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WhiteGulls
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 		Live Calls (10/26)
So, what is it that Melissa hates the most? I got my call, and messed it up. ;_; I couldn't remember anything that she hated! Anyone else figure out this question yet?
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 		It is listed in axon coordination, but the answer is "bees," note the plural form of the word.

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HitsHerMark
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 		I got to talk to the Sleeping Princess today...

Unfortunately, her voice was coming in too soft for me to get her on my recording device.

I actually got two calls from her, this was at 09:19 AM
33.645600,
-117.839230

It took longer then normal to get the $0.50 into the phone and there was no sound on the other end of the line so I just said "Bees"...

But then a voice piped in and I recognised it as the SP. I told her who I was, HitsHerMark, and she remembered me. I introduced her to a fellow who had joined me at my first axon of the day. A UCI student who had only just discovered ILB this week.

She asked me to tell her a story about myself... So I told her the story of that morning and how I ended up talking to her. She liked that.

She couldn't understand why the Queen didn't like bees, so I gave her my theory on that, and she said that I was very smart. (As smart as she was even.)

Then she told me about how she was going home to see her brother, and suddenly there was the sound of a phone dialing and the beeping of the type you hear when a modem or a fax is trying to connect.

SP got scared and said that the Queen was coming. So I got off the phone with her.

I expected the next call to be from Melissa, but, a little while later it was the SP again.

She said she had to run away very fast, and that she was very clever, and knew all the secret passages.

Then we talked about how sad she was that she doesn't remember her brother, and how Kamal sounds so nice. And she was worried that they were old transmissions, and maybe Kamal had forgotten about her, but I brought up the fact that Jersey and Durga talk about how we're sending the transmissions about the Grumpy Old Man, so it must be happening in parallel with what's going on here.

That made her happy.

She asked me who would miss me if I were to go away, so I told her about my best friend. And she said she liked that story better even then the one that was about her too. (And that she really liked stories about girls named "HitsHerMark".)

She asked me what my favorite part about my time with her was, and I said that it was when I saw that she thought my name was cool. Because most people, upon hearing the name "HitsHerMark", make an "I'm all confused and googly face" and are like "what does THAT mean?".

I brought up that the Queen was holding Aunt Margret hostage and forced Dana to come home, (and she's mean), so we should try to figure out if the whole thing on Sunday is a trap or not. (Which we can do because we're "two smart girls".)

I enjoyed my talk with the SP, but I feel like I don't have much for you guys. Sad So I hope that's helpful... Or at least entertaining.
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HitsHerMark wrote:

I enjoyed my talk with the SP, but I feel like I don't have much for you guys. Sad So I hope that's helpful... Or at least entertaining.

wow! that was great actually... i always like reading the accounts of live calls, ESPECIALLY from the Princess
thanks!
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 		Berkeley Crew live call
I just got back from a live call with Mel.

I picked up and answered the question. She asked for my name and I gave it to her. We did the cheer for her (When I say signal, you say corps!) and I told her the list of people at the axon (Lt. Ace of Spades, CPO Stitch, Lt. Adam, Civilian Spec MissSphinx, and our new recruit, a Lt. Commander, but I can't remember his name).

Mel collected our recruit's information and then started asking me about Durga. She wanted to know if I knew about her, did I think Durga was rampant? I answered that it was possible that Durga would go rampant, but that she hadn't yet. Then she asked me if I thought that Durga was infected with a virus.

This was my chance! I was hopeful I could alert Mel to the Flea's whereabouts. I answered that I didn't think that Durga was infected, but that I thought that Mel was. I don't know if it's a big deal, but Mel misinterpreted what I said, she responded, "Interesting, you think we're both infected?" I responded with, "no, not both, just you." She launched into her questions about the rouge process.

I tried to head off the redirection and steer the conversation back to the flea. I said that I wanted to talk to her a about a rouge process, but not the sleeping princess. I started to talk about the flea and she freaked out and went into her "I love bees" chant.

I did my best to get her back. I coaxed, I encouraged, I reassured, heck, I almost threatened. She snapped back, and said in a flustered voice, "Crewman?" I said I was there and repeated my name for her.

