GRACE (Dr. Monique Grace)

Basic Info

• From Harvard
• Wire-rim glasses lady
• Specialist who understands that the program sometimes deals with unusual occurrences
• Has been stalling for time at ZION

Dialog

Session 3

At the airlock:

GRACE: "I really cannot stress enough how happy I am to see you. It's been difficult to prevent people from taking a look. Lots of specialists coming in on the, ahem, esoteric situation."

GRACE: "mostly bones so far, starting early 60s; we also have these specimens: 11 cots with child mummies. preserved and dessicated, but not toilet-papered. It's been hard to keep the investigators away."

[VELASQUEZ looks confused]

GRACE: "Velasquez, don't you have somehting you shuold be doing somewhere else?"

VELASQUEZ: "nope, happy to be here"

About the black substance:

GRACE: "we have four... findings... with an unusual... character. We think it may be dangerous. I am not sure why COSTA knows about it, I have been keeping people away."

[GRACE shows four garbage bags]

GRACE: "my colleague CAMPBELL (Tim Campbell) has been looking at this stuff, he's a biologist, the cellular structure... doesn't resemble chemistry. we're having trouble getting a positive id on this."

About the mummies:

GRACE: "these mummies here -- no decomp whatsoever? never seen anything like it. Unnatural."

Debriefing:

LOTTIE: "by the way, who's been giving you the most trouble?"

GRACE: "VELASQUEZ tbh. She wants to get to the bottom of this. COSTA is a useful idiot, wants his ass covered."

Session 4

Next morning:

[GRACE looks very tired]

[Reports that a lot of forensic specialists are trying to get at the specimens]

MO: "in that case, you'll be delighted to hear that the CDC is taking everything of interest off site"

MO: "standard cdc protocol. We know you're studying to be like us, but leave this one to the pros."

MO: "anyway monique, have you seen anything interesting today?"

GRACE: "nope, been busy just playing defense"

Bag checking protocol:

LOTTIE: "what's the protocol for making sure no investigators leave the site with these materials?"

GRACE: "I'm just a professor... are you saying there's something you want me to be doing?"

LOTTIE: "I'd love if we started bag-checking your students before they leave the site"

GRACE: "we're happy to follow any protocol, but also we're professionals and know that leaving with evidence would be illegal"

LOTTIE: "yeah we're gonna do searches"

STUDENTS: "what the hell!?"

LOTTIE: "this seems like a really tight ship actually, excited to take this off your hands at noon"

The OWEN incident:

SHELF: "dr grace? sorry about this. We'll need to deal with OWEN with the full extent of the law. You'll understand."

GRACE: "yes I do."

Events and Notes

At ZION Investigation

• Part of Harvard specialists team onsite
• Understands that the program sometimes deals with unusual occurrences
• Trusted to an extent by the program
• Has been difficult to prevent people from taking a look at evidence
• Has been keeping people away from the mummies and black substance

Findings Presented

• Mostly bones so far, starting early 60s
• 11 cots with child mummies - preserved and dessicated, but not toilet-papered
• Hard to keep investigators away
• Could autopsy the mummies
• Might want to bring them offsite

The Black Substance

• Four garbage bags contain viscous black fluid
• Victims were disposed of pretty quickly, often in garbage bag or burlap sack
• These garbage bags contain a strange phenomenon: the substance "reaches out" towards human flesh like a ferrofluid
• These bags were clustered together
• Colleague CAMPBELL (Tim Campbell) has been looking at it
• He's a biologist
• The cellular structure "doesn't resemble chemistry"
• Having trouble getting a positive id

The Mummies

• Under where the cottage used to be
• No decomp whatsoever
• Never seen anything like it
• Unnatural

Relationships

• Wants VELASQUEZ to leave (asks her if she has something else to be doing)
• Not sure why COSTA knows about the black substance
• Per GRACE to LOTTIE: "VELASQUEZ tbh. She wants to get to the bottom of this. COSTA is a useful idiot, wants his ass covered."

Next Morning

• Looks very tired
• Reports that a lot of forensic specialists are trying to get at the specimens
• Playing defense
• Students are upset about bag checks
• Understands when OWEN needs to be dealt with legally