It's a very quick thing to show.
All I need to do is pull up my sleeve like so.
-he pulls his sleeve up quickly, showing his INVISIBLE ARM-
-it's definitely invisible since his glove's still full-
-after a few seconds though, he rolls it back down-
Now you see why it's important that people from my world don't know I exist in this capacity.
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this postYou're not going to believe me if I say it.
But it's a family formula.
Right back in the 1890s, my Great Great Grandfather formulated it.
His son also used the formula to become the second invisible man.
I'm the third, because those two ancestors of mine were... not the nicest of men.
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post..........
(Just nods slowly, suddenly pecking at her arm to stop herself before she writes any of this arcane knowledge down.)
...Eheh, soorry, ah'mjist—... whoa... Sciencetruleyeslemetless...
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make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019-nods-
Mm.
Honestly if you asked me before I became invisible, I would probably say you were bullshitting me on the answer to human invisibility residing in a solution from a chemist.
But here we are.
There's no antidote though.
This invisibility's one-way...
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post-nods-
And if anyone asks me why I wear them, and I'm not sure whether I can reveal my invisibility to them?
I just say the thing that my ancestors did before me to deflect the question:
Chemical burns.
The bandages cover up the scarring.
No-one wants to look at someone with full-body burns after all.
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post-he chuckles slightly-
Thanks.
But, like I said. This was my family's invention, I just copied the formula and put myself through it...
Really to become a vigilante.
I wanted to use this power for something good, you know?
But, ah... our majesty's secret service have me on a watchlist because of it.
Invisible Men were villains before, and I'm trying to prove that wrong... but doesn't mean they're not justified in trying to well.
Stop me, because they think I'll go mad like my predecessors did.
One of them disappears off the face of the earth after a few murders in Burdock and Iping.
And the other actively becomes an enemy of the crown after his service in World War One.
Committed Treason, and ran as an outlaw, before being assassinated in Spain.
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this postThat's not what I believe.
Not what most people believe, anyway...
Some say it's the power that drove them mad.
Me, I think it's more to do with who they were as people before.
The First was an impoverished albino living in London near the turn of the century. Someone like that is basically a social pariah in most walks of life. He wanted to make a name for himself in the annals of history, and since the world seemed like it'd hate him to his eyes, he probably bit back what he thought was begotten to him.
The Second is a veteran of the First World War. He served the whole war on the Western Front. He was even part of the first expeditionary British forces sent over to France.
War can do a lot to a person's mentality, and with the lack of support for veterans being as it was back then, he probably fell into a dark place as well, thus pursuing invisibility with the same desire for power and control.
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post…
(Slow, somber nod.)
...Aye, that'lldooet... Haeunfairtunatefer'em... Ah'dlikeveerymicht'sayahwiuldn'thaetheshappenefetwisme, bit...
(Looks slightly wistful.)
...Yerdooenaguidtheng, then, uisenwhetsciencesoogeneroouslybestoowed'ponyeferth'greeterguid... Thet'sabootasnoobleasetgets.
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019-nods-
Fighting against the reputation of my family.
And really it's only someone like me who can do it.
Someone who is, well. Their direct descendant.
If we were a royal family, I would indeed be the primary heir.
My father's the first-born of his family, and my grandfather is the first-and-only born of his family.
The Second was the first and only son of The First.
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post...Ahhoope, feryersakean'theto'yerfamily, thetetallsmoothsoover, an'thetyekencleanthesreputeitioono'yersoop.
(Finally sips the last of her tea.)
Ahthenksimetimes, theere'sabeto'astegmaaroondth'sciencesan'thoosewhostidyan'practece'em, thesideathattheere'nherentlyevilorsummat... et'sguidyerfightenagainstthet. Keepatet, aye?
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019

-nods- Yeah, Vigilante's a more neutral term for superheroes where I'm from.
It means you include people who are just... well.
Out there trying to do the good fight without actual super-powers.
You know the type of hero that solves things with their wits, and gadgets? Those guys.
I'm half that, half science power.
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post