Computers/ Caerus Residential

This is a listing of all the message logs on Caerus Residential computers, extracted from the game's data files.

B. Helting

Log: 244980 - S. Parkinson

S. Parkinson: I took a stroll through the forest. It is perfect. Exactly what I need.
B. Helting: Thank you.
S. Parkinson: When will you be available for me to stop by and discuss our projects? I would like to order the construction of an appropriate enclosure as soon as possible.
B. Helting: I'll be free in about an hour. I'll contact you.
S. Parkinson: Very well.

Log: 244982 - F. Manu

F. Manu: Hey, Bianka. I got your message.
B. Helting: Hello. Yes, I wanted to talk to you about the forest.
F. Manu: Sure.
B. Helting: My team and I want to expand the forest westward. Parkinson is planning an enclosure for his psimorphs so I'm going to need a bit more space to plant some of the other species we've got engineered.
F. Manu: Why do you need me for?
B. Helting: It's the G-5 cavern.
F. Manu: Oh. Yeah, I forgot. I haven't been in that part of DC in five months.
F. Manu: Okay, I'll survey the cavern for you. Tomorrow.
B. Helting: Excellent. Can you get me some soil samples while you're at it? I'd go alone, but better to let the expert make sure everything is safe first.
F. Manu: I'll take samples of everything. It's what I do. The southwestern section is what worries me the most, however.
B. Helting: I reckon.
F. Manu: So, how's this project of yours coming along?
B. Helting: I'd say too well. I am always expecting something bad to happen.
B. Helting: But all in all, I am very pleased with the progress we've made. The team is dedicated and, luckily for us, since we are all specialized in mycology, no one is likely to get pulled for mutagen work, as it happens to other teams.
F. Manu: Ditto here.
B. Helting: Yeah. It is difficult to avoid distractions around here, but at least I can count on the whole team.
F. Manu: Sure.
F. Manu: Alright, you'll hear from me tomorrow once I've completed the surveying.
B. Helting: Okay. And thank you very much.
F. Manu: Us geologists are not as useless as some say...
B. Helting: Hahaha. Far from it, considering the world we live in. Don't listen to Dyson, he's just... Dyson.
F. Manu: He sure is. Talk to ya tomorrow.
B. Helting: Bye.

Log: 244988 - G. Vasilica

G. Vasilica: Hey, hey. Are you going to the party tonight?
B. Helting: Hello. Yes. Why?
G. Vasilica: Just asking. There's going to be a lot of people.
B. Helting: People need to unwind. Times are stressful.
B. Helting: Will you be coming?
G. Vasilica: Yup. Both Dyson and I.
B. Helting: Good.
G. Vasilica: Okay, just wanted to check that. I hope I didn't interrupt you in your work.
B. Helting: No, actually I was just done washing my hair. Currently I'm waiting for Sally to pick up some spore samples I wanted tested.
G. Vasilica: McKinley? Is she coming to the party?
B. Helting: Not sure. I'll ask her when she stops by.
G. Vasilica: No, it is my duty to contact her. Off I go.
B. Helting: Hah. Good luck, since she's in the forest.
B. Helting: You there?
G. Vasilica: You ask her.
B. Helting: Haha. I will.

Log: 245002 - S. McKinley

S. McKinley: Are you there?
B. Helting: Yeah. What took you so long?
S. McKinley: I'll tell you in person. But, I'm here now. Are the spores ready for testing?
B. Helting: Yes. I've been waiting for you to pick them up.
S. McKinley: I'll be over in a minute.
B. Helting: Okay.

Log: 245004 - S. McKinley

S. McKinley: You have to come over.
B. Helting: What for? What did you discover?
S. McKinley: Come over, girl, and you'll see for yourself.

Log: 245007 - W. Abdul

B. Helting: Wasi, is everything okay?
W. Abdul: Everythin is fine.
W. Abdul: Everything.
B. Helting: I heard you talking to yourself.
W. Abdul: I was thinking out loud.
B. Helting: Is everything okay at TL?
W. Abdul: Just fine.
B. Helting: I heard you had an incident there.
W. Abdul: I don't know who spreads that rumor
W. Abdul: rumor
W. Abdul: But it wasn't our lab, it was the Mutagen Tanks.
W. Abdul: It was in the Mutagen tanks.
B. Helting: I see. If you need anything, let me know. And get some rest.
W. Abdul: Ye
W. Abdul: Yes.

J. Dyson

Log: 980924 - T. Stigr

T. Stigr: Do you have a minute, Dr. Dyson? I wanted to talk to you about Project Eos.
J. Dyson: Sure, Tobias. And stop calling me Dr. Dyson, we've known each other for five years, man. There's no need to be formal.
T. Stigr: I know, sir, I'm sorry.
J. Dyson: What did you need?
T. Stigr: I'll just be direct. I want to volunteer to be placed inside a suspension cell and undergo the whole process.
J. Dyson: I understand what you mean. I noticed that your recent interest with the project had a very personal note, one that wasn't present before. However, I don't need to tell you that this is the first time we are doing this. Many things can go wrong. Did you consult anyone else before making this decision?
T. Stigr: I spoke to Dr. Anderson today and he told me there's nothing they can do for me. Removing the tumor from my face is not the problem, but other effects of the mutation will soon manifest themselves.
J. Dyson: I am sorry to hear that.
J. Dyson: We've worked on this together for some time now, so I am sure you know what awaits you. But, I have a question. Why didn't you turn to cryogenics instead?
T. Stigr: I trust you more. You know how things currently are around here, and I don't want to be unplugged so that they could make room for someone like Dr. Slavkovic. I mean, if I have to die, then that's that, I'll accept my fate. But if I'm going to give this a chance, then I'll put myself in the hands of someone I can trust.
J. Dyson: Thank you, Tobias. We have still a few more cells available. I can arrange everything.
J. Dyson: We'll talk about this in TL. Okay?
T. Stigr: Yes.
J. Dyson: John.
T. Stigr. Yes, John.
J. Dyson: That's more like it, man. See you in TL.
T. Stigr: Thank you again. See you.

