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It's not a normal bomb. If it goes off it releases a compound into the air that will spread around the city. It makes all your orifice's close over. Skin will grow over your mouth and nose and even if you cut a hole in someone's throat and put a tube in, it'll grow over that as well. Your own skin suffocates you to death.

[ there isn't a way to cut a wire to stop the bomb. however it was rigged the only apparent way is the one she told him about. there's nothing much more to find out about the device other than that.

she also isn't going to address the name game anymore. if he supplies her with a name then she'll give hers, but that's the only condition. ]

Useful.

[ some distant part of eames thinks that yusuf would have greatly loved to study whatever compound is in that bomb. ]

And why is it here?

It's a tall building and under construction. It was easy for them to get to and with the wind it would hit a larger portion of the city. But it's not going to go off so there's no point in it.

[ it was really there to scare her. fear triggered her ability and he wanted her ability to turn it off.

but she turns around and walks back towards the door they entered (which is now an elevator since this room has an elevator and not a door). she presses the button to call it and steps inside when it arrives. if eames chooses to stay in the room then the bomb will explode since olivia hasn't disabled it, and if he gets on the elevator (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/120/normal_fringe120-1045.jpg) then they'll head down. it's a long elevator ride, too. ]

[ eames spares the bomb one last look before following her. alone in an elevator with a woman he thought he knew but apparently doesn't. this could hardly play out well. ]

If I ask where we're going, would you have an answer?

[ it seems like aimless wandering, with no goal or visible end. ]

[ it is aimless wandering. her dreams are just of memories. just endless reminders of all of her failures, all of the injustices that have happened that she couldn't stop, and everything that ever happened. her dreams don't have a goal or an end, they're just memories. ]

I don't know where it goes, but I know where I ended up the last time I took it.

[ the elevator stops with a ding and the doors slide open to reveal a very white hallway (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/120/normal_fringe120-1050.jpg). olivia walks with purpose down it and eventually into an office (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/204/normal_fringe204-356.jpg). there's a bell (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/204/normal_fringe204-351.jpg) on the desk (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/204/normal_fringe204-447.jpg) and if eames decides to ring it then the dream will abruptly change. olivia walks to the window and stares out at the city below. it's new york, without a doubt, and if eames is particularly good with visual landmarks then he might be able to tell that they're in one of the twin towers. the particular thing about olivia standing at the window is that her reflection in the glass is that of the face eames will be used to seeing, though she doesn't seem to notice this. ]

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[ he doesn't miss that, the trick with the glass. it's baffling. eames can't tell if she's like him, shifting her features and presenting an entirely different face to the outside world for the advancement of her own game, or something else all together. if it's the former, then she's gone about it sloppily, judging by the state of the dream.

but if it's the latter, then eames is at a loss. he's never seen anything quite like it.

the silence stretches on and on and on until eames rings the bell, if only to test what effects it may have. ]

[ the idea of a person having implanted memories of their alternate self isn't something anyone would come to expect, but underneath the fake memories is where the real olivia sleeps.

as soon as the bell rings there's a flash of light outside and olivia goes flying through the window (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/204/normal_fringe204-462.jpg) and out of windshield (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/204/normal_fringe204-468.jpg) of a crashed SUV. the change in location is seamless as well; one moment they're in the office and the next olivia is lying on the ground (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/201/normal_fringe201-152.jpg) after her flight.

even then it doesn't linger on that because it isn't in her memory. the next scene is in a laboratory (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/201/normal_fringe201-400.jpg) filled with equipment, but olivia isn't anywhere to be seen. if eames explores the lab there's a lot to be found. a lot of questionable stuff, too. everything is well labeled and he'll find plenty of stuff to make all sorts of legal and illegal drugs. ketamine, neurontin, and lysergic acid diethylamide (lsd) seem to have been used recently. there's an array of random scientific equipment that you wouldn't expect in a normal laboratory here as well. whatever science happens here is fairly unorthodox and perhaps questionably legal at times.

