[Story][Season 0] Dr Scure Stories, Chapter 4

[Ace Dreamer]

Evil Mad doctors, Jaegermonsters. But this is before may 2008, so she had not awakened yet...

Not everything bad in Fenspace is attributable to Noah's least-favourite daughter, you know... While this could be something that Asmodeus Grey is up to, I like the idea that there's somebody else out there that we know nothing about.

There're probably quite a few people you know nothing about.  The definition of a successful criminal is one no one ever hears about in the media - apart from the philanthropic good works.
I think I'd like to know more about the background of 'Asmodeus Grey' - wasn't he supposed to be a Super before he tried to replicate the 'Weapon X' program, using the Julian Friez Machine, and invented the Catgirling Machine?  The name 'Grey' is interesting, 'Grey Roger', the Boskonian who was a flesh mask for an Edorian, 'Jean Grey' arguably the most dangerous Marvel character in her persona of Phoenix, and with quite a few important relatives.
Has he changed his name?  Maybe more than once?  Maybe he's been through the Catgirling process himself, and that's why he's so difficult to find?  Or, he's using the Machinesmith trick of having robot drones that look just like him.  Or both of those, and more?  Maybe he's a secret persona in some catgirl who only comes out at night? [grin]

I also appreciate the subtle touches - people who aren't Fen aren't
necessarily idiots, no two people are getting the same biomod, and so
on. And this is a good length for a chapter to be read on a Sunday
morning.

Thanks, appreciated.  It was fun trying to depict the three-way battle of wills between Jack, Emily and Brian/Brainless.
Probably Brainless's finest hour, so far, in his 'problem solving stand-in' capacity.  Also, you might get some hints as to how he pulls off certain tricks - Brains doesn't know, either.  But, I'd claim, all the information exists in the stories to allow you to deduce what he's doing.  A big clue is, it's Hermetic. [grin]
If you're interested, Brains has signed the Official Secrets Act, at least once, which is why Jack was telling him things he's almost certainly supposed to keep confidential.  As for Brainless, either Brains signing covers him, or he and Uran come under the heading of non-human, AIs, which makes things far more interesting.
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind