Too Much Time in the Lab

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No luck then. Sarah would have to resort to the secondary option of transferring the data through skin contact with a connector, but unlike male plugs, the actual contacts would have a hard time being connected to the android without jamming it into her skin. Her old equipment would have been better for this kind of method. She looked at one of her workbenches and had an idea. "This could be a good trial run for that prototype..." she said, mostly to herself, before going to another terminal. She entered a sequence a little crate on treads rolled over to the chair. It opened to reveal a robotic arm.

Though it seemed Sarah was only interested on the removable part of it over the hand, almost like a glove except it was more like a wireframe. "Rosetta, please come here for a minute," she called to Zoe's companion.

"Uh, yes?" she walked closer and Sarah handed her the device, which had wires at the back of the hand.

"Wear this on your left hand, will you?" she simply said, holding the other ends of the connector in one hand while she looked back to Zoe. "You said you can transfer data just from contact with your skin, correct? Rosetta will keep the prototype glove in contact with you, and you can channel your data through that."

Sarah looked back to Rosetta and gestured for her to start the skin contact after plugging the wires into the terminal.

Looking at the glove for moment, she looked back to Zoe and grabbed her hand. trying to not to look at the android's privates, but at the same time she felt it would be a bit awkward to keep eye contact, so she just kept her head down. "This will do, right?"

"Yes. By your leave, Zoe."
 
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It seemed that Sarah did not have any Terminus Corporation certified electronic equipment laying around. So there was some typing and movement that Zoe didn't particularly care for but when Sarah asked for Rosetta to wear a wire frame glove with wires sticking out the back. A part of her worried that something might happen to her friend during this procedure causing Zoe to feel guilty for dragging her friend into this. Her contimplations however were cut short when Sarah wanted reinforcing that so long as it was touching her skin that she would be able to transfer the needed Data. "It is with in my capabilities. Though I am concerned that this prototype might potentially harm Rosetta. What is it's intended purpose?"

While Zoe spoke Rosetta moved over and put her hand in hers. The contact felt... nice, it was hard for the android to explain but simply laying there with Rosetta's hand in hers just felt... nice. She found herself holding Rosetta's hand back. Though Zoe couldn't help but keep a edgeing fear creep into her thoughts as to what the glove might do to Rosetta as they were very likely not using the device for it's intended purpose. When Sarah said they were just waiting on Zoe it made the andoid hesitate before beginning to transfer the needed data. When she had begun Zoe looked at Rosetta and spoke after a while. "Let me know if you start feeling something wrong. I will cease my transfer if neccessary... I do not want you to be hurt for my gain."
 
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Sarah couldn't rightly tell them everything it was supposed to do once the prototype had been finished as it would appear to have criminal intent. Though she wasn't lying when she said: "Its an alternative for device-to-device communication and biometrics. Don't expect it to be widely used, but I used to have some peculiar customers. That was a long time ago, and recently I remembered the original lost prototype and wanted to finish it in my spare time. Might be useful in the future, I thought. Your friend won't be in any danger."

"That's a relief. And neat." Instinctively, having felt Zoe's hand tightened around hers, Rosetta also held a firmer grip. "Don't worry about me, Zoe. I'm sure nothing bad will happen." She didn't feel a bad omen, so it was all good. Gut feelings were always on the ball when it came to these things.
 
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After hearing that Rosetta would not be in any danger from the device she nodded once and lowered her head fully onto the chair and closed hereyes to focus more intently on the transfer of the needed information while keeping back anything that was not related to her system makeup. It took a few minutes of lying there to transfer the information through the glove rather than through a direct plug in, but it was better than nothing. At the same time Zoe was actually focusing what processes she didn't need in the transfer onto what skin contact she had with Rosetta, it was the first time that she had been able to do so without possibly acting odd to any humans. In some way having her hand in Rosetta's was... comforting.
 
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With the transfer underway, the raw data was saved onto the databanks, which were separate to Sarah's main server. It was a habit acquired after a virus warranted a complete wipe of her drives. Luckily that happened in her happier years and not after where errors in judgment of similar fashion was dangerous for her health, through some would argue her own tendencies did more than anyone could do to her. Nonetheless, it let her keep unrelated projects apart, which made it easier for exchanges between clients.

There was much work to be done after this. First she'd have to analyze and translate this data to something usable, which was less work than it sounded. She had powerful machines, and so long as the data and language followed a syntax, she could program interpreters and compilers for it to be easier to work with. Reverse-engineering the samples will also speed up the process.

"You really know your way around tech, don't you, Sarah? Which university did you come from?" Rosetta asked to pass the time.

"I never went to university. I spent my childhood home-schooled."

"You don't say? So were your parents like you? Scientists?"

"No, but they recognized the potential and had private tutors educate me, and I went from there."

It was very faint, but Rosetta caught a glimpse of bitterness from the scientist. She was still graceful when she answered, and she didn't go about it in a round-about way. But Rosetta sensed that she would rather not talk about it, so she decided to divert the conversation. "I'm surprised you weren't taken in by intelligence agencies."

"I wonder what would have changed if I was. I have a few guesses, but I'd rather not delve into politics."

