8th inquiry | audio

[gimmethesuit]

[Well it was nice that the storm passed and Terry could finally get away from that creepy old building -- he was waiting for the cheap skeletons and Halloween theatrics to pop out at any second -- but he's been too exhausted to go back and explore what's beyond the fog. It's like he's had no energy for anything, even studying evidence

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[pinkefficiency]

That depends on the battery you have in mind, but the earliest batteries were made around 250 B.C., if I remember right.

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[spiders_bite]

[hey buddy, let's science together.]

Those are pretty primitive though. I mean I know this place isn't exactly techno savvy, but we don't see big jars full of vinegar laying around either.

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[pinkefficiency]

I'd hope not. Still, knowing this place, I'd say we'd be lucky if we ended up with a zinc-carbon battery. [She misses her advanced tech. ;A; She misses it so hard.]

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[spiders_bite]

Or at least a windmill or two. I'm still trying to figure out how these communicator things work. These seem way more advance than what they're capable of too.

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[gimmethesuit]

Retro, but not that retro.

I'm talking about the kinda stuff that shows up in markets sometimes, the ones people used to use at home.

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[pinkefficiency]

So you mean either lithium or alkaline batteries, then. The earlier alkaline-based batteries were made in the 1800's, but they were perfected sometime in the early 1950's, I think. Lithium batteries started popping up in the 1970's.

Why would you need to know this, anyway? What'd you find?

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[gimmethesuit]

A flashlight.

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[pinkefficiency]

Really? Didn't think they'd have anything like that here. [It's nothing impressive, but it's more advanced than what she'd expect to find in this place.]

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[gimmethesuit]

Me either.

It looks pretty out of place. It still works and everything.

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[pinkefficiency]

Strange. Then again, it wouldn't be the first thing in this place that doesn't make any sense.

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[gimmethesuit]

Mmm, true.

[Terry breaks off to yawn.]

I gotta bail. Think I'm coming down with something.

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[pinkefficiency]

Sure thing. Take care of yourself.

[...Wait.]

Where'd you find the flashlight? A new building? [Max knows it's a stretch, but she's thinking back to Kevas mentioning finding something in a building and feeling sick right after he found it. Terry found a flashlight, and now he's feeling sick, too. It's probably a coincidence, but it'd be wise to make sure.]

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[gimmethesuit]

Yeah. It was off the path, in the fog. The storm hit and we had to stay the night. I musta caught a cold or something.

[Audio // Locked to Terry]

[pinkefficiency]

Hm. It's probably a coincidence, but somebody I spoke to earlier went in that new building and found something, too. Said they started feeling sick after they found it - something about feeling really tired and everything taking twice as much effort.

That anything like what you're feeling?

[Audio // Locked to Max]

[gimmethesuit]

Mmm. Something like that.

[Now it's got him thinking. Of course thinking was hard when he was this tired, but this had to be more than just coincidence.]

[Audio // Locked to Terry]

[pinkefficiency]

It'd probably be worth looking into. Earlier I suggested seeing if the people running this place knew anything about it, although there's no guarantee that they'll actually be helpful. [A point Kevas brought up, which seems relatively true if everything they've said and done before is anything to go by. Still, it couldn't hurt.]

From the sounds of it, though, you could probably use a nap first. [There's a hint of humour to her tone.]