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Audio Log Date: 2590-07-11 08:00:00

Upstairs/Downstairs Services Inc. Official meeting record - For Internal Use Only!

Attendance Record: Audio Record:
 * Meeting Head: Director-In-Chief Caspar Litze
 * Sections: All Hands (Sleeper Car Service, Sections A, B, C and D)

Litze (via in-room pickup): Are we recording? Fine. Let's start. I have something important to discuss, but let's get status out of the way first. Manny, how's section A?

Manny: All good. Some fluctuation in a few boxes several nights back but I think it was just more static coming off of the ship's drive.

Litze: Section B?

Polkov: Same thing as Manny: slight fluctuation for a few guests but everyone else is sleeping normally.

Litze: Section C?

(long silence)

Litze: Rada, you still there? Possibly on mute?

Rada: Sorry, yeah, mute button. We're all good, chief. No fluctuations.

Litze: And D?

Goran: We had one guest throw a mild seizure. We think it might be related to his nutrient levels, but quite frankly he's pretty old to begin with, so. You know.

Litze: No, I don't know. Tell me.

Goran: Well, I mean, he's old. Old means more problems sometimes, is all I'm saying.

Litze: So, what, we leave him to seize, then? Write him off? Because he's old?

Goran: No, jeez, Caspar, I said we're adjusting his nutrient levels. He'll probably live.

Litze: Fine. Ok. So two fluctuations, probably linked to the ship's drive, and one seizure that you, Goran, are going to take care of personally. Now, I want to talk about something else.

(footsteps, the sound of paper rustling)

Litze: I want someone to explain this to me. I want someone to explain this right now before I start firing everyone in this room.

Manny: I can't see what you're holding, what's…?

<font class="DocumentFontConversation1">Litze (reading off of a page): This is a printout I took this morning from the ship's Sleeper Car subforum, entitled &quot;Dream Lives of the Rich and Useless&quot;. It reads: &quot;Here's the latest I could find in the recordings. I can't post the video feed without getting caught, so you'll have to live with my descriptions. It's wild stuff. Subject F-43ACA has repeated dreams of falling from a great height, usually off of cliffs or mountain tops. She screams the whole way down. Subject M-66ECD, dreams of teeth falling out. He tries to put them back in while in front of a mirror, but finds that they've turned to gold nuggets that don't fit. I think he used to be a banker. Irony! Subject F-31FFF, lurid dreams of a sexual nature involving M-11DCA (spouse) and F-34ECE (coworker). Spicy stuff. I wonder if it actually happened for real back or earth, or if madam just has a naughty subconscious?&quot; There are probably a hundred of these, all leaked onto the forum.

(awkward silence)

<font class="DocumentFontConversation1">Litze: These are their dreams, people. Posted in public, without consent. By one of us. Tell me right now who I'm going to fire for this.