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[animusnpcs]

[At first what Dax is saying is completely incomprehensible--a good ear for languages may notice it's the same language the worker units are speaking. Dax has some sort of device in his hand, though, and after fiddling with it a little eventually his words become understandable to anyone listening:]

--Testing, testing--aha, there we are. Alright--well, to get this out of the way for our new residents, I'm Dax, and I'm an administrator of the Tower. Anyway, as you may have noticed, we're having a few minor malfunctions when it comes to our usual translation process which wasn't helped by having to divert all that power to quarantining and scrubbing radiation. I'm using a portable device to translate this to all of you and to translate any of your responses, but it's a bit fussy.

We should have everything fixed within a day or two, however! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.

[He sounds just a bit nervous about the prospect of Q&A, though. It's as if these situations often bring long discussions and arguments, or something.]

Comments

locked; unhackable

[attheclocktower]

Thank you.

[For locking the conversation. She doesn't know where this could go but if it goes in certain directions she doesn't want people like Reno or Riku or heaven forbid Sora to see it. It's. Hard to believe this is actually happening but.]

It has to do with what I am, and... what I've been doing. I've... [This is really really hard to talk about. But she can do it. For Sora's sake. And for others too, really.] been absorbing the memories of people around me... particularly someone from my world. I think it's happened to others too. I don't know how to control it.

I-I died last month and... it's like it reset. All the memories I absorbed were gone. But... I don't know if it could happen again, and I don't want it to.

Is... there any way you can stop it from happening again?

[animusnpcs]

Yes, I should be able to have that disabled, if you'd like.

[attheclocktower]

Really?

[For a moment it feels a little unreal. Too simple. Too easy. But... it's still exactly what she'd been hoping to hear.]

Yes, please. I-I mean I would.

[animusnpcs]

Very well, just give me a moment.

[There's a pause, and the sound of quick, efficient typing. The process takes about three minutes.]

Alright, I've scheduled the change. It should be disabled for you after the 24th.

[attheclocktower]

[That was it? That was really it? The 24th, that was when she would get her collar checked wouldn't she? If her mental schedule was right. It really... really was over... She laughs a little shakily.]

Thank you. Thank you so much.

[animusnpcs]

You're welcome. Is there anything else I can assist you with?

[attheclocktower]

No, I don't think so.

Thank you.

[Xion, he gets it.]