In 1920, Thomas Edison said in an interview that he was working on a new invention which would allow the user to speak to the spirits of those who had died. James Steines is now working on a machine using the same principles as Edison. The only difference is that Steines machine will not only allow a person to speak to the spirit, but to also see the spirit during the conversation. STEC II is a story of how Mr. Steines perceives his machine to work once it is complete.