She said that we were talking and something had happened. Her tone of voice made it a question, so I responded that yes, there had been a problem with the transmission equipment. I didn't want to lose her again, so I figured the fib would be ok. I then asked her to start a septuple log (can't go wrong with 7) of the conversation, as it was clear that there was something wrong with the equipment and I wanted to make sure she had a log. She said that she would.

I explained that I thought she was infected and that she should run a check on the version numbers of her sub-systems, especially the system peril distributed reflex. She said that she was running a diagnostic. That's when she flipped out for the second time. She didn't recover from the second "I love bees" chant and the connection went dead.

THE BIG LESSON: If Mel flips out, she'll give you a second chance, just don't push the same buttons again.

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Ranger D
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 		10 minute call with SP
the adam, Mazian and I got a live call from the SP at the 12:31.

the adam answered first. Right away I knew it was the SP because the adam starts with "So, how are you?" Very Happy

He said he was with Maizan and Ranger D.
The adam drops his digits to the SP (read: gives her his phone number). I'm throwin' up the horns Rock On
She told him she was 94.6% sure Kamal was her brother.
The adam passed the phone to Mazian.

The SP said she liked Mazian's name be cause it sounded like "a-mazian!" Then she wanted us to sing "Row, row, row your boat", so we sang a verse together. She said that she wanted to do a round, so she started, Mazian went next, then me, then the adam. The Three Tenors, eat your heart out! I hope it makes it online, we were awesome. Smile Then the SP wanted to talk to me.

She wanted me to make her pancakes. I told her we couldn't do that right now as we didn't have the capabilities to do so right there. Then she said she wanted pancakes with blueberries. While I'm think how to respond to that obvious non-sequitur, she asked to talk to the adam again.

Adam told her a story about when he was lost with her sister in a foreign land. I don't remember what else. The she wanted to talk to me again.

She made a song out of my name. "Ranger D, Ranger D, Ranger D!" She said she was going home on sunday and that she knows people are warning her it's a trap. She said knows it could be a trap and that she can handle the queen. She was very excited when she said she was going home. I asked her where home was, and she said home was with Kamal. She was very excited about going home. I then asked her how she was going to get home and she said she didn't know. She didn't know if it had to do with physics, time, or wormholes. Then she mentioned something about it being the simplest solution, like ocham's razor.

Sidenote: Having a convo with a 6yr old about ocham's razor and physics and wormholes was awesome Smile

She said she is going to miss us and asked me what we missed the most. I blathered something about missing her too, and I will miss singing to her. She said it was great that people sang her happy birthday when it wasn't even her birthday. The she started to sing "A very merry un-birthday, to me. To me!" Classic. Smile I told her I would miss her too and then she said, word for word "I love you guys." She then wanted to talk to mazian again.

She asked Mazian what he would miss the most and he said he would miss the puzzles. And that she is very smart. She told him we were all "amazing a-maizan!" She ended the call with Mazian.


So we spoke with the SP for a good 10 MINUTES. Something's definitely going down on Halloween Smile
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 		Hiya.

Talked to the SP at 2:03 PDT at the lovely Excalibur hotel and casino in Las Vegas, which shall now be known as the Sleeping Princess' Castle.

She said that she's definitely sure that she's going to see her brother (Kamal) on Sunday. She also said that she's not scared.

She pretty seriously implied that she won't be coming back, or won't be able to communicate with us anymore, because she said she'd miss us all very much. And that she loves us. Embarassed

She said that the queen is crazy, just like the queen in Alice and Wonderland. Sounds like that might be some sort of clue, since she sang The Unbirthday Song to somebody else.

And her favorite flavor of jelly is grape!

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 		Yow!!!
Phaedra and Kali, the Goddess Squad, reporting in.

Phaedra: We got a live call to our axon again (side note: has anyone else gotten a second live call to the *same axon*? I know people have gotten multiple live calls, but a lot of people answer multiple axons, so we're wondering).

We gave Melissa the text marker, and it...was...expired. (We'd called angelo about fifteen minutes before reaching the axon.) Melissa told us we had twenty seconds to get the correct one. I fumbled in my pocket for angelo's number for about ten seconds while Kali waited with the cell phone, but finally I found it and she got a hold of angelo, and yelled the passphrase into the phone...but Melissa hit zero before we finished.

