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Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 127

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  1. [May 25, 2166]
  2. [Dohány Street Synagogue]
  3. [Budapest, Hungary]
  4. [Colony State - British Super-Nation]
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  8. Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest synagogue built in Europe and one of the largest in the world, even in the middle of the 22nd century. Within its beautiful halls, a small group of students is being shown around the magnificent building by a rabbi. However, the group's tour is cut short when a large, well-built woman with dirty blonde hair steps into the synagogue; she's dressed in the functional black agent's uniform of a C.D.F. Marine recruit with a simple name tag: "B.J." Blazkowics.
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  11. (Kalanit Shapiro): Yes, may I help you, stranger?
  12.  
  13. (Agent Blazkowics): My name is Agent Blazkowics, and I'm here on a diplomatic mission representing the Global Union of Divisions.
  14.  
  15. (Kalanit Shapiro): I'm sorry to disappoint you, Agent, but there are no political figures present. I am simply a local rabbi showing these children the splendour of this synagogue.
  16.  
  17. (Agent Blazkowics): Maybe this will change your tune. Ahem..... "My entrance isn't necessary, but keep contact regardless".
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  20. After hearing the Hebrew phrase from the G.U.D. agent, the rabbi quickly shuffles the children along into the synagogue's library; another rabbi gladly takes them in. The Shapiro woman simply gestures for Agent Blazkowics to follow her, and the two walk into a maintenance room for the electrical systems of the building.
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  23. (Kalanit Shapiro): You are Da'at Yichud?
  24.  
  25. (Agent Blazkowics): My mother was, but she seceded after they refused to recognize her marriage to my father.
  26.  
  27. (Kalanit Shapiro): Ah, I remember that! Your mother had violated the sacred sanctity of marrying into a family that was deemed unsuitable towards maintaining the secrecy of the sect's greatest treasures..
  28.  
  29. (Agent Blazkowics): She's still sore about it, but that's not why I'm here. I'm here to--
  30.  
  31. (Kalanit Shapiro): Yes, you told me earlier! A diplomatic mission, hmm? I will take you to whom you seek.
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  34. As the two stand in front of an electrical junction box, the rabbi tour guide hums in Hebrew for a bit, causing the entire wall to open up before them: a secret entrance. With the entrance activated, Agent Blazkowics follows Shapiro down a winding spiral of stairs that possesses an architectural aesthetic akin to a 10th century castle belonging to the highest of nobility.
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  36. Soon enough, the pair reaches a large wooden door. The rabbi knocks in a specific pattern, prompting the door to open on its own. As the two step into the room, Blazkowics can't help but marvel at the sight she's taking in.
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  38. Everywhere one could look in this large chamber, there's some kind of marvellous and downright magical contraption decorating the area, each one uniquely Atlantean in appearance and functionality; some make use of geometric shapes and hard-light, whilst others are held in place by invisible energy fields, all with the ubiquity of nails holding shelves to walls, as if this was merely ordinary decorative flair.
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  40. At the back of the room, on a table covered in red silk and a menorah, is what appears to be what could only be described as the Ark of the Covenant, something which even modern archaeologists feel is merely a Biblical allegory or tall tale of some sort. However, it's not the mythological artifact itself that catches the G.U.D. Agent's attention, but rather the man standing in front of it.
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  42. Unlike the grey and featureless all-encompassing bodily robes that everyone else in the room is carrying, this man wears the clothes of a modern man, simple brown trousers and a green and white sweater vest. This man, an elderly one of Japanese descent, turns around to face the new guest, as does everyone else in the room.
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  44.  
  45. (Jiro Ifukube): Finally......the G.U.D. has caught up to me. Welcome to the Sanctum of the Da'at Yichud. I'm Jiro Ifukube, former director of the now defunct Project Warmonger.
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  51. [Cafeteria A]
  52. [Global Union of Divisions Headquarters]
  53. [Antarctica]
  54. [Open Territory - G.U.D.]
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  58. Within the stretches of the G.U.D. H.Q.'s cafeterias, the massive hall is quite empty. However, three beings are present: the vacuum bot that's performing a routine cleaning procedure around the tables, Emmy Kano, and Nicholas Valentine-87.
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  60. Both of them have plates of Synthetic-approved bio-fuel charge-packs, though neither of them have touched their "meals". The head investigator of S-Death Materials is merely scanning his client's face, an advanced Android capable of perfectly Human facial movements and expressions; the Synthetic can tell that something is on her mind.
  61.  
  62.  
  63. (Nicholas Valentine-87): So how's the Android life treating you, Kano?
  64.  
  65. (Emmy Kano): Not bad, not bad. My public reveal has been better received than predicted, although some groups are still suspicious of the marketing efforts for the Android line by STRQ Industr--
  66.  
  67. (Nicholas Valentine-87): Okay, time to cut the small chat. Let's get down to business.
  68.  
  69.  
  70. The Synthetic detective now gets serious; he pulls out his datapad and scrolls through miscellaneous files labelled with S-Death Materials' prohibited sign. After a quick rundown on one of these files, he brings it up and shows it to Emmy Kano. It showcases a long string of text, similar to that of a private chat session between two users.
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  72.  
  73. (Emmy Kano): Is that......
  74.  
  75. (Nicholas Valentine-87): Yep. Transcripts for a discussion session between Ned Landerz and an unknown second party. None of these are in our official databases, and I stumbled upon these soon after being told by the man himself to back off the Mimetics case.
  76.  
  77. (Emmy Kano): He told you to back off?
  78.  
  79. (Nicholas Valentine-87): Indeed. I don't need audio inflection detection software to know that he's hiding something with regards to the Mimetics case. I just don't know what, yet.
  80.  
  81. (Emmy Kano): Did you bring this up with the G.U.D.?
  82.  
  83. (Nicholas Valentine-87): No. I knew they'd go in guns blazing, so to speak, and confront S-Death Materials directly. They'd only deny these allegations.
  84.  
  85. (Emmy Kano): So you want STRQ Industries' help in this investigation?
  86.  
  87. (Nicholas Valentine-87): Precisely.
  88.  
  89.  
  90. The private eye Synthetic turns towards his bio-fuel charge-pack, brings it to his mouth, and takes in some deep sips. The STQR Industries P.R. representative, meanwhile, ponders on the request at the behest of one of their rivals' defectors.
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