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[leftbehindagain]

So, um. Now that the chaos has calmed down some - is everyone all right, by the way? - we could use a little help.

Naoto and Ambrose-san and I found a fortress. What we know right now is it's some kind of prison, and there are active containment traps in the halls. There might be something - or even someone - in it.

We could use some help figuring this out. If anyone's any good at disabling traps, or if you know someone from Blue or Green Team who is and can talk them into helping, we're in B10. It sounds like the options are to get a lot of people from Blue Team to scan the building all at once or go in and poke around, so we need the help either way.

For obvious reasons, we'd rather keep Red Team out of this as long as possible. Depending on what we find they might stick their noses in anyway, but the longer we can put that off, the better.

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[capital_asset]

[It does, and it reminds him of certain questions he has about the Jaunts in general, but for now he sets that aside.]

No one knows. He disappeared, and the general consensus is that this was not by choice, but beyond that no one has any idea what happened to him.

[amadine]

Dead, perhaps. Or cut off. Which, I suppose, makes it theologically interesting...but not a practical line of inquiry, for the time being.

Unless, of course, the entire point of all of this winds up being finding a way to re-establish a connection there.

[capital_asset]

...They're searching for him.

[amadine]

Which makes that a dozen or so times more likely. Shit.

[More gods, and no guarantee that this won't end up being the King in Yellow Mark II. (The King in Chartreuse?)]

All the more reason we could use someone on the inside...if you're up to it.

[capital_asset]

ISA seems particularly interested in the upper right quadrant of the Grid, if that helps.

[He feels vaguely disloyal for sharing that, which is ridiculous under the circumstances. He hates Infiltrating.]

[However...]

You may need to subdue me if I end up being taken over again.

[amadine]

It may.

[A direction's always useful...even if it is exactly opposite the way she's heading.

But there are other Travelers. Loads of them.]

Can you give us any insight into your counterpart's abilities?

[capital_asset]

[Discussing the best ways to defeat him doesn't sit well with him regardless of whether he's Infiltrating or not, but in this instance it's probably necessary. Unfortunately.]

He normally relies on three combat Functions: a defensive unit, an offensive unit, and a healer. The defensive unit has additional fighting capabilities, although the healer does not. All three of them function autonomously. He does not deploy the offensive unit as often as the other two, as she is much more aggressive than they are and more apt to kill on sight, but if he feels threatened, he will. It would be best to subdue me before he gets the chance.

If he is rendered unable to summon them, he will fight physically, and while he's not the physically strongest of them by any stretch, his reaction times are perfect.

[He's not sure he can bring himself to share more than that; it goes against everything he was ever taught. Although if it's necessary, he will try.]

[amadine]

Swift and by surprise, then, if it comes to that.

[It's not the only thought she has on the matter; the faint shadow of others lingers like the outline of something moving through deep water.

They're both secretive by nature, and anything she tells him, his counterpart might recall.]

Good luck. If you can - let us know if you succeed.

[capital_asset]

Yes.

[He can't help but feel relieved when she doesn't press him further; he doesn't like making himself vulnerable like this. Or more vulnerable, as the case may be.]

[He is not particularly confident that he'll be able to contact them, but he reminds himself that not being able to contact them is also not a certainty. He pushes the thought out of his mind for now.]

Of course.