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3:22

evening overwatch command. Has

3:25

it been a while? I

3:27

haven't reported on my

3:29

status for a whole 24 hours.

3:31

Have you missed me? Well, neither

3:33

have I. After the latest

3:36

reset, after we dug out

3:38

BC2 and on earth various blocked

3:40

doors, including landcasters, I didn't come

3:42

back here for a while. I

3:45

didn't feel that I needed to.

3:47

The only reason I bother to

3:49

turn on my equipment at all

3:52

is for my own enjoyment. There's

3:54

something comforting about it. I've been talking

3:56

into a radio for so much of my

3:58

adult life after all. and it's cozy

4:00

in here. Nice and quiet. But

4:02

yesterday I didn't bother. The

4:05

reset went as smoothly as it

4:07

was able as it usually does.

4:09

I spent time with my colleagues,

4:11

my friends. We discussed the

4:13

art gallery project. In the end,

4:15

it didn't exactly land with

4:18

everyone. Even though we had good

4:20

participation across departments, it might

4:22

be a while before psychology

4:24

can persuade the whole site

4:26

to do another one. Perhaps

4:29

we can work out some kind

4:31

of sport tournament. The AB floor

4:33

has a moderate amount of space

4:35

and it can't be that hard

4:37

to build something that passes as

4:40

a soccer ball. The fight

4:42

club doesn't count. Their days

4:44

are beyond numbered. Medical has

4:46

lost their patients for unnecessary

4:48

injuries. The trouble with trying

4:50

to keep 100 people happy

4:52

is that nothing keeps 100

4:54

people equally happy. Not everyone

4:56

wants to make paintings or

4:59

play sports, and the trouble

5:01

with keeping several dozen highly

5:03

educated people happy is that

5:05

no one gets bored quite

5:07

like those with tremendously hungry

5:09

minds. Klein, we need a break. You

5:11

know that nobody here will actually take

5:14

a break unless we make them

5:16

take a break. Last cycle was

5:18

hell, and the one before that...

5:20

I know we need a break. My

5:22

problem is if we've learned anything from

5:25

this, it's that none of these assholes

5:27

can be left to their own devices

5:29

without finding clever ways to cause a

5:31

cool new disaster. Okay, engineering seems

5:33

to be doing fine. What are they

5:35

doing? I don't know, something with video games,

5:38

but it, you know, it seems harmless

5:40

enough. Security's not going to go

5:42

for playing video games all day.

5:44

Much less, multiple days. And we

5:46

don't have enough computers for everyone.

5:49

Then what do you suggest?

5:51

I could sit everybody down

5:53

up here and talk about

5:55

rocks for two hours. Yeah,

5:57

I guess you could. How

6:03

long has it been since your

6:06

college days? Overwatch command? It's been

6:08

many years since I've set foot

6:10

in a lecture hall myself. I

6:12

enjoyed college. After my grueling tedious

6:15

sentence of public schooling, I was

6:17

itching for more of a challenge.

6:19

I wish I could say I

6:22

was a better student. I was

6:24

impatient and hated sitting still. High

6:26

school was so easy that I

6:29

never learned to study. I loved

6:31

my language classes, but I wish

6:33

I'd applied myself more in other

6:35

areas outside my personal interests. Youth

6:38

is wasted on the young, as

6:40

they say. But now may be

6:42

my chance to learn beyond my

6:45

comfort zone, because for the next

6:47

several days we are trying out

6:49

a new series of activities. Classes,

6:52

lectures, and workshops, taught by our

6:54

very own expert staff. Myself included!

6:56

Records has kindly created a scheduling

6:58

sheet for us to choose our

7:01

preferred time and place, first come,

7:03

first served. There aren't many rooms

7:05

that are conducive to larger classes,

7:08

so something like the AB floor

7:10

are sure to be highly contested.

7:12

We're anticipating some light fighting over

7:15

slots, but that should sort itself

7:17

out quickly enough. And we have

7:19

sign-up sheets for students, different maximum

7:22

attendees for different classes. I

7:24

myself am hoping to reserve one

7:26

of the larger conference rooms, as

7:29

I imagine my workshop is going

7:31

to be quite popular. I'm going

7:33

up to reserve my time slot

7:36

now, actually. It's still early. Records

7:38

staple the forms to the AB

7:40

floor bulletin not one hour ago,

7:42

so I'm sure to have plenty

7:45

of times in rooms to choose

7:47

from. Maybe 10 or 11 in

7:49

the morning. when people are awake

7:52

and alert, but not close enough

7:54

to lunch for anyone to be

7:56

hungry yet. I'll be right back,

7:58

CITO1. Don't see anything interesting. while

8:01

I'm gone. I'll be sure to

8:03

tell you what interesting offerings my

8:05

colleagues have to give one another.

