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[whydoyoushine]

[There's a livestream of a bit of ranting and some holding cells that cuts off before Zed speaks.]

Someone give me a good reason I shouldn't just blast everyone with darkness and be done with it.

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[professorwolf]

Because then people would know you aren't human. That tends to go over badly unless you have your escape plan all worked out to perfection, and even then, you're, er, still likely to be hunted. It will make a huge mess.

Where are you? How did you wind up there, do you know?

[whydoyoushine]

No, see, I've got it all figured out. My overlay blew out his voice a few years back, so I tell them I traded it to a demon of rock for power, and if they want to see the demon, that's when I take my Shadow form...

[This is unusually creative for a guy who claims to have no imagination. He's learning.]

And some guys with guns stuffed me into a van. I didn't blast them then--you're welcome.

[photonicfighter]

Because this is a very delicate situation, Zed.

...and for everyone else listening in? We've been captured by some sort of... black ops organization. I'm not sure where we actually are.

[whydoyoushine]

We are in the most boring place, that's where we are.

[theflyingone]

What are 'black ops'?

[all_onis_are_true]

Ah, excuse me. May I inquire as to what they have been doing? Do you recall the process of your kidnapping in any way?

[forcechanic]

Okay, Introductory Kidnapping: Don't do anything super flashy until you have the entire escape plan worked out. Getting yourself out of a cell only helps if you can get out of the entire compound and back to the group.

[She is an expert kidnappee, okay?]

I mean, we don't have to worry about getting off planet here, but that also means we don't have the option of grabbing a spaceship.

[whydoyoushine]

...I can make a portal. I know how I'm getting away, I just can't do it in front of them.

[thornsofmalkav]

Okay, shit. Shit. Is Malik there with you? Because I just found out from Melissa-the-Infiltrator that he's gone missing too.

[whydoyoushine]

I think he was one of the ones they brought in later. They got me last night, but they've had a busy morning.

Oh, and that first band? Symulakrum? They're here, too.

[reallymean]

Collateral damage. And it's all but guaranteed they'll have backup somewhere out of reach. We can't help anyone if we're all being hunted.

[whydoyoushine]

Pretty sure I'm more than enough for their backup to handle.

I could always draw all the aggro, you know? They'd be too worried about me to go after anyone else.

[theflyingone]

You cannot show your powers in this world. [ he says with as much icy venom as network text will allow. ] Even making a portal will be suspicious, especially to Malik's overlay. Even if he is my friend, I cannot trust his overlays like I do him.

Allow us to try to rescue you out of sight of guards, cameras, and overlays. Give us a day or two. We have the great advantage of the guards not knowing of our powers.

[whydoyoushine]

That's why I'm trying to get them to turn off all the lights first!

Can't panic over what you can't see.

[rustyhonesty]

I was going to suggest, more as a joke, that one of the investigators should get kidnapped to see if we could catch the culprit that way, but huh. Guess they made the move first.

[He'd only suggest that because it's worked for the Survey Corps before. He would know, he was the one kidnapped.]

Don't do anything stupid, Zed. Observe and report back to us.

[unconventionalelf]

Could say that. Seriously I think I'm going to have bruises from the grip of the one that shoved me in this glass box. [Sour elf is sour about that.]

What is it about this place letting, me keep my blades in liminal, but taking them from me when we go somewhere? And I was right about the footwear, useless I would have been better off barefooted than in those glittery pink jelly things.

[ She is silent a moment then adds]

I'm not too badly hurt though. Just sore I can't fight back in this frail form.

[whydoyoushine]

I'm not gonna do anything stupid.

Just something awesome.

[helborn]

Because if you blast out, not only are you likely to hit other people but you're also going to lose us a good source of intel.

So don't. I'm not sure how much help I'll be without my relics, but I can probably take on guards if we rush in - but we can't do that if we don't know where you are.

[whydoyoushine]

None of you is any fun, and really, they mess with me, they're asking for this.

[otomechapilot]

I thought about calling my ANIMa again but they don't know I've got it. Small goddamn mercies.

To everyone else: They're military or like a military. Asking us questions. Probably not doing things with the permission of the cops or locals, that's one thing we have working for us which goes to hell if we use our powers, they think we're not human, and we hurt innocent people.

...Sorry I'm sweary I just messed up.

[whydoyoushine]

That's why I wanted the lights out.

They can't freak out at what they can't see.

And they told me they'd talked with the Canadian Embassy, who knows what they said, though.

[eldritchwheelies]

Because I help can get you out cleaner.

God. I hate Infiltrating.

[whydoyoushine]

How clean? Because everyone else is going to start whining if the answer's 'not very.'

It's not bad at all when you get to stay yourself at the same time, and I've had some other ones that were okay, but yeah. Always better to be yourself.

[naturaltwohands]

Because it would make us known to this world.

[whydoyoushine]

Yeah, well, it'd teach them to arrest people for no reason.