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Zee Carlisle, #55891
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[recollecters]

Right, right. You do have a lot of family out there. Cousins and all that. [But there's another pause as he sips his coffee, eyes flickering back to the computer monitor for a moment.]

Ms. Fairweather, it's not entirely about living up to our expectations. It's about the fact that we need help. There are...things we'd rather not tell the wide public lest everybody completely freak out. But I get it. I didn't trust the company entirely when I first met them either.

Let me ask you this. What is it in particular you would like to ask? What's expected? Or what your assignment is for this very moment?

[nachetanya]

[ Yes she does. Zack, Elliot. Olivia. There's others of course, friends and like. But... She considers that, taking a longer sip from her coffee as she studies the other with red eyes. When you frame it like that...

She chafes at authority. She always has. And so to be asked what her assignment is frustrates her, to be told what some company expects of her rubs her even worse. She waffles on how to respond for those several seconds before she eventually just says, ]

You tell me where you need the help most and you tell me why you need that help, when "the company" has been lording over everyone for a year now. ... That would be what I'd like to ask.

[recollecters]

I need help sustaining the connections between our city and those four regions because the further they drift, the harder it will be to isolate the real problem that's impacting everyone here. Those storms, Ms. Fairweather. I'm sure you're familiar with them by now?

[nachetanya]

[ They... drift? ]

I've heard of them, yes! Something like the storm rolls in and strange things start happening everywhere because it's full of unreality?

[recollecters]

Exactly. Those storms don't just affect your city. They're starting to spread everywhere else, too.

[nachetanya]

Well it would be a little strange if they only affected us, right?

[ Coffee sip ]

I've been worried about my folks honestly.

[recollecters]

Certain things only affect us, like the memories thing. Other places don't see the storms and other places do. It's spreading a lot is what the problem is and we're trying to put a cap on it before it spreads too far.

When was the last time you've seen them? [Why is he curious about this, we just don't know.]

[nachetanya]

In person would be... last summer, I think? I used to call home every other week or so but the communication's been cut down.

[ She hums a little, putting a hand on her cheek and thinking on it. That sounds right, this last summer. ]

They're only a few hours from here, so it's not the worst drive.

[recollecters]

We're working on that, I think? Or at least I hope so. The communication thing. [The stone radiates a huge amount of uncertainty.] Must be nice knowing they're that close though.

[nachetanya]

Honestly, it's been even m ore lonely that... well, until now I guess I've not found time to just drive out there, plans keep being taken away and then the Dome happened. And with the cut contact it's...

[ She sighs. ]

... And now the terrain outside the city looks different. Did it just override what was there before?

[recollecters]

[There's a very slow, uncertain nod.]

It's sort of an override, yeah. Things are still being reconstructed out there and taking shape to protect what was there, but the world as you know it still exists somewhere out there.

[nachetanya]

... So did the rest of the country drift away?

[ . . . Skeptically. ]

[recollecters]

...eh. Not exactly that. It's still there. [Way to not answer.]

[nachetanya]

So what, exactly, is it?

[ Look of course she was going to ]

[recollecters]

Hard to say. Everything's still definitely there but it's just kind of...layered? Everything still exists.

[nachetanya]

[ La...yered. ]

Like an onion or like a cake?

[ Let's just do metaphors. ]

[recollecters]

As far as I understand, yeah. Everything is layered and you can only see it once the layers have been peeled back. So far while we've been trying to stabilize everything out there the layers have been un wraps. Recently? Not so much.

[nachetanya]

That was an either or...

[ But she laughs it off, leaning back in the chair and sipping the coffee, now it's both cooled and she mixed the proper cream and sugar into it. But okay, so layers... un wraps? Hmmm. ]

So things get more wrapped up, or more unwrapped the wilder it gets?

[recollecters]

Exactly! That's pretty much how I can figure it out, I'm still researching how the layers work but that's about what I can figure.

[nachetanya]

And that was either-or too...

[ Like seriously those are opposite meanings...

Still, she sighs and shakes her head, sipping the coffee. She does sound exasperated, but not particularly mean either. Her heartstone does betray the feeling and some growing doubts about him and about Retrospec's competence but...

The guy has been nice and civil to her, so. ]

So I'll be going out to do that, then. As much as I can in a Prius...

[recollecters]

[He's aware he's not providing the right answers, but buying time is important. And trying to understand himself is important, too.]

I get the feeling you're the kind who doesn't let things go without accomplishing something. Am I wrong?

[nachetanya]

That sounds like you're putting too much confidence in me, honestly.

[ But she does... like... not like getting results. Unless she decides she doesn't care. ]

[recollecters]

Is that such a bad thing? It means I trust you not to mess this up.

[nachetanya]

Now you sound like you're flattering me or you've stalked me. To think I've got that reputation without passing the exam?

[recollecters]

[He gently taps the side of his monitor.] We have case files, Ms. Fairweather. I've examined behaviors and qualifications to have a basic idea.