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[ The screen flickers for the briefest moment before Gwen appears in the image. Her blonde hair is tied into a ponytail, she's got her labcoat on, and the lights are ... well, clearly on emergency mode.

She is half-worried the message won't go through the way some of the texts on the network haven't been working too well (which was part of the reason she opted for video, besides providing a face to an important message) but it seems to settle itself. And the light is strong enough that the image of her shouldn't be too dark.

In her best professional voice: ]

Hi. My name is Gwen Stacy and I'm part of the Xenobiology and Genetics Department on this ship. On behalf of the department, I just wanted to let everyone know that due to both recent events and previously disappearing laboratory floors, the Xenogen labs are closed until further notice.

If anyone still needs a member of the department for anything, we will be available.

And if anyone has any questions, let us know. Thank you for your understanding.

[ It's short and to the point. And once Gwen finishes, polite smile and all, the screen goes blank. ]

[ ooc: sooo ... just a note that this doesn't actually block anyone from going to the labs if they really want to. ]

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I do I have a question is it dangerous? shoul̢͕̼̙̠̣̣̕͢d̶̼̬̻͇̫̞̀ ͖̤̩̻̯̩̳̝̕͞ỵ̥̺̙ơ̷̲̥̟̹̜̲̲͍̹u҉҉͇͎̫͖͖̮̣ ̨̲̯̼̹̳͠͡ͅb̵̥͔̼̺e̘̝̞̼͘ ̢͎̜͈̣͚̱̞͞t̸̹̗͇̺̯͎͈͇ẖ̴̤̝̜͍̼̬ere?

-- should what?

part of your text got jumbled :(

(and it hasn't gotten too dangerous yet but we're taking precautions, of course.)

su▒░▒▒uuure it did I said: should you be there if it's dangerous maybe you could play hookie till this whole th̫̞̹ͮ̆̄ͭ͡i̖͖͉͍̝͔ͫ̓̓̉͠͞n͚̟̼̦͈̩͙ͣͮ͟͠͞ͅg͗ͨ̇ͮ̔҉͇̮̜̫̦̩̙͇͠ ͨ̔̽͏͖̭͉́b̵̙ͬͭ͒͒̿ͥ͡l̵͎̣̭̋͂͆o̖͓͈͇̤͂ͩ̔ͩͯw̲͎̞̖͎̲̃̎ͮ͟ͅs̶̱͓͐ͧͤ̑ͭ̅ͮ ̸̷̛̫̱̯̭͕͈̓̈́̅͗̎ͅö͇̝̯͖̠̿ͤ̿͋ͧͥ̀͟͡ver I would join you but I'm unemployed sorry

Edited (im fine) 2014-10-29 05:14 (UTC)

it did! so did this one.

it's really too bad we can't threaten the ship that we'll switch comms services. so unreliable.

hmm ... playing hookie isn't a bad idea though.
i've like, literally, never done that before.

[ Is anyone surprised by that? No? Okay, just checking. ]

Edited 2014-10-29 11:54 (UTC)

first ti̘̝̥̮̤͉̤̥͑̋ͫ̂ͨ̎̾̑̕͟͟m̋͠҉̤͖̭͕͉͚̟ͅȩ̧̡̤̹͓̼̬̯̪͌ͬ̑̄̈̍̒ͫ ͖̱ͮ̔̓̿͂́͢f̟̲̠͚͍͍̎ͮ̕͡ở̧̯̖͎̠͎͉ͧͭͪͤͬ̉̾̄r̟̱̘̦̼̜͓̼̅ͨ ͈͎̹͍̟̤̯̻̟̂̍ͩ̈ͬẻ̙̹̬ͥ̚v̷̶̹̣͍̰̻̦ͮͪ̽̈ę̙͈͇̿̉͐ͩ͂ͤ͠r̞̞̮̫̮͓͓͚̓̈̌ͦ̍̇y͎̦͍̲ͦ͜ṱ̪͇̥̩ͤ̚h̴̖̠͍ͮ̋̆͘͡i̞̪̼̓͋ͨ̍́n̺̘̣̘͈͈̻̜ͮ̆ͬ̅̚͝g̴̡͐ͧͬ҉̟͈̬̪͖̩ͅ

