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What facility do you work at?

I don't work at any one

particular facility.

I'm based at HQ.

Oh. So you don't know

anything about SDP then.

Sensory deprivation psychosis.

I came up with that.

What is it?

Well, you know, you spend

too much on your own

in a place like this.

No windows...

You go a little...

You go a little psycho, you know.

I mean...

That's why we give psychological

profiles to all of our employees

- before they get the job.

- Yeah.

Well, it's not that simple.

When did you say Dr.

Zek is gonna be back?

I didn't.

Well, you have to know

something about his schedule.

No. I mean, you know, he works in a

completely different

part of the compound,

behind a locked door.

He's the one with the Ph.D., remember.

I stay out of his way,

take out the trash.

And he just goes out

every now and again?

Look, I'm not the boss.

He is. I'm not his mum.

That's not what I'm suggesting.

I'm just...

We're almost here.

It's through here to his lab?

Yeah, yeah. It's down

the end of this corridor.

Get a chance to, uh,

see Dr. Zek's crazy

scientific experiments up close.

I've read his reports.

There's nothing in Dr. Zek's work

that is outside of company parameters.

Oh, yeah?

Why does he do it all

behind a locked door?

Never lets me in.

You're obviously creating

some kind of fantasy.

Is this the isolation psychosis

you're talking about?

No.

Well, maybe.

Take a look at his lab.

It'll bore you to death.

[lock opens]

Just don't touch anything.

Oh.

Wow!

That... is something.

[whirring]

Is this where they keep all the sh*t?

The sh*t?

Nuclear sh*t.

No. The waste is kept in Deep Burial,

behind those doors.

You think this place is impressive?

Deep Burial is ten times the size.

What's this then?

The cooling system.

Maglev fan built to last 200,000 years.

But that's nothing compared to this.

This is the real secret

to Auxilisun's success.

The tri-fission engine.

It takes the energy from the

radioactive decay in Deep Burial

and powers the fans.

I should have access.

This fan breaks down,

guess who has to fix it.

That's impossible.

If both fans stopped,

then this place would

fill up with gas so fast,

it would be like

a stick of nuclear dynamite.

And never in the history of Auxilisun

has even one fan broken down.

It's a brilliant design.

How come the only access through

it is through this doggy door?

Robotics are the only thing that

can fix a tri-fission engine.

Even in a hazmat suit, there's so much

radiation, you'd be dead in 48 hours.

You should know that.

Where's the other fan?

Down in Deep Burial.

We're in the part of the facility

that needs "golden ticket"

access to enter.

- Just looking.

- Okay.

You need level-14 access to

get down into Deep Burial sites.

Oh.

What are you, level 18 or something?

When they zap us with the scanners,

we just get the basic package.

You know.

Office, bedroom.

- Shitters.

- Did you fix the comms?

No.

All the fuses and

the cabling are all intact,

so the problem must be somewhere

between here and there.

Hmm.

You're gonna show me Deep Burial?

No.

No one goes down into Deep Burial.

Dr. Zek.

He goes into Deep Burial.

You're mistaken.

I hear him down there all the time.

Every time he opens that door,

it rumbles the whole facility.

You're wrong.

[chuckles] You think

I'm making this up?

No. I think you're confused.

Dr. Zek doesn't even have

fingertip access to Deep Burial.

You sure about that?

[coughing]

[coughing continues]

[body thuds]

Robinson?

[clanging]

Jesus! Robinson!

Robinson!

What? Wha...

- What?

- Are you okay?

- You're hitting me.

- I'm sorry.

- I just fell.

- What happened?

[groans]

Just a long day, you know?

I need some sleep maybe.

Do you generally pass out

when you're tired?

Well, I didn't really pass out.

I just had a moment of...

What are you doing? I'm fine.

When was the last time

you requested a medical exam?

I don't need a medical exam.

[footsteps departing]

Abby Dixon.

Entry 002.

I arrived this morning

to find Dr. Darius Zek,

the chief scientific executive, absent,

surveying the surrounding area.

But that is unconfirmed.

The facility's caretaker,

Robinson Scott, was uncooperative.

The comms are still down,

but my preliminary

tests as to why were inconclusive.

I've never seen

an Auxilisun facility like this.

It's... neglected.

And Robinson Scott...

I don't know who hired him, but...

[sighs]

[gasps]

[breathes heavily]

[screams]

Sor...

Sorry.

[singing]

- Oi.

- Hmm.

Dodgy lock in there.

Sorry about that.

Can you fix it?

Well, there's no point,

is there, really.

Not gonna make the same mistake twice.

I'm just not used to having guests.

You carry that thing everywhere, huh?

I heard you talking on it last night.

The walls are quite thin.

Well, I gather information,

report back to Auxilisun.

It's my job. It's protocol.

Is Dr. Zek back?

No.

Is it normal for him to be

gone overnight like that?

Sure.

Macchiato.

Oh. No, not for me.

That is the world's greatest macchiato.

You got to try it.

It's hot.

- Sugar?

- Uh, no.

I'm okay.

Leave her there.

Make me one.

I wanna do a medical

diagnostic test on you.

Medical...

Last night...

- No, that thing last night was fine.

- Uh, no.

You can have serious

health problems. Here.

That's very sweet, but I am fine.

Now I'm fine. When I was younger,

I had a thing.

My kidneys.

Gone now. I'm fine.

Was it from drinking?

It was cassies mainly.

Some drinking.

I have a sister, Margot.

She was... She's... your age.

She sobered me up.

Took care of me.

Got me better. Got me off it.

Everyone else left me behind.

She saw me right. I'm fine.

I'm fine.

It's gone.

Don't drink the water.

It's not good.

It's excellent. You're crazy.

Do you not want yours?

It's all yours.

Two cups of coffee for me.

Watch out.

Cheers.

I was cleaning out

this old guy's place, right?

This was something that we used to do

when they got kicked

out of their places.

And it was something

that I could kind of do,

when I was a little high

and stuff, you know.

Easy kind of job to do.

So cleaning out this guy's place,

throwing away his clothes and furniture

and things he's not gonna need.

And then I see at one point

he's got a bunch of CD's.

- So I'm thinking, "Oh, that's cool."

- Bunch of what?

He has a bunch of CD's.

Um, compound discs.

Uh, compact discs.

You know, the little music.

- Little silver disc things.

- Oh.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Like old turn-of-the-century music.

And he's got some stuff

that I kind of recognize.

Like Oasis. Remember?

Shed Seven. Um...

[clears throat]

East 17.

So I'm thinking while I'm cleaning this

house out, I'm gonna play some music.

I'm looking through his music.

"I'm gonna pick that. I'm gonna

pick that." And this bag falls out.

So I'm thinking, "Oh, well, you know,

he's kind of hiding that bag."

In this little zip bag.

So what's inside here?

I don't really know that much

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