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week 0, monday

[discomfort]

[ owner is going to walk over to her in the hall. i guess. sure hall. ]

So, what do you think of your new job?

[ she was so paranoid so surely she will love this situation ]

[thematics]

[ yeah enjoy the ambient emotionshare of paranoia. ]

I'm not sure if I'm more offended by being demoted or the insane insistence that I would have ever signed this contract. You?

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They were fairly insistent that I must have simply forgotten signing it, but I would never agree to another job.

[ HE ALREADY HAS A JOB? WHY WOULD HE WANT A DIFFERENT ONE? LIE BETTER. ]

[thematics]

I can't imagine that lie is fooling anyone here.

[ did any of us app someone dumb/nice enough to just say 'yeah okay' ]

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I suppose if anyone suffers from memory issues normally, maybe.

But then... why lie about it?

[thematics]

... That's a possibility. [ did any of us app someone with memory problems... ]

Hoping they grabbed people who are polite in face of mistakes, probably.

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[ he covers his mouth to quickly hide a laugh. ]

You would think they'd notice that wasn't the case, considering all the spying they did.

[ the profiles... ]

[thematics]

Which I am very uncomfortable with, by the way?

But between the nanites and the AI we can't talk to, they might not have had to look at those much themselves.

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That's true...

[ there's a ping of annoyance at the nanites mention. god he hates them. ]

Let the technology do the work for you as you sit back, even when it seems to be flawed. Or... they claim it is, anyway.

[thematics]

The more AIs you know, the less you trust them to do things on their own without supervision. Theirs can't even open doors, and we have to trust it with our life support?

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They said the nanites suppressing abilities is because they can't recognize them, and considers them abnormal... but you would think they'd be aware by now of biological differences between species if they're used to space travel...

[thematics]

... Right. Some of the people here are as good as aliens. Which they don't seem too shocked by, so you would think they would be more prepared.

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Exactly! It is just a bunch of oversights that do not align with how they are pushing what a great company this is.

[ this company is prejudiced ]

[thematics]

Never trust a company big enough to do this kind of stuff to begin with. Whoever's running it must be crazy.

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Crazy, or rich enough that they do not need to care about the every day man.

[thematics]

Not caring about the every day man makes you crazy.

[discomfort]

You raise a good point. Crazy, soulless-- all the same, maybe.

But that seems to be the kind of situation we are in.

[thematics]

It's not new. I'm tired of it.

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Ah, that's right... it did sound like your situation before this was complicated.

[ girl what kind of spaceships have you been on ]

[thematics]

Every situation I hear from people here sounds complicated. Haven't heard yours, though.

[discomfort]

Oh.

I am just an inn owner. The Murakumo Inn in Japan.

[thematics]

Sounds simple enough. [ i don't personally trust that it is, but that's fine. ]

So this job is a bit out of your wheelhouse.

[discomfort]

Well, I am used to running errands for guests, but not quite on the... intergalactic level.

[ also he makes other people to carry boxes for him ]

[thematics]

What, you don't have the rest of the staff do that kind of thing for you?

[discomfort]

We usually end up dividing the guests amongst ourselves for who will tend to them. One of my staff does do all the cooking for all though, but that's because he doesn't really trust the rest of us in the kitchen.