Log: 980936 - G.Vasilica

G. Vasilica: Hey, will you be going to the party later?
J. Dyson: Yes. I have to finish the report on those psi monoliths first, so I might be a bit late.
G. Vasilica: Right. I heard you guys had some problems with a few subjects.
J. Dyson: No. Who told you that?
G. Vasilica: Bobby. But he's a jerk anyway.
J. Dyson: We had no problems.
G. Vasilica: You've been acting pretty stiff lately. Did Anton stop by TL again?
J. Dyson: No.
G. Vasilica: Yes.
J. Dyson: Look, I'm working here. We'll talk at the party.
G. Vasilica: Yeah.
G. Vasilica: One more thing. I've got a faux-paper ready for my boys at the biochem lab. It's gonna mess with their heads more than you guys do in TL.
J. Dyson: I told you I'm busy. And we don't mess with heads.
G. Vasilica: Yeah, yeah.
J. Dyson: What's the name of the paper?
G. Vasilica: Application of bioengineered fungal cell cultures in the creation of self-replicating lavatory tissue paper. By Gunter Vasilica.
J. Dyson: Haha! A toilet paper that grows on its own. Underrail will never be the same. Do you guys ever do anything serious or is it always these sort of things? No wonder Kim is on your back all the time.
J. Dyson: What was the last one? Fart cleanser?
G. Vasilica: Flatulence processing and perfuming unit, to be exact, but yes. I never submitted that, so you know. It's not my field, and even if it was, it would've been too obvious, come on. But this one is going across everybody's INM.
G. Vasilica: Everybody in my department, that is.
J. Dyson: Look, I have to finish this. Can't wait to hear what you've come up with.
G. Vasilica: Okay, okay. See you later.

Log: 980939 - D. Slavkovic

D. Slavkovic: Come to my room.
J. Dyson: May I ask why, sir?
D. Slavkovic: Come and we'll talk in person.
J. Dyson: I will be there as soon as possible.
D. Slavkovic: You have five minutes, Dyson.
J. Dyson: Yes, sir.

Log: 980977 - S. Parkinson

J. Dyson: I read it this morning. I think you should come over to TL later and we'll see what we can do. We've still got a fair number of monolith fragments, so it shouldn't be a problem.
S. Parkinson: Deal. I will come over tomorrow. I'm going to see Bianka first, then I'll be over to you.
J. Dyson: What do you mean?
J. Dyson: Steve? Are you gone?
J. Dyson: Hey.
S. Parkinson: Sorry, I was in the bathroom. We are doing joint research, didn't she tell you? Her fungal forest project is at an advanced stage and we would like to release a few type-B's into an enclosure, study their behavior and see if what adaptations they develop.
J. Dyson: Oh, that. Good.
J. Dyson: As long as it's just that.
S. Parkinson: Be serious, John. I will see you tomorrow.

Log: 980999 - G. Vasilica

G. Vasilica: Hey, hey, hey, Dude!
G. Vasilica: Last night was damn good. If your eyes weren't glued to Bianka the whole night you might've had a bit more fun.
J. Dyson: Who told you that?
G. Vasilica: I was standing right next to you.
J. Dyson: Sadly.
G. Vasilica: What do you mean, "sadly"? Want me to come over and kick your drunken ass?
J. Dyson: No, please, no!
J. Dyson: Hmmm... Imagine the SAI guys spying on our chat take it a bit too seriously and think you really want to kick my ass. Soon, an armed AF squad might come busting through your door. What do you think of that?
J. Dyson: *Drunken ass.
G. Vasilica: I could kick it all the way to the Core.
J. Dyson: That's not what I asked you.
G. Vasilica: Do you want me to kick your ass!?!!1!
J. Dyson: Haha. I thought I'd never meet anyone who's a bigger idiot than me.
G. Vasilica: While we're at it, you've gotten pretty serious lately. I already asked you but you evaded the answer. Those crystals got to your head or what?
J. Dyson: They are not crystals, man, and no, they didn't. It's just a bit of everything. Apex technocrats, news from above, Eos.
G. Vasilica: Bianka.
J. Dyson: You understand me. I hope you die.
G. Vasilica: HA! I'm going to outlive my best friend so that he never feels lonely.
J. Dyson: Man...

