[Nexus] AMEN XLIV: Beware Falling Flowers

[The Alexandrian]

[Mad Hatter's Lab]

Interesting, that. Very interesting... The formation of a fundamental foundation for any sort of less than strictly professional relationship between coworkers is nearly completely foreign to Roxanne. Rather, it is less foreign and more eschewed. Sure, it rarely was noted and approved at face value for what it was made out to be, but that happened once in a blue moon.

This gig is the least restrictive assignment that Roxanne has ever been dealt by the hands of fate!

"Wait, everyone who actively serves here can date anyone they covet?"

Oh wow! That's sensational news!

"Cool! Yeah, these virtual reality sims are really something else, aren't they? Everything that you see around you right now is real. We shape quarks into atoms which we arrange to construct the molecules and compounds we desire and string those into anything from lifeforms to battlecruisers. Here."

Roxanne strolls on over to the apple tree and picks a savory red apple which she attempts to hand to Ilphy.

"Try an apple, if you want."