Your will to be famous overshadows your dislike of the company, and as you finish your coffee, you decide to head to the Avalon Genetics building downtown in order to take part in the experiment. Who knows? Fame could be coming your way after this. After spending a few hours in traffic, you make it to the building and enter the lobby. "Good morning, sir! Can I help you?" The cheery receptionist asks, giving a seemingly genuine smile. You've always been abit uneased by cheery people, since most of them tend to remind you of the Joker. You respond that you are there for the ad about the volunteers in the paper. "Ah! You're the third person to come in just this morning! Dr. Rosa will be thrilled to have so many volunteers!" With that, the woman picks up the phone on her desk and informs the doctor that you are wanting to participate. After the quick phonecall, she hands you a form to fill out. Just a simple form for their records. You sit in a nearby seat and fill out the form without a problem, and return the form to the receptionist.
"Never had a felony charge? You sure about that, sir?" the woman asks, sounding slightly confused. You respond, getting annoyed at what she seems to be implying, "What do you mean by that? Do I look like I should have felony charges? I look like a criminal to you, lady?". The woman's pupils dilate, and she says in a scared voice, "N-No, sir! I was...I was j-just asking!". "Well, don't. I filled that form out as truthfully as I could. I won't be called a liar or anything by some receptionist.". She tells you to go sit down, and to wait for Dr. Rosa to take you back to the lab.
About an hour passes, and Dr. Rosa finally comes out. "Ah, you must be..." He glances at his clipboard, clearly reading your name off of it. "...Mr. Walters! I must say, the fact that you have decided to participate in this experiment is great. You're going to be famous, good sir." You can barely understand him through his thick Brazilian accent, but comprehend enough to know what he's saying. You respond quizzically, "Wow, you sure have a thick accent. Where you from?". "I grew up in Araguaína, in Brazil." He answers, somewhat proudly. "Wow. Brazil. Long way from home, don't ya think?" You jokingly respond. It is obvious that Dr. Rosa doesn't find you very funny, and he glosses over your little quip. "Okay, follow be to the laboratory, please, Mr. Walters." You obey and follow him to the lab, where there are two other people standing. One of them is a 22 year old woman by the name of Marcia Herring, and the other is a slightly overweight man in his mid 30's named Bryan Atkinson.
Dr. Rosa instructs you to go over and stand next to the other two test subjects, and you do so. He begins explaining just what the experiment is about. "Now, I know you three are wondering just what the experiment is that you were needed for. Well, up until this point, Avalon has only had one way of modifying the genetic makeup of an organism, and that was to edit it while it was still a mere zygote, but due to certain technological advancements, we no longer have to do that. We have managed to develop a special type of technology that allows us to...edit the DNA of a fully grown organism. We can now add and replace whatever genes we can get access to in the genome. That brings me to why you're all here. You see...
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