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[hedoniste]

I'd like to speak with someone from Communications and someone from Xenogen, since Nathan seems to have taken his leave and I'm not sure which of Severus' scientists is currently pulling rank on that side of their department.

That's all. Unless anyone wants something from me.

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[treasonista]

They're my scientists, if you want to get technical.

This is Doctor Knutson, co-head of Xenogen. How can I be of service?

[hedoniste]

Well, pardon me.

( not rly, she's pretty sure that just means odessa is severus' main scientist. )

I've got something that might interest you. Afraid it's not more pictures, though you never did tell me what you thought.

( god did she seriously fuck a vampire in her twenties. is that better or worse than marrying her rebound. this comm device has been a treasure trove of bad ideas she doesn't even really remember having. )

[voice]

[ryuuzaki]

Yes?

[You already got someone from the other department, so which one this is is obvious, right?]

∞

[hedoniste]

( ilde switches, obligingly. )

I'd like to know if it's possible to get access here to what's on a laptop circa the mid-2020s. Use of the thing would be fantastic, but I'd settle for being able to get some of the files off it.

[ryuuzaki]

How bricked is it at the moment?

[hedoniste]

It's fine, but the battery's not going to last forever and I don't know how that works with the technology here.

[treasonista]

[ omg ilde didn't age give you manners? rude!! ]

You're right, I didn't. But everything appeared to be fine.

[ "Fine" is not a professional term, Odessa. Also yes, you did seriously fuck a vampire in your twenties and then send video to the doctor in the aftermath. That happened. ]

What do you have for me, Ms Featherstonehaugh?

[hedoniste]

Knox. Mrs.

My uncle was an American geneticist, and he did privately funded research into interspecies breeding between humans and the fae which he sent to me for safekeeping a few years ago. It's dry as hell, but I thought it might be the sort of thing your department finds interesting enough to get further through it than I did.

[ryuuzaki]

We can see. We've been running several sets of equipment. Also, it should be feasible to charge the battery, but for the most part your laptop probably won't interface with ship's tech much, if at all.

If we can transfer the files, are you looking to move them to your comms device? It might not be very useful.

[hedoniste]

Charging the laptop would be great; I don't, personally, need it to interface with anything. There are files that I need transferred somehow - not to my device, but I want to make them available to Xenogen without having to give them the computer. Preferably.

[treasonista]

Well, pardon me.

[ Was that sass? It's hard to tell via text, isn't it? ]

That is absolutely something I and my department would be interested in. Would you like to deliver it to us? Or shall I send someone to fetch it?

[ One of her scientists, presumably. ]

[hedoniste]

( it's not that hard to tell, odessa!! )

I can drop off what I've got available. The files on the computer will take a little bit longer.

[ryuuzaki]

That's understandable. Transferring them to your device might be the easiest way to send them, however.

I'll take a look. If I can't do anything with it, I'm sure one of the others will.

[The basic architecture should be the same as what he's used to, he thinks, and if not, it will be interesting to see. The project itself shouldn't be beyond too many of the department's members.]

[hedoniste]

Thanks - I appreciate it. I can bring it by whenever's good for you.

[treasonista]

[ Whatever. This is how she makes friends!!! ]

That would be just fine. I thank you for sharing this information with me.

And for what it's worth, I'm sorry you've had to return to us.

[hedoniste]

So am I. It is what it is.

( it's fucking awful, but saying so doesn't change a damn thing. )

I'll probably go by Comms first, and I can just drop it off at your labs with whoever's around, I've got some of his journals and his papers in hard copy. The bulk of it's all on the laptop, so I'll get back to you when I know what's going to be the best way to deal with that.

[treasonista]

That works for me. Thank you, Ilde.

[hedoniste]

It might as well be useful to somebody.

[cabins]

That's what I was afraid of.

[She'd found Nathan's locker empty, unable to find him. She did raid his rooms, absconding with the Earth whiskey amongst other things. Her sweet boyfriend, gone. And his brother with him.]

Perhaps speak with Bail Organa?

[hedoniste]

If he's there when I drop by, I may do.

( in fairness, ilde doesn't recognize the number of the person who did respond to her from comms - for all she knows, she may have already.

well, she hasn't, but she doesn't know that. )

[deservesadaisy]

Are you offering anything?

[hedoniste]

You'd be lucky.

[deservesadaisy]

Well, given the open-ended sign-off, I thought I might as well ask. Nothing ventured.

[hedoniste]

Conversation. Noun. Informal discussion exchanging ideas and information. Does not require inherent generosity on the part of person leaving the floor open to inquiries.

[deservesadaisy]

And you certainly had the right to shut mine down promptly, but I thought I'd little to lose in making it.