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I decide to head over to the other girls. It's the most comfortable I've felt since I woke up in Sick Bay.
"Hey Cherie."
Cherie: "Oh hello Sarah. Have you met Dr. Elena Treeriver yet? She's a geologist. I don't know if she was in the same shift as you before... you know, all this happened."
Elena: "Hello Sarah. I don't recall seeing you around on the ship before... you must have been on a different shift."
"I don't remember anything short of boarding this ship. Cherie, do you remember anything about me? Anything would be helpful."
Cherie: "While we did share a cabin, we didn't see each other a whole lot. Too busy doing different things, I guess. Like I said, you told me all about your mom and dad and we did work together on the initial geoanalysis of the planet. I remember finding out how geologically intert this planet is due to a highly cooled mantle... I generally remember you being so bubbly and excited to be out here surveying new planets."
"Heh, yeah... I was excited to be here. Not so much now."
Cherie: "You know, now that I think about it, I think I recall you mentioning how you were selected to head down to the surface of the planet."
"I went down to the planet's surface?"
Elena: "Before this all went to hell, we regularly sent survey teams to the surface to gather data. I analyzed some of the data, but then there was this emergency recall from the surface and then everyone started suffering and then... well, here we are."
"Anything from the data say what might have happened?"
Elena: "Hm... what I remember apart from all the numbers was that a survey team located a cave where they were set to go spelunking for geological formations and minerals. That was about the last thing I analyzed. Do you think you were part of this team?"
"I don't know, I don't remember. I wish I remembered."
Elena: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean-"
"That's OK. I want to figure this out as much as you do."
Cherie: "I know that there was a woman who was unaffected by the headaches, irritability and nausea from a survey team. She got fatally stabbed in the chest by someone who was affected. It sparked a lot of panic about this sickness. I wonder if she logged any of the details..."
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