8:38

What's wrong? Have you seen

8:40

anything lately? Any dash ones

8:42

or twos? No. This sucks.

8:44

No it doesn't. Yes it

8:47

does. Everybody can see the

8:49

dash ones just as good

8:51

as us and now it's

8:54

boring in here. It's safer

8:56

now. I know. And you

8:58

couldn't break them in time

9:01

anyway. I'm working on it.

9:03

I don't even need the

9:05

chair anymore. What

9:10

are you doing? Anyway. Making an

9:13

animal quick dash one? What? Why?

9:15

Didn't you just say you wanted

9:18

more of them? Yeah, but you're

9:20

not doing that for me. You

9:22

were already doing it when I

9:25

walked in. Hmm. So... It doesn't

9:27

work. Didn't we already try that?

9:29

It should. I know what the

9:32

skip looks like. I can make

9:34

it. I don't know. It's magic,

9:37

whatever. Mm. Are

9:42

you going to come up with

9:44

me to check the classes? I

9:46

don't want to do any classes.

9:48

Come on, it'll be fine. I'm

9:50

teaching one about dash two training,

9:52

with dump truck and highway, and

9:54

Kiki and Lala will be there.

9:56

I don't want to train dash

9:58

two. Please. Maybe. It's

10:07

not that bad. Why do we even

10:09

have slots open for 5 a.m? Some

10:11

people like to get stuff done before

10:13

breakfast. Breakfast is at 8. Who is

10:15

doing things at 5? Well maintenance, they're

10:17

busy in the morning. Busy doing what?

10:19

Making breakfast. Well, I don't think anyone

10:21

from maintenance is going to want what

10:24

I have to offer. You don't know

10:26

that? They might love it. We'll see

10:28

when sign-ups open for attendees. Have you

10:30

written your lesson plan yet? Of course

10:32

I have. Oh my god, how many

10:34

pages is that? 25. Do you need

10:36

all of that? I am very prepared.

10:38

I'm sure your students will be grateful

10:41

and they'll be very well informed. Lancaster?

10:43

Yes. What do you usually do at

10:45

5 a.m. I often sleep. Lancaster. Look,

10:47

it's... Oh never mind, it's fine, it's

10:49

okay, I can do the workshop without

10:51

the support of my best friend. Harley,

10:53

I... No, it's fine, I mean, you're

10:55

gonna do another class next week, I

10:58

don't need anyone but myself. I'll become

11:00

a lawyer next time. I don't see

11:02

why... Okay, I don't hate you. I

11:04

don't hate you. You're gonna miss out

11:06

on the best class in a whole

11:08

site. Now, I'm sorry I won't be

11:10

able to make it to make it,

11:12

buddy. You certainly will be able to

11:14

make it, buddy. You certainly will be.

11:17

You certainly will be. You certainly will

11:19

be. Hello,

11:37

Overwatch Command. I have bad news.

11:39

I woefully underestimated how fast other

11:41

people would be to the room

11:44

reservation process. After just over an

11:46

hour, almost every slot was filled,

11:48

and I was left with a

11:51

very good room, at a very

11:53

bad time. The good news is

11:56

now I have a copy of

11:58

tomorrow's class schedule. The selection is...

12:00

is a combination of exciting and

12:03

confusing. Here are a few that I

12:05

am personally looking forward to.

12:07

Ahem. Taurus and Robinson

12:09

are teaching a workshop on combat

12:12

casualty care. battlefield first aid.

12:14

Robinson says we'll be learning

12:16

how to pack severed arteries

12:19

and use tourniquets. It seems

12:21

Torres wants to focus a

12:23

large portion of their time

12:25

period on American Civil War-era

12:28

field amputations, which, well historically

12:30

fascinating, is a topic far

12:32

too outdated to be practically

12:34

useful. But she did seem

12:36

rather elated about getting into the

12:39

finer details of the process. I am

12:41

deeply intrigued by Gallo's presentation on

12:43

ways. I know very little about

12:45

them, aside from the basic overview.

12:48

Magical gateways used by anomalous groups

12:50

for all sorts of travel, and

12:52

sometimes theft, so on and so

12:55

forth. I'm curious about what parallels

12:57

containment is drawn between them

12:59

and our own situation's ephemeral

13:01

nature. Containment and research

13:03

have certainly talked extensively about it

13:06

before, but Klein says she will

13:08

be attending anyhow. I have

13:10

a suspicion it will be to mostly

13:12

issue corrections. Someone from

13:15

records is doing a lecture

13:17

on database publication procedure. Klein

13:19

is teaching her a thing

13:21

about anomalous rocks. Hughes Sack

13:23

from maintenance is doing some sort

13:26

of cooking class. I expected there to

13:28

be more fighting over the AB floor,

13:30

but it appears that no one is

13:32

willing to contend with security

13:35

over it. Oh, of security. They have

13:37

reserved the entire floor for the whole

13:39

day for what they have labeled as...

