Rufus Catch-All

[misstrust]

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[misstrust]

I see.

[ Dorothy hums a little, thoughtfully. ]

... By any chance, was there any mention of a virus?

[soulus]

Not in the memories.

Was there any mention of it in your journey?

Aren't you supposed to be asleep

[misstrust]

No, that was chaotic at best. But the removed were all discussing it before-- that the Leaders remembered that the problem in the Realm was apparently some manner of virus.

I was wondering if that might have had something to do with what happened to them... and how things have disappeared and reappeared this week.

[soulus]

I've heard about it.

It's been said that eliminating the virus may require more than a fight.

[misstrust]

Like generating more nova?

[soulus]

I don't know the details, but it's a possibility.

[misstrust]

I see. I'm sure we'll likely find out more details tomorrow, whatever they may be.

[soulus]

If there was enough nova to restore our memories . . . it may be time for the virus to appear.

[misstrust]

Do you have any experience with viruses?

[soulus]

This is the first time.

[misstrust]

Myself as well. It seems to be computer-related, and those really aren't a product of my time yet.

[ She says it a little dryly, because that just makes her sound old. ]

[soulus]

There are books on the subject here . . . but they're rather long.

[misstrust]

Have you read them?

[ Dorothy is not afraid of books, but they only have a few days left as is. ]

[soulus]

Yes. That's how I was able to dismantle the computer in the security office.

[misstrust]

That was you? Was it too much of a threat?

[soulus]

There was nothing threatening about it. I was merely experimenting.

[misstrust]

Experimenting? On what would happen, if anything?

[soulus]

. . . Nothing happened. The computer became nonfunctional after that.

[misstrust]

Yes, as I suppose it would if you broke it.

[soulus]

I put the important pieces back together.

[misstrust]

It was at a time where you likely didn't need to know much more about the participants for trial purposes anyway.

[ Since. Well. He'd already known that the culprits were going to be vastly narrowed down anyway, but that also just makes her frown to remember. ]

[soulus]

. . . It's no longer relevant.

[And they're not going there.]

[misstrust]

... Mm, so it isn't.

[ No they are not. ]

[soulus]

Did you learn anything else while you were on that side?

[misstrust]

Mm. We had a discussion about the roles-- apparently a lot of them hadn't even known something like that was part of the competition and I learned who killed whom.

And I learned you're quite popular with the ladies there.