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Feb 06, 2011 01:23

I believe we're approaching the influx of new crew members. It's somewhat odd that so many have vanished just beforehand. Does anyone have a solid room count? [Maybe the Admiral's just. Making room. Oh God something else to worry about. :|]

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[Private] empirical_data February 6 2011, 09:03:42 UTC

We may. Do you wish to do so in person?

[Private] with_discipline February 6 2011, 16:19:23 UTC

That would be agreeable. Are you in your quarters?

[Private] empirical_data February 6 2011, 20:47:03 UTC

I am. I will remain until you arrive.

[Spam?] with_discipline February 6 2011, 20:57:50 UTC

[And she's just heading right for Data's room, because she wants to do this before she talks to her inmate at length. Once she's there, she knocks on his oddly wooden door.]

[Spam] empirical_data February 6 2011, 21:06:38 UTC

[He opened his bizarrely wooden door.] Commander. [He stepped out of the way to allow her inside.]

[Spam] with_discipline February 6 2011, 21:16:52 UTC

[It's crazy unique. For them. T'Pol just inclined her head by way of greeting, walking inside with her arms locked behind her back. It's a sign she's got a whole, whole lot on her mind.]

I conducted an experiment recently with my inmate that allowed me to briefly access the Collective. [Preamble is for humans.]

[Spam] empirical_data February 6 2011, 21:20:53 UTC

[Fortunately Data is versed in communicating with many cultures. His brows do raise, though.] And now you have further concerns to accompany your newfound insight? [Which didn't sound promising to him.]

[Spam] with_discipline February 6 2011, 21:40:58 UTC

Part of the agreement was that she would be disconnected from the Barge network. Will we were connected, I discovered a certain...sorrow in her over the disconnection. I'm uncertain now if this would be beneficial to her.

[Spam] empirical_data February 6 2011, 21:47:36 UTC

She is not incapable of emotion, and I am certain she misses her collective. Though I believe part of the point of most inmates is assisting them to cope with their losses in healthy ways.

[He went over and sat in a chair, his inclination to emulate human tendencies greater than his need to stand. He leaned forward, fingers steepled together.]

The Collective... as much as I dislike it and the harm that it has done, is mostly at fault for violating others. The individuals that do not want to join, but are assimilated against their will and with great pain to their person. Having been a part of the Collective temporarily, I can understand its strengths.

[Spam] with_discipline February 7 2011, 00:20:05 UTC

[She follows him further inside, but remains standing, hands held tight behind her. He has a fair point; perhaps protecting her is nothing more than a hold over from the experiment. But his last statement gets a sharp look.]

How long were you connected?

[Spam] empirical_data February 7 2011, 00:23:28 UTC

Four hours. Seventeen minutes. Thirty-two point four zero nine three four seconds. [The decimal added more to make a point that time passed more slowly for him than it would for an organic mind that processed more slowly.]

[Spam] with_discipline February 7 2011, 00:26:35 UTC

[It was a point she didn't miss. She nodded, not yet prepared to admit that she'd found it appealing.]

Then you think I should proceed with disconnecting her. Do you believe it would be anything more than a painful experience for her?

[Spam] empirical_data February 7 2011, 00:27:49 UTC

Have you yet asked her former warden if he had her disconnected from the network?

[Spam] with_discipline February 7 2011, 04:15:39 UTC

...I have not. [Which means she's making mistakes, which means she's a lot farther off balance now than she thought she would. That's twice others have prompted her to do what should have been obvious, logical things, and she has to tighten her hold on shame.]

[Spam] empirical_data February 7 2011, 05:06:07 UTC

Then perhaps you ought to contact him and discover if she was integrated with the network. It might have some bearing on her previous takeover, and whether or not she did it out of what she perceived as necessity. You should also consider initiating any disconnect slowly and giving her alternative stimulus.

[Spam] with_discipline February 7 2011, 05:12:13 UTC

[She nodded, shifting slightly. It was almost an unconscious movement, the way she shifted her clasped hands in front of her, wringing them. She'd picked up the habit at some point during her time on Enterprise.]

Stimulus such as?

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