there's three pieces of equipment running right now. two (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/101/normal_fringe101-1053.JPG) are running graphs (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/101/normal_fringe101-1034.JPG) of something (brainwaves as it happens), and the third is a computer screen with a video feed. as per the video olivia (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/101/normal_fringe101-1008.JPG) is lying in water somewhere with lots of wiring. there's a tank (http://www.fringefiles.com/gallery/albums/episodes/101/normal_fringe101-1020.JPG) in the room that has wiring leading into it, and if he opens the doors he'll find olivia floating inside. even if he doesn't open the doors he can observe her inside the tank and it's fairly obvious after tracing the wires that she's inside there. she doesn't make any movements on her own and interaction will prompt fairly drugged up and out of it responses. olivia isn't in any state to make quick reactions or be in touch with what's around her. ]

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[ he searches the room. all the knowledge he's gleaned from yusuf comes in handy, and he notes the chemicals on hand, as well as the instruments and equipment at use.

predictably, the questionability of the lab doesn't bother him. eames has seen far worse in his line of work.

and then he finds olivia.

at first, he isn't sure whether or not he should disturb her. or if disturbing here would bring down a flood of projections to rip him apart. or perhaps it'll simply trigger a scene change. which is why he ignores common sense and does try to rouse her. ]

Olivia. You are Olivia, aren't you?

[ eames' voice filters into olivia's subconscious from somewhere and she hazily replies. her voice is slow, soft, and sounds almost singsong-ish. ]

Oh, I'm here. Yes, I'm Olivia. Who are you?

Someone who knew you. What are you doing in there?

[ he isn't sure whether or not disconnecting her from the wires would be beneficial. this whole operation makes eames skin crawl, but... ]

I'm trying to find John.

[ the wires seem to be connecting in a lot of different ways. he can't tell because of her position but there is a probe stabbed in the back of her neck. ]

How do I get you out?

[ because fuck if eames is going to start pulling things out willy-nilly. ]

I can't yet. I have to find John...

[ if dreaming is being within one's mind, then she's headed in that direction. she's looking for john within her mind... in a dream. (welcome to fringe) ]

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You'd have a better chance if you weren't in that tub.

[ gosh olivia what are you talking about eames doesn't understaaaaand ]

No, I can find him. He's just a little further away. I'm almost there.

[ yeah good luck to eames trying to understand the whacked up stuff that happens in this lab coming from someone drugged up and trying to go into their own mind. ]

Or you can let me get you out of this, and we can ring him the moment you're dried off.

[ man this is more up cobb's alley than his. why is this his life right now. ]

[ there's a silence for a bit and then she speaks very quietly and with a bit of sadness. ]

But John is dead. I'm finding his memories in my head.

[ yep. olivia is very used to having alternate memories in her head. ]

[ this is just a clusterfuck no matter which way eames looks at it. ]

Darling, tell me how to get you out of there.

[ welcome to olivia's life, eames. ]

I don't want to go. I want to find John. I have something to say to him before he goes away.

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If he's already gone, there's not much left for you to say.

[ why isn't yusuf down here? eames bets he would know what to do. ]

No, his memories. I have some of his memories. I have to find him before they go away.

[ eames is putting up with this insanity so well. ]

[ it says a lot about his life that his natural skills include dealing with things of this nature. ]

There are far better ways to do that than nearly drowning yourself in this foul tank.

[ there's a good bit of silence before olivia speaks again, sounding even further away than before. she gives a faint smile, actually looking peaceful and happy. ]

John. I'm sorry that I doubted you. I should have trusted you.

Olivia. Don't do that. Come back up to me.

[ this is just bad news. and eames isn't sure he has much more time to spend trying to pull her out of whatever it is she's doing. ]

[ eames' voice filters through like leaves on the wind and doesn't reach her. instead she continues talking to the man in her dreamscape after a bit. ]

I love you, too.

[ after that she just silently rests in the tank. her vitals on the screens a bit away are steady, though low. very slowly they start inching back towards normal levels. as she starts the return back to consciousness. ]