Log: 981002 - B. Helting

B. Helting: Hey, John.
J. Dyson: Hey, Bianka.
B. Helting: Just wanted to let you know that Wasi has been acting up strange lately. I heard him talking to himself the othr day.
J. Dyson: *Other. G back t edcation. You biologists are even worse than geologists.
B. Helting: John, do we have to go through this every time I make typo?
J. Dyson: Yes. If you feel the need to file a complaint against my excruciatingly annoying behavior to SC, NRS or even BCHC, you may do so every day from seven to five.
B. Helting: Look, can you be serious for once? Speak to Wasi and see why he's behaving the way he does.
J. Dyson: He was at the med and they told him its just work-related exhaustion. We're working on Project Eos and, well, a lot of lives are in our hands.
B. Helting: Just talk to him, I'm worried. We've been having numerous accidents and mishaps around Hollow Earth, especially with the recent problems in the Mutagen Tank area. What if it's connected?
B. Helting: Also, you know - I will file a complaint. To Anton directly. You're going to Tartarus.
J. Dyson: NO! For a simple correction? You evil woman.
B. Helting: Haha. Look, I gotta go and take some spore samples from the forest.
J. Dyson: Hey, can I ask you something?
J. Dyson: Oh, sorry. Wrote that at the same time.
B. Helting: Yeah.
B. Helting: So?
J. Dyson: ?
B. Helting: Quote: "Hey, can I ask you something?"
J. Dyson: Oh, that.
B. Helting: John, are you gone?
J. Dyson: Nope.
B. Helting: John, come on! This is not funny. Anton will hear about this!
B. Helting: Anyway, I really have to go. And talk to Wasi. Bye.
J. Dyson: So long, Bianka.

Log: 981075 - F. Manu

F. Manu: Are you there?
J. Dyson: Yes.
F. Manu: Something is seriously wrong with Wasi. He's been sending me messages these two days and complaining about having insomnia and seeing some freaky shadows. The things he woke me up with are frightening, John. What is going on at Tithonus?
J. Dyson: He's been to med and told me they told him it's work-related stress. Professional exhaustion, however they call it. He's taken a few days off.
F. Manu: What do you mean?
J. Dyson: ?
J. Dyson: To medical in L1. Doc told him it's stress. Didn't he mention that?
F. Manu: When did he go to med?
J. Dyson: I don't know, yesterday, the day before that.
F. Manu: I don't think he did. I talked to Bianka, Marcus and even Dr. Hope and no one saw him leave his room during that time. And judging by INM timestamps I don't think he would've had much time to go out in between. Did you talk to anyone from med?
J. Dyson: No. He messaged me what I've told you.
J. Dyson: Let's go to his room. I'll meet you in the hallway.

G. Vasilica

Log: 278666 - J. Dyson

G. Vasilica: Hey, hey. I heard he came over to TL.
J. Dyson: Who?
G. Vasilica: Anton Matveev. What did he want?
J. Dyson: He was interested in the psi monolith fragments we cut off several days ago. And in Project Eos.
J. Dyson: Oh, it's you.
J. Dyson: I thought it was Wasi. And wondered why he would start with "Hey, hey." Man, I need rest.
G. Vasilica: He stopped by our lab too. Anton, I mean, not Wasi.
J. Dyson: I got that.
J. Dyson: The apex technocrats have been paying us frequent visits during these few days. Parkinson said Kirill came to him the other day, Anton before that. What did he want from you?
G. Vasilica: Yeah, I heard Kirill also called a few seemingly important meetings with Austein over at the Mutagen Tanks.
G. Vasilica: As for us, Anton dropped by our lab for ten minutes. Frigid as a corpse, as usual. Interrogated a few of my scientists about our current projects and walked off. Never talked to me.
J. Dyson: You should watch your writing, man.
G. Vasilica: Nothing will happen. You think SAI reports to anyone anymore? Do you really think anyone still cares what happens around Hollow Earth?
J. Dyson: You want to test it?
G. Vasilica: Maybe. But as far as I can see, everyone is doing whatever they please around here and no one intervenes in any way.
G. Vasilica: Even apexes just stroll through and remain focused only on their own business.
J. Dyson: Gunter, let's stop here. I dislike them as much as you do, especially after recent incidents, but it is what it is. The last thing I need is someone knocking on my door because of this.
G. Vasilica: Fine.

Log: 278670 - M. Hope

M. Hope: Dr. Vasilica, may I have a moment of your time.
G. Vasilica: What can I help you with, Dr. Hope?
M. Hope: It is about what happened between the two of us during that meeting. I owe you an apology.
G. Vasilica: Glad to hear it, Dr. Hope.
M. Hope: I realized that my words were chosen poorly and that they should have never been spoken, there or anywhere else.
G. Vasilica: Glad to hear it, Dr. Hope.
M. Hope: Do understand that I have never considered you to be anything but one of the most brilliant scientists working in Hollow Earth. Even if my choice of words then might have implied otherwise. Do understand that.
G. Vasilica: Glad to hear it, Dr. Hope.
M. Hope: Gunter.
G. Vasilica: Yes, Dr. Hope?
M. Hope: There is no need for you to do this anymore. I already apologized to you.
G. Vasilica: I accept your apology, Dr. Hope, but what happened before the committee is not something I am likely to forget.
M. Hope: I understand. I am sorry, I know your team has been having issues which were out of your control and that my remarks were the last thing you needed, besides being overstatements. It shouldn't have happened.
G. Vasilica: Would that be all, Dr. Hope?
M. Hope: That would be all, Dr. Vasilica.

