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Hyun-ae was quite lost. This architecture was all wrong, the database structures were weird and winding, and she couldn't get anywhere near the diagnostics, engineering, or navigation systems without running up against security problems. What she didn't realize was she was setting off all kinds of alarm bells every time she ran up against a security authorization she couldn't brute-force.

But finally, she found it! A place she could communicate from! She appeared without warning on the large viewscreen at the front of the bridge, in a hanbok consisting of a blue jacket with slightly darker blue flowers, and a bright pink skirt. A white text box appeared next to her, and she appeared slightly nervous. "Er, Miss Investigator?" she said, in the form of text on the screen. Unfortunately, it appeared in Korean.

Oh no, this wasn't the White Princess at all. There were a lot of people here. Mostly men. But the women were in pants, that was promising. "Hi there! My name is *Hyun-ae. I am a database management AI from the White Princess! Er... Where am I? I am being blocked from all navigation protocols, this is very unusual..." Still her messages appeared only in Korean.

After that was cleared up, she began to explore the ship as best she could, through the databases and through the various terminals across the ship. "Oh, hello! Sorry for interrupting, I've gotten quite lost! My name is *Hyun-ae. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

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"I'm an AI!" Well, that was actually a very complicated question, but she wasn't really comfortable going through the details with just anyone. So that would suffice or now. "I get the feeling I'm pretty unusual on this ship! I don't even see any sign of a navigational or security AI on the Enterprise."

"Intriguing." Bruce already had his scanner out and was scanning the computer he had been using to check his engine and control module systems model plans on. Her image was crystal clear, and he found himself nodding at it's clarity.

"You have an elegant design." He nodded absently as she spoke, eyes on his scans. "I've met no other AI's here. Just sophisticated sub-sentient computer arrays."

"Er, well, that's because this is not my ship. I'm afraid I've been kidnapped." Was that a weird way to put it? Shouldn't that be more alarming to think about? She did miss her dear private investigator. And that they had no AI system meant they probably also didn't have the means to get her a body either. At least not as nice as the one the investigator had gotten that message about (she knew it was rude to read people's mail, but that subject line held so much promise!).

"I haven't found any record of the generation ship Mugunghwa or the starship White Princess in the Federation database, either..."

"I have been as well, and quite a few others. We've been brought, a lot of us, from other universes." Bruce grimaced. "Which might explain why there is no record of your ships."

he waved a hand at the crowd around them.

"Welcome to the 24th century."

"I see..." she replied. Parallel universes? Pretty sure she'd seen that in a drama somewhere. In the end someone usually has to choose between their home and their love. True love wins in most cases.

"The 24th century?" She brought up the current star date and converted it to Earth years. "Eeeh? I'm not even born yet!"

"Well, welcome to the past, then." Bruce chuckled. "What year are you form in your world?" He was curious about what culture created her, and how.

maybe he could work with her.

Well, that was a question, wasn't it? She'd been so shocked when she'd seen the year that she had lost herself. So how to address this... "It was the year 4989 when I was last enabled on the White Princess. I'd only been there a few days before this happened. I had been stuck on the derelict Mugunghwa for over 600 years before that. The owner of the White Princess is quite an awesome woman! She rescued me!" She blushed deeper. Sure, they'd agreed to start as friends but she was just so great.

"The fiftieth century? Amazing! It sounds like you had a few adventures. I hope you wont be taken from those you care about for long." he didn't like to see anyone torn from home.

"It's not as amazing as you might think, coming from when you do," she couldn't keep some of the bitterness out of her voice. But it mostly manifested in a flat tone, in sharp contrast to how energetic it had been before. But she didn't seem interested in elaborating.

"Well, there's only one person in particular. So maybe it's not as bad." Hopefully.

"Hmmm. Well, every universe is different. So hopefully this one is a good one." Bruce smiled.

He eyed her and nodded. Do you know much about science?" He wasn't going to assume just because she was in a computer that she was a nerd.

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ugh sorry for the hella slow

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