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[soothing]

[ Betty's standing in the science department, frowning slightly at the room before turning her attention onto the camera, expression smoothing out. ]

It appears as though the strange maze that led to the science department, the one with the odd rooms and the black holes, has disappeared. There is a lift near the medbay and a door near the Oxygen Garden, however, so that the department is still accessible. I can't say for sure that the hallway is gone completely from the ship, but it certainly isn't where it once was.

[ locked to heine & nill ]

I looked over the samples. Nothing is wrong, which means it likely is just molting. I can either bring everything to you or you can come and get it -- whichever you'd prefer.

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[watashinonamaewa]

[ Cibo is walking to find the Oxygen Garden lift - she doesn't know where the medbay is yet - when the feed clicks on. ]

You're involved with the science facility? I'm interested in taking up a position.

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[soothing]

I am. I've worked in the xenobiology and genetics department since I arrived on the ship, though it's only recently that we were able to get into the science lab itself.

Did you have a department or position in mind?

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[watashinonamaewa]

Because of the labyrinth you spoke of? It's good that it sorted itself out.

Somewhere in genetics, I would hope. I excelled in genetic engineering, but I've trained in other areas as well.

permavid & text magically piggybacking that lock

[culver]

okay
we will come
thank you

yes that.

[soothing]

You're welcome. I'm glad it wasn't anything serious.

Are you feeling any better?

[culver]

still itches and i ache
water helps

( VIDEO )

[connors]

[ It's the background that first catches his attention, and, following a brief moment of internal debate, his video feed flickers to life. (He can't resist. He'd heard of the science department, of course, but only in relation to the maze and black holes that had preceded it.) ]

Near the medbay, you said?

( VIDEO )

[soothing]

[ He's unfamiliar, but that's not exactly surprising, especially considering how quiet she'd been at the beginning of the month. Recovering from full assimilation was... tiring. ]

Yes, that's right. [ Pause. ] I'm sorry, I don't believe we've met?

( VIDEO )

[connors]

Ah, of course— I didn't mean to be rude. Dr. Curtis Connors. I arrived with the last jump.

[statsraaden]

Good. The way there was starting to get on my nerves, tedious as it was. I'll be able to come more often.

[nukeit]

Is this the first time something's disappeared to make any part of this ship easier to access?

[soothing]

I'm not sure on whether it made anything easier to access, but parts of the ship have disappeared or rearranged themselves. Apparently that's quite common.

[nukeit]

So I heard back a month or so. I guess we get to count this as a better than average switch-up.

text.

[helpmeguideit]

Is the ship rearranging itself like this normal?

text.

[soothing]

It is. That's why every map that's been drawn has been fairly incomplete.

text.

[helpmeguideit]

Makes sense. Things seem a bit different, but it's hard to tell for sure unless it is a large change. I may have to stop by the science department at some point.

action;

[pitied]

I would never deem anything safe here, but it is not a hindrance to one's safety to travel there now?

did you mean audio or something...?

[soothing]

Not unless the lift breaks down.

yes, I did. wow, self.

[pitied]

Knowing this place, that is entirely plausible.

permatext & piggybacking that lock o7

[chaineddog]

[Relief immediately floods Heine's body. He's not good at saying thank-you though, but he figures Nill will say it for him.]

We'll come to you.

\o/

[soothing]

I'll be here.

[chaineddog]

...You sure nothing is wrong?

visual

[aggressively]

Well, that's-- am I jinxing us if I say 'suspiciously convenient'?

visual

[soothing]

Possibly, but... well, it is.

visual

[aggressively]

At least it's less of a trek, I guess.