The Verge Live Stream

@mumumusings: That was me in the live stream, and after reflecting on my second trip to the Institute I do think there may have been an ulterior motive involved.

My visit was scheduled through the normal channels you’d go to for this kind of thing, but about 10 minutes before my appointment I received an unexpected call. It was The Overseer, telling me that if anybody tried to stop the broadcast, I should let them know that she herself had said it was okay.

I wondered at the time why such a request would even be necessary; if the visit was authorized, wouldn’t the staff and other members be made aware of such unusual circumstances in advance? But time and time again, everyone I encountered seemed caught completely off guard — and as you saw, eventually we were shut down.

Why did The Overseer want cameras inside the Institute? Whose authority was she trying to circumvent? Why were we eventually shut down, and have their been internal repercussions since?

I don’t have answers to these questions, but they’ll be weighing on my mind until I return for processing next weekend.

Maybe there’s a little part of Addison that still wants to leave the OOA… I didn’t get that sense when I was processed… But sometimes we hide things from others for the greater good…

You may be right, @sadako. But the reporter in me doesn’t like to think that our visit was staged for unstated reasons.

I have no intention of leaving The OOA Institute again without getting to the bottom of this story.