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[discomfort]

I was wondering if you had any idea of what had happened earlier.

[ everyone was knocked the fuck out, my guy. ]

[trenchant]

Which part? Today seemed abnormal, more than usual.

[ Callisto here like squinting. ]

[discomfort]

Well, to begin with... your co-workers, for one.

[trenchant]

I checked to see what happened to them earlier and they mentioned a pain first from their augments before it spread. It became excruciating.

[discomfort]

I see... And it started around the time we were alerted to the execution?

[trenchant]

That would seem to be the case... Or whenever the barriers became active.

[ Arms crossed. ]

The ship announced the emergency not too long after my message as well.

[discomfort]

I see...

[ hm. ]

And you were not affected?

[trenchant]

No.

[ Hm. ]

[discomfort]

I see!

Do you have any idea why?

[trenchant]

Seeing as they said the pain started with their augments, it's because of that.

I don't have any.

[discomfort]

Ah, how dangerous...!

Is it possible for you all to investigate that further?

[trenchant]

I imagine that they will now that is has inconvenienced further... I'm curious to understand these augments and their true nature.

[ He just knew they had them. ]

Some of you received new pieces from the medbay, but didn't suffer.

[discomfort]

[ he raises his prosthetic arm. ]

Yes... They all received those before the rest of us got here?

[trenchant]

[ everyone loves a cybernetic augment. ]

That would be correct... I had thought the temporary pain they feel every so often was due to their augments being older models and they're due for an upgrade.

[discomfort]

... are theirs removable?

[trenchant]

From what I've seen, some do have connection ports, but others I do not know. Depending on the type of augment, some are life support.

[discomfort]

So, it may be tricky to deal with...

What are your thoughts about it?

[trenchant]

A show of dominance since there have been other ways to subdue us.

[ But Knives is also insane and insecure... ]

[discomfort]

[ knives has done nothing wrong ever in his life ever ]

A show of dominance that has it limits, as it cannot affect you.

[trenchant]

[ HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING WRONG

While his expression doesn't budge, the air around him does. It really is the paranoia. ]

I have no intention of letting it take me.

[discomfort]

[ owner nods. ]

Do you have any precautions thought up, Callisto-sama?

[trenchant]

It is difficult to defend oneself against a force one doesn't fully understand or know. Many have theorized it's the waves, but how can an element be nefarious and predatory?

I plan to stay vigilant as we start work on using the tesseract tomorrow.

[discomfort]

[ their nifty auction win... ]

Will that take long?

[trenchant]

[ THEIR HIGHER DIMENSION CUBE ]

We should be expecting some results within the week... But how senior officers use it or what it's capable of, we will need to see. There is a lot of potential—perhaps it can be used to control the waves themselves.

[discomfort]

[ this is such concerning sci fi horror potential but it's fine probably ]

I see... Do you all need help with any of that?