@clarke.griffin

[strove]

Thank you to Yalena for getting us sorted. [Sort of sorted. Sort of.] Now that we've arrived in New Tokyo and we're stuck inside for a little while, I think we should talk about some new changes that we're facing. I can't be the only one.

But first: a good number of us are here unwillingly, but we have to wait until we're fully prepped before we can go anywhere. Heading outside in these temperatures while unprepared could cost you your life. We all hate being trapped somewhere. I think that's pretty well-established. We also hate having to do anything or be anywhere when we didn't ask for that to happen. At least it doesn't seem like we were drugged, though it wouldn't hurt for Katelin and I to take some blood samples to confirm that. We'll have to store them until we get back.

As for the changes in your lives: have you noticed any? For instance, apparently I'm a lab tech at Giles Bell. I tried to set myself up for a new internship there that I could get easily, but I got ... elevated. Or hired beyond that? I'm not sure what the right terminology is here. Has anyone else noticed this? Or had it happen to them? I got permissions to take leaves from both of my jobs. And no, I'm really not prepared to work as a lab tech. I don't even know the first thing about setting up gels.

As a bit of a personal request ... does anyone think we can make pancakes in the small kitchen here? I have a craving for them. I've not really had cakes of the "pancake" variety before, but I want them now. And if you think we can, can you make them?

[This last bit is Loki's fault.]

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[daemonized]

[He huffs out a laugh on his end, unheard.]

Then let them question it. And I shall question why they question it.

[In the face of his qualifications, no less, that are just as equally false. But in this world, when the digital records are as good as the truth itself, he actually believes it puts him at something of an advantage.]

”Whoever they are”. This faceless “they”. Still surrounded in mystery, leaving us at a disadvantage for how long now? It’s inane at this point, really. Maybe I’ll draw the right kind of attention this way, do us all a favor and garner the answers you’re all so desperately in need of.

[strove]

[Curious.]

Why aren't you in need of them?

[daemonized]

Oh, I am. But I'm not in as much of a hurry to unearth them as the rest of you. I've adopted a "let most everyone else do the legwork" policy, and it seems to be working thus far. This will be an opportunity for me to break that habit, though. Don't tell me you still want to talk me out of it, knowing that?

[strove]

I'm not convinced our answers lie with the government, but I think it should help us in other ways.

[So, no. His reasoning is pretty sound, however.]