SobriquetP
Youkai Exterminator
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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Russian Glowcaps part(1/2)
Para-Medic: I see you've found some Russian glowcaps. The Russian glowcap is kind of luminescent fungus - a mushroom that glows in the dark.
Snake: Why would a mushroom glow in the dark?
Para-Medic: It's bioluminescent, just like a firefly. It uses the so called luciferin-luciferase reaction. To put it simply, luciferin reacts with luciferase in the presence of magnesium two plus ions, breaking it down into oxyluciferin and carbon dioxide. The carbonyl groups in the oxyluciferin are initially in an electrically excited state. When they return to their base state, they give off light. Did you get all that?
Snake: Not really.
Para-Medic: Oh.
Snake: By the way, does that mushroom recharge your batteries when you eat it?
Para-Medic: Huh?
Snake: I mean, it seems like if you ate a glowing mushroom, it might recharge your batteries or something.
Para-Medic: Snake, your batteries are organic batteries. They produce electricity by utilizing the potential difference between cells. Organic batteries are known for their highly efficient energy conversion, but they still rely on chemical reactions between proteins and enzymes to...
Snake: So you're saying they'll get recharged?
Para-Medic: Believe what you want.
Snake: Great!
Russian Glowcaps part(2/2)
Snake: Para-Medic.
Para-Medic: What's up?
Snake: You were right.
Para-Medic: About what?
Snake: I ate a Russian Glowcap and it charged up my batteries.
Para-Medic: Huh!?
Snake: What's wrong?
Para-Medic: I, uh... that's... that's great! Um, Snake, could you excuse me for a second?
Snake: Sure.
Para-Medic's voice sounds more distant for these next lines.
Para-Medic: Did you just hear that?
Sigint: Yeah. There's no way eating a bioluminescent mushroom would cause your batteries to recharge.
Para-Medic: What do you think it means?
Sigint: Beats me... maybe it's all in his mind.
Para-Medic: You mean like a placebo effect?
Sigint: Why not? You've seen how gullible he is.
Para-Medic: I guess there's no harm done. Should we let him keep believing it?
Sigint: Sounds good to me.
Normal volume
Para-Medic: OK, Snake, I'm back. Yes, the Russian glowcap is a glowing mushroom, so it'll recharge your batteries when you eat it.
Snake: ???
Russian Glowcaps part(1/2)
Para-Medic: I see you've found some Russian glowcaps. The Russian glowcap is kind of luminescent fungus - a mushroom that glows in the dark.
Snake: Why would a mushroom glow in the dark?
Para-Medic: It's bioluminescent, just like a firefly. It uses the so called luciferin-luciferase reaction. To put it simply, luciferin reacts with luciferase in the presence of magnesium two plus ions, breaking it down into oxyluciferin and carbon dioxide. The carbonyl groups in the oxyluciferin are initially in an electrically excited state. When they return to their base state, they give off light. Did you get all that?
Snake: Not really.
Para-Medic: Oh.
Snake: By the way, does that mushroom recharge your batteries when you eat it?
Para-Medic: Huh?
Snake: I mean, it seems like if you ate a glowing mushroom, it might recharge your batteries or something.
Para-Medic: Snake, your batteries are organic batteries. They produce electricity by utilizing the potential difference between cells. Organic batteries are known for their highly efficient energy conversion, but they still rely on chemical reactions between proteins and enzymes to...
Snake: So you're saying they'll get recharged?
Para-Medic: Believe what you want.
Snake: Great!
Russian Glowcaps part(2/2)
Snake: Para-Medic.
Para-Medic: What's up?
Snake: You were right.
Para-Medic: About what?
Snake: I ate a Russian Glowcap and it charged up my batteries.
Para-Medic: Huh!?
Snake: What's wrong?
Para-Medic: I, uh... that's... that's great! Um, Snake, could you excuse me for a second?
Snake: Sure.
Para-Medic's voice sounds more distant for these next lines.
Para-Medic: Did you just hear that?
Sigint: Yeah. There's no way eating a bioluminescent mushroom would cause your batteries to recharge.
Para-Medic: What do you think it means?
Sigint: Beats me... maybe it's all in his mind.
Para-Medic: You mean like a placebo effect?
Sigint: Why not? You've seen how gullible he is.
Para-Medic: I guess there's no harm done. Should we let him keep believing it?
Sigint: Sounds good to me.
Normal volume
Para-Medic: OK, Snake, I'm back. Yes, the Russian glowcap is a glowing mushroom, so it'll recharge your batteries when you eat it.
Snake: ???