video | un: s.reid

[doctoral]

Hi. I'm... Dr. Spencer Reid. At home, I work with the FBI as a behavioral analyst, or profiler. I'm trying to figure out what to... do with myself here.

[ Reid is a thin, young-looking man with too-wide eyes and nearly shoulder-length unkempt hair. That combined with the cardigan, tie, and lightly patterned button-up makes him look extremely dated. It's not hard to believe him as a federal employee by clothes alone, although his age is constantly remarked upon.

He doesn't sound uncertain about addressing the wider audience of the network-- although he is, and especially about using technology this way-- but he does sound like he's choosing his words with care, enunciating clearly and with even, unhurried pacing. ]

If there's anyone that currently works for the local police, I'd like to speak with you regarding whether you think there's a use for my skills in that environment. I have done field work, but I wouldn't say it's my strong suit. Otherwise I'm considering taking up teaching at the university. I've been a TA for undergraduate classes before, although I think I'm better suited to leading graduate-level seminars. If anyone currently takes classes there, it would be helpful to hear about your experiences.

... I also noticed they're looking for librarians at the public library. Uh. I don't think that alone would keep me... sufficiently occupied, but. I could do it.

I'd like to optimize my time here by putting my skills wherever they're most needed. So I'm open to other suggestions. And-- looking for a physical therapist. And possibly an orthopedist. Thank you.

[ It cuts off abruptly. Reid can do public speaking, but it's far from his favorite past time. ]

Comments

[doctoral]

Too new? [ he guesses. ] If you... haven't changed yet, your arrival must be extremely recent.

The major distinction is that the OSS collects information and acts on foreign entities and is explicitly forbidden from collecting data on American citizens. The FBI is specifically tasked with protecting Americans, even abroad. Sometimes our tasks overlap.

[icansavetoday]

No, it hasn't been long.

So you work for them and you help solve crimes.

[doctoral]

Essentially. Yes.

Not a lot of demand for that here.

[icansavetoday]

It seems that way. [Not that he actually knows. He hasn't been here long.] With skills like that, there must be some other way to apply them.

[doctoral]

They're surprisingly niche.

Much like being an undercover pilot, I assume.

[icansavetoday]

That part's not undercover. The Germans know I'm a pilot. They just think I'm one of theirs.

Well, they did, anyway.

[doctoral]

What makes it past tense?

[icansavetoday]

I stole a notebook that contained notes and a formulas on a new kind of poison gas. One against which gas masks were ineffective. I got a head start, but not a very long one.

[doctoral]

Chemical warfare?

... If it helps, I would've made the same choice. [ And did in a somewhat similar circumstance, when faced with an anthrax threat. Reid can understand self-sacrifice. ]

[icansavetoday]

Their plan was to use the gas on civilians. Which I didn't know when I took the notebook.

It was an easy choice to make. I needed to get the information back to London.

[doctoral]

Well. Looks like you'll be getting a vacation from the war while you're here. Not very likely for anyone to be gassing anyone.

[icansavetoday]

I hope not. That would kind of defeat the purpose of this place.

[doctoral]

So... how long did it take for them to convince you this was real?

[ Not that it took Reid over an hour or anything. ]

[icansavetoday]

Not as long as it probably should have. [He knows how unbelievable it all sounds, after all.] But I've seen more than a few unbelievable things lately.

[doctoral]

Here I thought I'd finally found someone from a nice, standard Earth. [ If nearly a century in the past. Close enough? ]

What have you seen?

[icansavetoday]

I expect it's that different from your Earth. [They've been talking about the same war, after all.]

What have I seen? [You're never going to believe this, Reid.] An island full of Amazons. Ares. The actual god Ares. Whom apparently I had been working for without knowing it.

[doctoral]

[ A long pause. ]

You know, Ares doesn't usually get characterized as being particularly duplicitous. That's interesting.

[ Not believing something has never prevented Reid from going along with someone, and in this case, he frankly just doesn't know what to believe about half the things people tell him here. ]

[icansavetoday]

I don't know about that. But pretending to be Sir Patrick was a way to have some influence over the course of the war, which was apparently what he wanted.

[doctoral]

And what does this have to do with the island full of Amazons?

[icansavetoday]

The Amazons are tasked with defeating Ares and bringing peace to the world.