001 | day after zombies

[skyentific]

[A slightly pale and more-than-slightly displeased Ema greets the screen. It looks like she may have had one or two or three narrow escapes from undead.]

This is a really nice way to bring us in here... Oh, it's on already--? [she clears her throat and launches in with barely a preamable.]

I'm Detective Ema Skye... I have a question. So we've pretty much taken care of those... zombie-things now, right? [she ticks off on her fingers:] Also, we heard that animals were the disease vectors, and that something called "holy magic" [she wrinkles her nose at that] can cure them.

That's all well and good...But has anyone done a real forensic investigation? We could trace this back to the source, or at least figure out how it happened... [Her displeasure seems to melt away rather quickly.] It's all part of the power of science!

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[skyentific]

Yes, exactly.

[At the rest of it, she shrugs. She can't bring herself to care any more about magic than that.]

[vaudevil]

It appears that there is some work ahead. Do you need my help?

[It will at least give him something to do.]

[skyentific]

Well... I don't know. You said you were a robotics person? Do you have any robots designed for scientific epidemiology research?

[vaudevil]

Give me some time to make one. I was in the middle of something else when this incident came up. Now, it appears that I have no choice but to start my projects more aggressively.

I'll be in touch. Ah, it would help if I had a name. I'm Lee.

[skyentific]

Great, Lee. I'm Ema. [Again.] A pleasure to meet you.

[vaudevil]

[Whoops, it looks like someone wasn't paying attention close enough initially for a name. Well, at least now she has his to work with.]

I should have a prototype in about a week. I don't know how well those zombie parts will store.

[skyentific]

I'd hope no worse than regular parts... But we'll see.

[vaudevil]

I see. I best get to work.

[skyentific]

Me too. I'll speak with you later, Lee.

[vaudevil]

Likewise, Ema.

[And with that, he ends the feed.]