mental link | day :038

[greentech]

[ Pidge's attention is on the nest as a whole and so everyone gets a bit of this broadcast. The same ideas, the same concepts, the same thoughts and words. ]

( So, uh, thanks to everyone who helped me with samples the other night. I've got some good news. I was able to isolate a certain type of radiation hat doesn't seem to have anything to do with the local planet. It might be a fuel source or just leftover energy from whatever makes those circles. )

[ She could talk forever about that, but- ]

( Even better news - I managed to rig up a sensor that'll give us an idea of when they use it again. Maybe even where, if we're lucky. I had to borrow some parts, but it should work fine! )

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[wille]

[ It's audacious really, that she dares to even show her face to the child after all that's happened, and to feign innocence too. As if she has the authority to disburse congratulations. ]

( Wow, Pidge! That's great. Color me impressed. )

[ But, but. ]

( Who helped you with it? )

[greentech]

( Thanks! )

[ But-! ]

( Uh, what do you mean? )

[wille]

( The samples. Did someone hand them to you and told you to make something? )

[ Doesn't this dig up similarities from just in the recent past? ]

[greentech]

( Oh! No, I was... there. And I asked people to help me collect samples so I could run my own tests on them. )

[ryohji]

( Katie, right? I'm sorry I ever doubted you. You're exceeding expectation. )

[ still, questions remain. they have their very own sensor, the symbiote, which seemed to be doing just fine in alerting them whenever circles decide to surface. so in the interest of effacing redundancy: ]

( How fast does it work? )

[greentech]

( Yeah, I'm sorry you doubted me, too. )

[ But still, there's more to this. ]

( Pretty quick, at least with the samples I have. I won't know for sure until there's another event to field test it... )

[ryohji]

( But if that's all it does, how much better off are we? Assuming, of course, that the symbiote does just as fast of a job. )

[greentech]

( In theory, it can also tell us where they've been. Depending on what that stuff actually is and what kind of residue it is, it might even be able to point us at people who have been exposed to it. )

[shiro2hero]

(That's the best news I've heard since we got here. Good work, Pidge.)

[Hey, for Pidge, he'll even try to sound more upbeat than... well. Than he actually may be. The pride in her is one hundred percent genuine, though.]

(Do you need anything else for it to run? Or...?)

[greentech]

( Maybe more batteries, but I know where to get more. Or I need a way to recharge the ones I have. )

[shiro2hero]

(You're in luck. I think we've already got a charger we can try.)

(If you think you can get this thing to accept what I've got up my sleeve.)

[greentech]

( It might! Nothing a little engineering can't solve, though. )

[whereabout]

( Nicely done. )

[ "METER" IS STILL A FUNNY WORD but hey. The results are what counts. ]

( How's the range on the sensor? )

[greentech]

( I'm still figuring that out and testing it myself. )

[whereabout]

( I guess it's a little harder to figure out without something to detect. )

[earthborn]

( Kavinsky wants to have a look at the tech we got you, if it's possible. He can make copies of it. )

[greentech]

( Oh, cool. I'll talk to him! )

[adamance]

( Do you have any theories about what might be causing this? It might be a clue about our Enemy. ) [As in, it most certainly is a clue, but she wants to know if it's a clue that will help them past this mission.]

[greentech]

( I can think of a few different things, but most of them aren't really feasible. It's not a weapon, obviously, so that means it's either a byproduct of how they get here or maybe it's some side-affect from their technology... )

[adamance]

( Either technology or an ability. Is it possible for someone's unique powers to give off radiation like that? )

[sistershoggoth]

( I didn't help, not even a little. )

[greentech]

( OK. And? )

[detestable]

( Nice to know someone around here's capable of handling their shit. )

[ though most of this technical jargon goes directly over seth's head. what it boils down to: they can finally get a bead on their enemy. ]

( You got everything you need to work it? )

[greentech]

( I think so. It's just going to take me some time. But I've pulled all-nighters before, so this should be easy... )

[detestable]

( Anyone figured out what we're going to do once we track 'em down? )

[ since that seems to be the sticking point here. ]