010; (VIDEO) forward-dated to late on the 25th

[andblockbuster]

 [What you are seeing is Topher. Topher looks a little like hell. Someone may or may not have been avoiding dealing with one of his empathy links for SCIENCE (the first one worked out fine- that's how he knows enough to figure this out, but the second one...) ... Also, it's possible he's been occupied running scans and trying to figure out if he's wrong, which... he's still not convinced he's not.]

I've been working.... [He pauses, plants a palm on his forehead, and sucks in a breath.] I've been working on a theory. It's not entirely sound yet, but I was trying to run through every logical possibility before entertaining the notion that it might actually be... that, and... no dice. None. And it was bad enough when it was just memories, but now- now. Oh, it's much worse. 

Whatever this is, it's on a synaptic level- whatever one person feels, the other person feels too. Observe. [He picks up something sharp and pricks himself, which makes him hiss in pain.] Now someone out there felt that. That means that we are doing some serious groupthink weirdness without the whole "all of us are Borg" BS- SO FAR. Who knows what it'll be in a few weeks. Or days. And what was the last thing 90% of us experienced that involved groupthink? Anyone?

[YEAH, TOPHER'S HAVING A BAD DAY. HOW ARE YOU?] I think we might be in trouble.

[He rubs his face.] And is anyone who was fully assimilated on Strela even still around? 'Cause that'd be a start to maybe possibly proving me wrong. Or right. But let's err on the side of blind optimism and assume my fancy medical degrees in neurology mean nothing and I'm just talking out of my... bottom area. Whatever.

[Maybe you should deal with your link first, Topher. MAYBE. There's science to do, okay.]

Comments

[andblockbuster]

I was being generous.

[tinytactician]

Very kind of you; but not necessary, I shouldn't think.

[andblockbuster]

You never know. Some people like having things sugarcoated. They need comfort.

[tinytactician]

...I suppose that's true. There are children here, after all. [...said the child.]

[andblockbuster]

One of whom had a bomb in his brain. [Said, you know, as an afterthought. Because seriously, this place is WEIRD.]

[tinytactician]

...o-oh.

I, ah. I sincerely hope that was...taken care of.

[andblockbuster]

All thanks to me. [DR. AWESOME. ~Sparkle~]

[tinytactician]

[100% genuine applause goes right here. Not even joking.]

[andblockbuster]

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here until the ship crashes into a sun and explodes.

Or we leave, which could happen. Maybe.

[tinytactician]

...are we dangerously close to a sun?

[andblockbuster]

I have never seen a sun and I've been here, like... two years now.