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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Crimster" data-source="post: 244031" data-attributes="member: 2511">November 5th, 1999.11:06 AM PST."Dr. Silver..? Are you all right?"Ray looks up from the stack of paperwork on his desk.  Michelle Williams, his secretary, stands at the doorway to his office.  Her head is cocked to the side as if she is peering at something she has never seen before, and isn't sure she likes it.  Her blonde hair, mostly gray now - sits in a two buns on the side of her head that makes her look like an elderly Princess Leia.  Why hasn't anyone told her that yet?Ray suddenly realizes she's been calling his name for the past few minutes, but he didn't hear her at all.  His mind was elsewhere - dwelling on yesterday.  He had been staring at the same medical chart for god knows how long."Sorry, Michelle.  Just thinking about other... things.  What can I help you with?"Michelle gives a slight disapproving frown.  What is it about doctor's assistants that makes them suddenly become motherly??"As I was saying... There's someone here to see you.  I know you have to get to prep soon for the Peterman surgery, but he says he has an appointment.""Does he?"Michelle sits down somewhat awkwardly in a nearby chair and looks at the ground."It's funny, Dr. Silver.  I cleared your calender three days ago! I remember! He shows up a few minutes ago and I tell him that he doesn't have an appointment, but he says in this creepy voice, 'Look again'.  So I look! And there his name is, Alister Chilton! I am so sorry Dr. Silver I just...." Ray, Michelle's voice trails off to become just so much line noise.  You feel cold suddenly, and very very tired.  Alister? Here?? It can't be the same man that you saw yesterday at the funeral.  But it is.  You can feel it in your bones.  Now the question is this - What are you going to do about it?Elsewhere...Introductions are made all the way around.  Julia seems at first hesitant to include Stephen, but her trust in Alex is strong and after a few minutes she begins to relax around him.Kristof shambles over to sit next to Kelly and looks at the paper Randy sets in front of her.  It is the paper that he took from the odd man at the funeral - Alister, his name was.  He read from it as if it were a eulogy, but all that is there now are mathematical symbols and formula that seem to complex and odd to be real.  Kristof stares at it longer than Kelly, and scratches his chin, mumbling to himself.Julia sits down in a living room chair, and stairs at everyone.  The look on her face is that of someone who has lost control over something, perhaps.  But yet feels perfectly comfortable knowing it is in the hands of those she trusts.  She looks to everyone with a smile and coughs politely.  Everyone turns."So... We have Alister's paper, the notes from Alan, the letter from Tracey - one of Alan's students, and this... number that Alan had Kelly working on.  What does it all mean?  Alan thought you - all of you - might be able to figure it out.  Where do we start?"  OOC: Sorry guys - in addition to NOT getting my email responses, I've been extremely busy in other areas.  Forgive me?  You still there? Guyyys? Helloooo? Why am I all alone here? Who's that? What's that in your hand?!? Aiiiieeeeeee!</blockquote>

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