever purposefully afflicted anyone with her nanomachines she's afflicted with in the name of Science and understanding her condition?
Often. 😁
Sometimes, she will get a volunteer or two, set them up with sufficient space, and have them inhale some of her nanomachine-laden gasses (sometimes from a balloon, sometimes from a hose and tank, rarely from the tap). Then she keeps them around for a weekend and sees what happens. At first, she was looking for someone who the nanomachines behaved differently in, as part of an effort to find a cure. While that's still the goal, she just kind of likes the look on people's faces when they get all airoused and buoyant. Hey, it's still mostly ethical!
Anonymous Fellow · 2y
Irene starts hiccuping balloons when her nanomachines activate for a while. What does she do?
Half panics and half takes notes. Her nanomachines don’t produce balloons, and they’ve been stable in their function of slowly blowing up Irene all day every day for years. Any change or deviation of their function would be a pretty big reason for concern.
FaeBlimpDrgn · 2y
Has Irene been ever caught on the ceiling by anyone on purpose? Or has she kept her personal escapades private?
Occasionally Irene will have a bad gas day or spend a little too much time daydreaming about smooching and hugging Sally, which can cause her to go airborne much earlier in the day than usual. But that’s why Sally was hired in the first place: to help Irene out in the lab. Including getting her down to deflate via pump. Irene’s condition is very much an open secret at the lab, and thankfully nobody really makes that big a deal of it.
Anonymous Fellow · 2y
What is your opinion on a scenario were it envolves inflating with helium and then realising the skylight is open?
I do enjoy a bit of peril from time to time. Realizing that the helium pill is relentless and won’t stop blowing up our inflatee. Bouncing about trying to get a hand-hold. Futile burps but the gas is just coming on too strong and fast. Perhaps the inflatee will catch the window with a hand, or be too big to pass through. Or perhaps not.
Mechrot · 2y
Has Irene been fired from any jobs for unauthorized buoyancy on the clock
Thankfully, no. Her current employer and coworkers have been very understanding of her condition. In fact, one of the reasons Irene has a lab assistant, Sally, is to serve as ballast if she gets too big to handle.
Irene's nanomachines, and what they do to people, have become something of a curiosity around the place. They've also on occasion proved useful to scientists working in meteorology (weather balloons and ballooned weather scientists) and alternative energy (fusion fuel). Still, despite all the eyes on the nanomachines themselves, nobody's been able to crack a cure or control mechanism as of yet. About the only problem anyone has is with unintentional release and the occasional prank. Not Irene's prank, mind. She's a bit too serious to pull off something like that.
FaeBlimpDrgn · 2y
If Irene was in a world with Superheroes, would she want to be one? Or would she just want to be left alone?
Oh, she does live in a world of superheroes (or at least one superhero). Miss Bouncer/Amelia White (Venya’s inflatable, floatable superheroine) is a friend of Irene’s. Amelia has asked a couple times, but ultimately Irene thinks her “powers” are useless for fighting crime. They aren’t really under her control, and although preliminary experiments show she can’t pop, Irene’s not willing to test if she’s truly indestructible. For now, she’s happy being a consultant to the literal biggest superheroine in town.
Mechrot · 2y
would you inflate your own tits? if floating was guaranteed?
On the one hand, embarrassment for being obviously and conspicuously male (and mustached) with huge balloon boobs. On the other, getting a chance to be inflated and buoyant and be able to touch ballooned boobs.
Set aside a long weekend so I have time to enjoy and time to fully deflate before work! 🎈
Anonymous Fellow · 2y
What is one story or moment in a story you wish someone would draw?
Oh, man. That’s too difficult a question. I’ve read too many stories, and written too many myself to settle on just one. That being said, sometimes an artist favs something I wrote and I just think to myself “I inspired someone who is all about the visuals, I wonder if I should commission them to draw what they saw when they read my story?”
Venya8008 · 2y
What kind of games do Irene and Sally play?
Irene's into puzzle games. Things like Sudoku on her phone and point and clicks on the PC. Sally introduced her to other games as well, like co-op shooters and turn based strategies. In general, the duo are PC gamers, and prefer to play as a team, rather than against each other, as there's a bit of a skill difference, mainly in shooters, between the two.
FaeBlimpDrgn · 2y
If Irene ever could look into alternate realities to see what she would be in them, would she?
Oh, most definitely. Scientific curiosity, and all that. And before you ask, in a good many of them, she's infected and has found no cure.
Anonymous Fellow · 2y
What's you're favorite tv show theme song?
Third Place: Stargate SG-1
Second Place: “It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights…”
First Place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUltrX-ICew
FaeBlimpDrgn · 2y
If you had an excuse to not come into work due to inflationary shenanigans, what would it be if you could not tell the truth or say it was a case of the cold?
Obviously, I'd crack a secret pun!
"Sorry, I'm having stomach problems."
"Sorry, bad case of gas."
"Sorry, but I'm feeling light headed."