Melissa said that we had failed. She said she understood that the test was hard (she sounded almost apologetic) but that she wasn't sure that she would always be available for us, so she wanted to make sure we could operate on our own (I'm paraphrasing like crazy here). She added that we had finished in 23 seconds, and she was not disappointed.

I asked her why she believed she would be unavailable, and she said that the rogue process/subjects (she started listing them "Subject Durga," "Subject Kamal," etc.) were planning something for Sunday that might interfere with her ability to broadcast to us.

She also added that out of all her squads, she was most (I think she said "consistently" but I'm not sure because I was hyperventilating) impressed with the Goddess Squad. Mr. Green

She asked me for my analysis of "Subject Jan" -- whether we should recruit her, etc. -- and I said I thought that she was very capable, but that her emotions and her youth got in the way and that she would probably be best under the guidance of someone older and more experienced.

She seemed to think about that for a little bit (I wasn't particularly articulate) and then repeated, "So you think her youth and emotions interfere with her abilities?" and I said yes. She said that was a very good analysis.

She commended us again, repeated that she understood that the exercise was hard and she was not disappointed in us, then asked to speak to Kali.

Kali:

What to say? She repeated the stuff about not being disappointed and that she was particularly impressed with the Goddess Squad. She also mentioned that, even though we did not complete the assignment, we did it faster than all other squads. Darn it, Phaedra. why couldn't you keep the number out?

She asked me about the comm officer coordinating everything today and whether he should get a promotion or commendation of some sort....

Angelo, get ready for more stars on your collar.

Anyway.....

She asked me if I'd been monitoring Kamal and asked me for my analysis of him. Frankly, I haven't been as interested in that story line as in Jan's. Add that to my nervousness about answering questions when I haven't had time to stay up to the minute on all matters bees. I blanked on who he was. Phaedra whispered "intelligent" and I ran with it. I then remembered who's brother he is and started talking about how I didn't like how he'd treated Durga and that he was too emotional about her, based on the clips I'd heard this morning. She paraphrased to say that I believed his emotions were a weakness. I said yes, but that he was just very protective of his sister and would calm down once he gets adjusted to the situation.

She asked me whether he should be deployed in the field, put behind a desk or do something in comm. I didn't think he would be particularly good in the field, (remember I'd forgotten he was a medical student). I asked her what his duties behind a desk would be, (she seemed startled by that, as though asking for more information about the available assignments wasn't something she expected us to do) and she said "Well I don't know, something medical...." she said something about he would be useful in the field (as a doctor I assume). I suggested that behind a desk he could coordinate where medical supplies etc. should be deployed. I don't know if she said anything about the merit of my analysis.

She then asked me to relay to the rest of the crew that she would be transmitting live on sunday. She was on her closing bit, once again telling us she was not disappointed in the Goddess Squad, and I interrupted her for a question.

"Will you be transmitting live on the ilovebees website or on our personal comm channels?" (I was struggling to remember exactly what we were calling our cell phones)

She said both. She did not say whether the broadcasts would be simultaneous. She then continued her closing bit and hung up.

