🧭 dflores 001

[loculus]

Did the Mnemo get smaller while I was away?

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[loculus]

I lure you to one of these junctures using either my cunning or my feminine wiles, depending on what the situation calls for.

[oneirophrenic]

Ah, but it's my job to be immune to both of those, you see.

[loculus]

Does that imply you'd ignore me?

[oneirophrenic]

I suppose it would be cruel to ignore you when you've been gone for an age.

[loculus]

And to mistreat me on the eve of a new position? Your behaviour would be twice as appalling.

[oneirophrenic]

You raise a good point. Where are you? I believe a toast is in order.

[loculus]

Unpacking, but yes, it is. Is there a proper bar here? At last?

[oneirophrenic]

No, but I may or may not have a bottle of something in my desk drawer.

[loculus]

Nikola.

[oneirophrenic]

Let that stay between the two of us.

[loculus]

I won't say a word for as long as I'm allowed to partake. Am I coming to you or are you coming to me?

[oneirophrenic]

I'll let your feminine wiles win out and come to you.

[loculus]

Is your immunity taking PTO?

[oneirophrenic]

Professional immunity is one thing. Personal weakness is another.

[loculus]

Of course, how could I confuse the two?

niko.
We had two proclamations about your personal weaknesses at last count, how much will they damage your public image?

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

My public image has endured worse indignities. Besides, it's not every day that one of my favorites returns to the ship in a more permanent capacity.

dominiko.

[loculus]

According to the grapevine, Bishop couldn't find a Secret Santa gift for you until he settled on my reassignment.

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

Personally, I am delighted by this turn of events. But how are you feeling about it?

dominiko.

[loculus]

I would have preferred a new city to a new desk, company notwithstanding, but who am I to make demands in the face of a global resistance?

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

Domingo. I know from firsthand experience how difficult that particular transition can be.

dominiko.

[loculus]

[...] Of course. You're right. How long did you take to adjust once you'd been deemed fit for duty? My Romanian network disbanded and I've still been reaching for my phone like it's a nervous tic.

dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

It's hard to say. Our circumstances aren't quite comparable. I had to reinvent myself in a completely new field. But you will adjust, and who knows? Perhaps a desk job will slow the graying a little — not that it doesn’t suit you.

dominiko.

[loculus]

One of my jobs was a desk job.

Dominiko.

[oneirophrenic]

A stationary desk job. One that allows you to be moni me to keep an eye on you. And the others, I suppose, but that is less important.

Dominiko.

[loculus]

And why would you need to keep an eye on me? I haven't tried to join a band since 2003.