Log: 278764 - H. Kim

H. Kim: Your recent report on correlation between engineered STK protein and maximum lifespan in TKS1 and TKS2 subjects is rather fascinating, Dr. Vasilica, I have to admit. It seems like your team has finally provided us with something worthy of our time.
H. Kim: However, I am worried about your conclusions regarding the engineering and application in human subjects. Namely several of the proposed methods I feel are rather inadequate and poorly reasoned, I should even say. Could you come over to my office so that we can discuss the matter? I'm free today around three to five, and tomorrow at the same time.
G. Vasilica: I will come over today. Can you please tell me which methods are in question here, Dr. Kim?
H. Kim: We will talk in my office.

Log: 278780 - M. Hope

M. Hope: I heard Dr. Kim was giving you trouble today, Dr. Vasilica.
G. Vasilica: We had a discussion on one of my reports, Dr. Hope. That is all there is to it.
M. Hope: Indeed.
M. Hope: Is he giving you too much trouble, perhaps?
G. Vasilica: I don't need any favors, Dr. Hope.
M. Hope: No, this has nothing to do with favors. It's just that, due to the current situation, Dr. Kim should perhaps move his attention to some other projects that require more of it; it is certainly within my power to influence the commitee when it comes to these things.
M. Hope: I simply thought I'd let you know. It would eliminate the necessity for you to submit any more reports to him. Correct?
G. Vasilica: Correct. If that is how you feel about it, then I am in no position to object, Dr. Hope.
M. Hope: Very well, Dr. Vasilica. I wish you a pleasant day.
G. Vasilica: You too, Dr. Hope.
M. Hope: Oh, and one more thing, Dr. Vasilica.
M. Hope: Has Dr. Slavkovic contacted you, perhaps?
G. Vasilica: I don't believe he did. Is there a reason to?
M. Hope: Never mind. See you around, Gunter.
G. Vasilica: Sure, Dr. Hope. Have a nice day.

Log: 278792 - J. Dyson

J. Dyson: How did it go?
G. Vasilica: It started bad. But it got better later.
J. Dyson: ?
J. Dyson: What do you mean it got better later?
G. Vasilica: I'll come over and tell you all about it.

M. Hope

Log: 100360 - F. Austein

F. Austein: I talked to Colonel Salik. More AF troops are already on their way to Mutagen Tanks B.
M. Hope: Have you talked to Matveev or Gavrilyuk about this yet?
F. Austein: No. We have everything under control. A minor incident is nothing to worry about.
M. Hope: You said that the first time. And the second time.
F. Austein: You worry too much, Maria. We are making future here; Crucible is where we are creating new, intelligent species. There is bound to be a bump or two along that road. They are living beings, and they don't like where they are, but we will fix that soon enough.
F. Austein: Like we ever needed our subjects' consent.
M. Hope: Things have changed. Especially after you allowed your adopted mutant to shove its nose into everything we do.
F. Austein: Watch your words, Maria. Let me tell you one thing, my dear - you are not in position to make me angry, so watch it!
F. Austein: I don't care for how many years we've worked together, Otis will be wherever the hell I want him to be. If he's in the lab, it's because I demand so. If he's cleaning my toilet, it's because I demand so.
F. Austein: He is mine. He is the best I've ever made. He is what I want the rest to be like.
M. Hope: He is involved in the incidents, Frederik, listen to me. Get rid of him. You trust him too much.
F. Austein: Same old story, Maria, same old story. You'd tear all our work to shreds because of a few issues.
F. Austein: Otis will remain as my right-hand man and that is final, whether you like it or not.

Log: 100368 - G. Dyoglash

G. Dyoglash: The new group is ready for another exposure at the Crucible. Humans.
G. Dyoglash: Our team has prepared the compounds you requested, but I've been informed that our supply of reagents is running low. At this rate, we have about a month of testing unless we receive a new supply.
M. Hope: Thanks for informing me, Dr. Dyoglash. I will talk to Austein about the reagent supply.
G. Dyoglash: One more thing I wanted to tell you is that Otis was at the control room today again.
M. Hope: I will talk to Austein about that as well. Thank you for the information.
G. Dyoglash: Should I do anything about it?
M. Hope: No. Do not do anything.
M. Hope: I will be there in an hour or two.
G. Dyoglash: Yes, ma'am.

Log: 100372 - F. Austein

M. Hope: I was just informed that Otis was sent to Tartarus. But not as a prisoner.
F. Austein: What he is doing there is none of your concern, Maria.
F. Austein: Frankly, I grew tired of your nagging. Otis is none of your concern.
M. Hope: That is that, then.
M. Hope: Whatever happens next, it's all on you.

E. Mali

Log: 111245 - T. Cox

T. Cox: You did not respond to any of my messages.
E. Mali: Didn't read them. I was busy.
T. Cox: You did read them, but you chose not to respond. I am sending you Brawin's contact.
E. Mali: I believe my work is more important than teaching some kid how to work with mutagen.
T. Cox: Austein says otherwise.
E. Mali: Couldn't you find someone else to do this?
T. Cox: That wasn't my decision. I know nothing. I reckon Austein simply trusts you enough with this.
E. Mali: I have a lot of work, Cox. Austein wants me to complete sequences for the next batch of compounds for his subjects. And they are becoming restless.
T. Cox: I believe Dr. Austein is aware of all that you're telling me now. And that is why you need an extra pair of hands.
T. Cox: Brawin might be young and inexperienced, but I'm sure you'll fill him in quickly.
E. Mali: Alright.
T. Cox: Alright what?
E. Mali: Send me his contact.
E. Mali: Good. I will.

