Case Five

[ghostin_myshell]

[If anyone's been looking for Motoko recently, she's been hidden away on that shuttle, trying to find a way to get it to fly. But now, there are a couple of wires plugged into the back of her neck, slightly visible as she sits in the pilot's chair. One leads to her Sphere and another continues on to a port on the control panel. She looks a little

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[bolganone]

What're you doing!? [Staring at the wires sticking out.]

[ghostin_myshell]

[Okay, now she notices that it started broadcasting. Damn it....]

I was trying to see if I could get this thing to fly, but nothing's worked so far.

[bolganone]

Lyle couldn't either-- maybe it's broken.

[ghostin_myshell]

As far as I can tell, it's not broken. The DNA recognition system isn't hackable, no matter what I try. It needs the correct sample, no two ways around it.

[lolitatrap]

[She stares at the cords, at the connection to the metal, but there are... More important things. She can't talk about strangeness.

Most people here are strange.]

...What... Has a DNA sequence?

[ghostin_myshell]

It's this ship that we were presumably supposed to use to escape. It won't start without the right DNA code.

[lolitatrap]

What is a DNA code?

[ghostin_myshell]

It's the same as a DNA sequence: the basic genetics that make up every person, determining what they look like and such.