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Message group: 2024 Examiners, 30 May 2024

Tilda Ricci

This is very worrying. So something did happen in Somerset?

Karen Carpenter

Cameron’s driving, but they don’t say why Alyson isn’t messaging.

Ben Sketcher

Any one of these texts could have been sent by someone else. Gela hasn’t arrived at RD8 yet. Mae has just sent her an email asking where she is.

Karen Carpenter

How do you know that? Mae isn’t part of the college, so she doesn’t use Doodle.

Documents sent to me by Gela Nathaniel while I waited in the queue:

To: Gela Nathaniel

From: Mae Blackwell, RD8 Systems Ltd

Date: 30 May 2024

Subject: Your student group

Dear Gela,

Are you here yet? I’ve bumped into your student group, hard at work setting up their installation. The clay head covered in metal things is enormous, but very effective. We like the juxtaposition of highly engineered components and this central piece that brings us back to the humanity of technology. I hope the tech team can assemble the tunnel in time. Our guests will be arriving in an hour and we’d love to lead them through it towards the head.

I understand Jem convinced the tech department to set up the screen further away, so there wasn’t a clash of soundscapes. I expect being blind means she is very sensitive to sound. Shall we meet up for a chat as soon as you’re here?

Mae

WhatsApp chat between Mae Blackwell and Gela Nathaniel, 30 May 2024:

Mae

Where are you?

Gela

Jem said they put a weight inside the clay head. I need to see what it is. Don’t want anything that will damage your incinerator.

Doodle message group MMAM(FTP), 30 May 2024:

Jem Badhuri

Where’s Gela? I want to show her my head before guests arrive and start prodding it. Gela, where are you?

Ludya Parak

Guests are already arriving.

Jonathan Danners

Don’t let them in. We haven’t secured the tunnel. Tell them to stay outside.