The Disphumis Factor
Virulyde: You wanted to talk to me, Doc?
Dr. Maxwell: Yes. You know about the term, "V-CORE", right?
Virulyde: Of course. It's one of the names for the data stored within all of my kind.
Dr. Maxwell: Ravenna said that the time machine that brought her to our world was called a "V-CORE".
Ravenna: Hello again! I was just coming in here to catch a little sleep.
Virulyde: Howdy, Ravenna! The good doctor and I were just discussing the V-CORE.
Ravenna: Yeah, the time machine aboard the Morgan's Gate.
Dr. Maxwell: Ravenna, you said that the computer code that operated the time machine came from your DNA somehow?
Ravenna: Yes, there is a genetic anomaly in my mother's side of the family where our DNA actually contains computer code.
Ravenna: It's a big mystery as to how it got there.
Virulyde: Ravenna, we Virulyde units contain data that originated from human DNA. It's associated with a system called "V-CORE".
Virulyde: The purpose of this data isn't well known but it's one of the main reasons my kind was created.
Ravenna: That can't be a coincidence.
Virulyde: From what little I know, the data was extracted from a genetic trait known as the "Disphumis Factor".
Ravenna: My last name is "Disphumis". This CAN'T be coincidence.
Dr. Maxwell: The pieces are starting to come together...
Virulyde: I'm kinda lost, to tell the truth.
Ravenna: They must have done things to preserve the data that was in Uncle Gesh's brain!
Virulyde: Uncle... "Gesh"?
Ravenna: Virulyde, what's wrong?!
Virulyde: AAAGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Ravenna: What's going on?!
Dr. Maxwell: Some kind of.... trigger?
Virulyde: Gesh... that name... Gesh Disphumis...
Ravenna: That was my uncle's name. Virulyde, are you okay?
Virulyde: Yeah, Ravenna. Sorry for scaring you. I'm all good.
Ravenna: Whew. That's good. Anyway, Gesh Disphumis was the name of my uncle on my Mom's side.
Ravenna: When my parents got married, my dad took my mom's family name. "Ravenna Cassini" just wouldn't sound right, anyway.
Virulyde: Ravenna, was your uncle's... brain... of some particular importance to the V-CORE project?
Ravenna: Yes. He strapped on a dynamite vest and blew himself up... along with several city blocks. He had mental issues.
Virulyde: Oh... now it's starting to make sense...
Dr. Maxwell: Intriguing. I'm absolutely dumbfounded, I must admit.
Dr. Maxwell: The Virulyde units are data carriers for the temporal displacement system in the ruins!
Dr. Maxwell: I... I need to do some more research...
Ravenna: Virulyde... what are you, exactly?
Virulyde: A battle android and a data storage system...
Virulyde: ...and, at the core of my being...
Virulyde: ...is the soul of a madman.
