Anika Rao was unsure what to think about her new job with NYC SysCo, but for a 27 year old woman with zero relevant work experience, having a meeting with one of the senior partners seemed like a good thing. Researching the very construct of time, however, felt like something akin to the love child of “sorting sand” and “utter fantasy.”
Her partner, 28 year old David Gregory was speaking to Will Robertson about the weekend. “Honestly, sir, it was a long and boring three days. They entered the event on Thursday evening and came out Sunday a bit before noon. Basically, they were in a fog most of the time, and only on Sunday did they begin to get memories from Thursday.”
“I am aware,” Will said, “that this won’t go fast, if it ever goes at all. But I hope that you’ll begin to get some insights. You know you are in uncharted territory.”
Anika felt inclined to say something. “Sir, we are in territory no one will even believe exists.”
Will nodded and put his hands in his pockets. “All I can say is what I’ve told you. I was in school with the Merritt Gray you spent the weekend with, and there’s a duplicate of him from the 1800’s living in Virginia Beach at this time. You know all their stories… So, there’s something going on. And since December, the merging of the memories is more and more obvious.”
David looked at Anika. “Well, as for the memories… Emma was right… She about ripped my head off, but that doesn’t change the fact that as much of what we are observing deals with their minds being connected to the duplicates as it does the essence of time.”
Will nodded. “In my experience, Emma is very often right about things. A psychologist on the team makes sense…”
Anika then added, “Sir, we’d like to meet the duplicates in Virginia beach. Just…”
Will waited for her to go on, but David took over to explain something the two of them had discussed.
“Sir, with the exception of your experience with Merritt, all of this could be explained by them tapping into some sort of… shared consciousness that is in the present. They could just think they met their duplicates… There’s actually no physical evidence in play…”
Anika resumed the point. “We have spoken to Paul Kent who claims to be a Translocator. He said he could bring something back to the present if we could come up with something that would be definitive evidence. We’re… thinking about that. He also says that The Agency doesn’t answer to him and he can’t control when or where he’s being sent.”
Will nodded. “Okay… very valid points. Ask Emma to speak to the other Emma and explain all that. See if you can get an invite to the beach…”
“Yes, sir,” Anika replied.
“Also… Dr. Gregory and Dr. Rao… Please relax. Settle in on this… It’s going to be a long process that might never be empirically substantiated. So, like I told Merritt, Hannah, and everyone else… Call me ‘Will’ and scale back on the ‘sirs’ if you are comfortable.”
Anika smiled and nodded.
“Draft a job description for a psychologist. I don’t know much about that field, but I guess we need someone specializing in memory and… consciousness… or something. I’ll tell the partners we need another point of view.”
“We’ll do that right away,” David replied.
“I’ll speak to Emma about introducing us to the other Emma and setting up a trip.”
Will nodded. “Okay… well… This is a start. Keep asking questions… and all that… Again… no telling where this ends up.”
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