269;

[sciencedaughter]

___PROTOCOL 088Ω [DIRECT ACTIVATION]

>>> COPYING MAIN DRIVE, BACK UP DRIVE 1 - 13 TO CLONE DRIVE 'A'
1%... 29%... 55%... 83%... 100% COMPLETE
>>> CLONE DRIVE 'A' SUCCESSFULLY CREATED
>>> SYSTEM SCAN COMPLETE: SYSTEM SECURE
>>> ESTABLISHING SECURE CONNECTION FOR UPLOAD
>>> REPEAT FUNCTION: COPYING MAIN DRIVE, BACK UP DRIVE 1 - 13 TO CLONE DRIVE 'B'
14%... 45%... 67%... 89%... 100% COMPLETE
>>> CLONE DRIVE 'B' SUCCESSFULLY CREATED
>>> SYSTEM SCAN COMPLETE: SYSTEM SECURE
>>> ESTABLISHING SECURE CONNECTION FOR UPLOAD
>>> REPEAT FUNCTION: COPYING MAIN DRIVE, BACK UP DRIVE 1 - 13 TO CLONE DRIVE 'C'
8%... 20%... 62%... 77%... 100% COMPLETE
>>> CLONE DRIVE 'C' SUCCESSFULLY CREATED
>>> SYSTEM SCAN COMPLETE: SYSTEM SECURE
>>> ESTABLISHING SECURE CONNECTION FOR UPLOAD
>>> END_OPERATIONS

[TO: YURI LOWELL][PRIVATE][95% UNHACKABLE]


I have sent a package to your address.

If there should ever come a time in which it seems I have left this place- please open it.

[TO: RITA, ARTHUR, LIGHTNING, EAGLE][PRIVATE][95% UNHACKABLE]


If there are no objections, I believe we are ready to proceed.

There are still too many variables for me to be comfortable with the science- but I can no longer justify delaying an attempt. It will be best, I predict, to wait until the next curse... and proceed from it's end at midnight to avoid the possibility of those variables contributing even further.

[Filtered from Rita, Arthur, Lightning, Eagle; otherwise PUBLIC]

I have been in this City for 1,586 days. 4 years, 4 months, 3 days. - A New Year, by the Gregorian calendar, begins in two days.

It is not an adjective I use often, but. There is something... no. It may be best not to name it so after all.