Log: 111248 - M. Hope

M. Hope: Dr. Mali, do you have a moment?
E. Mali: For you, always, Dr. Hope.
M. Hope: I talked to Dr. Cox.
M. Hope: About Michael Brawin, the young geneticist you were supposed to train.
E. Mali: Yes.
M. Hope: I was told that Cox sent you his contact, yet you never contacted him. Why is that so?
E. Mali: I was busy, Dr. Hope.
M. Hope: You will contact him today.
E. Mali: But, Dr. Austein tasked me with a few rather time consuming experiments. Can't someone else take over Brawin for me?
M. Hope: Dr. Austein and I already discussed this. He judges you have enough time to train Brawin and finish your experiments before the deadline.
E. Mali: I understand.
M. Hope: Very good.

Log: 111251 - M. Brawin

M. Brawin: I am really sorry for disturbing you, Dr. Mali, but I have been having some trouble understanding some of the things we talked about today.
E. Mali: You are not disturbing me. Tell me what you're having trouble with.
M. Brawin: Well, so far I have worked only within the realm of classical genetics, and perhaps due to it I am stuck in a particular way of thinking, but I have been having trouble wrapping my head around mutagen compound sequencing. At least some specific things regarding it.
E. Mali: You read the material I recommended to you?
M. Brawin: Some of it, yes, and I have been reading other things. But theory and practice are different. I am sorry, really sorry to be bothering you with the basics, and basics they are, I cannot deny, no matter how advanced it might seem to me.
E. Mali: Indeed. First of all, I want you to slow down and relax.
E. Mali: We will go through the basic terms again, but let us keep it focused and concise. You will then have it in written form so that you may reference it whenever you need do to so. For everything broader, see literature I recommended you.
M. Brawin: Thank you, Dr. Mali.
E. Mali: So, from the top: Mutagen, what is it?
M. Brawin: A general term expressing a substance which directly acts upon any organism's genome, changing, or mutating the said organism dynamically, effectively transforming its genotype as well as its phenotype - both endo and exo - in vivo, contrary to classical genetic engineering.
E. Mali: That is correct. You can stop typing. Let's keep this shorter. We don't need full definitions here.
M. Brawin: I understand.
E. Mali: Okay. So, a mutagen changes an organism dynamically. What is a mutagen atom?
M. Brawin: A mutagen atom is the most basic unit of mutagen. A mutagen atom can be positive or negative, and they are inert on their own, only being effective as a part of either a reagent or a mutagen compound.
E. Mali: Correct. Again, short and simple.
E. Mali: Now, what are you having trouble with?
M. Brawin: Well, what is the difference between the two? I remember that reagents can consist of both positive and negative atoms, while compounds only from positive. But I need some more clarification on that.
E. Mali: I see what you mean. I will not go into details regarding functions of specific atoms, positive or negative, their structure and all that. Obvious reasons. For that you best study Frasard's works.
E. Mali: Moreover, Nosek's more recent Phenotype Dynamics will also be a very good read. I forgot to include that one earlier.
E. Mali: Okay. Regarding reagents and compounds: Structurally, reagents and compounds are pretty much the same. In both, atoms are connected to one another in a linear sequence, the main difference being that reagents consist of both negative as well as positive atoms, while mutagen compounds do not. Am I being clear so far?
M. Brawin: Yes.
E. Mali: On their own, reagents are not of much use. They only serve to simplify the compound combining process. We don't want to be working with individual atoms every time we want to create a compound, and it is a different field altogether in any case.
E. Mali: The reagents can instantly be turned into standalone compounds even, by simply removing the negative atoms from the sequence. We did that today, if you remember.
M. Brawin: Yes, I do. Solis, Ovid, Io and a few others.
E. Mali: That is correct. So, mutagen compounds, as should be clear by now, are only composed of positive atoms. Same linear structure.
M. Brawin: I understand. But, I have had some issues when I tried coming up with sequences for more complex compounds. Maybe I'm just missing something.
E. Mali: Okay. For specific compounds, that we will discuss in the lab. But in general, keep this in mind: Mutagen compounds can only consist of UNIQUE positive atoms. You cannot have two of the same in a sequence.
M. Brawin: But that is where I have issues. The example I was looking at shows reagents which would, after combining, introduce duplicate atoms into the compound.
E. Mali: Negative and positive atoms of the same type will nullify each other when combined.
M. Brawin: I know that, but I still get duplicates even after the rest have been nullified. And I would basically need to add that one particular reagent just because of one atom the sequence is missing. The rest of the sequence is correct up to that point.
E. Mali: Again, you can only have unique positive atoms in the sequence. If a reagent contains an atom that is already present, the combinator will simply not accept it and will only add those atoms that are not in the sequence. Technically speaking, you can add the same reagent again if you need it for that one atom. Say you nullified it at some earlier point and need it again. Don't worry about double positives.
M. Brawin: I think I get it.
E. Mali: Yes?
M. Brawin: Well, I feel silly now.
M. Brawin: Yes. I rechecked it again and it should work now. I am so sorry. I feel so bad for bothering you with something so simple. Thank you again, Dr. Mali.
E. Mali: It's your first day, Michael. You did good. When I first got here I had trouble finding Mutagen Tanks B, let alone work with a mutagen combinator. I walked all the way past Warehouse Block 2, I remember. I got strange looks by the geologists working in one of the caverns.
M. Brawin: Thank you, Dr. Mali. I don't want to waste any more of your time. I will return to sequencing.
E. Mali: Better get some rest instead. Let this sink in. We'll see each other tomorrow.
M. Brawin: I will, Dr. Mali. Thank you again.

