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The combination Administrative Center and Administrative Staff Dormitory for Cross Technologies' Horizon Research and Treatment Center had unique architecture, to say the least. Each of the originally separate, twelve-story buildings resembled a slightly inward angled needle. The banks of windows that comprised the outward facing walls stopped at the eighth floor, since the top four floors were devoted entirely to communications and servers.
Several sky-bridges, and a mutual ground floor lobby connected the two buildings, making the entire unit vaguely resemble an old Jacob's Ladder electrical gizmo from Earth. While initially planned to be spread across both buildings, Nathaniel Cross had reduced the actual office and living space for the facility director down to only taking up the entire eighth floor on the Dorm side.
Nate was sitting at his personal workstation in his workshop/lab room, desk projecting multiple displays of various technical readouts, when an electronic voice spoke up from his computer. "Sir!"
After no response, it began beeping at him. "Sir!"
Nate groaned, before opening yet another display to see what was up. "What is it?"
The computer popped a notice up on the new display. "You have an interview at 1100h today, with one Senra Belladonna."
Nate frowned slightly, vaguely puzzled. "Yeah, that's not until later, though."
A chronometer popped up next to the notice. "Sir, it's now 1000h, and you've been at this project for almost 72 hours solid, barring your naps."
Panic set in. "SHIT!" After hurriedly scrambling to put his work in standby, Nate barged out of his workshop, stopped long enough to make sure the door was sealed, then charged into his apartment on the other side of the conference room. Less than an hour later, he was out, cleaned-up and changed into a more business-looking suit, and was seated at one of the lower tables at the far end of the conference room, near the wall that was comprised entirely of windows, with a small tablet-like computer in one hand, and looking over what appears to be a black sheet with a white-line floorplan on it.
[Just jump-starting this early as a sort-of solo for Shrike, since she's likely going to be without internet for a short bit here.]
Several sky-bridges, and a mutual ground floor lobby connected the two buildings, making the entire unit vaguely resemble an old Jacob's Ladder electrical gizmo from Earth. While initially planned to be spread across both buildings, Nathaniel Cross had reduced the actual office and living space for the facility director down to only taking up the entire eighth floor on the Dorm side.
Nate was sitting at his personal workstation in his workshop/lab room, desk projecting multiple displays of various technical readouts, when an electronic voice spoke up from his computer. "Sir!"
After no response, it began beeping at him. "Sir!"
Nate groaned, before opening yet another display to see what was up. "What is it?"
The computer popped a notice up on the new display. "You have an interview at 1100h today, with one Senra Belladonna."
Nate frowned slightly, vaguely puzzled. "Yeah, that's not until later, though."
A chronometer popped up next to the notice. "Sir, it's now 1000h, and you've been at this project for almost 72 hours solid, barring your naps."
Panic set in. "SHIT!" After hurriedly scrambling to put his work in standby, Nate barged out of his workshop, stopped long enough to make sure the door was sealed, then charged into his apartment on the other side of the conference room. Less than an hour later, he was out, cleaned-up and changed into a more business-looking suit, and was seated at one of the lower tables at the far end of the conference room, near the wall that was comprised entirely of windows, with a small tablet-like computer in one hand, and looking over what appears to be a black sheet with a white-line floorplan on it.
[Just jump-starting this early as a sort-of solo for Shrike, since she's likely going to be without internet for a short bit here.]
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