O/T and the Badgers are still UNDEFEATED, does life get any better?
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 		Live call 14:48 PDT
Team Chowda (Avatrix, Iron Chef Mike, and me -- Ens. Jennings) went to the 14:48 PDT axon today (at 42.342097 -71.12129; Brookline, MA), and it turned out to be not the usual recorded message but rather a live call from the Sleeping Princess. Iron Chef Mike was given a "puzzle" about peanut butter ("which was worse: smooth or crunchy?"), the correct answer being (obviously!) "hippopotomus." There followed some banter about peanut butter and pancakes, and eventually we introduced the idea of "sundaes" (hint hint). This turned into a rousing cheer ("Peanut butter pancake sundae!") that made the SP laugh. In general, the SP was in a really good mood and was very excited about the idea of "going home" and seeing her brother on Sunday. We warned her about the possibility of there being some kind of trap in place for her, but she said that she knew the castle and every hiding place and secret passage in it (she can even hide under the throne), so that we shouldn't be worried -- she can take care of herself. She asked us if there was anything we would miss about her -- we said "giggles" -- and also if there were people who would miss us if we were to go away. When I said, in answer to that question, that my twin brother would miss me, the SP got very excited about an earlier conversation with another crew member who was going to send her (the SP) a picture of her (the crew member's) two cats, named after the twins Castor and Pollox. Would we send the SP a picture of something? Of course: how about a picture of us, Team Chowda? "Great! Maybe you guys could be in a pyramid!!" So we promised the SP a picture of us in a pyramid. (Avatix will probably post that picture later.) We talked some about the Queen -- "She's mad!!!" -- and the Sleeping Princess asked us for our contact information, which she is going to sneak into the Queen's files "for fun." She also asked if there was anything in the Queen's archives that we wanted her to try to get for us. We asked her if she could try to unlock those two Recipe 3 messages, and she said that she was "really good" at that kind of thing, but that she has to be "really careful" in certain places in the castle, since she knows that the Queen is after her. She again promised that she would be careful, and she said she'd miss all of us and that she loved us, and with that we said our goodbyes and hung up. It was, it seemed to us, a long call from the SP, who really does inspire a certain playfulness and good cheer. All I can say in sum is, good luck to the Sleeping Princess on Sunday!

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 		Team Chowda (Avatrix, Jennings, and myself) got a live call at the 15:48. To be honest, none of us expected a live call, and we all sort of dreaded the prospect - Oh, the pressure!

Each of us had answered a recording in previous weeks, and today was my turn. I was quite anxious about answering again, reading how some people didn't get 'bees' to work. I was ready, however. The payphone is right next to one of the 'T' stops in Brookline, and, as usual, the area was quite noisy with trains passing by and about 10 trucks from the local electric company - ALL with their engines ON - to serve the populace due to a power failure.

So, the phone rings and I pick up and I'm ready to yell BEES! BEES! BEES! and the question I get is: "Which is the greater enemy of mankind: crunchy peanut butter or smooth peanut butter?" And I'm like BEES!! but I stop myself, and I go, "Pardon me?" The Sleeping Princess giggles (can one fall in love with a giggle? 'Cause the SP has a fabulous one. Although the joke's probably on me and the SP is really a cigar-chomping pot-bellied guy in a tank top named Lefty who just HAPPENS to be a great voice actor).

Panic sets in. What's the right answer? I whisper (okay, yell) to Avatrix "Which is more evil? Crunchy or Smooth peanut butter?" Avatrix conveys the question to Buzzkill, who is on the other end of Avatrix's phone. (Punctuation? Argh. Is it Avatrix' or Avatrix's? Dude - the 'x' isn't THAT cool. Spell it with a 'cks' or something). I'm sure Buzzkill is like: "WTF?" But before we can figure out the answer, SP comes back and says: "(Giggle (sigh)) I'm just messing with you. The Answer is HIPPOPOTAMUS." Ah, Hippopotamus. I'd forgotten that one. SP asks about my name. I explain the Iron Chef concept to her. She asks who else is around, and I tell her, and she manages to spell Avatrix's's'ss name correctly. I hand the phone over to Jennings.

I see Jennings has agreed to delurk - finally! She takes all our phone numbers and I get back on. SP explains that she will be leaving Sunday to meet her brother, Kamal. She learns about me, that I'm a medical student like her brother, and I have two younger sisters, and I'd miss them if anything happened to them. She says she'll miss all her friends, and asks me if I'll miss her. Of course, I say 'yes' and she aks what I'll miss most: of course, "your giggle" and she giggles for me. Yowza.

Conversation ended soon after. Wow. What fun.