"Uh, fair enough. Are you doing alright, Zoe?"
 
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Zoe retreated into herself for a little bit keeping track of what information moved where in her mental picture of the data moving around. Even here she was listening to what Rosetta was taking to Sarah about but it was in the background as Zoe wanted some time to think. The surprise from her thoughts about her friend while she had been in the tube and just now with the gauntlet prototype. Rosetta had certainly quickly become a part of her existence and actives, it was rather strange.

Her enjoyment with simply walking around the city had certainly been nice for the android and she thought that if it wasn't for Rosetta being around with her than it would probably have been rather dull. Even if it was important and she would have done it any way. Mentally pacing Zoe pondered what this all meant to her and found her thoughts returning to Xandar and how she had felt around him until that time on the beach. Her thoughts of Xandar were still a burning smoldering rage, but the memory of her feelings and remembering what that might have meant made Zoe stop and her thoughts began to race.

When Zoe heard Rosetta's voice through her throughts she began to overtax her system as she began to realize something she didn't think could happen. Mean while her exterior would begin to look more flushed and her cheeks, neck, and chest would begin to look as if she was blushing as more heat began to escape from her system. Though before anything might be taken as being bad about it Zoe opened her eyes and looked at Rosetta. "I am fine, just monitoring the data feed making sure no information is lost in transit." Though internally Zoe was still racing around in her thoughts at the implication of her train of logic.
 
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Rosetta was glad to hear that Zoe was doing alright, but given what she had revealed about herself, Rosetta could see that Zoe was starting to heat up. Probably good then that she was naked to easily vent the heat out. Still that was a weird thing to think about. Zoe was an android, but... she acted almost human, which only strengthened the illusion in Rosetta's mind that she was. Even when she was aware of this, she just couldn't stop herself from thinking of Zoe as anything other than a girl. She could feel a bond between them. Well, from herself to Zoe. She wasn't sure if Zoe looked at her as a friend the same way Rosetta did. But admittedly, there was a tenderness to the android, that she couldn't deny. Maybe that's just what her mind was saying though. To someone like Sarah, it might be weird to have such an attachment, right?

Speaking of Sarah, Rosetta didn't notice that the scientist had wandered over to the pod-looking devices. She was looking into one of them and writing on a clipboard which fit snugly on one of the side ports. Rosetta had seen a figure inside that pod, but she couldn't make out any discerning features.

Sarah returned and looked back to the terminal. Rosetta could see the scientist's eyes scan the data that was being presented. Her gaze was intense even when her face remained neutral. It somewhat reminded her of her mother and sister. Both were dead-serious when it came to their jobs. While both were more expressive, the intense look was unmistakable. It was kind of scary. A woman with the brains like hers with all this tech... what else could she be capable of?
 
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Zoe easily finished her data transfer without to much distraction but she couldn't help feeling happy about holding Rosetta's hand. So for the next few micro seconds of run time she enjoyed the feeling... possibly more than a second or two. But Zoe did't know if Rosetta might find it odd that she was holding her hand after the transfer was done. But right before letting go fully Zoe gave Rosetta's hand one last comforting squeeze for herself before she relaxed her grip.

Opening her eyes Zoe looked to Rosetta and Sarah, her body venting the last of her excess heat and her skin tone began to go back to 'normal' ranges. "The transfer of all pertinent Data is complete. Is there anything more we need for the transaction between us or are we done here for now? I think Rosetta and I should be getting on with our examination of this area before it begins to get to dark. It might not be safe for us in this area without needed gear."
 
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Sarah looked over the data as it finished, making sure all the checks were done and no corruption had taken place. The color-coded event viewer showed plenty of yellows, but no reds, which was the important bit since that meant no errors. Yellows were just warnings, but after a quick data scan, they all turned blue.

"Yes, that will be all. Thank you for your cooperation," the scientist said without turning her head to face the two. "I'll need to do some final checks to make sure everything was properly downloaded. It should be done by the time you get dressed."

Rosetta took off the glove and put it on the robotic crate that brought it in. She just set it on the arm, not even going to risk slipping the glove on it. She kept her back to Zoe as she got dressed. She'd already gotten to look at more than she should have.
 
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Once Zoe heard that everything should be good she got up from the chair and walked over to her clothing and began to put them back on. Her back to Rosetta until she finished by pulling on her shirt, still mid action she turned around to look at Rosetta. Not being able to help it Zoe scanned her friend to make sure she was feeling okay, that scan took a bit longer than it normally did but she finished it before her friend could turn around and finished pulling her shirt down.

It was then that Zoe turned to look at Sarah and what she was doing. It didn't seem to be important at this time so her eyes roamed around the room once more as she stepped up next to Rosetta with a soft reassuring smile... or an attempt at one. "Sorry this took so long Rosetta." Zoe's stance as she waited for Sarah to finish up went into an almost military parade rest as she stood there, the android still didn't entirely trust the scientist right now. They had received the information they wanted, now all they would have to do is betray them here and it would cost them nothing. Zoe just hoped that she had the schematics of how they came to be in the lab memorized.
 
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