F. Manu

Log: 100001 - B. Helting

F. Manu: I'm back. Where were we?
B. Helting: We were discussing the westernmost cavern rock composition.
F. Manu: Right.
F. Manu: I have the samples here. The forest has really grown more than I expected. Those mushrooms are towering.
B. Helting: Thank you. They've been growing like crazy.
F. Manu: On a slightly related note, I heard Vasilica wrote a paper on self-growing bathroom tissues made out of fungi. So if you see him chopping down one of the mushrooms, don't act surprised.
B. Helting: Haha. A guy from his lab forwarded it to me. They were rolling on the floor when he sent it to them. The worst thing is, I am an expert in mycology, and I can say I see some good logic in what he wrote there. Joke or not, he thought it through.
F. Manu: Indeed.
B. Helting: Things would be boring around here if it weren't for Dude and him.
F. Manu: Yes.
F. Manu: Well, as far as that cavern is concerned, you've got nothing to worry about. I surveyed the whole cavern and took soil and rock samples, as we discussed. I doubt that the composition is any different, but I'll test it just to make sure. We aren't pushing anywhere near the magma, that's the most important thing, so freely move in and expand the forest.
B. Helting: Excellent! So when do you want me to come over and look at the samples?
F. Manu: Later today. I've got something else to do first.
B. Helting: Okay. I'll see you later then.
F. Manu: Sure.

Log: 10003 - B. Helting

B. Helting: I'm coming over take a look at those samples.
F. Manu: Sure.

Log: 100007 - W.Abdul:

W. Abdul: Manu, you there?
F. Manu: I'm sleeping. What's the matter? Is everything okay?
W. Abdul: I see him.
F. Manu: See who?
W. Abdul: The shadow.
F. Manu: What?
W. Abdul: I was lyng in bed trying to get some sleep It's been thirty hours since I last slept slept
W. Abdul: Lying I mean.
W. Abdul: But I heard someon knock.
W. Abdul: I opened my eyes and wnet to the door I opened them.
W. Abdul: There it was.
F. Manu: Are you sure you weren't hallucinating? Or maybe you did get some sleep and had a nightmare? And look at your writing.
W. Abdul: This was REAL, Manu Please listen you never tak me seriously!
F. Manu: I'm listening, but if you are hallucinating, go to med. I mean it.
W. Abdul: The shadow looked like me It had red eyes but it was me. W. Abdul: It puled pulled my cheeks with both hands, like it wantedto tear them apar
W. Abdul: Then it told me Im trapped in my body, Wht does that mean Manu?
W. Abdul: Then it walked through me and etrened the room
W. Abdul: It's touching my back now. It hurts.
W. Abdul: are you there ?
F. Manu: You are hallucinating. Go to med and talk to a doctor. I have work to do tomorrow.
W. Abdul: It's still here, Manu! It's touching me as I'm sitting in fron of the laptop.
F. Manu: I know you're freaking out, but you are hallucinating and you should see a doctor. Want me to come over and take you to med?
F. Manu: Is everything alright?
F. Manu: Are you there?
W. Abdul: I'll go to and try and get smoe sleep.
F. Manu: You do that. Talk to you tomorrow. Take care.

Log: 100018 - K. Vladovic

K. Vladovic: I'm going to Tartarus. The magma level is higher than usual. It's no big deal, but my team is going there just to make sure we're good.
F. Manu: Sure. We'll do the south exit some other time then.
K. Vladovic: Of course.
F. Manu: Good luck. I guess I have some time to take another stroll through Bianka's forest. There are some lower tunnels her team discovered just today. I could check them out.
K. Vladovic: Okay. See you later.
F. Manu: Sure. Good luck, again.

Log: 100022 - W. Abdul

W. Abdul: Are you there?
W. Abdul: Manu?
W. Abdul: hey?
W. Abdul: Hey?
W. Abdul: hey
W. Abdul: Manu
W. Abdul: Are you thre?
W. Abdul: Can you come over?
W. Abdul: Are you there?

S. Parkinson

Log: 43214316 - J. Dyson

S. Parkinson: John, I would like to speak to you. Contact me once you have time.

Log: 43214318 - F. Austein

F. Austein: Dr. Parkinson, there is something I wish to discuss with you.
S. Parkinson: I am here, Dr. Austein.
F. Austein: Very good. I suppose you might not be aware of this, but I have been keeping a close eye on psimorphs you have been working on. Fascinating creatures, truly. I sometimes even feel envious myself.
F. Austein: Moreover, it was brought to my attention that you are planning to release the specimens into Dr. Helting's fungal forest, which clearly means that you have a comfortable number of units. This is the reason why I am contacting you. I would like for you to give me several specimen for my mutagen experiments.
S. Parkinson: That won't be an issue, Dr. Austein. You are correct, since the recent genetic engineering and environmental psi-tuning we have managed to speed up the larval phase adaptation period and have therefore managed to significantly increase our breeding rate.
F. Austein: Very good.
S. Parkinson: Do you need my direct involvement or would someone from my team suffice?
F. Austein: You are quite busy yourself, so no, Dr. Parkinson, I will not take more of your time than necessary. Just have one of your colleagues come to Mutagen Tanks B with at least five specimen for the first exposure, and plan on him or her being available to me at least for some time.
F. Austein: As for later, we will see what the future brings.
S. Parkinson: Yes, I understand. Now, do you need adult or larval specimens?
F. Austein: Adult, I forgot to mention. When can I have them?
S. Parkinson: Today.
F. Austein: It couldn't be better. Once we carry out the first exposure at the Crucible, I will be sure to inform you how your specimen performed.
S. Parkinson: I would be thankful, Dr. Austein.
F. Austein: Very good. Notify me once the specimens are sent this way. And good luck with your future endeavors.
S. Parkinson: I will, sir. Thank you.