OH MY GOSH INTERNET YOU'RE KILLING ME

OH MAYBE IT WORKS WITH CAPSLOCK IS IT WORKING WITH C̳͎̳̦̼̪̫̓̐̓̔̔̌̋͐͜͝A̠̗̺̙̘̜͇̾̃̿͑̉͋PSLOCK

not super great anyway

haha mr parker, you are ridiculous

so: do you know a thing or two about playing hookie?

yeah absolų́͏̕t̸̢̢͘e͏̡̢l̴͝y̷̡̡̛͢ wait there I'll come show you

[ Because that action thread down there is clearly the best time. ]

[ Oooof course he does.

But this is thought of with a smile. She puts her comms device away and waits.

Even if in the meantime ... her boss shows up. ]

are you sa̧y̲͙͇̣͎i̘̫̯̙̰͙͚n͏̻̤̘̜̣͔g y̲͙͇̣͎our f̓̿ͦlͮ̂̏̓̈̚o̓ͭ̅̄ͮͭors hh̸͏̧̖̲̗͈̟̀͞a͏̴̶̢̻̣̻͔̗̤̲̳̹̞͙̖͚̟̻̥̤̻̲͞v͜͢҉̠̹̥͍͈͚̮̦̬̯͘ͅé͔̠͚̠̻͇̥͎̭̞͜͢g̡̟ͮ̽̅̾͂ͮ͒̆o̙̳̭̲̓ͣͮ̉͐̃ne
mi̴̖̥ͭ̿ͯ̌g͂̈͆҉͇̦̠̥̖̯h̗̹̟̲̼t̺̽͘ n͏̻̤̘̜̣͔o̓ͭ̅̄ͮͭt want to stay if so

i .... i'm afraid i didn't catch much of your message

[There's a significant pause (of apparently a few days oops sorry).]

sorry
né͔̠͚̠̻͇̥͎̭̞͜͢g̡̟ͮ̽̅̾͂ͮ͒̆o̙̳̭̲̓ͣͮ̉͐̃nework buggering up

why are you clolͮ̂̏̓̈̚o̓ͭ̅̄ͮͭsed have your fllͮ̂̏̓̈̚o̓ͭ̅̄ͮͭors actually gone

[ Well, Gwen puts a fair amount of effort into deciphering the messy bits ...

And yeah. Not easy. ]

hmmm ... it seems the network's consistently messing up.

anyway. the closure is a precaution for what's been reported in the p̦̰͙a̬͜s̪̞̞̟̹̮̼t̻̙͎̘̳̤̜͞.

ha̬͜. yours did it to̓ͭ̅̄ͮͭo̓ͭ̅̄ͮͭ
B)

[satisfied smirk emote because he's not alone in cocking up these messages now thank merlin and no longer looks 100% clueless in front of a cute girl]

which bit of the paé͔̠͚̠̻͇̥͎̭̞͜͢t reports are you wo̓ͭ̅̄ͮͭg̡̟ͮ̽̅̾͂ͮ͒̆o̙̳̭̲̓ͣͮ̉͐̃pg̡̟ͮ̽̅̾͂ͮ͒̆o̙̳̭̲̓ͣͮ̉͐̃

[oh god dammit.]

WORRIED ABOUT

so̓ͭ̅̄ͮͭrry

[ It's the emoticon that does it. Gwen shakes her head and laughs a little before: ]

shoot, it's catching! i'll have to blame you.

