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▞ 005 ▚ text | the order encryption 100% | backdated to yesterday

P I N G _
ian_
user-id_002.004
oxford_
user-id_001.021
overwrite.user-id_005.021
chapel.hill_
user-id_003.180
boston_
user-id_007.108
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aural communication no longer reliable.
text only.

[ ooc note; after this thread.

any attempts to hack this will be met with extreme aggression, counter-hack and — if she can manage — the security compromise of your device. unlike other encryptions that aberdeen uses, this one is booby-trapped with very large signs to her hacker friends that more or less read: do not touch. ]

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[ She remembers the shape of each sound in her mouth, the specific configurations of tongue and teeth and breath in order to form the desired words. But's an exercise in muscle memory, not sounding the words out. ]

no.

[ Followed then by: ]

are you going to offer?
because i'm going to ask.

I think you just did.

[ A pause. ]

I can give it back any time.

it's not that bad yet.

[ That may be a lie, but it's one she tells for her own benefit and not his. ]

but soon.
maybe.

[ After a minute or two: ]

yeah.

My advice? Don't wait for it to get "that bad."

[ Just because she has a high tolerance for pain doesn't mean she should suffer needlessly. But it's her call. He'll respect it. ]

[ Arguably she's never been a glutton for punishment, in so much that — relatively — it's very little skin off her back. This, on the other hand, is the very heart of the matter, and as a result she can't take it lightly. Still: ]

i have to talk to dundee about it.
what happens to agent aberdeen is partially his responsibility.

[ Agent Aberdeen. Look at her. It's almost as if she's ready to turn her badge in already. ]

Then talk to him. But remember - the other half of that responsibility is yours.

[ Then: ]

I understand this isn't easy for you, but it's fixable. [ Probably. ]

There's only so much room for self-pity on this ship, if that's what that was. Fill your quota, move on. Do what needs to be done.

[ You can get through this, Aberdeen. Even if you can't, you can. ]

[ Oddly enough, her mouth twitches when she reads Boston's response. He doesn't fuck around.

And given how twisted and turned on its head the personal dealings of the UK Order have gotten recently: she likes it. ]

i don't have self-pity.
it's not useful.

i have responsibilities.
and i fucked up a couple.
now i'm trying to make amends.

You can do better than try.

[ That's almost fond, coming from him. He believes her. ]

Get back to me when you can.

[ One last order of business: ]

connecting with dundee.
he'll bring me to medical.
we'll decide next steps en route.

may run into a problem with the doctors.
they'll have a lot of questions.
lost in translation, etc etc.

I doubt any of them know half as much about nanotechnology as Chapel does, so you can leave the catalyst out of the equation. [ As far as he's concerned, what happened on that front is between the Order, Ward, and Resnik only. ]

Tell them the symptoms. Have Dundee translate, text them, or write the words down in a notebook if you have to.

yes, sir.

[ And, that wasn't ironic, by the way. ]

dundee'll update you if i can't.
might be a broadcast.

[ A beat, then. ]

don't get sick.

[ Sir? He hasn't heard that one in long damn time. ]

I'll keep an eye out.

[ He considers her concern, thinks about making an offhand remark—I don't get sick—but stops, and allows himself a humorless smile. ]

Wouldn't dare.

[ It's been a while since she's said it, too. ]

update us
re: chapel
if anything changes.

You got it.

[ He'll be watching that one like a hawk.

And: ]

Good luck.

i'm a mathematician.
relying on luck is statistically unsound.

[ But she gets your drift. Over and out. ]

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