[Still in Sam's Office] Getting One's Irish Up

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:55 pm

"We've been talking. Some of the issues are becoming a bit more obvious."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:07 pm

"Okay, good. All I managed to do was... well..." she says, glancing at the chocolate remains on the floor.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:30 pm

"The gist of it is that whenever anyone feels 'inspired' here, they're sending directions to his shifting ability."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:42 pm

"Well that's no good."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:45 pm

"And anyone in Research and Development is doing it, or any other department that gets a bright idea."

"And let me clarify, bright ideas are plentiful after Black Air. His body got taught to do quite a few new things."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:49 pm

"Of course..." she sighs. "So is there anything you can do about it? Put some kind of filter in place?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:51 pm

"I've proposed that, but I do feel it's crucial to Will's trust levels that I discuss this with him before attempting anything."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:59 pm

"that's probably a good idea, yeah."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:21 pm

"He seems to have developed this as an ersatz defense mechanism. He can't be controlled if there's no central control, in his mind."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:28 pm

"Well it works on me anyway. I got lost immediately."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:31 pm

"Trouble is, nothing's working very efficiently right now, and nobody answers to anyone."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:39 pm

"Can't they at least... form some kind of committee?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:44 pm

"Strongly suspect each of the 'departments' is enjoying its autonomy."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:54 pm

"So now what?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:55 pm

"Don't suppose you found out anything over where you were?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:59 pm

"Nothing that we didn't really know already."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:02 pm

"Are you certain? Sometimes the internal perspective of an event we know about can lend insight."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:08 pm

"Well, all those people outside that we saw? Apparently those are from when he was split into all those separate tubes. I... didn't think he could do that. Pieces of him have never been sentient or conscious except... except the Will from that other world."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:21 pm

"So his mental compartmentalization was increased by that, and didn't simplify back down? That may explain a few things..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:24 pm

"I... suppose, yeah." she says, trying to follow along.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:25 pm

"By which I mean that each segment tried to complete itself, and redundancies weren't reconciled after he recombined."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:33 pm

"You think each segment might have become a department? Trying to be self-sufficient?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:35 pm

"I think all of them might have tried to have their own set of departments, which resulted in all the departments growing much larger when he was whole again."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:40 pm

"Oh. Yeah, that makes more sense."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:50 pm

"All of them had the ability to shift, and all of them were given new templates during the testing. They recombined and suddenly there's a large backlog of new things Will can do."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:51 pm

"So maybe it'll fix itself in time when waste management catches up?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:53 pm

"It might, but I think we can help him streamline things so that the flow of new templates isn't such a shambles."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:54 pm

"We? Can I help somehow?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:57 pm

"You haven't noticed that his entire R&D department looks like you?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:06 pm

"Well yes, he's always seemed to have cast me for some parts in here. Doesn't seem to do me any good when I'm here though."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:17 pm

"Think of the symbolism. He trusts you to let him know what's going on, how to make things work."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:21 pm

"Right, but in here I don't actually know how things work, so it doesn't do me much good"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:54 pm

"Even so, that department will listen to you more than to me. I'd likely have to actually restructure things myself."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:56 pm

"I can try, just not really sure what to tell them. The Will in records seemed to recognize me as being form the outside even."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:00 pm

"And that's his job, aye?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:09 pm

"I guess."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:37 pm

"Might take some investigation, but I do think you can play a role here."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:15 pm

"I'll do whatever I can to help."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:17 pm

"Ready to go topside?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:21 pm

She nods.

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