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[watashinonamaewa]

[ Good evening, Tranquility. Your lovely white haired scientist popping up on your screens! Well. Not yet 'scientist' but... At least she's looking well. Adjusting to being on a space ship was some tough stuff... ]

I am looking to contact Data or Xavier about a position in the science department. If they do not see this message, does anyone know how I can find them?

[ You can see the she's sitting on the ground and leaning forward slightly to keep her head within the frame. If you've seen her before, you'd know that the grey hooded sweatshirt she's sporting isn't her normal get-up. She snagged it from Scout after a certain encounter a night or so back - realizing that it was much more comfortable to lounge in instead of her leather-material. ]

I'm also hoping to learn more about this device. Does anyone have any advanced skills with it? Better yet, can anyone modify my cables so I may link up with it directly?

[ She has the cords beside her, lifting them to show the feed. All three look like regular cords, but both ends of all three cords are only a match to the plugs located at her temples and sides of her head. You'd have to be there to examine them more properly. ] 

I cannot risk damaging them, they are the only ones I have. 

[ Standing from the feed, everyone can see that the jacket isn't quite long enough to cover her underwear entirely - so everyone just got a two second show of her long legs and tiny black panties. The video ends. ]

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Sorry I didn’t tell you that I took your jacket.

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[watashinonamaewa]

I see. [ Birds were the ones that flew around, right? Her history of 'animals' was more than a few centuries out-of-date. Animals in her universe being extinct and all. ]

Is your coat made of these crows?

[birdhousesoul]

The feathers are supposed to come from ravens. It wasn't a very expensive coat, so it's quite likely these came from crows, or any black bird unfortunate enough to get plucked.

What sorts of birds have you got back home?

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[watashinonamaewa]

There are no birds in The City. There are many creatures that fly though. Watchers for example...

[ She seems very uneasy. Eyes shifting from the camera and her brows crease in discomfort of her thought. ]

Perhaps you do not want to hear about the Watchers.

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[birdhousesoul]

[quietly:] I know what it's like to be watched. By other people, that was. Never by flying creatures. But I know what that feels like, to be watched.

You can tell me about the Watchers.

Video | almost certain this is not what he is expecting

[watashinonamaewa]

[ The moment is brief as the memories flood back to her. The emotionless conditioning of The City overwhelms her and she speaks from nothing but fact and knowledge. The discomfort moments ago? Gone. ]

Watchers are monstrous creatures. Long thin, transparent wings enable their flight. Made of a thick impenetrable flesh. And a single eye where the face would be. With this it can focus a loud and awkward frequency that disrupts every bodily function to an extreme. It will follow you by sound and then it will...

The pressure it creates within the body causes it to explode violently. From what I've heard, it is the most painful of experiences.

[ ooc: Here's your visual. c: ]

[birdhousesoul]

That honestly sounds dreadful. [His sympathy is sincere; there simply aren't better words to express it, at least none he can think of.] Do they just attack anyone they see?

[watashinonamaewa]

Yes. They simply travel throughout The City. I've never seen one personally but we had reports and sometimes samples of deceased ones come through the labs.