I'm going to be. Greetings, Dr. Wilson. I am speaker, and it is a pleasure to speak with you today.

Recently, I was presented with your formal transfer request paperwork.

I understand you wish to return to Typhon and to your research in Halcyon Tower.

From what I have heard, you are perceived to be close to reaching some groundbreaking discoveries,

and your time here on Earth stands in stark contrast, to your recent breakthroughs in the

infectious diseases lab.

That is not to say you have experienced no measure of success while here on earth.

Why, I hear, just yesterday, you won a semi-final game during the Quarantine Zone 14 Checkers

Tournament.

Certainly not world-changing research, but I imagine it provided quite a boost to your personal morale nonetheless.

Unfortunately, your transfer request to Typhon must be denied under current conditions.

Shuttle service to Typhon is severely restricted, for reasons that will be made apparent to you soon.

But this does not mean you cannot help to change these conditions.

In fact, you may be ideally suited to do so.

Dr. Wilson, I am upgrading your security clearance to Epsilon,

which grants you access to top secret information,

directly related to the quarantine of recently arrived residents from Typhon.

In short, whether possibly through a form of sabotage or some misguided team building exercise,

a certain subsection of newly arrived residents are believed to have been

exposed to a man-made pathogen of classified origin. Code-named Sickle, S-I-C-C-L, or

strontium-indurated calcinosis leomyoma. This virus has shown to have a dormancy period of upwards of one week,

during which time infected humans act as carriers that can spread sickle through contact,

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