[ But in more serious matters ... ]

mostly the disappearing floors.̤̐̕ ̟̟̗̫̒ if anyone happened to be on a floor when it disappears .͔̥̹͇̠ ̼̳.͍̞̲̩͠ ̗̖.̗̖͇͙̺͉̠

n̷̪͎͎̝̳͉ͅow slow down̷̪͎͎̝̳͉ͅ there miss
im n̷̪͎͎̝̳͉ͅot disea̶̱̖̹̬̲͕̭sed t̺̦͙̰͕́h̨͓͙͍a̶̱̖̹̬̲͕̭nk͇̹͔̦s͙̤͕͖̝̗
its n̷̪͎͎̝̳͉ͅot cat̺̦͙̰͕́ching

[although.]

maybe on̰̱̦̜͇͖̞lỵ̝͓̳̝̪ ̷̭̥a little

ANYWAYS some of u͘s̻͙̥̳ ̙̭̭̠̣̲̹͜a̘̩r̘̣ḙ̵͉̠̥̲͖̥ used to disappearing fln̷̪͎͎̝̳͉ͅon̷̪͎͎̝̳͉ͅos

is it me or is ▒t g̼̹͔e̥ṱ̷̘͔t͍̥̪͈̼i̸͓͈̳̗n̯͇̣̲̯̜̼͞g͞ ͉̘̟͇̝͙̕w͓͎͕̗͍̤͟ͅo̦̱̫͕r̴̥ş̪ͅe̱͚̗̝͟?

are you? how could a͎̼͇̭̦̞ǹ͖̜̻͕̯ͅy͉͍͢o̹n̥̜e̗̞̜̦͙̜ ̩̼̥̱b̖̝͕e̙̮̟̮͖ͅ ͙̖̟̝u͢sed to it?

maybe̱͚̗̝͟ bu͢t͍̥̪͈ we w▒i̸͓͈̳̗ll perse̱͚̗̝͟ve̱͚̗̝͟re
i be̱͚̗̝͟lie̱͚̗̝͟ve̱͚̗̝͟ in ▒▒s͙̤͕͖̝̗

& y▒ou get u͢sed to i̸͓͈̳̗t by bei̸͓͈̳̗ng a wi̸͓͈̳̗sard most▒ly
or a wi̸͓͈̳̗tch
di̸͓͈̳̗appear fln̷̪͎͎̝̳͉ͅon̷̪͎͎̝ͅrs for a laugn̷̪͎͎̝̳͉ͅ sometime̱͚̗̝͟s
this se̱͚̗̝͟e̱͚̗̝͟ms le̱͚̗̝͟ss funny

[ Well, now that's interesting. ]

oh, so you're a wizard??

i haven't really had a chance to m̷̙̪̳͚e̫͕̻͞e͍̲̠͕̠͖͇t̕ ̨̣̤ma͕̫̱͍̺̙ͅṋ͉̺̯y̘̖̱̹ͅͅ ̘̝̬͉̯͎̫y̜e͈͕ͅͅͅt̫̣̼͉̪̼

[ You know, save for her boss. ]

This ... definitely seems l̖e̗̣͍͖͉s̛͙s͓͍̫͓͉̤ ̠͚̲̼̮̱f̧̱̣͍̝̼̘͖unny. :\

[don't mention this to your boss, Gwen.]

well there a̧r̶͝é͜͜n̢̕t̶́ too m̷any to m̷eet a̧r̶͝e there
but lucky y̢͝o҉u͢ m̷et m̷e eh

& yeah i wou̵͝͞l͝͏̡d̴͞ ̛͏͘a̕͟͜c̸̛ţ̸̶u͏͜͠ally agree with that for o҉̛n͘͡c̢͡ȩ̴̡

:/ :/ :/

[ She can't promise anything. But. She'll try.

Maybe.

Unless somehow it comes up. ]

well the probability so far has proven that there aren't many around. so yes, lol very ḷ̭͕͕u̦̘c̴͈̬͖̩̟̺ḳ̰̲̹̯͎̯̀y̢͔̠̪̦̲̞͔

actually i find the concept of magic p̨r͏e̟̝̼̼t̼̟̀t̟͖̝͕̯͠y̳͍͎͍͎̕ ̳̭ͅf̻͚a̳̻̟ͅs͎̝͍̠͕c̢̮̼̮̬̦͚̠i̖̝͖ṉ̨̦a͍̥̪t͡i̱̹̯͝ǹ̘̹̪̗ǵ͈͈̜ because the only type of 'magic' we've got is the sleight of hand stuff..

