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Imagination 13, morning; Voice.

Given I'm going to be here for at least another day, I figured I'd update the out-of-date Welcome Guide thing we have. The last month has been ... Busy and I let it slide a bit. Last I looked, there should be copies next to all the carriage ICPs though they're at least a month out of date.

[Tired deadpan -even a bit sheepish- Eva is go, and by now, people should at least have an idea of why Eva's locked in a Medical Cabin.]

I think we should add a section on missions, but Lightning-san was handling this? [As far as she knew, anyway.] I also know we found out a fair bit this mission, and I believe we need to start record, as detailed as possible, on what we know about our situation.

[A sigh.] Regardless, if you have any additions to the Welcome Guide, let me know here or drop by my medical cabin.

(OOC: I've put up a Gdoc for the Welcome Guide and commenting should be enabled. Basically, if there's things on that that need updating or editing, make a comment!)

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At least tell me you kept copies of the research?

[Either way, she's nodding - and interested in this, though anything else she wants to ask can and will wait, because what-]

Swallows? [That's a... bird, right? Hell if she knows. Non-pokemon animals are weird.] What do swallows have to do with this?

They were still on my computer of course, I was just typing up a report so that I could explain where my problems were. I kind of knew what they were, I just couldn't find the way to fix them. Apparently it was my equipment.

[ There's a lot there people could ask about really. ]

Ah, they were petrified before people were. Probably a day and a half before perhaps? Something like that. Worldwide every swallow fell from the sky all of a sudden. It was completely fascinating. I learned a lot.

Makes sense- so you ended up apprenticing under her? Dr. X?

[Yeah's assuming 'her' until corrected.]

Wait- So you're saying the petrification used swallows as a test? Why? That-That doesn't make sense? They're not related genetically to humans... right?

[She's so confused!]

I don't know if you could call it an apprenticeship in the typical fashion, he and I exchanged emails for almost six years before I got petrified. I wonder what happened to him.

[ He hums, thinking about it, but it's a fleeting thought. Most likely still petrified, without a doubt. ]

Not in any particular way, but there was a study I skimmed once that said that even though there are many subspecies of swallows, their genetics are nearly identical to one another, a lot like humans that way. That's only a theory. I honestly have no idea at this point why the swallows were a test.

I can tell you it happened worldwide, I tracked the online chatter about it, filled in the gaps enough to know that it was actual birds and not some elaborate artpiece. I actually sent all my data to Dr. X. I was also experimenting on them, trying to figure out what kind of material that calcification was because it's not like any rock I'm familiar with, it didn't behave the same way as other rocks.

That still sounds like an apprenticeship. Well, timewise at least.

That said, it sounds like it's more than a theory at this point, given all swallows where affected, then all humans, and from what I've gathered, you've not only figured out to reverse it but also got the thing that did it in the first place, so it should impress this Dr X when you do get a chance to revive him, right?

[OH YE OF ETERNAL OPTIMISM.

That said, she's very much impressed herself and sounds it too.]

Hm, still a theory, since I haven't actually found anything to prove that it just makes the most sense to me as to how that could possibly happen.

[ He tilts his head, would Dr. X be impressed with him? He's not sure. ]

I'm not sure if he would or not. He might be. He's a man of science after all. He just has a very strange view of it.

Senku, you literally said that the genetics of all the subspecies of swallows are nearly identical to one another, much like humans. If that's not proof of a successful test that was then replicated with humanity, I don't know what other proof you need.

[She'll come back to the Dr X stuff in a bit.]

It's definitely a theory, but they're not that genetically linked to humans so it's a bit puzzling all the same. What makes them a good test aside from that?

I'm not sure the motivations either so really, I could be way off, but it's my first hypothesis at least.

I'd say it's less the species share similarities and more how closely linked each species is overall genetically. If you can do it to one species like that and it works, then you try on another species.

Motivations... because it could be done? [He'll definitely get the feeling that she's not impressed by her own words for some reason- but a talk for another thread.] Who even knows, but knowing you, you'll figure it out.

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I don't intend on giving up until I do.

[ He chuckles a little bit. ]

Which I'm sure you've figured out about me by now, so however long it takes...

Good.

[Quitting is a word for other people after all!]

So, what strange ideas did Dr X have about science?

Well, actually, I don't know if you could call it strange exactly...pretty early on he asked me if I knew how to turn my rocket into a weapon of mass destruction. That seemed a little weird but..

[ He hums, looking thoughtful. ]

Oh, and when I was twelve he asked me what I'd do if that same kind of system could be used as a biological weapon, causing mass illness and since I didn't know, that's how it got me started studying medicine. I don't like not knowing.

[Long. Fucking. Pause.]

Ah- I would... very much call that Strange... and not something to ask any kid, no matter how smart they are.

[She has a Worry.]

Really? Huh...I thought it just might be me.

[ Well that's good to know at least. ]

He was a fan of thought experiments like that, I think, since he would ask me things like that sometimes. It was always interesting to think about.

[ For him, it's not the kind of thing he'd be interested in doing, but it's interesting to think what he'd do if some event came to pass, at least he'd thought that when he was young. ]

Yes, really. Interesting or not, you just- [She scrubs a hand down her face.] you just can't go around asking kids stuff like that.

Were those the only ones he did? And hopefully, he didn't act on the answers you gave.

No, I'm sure there were more. He liked those kinds of scenarios. They were interesting anyway.

[ He blinks. ] It was weird, but I knew the answers. I think he was trying to figure out how smart I was, maybe.

[ That, or he just wanted information he probably shouldn't have, something like that maybe. ]

I'm sure I'd have heard about it if he was doing things like that in America.

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Imagination 13, morning; Voice.

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I hope I'm remembering threads right.

You are :D

\o/

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