The Looker's View
Fringe//PG-13//AltAstrid, AltBroyles
I actually started this ages ago, probably off of something that
sweet_anise said, and then I put it away in a folder and forgot about it. I think I was curious of how AltAstrid would actually think about all the events that go around her, or basically how she would interact with the world in general?
The planet Earth is the third planet in orbit around the sun, located 129,669,180 kilometers away and the fifth largest planet in the solar system. The diameter at the equator is 12,756.1 kilometers and the diameter from the poles is 12,713.5 kilometers.
New York City is located at 40°43′″N, 74°00′″W. Fringe Division Headquarters is located at 40.45°43.24′″N, 75°00′″W. Current population within New York City is estimated to be approximately 7,453,452.
4,025 residents of New York are employed by Fringe Division.
Estimated death toll by occurrence of Fringe events, breaches and quarantines within the state of New York is 13,464.
Every morning, her alarm wakes her at 6 AM Eastern Standard Time. She showers for precisely ten minutes.
Fresh water only exists in a liquid phase within the temperature range of 0 to 100 degrees Celsius, 32 to 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Oceans with a depth of 4 kilometers cover 70.8% of the Earth.
At 6:30, she eats breakfast and takes a mixture of neurological enhancers (primary active ingredients 15 mg caffeine, 45 mg theobromine, 70 mg celeritamine) to aid her in her job. Ten minutes after finishing breakfast, she leaves her dwelling to walk to Fringe Division Headquarters. The distance she walks is 1.3 miles or 2.09214 kilometers.
Outside, it is cold and the sky is clouded. Chances of precipitation are 20.4%, chance of snow 0.2%. It is late fall- the four seasons result from Earth’s axis of rotation being tilted more than 23 degrees.
It takes her 34.2 minutes to arrive at the building,
She arrives before anyone else. She changes into her uniform and assumes her post by 7:30 AM.
Colonel Phillip Broyles arrives in the office in the range of 8-8:30 AM.
Agent Olivia Dunham arrives every day 9 AM.
After the occurrence of a Class 1 breach, Agent Olivia Dunham does not check in.
After five days, Agent Farnsworth considers this anomalous and reports this to Colonel Broyles.
“Sir,” she waits for him to acknowledge her. “Agent Dunham has not reported to her post in five days. Considering that the longest period that she has been absent prior has been two days, I would consider this an anomaly.”
Colonel Broyles nods. “Thank you, Agent Farnsworth. You’re dismissed.”
Three weeks after her absence, Agent Olivia Dunham returns to work to a case where Agent Farnsworth has found a statistical improbability.
There is something different about Agent Dunham. She arrives three minutes later than usual.
When Agent Dunham inquires her about the probability of a manipulation of variables to create a chain reaction of events cumulating in accidents, she notices that Agent Dunham is not tapping her fingers on the console.
Agent Dunham drums her fingers against her hand instead.
The chances that Agent Dunham has internalized a new physical trait within three weeks following her absence is 2.3%.
Later, Agent Dunham thanks her and refers to her as Astrid.
Prior to her absence, Agent Dunham had always referred to her as Agent Farnsworth.
She considers the possibilities, and concludes that only course of viable action would be to collect more data regarding the matter.
It takes her a week to gather enough data to conclude that probability that Agent Dunham has been replaced with a doppelganger to be 74.6%. This Agent Dunham refers to her as Astrid rather than Agent Farnsworth, and has more insight into human behavior than the other Agent Dunham. The doppelganger is more hesitant and spends an average of four minutes more in morning conversation with Agent Charlie Francis.
Agent Farnsworth does not report this to her superiors. Based on all indications, the doppelganger is functionally similar to the previous Agent Dunham, is capable of carrying out her missions with a similar rate of success (65% from 68%, decrease of 3% within margin of error) and does not appear to have an ulterior motive other than fulfilling Agent Dunham’s role in Fringe Division.
She does not question where the original Agent Dunham is.
Colonel Broyles does not arrive into his office one day. She finds this anomalous, and attempts to contact his home. His wife reports that he did not arrive home last night, and that this behavior is unlike him.
It is reported that Colonel Broyles had been killed in trying to seal a breach outside of Boston.
The casualties resulting from the previous Boston quarantine was 589,141. The casualties from all Fringe events and breaches prior to the quarantine were 1,143.
She does not inquire as to where the doppelganger had gone upon the return of Agent Dunham. She determines that the rate of coincidence is 53.5% between the return of Agent Dunham and Colonel Broyle’s death.
She does not relay this information to her new superior, Colonel Lincoln Lee.
The casualties from all Fringe events and breaches since the quarantine of Boston are now 1.