thisavrou | video; may 6th

Hey, guys. I... Maybe I should've said something sooner, but I haven't been sure if it'd make much of a difference. But it's been really bugging me, so... I talked to our host, tried to find out more about how the reverse Ingress worked, but she was too busy to really answer any questions. But I asked if she had research somewhere that I could look at, you know, to read about it instead, and she gave me permission to use this computer to access her notes. I've spent my free time the past few days on reading over it, and... I don't know. I feel like there's something weird going on here.

There wasn't any information on her research on the Ingress. And, like, she would've written that down somewhere, wouldn't she? And there are some things she's told us that she wouldn't have known if she hadn't been experimenting on this with other people. Like, how did she know we need to go in as pairs, not alone? But there's no information on her computer about past experiments, either. What information is there... is stuff about our worlds. Population, toxicity, atmospheric and geological, stuff like that.

I asked her about it, and she said she's gathering test data from anyone who stops by here, even though there haven't been all that many, since this place is out of the way. She also said she's gathering the world information so she can use it to make the Ingress better, make it work permanently.

I don't know. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. Maybe she's just got her research on the Ingress hidden and locked away in the computer. It doesn't work anything like the computers from back home, so I wouldn't know how to find it. I want to give the host the benefit of the doubt? But... I dunno. I guess I've learned to distrust any time I've been handed exactly what I've been wanting.

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Okay. See you!

[Elle goes ahead and heads over, since she's got the time. She makes herself comfortable while she waits, and...

... yes, plays Whalaga.]

[ Bruce doesn't take particularly long to get there either, and once he does, a quick look around is enough for him to recognize her, and he makes his way over with a friendly, if small, smile, waiting until she either loses or stops playing. ]

Hi. [ Remembering he hadn't even introduced himself before, he offers a hand. ] Bruce, by the way. Bruce Banner.

[Elle hears his footsteps as he's approaching, and glances up in the middle of a level. She double-takes a little when she notices it's him. Unfortunately, this means she promptly messes up in the game. Or, maybe fortunately, since she needs to be stopping anyway.]

Hi. [She accepts the handshake, her grip a little loose and casual.] It's nice to meet you, Bruce. Um, thanks for -- uh, I guess I don't need to... say that... [You're nailing this, Elle. She grins sheepishly.] Er, here it is. [She pops up out of the chair so he can get better access to the host's computer.]

[ He smiles a little, eyebrow raising as she fumbles with her words. He's no stranger to awkward introductions himself, so he says nothing to it, simply nodding and taking a seat as she vacates the chair for him. ]

Thanks. [ He starts going through the computer with relative ease, whatever differences between it and the computers on the Moira easily bridged. Predictably, he goes to all the data the host's gathered on the Ingress, as well as all the other worlds she's managed to reach through it.

Elle's right, there really is a lot of information on all those worlds, but none about past experiments, which really makes no sense when the host knows so much about how it all works. Bruce frowns slightly, unable to not feel paranoid about all this. As with most everything they've encountered on their journey so far. ]

I assume she hasn't been all that straightforward about where the rest of her research is?

[Elle is quiet as he looks through the information. She reads over it again, too, hoping she'll find something else that jumps out at her. But she can't manage to glean anything else from it. It's just... data. It looks so innocuous. And that's exactly what's making her nervous.]

I... haven't really asked her. If she really is trying to hide something... I don't know if it'd be a good idea to tip her off that we're looking for it. [She bites her lower lip.] So I haven't gone back yet.

No. No, you're right. Probably best to not tip her off.

[ As he finds more information, he gets more focused on the files. Digging through it all uncovers quite a lot of information on a number of different worlds, and it's not long until a couple of them actually start to ring familiar to him.

He frowns slightly, opening up the ones he's sure he knows side by side. Information so extensive that Bruce has to wonder how she gathered it all in the short time they've been here. ]

She has information on our worlds. Some of our worlds, at least.

Yeah. [Elle's frown is deep, and she's twisting the dial on her Pip-Boy glove nervously.] Someone I talked to on the network brought up the point that... If this information fell into the wrong hands? With this technology? Our worlds could seriously be in danger. And I don't know if there'd be much we could do about it.

Even if she isn't collecting them for... bad reasons, [nicely done there, Elle, "bad reasons,"] all it'd take is one person with an agenda to find this stuff. You know? That kind of thing -- It's happened before, back where I'm from. More than once.

[ Bruce glances at her, her words not even slightly surprising or a shocking revelation. It was the first thing to come to mind when he found these files, hearing her say it only makes him surer that it's a reasonable concern and not just paranoia. ]

I think it's fair to say that holds true in just about any universe. Information's valuable, and there's always someone willing to go to any lengths to use it to their own personal advantage, with no regards for other people. [ He sighs quietly, still going through the files. ] I don't know if I can erase these, or transfer them out of her computer. But... I'll have to try. I won't want to leave these behind for other people to find. Or for her to use, for that matter.

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