Log: 43214330 - T. Borovitch

T. Borovitch: I have completed resonance chamber testing on both Type-A and Type-B specimens, as you requested Dr. Parkinson.
T. Borovitch: I will file in a full report no later than this afternoon.
S. Parkinson: Very good, Borovitch.
S. Parkinson: What are your thoughts so far? How are the specimens reacting to the fragments from TL?
T. Borovitch: The results are overwhelmingly positive so far. So positive, in fact, I would be comfortable recommending we obtain more of these fragments, some even to be used in Dr. Helting's forest once we deploy the adult psimorphs there.
S. Parkinson: I am intrigued. Personally, I did not expect such a response.
S. Parkinson: I will read your report once it is done, and if it would benefit us to use more of these fragments, then we will send an armed expedition to obtain some more.
T. Borovitch: Excuse me for asking, as the information might've slipped by me, but where are these monoliths located?
S. Parkinson: Far to the south, past the lake. The area was safe during the original expedition, but I'll see if I can speak to Colonel Salik; maybe he will lend us a few AF soldiers to set up a more permanent camp there.
T. Borovitch: How the things are going, everyone will soon want a piece of that monolith.
S. Parkinson: Indeed.
S. Parkinson: Send me the report once it is done.
T. Borovitch: As soon as I'm finished, Dr. Parkinson.

Log: 43214340 - W. Abdul

W. Abdul: Manu, are you there?
W. Abdul: Manu?
W. Abdul: I am sorry, I didn't mean to contact you, Steve.
S. Parkinson: No problem. By the way, how are you feeling? Dyson told me you've taken a few days off.
W. Abdul: These last few days have been incredibly stressful. I've been working nearly non-stop during the last month and it finally got to me.
W. Abdul: The most important things are done, so I'll rest for a few days and then I'll be back to work.
W. Abdul: It's nothing to worry about.
S. Parkinson: I know, I know. I was in the same situation more times than I'd like to admit.
S. Parkinson: You keep on resting. You'll feel free of this burden in no time.
W. Abdul: I will, thank you.

D. Slavkovic

Log: 000345 - A. Matveev

A. Matveev: How are you feeling, Dr. Slavkovic?
D. Slavkovic: Rotten.
D. Slavkovic: So no different than usual.
D. Slavkovic: Are you calling me for a reason?
A. Matveev: Just to see how you were doing.
D. Slavkovic: Now you know.
A. Matveev: I have a question for you, if I may?
D. Slavkovic: If you must.
A. Matveev: Why did you move to that small, claustrophobic room? Caerus has some of the best apartments Biocorp has ever offered to its technocrats, yet you selected the one that deserves you the least.
A. Matveev: Was there something wrong with your apartment? I thought it had everything.
D. Slavkovic: I began to despise it exactly because of that reason.
A. Matveev: I see. How so?
D. Slavkovic: Because it reminds me of everything I've created during my lifetime. My hands made human beings, everything about them was according to my will. I felt like a god. And those I haven't constructed - I enhanced. You should know.
A. Matveev: Certainly, Dr. Slavkovic. Yet, I don't see why you shouldn't be reminded of these things? Aren't those great achievements?
D. Slavkovic: Anton, can you not understand?
D. Slavkovic: I am dying. Biocorp is dying. It is just a matter of time.
D. Slavkovic: It is an end of an era. An era of greatness.
D. Slavkovic: It will all turn into dust, my friend. Once you kill each other, and I know you will, Anton, I know you better than you know yourself.
D. Slavkovic: Once you kill each other, once most of Underrail dies of famine it will all be dust. We will fall, while the simple will survive. Like rats. They have enough brains to maintain their existence, but that is their intellectual ceiling. Survival, nothing more, nothing less.
A. Matveev: Your illness is fogging your judgment.
D. Slavkovic: Perhaps. But if that's the case, then it won't last much longer.

Log: 000346 - A. Matveev

A. Matveev: I apologize for leaving you in the middle of a conversation, Dr. Slavkovic. I was urgently called to Mutagen Tanks.
D. Slavkovic: I thought we were finished.
A. Matveev: You never explained to me why you left the apartment?
D. Slavkovic: If so you desire.
D. Slavkovic: That apartment, it is a piece of greatness, Anton. Greatness.
D. Slavkovic: That tiny space, relatively speaking, was Biocorp condensed into a form which can feed my ego the best.
D. Slavkovic: Yes, I love myself - I worship myself. I want to be reminded how great I am and how great the things I've made possible are.
D. Slavkovic: Few stand close to me. Nikolev, Frasard, obviously Clarkson. A few more. But that's it.
D. Slavkovic: And that great man is going to perish soon. And it will all come to an end. All his achievements gone.
A. Matveev: That is not true. You will be remembered, your work is monumental to genetic engineering. You were as close to a god as anyone could possible be.
D. Slavkovic: I will be remembered?
D. Slavkovic: What do I get out of people remembering me? Reading about me in literature?
D. Slavkovic: Nothing, that's what. Because I will be nothing. Dead.
D. Slavkovic: And even those memories will be gone with Biocorp.
D. Slavkovic: So if I renounce everything I have, death cannot take it from me. I live with no possessions in this cramped room. I have nothing, which is as much as I'll have in death.
A. Matveev: It is not too late to turn to cryogenics.
D. Slavkovic: This conversation is over. I'm tired.

