anonymous.

[strove]

Hi. I'm Clarke. You've probably seen me around. I've been helping a few of you with the injuries you got from the crash.

I'd like to take a few tests. The problem is that we don't have the means to pull it off right now, but if we can get some blood and urine, hopefully we can store it until the time comes that we can do the tests.

This might seem invasive, but this might be the best way to find out who did this to us. We were all on a pretty powerful drug. I'd like to identify that drug.

As an aside, does anyone have any guesses on how a society like this does art? My civilization wasn't this advanced, and I usually sketch in my downtime. And ... there's been a lot of that lately. There just isn't any paper around here. Or notes. Or anything like that, so it seems like a natural conclusion to try to figure out where and how that takes place. I'm assuming digital, but do our implants come into play?

Sorry, I got off into hypothesizing there.

Let me know if you're willing to pass along a sample.

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[possidetur]

How will you examine it?

[ofmyth]

You think whatever substance we were under will still be stored within us?

[cyberlife]

I (Connor) will happily volunteer myself for the donation of blood and urine. Whatever provides us with more insight. I have a request, though, and it pertains to my results. May I have a copy of them when they're ready? There may be some evidence that could help explain why I've ended up in this body and how.

As for art, all I have are guesses. Sorry, but I'm no expert.

[forcevisions]

I'm willing. If you think it'll get us answers of some kind, I'll give you whatever you need.

This is Rey.

[retravel]

[ oh, someone with sense. ]

Fitz here. I'm glad you suggested this.
Done and done.

[strove]

Assuming Morningstar can do more than crash buses, I'm hoping they can get me a machine that'll help me test it.

[strove]

Well, my theory is that they had that stuff in us for a long time. We had IVs hooked up to us.

[strove]

Thanks for both parts of your answer.

What do you mean by "ended up in this body"?

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[dirtyredneck]

No.

[possidetur]

It can tell you the purpose of what was done to us?

[frostedplum]

I hadn't thought about the art here, but I used to do little doodles all the time on paper too. There must be some kind of digital pads, right? It can't all be broadcast in front of our eyes.

[cyberlife]

Oh, I'm an RK800 android. Somehow the faction that kidnapped us turned me human, or uploaded me into a human body that looks identical to my model. Down to the last mole, or so it seems.

Whatever the case may be, I'd like to get to the bottom of it as soon as possible. It's strange, as you can imagine.

[strove]

I can only hope. You know what kind of civilization I come from, so even doing this particular kind of testing is new for me.

Thanks Rey.

[strove]

Fitz. Nice to meet you.

And glad to know I'll have enough to work with.

[strove]

That would be much more helpful if I knew who you were, but I wasn't planning on forcing anyone to pee in cups.

[dirtyredneck]

Ain't giving blood neither. Shouldn't be taking it in the first place.

[strove]

Yes! That's what I'm thinking.

Unless this world is opposed to art in general. I'd be pretty surprised about that, though.

[strove]

Thanks for your contribution.

[dirtyredneck]

Sure.

Where you gonna keep it all, anyway? Think they're gonna let you store it in the fridge? Need to keep that shit cool and you ain't got a place for that. Even I know that much. Bunch of bullshit is what it is.

[He...hadn't actually intended to send that last bit. But he still hadn't gotten the hang of filtering thoughts to keep to himself and thoughts to send over the wire or whatever this shit was while his mind was engaged with it.]

[strove]

There's a room full of medical supplies that's prepared to hold these.

[dirtyredneck]

The fuck...?

ah hell.

I didn't ask-

Fucking thing. Want it the fuck outta my head. How about you do that instead? Take these shit things out so they ain't constantly reading my mind and putting things where they don't belong.

[strove]

Yes, I can imagine.

Do androids have a lot of experience in being "uploaded" to human bodies?

[Clarke is thinking of two things:

1. Bobbi suggesting that this could be some kind of virtual reality simulation.

2. ALIE and the City of Light, which is incidentally the last time Clarke had been in a city at all. ALIE had managed to take over Raven's body. But it was still ... another person's body, rather than a replica of Becca's made for ALIE to be uploaded into, so ...

Strange.]

[strove]

Not quite.

It can tell us what was used to keep us compliant.

[strove]

I'm not a neurosurgeon.

Plus, I think you might just want to slow down and get used to seeing it like sending a message. Stop the process of sending it, and you won't pass more along.

I'm not trained in anything that advanced, though.

[And what tech her world had like this was ... actually more and less advanced at the same time.]

[dirtyredneck]

Cain't stop a message once you've hit send. And I ain't pressing send. It's just sending.