SLOBFERN (Translated from Slobese)
You did great, Query, and I liked the "hiccups"...I'm getting the sense they were helpful too, actually.
You did great, Query, and I liked the "hiccups"...I'm getting the sense they were helpful too, actually.
QUERY
Just fulfilling my directive, miss Fern.
Just fulfilling my directive, miss Fern.
C0-QUEEN DOCTOR STAPHANIE CELIA
Given what we've now heard from Query, local fungoids, and buzzer data, we're positive your moldy hunk of bread is somehow a core component of a Hospital laboratory technician, quite possibly the head of the whole branch. This means we would want to choose at least three or more additional objects we think are relevant, and get them back to Magdolene.
Given what we've now heard from Query, local fungoids, and buzzer data, we're positive your moldy hunk of bread is somehow a core component of a Hospital laboratory technician, quite possibly the head of the whole branch. This means we would want to choose at least three or more additional objects we think are relevant, and get them back to Magdolene.
QUERY
So it is Magdolene's vibrational trail I'm detecting. I look forward to working with her...but I'm afraid this brings us to a few queries of my own. Might I ask how Magdolene has been faring in these surroundings?
So it is Magdolene's vibrational trail I'm detecting. I look forward to working with her...but I'm afraid this brings us to a few queries of my own. Might I ask how Magdolene has been faring in these surroundings?
SLOBFERN (Translated from Slobese)
Not sure, actually, she seems alright now, but we found her trapped in some kind of flesh cocoon we had to tear open, and I think I could only see it or touch it in this gross body.
Not sure, actually, she seems alright now, but we found her trapped in some kind of flesh cocoon we had to tear open, and I think I could only see it or touch it in this gross body.
QUERY
I see. I also see that this monitor is marked for use by the Hospital's catering services?
I see. I also see that this monitor is marked for use by the Hospital's catering services?
SLOBFERN (Translated from Slobese)
Oh, right, Balmer wanted the computers working in the cafeteria...
Oh, right, Balmer wanted the computers working in the cafeteria...
QUERY
It is rather critical that they retain data services. If this monitor is returned to their facility, it will at least be accessible to Chip, who can consequently "monitor" their conceptual stability. I no longer necessarily require it, as I have regained control of network hardware throughout the plank maze, but there is only one other usable terminal on this side, which I believe you have seen before.
It is rather critical that they retain data services. If this monitor is returned to their facility, it will at least be accessible to Chip, who can consequently "monitor" their conceptual stability. I no longer necessarily require it, as I have regained control of network hardware throughout the plank maze, but there is only one other usable terminal on this side, which I believe you have seen before.
SLOBFERN (Translated from Slobese)
That would be the one in Jay's room, then...I know Crash was using it to mess with him.
That would be the one in Jay's room, then...I know Crash was using it to mess with him.
QUERY
Ah. That would be why it smells of "Professor Cheezorg's Pseudonutritive Starch Clots: Screaming Triple Saltastrophe Flavor IV (Final Reckoning)"...good, that means he took my advice to cut back on sodium.
Unfortunately, while I have regained shaky control of the monitor in question, something with an abnormal signature is obstructing my perception of the surrounding room. If you can clear this obstruction, we can establish a permanent access point for my services in the plank maze, I can ensure Magdolene has a safe retreat under my watch, and you can return the Cafeteria's terminal where it is needed.
Ah. That would be why it smells of "Professor Cheezorg's Pseudonutritive Starch Clots: Screaming Triple Saltastrophe Flavor IV (Final Reckoning)"...good, that means he took my advice to cut back on sodium.
Unfortunately, while I have regained shaky control of the monitor in question, something with an abnormal signature is obstructing my perception of the surrounding room. If you can clear this obstruction, we can establish a permanent access point for my services in the plank maze, I can ensure Magdolene has a safe retreat under my watch, and you can return the Cafeteria's terminal where it is needed.
QUEEN MAYA CELIA
Anything else you can figure about this "obstruction" besides "abnormal?"
Anything else you can figure about this "obstruction" besides "abnormal?"
QUERY
Its vibrational frequencies would likely evade comprehension by Hospital-specific entities, and even my broader conceptual parameters are having some difficulty with its identification. However, I am unsure how much of this is a matter of conceptual-perception and how much is due to what we call Brute Mechanics, which is to say, it might just be a big thingy blocking my view.
For now, I will disconnect from this terminal, don't forget to take the mouse with it.
Its vibrational frequencies would likely evade comprehension by Hospital-specific entities, and even my broader conceptual parameters are having some difficulty with its identification. However, I am unsure how much of this is a matter of conceptual-perception and how much is due to what we call Brute Mechanics, which is to say, it might just be a big thingy blocking my view.
For now, I will disconnect from this terminal, don't forget to take the mouse with it.
ACQUIRED: REGENERATED MONITOR
Filled with the weird, loosely thematic junk you collected from the maze and a dead rat somehow now attached by its tail, this apparently now counts as "one" item. It can channel Query in the plank maze, but Chip in the rest of the Hospital.
Filled with the weird, loosely thematic junk you collected from the maze and a dead rat somehow now attached by its tail, this apparently now counts as "one" item. It can channel Query in the plank maze, but Chip in the rest of the Hospital.