so im a ra̳̻̟ͅre̟̝̼̼ & enda̳̻̟ͅnge̟̝̼̼red species is what y̳͍͎͍͎̕oure̟̝̼̼ saying
i like it B)

slight of ha̳̻̟ͅnd eh
blokes in sparkly tailcoa̳̻̟ͅts͎̝͍̠͕ making cards disappear
YAWN
which means all y̳͍͎͍͎̕ouve̟̝̼̼ got is science then
me̟̝̼̼rlin are̟̝̼̼ you e̟̝̼̼ever missing out͡

only youre̟̝̼̼ not one̟̝̼̼ of those science̟̝̼̼ is just different magic sorts are̟̝̼̼ you

haha not quiiite

certainly not endangered i hope

i'm not really sure what to think of magic at all. i haven't seen it for myself y̷̹̤̮͓͔͉ͅȩ̥t̴̗͙͔

H̶̛A͏Ń͡G̶̷̡ O̴N̸͟͟

youve ń̕͠o͢͜t seen A͏̸NY ̶magic
a̴͟t̢ ̵̸al̵l̴

not offi҉̦̹͕c̗̜̞̣̻͠i̢͇̻̝ally!

[ Her friends-group on the Tranquility are all strictly non-magical somehow?

Supernatural, maybe. Science-fiction-y, sure. Special abilities? Yes. But magic?

And her boss ... who is a wizard - well, he seems much more reserved ...??? ]

[that's becuase your boss sucks gwen sorry]

ý̬̞̭̙̠̣͟o̤͚͜u҉̠͈̳re JOKING
all right thats i҉̸ţ̷̴
youre getting̴ mag̴ic as s̕͏oo̵̶n͜ ̛̀͢a̡͢ś̷ b̡lơó̡dy possible
imagine being among wizards & things & never śe͡e̴͘͜i̢n̷g̶̵ magic

[ She might have to disagree with you there, Sirius

Also, sorry ]

wow, awesome! i'd definitely like to see it!

just one condition: nothing gets magicked on/to me please

[ She'd much rather just observe if it's all the same. ]

[just you wait.]

why mi̢ss
i҉̸ would n͜ ̛̀͢ev ̛̀͢er

when your floó̡rs have been return͜ ̛̀͢ed then you & i have a date
or else before i҉̸ f you think you can get elsewhere

good. i just wanted to make sure, you know

è̼͖̠͕̦̪̖͞v͚̱̥̳̠͓͔͜͡e̵̻̹̖̟̝̫̬̪͝r̜̩͖̯y͔͇̱̠͜͠͞t͕̫̗̟̬̻̕h̵̲̝͇̼͍͙̗͔̕i̸̪̠̪̯̺͞n҉҉͍̮g̢̤̲͕̫̳̺̺͡ is a bit hectic so it'll probably be easier once everything's kinda s̲e̴̫͕͇͈t̷̹͚̠̳̘̟̤t̡͏͖͎͖̳͚̣̯l̨̫͕͝e҉̦̞̙̰d̴̗̗,!

co̧͢͞ur̴͠͞ś͟e
wouldnt want to ҉̦̻͖̺̪i͏̛̛̲̼̲̟͎̣̬͉̟̭̜̗͔̬̝̞̼̺͘͡n͚̩̳̖̣͜͝ͅt̸̵̥͎̟̯̣̗̺̝͖̤̼͙̬̲̱́͢r͔͎̞̟̩̜͇̺͙̺̩̼̯͇̟͜͜͠ͅude
y̨̛oų̛ ̨̧͜ just le̴̴t͜ me knḱ̘̳̳͖͎̖̭͜n͝҉̷̧͎͉͎̙͉̮o̸̴̫̱̯̦̠̞̮̦̥̫̬̭̱̼̦w̼̬̮͢͞

great!

i̕ ͎͉̳̫̖d̗̳̙͞e̤̖͈͈̕fi͎̜̩̟n̮̳̯i̡̺̻͚̝̻t̲̳̠e̷̱͕̬͕͙͖ͅl̨̫̗͕ỳ̜̣̻̞̬ ̯̝͙ͅẉ͍̤͓ḭ̹̹̬̣̼l͇̲̟l͎.

