@clarke.griffin

[strove]

Hi again.

So, I heard back from Morningstar about the tests. Before you get your hopes up, it's nothing good. At least, nothing that we can act on just yet.

Most of the compounds that they were able to identify were sedatives. We're lucky we took the tests when we did because they wouldn't be in our system for much longer. Of course, whoever cooked up this batch was making sure that it would work. It was a stronger version than usual. But still. Sedatives.

The other stuff is the real mystery. By other stuff, I mean "whatever made us do whatever they wanted us to do." They can't begin to guess who did it, except that it's someone professional. I think whatever got us falling in line was a special batch. That's as far as I can tell, anyway.

So, where do we go from here? That's a good question. Who has the lab and the materials and everything else to make that up and have enough for all of us, even those of us who are much larger than the rest? Is it safe to assume that it'd be here in New Amsterdam?

Whatever it is, whoever it is, I plan on finding them.

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[wrenchinald]

I KNEW there had to be a mad scientist!!!

[Yes, that's the important part.]

[strove]

Where did I say that, exactly?

@connor.resnik

[cyberlife]

Any news is good news, right now, as far as I'm concerned. Thank you for following up, Clarke.

The line of work I'm interested in might send me down a path to finding a chemistry lab or something similar, but I highly doubt I'd have access if it really was such a large operation.

[wrenchinald]

Who's gonna have the lab and materials and shit? MAD fucking SCIENTIST!!

[strove]

What about the guards and nurses?

[strove]

I'm looking for something medical related. Not high up, but anything that could give me access to files, especially if I can delete them once we get some answers.

I was thinking that we'll want to do a second run of tests about what happened to us. There's the big and glaring question of you, but there's also the emotional sharing and everything connected with that. I'd like to see if there are any anomalies that show up that are similar.

Which is to say that I need to learn how to look for them in the first place.

[cyberlife]

I'm looking for an establishment that holds archives of the city. A library, or whatever constitutes one in a paperless century. They might have records of the businesses you're referring to.

We could go together, if you'd prefer, or I can send you the location when I track one down. I doubt I'll find any answers pertaining to my... condition... but I'd say it's worth a shot if it uncovers anything at all.

@katelin.philips

[covertness]

Is there any way I could get a look at the samples under a microscope?

[wrenchinald]

He's got a FANCLUB. Maybe they have CARDS.

@kylo.ren

[warfares]

I wonder if this batch was especially strong due to their plans to move us.

[strove]

I think at this point you have to ask them. I have a feeling they have some leftover.

[strove]

I think it will be a matter of getting clearance to whatever it is, and knowing where to look. Less a location and more knowing who will give us the pass phrases.

Does that sound right?

[strove]

You're not planning on joining, right?

[strove]

Possibly, but that doesn't explain the haircuts, moderate growth of the hair itself, and the fact that we don't remember any of it.

As well as the implants in our heads.

[warfares]

We would have begun to develop a tolerance for whatever they were using eventually. With our numbers, ensuring compliance would have already been difficult.

What I would like to know is what prompted them to move us in the first place, as well as where. And why they went to such lengths to install the implant tech if they didn't intend us to ever make use of it.

[covertness]

I'll do that. Thanks.

[wrenchinald]

Oh yeah, I'm SOOOOO stoked some fucker fucked my shit up. I'm gonna get his AUTOGRAPH and everything.

@loki.odinson

[selfimage]

It's something, to the very least.
From my understanding, they'd also need somewhere to source such materials. They'd certainly need a lot of said substance to keep pacified.

[strove]

I'd say it depends on whatever it was that they were using. It's possible that we had an increased batch, and that's why I was able to get any results by time I took the test in the first place.

I'm curious about why they'd install it, as well. That would be neurosurgery, and it would take someone highly skilled to pull it off. I'm certain that's far more normalized in this world, but they would need someone willing to break their hippocratic oath to work on us in the first place.

[strove]

No problem. I'm not sure where they sent everything, and whether it could have been kept.

If we don't have any luck with that, we might be out of luck.

I hope not.

[strove]

My theory is that the sedative would have been much easier to import and make stronger.

The compliance drug would involve us having to identify the compounds and going from there.

[strove]

I'm just checking.

You've decided only one person was behind this and all. It felt like you were admiring the handiwork.

[wrenchinald]

Yeah, that's the same thing as feeling VINDICATED by potential for shit you came up with earlier being a THING.

[warfares]

Normalized, yes, but I would assume there would be risks involved, particularly with older subjects. More questions asked, as well.

Everyone has their price, of course.

[ monetary gain is really just the tip of the iceberg, though the most likely carrot dangled. ]

It's possible that the implants act as a safeguard, of sorts. A means to keep track of us. El seemed to think it possible when we spoke.

[selfimage]

Would the sedative be as distinct?

[ he doesn't like feeling out of the loop on stuff, but who knew he'd be talking mortal drugs, ever? ]