Log: 000348 - F. Austein

D. Slavkovic: Austein, send someone to pick me up. I want to take a look at the subjects in Mutagen Tanks B.
F. Austein: Certainly, Dr. Slavkovic.

Log: 100350 - K. Gavrilyuk

K. Gavrilyuk: Dr. Slavkovic. I was informed that your condition has worsened.
D. Slavkovic: Yes.
K. Gavrilyuk: If there is anything you need, please say so.
D. Slavkovic: I need nothing you can offer.
K. Gavrilyuk: You might reconsider moving to medical center. You deserve better than being taken care of by a single nurse.
D. Slavkovic: I already told you and Austein and Matveev. No.
D. Slavkovic: Now, I do have something to ask you. What is going on with the Mutagen Tanks subjects? I talked to Austein, but he didn't give me any actual answers. I want to know the real state.
K. Gavrilyuk: They are under control.
D. Slavkovic: What about Austein's pet, whatever its name?
K. Gavrilyuk: Austein considers it his right-hand and he is unwilling to listen to reason.
D. Slavkovic: Biocorp is already close to the edge. Austein's subjects are numerous, and one of them walks around freely.
K. Gavrilyuk: I thought you stopped caring.
D. Slavkovic: It comes and goes. Come to think of it, I don't think I actually care. It's more of a natural and subconscious thing for me to observe the going-ons in Hollow Earth. Much like breathing. It goes on without you taking notice of it.
K. Gavrilyuk: I know that you strongly oppose cryogenics, but are you familiar with Project Eos?
Slavkovic: No.
K. Gavrilyuk: It's a project of Dyson and Abdul, from Tithonus Lab. The expedition which went south discovered peculiar monoliths. Most likely alien in origin. One of the proposed theories is that fragments of these monoliths can be used to project someone's being into a psionic image, as Dyson defined it.
D. Slavkovic: Is this some kind of joke?
K. Gavrilyuk: No, Dr. Slavkovic. Matveev visited his laboratory. If you are interested, he can fill you in with the details.
D. Slavkovic: I am not interested in witchcraft, Gavrilyuk. Now leave me alone. I am tired of this.
K. Gavrilyuk: As you wish, Dr. Slavkovic.

Log: 000352 - A. Matveev

D. Slavkovic: I read what you sent me. It is sound. However, I don't trust a drunkard like Dyson.
A. Matveev: I can vouch for Dyson, Dr. Slavkovic. When it comes to psionic research, there isn't a man more capable. And his recent discoveries regarding the monoliths have already opened new horizons. I personally inspected his work, and I am pleased with my observations.
A. Matveev: I wouldn't have brought this up to you if I wasn't sure in it.
D. Slavkovic: You didn't. Kirill did.
D. Slavkovic: Although, I know you used him as a proxy.
A. Matveev: Guilty as charged. Despite our differences, we both want what's best for you. I made an error in mentioning cryogenics first to you, thus causing an unwanted reaction.
D. Slavkovic: I see.
D. Slavkovic: When will they put the first group in stasis?
A. Matveev: Soon. I will speak to Dyson and give you a concrete date.
D. Slavkovic: I will keep an eye on the first group, and if I'm pleased with the results, then I will try it myself.
A. Matveev: Very good, Dr. Slavkovic.
D. Slavkovic: I don't have much time left anyway.
A. Matveev: Would you like to return to your apartment?
D. Slavkovic: No. Send me Dyson's contact. I would like to speak with him.
A. Matveev: Yes, Dr. Slavkovic.

W. Abdul

Log: 987663 - J. Dyson

J. Dyson: Wasi, are you there?

Log: 987665 - F. Manu

F. Manu: Wasi, I'm in my room with Dyson. We knocked at your door but you didn't respond.
F. Manu: Are you there?
F. Manu: It's been half an hour. We're calling someone to open the door.
W. Abdul: If they come here here, they will separate us, Wasi.
W. Abdul: I can't take this anymore I am tired and and I can brly see And you are hurting me.
W. Abdul: They will hurt you more.
W. Abdul: i just want this to end
W. Abdul: Peel the skin from your chest now. There is nothing left on your back.
W. Abdul: I cant
W. Abdul: You have to. You are not you anymore, don't you remember? Your body is a prison made of flesh. Get rid of it.
W. Abdul: i can't.
W. Abdul: You must.
W. Abdul: I can't do it why can't I just kill myself I can't take it anymore.
W. Abdul: Don't cry. Pain is but a small price for your new existence. Your freedom.
W. Abdul: i am tired I havent slept.
W. Abdul: You will never sleep again. You don't need to. You are getting rid of it all.
W. Abdul: why can't I kill myself
W. Abdul: We don't want that. We don't want your existence to end. You need to remove your flesh slowly, peel off all the outer layers. What is left is you in your purest form.
W. Abdul: i cant.
W. Abdul: It is too late. Just set yourself free, Wasi.