[video]

[powerofgod]

[Video activation! When it turns on, the wearable's owner is revealed to be a young boy, perhaps sixteen. If this new situation perplexes him, it absolutely does not show, either in his expression or his inflection when he speaks

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1/?

[robodidactic]

[Kimiko tends to get lost in her work. Food? Air? Sinlight? Forget it. All she needs is the force of will an a metric boatload of caffeine. But, speaking of boatloads, she does have a couple of different alarms set to her wearable.

One of them being mention of the word, "Elegante" on the network.]

2/?

[robodidactic]

[Beep! Well now let's just have a look at the netw-]

3/?

[robodidactic]

[Godric! Godric's back- no wait it's probably just another Godric.]

4/?

[robodidactic]

[But then why did it ping her? He's talking about the Elegante, so...]

5/?

[robodidactic]

!

6/?

[robodidactic]

audio; AND DONE

[robodidactic]

...Godric?

[audio]

[powerofgod]

Doctor Ross.

[audio]

[robodidactic]

[There is the sound of several somethings falling from a desk. At least one of them shatters; a coffee mug. She could just strangle you!]

Where have you been?! You...you... you.

[Non-causal temporal-spatial misalignment Ross, you know where he's been. Focus. Focus! Relevant information:]

Eric Northman. Is around here. Somewhere.

[audio || suddenly encryption!!]

[powerofgod]

I'm aware. Eric will come to me when he is ready.

[... there's a pause, and then,]

How are you, Doctor?

[audio || also encryption!!]

[robodidactic]

Eric can do whatever he wants.

[Because she doesn't even care.]

I-

[Died twice, had to kill everyone I've ever cared about, had to live in a cave for months while burying....everyone and then was dropped here where everything is deceptively wonderful and.]

...don't. know.

[Kim hasn't ever stopped moving long enough to think about that. No one ever really asks her.]

It's still Kim, Godric.

[audio || also encryption!!]

[powerofgod]

[there's a slight hint of a smile in his voice when he speaks,]

He does that often enough, I think.

[mmm. He listens to her - the words she says, the ones she doesn't.]

Kim, then. I would like to meet with you.

[audio || also encryption!!]

[robodidactic]

Sure. I have a lab set up at- [location ping!]

It's zone sixteen, adjacent the junkyard.

[It's only after she's told him that she remembers that inviting Godric over means he'll probably show up.]

[audio || also encryption!!]

[powerofgod]

[And generally she would be right. But this is a new place, and an undisclosed amount of time has passed for her. So instead,]

May I?

[She knows, he's certain, what he's asking.]

[audio || also encryption!!]

[robodidactic]

[Precision in language will always find an appreciative audience in Kimiko. Still.]

It's fine.

[Because trying not to care is the best way to handle this.]

[audio || also encryption!!]

[powerofgod]

Kimiko. Thank you.

[There's a certain amount of gravity to those words.

AND THEN...MAGICALLY...

LIKE THREE MINUTES LATER...

there's a knock on the door to her lab.]