Chandra and a Director
(Not long before Director Nova confronts Lady Echidna)
Agent Chandra practically flopped into the seat opposite her superior officer, momentarily letting her guard down and emotions show. To her credit, she knew that Director Nova was in a relatively relaxed frame of mind. Not for the first time, she marvelled at how well he was able to maintain a stoic aura about him no matter the circumstance.
After giving a brief update on her mission, Chandra allowed Nova to respond.
"There are four possibilities, Chandra.
"It's not the past. I would have been there, been aware, or had some evidence of those happenings revealed in one form or another.
"If it's the future, then we would need to understand the scale of the threat... and in the event that the threat be a scenario where we would not be able to neutralize it, would then need to find out if casualties can be minimalized.
"If somehow it's visions of an alternative reality, then we'd need to find common markers, landmarks, combatants. Since we have not found a single connection after analyzing every aspect of the images, we will probably disregard this particular hypothesis.
"Finally, if it's a separate dimension or realm altogether, then we're again in a position of not having information. We reached out to all active leagues since we became aware of everything here, and not a single one responded to show any familiarity."
"We're eliminating 1 and 4, then," said Chandra.
Director Nova blinked. "Correct. It's most likely 2, with 3 being a remote possibility. However, we can't put a lot of resources - if any - into speculative research at this time. Farseers, or fortune tellers as they're sometimes called, get by far the largest degree of skepticism among those here with special abilities - morphon-induced or otherwise. We don't even employ anybody claiming to have precognitive skills at BADGE as it's such a difficult science to trust."
Reluctantly, we're going to have to shut the project down. Something does nibble at my mind on this, however we have larger and more pressing concerns at the moment. You'll have one further month to continue investigating, although I doubt anything new will be revealed. File your final report with myself or Agent Justin at that time.
Chandra nodded, then rose and left the room.
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Chandra and Chase
(After Nova has fallen to Echidna's clutches)
Chandra sighed loudly.
Nova is gone, while Agent Justin had become so singularly focused on the Lady Echidna situation, he had no time for anything else on BADGE's radar, whether big or small. Chandra didn't resent Justin for it - the Director meant so much to everybody affiliated with BADGE that it was a bit of a wonder that they didn't go all out to rescue him.
She had begun to seriously consider reaching out to E.B. for advice when she nearly bumped into a dark-haired slender woman clad in an all-black uniform while swiping furiously across the electronic tablet she was carrying.
"Oh... sorry, Chase," Chandra said with a slight bow of her head.
Chase looked up from her device and smiled slightly. "Agent Chandra, haven't seen you in a while. You'll have to forgive me, I'm insanely busy studying -" she paused at seeing a look of sadness at her colleague.
Chandra opened her mouth then closed it quickly. She didn't want to appear frantic.
"Something's going on. Come, I can make time... tell me what's on your mind."
They walked towards the lunch room, Chandra giving what she hoped was a professional depiction of her experiences trying to understand Elijah's story. When they sat down, Chandra used Chase's tablet to access the report she wrote up. Chase skimmed through the sections, nodding throughout.
Chase sighed, but smiled at her colleague.
"You know, you're completely free to see Elijah on a purely social level."
"Um, what?" exclaimed Chandra.
"It may very well be a relief and a bit of a break of sorts... listen Chandra, I sometimes wish that I could be in a social situation with someone I cared for, without trying to analyze the effects on my colleagues or my current role. Right now, it's simply not possible."
Noticing the sadness in Chase's voice, Chandra nodded in understanding. There was no need to probe even slightly, her mind. The emotionally unguarded Chase was a bit of a surprise to see, but Chandra appreciated it. They clasped hands in understanding then parted ways.
--- Visionary
--- ID: 35977
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