Well done, [ Severus says of her network address, coming back over to meet her in the front lobby. He's keyed everything closed with the nanite override something something technical something it's not like Severus has any idea what he's doing, he's just pushing buttons. ] It's probably best if we work out of the medbay, if necessary.

[ Gwen smiles, polite and admittedly grateful for the compliment. Because it's always nice to hear praise ~~and she is totally not admiring Severus Snape because he's awesome~~ (except she totally is). ]

All right.

And it won't be overcrowded or anything?

[ No ego-bruising, or 'turf' wars? ]

Given the makeup of the passenger population compared to the capacity of the ship, I feel confident saying it would be very difficult to overcrowd the medbay.

[ And there's only six people in XG since Samantha vanished, they're not exactly breaking down any doors. ]

[ There's a small laugh. ]

Yeah. That's a good point.

How long do you think this might last?

I'd imagine until the jump. [ No one knows how serious the threat of the Tranquility is better than Severus, who is still in possession of Lydia Shepard's last words, but there's a pattern to all this that can't be overlooked. ] With luck it'll get sorted before then. I don't think anyone wants to deal with that under emergency power.

[ Thump.

That was the sound of a lanky teenage boy hitting the wall just outside the lab's lobby, but before anyone can be super alarmed, the doors -- not yet locked down as promised, heeyyy -- slide open and Peter steps into view. There is a kind of a full bodied hesitation, like he is physically considering pulling a Grandpa Simpson and walking right back out when he sees Gwen has company, but it's, you know.

A little late. ]

Hey.

[ Gwen is about to say something about how she really doesn't want to go through another jump under emergency power settings when she's startled by the sound.

There's a quick look over her shoulder and then she sees Peter. And she's sure Professor Snape has also seen him too, so yeah it's a little late to back out now.

She offers him a smile, amused, and beckons him over. ]

Peter. Hey.

[ Oh, good. More children. Severus looks at Peter, expression unreadable, before turning back to Gwen. ]

Your escort?

[ Well, Peter did not turn to stone under scrutiny from Professor Snape, so he takes this as a good sign to wander in, trajectory steering him towards Gwen to crowd the space just on her left. ]

Something like that. What's up, uh, Professor.

[ His hand goes on auto to touch Gwen's back, kind of hovers awkwardly, drops again. ]

[ Gwen shakes her head, a touch bashful. She glances from Peter to Professor Snape. ]

Um. Boyfriend, actually.

Professor Snape, this is Peter Parker. Peter, this is Professor Snape, Head of the Xenogen Department.

[ Aka her boss - so be cool, Peter! ]

Charmed. [ He doesn't sound charmed. He is, in fact, giving Peter the not quite scathing but still very judgmental patented Disapproving Teacher Look. No personal reason, just you know, the principle of the thing. He's got a reputation to uphold. ]

You'll need to collect anything you need, [ Severus says to Gwen ] so I can lock the main doors.

[ He managed to survive Captain Stacy kermitfacing him over the dinner table in that he did not immediately turn to dust (he just got mouthy), so Peter can tolerate a little judgemental eyeballing from his girlfriend's space boss. He does so by pressing a smile across his face. ]

Nice to meet you, [ he manages to slide in there, kind of glad this guy seems not so much a hand shaker type. ] You guys shifting headquarters? You need any help?

I might just take those samples Carolyn gave us [ she says to Professor Snape, because that had been one of the things she'd been curious to start looking into before ... all this other stuff happened ] but otherwise, I think most of it is accessible through the network.

[ There's a smile in Peter's direction. ]

But if there's anything we could take for the rest of the department ...?

Everyone's had time already. Go on, then.

[ Severus is not anxious, but he's definitely not in any mood to dawdle. The sooner these are locked, the better. ]

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