O/T and Phaedra's Badgers CRUSHED my Nittany Lions. Literally. They knocked our top 2 quarterbacks into next year. At least my Steelers are 5-1.
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 		I took the live call for the last axon spike; the sleeping princess is dead! I created a new thread in general/updates with an account.
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 		The last(?) conversation of the Sleeping Princess
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basically, i couldnt make it to the axons today, so my friend (ensign Rob, aka - Sgt. Jones) went out for me while i helped organize and search for passcodes. My friend picks up the 16:50 call and this is what happened.
btw: Rob's a casual player who's never gotten a live call. I usually just fill him in each week and he comes axon hunting with me. During this call i was on his cell phone listening in. He had me on one ear and the Sp on the other. The conversation is as accurate as the two of us could remember.
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Rob: Hello?
Sp: HI, what's your name?
R: Sgt. Jones
Sp: Hey Sgt. Jones, whats more usefull in an intergalactic war: marshmallows or donuts?
R: marshmallows
Sp: why?
R: cuz you can burn them and make smores!
Sp: Oh! that the very best answer I've gotten! Smores are so good!
R: Yeah, the other day i was watching a movie where they were all making smores
Sp: which movie?
R: it's called the sandlot
Sp: what's it like?
R: (describes movie - specifically about the babe ruth ball)
Sp: who's he?
R: He's the greatest baseball player ever.
Sp: well why's he called babe?
R: Well his real name is Herman - Babe is just his nickname
*at this point all the people in irc start telling me to have him say hi for us*
R: There are a bunch of crew members that want you to know that they say hi!
Sp: Oh, tell them i say hi too. Are they there with you?
R: there are a couple here. There's Lt. Cmdr. Scott here and Major Sena
*Major Sena is me, and I obviously wasnt really there, just listening in*
R: I wanted to ask you about the flea
Sp: wait, i want to talk to the other people there

*He lets Scott (aka - fubarz) talk to her. They talk for a while. then Scott hands the phone back and says that she wants to talk to me. Since i'm not there, Rob pretends to be me*

R: Hello? (in deep voice)
Sp: ohh, your voice is so deep. you sound strong
R: i am strong
Sp: Are you wearing army clothes?
R: yes
Sp: what do they look like?
R: well i'm undercover right now, so it's just jeans and a shirt.
Sp: I want to see. send me a picture. I love all the pictures you guys send me. i look at all of them.
R: ok. what should the picture be of?
Sp: send me a picture of you doing something silly.
R: ok. by the way, in french you'd call me *i think he says strong or smart in french. and i'm not exactly sure how the conversation got on the topic of french*
Sp: oh, do you speak french? *she says this in french*
R: yes, i do. I see you speak french too *also says this in french*
Sp: sometimes. but i get them mixed up because i get too many voices in my head.
R: Yeah i know. I speak a few languages and it's hard to keep the languages seperate.
Sp: what other languages can you speak?
R: well i can speak Italian
Sp: say something to me in italian
R: What do you want me to say?
Sp: tell me I'm beautiful
R: ok. *says it in italian*
Sp: that's right! You're so smart! do you think I'm smart?
R: yes, of course!
Sp: what's italian for smart?
R: Hmm...i dont know
Sp: Well when you send me your picture put the italian for smart in it.
*at this point everyone in the IRC keeps hounding me to have him ask about the flea again. so i let him know*
R: Okay. Hey, i wanted to talk to you about the flea
Sp: Oh he's just a creepy bugaloo
R: yeah, but he might try to hurt you.
Sp: He's not that smart. I'm way too smart for him to hurt me.
R: but we think he might be a virus or something
Sp: well my other friends are telling me that the queen is coming after me. not the flea. And now i dont think i'll be able to go home on sunday to see my brother, Kamal.
R: Really?
Sp: yeah i think somethings going to happen
R: well you should also beware of dana
Sp: why? Dana's my friend.
R: she's working with queen
Sp: No, she's my friend. she wouldnt do that.
R: yes, she told us she's working with Melissa. But we'll protect you. We'll take care of you and we wont let her hurt you.
Sp: but i thought she was my frie*

*cuts out*

voice comes on and says: " This call has been (compromised/conferenced? *couldnt tell which. he also didnt think it sounded tooo much like Melissa but was unsure*)

*rob didnt know what that last part was about. thought maybe the phone had just lost the connection*

A few minutes later, everyone in IRC was flipping out. The Princess had been destroyed. Because Rob was pretending to be me, She thought she was talking to me when she died. I hope they were good thoughts. We're still gonna email her pictures of us. I dont know...it's all kind of sad in a weird way. It also kinda sucks what he was saying right when she got destroyed.

but hopefully it wont be the last we see of her...
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 		The account of my conversation with the Sleeping Princess at 8:31 am is here.

