Case Five

[ghostin_myshell]

[If anyone's been looking for Motoko recently, she's been hidden away on that shuttle, trying to find a way to get it to fly. But now, there are a couple of wires plugged into the back of her neck, slightly visible as she sits in the pilot's chair. One leads to her Sphere and another continues on to a port on the control panel. She looks a little

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[lolitatrap]

[She stares at the cords, at the connection to the metal, but there are... More important things. She can't talk about strangeness.

Most people here are strange.]

...What... Has a DNA sequence?

[ghostin_myshell]

It's this ship that we were presumably supposed to use to escape. It won't start without the right DNA code.

[lolitatrap]

What is a DNA code?

[ghostin_myshell]

It's the same as a DNA sequence: the basic genetics that make up every person, determining what they look like and such.

[lolitatrap]

[So, to survive this, to get away from these holes... They needed that.]

...And... Only the pilot... Has it?

[ghostin_myshell]

That's what it looks like.

[lolitatrap]

...There was a girl. Who went to the ship. Could she have something... That would help?

[ghostin_myshell]

A girl? I don't think so, but it's worth asking, I suppose.

[lolitatrap]

[Presea nods, slowly, falling silent.]