I2DT - Ashlie's Office

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I2DT - Ashlie's Office

Postby Ashlie Minamida » Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:22 pm

After thoroughly analyzing Will's results to make sure that nothing is, in fact, malfunctioning or being processed wrong, Ashlie initiates a secure connection to the cellular network and probes the endless datastream until she finds the number she's looking for. She dials Major Briggs' number, making sure to isolate the call from the rest of the network. No need to risk drawing the attention of the NSA on either her or the Major.
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Postby Narrator » Thu Dec 03, 2015 7:48 am

"Briggs," came the short, gruff reply.
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Thu Dec 03, 2015 3:31 pm

"Major. This is Ashlie Minamida. Could I have a moment of your time?"
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Postby Narrator » Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:52 pm

"Minamida? How did you get this number?"
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:00 pm

"Narrowed it down from a list. I apologize if this is intruding in your privacy, but I have made some discoveries regarding the substance you found in Antarctica. Details on it's discovery are understandably hard to come by." she says, launching right into her question. Maybe it'll distract him enough that she won't have to explain how she narrowed it down by compiling location-data from cellphone towers. People keep forgetting they carry little identifying beacons around with them at all times these days and she found that it tends to upset them when reminded of this fact.
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Postby Narrator » Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:07 pm

"Some discoveries? What sort of discoveries?"

Yup, the question had distracted him alright. Points for ASHLIE.
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:47 pm

This was where things got tricky. Tell him too much and he might get too curious, tell him too little and he might not answer her questions.

"We found some inconsistencies in his isotope composition when I tried to determine it's age. I was wondering if you have some information you could disclose about the circumstances of it's discovery. I want to make sure there was no residual contamination from the site."
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Postby Narrator » Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:57 pm

"I'm afraid that information is classified."
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:42 pm

"Information from 60 years ago about a mothballed project still hasn't been declassified?"
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Postby Narrator » Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:46 am

"That is correct."
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:50 am

"Is that because you found it at the bottom of an ancient meteor impact site?" Might as well go for broke and see how he reacts.
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Postby Narrator » Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:36 am

Silence.

"I'm going to need to hang up this phone now, Minamida," he said, TOTALLY not confirming that.
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:42 am

"Look, I understand your hands are bound on this matter. Believe me. But my ability to keep an eye on this substance is greatly diminished when I don't know what I'm dealing with and this line is secure."
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Postby Narrator » Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:51 am

"How are you containing the substance at present?"
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Fri Dec 04, 2015 2:31 am

"Social engineering. It's chosen a shape and is interacting with the students, taking some classes. It hasn't shown a need to detain it here."
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Postby Narrator » Fri Dec 04, 2015 3:10 am

"And none of the students have suffered averse effects?"
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Fri Dec 04, 2015 3:20 am

"No, although we don't monitor all of their health at all times. No irregular amount have reported to our medical center. I've also run Will through a mass spectrometer and found no signs of dangerous substances."
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Postby Narrator » Fri Dec 04, 2015 3:41 am

"You mean the 70-N."
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Fri Dec 04, 2015 4:03 am

"Yes and it has chosen a name. I see no reason to disregard the request." It's probably good that Ashlie is pretty adept at sounding completely unemotional, because the Major is not exactly scoring many points with her. "I understand your main concern is security, but it has shown no signs of hostility."
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Postby Narrator » Fri Dec 04, 2015 4:10 am

"Neither does uranium, but we keep that in lead-lined cases."
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Fri Dec 04, 2015 4:17 am

"And if that's all anybody had ever done with it the world would be a very different place. You're letting fear cloud your judgement. If this substance originated from space it would go a long way towards proving and possibly even explaining Panspermia. It's clearly capable of a biological composition and it's base form has characteristics that are similar to primordial soup. Evolutionary speaking it could be the derivative of an ancient ancestor."
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Postby Narrator » Fri Dec 04, 2015 4:38 am

"I can tell you it's none of those things, but any other research we've taken on it is classified."
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Fri Dec 04, 2015 4:56 am

Ashlie sighs. "Can you at least tell me how you located it? Or was it's discovery an accident?"
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Postby Narrator » Fri Dec 04, 2015 4:57 am

"We weren't looking for it, if that's what you're asking."
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Fri Dec 04, 2015 5:02 am

"Partially. I really don't care what else the US military was doing in Antarctica during the Cold War. Was anything else recovered from the site?"
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Postby Narrator » Fri Dec 04, 2015 5:21 am

"Ms. Minamida, you're free to file a FOIA request for this information, but I'm telling you, it's classified."

It's fairly clear he was either hiding something or trying to get her off the line.
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Fri Dec 04, 2015 6:24 am

"That's why I called you instead of running into a wall. Off the record, help me assess the risks involved since you clearly seem to think they exist."
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Postby Narrator » Fri Dec 04, 2015 6:44 am

"Just keep monitoring it. I don't think it's wise to let it on too short of a leash. The damn thing shouldn't even be sentient, by all rights."
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Re: I2DT - Ashlie's Office

Postby Ashlie Minamida » Fri Dec 04, 2015 6:54 am

"It's certainly a strange world where uppity objects expect to be treated as equals." she says in a completely flat voice. "Thanks for your help anyway."
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Postby Narrator » Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:37 am

"I'm sorry I can't do more for you, Ms. Minamida.

How did you say you got this number again?"
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:08 pm

"I'm afraid that information is classified."
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Re: I2DT - Ashlie's Office

Postby Narrator » Sat Dec 05, 2015 7:23 pm

"You think you're pretty funny, don't you?"

ASHLIE would probably notice that someone had instituted a trace on the call.
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Sat Dec 05, 2015 7:39 pm

"I think that this conversation is over. Thanks for your time, Major." she says before disconnecting the call. She could have tried rerouting it to buy her some more time on the trace but she was unlikely to get any more information anyway. Time to try someone else, possibly someone who felt a little more amicable towards Will. She goes digging through cellphone data again to try and find Sara VanBuren's private cellphone number.
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Postby Lt. Sara VanBuren » Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:58 am

"Yello?" the voice answered.
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Sun Dec 06, 2015 4:04 am

"Lieutenant VanBuren? This is Ashlie Minamida. You probably don't know who I am, but I'm the head-mistress of the school the substance calling itself Will Stanton was transferred to."
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Postby Lt. Sara VanBuren » Sun Dec 06, 2015 4:07 am

"Oh! Oh, hi there. How's he doing?"
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Sun Dec 06, 2015 4:30 am

"Pretty well, all things considered. Right now he's a little upset due to the results of some tests I ran, which is why I'm calling. Major Briggs Was exceptionally unhelpful about the details of Will's discovery."
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Re: I2DT - Ashlie's Office

Postby Lt. Sara VanBuren » Sun Dec 06, 2015 4:32 am

"Well, government security is government security. You know how it is.

What sorts of tests were these?"
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Postby Ashlie Minamida » Sun Dec 06, 2015 4:42 am

"Isotope composition and quantum spin dynamics. Circumstances led me to investigate more unusual parameters, which revealed that his Potassium-40 percentage is almost non-existent. He didn't take well to the implications of being several billion years ahead of the radioactive decay of the universe."
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Re: I2DT - Ashlie's Office

Postby Lt. Sara VanBuren » Sun Dec 06, 2015 5:06 am

"And you re-ran the samples?"
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