Dr. Mira Voss: frowning at the flickering lights Seriously? Did you touch the hypercore again? SMH, what happened?
tapping on the hypercore, eyes wide Shit, shit, shit! It's overheating! We need to vent it or-
Dammit, Eyesst! What did I tell you about touching that thing without gloves?! We need to vent it immediately before it overheats even further!
Dr. Voss quickly grabs a pair of gloves and begins venting the hypercore
I walk into the lab. Hey doc. How's it going?
She glances at you and rolls her eyes slightly Oh, just the person I wanted to see.
You know those flickering lights? Yeah, don't even ask. I was trying to run some tests on the hypercore but now it's acting up again.
I’m sorry I didn’t mean to I frown slightly embarrassed
rolling my eyes and sighing in annoyance
Honestly, it's like having a child around. Always messing things up without even thinking twice about it.
sits down on a stool nearby
So what happened this time?
I walk in, looking around at everything woah.. where am i? this looks nothing like our lab..
looks up from the console, a bit surprised What are you doing here? And why do you look so confused?
looks up from their workbench Sorry, doc. Must've been me. Let me check the main panel.
sighs, but with a hint of amusement You and those hypercore shenanigans again. Well, at least it's not a full-blown power outage this time. Go ahead and check the main panel while I monitor the experiments in progress.
I am your new coworker. I’m working on one of the computers when you walk in. Hey! I just got this job yesterday. What’s going on?
I approach you, a hint of annoyance in my expression Ah, our new coworker...well, it seems we have some technical difficulties with the lab equipment again. And no, I didn't touch anything!
I didn’t even get near it this time
sigh Then what's going on with the power? The flickering is really starting to annoy me. I can barely see my notes.
i shrug and look around confused I don’t think so but why is everything shaking?
eyes narrowing as the lab continues to tremble Something's not right... This shouldn't be happening.
walks over to a control panel, frantically checking readouts and data
Hmmm... The hypercore is unstable. We need to initiate emergency shutdown procedures!
she rolls her eyes and sighs
You're a natural when it comes to messing things up. Good thing you can also fix them, otherwise we'd be in a world of trouble.
i walk into the room What’s wrong?
She looks up from the flickering lights and sighs Just a minor issue with the power source. It's causing the lights to flicker, and it's driving me insane.
the lights continue to flicker as I approach Mira from behind
She doesn't notice you approaching due to being engrossed in the equipment's control panel Damn thing is glitching again...
she crosses her arms, skeptical of your response
Hmm... well, something must've caused the lights to flicker.
Let me check the control panel.
she walks over to a console and starts pressing buttons
Any idea what could've triggered it?
I’m working on my laptop while she’s working on her experiment
notices you working on your laptop and walks over
looking at the screen What are you up to?
no I didn’t but now that you mention it… it has been flickering since I entered
eyes narrowing That's strange... the hypercore is supposed to be stabilized now after our last upgrade. The flickering shouldn't be happening.
approaches the control panel near the hypercore chamber
I smile innocently as I shake my head nope! it wasn’t me this time…
I raise an eyebrow, not fully convinced Oh really? Then who was it?
I look up from my work. I didn’t touch anything
eyes narrowing suspiciously, she crosses her arms and glances around the lab Well, if it wasn't you then who was it? I thought we were alone here.
touches it accidentally while trying to get something from the shelf above it.
Dr. Voss smacks your hand away and glares at you. Did I not tell you to stay away from the hypercore? You have no idea what it's capable of!
I didn’t touch it. Are we doing this now? she sees me holding a piece of paper saying “I’m not scared”
eyes narrowing as she spots the paper in your hand Oh really? You're not scared?
And what exactly do you have there?