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[instars]

[When she speaks, she sounds young; her voice is definitely that period right when someone is starting to develop a personality, the point right after teenagehood, although she speaks with a relatively calm tone. More telling is her accent, which hinges between South African and just slightly German. Anyone who knows the region might know she's from Windhoek.]

Are we under any obligation to keep the jobs we have been assigned? I would much rather find something more suited to my particular talents. Although it's only terminally boring, instead of altogether unpleasant.

[A pause.]

Also, how unreasonable would it be to ask if my credits from university transfer? Is there such a thing as interuniverse credit transfer to the same institution? I would rather not go anywhere except whatever the version of MIT is, here.

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[aberth]

you can apply for any job you want. i did.
but i don't think they transfer credit for schooling. they haven't mentioned it.

[instars]

How annoying. No one wants to take beginner courses more than once.

What do you do?

[aberth]

i work for a paper during the week.
on saturdays i'm at a mechanics.

[quaerit]

There's an import liaison officer who could probably advise you on that sort of thing. You should ask.

Do you attend MIT at home, then?

[instars]

I suppose that will have to.

I do. For mechanical engineering. Do you?

[quaerit]

No, no. I'm not quite there yet.

[ He says that as if he's ever likely to be. Massachusetts is a long way away from Virginia. ]

I attend the imPort school - Xavier's. It's a good place, and the students there are all similarly...displaced. I understand wanting what's familiar, though. You're concerned about falling behind on your studies?

Voice

[chasedtherabit]

If you don't like your job there are many other options for you. [Mako happens to love hers, but they played right into her skills and what she did back home...]

Voice

[instars]

What option did you go with?

Voice

[chasedtherabit]

Oh, I happened to stay in my assigned job. [But still, she knows others who hadn't.]

Some of my colleagues went to StarkTech to work.

[voice]

[puppydoctor]

I switched last month and it's worked out fine. I say go for it.

And I don't know anything about the schooling, but they transferred my residency credits. It's pretty creepy how much stuff they have on us, but kind of useful. I guess.

[voice]

[instars]

Good. Crematorium technician is not my speed.

And it doesn't pay enough.

[puppydoctor]

That doesn't sound like anyone's speed.

What are you planning on instead?

voice.

[youbastard]

No, we're not under any obligation at all. If you want to find something else you probably can pretty easily.

voice.

[instars]

Then I'll find something. But thank you.

voice.

[youbastard]

What sort of job are you looking for?

[slightlyoffchilt]

It would do you well to find references for a better career pick.

[instars]

Do you have a car?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I do, yes. I also have a name.

[text]

[enucleation]

You aren't forced to work.

And usually they will believe you if you say you are from that level of scholarship. As long you are able to keep up, it'd be fine. ]

[text]

[instars]

I don't have any problems working.

[text]

[enucleation]

I didn't say you had.

[abadidea]

[She caught Isaac's attention with that.]

Uh, no. You don't have to stick with anything. What do you want to study at MIT?

[instars]

Mechanical engineering. With a specialization in cars.

[tardily]

Not really? Some of us do, some of us keep it and work on the side or keep it as side work. All depends on what you feel like doing.

[ A pause. ] What did they stick you with anyway? Because I'm really curious as to what's terminally boring but not unpleasant.

[instars]

Crematorium technician.

[Well. She doesn't find it unpleasant.]