(sigh) Rest in peace, Princess.

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 		[OT] Badgers
ironchefmike wrote:
O/T and Phaedra's Badgers CRUSHED my Nittany Lions. Literally. They knocked our top 2 quarterbacks into next year. At least my Steelers are 5-1.


That would actually be Phaedra and Kali's Badgers. And yes, yes we did. I smell a Rose...no, I won't jinx us.
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 		I'm cut/pasting Lt. Cmdr. brian's entry.

Lt. Cmdr. brian wrote:
So today, fielding my first call in at least two weeks, I got our team's first live call. Sorry that this is so long, but I was/am pumped about being ranking officer on our first live call. So here's what happened:

Answer phone, it's the standard schtick. I mouth to g3k, "Not live."

Answer question, then, "What's your name?"
Mouthing: "Holy sh*t! It's live, it's live!"
"Lt. Commander brian."

Go through the name thing, etc. Tell her I'm there with Lance Corporal g3k and Ens. Annette, of Team Myriad Wise Men.

This is the part where it gets embarrassing. She asks if we have a cheer; I respond no. She says to make one up. g3k, assuming that we're dealing with the SP, says it should be "I say chocolate, you say pancakes [etc.]". A fine cheer, but we're talking to Melissa. I suggest a more serious tone, and fail miserably. I said, "It doesn't have our name in it. How about 'chocolate wise men.'" Terrible, terrible failure. We go with it, but we're all so off-guard (this being our first live call) that it's unenthusiastic at best. She tries very hard not to act severely disappointed: "It's good, but a little obtuse."

This is where the audio file I have of our half of the conversation kicks in. Tell her that Cmdr. Pegasus was "called away on another mission," or brianspeak for, "He's in class."

She then goes well out of her way to ask about the sign thing with CNN/MSNBC. I botch my description; she asks for g3k, and mentions, "You're my most trusted team." He does better, even managing to use the impressive phrase "stealth skills," emphasizing both that the broadcast was international and that security was terrible there [and it was]. I spent the whole time cursing about 'chocolate Wise Men'.

From here, she proceeded to tell g3k about the Sunday transmits. I'm not really sure what was said on her end. Phone goes back to me; I give her my number. Then she asks for the relay code: "You have 90 seconds."

Sh*t! "Sam, get a hold of the guy [Angelo]. We have 90 seconds." Laptop changes hands, I freak out, and g3k calls Angelo.

g3k: "Hey Angelo…we need it in like 30 seconds, what is the new one?" [hand off phone to g3k] Gratuitous compliments and promises of servitude to Melissa follow the pass phrase, "He had nothing…at 12:06".

Phone to brian. Here's where the convo gets interesting:
Melissa: "What do you think about Jan?"
brian: "Right now, she seems like…she's a loose cannon."
Melissa: "What do you mean?"
brian: "She wanted vengeance for her father, but when she had the opportunity to take it she didn't. That kind of inconsistency strikes me as odd."
Melissa: "Why do you think that she was unable to kill him?" [or some equivalent; I only remember my response to it]
Brian: "It's possible she was attached to some kind of moral code…or perhaps she didn't feel like it was her place to judge another person."
Melissa: "Do you think she could be used in further missions?" [same note as above]
Brian: "Possibly. But I would make the parameters of her mission such that she couldn't fail in that way again." Slam dunk.
Melissa: "I like your analysis. You know how to push people's buttons. Let me talk with Ens. Annette."

Annette is asked about Kamal; despite prompts from g3k, it does not go well. She defers the call to him. He proceeds to question Annette's emotional stability, and gives a decent answer focused on Kamal's medical abilities. His weakness? "People that are close to him." Nice. Phone comes back my way.

Melissa: "Brian: I may be going home soon. Can you operate on your own?"
Brian: "Our commander is Cmdr. Pegasus. He is more than capable of leading us in the field, as well as g3k and I are able to take command if necessary. So, yes."

Rampant praise for our team, responded to with much thanks.
"You'll have to see that my crew doesn't disappoint me." [Click.]
"That's it."


Muchas gracias to Angelo, of course, without whom we would have never done this well. See you all in San Francisco!
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