Office Hours

[newhire]

[Those who wish to meet with the Junior Administrator-- well she's always on call.

Getting her off her phone on the other hand... is a bit more difficult.]

Comments

[newhire]

[Vivienne can be found in the Robotics Laboratory. Her body may be finished but with this week continuing to be the worst yet, there's no shortage of work to do.]

...come in.

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Oh... He wasn't expecting the new body, but that sure is her voice she hears when he enters...

He reaches in that bag of his and pulls out a notebook... The newer one he found in a box outside his door a while back. Of course he prewrote what he had to say here, seeing as he's just flipping to a certain page and showing it to her...]

Did someone tell you what happened near the wall this afternoon?

[newhire]

[She stops what she's doing and turns to Rantaro; her full attention now on him.]

...I heard, yes.

I was... actually just looking into something regarding that...

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Alright... He skips over the long version of the explanation he wrote down beforehand and shows her the abridged version.]

I don't know why they're calling this a virus. As a witness to the incident, I can pretty much confirm that our hijacking looks more like possession. Poe-san, Monika-san and I couldn't even move until Rebecca-sensei ended it all.

I'm no expert on ghosts or anything, but I personally can't call it a virus anymore. Not after what I saw.

[He'll wait for her to read all that.]

[newhire]

[She sits back and studies the words very closely.]

...I'm no expert on science but... what I experienced... was very similar to what you describe. I don't know either.

Before now... I really didn't have any exposure to... all this.

...but whatever it is, I want to do my best to figure it out. Find it... and put a stop to it. Though... that may be easier said than done for someone with no science background... I'm going to do what I can though. I'll start researching some things on my end.

[whatsmytalentagain]

[He looks back at his notebook and starts writing something down.]

I'm no expert myself, but pretty sure robotics & computer programming count as science.

And you're the one who made the program to save the dead people somehow, yeah?

[newhire]

Well... in a roundabout way, yes but... my work is... more an imitation of it, than reality. But... to imitate it, you have to study it a little. I'm not going on nothing so hopefully... it helps.

There's a chance we could ask our doctor as well, but...

I'm a little reluctant to rely on others right now. Even if she agreed to help that... would be putting her in danger too. We're in a tough spot. But... if we can get out of here, we'll have room to research it ourselves.

[whatsmytalentagain]

Mmn.

[He nods at that, even though he has his suspicions...]

Can you send a message to the dead?