Note Eight

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[It's late at night at the hospital. Klavier's asleep... but not very solidly. His hair is a mess, his face is tear-stained, and he's curled up, whimpering.]

[He's also muttering things in German, something along the lines of 'stop' and 'please, don't'. Klavier's flickering between the first and second levels, so anyone is free to ask wtf is going

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...Geeze... [Sigh some] Can't leave you alone for a moment can I? [Did her best to patch herself up from the previous night. She has a band-aid (or well some tape and some gauze) over her face vaguely resembling what Gumshoe once had except a little more so as it's across her face.]

Guten Morgen, Mr. Gavin.

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[He yawns, and looks up at her.] Guten Morgen, Fraulein Detective. ...Did something happen?

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No. I was just checking up on you. [Frowns some] You ok?

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[He shrugged, and cracked a smile.] Ach, you know me. Achtung, baby! I'll be all right. What about you?

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[Sighs, it was no use getting anything out of him was there?] If you're sure.

I'm fine. [Yes. Fine, even though her lab coat was shredded, her hands looked like they had blood on them and her face was pretty dirty.] I'll be fine. I should really be looking for some equipment to test these samples but...I doubt that's going to be of any use.

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Oh? What kind of samples? [No harm in indulging her.]

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Some earth samples, core samples from a dead tree I found, a few rocks. I was thinking of attempting carbon dating but I'm not even sure where to begin.

The structure of some buildings...they seemed to deteriorate at an alarming rate. They're collapsing quickly too. I passed buy a building with a balcony. It looked pretty unstable...I didn't want to risk staying by it...

[rubs cheek unconsciously, not thinking about the cut at all]

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...It looks almost as if a bomb went off. But that couldn't have happened without us noticing, ja?

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Of course not, but from what it seems it could just be all one grand illusion. Everyone seeing ghosts, leading them off to who knows where? It's a possibility that this Template is just a mass hallucination.

[rubs temples, slightly irritated] Scientifically speaking the chance that this is merely a mass hallucination is one in one million. It's very rare an entire population of people will both disappear and dream up the same events.

Technically, this is all very real and our lives are at risk. The pain, the emotional trauma... it's going to stick with us for quite a while.

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[Wince. Yes. He knows.] This place doesn't seem to make much scientific sense in the first place. Even without the added level of... strangeness.

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No... it doesn't. And it's not going to. It'll never make scientific sense. [Tugs on her hair some]

I'm sorry... scientific theory is pretty useless here.

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It's not your fault. You do your best.

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It's not good enough... It's not even my best.

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[He sighs, and gets up, walking over to her. He puts a hand on her shoulder.] Oh come now. There's no other detective I'd rather be stuck with.

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[Frowns some] Yeah, well, if I was a better detective we would have more information about this place.

[sighs, closing her eyes. At least it was the thought that counted.]

[einspruch]

[He shakes his head.] You should get some rest.