TIME FOR A CLUSTERFUCK OF SCIENCE AND SHIT!

[third_alternative]

[Deep inside the mysterious and cavernous depths of the labs...

Scientists frantically scribble on clipboards and walk around, trying not to bump into each other. Others hunch over pieces of machinery, tinkering with them intently. There is a frenzied air about as the smell of burnt coffee and all-nighters (which does, in fact, have a stench) permeates through the building.

What now?]

Comments

[longstreakofnothing]

Dunno. I've just discovered it recently--I can taste things other people can't. Must go with not being human. D'you want a glass of water, you don't look so good.

[trustycrowbar]

--I'm fine. [He says quickly.] You haven't been licking too many of 'em have you? We're still not sure what causes the nanites to activate. Might be a propagating signal, and if you ingest active ones, there's a slim chance it may wake up the others.

[longstreakofnothing]

Isn't everyone affected already, though?

[trustycrowbar]

Everyone's INfected. The difference is that in some people they're still dormant.