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"This," she raised the hard shell case. "Will hopefully kill the infection at the source. The heavily guarded, surrounded by weird cultists, otherwise unknown source. I think that's why the BSAA requested some aid from the DSO ... guess they sent the right man, right?"

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She turned to him. "It's bad enough that I'll have to call back and get somebody else to do hands on work if something goes wrong. I trust you, Leon. But you need to trust me to handle myself."

quill

bro out here skipping the need for construction lines and just freeballing it with a sharpie and succeeding

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The next thing she knew she had shed her lab coat for a simple denim jacket and made her way down to the BSAA's ranges. The world was getting scarier. It didn't hurt to brush up on handling herself out there.

The Ecliptic Express might've been a different story if she wasn't fresh, after all.

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She bit at her lip, then nodded.

"Maybe. Maybe I can. It's not like I'm a full-time employee with the BSAA. Maybe. Where ... where were you planning on going?"

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The samples were in the digital catalogue now, she could run simulations remotely ... It was a little unorthodox but their field equipment was all connected to a virtual network to keep their catalogues secure. In theory that could be used as a remote work terminal ...

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"Sorry, that's kinda been my life for the past few weeks. Running samples and stuff. I'm actually kinda missing field work. What about you?"

quill

any in character post i make that doesn't have someone specifically tagged or is not a direct reply to something (via reply or quote repost) can safely be considered an open starter should you want to. feel free to interact, i won't bite unless you beg for it! 🫶

// same!

i will be looking out for more