13:41

whole. From their

13:44

class synopsis, hole is a period of

13:46

time when they will be convening to

13:48

dig a big hole in the wall.

13:50

Considering early experimentation

13:52

revealed a nearly endless repeat of

13:55

mostly dry wall, they would all like

13:57

to see just how big a hole they

13:59

can actually... dig. They have brought up shovels

14:01

and pickaxes from the small collections

14:04

in storage that was left from

14:06

before the foundation bought the property.

14:08

Aldi maintains that the presence of

14:10

all of security is a safety

14:12

measure, so this could count as

14:14

an experiment. I wonder if it's actually

14:17

because none of them want to miss

14:19

out. I don't imagine they're going to

14:21

have much of an army lining up

14:23

to spend hours of the day doing

14:25

manual labor, but if it's what security

14:27

would like to do, I'm happy for

14:29

them. Sit.

14:32

Good boy. Roll

14:34

over. Good boy.

14:37

Go play. Ah.

14:39

Ready. I think

14:41

they're going

14:44

to do really

14:47

good tomorrow. Speaking

14:50

of tomorrow,

14:53

what classes are

14:56

you going to

14:58

go to? What about

15:00

that engineer you think?

15:03

Whatever. I'm going to

15:05

help dig a hole. Good way

15:07

to help build up my

15:09

muscle. And I'm going

15:12

to that thing somebody

15:14

from the rogue faction

15:16

is doing about taking

15:18

guns apart and putting

15:20

them back together. I think

15:22

it'll help my memory.

15:25

Hmm. What's you thinking about?

15:27

Don't know. Did you become

15:29

a field agent? I don't

15:31

know. My mom and dad

15:34

were military. I was military.

15:36

The foundation pulled me out to

15:38

do bodyguard stuff. Why are you

15:40

in surveillance? It's the only job

15:43

I've had. You don't like it?

15:45

It's fine. So you don't like

15:47

it? I'm good at it. That's

15:49

not the same as liking it,

15:51

though. I like it enough. It's a

15:53

job. But if you could have

15:55

any job. What's your dream job?

16:01

Something on a boat, right?

16:03

I don't know. Of course

16:05

it would be, you love

16:07

boats. I don't know if

16:10

I would like being on

16:12

one. You would. Well, what

16:14

if I didn't? Uh, I

16:16

don't know. No boats in

16:18

here, right? You don't have

16:20

to worry about it. Hmm.

16:23

Come on. Sign-ups for classes

16:25

open soon, at least come

16:27

to one that I'm going

16:29

to. My

16:44

tandy sign-ups are closed over

16:46

watch command. And wouldn't you

16:49

know it? Guess how many

16:51

of those traitorous weasels I

16:54

call colleagues signed up for

16:56

mine? It seems everyone has

16:58

better things to do than

17:01

cable management with Dr. Harley

17:03

at 5am in conference room

17:05

1. Now I have seen

17:08

the state of the offices

17:10

in this building. No one

17:12

has an excuse. Even engineering,

17:15

who arguably should be the

17:17

most versed in this topic,

17:20

have desks that look like

17:22

they're being overgrown with black

17:24

plastic plant life. Not to

17:27

mention records. Everyone will appreciate

17:29

your organizational tricks, I thought.

17:31

Think of how clean their

17:34

offices will be, I thought.

17:36

It seems everyone is happy

17:38

to live in a rat's

17:41

nest of wires and cords.

17:43

But not I! Not Dr.

17:45

Harley! I have to know

17:48

where things plug in. I

17:50

have to know which cable

17:53

belongs and which device. My

17:55

success at my job depends

17:57

on it. And look at

18:00

my desk! Stunning! Immaculate! Beautiful!

18:02

Practically a work of art!

18:04

It would never have to

18:07

worry about tangles again. And

18:09

yet, not a soul signed

18:11

up. But you know what

18:14

people did sign up for?

18:16

You know what has a

18:19

35-person wait list? Whole! Of

18:25

course, I am a very

18:27

good friend. And very good

18:29

friends support one another. And

18:32

to show them all what

18:34

a good friend I am,

18:36

I have signed up for

18:38

as many classes as I

18:41

possibly could. I'm only missing

18:43

a few in the blocks

18:45

that overlap with one another.

18:48

That means I have a

18:50

total of... Hmm. Maybe seeing

18:52

my happy and enthusiastic face

18:54

at all of their lectures

18:57

will remind my peers of

18:59

all the sacrifices we have

19:01

made together. And maybe it

19:04

will make a few of

19:06

them feel just a little

19:08

bit bad for skipping mine.

