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[good evening, Paradisa. not to interrupt, but...]

Hey, uh... Anyone have experience with handling unstable isotopes?

I've got... kind of a problem.

[kind of a potentially radioactive problem.]

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You were working with this directly? You know, that doesn't sound safe to me. I'm surprised the castle let you have it.

[But he'll of course at least attempt to place the cubes into the machine, barring any castle interference, and he works with a calm precision. It's clear he's handled dangerous materials before.]

I'm... kind of conditioned for it. [him and radiation have a weird relationship.] But I get what you mean. I'm starting to think it only gave me this stuff so it could...

[but hey, when York goes to put the cubes back... they... go in without a problem! fancy that.]

...Huh.

[York makes sure they're securely in the machine, looking to see if there are any error lights or anything.]

You know, I have to ask, have you figured out your loss yet? Cause I'm thinking that might be it.

Well, that's... sure what it looks like, isn't it?

[he sighs and runs a hand through his hair. trying to decide if it's specific to this scenario, or something broader. he'll have to test, now.]

But... thank you. Can you set it to twenty-four RPS?

Sure thing.

[It only takes him a moment to read the controls and set them as requested.]

Can I ask why you'd need this stuff, anyway?

[man, he's good at this...]

Yeah. I promise I'm not just messing around with dangerous particles for fun.

I'm, uh... [he fidgets with his hands a little.] I'm a nuclear physicist, I specialize in gamma radiation. I'm also trying to help figure out how this dimension, or... even just this castle works. Since there's a whole lot of questions and not many solid places to start, the idea was... start with what I know.

[he'll shrug and lean back against the table, then.] Figured I might be able to analyze something from the castle, maybe see if there were any patterns or unusual behaviors in atomic decay that I could use to piece something together. But then, well... you know how well that's worked out.

Holy shit. I don't think we've ever had a real nuclear physicist here before.

[He sounds impressed - sure, York has to deal with this kind of thing as part of his job, but that doesn't mean he's anywhere near able to theorize about it.]

It's a good idea. But if handling them is part of your loss, maybe you could get other people to run the experiments and then you could just work with the data? I know my friend Kat at the very least would like to see some scientific results instead of just magical bullshit all the time.

[he nods. looking a little better.]

As much as I hate to admit it... that's probably for the best. Better to work together than risk blowing something up. [kind of an awkward laugh.] I'll do some tests and see how far the, uh, loss goes. But I'll try and find something less dangerous next time.

[York nods. He knows a lot of scientists are very protective about their results, but at the same time, they were kind of all trapped here together. Any information on how to get out of this place really should be shared.]

Just let me know if you need anything. There are a good half-dozen of us who are trained to deal with dangerous materials from my world alone.

...Thanks. I'll do that.

[he pauses, back to awkward, and sort of gesturpoints to... just... York in general.]

So, I gotta ask, is that all... military? You said you're a freelancer, right?

United Nations Space Command, Special Operative Project Freelancer. We're military, but with a pretty high degree of freedom.

Huh. [...] Didn't know the U.N. went into space.

[must be from a different dimension or... timeline. or something. :/]

They probably haven't yet, in your time. Not too many of us here from the 26th century for some reason.

[Yep, different timeline.]

Yeah... Doesn't sound like it.

[a guy from the future, huh? well, there we go.]

And here, do you guys just... help out people who've got radioactive time-bombs hanging around?

Mostly I try to keep myself out of trouble. And there are a couple people around--AIs that are off their rocker, primarily--that a lot of people don't know how to deal with, so I keep an eye on them. And I try to keep the CastleNet updated with the current floor map, daily sweeps, but that's more of a hobby than anything else.

[he rubs at the back of his neck. rogue AI? it feels like he's never going to be caught up.]

Well, that sounds... good, at least. Thanks for taking the time.

[Welcome to Paradisa, man.]

Least I can do. Karma can be a real harsh mistress in this place, if you know what I mean. So I like to help when I can.

Well... I really appreciate it. Sounds like the place has enough problems... I don't need to go causing more.

No worries. And let me know if you come with anything interesting in your research, yeah?

Yeah. [nodding.] Yeah, sure thing.

Awesome. Anything else you want me to help you out with while I'm here?

Nope. [he shrugs.] Preventing molecular decay was pretty much it.

[York chuckles a little.]

Just drop me a line if anything else comes up. I know not everyone here is trained to deal with radioactivity.

[And he'll wave on his way out.]

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