19:10

Now Sido 1, I must

19:13

go. I must give plenty

19:15

of rest before my empty

19:17

early morning workshop on the

19:20

off chance of somebody, one

19:22

of my personal friends perhaps,

19:24

does show up. And even

19:26

if not, I'll need all

19:29

the sleep I can get

19:31

to make it through the

19:33

day. Tata! Huh. I thought

19:36

I heard. As expected, attendance

19:38

for my workshop was a

19:40

resounding zero. I will be

19:42

having a discussion with my

19:45

therapist about it at a

19:47

later date. Next, I have

19:49

a workshop with maintenance, at

19:52

which I will be learning

19:54

how to make sour cream

19:56

banana bread from the limited

19:59

options in our... for breakfast.

20:01

It's one of the classes I'm

20:03

actually looking forward to.

20:05

I need coffee injected directly

20:07

into my veins right

20:10

now. It's

20:23

not my fault. I'm not interested in your

20:25

excuses. No, I can't overwork myself. It's

20:27

too early. I have to save energy

20:29

for whole. What about my energy? I'm

20:31

doing whole two. Oh, you're doing whole

20:33

two? Yes, at one. Whole two isn't

20:36

until five. They're taking a second hole?

20:38

No, they're building a scale model of

20:40

the site. Who? With what? Engineering. In

20:42

Minecraft. How long have they had Minecraft

20:44

in here? The whole time. They had

20:46

it the whole time, and they were

20:48

keeping it a secret, and that's why

20:50

they were 3D modeling the site, is

20:52

because they wanted to make blueprints. We

20:55

have blueprints of the site. Minecraft blueprints.

20:57

Ah, and why is it called Hole

20:59

2? It's a game about mining. There's

21:01

holes. Is that everything you need? Yes.

21:03

Don't stand in my way. I have

21:06

to get to newosphere pattern recognition. I

21:08

didn't know you like that abstract stuff.

21:14

Overwatch command, it is safe to

21:16

say that lab mice do not

21:19

like me. What? Harley, look what

21:21

I made. Why does it look so

21:23

angry? It's just her

21:25

personality. Excellent. Overwatch

21:27

command. I have just

21:30

returned from digging a tunnel

21:32

through the never-ending dry wall for

21:34

an hour, and I have never

21:37

felt better in my life. I

21:39

admit they were really onto something

21:41

with that hole. Yep.

21:44

How's it going? You tapped out yet?

21:46

Nope. Are you at least getting tired?

21:48

Yep. Okay, only have 10 minutes before

21:50

I have to leave. That's just

21:53

enough time for me to be

21:55

able to tell you that Yaboa's

21:57

class on behavioral endocrinology was, unfortunately,

22:00

Actually, very interesting, and I

22:02

had a great time, which

22:04

means I can't rub it

22:07

in Lancaster's face that my

22:09

class was better than psychology's.

22:12

And also Lancaster wasn't even

22:14

there. Hey, what? Hello? What

22:17

was that? Sorry if you

22:19

heard that? It's part of

22:22

the thing. Everything's under... Hey,

22:24

I can hear myself. You're

22:27

all fired! ...space

22:50

to put the tables back.

22:52

Maybe I'll check on Radiger.

22:55

I didn't see her all

22:57

day. Oh, thank you for,

22:59

uh, listening. Why, why don't

23:02

I, why don't I have

23:04

to wait out here? Oh,

23:07

you didn't have to wait

23:09

at all. I want to,

23:11

no, I just want to

23:14

hear about the movie. It

23:16

was, uh... Maybe I'll check

23:18

on Radiger. I didn't see

23:21

her all day. Oh, thank

23:23

you for, uh, listening. Why,

23:25

why don't I, why don't

23:28

I have to wait out

23:30

here? Oh, you didn't have

23:32

to wait at all. I

23:35

want, no, I just want

23:37

to hear about the movie.

23:39

It was, uh... What was

23:42

that? Hello?

23:56

Dr. Harley? Can you

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hear me? Yeah, yes.

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Yes, I read. This

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is Dr. Harley at

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site 107. This is

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Dr. Kouda at 64,

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receiving you loud and

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clear. Sixty-four. I finally

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made it through. It's

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been spotty. I'm not

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sure if I'm coming

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through properly, but I

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think I fixed it.

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You're coming through 64.

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I can. I can,

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I can hear you.

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What's going on? What

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is it? Harley? Episode

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55 was written and produced

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by Anna McGuire. The voice

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of Harley is Logan Laylaw.

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The voice of Klein is

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Tosh Ritter. The voice of

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Lancaster is Jackson McMurray. The

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voice of Agent Love is

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Tabby Bardol. The voice of

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Radiger is Anna McGuire. The

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voice of Cordell is Ashley

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McGuire. The voice of Cordell

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is Ashley Quills. Original music

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